Feb 17, 2014

Breaking the TEAL SPELL -- UPDATE: The Noncasts

Crossposted from Reflections Journal.

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Update: The Noncasts (See Below)

Further Update: Blake Addresses Jason Freedman Mystery (See Below)

Yet Another Update: Kicking "Tealers" Down the Memory Hole (See Below)


Some years ago, when I was doing the Flower of Life teacher training with Drunvalo Melchizedek, one of my fellow travelers shared with me that he was troubled by what he called the "Drunvalettes." The term was his own invention but there was no mistaking his meaning. He even pegged a few of our classmates with that term. He liked Drunvalo quite a bit but that there was this kind of adulation by some Flower of Life folks made him uncomfortable. He had some concern that Drunvalo might have been fostering this unquestioning sycophancy. So one day when we were enjoying a break, he asked Drunvalo very directly how he felt about his Drunvalettes.

Dru shook his head and sighed. "I just try to stay out of it," he said.

That's one approach. There's a conversation to be had, for sure, about whether ignoring the phenomenon and trying to distance oneself from it is enough. Is it necessary to more actively discourage such behavior? But I think the one thing we were all in agreement on -- Drunvalo, myself, and the gentleman who raised the concern -- was that such hero worship was not a good or healthy thing.

The term "tealer" has similarly been thrown around to describe those who've drunk the "teal-aid." Some of her more passionate and angry defenders who've posted on my blog have been quite pejoratively labeled "tealers" by other commenters. So imagine my horror when I read this in a recent TEAL post about her seminar in Atlanta.

I am struck by how much the imprint of the days of slavery still remains on some of the older buildings and railways here in town. It has soaked its way especially into the old wood that dots the brick walls. The venue for yesterday’s workshop was one such a building. It was a fitting energy, seeing as how the theme of the entire workshop was self-liberation.

This group which is being called the “Tealers” is the most open minded, eccentrically intellectual group I have ever beheld.  I think it is now my favorite part of holding these workshops.  Long-term friendships are formed.  People find their place to belong. And I get to witness the fact that this world is in good hands.  All across the globe, they form a supportive web of awakening.  They touch the lives of the people in the cities they live in.  It is like a little legion of enlightened spirits, whose practice is that of non-resistance and expansion.

You're Freeeee! Wait. Not so fast.



TEAL's posts are always a box of contradictions. The scenery is beautiful. The people are lovely. The town oozes its fetid history from every nook and cranny. Life is beautiful and filled with joy. I wander through a briar patch of PTSD triggers that hurl me into seizures and despair. My life is so rich and full that I've written a how-to book on self-love. Everything reminds me of my ritual abuse and being sewn into corpses.

And, bonus! This post comes with a healthy dose of bigotry... and, for good measure, a naked lady.

But I digress. She actually wants "tealers." It's positively Orwellian. You too can be liberated if only you will define yourself by your adoration of TEAL.


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As I said in my first post on the topic, I have never seen a spiritual teacher who has so blatantly courted adulation and fostered dependency. What I've learned two posts and volumes of feedback later is that it's so much worse than I thought.

Recently, yet another TEAL related Facebook group launched: Teal Tribe Dating. That might not be so bad right? A nice little meeting place for people of similar interests under her general auspices. But then I read the copy.


Teal Tribe Dating


"Teal Tribe Dating" is a group for human beings(Well... at least in the 3D) who are single and looking for a loving relationship with a like-minded partner. Teal Tribe turned out to be an easy awesome way for people who are familiar with Teal to find their true friends and soul family, and now you have a chance to meet your true love too. That idea works by the law of attraction: The vibration in this group is high because of the high vibrational message of Teal Scott; Which means meeting high quality and spiritual-minded people. To break the ice, here is a suggestion for introducing yourself:

. . .

Favorite Teal's Video/Art/Quotes:

*To search for profiles go into the 'Photos' tab and click the desired category... [All emphases mine]

Yes, you are part of an elite group of "high vibrational" people because you like TEAL. TEAL's followers are your true soul family. And you can all bond based on your shared devotion to TEAL. You can even find the love of your life as long as it's really all about ♥ TEAL ♥.

This all looks more and more cultish by the day. I can't help thinking of the Moonies and their arranged, mass weddings.

Obviously, Teal Tribe is not a cult like Unification, Hare Krishna, or other highly organized groups. It's not a totalitarian regime. But there are definitely cultish elements. It's enough, in my mind, to be concerning. I say this, in part, because of what I'm hearing from people, publicly and privately, about having difficulty extricating loved ones or even disengaging themselves from her strange pull.

