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 Visionary Rev Dr Michael Beckwith. site:forum.culteducation.com beckwith or press this link If you are interested in Beckwith, then you could start a new thread about him, and cross-post
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QuoteThe AnticultAn interesting thing about this forum is that its sometimes a couple of years ahead of the media reports. For example, James Arthur Ray was pointed out as being a dangerous scammer a couple of YEARS ago in this forum, when at the time the "media" was licking James Ray's boots as he was in The Secret. Hi Anticult, I agree with everythign you wrote and you
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going thru the home page and looking at all of the listed group information was surprised to see Amma, also known as Mata amritanadamyi listed , even though i looked through the articles on her and did not find anything negative about her. ANd also was surprised to deepak chopra. Although i agree about Chopra, but then am surprised not to see several others: Like Byron Katie, she should be on the
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i have been reading michael bernard beckwiths "Spiritual LIberation" and am halfway through it. i bought the book because a few people recommended him to me. my old aquaintances from Dr David Hawkins recommened it to me. they said Dr Hawkins recommeneds him and thinks highly of him and actually endorsed Michaels book. ANd sure enough hawkins is in there praising michael saying "For
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Clarification: the above amazon link is specific. It takes you to the dedicated page on the Amazon website. There are several good reviews there, including the review by Andrew Olivo Parodi I mentioned above. Jack Canfield is, of course, one of the people involved with "The Secret", along with Michael Beckwith and others. I find it curious that so many people who become mega-
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Long Past Stopping: A Memoir (Hardcover) due out 9-15-2009 Should be interesting. The comments, in particular those by Andrew Olivo Parodi, are enlightening. Jack Canfield is one of Michael Beckwith's longtime biz buddies (Agape Spiritual Center).
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Rick Ross Forums – draft post 7-2-09 9:00am Rick Ross Forums – draft post 7-2-09 9:00am) QuoteThe AnticultCharloPearl: thx for the insider info on the Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith from Agape. This is the ideal thread for that info, and please post whatever else you can, as there are other questions about Beckwith already posted in this thread. His so-called "Dr" is also que
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QuoteskepticAnyone hear of it, know anything? A friend told me about it today, it was on Oprah. Sounds like "you create your reality". This crap is EVERYWHERE!!!! skeptic It is everywhere indeed, and that dude, Michael Beckwith urging everyone to be veg, I'm serious.
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finally, some criticism of the quackery and nonsense being promoted by Oprah, in a feature article by Newsweek. One has to assume criticizing Oprah on these matters is so rare, due to her ratings-power. Noone connected with any of the networks who carry her shows would dare to say anything, as that could harm the advertisers and the bottom line. No one who ever wanted to be on her show would s
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CharloPearl: thx for the insider info on the Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith from Agape. This is the ideal thread for that info, and please post whatever else you can, as there are other questions about Beckwith already posted in this thread. His so-called "Dr" is also questioned. And there was dubious content on their previous website which was removed...things like..."donate a
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This post is prompted by Michael Beckwith’s most recent appearance on Larry King Live several days ago. I went searching for a place to post this item, and found this website, which I have read before. I was a member of The Agape International Center of Truth - as it was then called - from late 1997 to early 1999, during the transition from Santa Monica to Culver City. I am surprised there are
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Shakti, thanks so much for that info. That is new info that Coretta Scott King was hooked into Michael Bernard Beckwith and Agape. There are a lot of internet links out there, people can copy/paste these exact words into Google. beckwith "coretta scott king" This is one of the great media deceptions of guys like Michael Beckwith. His brand of New Thought literally believes
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QuoteThe Anticultthere are some links out there that say that the Rev. Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith, is a Rastafarian? but that could have come from a bogus Wikipedia entry. As always, AC, you are doing TERRIFIC work! Here's another thread for you to check out. MB was close with Coretta Scott King and Yolanda King before their untimely deaths. Both were generally sucked in by New Agey thi
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there are some links out there that say that the Rev. Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith, is a Rastafarian? but that could have come from a bogus Wikipedia entry.
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there is a CD included in the book by Michael Beckwith. It includes Michael Beckwith's wife singing, and him preaching. His style is a very loud voice, quickly-spoken evangelist. But the content is a blend of various new age ideas. He begins each session, by telling people to relax, and breath deeply. He then goes into them being "receptive" and not trusting the Ego mind,
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Michael Bernard Beckwith does promote ideas about African Shaman, and how he can teach you their methods at his workshops and reatreats, and how to "shapeshift", and the rest of it. He even mentions Carlos Castaneda in a positive light. So he is marketing the "learn how to be an Urban Shaman", which is very saleable these days. Michael Bernard Beckwith quotes Osho a lo
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Quotearound page 88, Michael Beckwith is telling tall tales of meeting with a Shaman named Baba in Ghana Africa. He says that these Shaman can shapeshift, (shamanic shapeshifting) and literally change their physical form. Baba an 80 year old man, changed himself into a woman, and his voice came out of a tree, telling Beckwith he was going to be involved in bringing "world peace".
