I hope this is posted in the correct section, apologies in advance if it is not. I received a marketing email from Taschen Books, something that I signed up for in 2009 and never heard anything from since.. until now. The Dalai Lama has teamed up with Taschen and others in order to sell highly priced books that he has signed. There are other editions too. This one is $12,425 usd or u
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Scrap my previous posts, somebody shared this article which was in April just last year. I’d love to hear the story behind how she’s still involved with this trash. I still do not believe that the conspiracy stuff is coming from the Kabbalah Center though. That’s got to be from elsewhere.
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Hi John, Yes you will be ok in your own time, that is true and I’m glad that you’re managing yourself in the ways that you know best, I think not managing yourself can land you into possibly worse health, so it is good to know that you take care. ‘it can be seen in the fact that I beg forgiveness from the very person who abused and betrayed me.’ That is exactly what they do though isn’t
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Here it is, this was why Madonna fell out with the fake Kabbalah Center.. it was a while back now. ‘As the Bergs' fortunes increased, so did the scrutiny of their organization. The Centre has faced a number of scandals, the most damaging of which came to light, ironically, because of Madonna. According to a Newsweek expose, the singer raised $18 million dollars through her Raising Malawi
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Hi Corboy, I don’t think that this one comes from the Kabbalah Center. It is a pre existing conspiracy doing the rounds, which likely came from another source or possibly one to one teacher.. they like this kind of thing because it gets people hooked.. the person then goes about sharing what they now ‘know’. I would not be surprised if it came from a one to one type teacher who does the
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John Hunter PhD Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi everyone > > I've just put a video together in which I > shamelessly plug my (free) book, and provide a > link to it: > > > > Obviously, the primary goal of the book is to > alert the public of what goes on in LGATs, and so > I'm asking that you watch it a
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Hello Everyone, Meditation, mystical magic wonder practice, utilising breathing techniques and other modes... we are all led to believe that meditation is our ‘connection to spirit’ or ‘god’, however there is some very simple reality to the practice that you should not continue to read if you are happy in your current state - same as with any debunking post. This is the bit that they don’t
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Note to everyone: the trapcall app does work on android these days. It has been updated.
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The various fake numbers are ‘spoof’ numbers, this link is for an app that can help with that though for mobile calls and iPhone use only, if someone has their mobile listed then they may be able to land him but cops need to support. If the call cannot be traced through the app, it is possible that the caller is using voip - which it has been said may not work on the app in that case.
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It might sound difficult, but can be done easily once (and if you want to) train yourself into it. You might already do it, or have heard of it before, though just for the record... If the behaviour of any person or group does not line up with what they are saying - they have ulterior motives and are a manipulator. Ulterior motives are running in that person or group, and they are workin
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Hi Kdag, It’s ok, I know that you are not trying to get me to not take care of myself, and besides, doing that is my responsibility anyway so I wouldn’t lay that on anyone else, no worries at all. I’ll stop reading if it’s not for me, I’m lethal like that because I’m worth it hehe . John, it really has to be questioned why so many certified and therefore often immediately trusted profess
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Thanks Kdag, I will certainly go on to read the book after your further sharing. I did read the excerpt, though then looked for some reviews on it and read that hypnosis was a theme, so I dropped it because it is really important to me to be careful in what I expose myself to as a matter of taking care of myself. Nothing comes before that. I’m really interested to read, and if they mention
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Hello All, from a sunny garden :-) Ok I know where I am with this, and it is good to see that Oprah is not being endorsed. Sadly, and other than those who have been used to support the show and who have been manipulated by her work, this person would only be appealing to those interested in the same thing as she.. which is running a lucrative business based on emotional manipulation. Kdag,
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Unseen forces, which I believe might pertain to ‘agents’ in psychology terms, are the invisible operators that we are asked to believe in without actually seeing them for ourselves in existence. We are also asked to give power to unseen forces in our own lives, and in the lives of others. An unseen force in nature can be attributed to the wind. When we are very small children, the wind, inv
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Thank you for posting this, it is still so wild to me how these things can go on via social media and how blatant they are.. and that the spurious nature of them is easily missed. I read that musician TotalFreedom was a part of this, wether it is correct for them in particular or not it has to be noted that most creators on Total Freedoms usual genre like to go into trance states whilst creat