Much of the feedback I've gotten has been from people who described themselves as having been "obsessed" with TEAL, or words very much to that effect. Some said their interest moved rapidly from interest in what she was saying to fascination with her and the soap opera that is her life.

That she turned her life into a kind of reality show called Shadow House, which opened a window into her "intentional family," fed the fascination. Her life is decidedly more interesting than her spiritual teachings. It's full of sex, fights, verbal abuse, and melodrama. Some of these programs made viewers privy to things like TEAL's humiliation of the aforementioned Fallon and also of a gal named Cameron, whose major crime appears to have been that Blake was attracted to her. The fourth wall was torn down completely as viewers made the whole thing interactive. The audience participation portion involved TEAL fans taking to chat, Facebook, and Teal Tribe to verbally assault these people for their grievous mistreatment of TEAL. Anyone who questioned TEAL's treatment of them was likewise set upon by the group.

Anyone who has ever witnessed the vitriol that TEAL inspires in her fans when they seek to defend her would have to wonder just what is meant by "high vibrational."

As I said in that first post, the Fallon episode suggested the confessional element of cult behavior referenced by Robert J. Lifton, as Fallon opened himself to group abasement for his "sociopathic" behavior. As I've learned more about these Shadow House livestreams from those who've viewed them, I've realized that it fits that criterion even more directly than I'd first thought. In Shadow House events, TEAL puts her "family" members in the hot seat and scrutinizes their shadows. Any viewer of these broadcasts would become privy to very personal, private information about her inner circle. According to many accounts, Cameron was compelled to participate over her objections. It ended badly and ultimately caused her to quit the area. This description of the confession element of cult indoctrination is adapted from Lifton.

Sins, as defined by the group, are to be confessed either to a personal monitor or publicly to the group. There is no confidentiality: members' sins, attitudes, and faults are discussed and exploited by the leaders.

Closely related to the demand for absolute purity is an obsession with personal confession. Confession is carried beyond its ordinary religious, legal, and therapeutic expressions to the point of becoming a cult in itself. (Page 425.)

Public confessional periods are used to get members to verbalize and discuss their innermost fears and anxieties as well as past imperfections.

The environment demands that personal boundaries are destroyed and that every thought, feeling, or action that does not conform with the group's rules be confessed.

Members have little or no privacy, physically or mentally.

In assessing the shadows of her housemates, TEAL relies heavily on Byron Katie's "The Work" for methodology. Katie is, herself, on the radar of cult watchers and accounts of her antics certainly do raise an eyebrow. For instance, she also does a homeless exercise very like, if not identical to, the one practiced by James Arthur Ray that resulted in the mysterious death of Colleen Conaway.

I would encourage those familiar with TEAL's organization to look over some of the cult literature linked herein. These two pages include characteristics identified by a number of cult researchers: Intro to Cults 101 and Cult Characteristics. I'm not as acquainted with the inner workings of TEAL world as many readers are but even I can see that these pages point to any number of red flags.

For instance  Rick Ross claims, "Anything the group/leader does can be justified no matter how harsh or harmful." TEAL's vicious attacks on Fallon and Cameron as well as other thoroughly embarrassing Shadow House outbursts are not only justified but extolled as a virtue. TEAL is courageously showing the world her shadow side instead of hiding it like typical gurus, it is claimed. 

Cults are typically formed around charismatic leadership. Lifton observed, "The guru is worshipped, rather than the principles or doctrines (on which the sect is supposed to be based)." As stated, for many of TEAL's followers, the days and nights of Teal Bosworth Scott Swan have upstaged her spiritual teachings. She has made her personal life a major focus of her work, with her Shadow House livestream events and her confessional style blogging.

The American Family Foundation says, "The group is focused on a living leader to whom members seem to display excessively zealous, unquestioning commitment." As discussed, her defenders are passionate, indeed, as I and other critics have learned the hard way.

Carol Giambavo puts it like this: "Charismatic or messianic leader who is self-appointed and has a special mission in life." To say that TEAL is self-appointed and has announced a "special mission" would be to understate her accounting. As discussed, she has described herself as a Eucharist projected here by an Arcturian panel and genetically engineered to be white and beautiful enough to be heard on "every single continent." 





This, again, is the interview in which she explains in painful detail why it was so critical that she have universally appealing features. But not only is she more attractive than those poor, ugly African women, she's not like the rest of us mere mortals at all. She's not even really human.

