Hear, hear. Mr Rick Ross,moderator can be contacted here: Advice: Trolls often start by slowly testing, poking at boundaries boundaries. We get used to their presence, as we do a small pebble in the shoe. The troll increases the annoyance level, and we adjust. We keep adjusting, the troll becomes a bully. The previously safe space becomes unsafe. We visit less often. If
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"The Feds are Criminalizing Sex" Latest news coverage of legal woes of One Taste commercialized sex business Quote. The feds are “criminalizing sex” and looking to put people “in prison for funsies” by prosecuting the two glamorous leaders of embattled “sexual wellness” empire OneTaste, their lawyers claimed Wednesday. “I would say the government is trying to criminalize s
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Ole Nydahl is a Fraud wrote QuoteFor the death-wish nonsense, you would hear DW people regularly wishing death upon people or whole groups (Muslims, gays, etc.) which Ole Nydahl has decreed are not worthy of human rights with his hate speech lectures. This stuff is black magic. Sorcery. It's a long way from the Metta Sutra: "May all beings be happy, safe, free from harm --
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I have reported these not-helpful posts to the owner of the CEI message board.
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ON2LF wrote: Must say, its brilliant to utilize unverifiable stories such as epiphany on a park bench or the cockroach. Why? Because these tie in to every day situations that scare us. Corboy ponders: Many of us fear becoming that person who lives on the park bench. To become homeless is to join the ranks of the living dead. Folks dont even look you in the eye. Its the most terr
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Lets hope they give attention to the Butlerite children's boarding school in Baguio, in the Philippines. Survivors of the Yogi Bhajan 3HO (fake Sikh) boarding school in India have spoken out, as have those harmed in the ISKCON boarding schools. Some of the survivors of the Baguio facility did share their ordeals here - they need more publicity - and restitution. Earlier posts on C
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See what we've learned by having a peek at the tenor of Basilisk's previous posts. Anytime something about an individual seems dodgy, feel free to look at their profile and previous post history on te CEI message board.
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Petitor brings up an interesting matter. When wondering about someone's intent, read that person's posts in aggregate:
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Free introductory mediation classes are an easy way to recruit trustful seekers. Herein lies a hazard. Problem is many unethical persons publicize free introductory mediation, say all the right things. The social scene around mediation is hazardous. * There's heavy emphasis on trust without verification * Critical thinking and doing background checks are scorned as negative think
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Ole's senior students knew his downside and hid it from new students so as (their excuse) not discredit the Dharma. In other words, they lied.
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Brachas!
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You sound wise and have a delightful, droll sense of humor. Do not relinquish up either of those! Astoundingly wise for a teacher to advise 12 Step work. Ouspensky, from various reports, exhibited classic alcoholic behaviors by the time he died. Gurdjieff reportedly pressured people to drink heavily - despotic and despicable. Mold illness is only too real. Upstairs neighbor got sick fr
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/kundalini learner1314 I've been reading up about him a bit recently, and I've known about him from when I was much younger as certain people I knew did go for the solstice camp and were proud practitioners of kundalini yoga (we're from halfway around the world). One thing I've realised is, much as there is talk about him being a Yogi of Kundalini Yoga (and one of t
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One of the earliest exposes of the fraudulence of Bhajan and his teaching by Trilochan Singh a Sikh scholar is newly reprinted. Sikhism and Tantric Yoga by Trilochan Singh Under the Yoga Mat: The Dark History of Yogi Bhajan’s Kundalini Yoga Paperback – July 15, 2023 by Els Coenen (Author), GuruNischan (Author) 4.3 out of 5 stars 15 QuoteLet’s face and share the pain. T
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Corboy note: The genuine Sikhs do not practice or teach yoga. Today, the living guru of genuine Sikhs is NOT a human being but the book of their sacred writings the Granth Guru Sahib. You may meet nice sincere members of Yogu Bhajan's group. You may get stress benefit from their yoga classes. Their guru Yogi Bhajan molested and beat women. He laughed at the credulity of his Weste
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This Woman's Viral Story Of How She Unwittingly Joined A Yoga Cult Is An Important Warning "People keep asking how I got sucked into a yoga cult led by a white woman in a turban named Katie..."
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Life gets anxious when everything is due to personal karma, receptivity to Spirit -- everything gets hyper personal, you're hyper-responsible. This is the same emotional landscape of those of us who grow up as Adult Children of Alcoholics or were children in custody of mentally ill care providers.
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April 5, 2024 OneTaste Isn’t An ‘Orgasm’ Sex Cult -But A ‘Wellness’ Company Like SoulCycle, Crossfit, Attorney Claims Despite Bombshell Grooming Allegations
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Exactly. None of us is born wanting to be exploited. We are social creatures. We are wired to need, to expect, to seek connection with each other. When human psychological and spiritual growth is thwarted/disrupted, we are like tree roots seeking moisture. A tree needs water or it dies. Our roots strain towards water -- even when that water flows from a source that is intermi
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Welcome to the CEI message board, Jamie. Other people expressed concerns about this group in a discussion here: If you get any questionable messages please feel free to send Mr Rick Ross, moderator of this message board, a private message (PM) here:
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Inspired by the Confederacy and Czarist Russia, “Ortho Bros” Are on the Rise (Small excerpts -- entire article merits close attention - C) "Other than cleaving to a fierce anti-communism, Russian Orthodoxy in America has long been a relatively apolitical force, and most of its congregants have been ethnic Russians— families who follow the faith that has been handed down to them. W
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One does not have to be a product of LEC or other LGATs to be a 'ghoster' -- one need only have the mentality of a toddler in an adult body (aka narcissistic behavior disorder). (All mature kindly adults have narcissistic *traits* but unless broken under sever stress, do NOT habitually perpetrate narcissistic behaviors.) Toddlers have not yet been taught and learned enduring chara
Forum: Large Group Awareness Training, "Human Potential"

One does not have to be a product of LEC or other LGATs to be a 'ghoster' -- one need only have the mentality of a toddler in an adult body (aka narcissistic behavior disorder). (All mature kindly adults have narcissistic *traits* but unless broken under sever stress, do NOT habitually perpetrate narcissistic behaviors.) Toddlers have not yet been taught and learned enduring chara
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The miraculous book by Adrienne Rich newday4U has quoted from can still be found. Just go to bookfinder dot com
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Might be another way of saying that earning money reducing mysteries beyond words to words, commodifies them and breeds delusion? Lots of ways to interpret this.
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"The "Guru" was serious here - he said - this mess doesn't make sense anymore. He went out of business. He returned to simple professional work in construction. Then he was harassed for a long time. Because of the mafia, disappointed women, the services..." That's something many don't think about -- the way success and wealth bring problems. Too many peopl
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IMO reincarnation and meritorious rebirth are versions of pie in the sky when we die. When reincarnation is taken seriously it reduces incentive to seek justice and eradicate misery in this life -- and there's no hard proof beyond personal hallucination, rumor, and wishful thinking that there's anything else but this life. As the late, great Bob Marley sang: Preacher man, don&#
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Recent documentary on Palmerian traditionalist catholistuc sect -- woman who escaped.
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Or it'll be the Antichrist :(
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Those are the words of an ignorant lout, bounder and boor. Sex addiction's worse than drug addiction because you risk summoning a child into the hideous chaos you're producing. Plus a woman's health, finances and psychological health are at risk even with a consensual pregnancy in a stable relationship.
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