opinion supported with experience: dangerous scammers
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opinion supported by experience: dangerous scammers
Forum: Large Group Awareness Training, "Human Potential"

bump this back to the front
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not wright's post reminded me of a wi zealot i knew who proudly went to a wi "black tie fundraiser." aforementioned zealot was proud to share afterwards z bought at "fundraiser" auction some "coaching" sessions with bob. z paid a ridiculous price for the "coaching" with "ubermensch" of course. sounded strange to me a the time-now it clearl
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let's keep wi warnings front and center
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Wow, just wow, amazing contributions from theyareacult and pearl. The experiences & thoughts you have shared are soooo familiar & take me back a number of years to my own. Of course, so did the experiences from shimmer and wtt. I feel as if I know the people/person you are all describing-especially shimmer. That says the "formula" is consistent. I remember thinking: "h
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I think WTT is correct above in suspecting Citygirl is a shill for WI. However, if in fact City really is a concerned parent that now wants to believe WI is a legitimate source of "growth," well, then hopefully her daughter is safe and sound. In either case, I think the dialogue has done the job-warn potential recruits. WTT is very perceptive-it would have been a bizarre rel
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On2, no I don't want to check it ALL out. Quoted description applies nicely and may be helpful to those who have wondered what was up with their friends/family who became "paricipants/recruiters" over the past few years
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"elena Remember, these cults/groups are adept at worming their way in to whatever is most important to you and whatever frightens you the most. Once they know this, and participants offer this information up quite easily, they can twist and twist you psychologically until you are all tied up in knots. Which is exactly what they want. At that point you are theirs to manipulate. You become de
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QuoteelenaRemember, these cults/groups are adept at worming their way in to whatever is most important to you and whatever frightens you the most. Once they know this, and participants offer this information up quite easily, they can twist and twist you psychologically until you are all tied up in knots. Which is exactly what they want. At that point you are theirs to manipulate. You become d
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Christa- good points i considered them before i posted & frankly who knows if there is anything citygirl can do. but some further thought: 1. the "meeting" could & probably should be something as innocent as meeting for a drink after work, etc. of course she wouldn't want to be accusatory or aggressive. the point would be to gather information or an impression to eas
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citygirl- so how long has your daughter been involved &/or employed with wright? it seems pretty reasonable that you would be very concerned about her involvement. regarding her employment do they: pay her a reasonable salary? demand that she participate & pay for their seminars? put in exceedingly long hours doing these retreats, labs, weekends, etc?? perhaps you
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timely post, glad to see this thread back to the top maybe you could share your experience on this board: how were you recruited into attending the weekend? would you describe more of the presentation? what commitment($) were they looking for from you? maybe your info will serve as warning to the unaware
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Shim- Wow "graduation ceremony" sounds like something from landmark. Bet that was a real treat-especially hearing the "vision" for your life. I gather your own vision for yourself wasn't sharing several thousands of your dollars a year with WI, endless seminars(labs or "whatthefuckever") and making a general pain in the neck of yourself. And, you probably do
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Yep, intentionally confrontational, inability to have an open-minded discussion, & critical thinking suspended. Sounds familiar. what does the rest of the family think about your sib's behavior and/or wrights? has your sib been able to enroll any of them? would really be funny if not someone you cared about? unbelievable & ridiculous right?
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afraid you know the outcome-"beginning of the end." Sooner probably better than later. Once they get started on this nonsense, the "insulting" attempts to enroll never seem to stop. Sounds like you have much too much responsibility with 4 kids to put up with it. I am sure you are "sick" over this-seen it before as have many others here. Sorry for that-but the up
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These Wrights are terrible manipulators of their subjects' time, money and energy. I too know an otherwise very nice person who is deeply involved with this nonsense. The question above about "soft addiction" to seminars, etc. is right on. Wrights have an answer for every problem or challenge (weight loss, fix your credit, singles group, on and on.) It begs the question who can
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