(9:30) So I am a soul fork. What that means is from nonphysical energy -- so most people in the planet, they're non-physical energy that is projected forth into a physical human body. I am non-physical energy that is perfect-projected forth into an Arcturian body -- an extraterrestrial body. Now that extraterrestrial being has chosen to then project forth as a human body twelve times. This is the twelfth incarnation. And it's quite, it's quite funny, ironically, because before I even came down, um, there was an entire panel of beings, Arcturian beings, sixth dimensional beings, who even chose the way I would look in this life....

(16:15) I'm now three points of perspective. Most people are two. Most people are the higher self and their human perspective, two points of perspective. I'm three, human, extraterrestrial, and nonphysical.

Special. She's very, very special. She also has no idea what irony means, because there is nothing in that story that is remotely ironic.

By virtue of her specialness, her followers are also special. As stated, they are "high vibrational."

As per the American Family Foundation, "The group is elitist, claiming a special, exalted status for itself, its leader(s), and members (for example: the leader is considered the Messiah or an avatar; the group and/or the leader has a special mission to save humanity)."

You mean like a "supportive web of awakening" or a "little legion of enlightened spirits" who are devoted to an Arcturian projecting into human flesh to act as a Eucharist?

"Tealers" and "Teal Tribe Dating" members are told they've found their "place to belong" and their "true friends and soul family." It sounds an awful lot like the "love bombing" described by the Cult Information Centre: "Creating a sense of family and belonging through hugging, kissing, touching and flattery."

According to  the American Family Foundation, "Questioning, doubt, and dissent are discouraged or even punished." Or as Steven Hassan puts it, "No critical questions about leader, doctrine, or policy seen as legitimate."

Many people report having had their comments deleted from TEAL's blog, when they raised uncomfortable questions or pointed out discrepancies. References to these deletions -- or having such comments held up in moderation -- are peppered throughout the comments on the two previous posts. Notably, a frequent commenter on TEAL's blog named Lena had her account deleted with her entire comment history. When this deletion was called out in the comments on my blog and then by regulars on TEAL's blog, Blake finally responded. He claimed that it was an error on the part of an overzealous admin who did so out of love for TEAL. I asked Blake to explain how it was that his claimed no-censorship policy was never adequately communicated to the admin and why it was that so many reported having been censored. That was weeks ago. He has never responded to my query. That exchange, such as it was, can be found here.

More to the point, consider how TEAL has responded to the questions I have raised in my two posts. She has called me a "hater" who "crawled out of the woodwork" to try to co-opt her growing fame. She has accused me of causing her great emotional pain. Her posts in response to my questions serve to polarize her most devoted followers against the very act of raising questions or having doubts. It solidifies an "us vs. them" attitude towards anyone who would dare question, which Hassan identifies as one of the methods of "thought control."

"Whenever the group/leader is criticized or questioned it is characterized as 'persecution'," says Rick Ross. In TEAL's case, it's morphing into paranoia. In a recent post, she cites her critics as justification for ramping up the already very noticeable security.

I’m sure some people are wondering why I bother having security personnel at my workshops if I teach (and believe) the concept of “I create my own reality”.  So I wanted to explain it to you.

. . .

Part of the contrast involved with fame is the contrast of having “haters” and “antagonists”.  We chose the potential of this contrast before even coming into this life.  We chose it for the sake of our own expansion.  The experience of these types of interactions and people, leads to the desire and therefore creation of staying true to ourself regardless of opposition, benevolence, unity, appreciative focus and love within our own lives and within the universe.  This is part of why we chose the “fame path” to begin with over other paths we could have chosen.

Another cult indicator is a lack of fiscal transparency. As Rick Ross puts it, there is "No meaningful financial disclosure regarding budget, expenses such as an independently audited financial statement." The billboard campaign is illustrative. After a number of people mentioned in comments on my blog that they wondered what had happened to all the donations to this project, the issue magically appeared in a new blog post. (That there is a call and response thing going on between my blog and her posts has been noted repeatedly.) But this explanation was at least a day late and a buck or two short.

As per usual, there is an enormous learning curve with any new endeavor.  The first crowd funding campaign we did accomplished almost nothing.  The perks we offered turned out to be almost as expensive to create and provide as the money people were donating.  On top of that, one of the people helping with the campaign, offered a perk that wasn’t his to offer due to a copyright someone else had on his work, so we ended up being forced to pay a bunch of money to a third party person for a perk that had already been delivered.  In the end, we made too little money in profits to accomplish many of our goals.  But having learned our lesson the hard way, we are planning in the near future to start another campaign with the very same aim.

So, it would appear that TEAL's idea of financial disclosure goes something like this: All that money you all donated? It's pretty much gone with nothing to show for it. Can we have some more?