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There are some analyses starting of "Dr." Michael Bernard Beckwith. It will take a while, but now that he is getting famous, some journalists will go and do some digging, and start to turn up some of the wacko stuff. Its interesting that he uses the LSD comment below, without knowing about the Talking Tree that told Beckwith he was going to save the world. Here is a blog article
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around page 88, Michael Beckwith is telling tall tales of meeting with a Shaman named Baba in Ghana Africa. He says that these Shaman can shapeshift, (shamanic shapeshifting) and literally change their physical form. Baba an 80 year old man, changed himself into a woman, and his voice came out of a tree, telling Beckwith he was going to be involved in bringing "world peace". (here is
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on page 14, he tells a story about how he and they healed a woman's rare kidney disease with his own type of New Thought treatment (a type of alleged prayer, like Christian Science), and no transplant was needed. Notice he did not tell that story on Oprah, and actually said the opposite about cancer. But who is this woman with the kidney disease? Where are the accredited documents for t
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yikes, there is a new book, Spiritual Liberation: Fulfilling Your Soul's Potential by Michael Bernard Beckwith This is pure New Thought. He even lists the New Thought writers, and he also lists Osho, and many others. The bottom line with this book is the old Christ Consciousness gag. That is, you can literally have the exact same superhuman powers as Jesus Christ, if you believe
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and of course, Reverend Dr. Michael Beckwith, is hooked-in with a couple of other Secretrons, to milk the beast as much as possible. There seems to have been some conflict with Jack Canfield, Bob Proctor, and Beckwith, but it looks like Beckwith is back in. One doubts Jack Canfield was cutting his partners in 33% each perhaps? Read the fine print guys! The SGR Program, Science of Getting Ric
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sadly, Oprah is going to have one of the people from The Secret back again, the self proclaimed "visionary" Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith. Some of these things are complex, some are not. For example, any guy who calls himself the Rev. Dr. when his degrees are defacto bogus, is someone to watch out for! Michael Beckwith is not a real "Dr." as in a real PhD earned over many ye
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Its strange what Oprah is doing promoting this stuff, but it does make sense. She stated she believed in the Christ Consciousness idea, which basically means YOU can all get the Powers attributed Jesus Christ at some point...literally. Not just Enlightenment, but walking on water, turning loaves into fishes, Thought-Reading, and all of the other supernatural powers in the New Testament. The
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I have been racking my brain for months to go further in depth into the Secrets' philosophy and logical contradictions. I have been interested to see what a lot of people would say about my concerns who are followers of the Secret, and (don't shun) Youtube was one of the places I went. I have seen the message boards on Oprah's website, and the responses on Youtube are quite
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Below are some of the comments made on the Oprah message board, by the "Christian lady" who was on the Oprah Secret show, who was questioning the Secret on religious grounds. Notice how this woman was "sandbagged" in almost the identical way as the token skeptic in the Psychic Oprah show. They have it down to a science, they get ONE lone skeptic, they isolate them, gang up
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On the Rhonda Byrne MySpace, she says she is 37 (cough cough). QuoteFemale 37 years old Western Australia Australia http://a714.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/23/m_c77cf561e01b1b8969692c55309dd139.jpg I wonder if some internet research could turn up her REAL age, as opposed to her Secret Age. (in the Secret, you can get YOUNGER EVERY YEAR if you BELIEVE it!) ok, like I though
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QuoteON2 LFQuoteWhile many of people featured on the movie The Secret have strong spiritual beliefs, the Law of Attraction is not religion-based. In simplest terms, it's about believing in yourself and aligning your thoughts and beliefs with your greatest desires. However, the Law of Attraction is complementary to a wide range of religious beliefs. As Michael Beckwith pointed out on Oprah�
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QuoteWhile many of people featured on the movie The Secret have strong spiritual beliefs, the Law of Attraction is not religion-based. In simplest terms, it's about believing in yourself and aligning your thoughts and beliefs with your greatest desires. However, the Law of Attraction is complementary to a wide range of religious beliefs. As Michael Beckwith pointed out on Oprah's show,
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