Aaravindha Himadra's Apparent Attacks On Be Scofield Have Backfired. Now, the Spotlight Is On Him. The History of This Is On This Site at "Be Scofield -- The Truth Is ???" Just to be clear, I had not even heard of a guru claimant named Aaravindha Himadra until Be Scofield was attacked by what appeared to be a few people on-line. Then, information came out that the at
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The Attacks on Be Scofield and her Supporters-- Utterly Weak but Technically Savvy Since the last post I've researched more of Fred's/Baxter's et al's attacks on Be Scofield. To say they are ill thought out, illogical, unproved, and insulting to the intelligence of the reader is a compliment. In particular, the attacks on Anke Richter, who wrote of Be Scofield in a p
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How Stupid does Alexander Fred- Vera –Baxter Think We All Are? His/ Their Attacks on Be Scofield Are So Dim-Witted That We All Must Be Perceived To Be Idiots. I asked a friend who knew nothing about Be Scofield, had not even known her name, to read two pieces by her. First, her article about Bentinho Massaro. Second, her piece about a mysterious death which seemed to emanate from a conn
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The Rise of the Cyber-Jackel QuoteIn my 2017 expose on Bentinho Massaro I predicted the rise of Cult 2.0. It’s emerging cult leaders using Instagram, Facebook Live, Youtube and other marketing, technology and social media tools to recruit followers. I put a name on what will be an increasing trend of cults around the world. Now I’m predicting the rise of Cyber Jackals. In his book Conf
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A CLEAN SLATE...??? Two posts or so ago Wombat, an apparent strong Mooji follower according to Corboy in his/ her following post, wrote, among other things: "It is not like Be Scofield had a clean slate before Culture or Cult came along..." Wombat then listed other articles to check out: The Misdeeds of Be Scofield, Cult Mania: Inside the Attack on Bentinho Massaro, The Absurd
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Is it really so strange that Culture or Cult, a website dedicated to exploring where culture becomes cult has quite a bit of content about Be Scofield, a writer who makes it her job to "bust cults"? I don't find that focus unusual at all -- initially there was just one article about Scofield (among other items), then Erin arrived on the scene with his devastating allegations of
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Hi Traveler99, No, sorry, you might need to check with your special friend again- but the website you mentioned above - "Culture or Cult?" is definitely suspicious. On the right hand side of the home page, there is a list of categories as such: CATEGORIES • BE SCOFIELD (3) • BENTINHO MASSARO (1) • CULT GURUS (4) • CULTURE OR CULT (5) • HISTORIC INQUISITION (1) • MEDITATIO
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Be Scofield has announced that in November 2019 she will release a book titled Toxic Spirituality: Abuse, Denial and Delusion in New Age Culture. The chapter list is at QuoteByron Katie & The Work Mooji Abraham Hicks & The Law of Attraction Teal Swan Marianne Williamson & A Course In Miracles Eckhart Tolle John of God Agama Yoga & Tantric Abuse Scandals Mindfulness
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Thanks for bringing up this topic Traveler99 James Swartz's interviews on Rick Archer's popular "Buddha at the Gaspump" show were taken down. Apparently Rick only does that reductantly, and only when he hears alarming things about the teacher from multiple, credible sources that are too much to ignore. (like he did with Mooji, and Bentinho Massaro) This story about Swar
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I have compared the Mooji: “An Invitation to Freedom”: with “How to Recognize Your True Self: "I Exist" from Bentinho Massaro: . B. Massaro begins to mimic Mooji’s The Invitation a little bit in some specific aspects and they both present that in very similar ways: It’s obvious, that the both teachers pretend that they are already on the second side of river of the knowledge, that th
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Glad to have found this conversation continuing after stumbling upon the r/meditation and r/mooji saga. Wrote to Sahara71, and will post it here again in case someone else here might find the info useful. I wanted to send a note and suggest you should consider emailing Be Scofield. She's an investigative journalist and has her own online publication The Guru where she has exposés on prom
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Amma Tanya's video was posted here by Leslie Read a few days ago. It's a disscussion forum for Moo's 2nd "Buddha at the Gaspump" interview. If you're on facebook, I suggest joining this group, and respectfully entering the dialogue. There are a few great comments from people that have personally been to Moo's ashram, and saw with there own eyes what is "
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swissanalyst wrote a comment on the CEI message board here: QuoteAccording to this, Bentinho Massaro learned his cult-craft from a person named Candice O'Denver: This Candice O'Denver in turn learned the tricks of the trade from the Tibetan Buddhists, who are masters of the art, as revealed in Christine Chandler's Enthralled: The Guru Cult of Tibetan Buddhism: B
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What Walter has written QuoteDependency on the community and the personal teachers is encouraged as a way to choose a nurturing environment and avoid the indulgences of the profane world. Followers are encouraged not to share their emotions with friends and family but only with their personal trainers. Restricting one's social life to the members of the community is seen as an ideal life