Use of "deception" in recruiting and fundraising is cited by Hasssan, Giambalvo, and the U of C, but it also kind of goes without saying, doesn't it? Aside from the murkiness about people's donations, there's a lot about TEAL's claims that raises questions. Of course, whether or not she was specially designed by an Arcturian panel is a little hard to validate one way or the other. Such "revealed knowledge" is integral to many a religious experience but the difficulty in fact-checking means we accept it on faith or we don't.

But there is also a lack of empirical proof to things like her very central claim of Satanic ritual abuse. Many such claims were made in the 80s and 90s. But TEAL herself admits that there's no evidence other than the say-so of victims like herself and claims that most of those are too terrified to come forward.

As I wrote before, to TEAL's great consternation, the FBI investigated claims of Satanic ritual abuse and found there was no real evidence. Psychologists and other experts who testified in court cases against abusers have since been discredited and largely discounted as it's come to light that false memories can be implanted during therapy. That said, a great deal of TEAL's narrative comes apart if that doesn't happen to be true. In fairness, she may believe it whether or not it's true.

When I was looking into Byron Katie for this post, I came across another troubling bit of information. Her story of awakening and TEAL's are strikingly similar. Both involve insects which inspired radical shifts in perspective during very dark passages in their lives.




TEAL's story of the "little ant" that awakened her to the awareness of life teeming merrily all around her even as she was confined to a hole by her Mormon Satanist abuser starts at about the 17:00 minute mark. The inappropriate laughter as she begins to tell it is particularly jarring.

Byron Katie's story of awakening while staring at a cockroach can be found here.

Less than two weeks after I entered the halfway house, my life changed completely. What follows is a very approximate account.

One morning I woke up. I had been sleeping on the floor as usual. Nothing special had happened the night before; I just opened my eyes. But I was seeing without concepts, without thoughts or an internal story. There was no me. It was as if something else had woken up. It opened its eyes. It was looking through Katie's eyes. And it was crisp, it was clear, it was new, it had never been here before. Everything was unrecognizable. And it was so delighted! Laughter welled up from the depths and just poured out. It breathed and was ecstasy. It was intoxicated with joy: totally greedy for everything. There was nothing separate, nothing unacceptable to it. Everything was its very own self. For the first time I — it — experienced the love of its own life. I — it —was amazed

In trying to be as accurate as possible, I am using the word “it” for this delighted, loving awareness, in which there was no me or world, and in which everything was included. There just isn't another way to say how completely new and fresh the awareness was. There was no I observing the “it.” There was nothing but the “it.” And even the realization of an “it” came later.

Let me say this in a different way. A foot appeared; there was a cockroach crawling over it. It opened its eyes, and there was something on the foot; or there was something on the foot, and then it opened its eyes — I don't know the sequence, because there was no time in any of this. So, to put it in slow motion: it opened its eyes, looked down at the foot, a cockroach was crawling across the ankle, and … it was awake! It was born. And from then on, it's been observing. But there wasn't a subject or an object. It was — is — everything it saw. There's no separation in it, anywhere.

In the midst of this experience, the four questions that would go on to define "The Work" were born: Is it true or can I really know that it's true? How do I react when I think that thought? Can I find one peaceful reason to believe that thought? Who would I be without the thought?

So, here we have two women, in the depths of despair, after years of suffering, who both realized they could simply shift their perspective while staring at bugs. It's a little coincidental, doncha think? And Byron Katie is one of the only sources TEAL acknowledges drawing from.

I still have a hard time seeing how either of these teachings differ from telling people they can heal themselves through willful denial, but that's probably a discussion for another day.


"To us it's all about truth. And we have an addiction to it. We have this absolute addiction. Worldwide addiction to the idea that we have to know what is true, which is just ridiculous. Because most of us are killing ourselves with what we think is true. So the question is why do you want truth to begin with? I want truth 'cause I think I will be happier if I have truth. Okay, well what if the truth is this and that makes you feel like crap. Does that really make you feel better? Why are we going about it the long way? Why not just decide that what matters is that you feel good? It's the only reason you want truth anyway. And most of the time when people realize that, life becomes a bit more soft. You know? It becomes a bit more about does this benefit me, not is it true." ~ TEAL


It has been suggested by many people, myself included, that TEAL sounds an awful lot like Abraham-Hicks. But TEAL says no. At around minute 20:00 in the Nova Zem interview posted above, she says she'd only learned about Abraham channeler Esther Hicks about a year before because "someone" who was listening to her drew the comparison. She gives Abraham-Hicks a pat on the head for being the "most accurate" of channelers but this comes in the midst of her explaining why what she does is so much better than channeling. She really is a higher consciousness being. She's not just channeling one, which is all we ordinary humans can do.

