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Ouroboros
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Sometimes you spend thousands of dollars to follow a self help guru who promises to help you increase your income, be 100% happy, etc. etc.
So you make it to the "Spiritual Warrior" course and you haul your dependent-ass out to Sedona for a week, where you fast and listen to what this shmo says, all the while ignoring your own inner voice.
So you enter the sweat lodge and you are sick and vomiting and your fellow retreat members are sick and vomiting, and you pass out on the floor and cannot be revived, and your guru tells your fellow retreat members to leave you, and not to open the doors to let air and light in, for that is "sacrilegious".
And the ambulance comes to take you and some of the others away, and you die.
So the self-help guru continues to tour and make money, and puts this on his website:
"For me, for the families and friends of the sick and deceased and for many people who believe in the important work we do, these have been the most difficult ten days of our lives.
People are throwing out accusations and disparaging me and our mission. Yet despite that, and despite considerable criticism, I have chosen to continue with my work. It's too important not to. One of the lessons I teach is that you have to confront and embrace adversity and learn and grow from it. I promise you I am doing a lot of learning and growing. I have taken heat for that decision, but if I chose to lock myself in my home, I am sure I would be criticized for hiding and not practicing what I preach.
It means a great deal to me that so many of you have come to see me speak this week and last--that you are investing your time and energy into creating more fulfilling, successful and productive lives. It reaffirms my decision to continue my schedule and these event experiences.
I want to use this forum to address the families of those whose lives were lost, James, Kirby and Liz. I have reached out to all of the families personally, but feel the need to say more. I feel your pain. I accept your anger. And I pray for you all to have some measure of peace and comfort. I want you to know that I too want to know what happened that caused this horrible tragedy. My team and I are working with the appropriate authorities and have even hired our own investigators to find out the truth.
I believe the best way to honor their amazing lives and everlasting memory is to continue this important work. Please join me in a moment of silence to pay homage to their lives and to pray for the speedy recovery of others taken ill.
James Arthur Ray"
What an asshole. We all have the power to reach our goals/dreams/potentials, and it doesn't involve paying a scammer $$$$$, and it doesn't involve putting our bodies in danger, and it doesn't involve turning ourselves over to a higher power (who happens to be the scammer, and only the scammer can help you access your higher power.)
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