Prescott e-News has an interesting article and audio of the indictment hearing. Read the analysis of the 'not guilty' non plea--clearly some lawyerly maneouvering going on in trying to manipulate the news feeds with what they want them to hear and report: prescott enews
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'I would add another feature to the list of characteristics that serial bullies find attractive in a potential target: The person who defines his or her own identity as forgiving or compassionate.' Very interesting profile on the persons selected by the serial bully as targets. It rings true for me, and also highlights some of the appeal of the 'Hero's Journey'
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'Mr. Harmonic Wealth is broke? And people were paying thousands to get financial expertise from him? I wonder how his true believers are processing this information.' Unfortunately they have been subject to DeathRay's comprehensive snow-job and will undoubtedly have taken onboard his curious logic. I predict (guesswork, no claim to clairvoyance) that they will have no troubl
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Death Ray is also facing numerous civil suits from the families of his victims and the survivors that he has harmed. If he is convicted, these suits become a much easier prospect to pursue. James Ray put his very expensive home on the market shortly after the sweatlodge debacle, he was active in trying to liquidate his assets fast, not in helping with the investigations. Presenting himself
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A video and report from 12 News with JAR on his way to court: jumpsuit james
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Who would have guessed? Pleads 'not guilty' not guilty plea And some rebuttal of the White Paper and NY Times whitewash, from a recovering participant: beverly bunn rebuttal
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Doctor Logic is also making a quite pointed personal attack on the Anticult, albeit through assumptions as to TAC's spiritual affiliations and current feelings, things that are TAC's business alone. Using Dr Logic's own logic, that would indicate to me that Dr Logic is showing his own fear of TAC. The poker tell analogy is spurious; in the flesh it is guesswork, using pixels on
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I'm echoing another poster, "He looks good in orange, I hope he stays that way"
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CNN vid of the arrest. perp walk
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More on the arrest: JAR attorney statement
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Death Ray arrested. Three counts of manslaughter. arrest
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'As I recall, even Stoic was subjected to this kind of bullying in his earlier, outspoken days on the forum. I notice he doesn't stray too far from group dogma anymore. Why is that?' I think your interpretation is slightly off. I didn't experience bullying, (unfortunately I have ineradicable memories of bullying so know it when I experience it again) I experienced some gri
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I think law enforcement are looking into it, and probably finding it tricky to put together a watertight case. Manipulation and undue influence is notoriously difficult to prove to legal standards. If you feel like giving the nice policemen some encouragement to keep probing to the bottom of this mess, Yakaru posted some addresses elsewhere that could be useful. Yakaru/saltydroid "Y
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'Its amazing how some of those who seem to be into Nondualism willfully blind themselves to the MOUNTAIN of hard facts and evidence that is right in front of their eyes about Byron Katies covert persuasion, manipulation and LGAT seminar tactics. Its as if they are poking their own eyes out with their fingers, and then saying they can't see anything.' I think a lot of this inatt
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I was going to offer Dr Logic a cup of ginger peach tea--but I think your last post hits the nail squarely on the head, Anticult.
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Very strange indeed that there is info available on where the dodgy credentials were purchased but none on where the worthy credentials were earned.
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'As a direct result of "the work" I was doing in therapy I wound up in a long line of really horrible relationships. The first being someone that the "therapist" introduced me to. Who apparently was a sadist, and the therapist told me she knew that afterward, as he was another of her clients. Thanks.' I can identify strongly with the confusion that you are ex
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On his site in his bibliography he bills himself as 'Psy D' but does not mention from where he gained that. Kevin Hogan bio
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Thanks for the clarification, Yakaru. On re-reading I probably put too much hope and optimism into this! A few more gentle reminders from concerned citizens would not go amiss.
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Gleaned this latest info from Salty Droid's site, saltydroid. info the Angel Valley site owners speaking out in rebuttal to DeathRays self-exculpatory PR piece: Angel Valley interview Angel Valley interview 2 Angel Valley Video interview Also of possible interest to anyone following this story is that San Diego law enforcement are now in contact with Arizona law enforcement (a
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I had a quick read of Dave's latest blog on Yelp. I noticed the last para when he mentions he is reading a new book 'Drive' is in a slightly larger font than the rest of the piece. I clicked the given link to the Amazon sales page, 30+ 5 star reviews, but what caught my eye was that the Amazon address seems to contain a reference to 'Bold Approach'-----------a questio
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'The healing arts do very much depend on the skill and care of the practitioner.' The patient/client has a part to play also, in using critical thinking to evaluate the skill and care on offer from the practitioner. Corboy has provided extensive information in other threads (notably James Ray and Byron Katie threads) on the correct nature of the fiduciary and boundaried aspects req
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'The last thing I would want as a corporate employee is for my boss to play God.' There is unfortunately no shortage of corporate bosses suffering from the delusion that they can play god, but in corporate life they generally have a less all-encompassing grip on the employees mind---there are labour laws for protection in developed countries that give a recognised means of address fo
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Fascinating vid. Billed as training in how to communicate with another person, it is clearly a training in how to avoid communication of any kind in the interests of controlling, blocking and heading off any genuine attempt at communication.
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'a very theatrical game, and the kind of team-building exercise that might be played at a corporate retreat.' He is using the idea of a 'corporate retreat' as something innocuous and beyond reproach but corporations are increasingly using the LGAT techniques of Landmark, est etc (without the informed consent of the participants) to instill loyalty and a driven competitive m
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I ran a complete security check on my machine after looking at the warren whitlock site and it came up clean. The problem with these guys is that once they are seen to be deceptive in one area they lose all credibility in all other areas also. I have no problem at all believing that malware was deliberately attached to the site in an effort to make money any way possible from anyone unknowing
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'Its the old baffle them with bullshit method.' Which pretty much sums up all these guys and all their ploys and methods. I have to dust off my critical thinking hat and keep it on my head!
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James Ray breaks his silence for his first media interview: DeathRay Q & A
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I've read before about this practice amongst this ring of marketers of 'gaming' Amazon where they get their mates to bump up their ratings and make a best-seller out of a rubbish book. Joe Vitale does it regularly, I believe and some cult leaders have also employed this tactic--Maharaji is one I recall mentioned. This selling of a product, where the product itself is simply a le
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“’All men shall be my slaves! All women shall succumb to my charms! All mankind shall grovel at my feet and not know why!’” another quote from L Ron, taken from a long article posted by Christa on the James Ray thread but relevant here also: www.arts.ualberta.ca Quotechrista "Here's a link to a superb article about malignant narcissism. It's long, but worth it. The main
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