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According to this, Bentinho Massaro learned his cult-craft from a person named Candice O'Denver: This Candice O'Denver in turn learned the tricks of the trade from the Tibetan Buddhists, who are masters of the art, as revealed in Christine Chandler's Enthralled: The Guru Cult of Tibetan Buddhism:
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A mini-documentary on the Massaro Cult on Barcroft TV
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Teal Swan Bentinho Massaro Detectives visited Bentinho Massaro to question him after Brent Wilkins, one of Massaro's followers, committed suicide. "A digital empire" QuoteStevens and his partner scrolled through a Facebook page with 300,000 followers and an Instagram account with 20,000 more. They read the motivational quotes and posts announcing events that d
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An article covering the Massaro Cult on The Arizona Republic website, May 9th
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Is Technology Driving a New Era of Cults? BY DIANA BROWN MAR 30, 2018 (For the entire article including the many live URLs go here: Quote: QuoteHe also claims his highly enlightened state absolves him of all responsibility for his actions. (He screams insults at anyone he wants, saying it's "out of love," and truly enlightened people would recognize that.) But w
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This is a link to a compilation of video clips of Bentinho Massaro giving an insight into the tactics and behaviors which have attracted to him and his group the label of cult. The clips come from his online teaching and retreat videos. Video Expose of Bentinho Massaro Cult
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he also now has two girlfriends and posts pictures of the three of them on facebook. he says it is a new type of relationship one that is of a higher vibration. he obviously has no ideas the mormons have been doing this forever....oh and some other cultures. charlie manson also collected his women and many of them are still in prison. fake phoney fraud.
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Bentinho for a start said he has a open relationship, I do not trust his energy this idea of an open relationship it sounds a way to mask his fear of intimacy he writes long essays with no emotions and I believe we have to think and feel I feel Deeply scared of how these leaders had developed new ways of approach people using social media, but some how social media helps to expose them.
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étaphysique-et-de-lhypnose/ A discussion on a hypnosis website (in French) discussing mooji's techniques.
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Anyone remember the 1988 film, "A Fish Called Wanda"? Look it up. Otto West, a brute with pretensions to high culture, regards himself as Buddhist. He practices his Japanese sword exercises with Western classical music in the background -- and behaves outrageously. Wanda, the title character, reprimands Otto. In the midst of the verbal fireworks Wanda says something very impo
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In a discussion of new wave gurus, such as Bentinho Massaro, one person mentioned Trinity De Guzman and mentioned his or her own reasons for once feeling attracted to the scene. Quote–] 3 points 12 days ago Used to really dig Bentinho a couple years ago. That was when I was desperately trying to find a story for what was happening. Same kind of affection was there for Trinity De Guzm
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QuoteBeware of thinking that you are immune from cult involvement, the cults have millions of members around the world who once thought they were immune, and still don't know they are in a cult!To spot a cult you need to know how they work and you need to understand the techniques they use. And now cult recruiters use social media. Two recent, and egregious examples.
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Some comments: QuoteOM MELLETT 12/4/2017 11:44:52 pm Mr. Massaro is mobilizing his cult followers to take down the Be Scofield article. This YouTube video is a slide show of screen grabs from Massaro’s FB page. He’s also attracting attention on Reddit REPLY TOM MELLETT 12/5/2017 12:50:54 am OUR FIRST OFFICIAL RESPONSE TO THE CULT ACCUSATIONS By Bentinho Massaro December
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Massaro has written a book, Super Accelerated Living: How to Manifest an Epic Life Paperback – November 11, 2016 310 reviews as of December 20, 2017. 90% are five star reviews. Massaro's biography on Amazon QuoteBiography Bentinho Massaro is the leading synthesizer of enlightenment and empowerment teachings from many sources, current and historical, offering a fresh and laser-like
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New discussion of a "Tech Bro" guru, Bentinho Massaro, based in Sedona Arizona. Did anyone ever see him involved with the satsang scene, with Mooji or other satsang leaders?
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The comments following the Spiritual Rock Star article are interesting. Some allege that Massaro's parents are Dutch and are into human potential business. One commenter, KD, wrote, "I always say that Bentinho Massaro will be back at satsangs with Mooji, for example, in no time ????" Am not sure what this means. Did Massaro spend time hanging around with Mooji before start
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