That interview took place in March of 2013. But Blake Dyer, who is pretty much her right hand, knew about the Abraham teachings at least as far back as March of 2011, two years, not one year before. Now is it possible that there's some confusion about the dates? Sure. Is it possible that she and Blake didn't confer? Maybe. Is it possible that it's entirely coincidental that TEAL's teachings are "effectively identical" to those of Abraham-Hicks, as a commenter noted in response to Blake? I guess it's possible. What is stranger is just how it is that we know Blake was familiar with Abraham-Hicks in March of 2011. It's because we know to a near certainty that Blake was at that time doing a lot of his TEAL promotion under the name of Jason Freedman, who wrote this comment on an Abraham-Hicks discussion forum.

Hello all,
I am a free lance journalist who is a long time devotee of a teacher called Teal Scott (The spiritual catalyst)
When I was discussing Teal's teachings to a friend a while back, they said wow... That sounds just like what Abraham is saying. So, I decided to check it out.
I love the messages of both these Teachers (which are so very similar) I can't tell you the good it has brought to my life. I believe we are presented teachers just when we need them most.

How do we know that this Jason Freedman was actually Blake? Therein hangs a tale.

Soon after I did my first post on the woman then known as Teal Scott, a gentleman commenting under the moniker Mykeyta offered some background. He had once considered her ex-husband Mark Scott a good friend. Blake Dyer had also been a friend. The friendships were strained by his growing discomfort with TEAL's many claims and their absorption in her ambition. When an opinion piece was published in the local paper, discussing TEAL's claims of Satanic ritual abuse, he was troubled by the swarm attack on the editor who wrote it and any other commenter who didn't accept her story at face value. More than one of them were evocative of his friend Blake so he came to the conclusion that TEAL's "army" was largely made up of sock puppets. In particular there are several comments in that thread by Jason Freedman. Mykeyta found that Mr. Freedman had written the "puff piece" I mentioned in that post. He also noted that the picture of Mr. Freedman looked an awful lot like Blake Dyer. He called the number listed for Mr. Freedman and found that he also sounded a lot like Blake Dyer.

I don't know Mykeyta any better than I know TEAL or Blake Dyer or anyone else in their sphere, but to me his story had the ring of truth. More than TEAL's stories do at any rate. A photo taken from a distance in front of the Great Wall of China -- a place he knew Blake had been -- and his account of vocal recognition make for an intriguing story, but they're not evidence.

Flash forward to a couple of days ago when, on my second blog post on the subject, Mykeyta recounted the story to someone who very understandably hadn't read the 1000+ comments on these two posts. Another person called Ima Guest had been having trouble posting some comments due to computer issues but emailed me something more like documentary proof that Blake Dyer and Jason Freedman are one and the same. And it all comes down to that phone number.

Here's the number for Jason Freedman:


Jason Freedman Number

Jason Freedman Detail


Here's the number for TEAL's Frequency Jewelry:


Frequency Jewelry

Frequency Jewelry Detail


Here's the number for Blake Dyer:


Blake's Number


Here's what happens when you put the phone number in Google:


google 8019499651


I think it's pretty safe to say at this point that Jason Freedman is Blake Dyer.

This would mean that Blake Dyer, under a pseudonym, wrote up an interview with a former girlfriend to promote a business, Teal Eye LLC, of which he is the Director. He did not disclose his close association with TEAL or her business. Instead he posed as a fictional reporter "who writes for periodicals both nationally and internationally," but whose byline, strangely, only seems to bring up that one story in searches.

Worse, he used this fake persona, once again, to comment on the Herald Journal piece where he argued from authority as a reporter with a twenty year career. These comments appear alongside other comments from sundyer, Blake's official moniker, and who knows how many other socks.

Mr. Freedman wrote three comments in response to that column. They are the only comments he has  posted to date to the Herald Journal.

His first comment, posted at 10:25 am on Mon, Mar 28, 2011:

I'm totally appalled by the mocking and disbelieving tone of this article. "Just another reader" and "Bluto" and "DL in Den"... you are full of crap. I have worked for 20 years in investigative journalism,. I have seen reports like this one float across the desks of reporters only to be ignored because no one likes to touch these stories. Not because they are not true but because society is not ready to face the bitter reality that it does happen and did happen this time. Society's blind ignorance to this happening is why it continues to happen. I'm totally Ashamed that any of you would think this woman would have anything to gain from telling her story. Instead, she risks everything. She risks her own safety, credibility and connection by admitting these things. Women like her are the rare, brave, exception to the rule of silent victims. Anyone who does not stand beside her participates in silencing victims and therefore siding with perpetrators everywhere. Perpetrators BANK on victims being discredited as some of you have done.
SHAME ON YOU FOR YOUR IGNORANCE AND THE HARM IT CAUSES.
the only reason the columnist mentioned her book (which aside from the foreword has nothing to do with abuse) is because he saw an interview with her in it talking about the book on Park City TV. The book is the reason he even heard this story.
He admitted this himself.
I thought this editor did an injustice to victims everywhere by releasing this column with a "tale tale" tone to it.
That was the only thing "LAME" about this article.
I'm embarrassed to be human today having read some of the un supportive comments that are being written about this.