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> Our minds and guts are supposed to work as > partners, in harmony, not be estranged from each > other. Con artists get us to rely on logic at the > expense of our guts. This is so true, I think it’s worth noting though that if somebody has been involved in these things the diet of the person is most often interfered with from the get go, people are told it is bad to eat certai
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Thank you John, I’ll be having a good read up here. “According to the extreme LGAT interpretations of constructionism and responsibility, death camps and molestation are not inherently negative, but may simply be interpreted as such by those who choose to experience them in this way. Mother Jones journalist” - denial solves nothing, where as acknowledgement does because it begins the proces
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Here is a repaired copy and paste of my post, minus a paragraph towards the end which somehow made sense to me at the time of posting :D .. it is so important to look after yourself to most highest standards possible. This means putting you first, something that you may find difficult to do, particularly if you adhere to ahimsa as a lifestyle choice. This means not continuing to teach or
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Hi All, Re the incest subject, in my personal study I found that lots of groups use this sort of subject with specific reason, which is that it works to thoroughly break down inner personal judgement of people and situations - this is a personal boundary. It can be teamed with teachings of absolute non judgement too. Once this is done, those in attendance are far less likely to challenge an
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These are two great topics to explore when getting rational again. Physic terms are often picked up and misused in groups like those for healing modalities and various online spiritual trends people. It doesn’t have to be academia, just a flick through a dictionary of physics will often find you answers that reality posits, rather than the made up bits that get used to try and impress peopl
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.. it is so important to look after yourself to most highest standards possible. This means putting you first, something that you may find difficult to do, particularly if you adhere to ahimsa as a lifestyle choice. This means not continuing to teach or partake in the same ideas that are breaking down within you, so that your brain can process and recover. This means getting the correct
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Ignoring the numbers of people who have been abused within a yoga setting is a disaster, for ourselves and for those who have been greatly hurt by the people who profess to be out for everyone’s best intentions rather than just their own. Yoga might be magical for some, however the reality is that it is no more different than an everyday workout exercise program, aside from the fact that a lar
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This is such a powerful writing, everything that you have written is absolutely valid and relatable. What you write is exactly how it is. It isn’t easy being in the world at the best of times, and cults / spiritual groups etc present as a place of kindness and nurturing, the sort of things that we want for the entire world. In reality, these cults and spiritual groups are places full to b
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Hi Jupiter, I love your contributions, thank you for sharing them, they are great! For 7, throwing accusations around it seems like a deflective control tactic? I have seen this in very manipulative people where they have tried to control someone and a group by throwing an accusation when they themselves are the wrongdoer, or they are trying to get rid of someone that they deem a threat
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Hi Jupiter, It is very hard, you are right, very hard and it hurts. It greatly changes us as individuals and a lot of the time without us even realising. A good takeaway to consider is to remember the root, that it was other people’s wishes imposed rather than what was presented to us. The reasons given were masks for the true agenda, the root, which was to control. Remembering this coul
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Great, hopefully the clip will be viewable in as many countries as possible now. Sony understandably blocks a lot of stuff in a lot of places, though it’s great that you got permission so at least that base is covered :-).
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.. you could just directly post the link here too if you can get the pdf up on a file sharing host - apologies forgot to add this bit.
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The downside of yoga: Yoga almost instantly turns people into a follower of others, rather than an authority over their own selves. Everything for someone else (the one who is followed, or seen as the powerful one), and nothing for the now abandoned, newly impoverished self. Reality.
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Thank you for sharing these John. They are certainly very valuable to many though the second clip couldn’t be viewed still. It makes truly awful watching, to witness people in the midst of such terrible abuse :-(. The following are of course entirely up to you, though a little written warning for those who do not know at the beginning might be helpful? as some may not be prepared to witness
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Hi John, Thank you for sharing about your book, and also for the private message about sharing it too, I can understand your frustrations about tech and also getting people educated about these dreadful matters. I think the best bet as far as the book being out there is concerned would be to create a blogger (or similar platform) which is free, and then use a file hosting platform such as d
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