Some of these things can be very complicated. There are many New Thought systems like, Joseph Murphy (The Power of Your Subconscious Mind), christian science, emma curtis hopkins, joel goldsmith, and countless others. Those are all New Thought, and they are a terrible mental trap. New Thought (aka Mind Cure or Mind Science) movement A good way to start getting out of the mental trap
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That blog is from Dave Lakhani, someone who has just hit the radar screen. boldapproach.typepad.com Of course, one needs to be extremely careful, analytical, and cautious when it comes to Dave Lakhani. What is Dave Lakhani really doing? That is as yet undetermined. But his name came up in another thread about Michael Beckwith and "Dr." Alex Benzer aka Ali Binazir from taoofdat
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QuotecorboyLets not get ourselves worn out the way Phoenix Potter did, running errands for someone else--unless that person pays you to do their research for them, and pays on time and at market rate. Phoenix Potter worked his or her ass off and responded with a long post dealing with Shimons many questions. Read the ensuing dialogue between Shimon, Phoenix Potter, and Rick Ross(Mode
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Lets not get ourselves worn out the way Phoenix Potter did, running errands for someone else--unless that person pays you to do their research for them, and pays on time and at market rate. Phoenix Potter worked his or her ass off and responded with a long post dealing with Shimons many questions. Read the ensuing dialogue between Shimon, Phoenix Potter, and Rick Ross(Moderator) A
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CharloPearl: A message board member account is not deleted. But if you don't wish to post then stop posting. It's your choice.
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There are a lot more facts coming out about Michael Bernard Beckwith and his supporters and paid shills from Agape. The Secret promoted an entire gang of con-artists and crooks, without exception. There is a seperate thread about Michael Beckwith, and also one of his promoters, who goes by the fake name Dr. Alex Benzer, but who's real name is Ali Binazir. He posted in the thread below,
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rrmoderator/Rick Ross: Please delete my account. You are over the top, and many people agree.
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CharloPearl: Promoting a spiritual/religious point of view is against the rules you agreed to before posting. Please don't promote any group and/or its teachings on this message board.
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shimon, I feel you should be looking at whether the teachings speak to you AND work for you. That should be your sole focus. Everyone has faults, everyone has dirt, everyone has made mistakes they wish they hadn't made. My feeling is that dirt on Michael Beckwith or anyone else distracts the seeker from reaching his or her intended goal. That goal is spiritual fulfillment. Wh
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The Huffington Post is owned/run by Arianna Huffington, and she is a follower of John-Roger, Guru of MSIA, Movement_of_Spiritual_Inner_Awareness. MSIA is basically the same as these other large new age religions, sects, cults... HuffPo's Dangerous Quacks, Hacks and Cultists - Huffington Post So guys like Michael Beckwith get a totally free hand at Huff Post, so does "Dr. Alex
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I totally agree that the burden of proof is on the person making the claim, especially for "miracles" of healing as described by "Dr." Michael Beckwith. Interesting stuff you are digging up on "Dr." Alex Benzer as well. Notably, James Arthur Ray also published an article on Huffington Post, not that much before the Death Lodge: - The Huffington Post "L
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Speaking of evidence, is there anyone reading this thread who can contact Harvard, UCSD, or Cambridge to verify the marketing information being used by Alex Benzer? Please correct any errors, but it appears the marketing material of Alex Benzer says he has an - MD from UCSD (University of California, San Diego) (so far the name Alex Benzer does not come up as having a medical license in C
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Yes, that was modeling the NLP manipulative persuasion patterns copied from the written text of Alex Benzer. Of course we all agree that evidence is required. Michael Beckwith gives zero evidence for any of his extreme claims, like healing disease with his techniques. Its up to Beckwith and Benzer to provide the evidence, as they are the ones who are making the claims and the money. Those wh
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QuoteThe Anticult This week is a good time to get familiar with these advanced hypno-persuasion techniques through carefully analyzing the PR piece written about Michael Beckwith. I have a feeling you'll enjoy the experience of deconstructing persuasion engineering. When would NOW be the best time to start learning to analyze these advanced persuasion techniques of the den of thieves fr
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There are some reports that the name Alex Benzer name does not come up as a Harvard alumnus in the database. Isn't it more than a bit strange that someone who runs around blowing their own horn from the housetops, advertising themselves as going to Harvard in every single webpage they write on, would not come up in the Harvard database? Besides, all of this type of "name droppin
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Well, well well. As one peruses the reading list of the "mysterious Dr" Alex Benzer, it points to the usual suspects in hypnotic NLP persuasion, who's techniques can clearly be seen in the writing, top to bottom. Including Persuasion Engineering. These are the exact same persuasion techniques used by James Arthur Ray, and Byron Katie as well as Michael Beckwith, and many othe
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A new investigation and details emerging about the hypno-persuasion techniques of... The Visionary Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith cures kidney disease / cancer? The Tao of Persuasion by Alex Benzer.