His second comment, posted at 6:57 pm on Mon, Mar 28, 2011:

I got very upset about that. I did not mean to be insulting. The issue is this... I happen to have done a lot of journalism in jails where I talked to three separate prisoners who confessed to me directly about how they would go about mentally programming children. I have heard it from the horse's mouth. Not the victim's mouths.
Visit this link for a bit...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUfzWTem15E (first of eight videos)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcrowF-UvhY
http://ritualabuse.us/
and http://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/studies/satanic-ritual-abuse-evidence-with-information-on-the-mcmartin-preschool-case/
and
http://ritualabuse.us/newsletter/

His third comment, posted at 9:02 am on Tue, Mar 29, 2011:

The only reason I can see for people to be so adamant to discredit claims of ritual abuse is if they themselves where practicing participants.

Mr. Freedman also wrote a letter to the editor, making basically the same case.

In response to the article titled “Claims of local torture cult got this editor’s attention,” featured March 27, I am appalled by the disbelieving tone of the article addressing the ritual abuse suffered by the subject of the aforementioned article, “Teal Scott.” I am a freelance journalist who has seen reports of ritual abuse in our state float across the desks of reporters and be ignored for 20 years. This ignorance to the validity of these stories is exactly why they continue to happen in our community. As a result of this article, I have researched Teal Scott myself only to find that she is not to be discredited. It is time that the citizens of Utah came out of ignorance about the ritual abuse (especially satanic ritual abuse) that continues to go on in the state and stood behind those who are brave enough to come out of hiding and say something about it.

If Blake and Freedman are one and the same, as they surely appear to be, that would mean that in order to attack and shame people for questioning the veracity of TEAL's story, he's adopted a fake persona and proffered as evidence prison interviews that never happened during a journalism career history he's made up. Blake Dyer has raised mendacity to an art form.

Pay attention, TEAL. That is irony.

Speaking for myself, a realization of that kind of fraud would cause me to become disillusioned. Disillusionment is painful, but I prefer it to the alternative -- believing in an illusion. I guess I'm one of those people who's addicted to truth.

I have experienced similar disillusionment. I have learned to my great dismay that teachers I have followed were not what they appeared to be and even that they were baldfaced liars. I have discovered that I was being manipulated and mislead. It was painful. It did not "feel good" to learn it. I'm still glad I learned it because it freed me up to seek elsewhere for spiritual education and guidance.

And I have felt very foolish. Like many people, I used to think that I was too smart to fall for con artists and cult leaders. I was wrong. It was humbling. But humility is a great place from which to start over.


"When I hear someone say that only stupid people fall for fraud, I feel like asking for that person’s phone number. But here’s the thing: I didn’t want to talk to stupid people, because stupid people don’t have $50,000 lying around to give me. You would be amazed at how many doctors, lawyers, engineers, and college professors I have ripped off. The bottom line is, fraud is a crime that can happen to anyone, given the right con artist and a victim with the right set of circumstances." ~ The Anonymous Confessions of a Con Artist


In the comments, following my last post on TEAL, a woman named Becky asked what I and other commenters recommended for spiritual guidance and inspiration to fill the gap left by TEAL. It was a good conversation that can be read in full starting on the first page of comments on that post. I'd like to address it here because my rather lengthy attempt to address it in the comments was eaten by blogger. But also because I think it's a good jumping off point to a larger conversation about healing after this kind of disillusionment.

I was thinking about how defensive people get on the whole Teal subject, and why that is... It occurs to me that maybe it's because in a way she gives a lot of people hope. People hear her story and feel empowered by it, if she can "beat those odds" maybe they can too.

I think they start to get angry because they might feel betrayed by Teal when the story starts to fall apart, and that hopeless feeling starts to return. That's probably a space a lot of people don't want to go back to, so they live in denial about the story crumbling, but they still have to direct that anger somewhere.

Somehow the phrase "Don't shoot the messenger" comes to mind. A lot of people are taking this stuff very personally and it might be a good idea to ask why that is?

