Corboy note: The Dot Collector app is used by many different companies and can be used in a variety of ways. Many do find it useful -- however all this depends on how the FC app is used. The devil is always in the details. Arianna Huffington, alumna of MSIA was quoted in the SFGate article below. News Story Coinbase, founded in San Francisco, reportedly asks workers to rate each other
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Joseph Smith learned a lot about theosophical material during his early years as member of a Masonic lodge. One can speak of a Mormon/theosophical aesthetic in architecture. interior decor and personal presentation. This article describes some of them. A woman who grew up Mormon revisits her faith by touring D.C.'s LDS temple
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Edgelord QuotePoster on an Internet forum, (particularly 4chan) who expresses opinions which are either strongly nihilistic, ("life has no meaning," or Tyler Durden's special snowflake speech from the film Fight Club being probably the two main examples) or contain references to Hitler, Nazism, fascism, or other taboo topics which are deliberately intended to shock or offend rea
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. Take note of new joke patterns “Kids that are watching a lot of ‘edgy’ streamers, YouTubers and other social media personalities might push the boundaries of propriety at home, consciously or subconsciously mimicking the tone of these ‘edgelords,’” Schroeder said. Pay attention if your teen is sharing new jokes and memes that are out of character or outside the culture of humor in
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In an online discussion forum people described their worries and concerns about conversion to Eastern Orthodox Christianity. It was a few: 1.) My experiences with Orthodox people prior to visiting my parish. I had only met three Orthodox people on my campus, and out of them only one was a decent person. That one was a softball girl who gave me fasting tips and talked me through certain
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The Strange Alliance Between Russian Orthodox monarchists, American Christian Evangelicals and European fascists
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The Jerusalem Syndrome: Why Some Religious Tourists Believe They Are the Messiah
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The Deep End' Trailer Reveals the Cult-Like Influence of Teal Swan
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Shame of the life coach who named child abuse victim: Awareness group boss is branded 'disgraceful' for detailing past of woman who accused him of bullying
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Some of the Osho / Rajneesh people are involved with Mooji's establishment. The daughter of a Rajneesh disciple has described how Rajneesh/Oshos teachings gave and still give a perfect rationale for abdicating any concern for those you have abandoned. Abandoned in the name of enlightenment. All this can be exploited by today's gurus. As you read the quotation below, translat
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Food for thought: Quote New-Agers are not secretly Nazis,” Matthew Remski wrote in a four-part blog on yoga and conspirituality. “It’s more like: fascist ideas of the perfected body and earth generated enduring cultural memes for holism, embodied spirituality, and health. Those memes, sanitized of their explicit politics, carry jagged edges of perfectionism and paranoia about impurity. And th
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Food for thought: Quote New-Agers are not secretly Nazis,” Remski wrote in a four-part blog on yoga and conspirituality. “It’s more like: fascist ideas of the perfected body and earth generated enduring cultural memes for holism, embodied spirituality, and health. Those memes, sanitized of their explicit politics, carry jagged edges of perfectionism and paranoia about impurity. And that dou
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Will Smith makes public appearance in Mumbai to meet with spiritual guru
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Wall Street Journal Life & Work Journal Reports: Retirement Want to Retire in Portugal? Here’s What to Know, as Americans Move There in Droves. Retirees are drawn by a low cost of living, healthcare, a sunny climate and tax incentives
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Inside the Toxic World of 'Twin Flames' Spirituality The concept of a "soul connection" has been given a new life on TikTok, but it's also left behind a trail of destruction and abuse.
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Jeff Shaleia Ender Ayanethos Megan Plante Twin Flames Universe Allegations “Everywhere I Went, They Went With Me, Because They Were on My Phone”: Inside the Always Online, All-Consuming World of Twin Flames Universe Before we all spent our days on Zoom, the spiritual community used the power of its Facebook group and webcams to spread a gospel of eternal love—and build its founders’
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New Book Work, Pray, Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley Investigates the Cult of Productivity “What happens when work is the place where Americans find their souls?” Interview with Carolyn Chen by Alison SpiegelApr 12, 2022 Professor Carolyn Chen states that companies have now taken on many features of religious organizations: QuoteCC: First it was yoga, now it’s med
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One reviewer of Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley wrote: Quoted from review of Work Pray Code on Amazon Accessed 12:43 pm 4/21/2022 QuoteFaithful Reader 2.0 out of 5 stars And what happens when you leave the company? Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2022 I know Palo Alto and the Valley well and have since mid-70s. The author did exhaustive r
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Carolyn Chen on Work Pray Code By Carolyn Chen March 16, 2022 Quote The problem with Techtopia is that work monopolizes the resources of a community—its time, energy, money, and devotion. As a result, people disinvest in other vital social institutions—families, faith communities, neighborhoods, and political institutions. Work becomes the alpha institution, around which all other inst
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Rudolf Steiner, Racism and Waldorf Schools April 2022
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Discussion of a yoga franchise in Europe led by Gregorian Bivolaru MISA - Movement for Integration of the Spiritual into the Absolute
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(More insights from a former devotee of a Hindu bhakti sect) QuoteI want others not to fall for the candies that fall from the sky and keep accepting abuse because something magical happens here and there. I am here to tell others that no amount of extraordinary dealings with unseen forces should keep them in a situation where they are treated like stray dogs. "Oh I think (Guru X) i
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Dear Littlelight, I hope more people feel safe enough to join this discussion. This message board is meant to be a sanctuary, as is the private messaging function, which many of us refer to as PM. If you ever get a message in public or by PM that does not feel right, always feel free to send a copy to Rick Ross, moderator and owner of the CEI website. Mr Ross can be reached by private
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This is very informative. Things are at a point where we can refer to a "Fear Industry" - because anything that plays on our fears brings power to those exploiting our fear - and makes fear driven merchants rich because fear messaging is click bait.
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Jennifer Saginor was daughter of High Hefner's personal physician. She's written a memoir. Google her name and you'll see some articles. Playground: A Childhood Lost Inside the Playboy Mansion
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The bond that explains why some on the Christian right support Putin’s war Russia has become an ally in a global movement. Image without a caption By Bethany Moreton Bethany Moreton is professor of history at Dartmouth College. This article draws from her book, "Slouching Towards Moscow: American Conservatives and the Romance of Russia," forthcoming from Harvard University Press
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Childhood in an Acceleratist Militia Household
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Sivananda Yoga Vishnudevananda 'Coercion and rape' Investigating my yoga school
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300 Israeli women march for 24 hours in support of agunot The walk even included a discussion circle with agunot and Ohr Torah Stone’s Yad La’isha staff of rabbinical court advocates, lawyers and social workers, with the purpose of raising funds for Ohr Torah Stone's Yad La'isha: The Monica Dennis Goldberg Legal Aid Center and Hotline. Ohr Torah Stone's Yad La'isha
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Advice for Orthodox and Israeli Jewish Brides-To-Be Obtain a Pre-Nuptial Forbidding Future Husband to Deny a Get (Divorce) In Case Marriage Goes Wrong After 5 years as a ‘chained woman,’ Esty got her freedom this summer To mark Yom Ha’aguna, The Times of Israel spoke with a woman who was able to obtain a divorce from her abusive husband, and those working to help others do the same By JUD
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