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A new investigation and details emerging about the hypno-persuasion techniques of... The Visionary Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith cures kidney disease / cancer? The Tao of Persuasion by Alex Benzer.
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Double-yikes. Check out the website for The Tao of Persuasion by Alex Benzer. This freaking webpage is LACED and MEGA-LOADED with the same hypno-persuasion stuff, top to bottom. He starts out with an identical tech used by James Ray...and opens with a LOADED QUESTION. The website even fakes a date that makes it seem the page was just written yesterday, as it then changes if the page is r
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By the way, that "article" about Michael Beckwith by his friend Alex Benzer is beyond a puff-piece. Its also intellectually dishonest, highly manipulative, persuasive, directional, and is a PR piece to try and get more members for Agape in person, and online. For example, he says: "you're not required to practice anything, perform any rituals, or subscribe to any kind of d
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In this thread, so far, no one is talking about "cults" per se, they are talking about the scam of New Thought, and the scam of The Secret, and these New Religious Movements which is what Michael Beckwith is selling. Beckwith is promoting a very extreme form of New Thought that is very dangerous and damaging. Michael Beckwith appeared on Oprah and The Secret with James Arthur Ray.
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Hi Dr alex, i admit i do not know that much about Michael bernard beckwith and am just questioning and investigating him. anticult has done a lot of good on here and he was right on with his predictions regarding a James arthur ray, which you might want to peruse that topic. he wound up killing 3 people at a sweat lodge and someone else died because of him too earlier. he was in the movie the
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First off, I want to say that RickRoss.com is awesome. I first came across the site when I was being recruited for a pushy and secretive organization called the Sterling Men, run by a certain A. Justin Sterling. Because of RickRoss.com, I figured out that it was a cult, that A. Justin Sterling was a fraud, and that I should spend my time and money on more worthwhile causes. The info on the sit
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Here is some interesting info from the Wikipedia Talk page for Beckwith, about his bogus "Dr." which was not earned, its not a PhD, its not a real doctorate. Typical for these guys. Also, the wikipedia article has been identified as propaganda. ____________QUOTE_____________________ Talk:Michael Beckwith From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ...I feel that it is essential to
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thank you for all you wrote on michael beckwith (plus all the other posts, like james ray), i learned a lot and you have helped me to see these guys clearer. i did do some searching on google before with some of the keywords you wrote but will continue to do further research and checking on these guys. i do not get it in my area but i see beckwith has a pbs special that is airing in some part
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Looks like Beckwith is trying to pull a blatant scam right here. Is Michael Bernard Beckwith a fraud? He is claiming "God" told him to pull out of stocks before the crash. First off, where is the PROOF? He must produce the financial records, otherwise he is just spinning a fairystory. Second, so "God" gives stock tips to the rich? Or did he just follow the advice
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Below is an orgy of shilling for Beckwith & Co. The Official Science of Getting Rich (SGR) - The Secret Law of Attraction If you are a crook by nature, and enjoy lying for fast money, that is the business to be in. Literally. Just wait, when the hundreds and thousands of people start coming forward realizing they have been BILKED of thousands and thousands of dollars from the Visionary
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Well, Beckwith is still pretty new, it takes time for complaints to surface. For example, James Ray was a media darling since Oprah promoted him. As far as I can see, no media anywhere asked James Ray a SINGLE hard question. Not one. Just shilling and promoting. Why? Possibly because the same media companies own the network and the books, and they are trying to sell books. Its ridiculous.
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Yes, i read everything i could on Michael bernard beckwith on this forum. i did a search and went thru it all. however on the internet i typed in everythign i could think of that might bring up a scandal, negatives, rumors, dirt on him and found absolutely nothing. even the person who attended his church who chimed in on this forum really did not have anything too bad to say about him. they ev
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This is a new thread to collect and cross-post critical information about Micheal Bernard Beckwith from the internet. There was quite a bit about about Beckwith in that other thread on The Secret, a few people from his former churches posted? Paste what is below into Google and see the different posts here about the self-proclaimed Visionary Rev Dr Michael Beckwith. site:forum.culteducat
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