I was just thinking about my thought process through all of this, how my emotions came into play when I was trying to figure out where I stand on all this Teal stuff.
I guess I'm asking, what else has helped you, what gives you hope? What inspires you? What's helped you grow as a person?

I'm curious about what resources you trust that you would direct people to if they wanted better themselves, but didn't necessarily know where to go?

What she is describing in the first part of that comment is cognitive dissonance and it's key to understanding manipulation and indoctrination. Leon Festinger did the seminal research in the 1950s. I touched on this briefly here, as well. Festinger theorized that people are most comfortable when their thoughts, feelings, and actions, are all congruent. Among other things, this means that we are strongly motivated to continue believing falsehoods if no longer believing them comes into conflict with life choices we've made, money we've laid out, and happiness we've attained by believing in them. So very often we will cleave to the falsehood with greater ferocity to protect our own sense of inner harmony.

I am always a little reticent to make general recommendations because there is no one size fits all when it comes to spiritual teaching. In particular, when a person is coming out of a situation where someone has been abusing spiritual authority, as I believe TEAL does, the last thing I want to do is run the risk of further over-running instincts that may be quite damaged.

I will tell readers what I tell my clients. My recommendations are my opinion. If what I say doesn't feel right for you, disregard it.

If you are coming out of any abusive situation, spiritual or otherwise, there is probably soul loss. For that I recommend soul retrieval. I had several soul retrievals with a skilled shaman. They helped me to restore parts lost to abusive teachers and healers. They also helped to restore missing parts that had left me vulnerable to such influences in the first place. They helped, period. My path takes me through shamanism and indigenous teachings so that work is a fit for me. The seminal book on the topic is Soul Retrieval by Sandra Ingerman. For more information, a good resource is Christina Pratt's internet radio show, Why Shamanism Now? The entire catalog can be heard for free on iTunes and other streaming sources. Finding information on some of the relevant broadcasts can be found by searching the word retrieval on my Celestial Reflections blog.

Another great resource for restoring the soul and repairing damaged instincts is Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés. I call it, among other things, therapy in a book. It really walks you through a process. I've written more about that book and the power of story here and here.

Mostly, I recommend following your nose and seeing where it leads you. It's just a good idea to get in touch with your instincts and learn to trust your sense of smell first. Christina Pratt talks about bouncing everything off your "truth cord." It helps if you've located that line that runs right through your core.

In much of the developed world, we've been raised to think of God and the paths to God as outside of ourselves and dependent on spiritual authority. We've been acculturated to seek the teacher who speaks with certitude based on things only he or she could know and, as such, bestow upon us. But I think argument from authority is a logical fallacy and have learned to avoid such teachers like the plague. This, in part, is why the "cosmic answer lady" persona in the Ask Teal videos is something I find so off-putting. I don't trust ex cathedra teachings.

Spiritual guidance should take you inward. It should foster your personal relationship with spirit. It shouldn't be about the teacher. No teacher should be giving you answers. They should only be teaching you how to learn.

I don't recommend authors and teachers who tell you that spiritual development is simple, particularly if they give x number of steps. To quote Joseph Campbell, “If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path.”

There are any number of authors and thinkers I could point to who delight, inform, and inspire me. Their names are peppered throughout my writings. But when I really think about what inspires me, it's not a person. It's spirit. It's my personal relationship with my guides and the pathway to the numinous that runs right up the center of my being. It's the amusing game of finding Easter eggs hidden in the most unexpected books and movies that my guides point me to. It's those moments of reverie that come simply because I am staring at a piece of art or listening to music. It's the constant reminders from the spirit world that even when I think I'm running my own life, I'm not. I'm being led by the hand by something so much wiser than I am and that it is that inner compass that has told me to pick up a certain book or watch a particular movie or go to a certain place at a certain time. I have incredible gratitude to teachers and healers I've worked with like Virginia Sandlin and Christina Pratt. But in the end what I am grateful for is that they consistently pointed me not towards themselves but towards my own connection with all that is.


Addendum: My two previous posts on TEAL are worth reading for additional background and for the phenomenal discussions that have taken place in the comments:

Who and What is Teal Scott
The Artist Formerly Known as Teal Scott


Update: "The Noncasts"


In March of this year, TEAL and her new husband Sarbdeep Swan introduced a new video series called "Tea Time with Teal" -- not Tea Time with The Swans, mind you. TEAL is still the staaahhh! Only her name can appear on the marquee. I think it's in her contract.

These weekly episodes are called "podcasts" but aren't anything of the kind. Whereas podcasts are hosted on a platform, such as iTunes, so that they can be easily downloaded, kept, and enjoyed on other devices, these are just more garden variety YouTube videos. Podcasts are designed to be accessible, easily disseminated, and portable.

