Re: Lifewave and Ishvara (John Yarr)
iamthat:Please don't make faith claims and attempt to teach your beliefs here. It's against the rules you agreed to before posting at this message board.Many meditation groups use the state of trance...
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Hi moderatorI was not intending to make any claims. I was simply describing my own experiences, which at the time I erroneously attributed to the power of the teacher.Such experiences do occur in...
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Welcome to the forum NickleandDimed. Fun huh? Sign me up. I just heard a reporters reaction to yesterday's Pres news conf, "All righty, then." Ha. That could be the average reaction to the greater...
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Thank you for the welcome, Lily. When finally walking away for good I was so far gone and needed a definition of fun. Reading horror novels by Stephen King was fun for a while but the beach and boggie...
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Welcome 5&10. You posts are most welcome.I remember the LW saying "the kingdom of god is relationships"But the relationships I witnessed in the LW were based on conditional love at best. Lip...
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iamthat:The focus of this message board is behavior not beliefs.Read the rules again.See [forum.culteducation.com]"This forum was established for the purpose of allowing those with concerns about...
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I like to hear about people's experiences within different spiritual groups. Also it's interesting to find out what different leaders taught. I don't think anyone is going to understand the phenomenon...
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Ananda:I see your point, but there are boundaries.It's important that no one cross the line at this board by advancing a particular faith claim in an effort to promote a certain belief system.This...
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puddington wrote: “Glad you found freedom. Ain't it great?”--------It’s great ---- no dictators!!!
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Thank you for the welcome, puddington. Agreed, lip service to G&M were all that mattered and finding freedom eliminates all of that. Free at last of feeling failure for not reaching whatever...
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Hi guysI am not wishing to preach or convert anyone to whatever I may believe. However, it is difficult to separate the behaviour of any teacher and his/her followers from the experiences and beliefs...
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iamthatBlaming the victim is not what this message board is about.See [culteducation.com]All anyone need do here is go to the top control bar of any page on this board and click on "Mind Control."...
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FCSLS--To think and read other posts in this forum on this re growing up in the land of the free and then ending up submitting to cult dictators doesn't make sense but then it does if you knew John...
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Many gurus and spiritual teachers do use manipulation if they start life as a particular type of person who inwardly fragile, feels estrangeddoes not feel at ease in peer relatonships.Psychologist Len...
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I was not intending to blame the victim. I do not see myself or others in Lifewave as victims. We chose to accept certain things and we have to accept responsibility for our choices. It takes two to...
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NickelandDimed wrote in part:“I am here due to the death of those who were supports.”and“Having contact with people who had the same experience has a benefit.”----------It’s 280392+ views beneficial....
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iamthat :If the group is democratic and the members/participants elected leaders to serve for fixed terms and there is meaningful financial accountability and transparency through published budgets...
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I like that Carlyle quote FCSLC. According to Wikipeid, Carlyle had a respect for restraint in speech until "thought has silently matured itself...to hold one's tongue till some meaning lie behind it...
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The LW tried to change my personality to be like G&M and then they took God away from me. Still angry over that.Recalling a wedding and a band playing Sounds of Silence. Weird even for the LW.
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After thought,That should be the LW tried to take God away from me and replace Him with G&M.
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