Advice for Orthodox and Israeli Jewish Brides-To-Be Obtain a Pre-Nuptial Forbidding Future Husband to Deny a Get (Divorce) In Case Marriage Goes Wrong After 5 years as a ‘chained woman,’ Esty got her freedom this summer To mark Yom Ha’aguna, The Times of Israel spoke with a woman who was able to obtain a divorce from her abusive husband, and those working to help others do the same By JUD
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Check this out. Jordan Peterson reportedly had drug problems -- dependant on bezodiazines due to family stress. JP reportedly went to Russia for emergency drug detox. (His adult daughter Mikhaila is the only source.) Another tidbit: Peterson became fascinated with Soviet realist art and artifacts -- perhaps obsessed is a better term. Here's a link: He tells the interviewe
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'Right-Wing’ Back-to-Land Movement Called Anastasia Is Making Germans Nervous The combination of hippie-style rural living with far-right ties among some of the group's leadership has anti-extremism experts concerned The leader of the Anastasia settlement in Grabow, Germany reportedly has tied to the Ludendorff, a far-right movement.
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Users of this message board are not obligated to respond to questions that seem "off". One way to make an assessment is to study other posts the person has made. You can do this by clicking the username, which is a live link Next, click Profile. Then click Show All Posts Do this for ReneLL 1985 and you'll see this:
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Cult recruiters make a point of targeting people with money. People who come into money amid major life changes such as divorce, inheritance, life insurance payouts after a loved ones death are especially vulnerable.
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Yoga classes brought added revenue to the gym I once belonged to. Those of us who took the Spinning classes and the Pilates classes bought our equipment at bike shops and dance clothing stores. The people who packed into the yoga classes gladly bought yoga merchandise from the front desk. Added revenue for the gym! No cooincidence that the Spinning classes were moved from the largest s
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A lot more research needs to be done to examine the effects of mindfulness practice versus metta practice on empathy and willingness to share resources. Lets now look at examining yoga. We desperately need more research to identify what kind of self enhancement is generated by yoga practice as fitness exercises with no grounding in ethics and the same postural exercises taught in an ethica
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That is an excellent link! Another citation put it this way: (Quote)Traditionally, mind-body practices such as yoga and meditation are believed to have an “ego-quieting” effect, allowing practitioners to foster well-being by reducing their sense of self-importance across all areas of life. A pair of studies published in Psychological Science, however, suggests that the physical and emot
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Walking away My dad has been in the Qanon rabbit hole for two years and since the invasion it looks like they switched their anti vaxx rhetoric for pro putin propaganda, ofcourse since every world event has to be part of the plan. My dad has just admitted to me what I’ve already knew for 2 years that their “plan” is to get rid of the evil jews that control our government and banks and that eve
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Quote...mindfulness interventions in the West are often presented as a “quick fix”, while ignoring much of the ethical guidance that was part of the original religious tradition – which may be important for ensuring that the practice brings about the desired changes to people’s behaviour How Mindfulness Can Make You a Darker Person Mindfulness is thought to have multiple benefits – but it
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(Quoted from above) There will also likely be people who have disappointing experiences when the miraculous “cure” they were hoping for does not transpire. Nothing works 100% of the time for 100% of people. Corboy note: Concerns for therapeutic safety must include the nature of the social scene - the context - that is the context in which the drug is advertised, glamorized, valorized an
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It’s Time to Start Studying the Downside of Psychedelics Before psychedelic therapy and services becomes widely available, there needs to be a better understanding of all the ways these experiences can go wrong. QuoteWhen psychedelics begin to be taken more widely, there will be a variety of less-than-ideal outcomes, said psychedelic researchers and therapists that Motherboard (Vice New
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'Thanks Jews, for the publicity’: Is Goyim TV succeeding? Goyim TV was co-founded by Minadeo, a former waiter, amateur actor and now full-time propagandist who monetizes his website with digital payments and by selling antisemitic, homophobic and pro-fascist T-shirts. His goal is to introduce as many people to his ideology as possible. And to earn money to fund his “activism.” Las
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Reddit discussion Jordan Peterson and things Russian
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There are plenty of us out there. Here's how I got recruited. My best friend mentioned her therapist every so often It was a background hum in our conversations. X and I were close through our shared experiences in the peace movement. We got arrested and spent time in jail overnight. After some years I was disoriented by a series of hardships and (this may be important here) une
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Discussion on Reddit about Sedona Arizona and Bentinho Massaro
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I've been on this message board over 20 years and can tell you Landmark did produce one item in abundance: Trolls. Persistent, devious, vicious, threatening and deceitful trolls.
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(Text of NY Times article followed by discussion on Reddit.) Linguistic Detectives Find Fingerprints: Using machine learning, separate teams of computer scientists identified the same two men as likely authors of messages that fueled the viral movement. (New York Times February 2022)
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New memoir by a woman who abandoned the family to live at Rajneesh ashrams. When She Comes Back
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Exposing Deeds of Darkness Like Father Like Son
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The Naked Truth About John Gray QuoteJohn Gray has turned his book into a brand and wrought a financial empire through publishing, a chain of licensed counseling centers, seminar workshops, a syndicated advice column, television and radio broadcasts, not to mention the lucrative lecture circuit. The synergy between all of Gray's various interests and enterprises have undoubtedly ma
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Here's a URL for something Anticult wrote. Second post from the top. Here is a list of posts Anti Cult wrote describing a sophisticated trance induction story telling method that goes by the name "nested loops". To do a search on the CEI message board that covers from discussions many years ago, always select "All Dates" before running your search.
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A member of this message board who went by the name Anticult, quite knowledgeable in hypnotic trance induction techniques, made many contributions to this discussion of Byron Katie. You can read the posts here. After Anticult joined, this Byron Katie discussion was visited by many trolls. Without alert daily moderation, the discussion would've been disrupted. A troll invasion u
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Welcome to CEI message board, worried fam. Others have come here with questions about Psi Seminars. Here's a place to look. ttps://forum.culteducation.com/search.php?4,search=Psi+Seminars,author=,page=1,match_type=PHRASE,match_dates=0,match_forum=ALL,match_threads=0
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This is not to excuse gurus but to call the entire guru role into question. My opinion is that the social scene gurus allow to develop around themselves is a toxic work environment. Ni human nervous system can resist the temptation. The scene also attracts opportunists drawn to the power, the prestige and the aching trustfulness of the students who congregate around the guru.
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"If a person sees themselves as an imperfect, low, unworthy slave, there is nothing to ever complain about if life kicks you in the ass repeatedly. Low expectations, fewer disappointments." It is also possible to develop massive arrogant pride as a compensation for extreme self- abasement -- the slave of Krishna feels superior to all those outside the sect.
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Is there a link to a source?
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Shamrock, thanks for this! Ive had a series of such experiences over many years and the article's description matches perfectly. Am no therapist and received no special training. Nearly all of the experiences happened in the midst of a stressful situation. Not all of them were preceded by close eye contact. We like to assume that possession of this talent proves holiness. Al
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Persons who were in three different cults (International Church of Christ, Andrew Cohen's EnlightenNext and One Taste tell their stories. One Taste is Story #3) What makes these so valuable is each person describes the complex mixture of good and bad that attracted them to the group, bonded them deeply to the group and its leaders, and led to considerable sunk costs before they realized t
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Persons who were in three different cults (International Church of Christ, Andrew Cohen's EnlightenNext and One Taste tell their stories. Andrew Cohen is Story #2) What makes these so valuable is each person describes the complex mixture of good and bad that attracted them to the group, bonded them deeply to the group and its leaders, and led to considerable sunk costs before they realize
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