The following is from my HEAL e-newsletter that arrived today. This particular news item is for people who have suffered abuse in the residential behavior modification programs (wilderness programs, "reform schools", etc), most of which use LGAT techniques. Perhaps accounts of LGAT experiences could be sent to the Committee also. From Angela S. HEAL Coordinator We were able t
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The following is from my HEAL e-newsletter today. From Angela S. HEAL Coordinator We were able to persuade a mother just in the nick of time against sending her child to Sorenson's Ranch in Utah! The "escorts" (paid kidnappers) were to arrive at 3am Friday night/Saturday morning. She is looking into local alternatives and planning to keep her son home and out of instituti
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Jon Stewart of The Daily Show, on Comedy Central, would be great, too.
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Anyone can post and edit on Wikipedia so anyone associated with any of the LGATs can spin their garbage there and attack anything negative, just like they do here. RR is very careful not to label anything as "cults" and has made it clear that organized religions are not cults. He defines the difference very well. Those Wiki posters who lie and say otherwise obviously have reading co
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Oh - great idea! ANd broadcast on a children's\teen's station so they can learn a few pointers before venturing out into the cults in our midst.
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From MAPS.org - This is THE organization that is helping to get more research on substances like MDMA. MDMA is only used legally under research settings and its efficacy is still being studied. Dr. Mithoefer's MDMA/PTSD protocol was initially approved by FDA on November 2, 2001. This is the first ever FDA-approved protocol designed to investigate any therapeutic potential of MDMA. A re
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Re my post above, my tongue-in-cheek tone might have been lost on my comments regarding MAPS.org. They are hardly objective in their quest to prove the value of psychadelics in therapy.
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pbm77, The problems with the troubled teen industry schools stem from the use of manipulation, abuse, neglect, and the use of LGAT "technology" (see Large Group Awareness Training threads).
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My naturopath was very much into psychadelics, MDMA, LSD, Ahuasca, etc. He didn't bring up the use of such in the office, but after I began working for him and continued with symptoms, he suggested MDMA. I can tell you, A LOT of "mainstream" therapists are into this. I attended one of The Prophets conferences and the entire audience was like a bunch of junior high students br
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I personally don't know any women who "fall" for the tanned, slick used car salesman types.
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They almost NEVER provide credit to training, affiliation, etc. My Doctor was up to his eyeballs in Landmark, recruited me (a patient) to be his event coordinator, and STILL never told me about his involvement, never used their terminology or language, but re-worded it to avoid, what? plagaiarism, copyright infringement?. It was only after finding this website that I was able to see the correla
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Sonnie-dee makes a good point. No one deludes themselves. These people are con artists. They're called that for a reason. My doctor referred me to Landmark. I went nearly 1-1/2 years after he casually mentioned it during an office visit. I've heard other therapists are recommending Landmark Education. It used to be that going to a health professional who was working in a
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Ah! Found this in one of many obits... Dr. Dale had advanced degrees in psychology and sociology from Roosevelt University, Chicago and the Illinois Institute of Applied Psychology. He received his Doctorate in Human Sexuality from The Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco where he was Adjunct Professor of Behavioral Studies in Human Sexuality. Dr. Dale was
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Probably the same place The Mars\Venus guy did. A lengthy search comes up empty, which is typical for these self-appointed doctoral types. It was not a surprise that Dale endorsed this teen boot camp either. It seems many of them, like Landmark, want to get 'em while they're young, hence, the abusive and manipulative "troubled teen" industry.
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What also needs to be pointed out is that therapists are utilizing this film and LGAT "technology" in their practices. This is really dangerous stuff because it does not address the problem, but it makes people feel worse about themselves. When I sought counseling post my Landmarkian doctor, the first author the very mainstream therapist suggested I read was Byron Katie.
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Gemini There is nothing condescending about skeptic's post. He is pointing out legitimate discrepancies and absurdities in "lgat" thinking. "LGAT" stands for the forum topic you are posting under.
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School tied to River Vale hiker's death will allow water bottles Wednesday, June 6, 2007 FROM STAFF AND NEWS SERVICE REPORTS The Record - Bergen County A Utah wilderness-survival school that ran a hike during which a River Vale man died of dehydration last year is allowing campers to carry 32-ounce water bottles during its grueling desert treks. "It's about time,"
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The Fornitz website might be able to help you. The link is buried somewhere in this thread.
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I bet the employees spend a lot of time setting up the tables and chairs in perfect alignment. I wonder if they all stand in the back of the cafe watching the customers transform their food.
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I wonder what they do to their employees.
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This lack of responsibility and just avoiding negativity or people that don't bring you what you want is very childish and very narcissistic. My sociopathic naturopath removed the belongings of his live-in girlfriend from their apartment after he attended LEC seminars and moved in with a woman he met at the Forum. He felt no sense of responsibility or need to even explain his actions
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Excellent! The Slate article is a follow up to the last post I made in this thread.... Since Oprah and company sandbagged the Christian critic she invited on to her show when she was pushing The Secret, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for her to invite Karen Cerulo onto her show.
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There are some articles on LGAT Forum about room set-up. Use the search at the top, right. A user named Corboy posted a good one.
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Love this, culled from slate.com Think Negative!Oprah, it's time to come clean about The Secret. By John Gravois Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2007, at 2:17 PM ET Dear Oprah, Not too long ago, one of your viewers—a woman named Kim—wrote you to announce that she had decided to halt her breast-cancer treatments and heal herself with her mind. Kim had just seen your two shows dedicated to
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This is from Hawaii.edu, an excerpt from a published paper on ancient Hawaiian healing practices. Note the tremendous difference from the "updated version" being marketed above. Ho’opononpono (make things right or “problem solving”) refers to counseling and mediation to resolve conflicts and balance relationships (Helwig, 2003). Ho’opononpono can be used for an individual or a group
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Ho'oponopono is mentioned in the thread on The Secret. Joe Vitale will probably be coming out with a book, DVD or seminar on this. He has an article on his own website about Dr. Len who cured a bunch of "criminally insane" patients in a mental hospital without even meeting with them. This was reportedly at Hawaii State Hospital, yet a search on the government website doesn'
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"It seems that Fred Wolfe is trying to protect his own turf. He is essentially saying, come to HIM to learn about QM and Consciousness, as he sells books, and seminars, talks, etc. " Well - that makes perfect sense. Only HE can write the book on this stuff. I get it now. I was hopeful that he really had been misquoted in The Secret. He wasn't on the Oprah shows so I thoug
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Dr. Wolf wrote this on his webpage. He is the quantum physicist who was featured in The Secret. Writing a Self-Help Book By Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D. For those of you who wish to market a new self help book on "the new Secret" of the "law of attraction" I hope you read these thoughts before you go ahead. There are many books out there, even more than I can imagine, written
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Just for balance, someone who has been to the area where Oprah's schools are told me the area is very unsafe. Security is very tight and the press is hanging outside the school like a bunch of vultures. It is in the realm of possibilities that the press is looking for news that isn't there, but with Oprah's history of LGATitis, nothing is certain.
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Mother Theresa did it without fanfare and self-adoration, too.
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