Ironically (note the correct use of this word), these not-podcasts are announced only to an email list, are posted on a hidden, unlinked page on her website, and the YouTube videos are set to private. I won't call them podcasts. I have variously referred to them as: stealthcasts, not-podcasts, tea things, narrowcasts, and narrowcasts for tea-sipping pod people.

The icing on the irony cake? The second of these husband and wife discussions was about TEAL's insistence that their private life be open to the public.

These tea things have provided great fodder for discussion in the comment thread for this blog post. The conversations evolved into a regular feature I call the noncasts. These write-ups mirror the subject matter in that they report on discussions of the tea things I've had with my husband. The official title of this series is "How to Drive Your Double PhD Husband Crazy by Making Him Watch TEAL Videos."

As with the tea things, these are not indexed, freestanding posts. If you're interested, you'll have to dig for them. They can only be found in the comment thread for this post. Page searches for the words noncast or tea should get you there.

* Addendum to the Addendum: With the end of teal's marriage to Sarbdeep, comes the definitive end to "Tea Time with Teal," and, therefore, to the noncasts. I will conclude this exercise by adding to this already absurdly long post a complete list of the noncasts. I will include a link to the initial comment of each noncast, for those whose browsers can interpret that, and the page link for the relevant comments.


In those teacasts, we all got to know a third member of teal's menagerie: the frog. He emerged as a star in his own right. Calm and stoical as only a butler of such impeccable credentials can be, he kept his head when all about him were losing theirs. The frog recently launched a video channel and has begun producing videos in the odd hours, as his schedule permits. The first includes his thoughts as interpreted by his growing legion of fans. So, teal, Sarbdeep, and frog, thanks for the memories.





Further Update: Regarding Jason Freedman, et al.


This post raises a question about the odd correlation between Blake Dyer's and Jason Freedman's likeness and phone number. It took an incident in the Teal Tribe Facebook group to get Blake to address this question, but he has. It would have been nice if he'd done so directly with me, but I'll take what I can get.

What I could get was some screenshots given to me by Teal Tribe members of Blake's attempts to explain this odd coincidence, and another oddity involving a claimed psychiatrist, William Macey PHD [sic], who also bear's Blake's likeness. I have discussed this matter in the comments, but it occurs to me that it, in fairness to the reader and to Blake Dyer, it should also be placed in the body of this post.

The following screenshots are not in any particular order and vary in format, as they came from various sources in various forms. I don't actually know how the dialog unfolded. I only know that these questions were raised in the Teal Tribe group and Blake attempted to answer at least some of them.

Blake denied both knowing Jason Freedman and knowing how it is that he came to have the same phone number. He did so more than once as follows:


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Blake acknowledged that the photos used by both Jason Freedman and William Macey were of him, but denied knowing how they came to be associated with either:


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So, my question to Blake, which I posed down in the comments as well, is simply this. How is it that he does not know Jason Freedman? Freedman apparently did a face to face interview with TEAL. Couldn't he just ask her? And if he is in the dark about this interview with the mysterious Mr. Freedman, how is it that he promoted said article on Facebook?


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Yet Another Update: Kicking "Tealers" Down the Memory Hole


It brings me no joy that I must, once again, update this excruciatingly long post. But it's recently come to my attention that teal is trying to rewrite history. Above I quoted a passage from her Korean spa post about the world-changing potential of the "Tealers." At some point between the original publication of that post and its move to her new website, the passage I quoted above was changed and the word "Tealers" removed. But the original text is still visible on the cached version in the internet archive, or wayback machine.

Here is what that passage looked like when it was originally published in 2014.


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Here is what that passage looks like in the current version on her new website.


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Her clean-up was incomplete, however. The word "Tealers" appears further down in the post.


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  1. Harlan Ellison may be all that is great and wonderful, but I can't handle his voice. Very enthusiastic guy though. But no, we've never discussed this, although there is no question LRH was a prolific writer.

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  2. And PS: regarding 'Anne Whinney', that article with her name on it was published a little more than a week after this facebook page was created: https://www.facebook.com/anne.whinney

    Then there's this: http://www.ancientfaces.com/person/anne-whinney/21480072

    Maybe I'm jumping to conclusions, but it seems pretty crystal clear to me.

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  3. As I am standing against the backdrop of my own mind and naked, I must share.....

    This is the truth today about logorrheancarnation. It is the tendency for those who have extreme loquacity without mendacity to "return to the "scene" of the criminal multiple "times" or may be "multiple lives simultaneous".

    They start as small child preachers whose parents put them up to it. They sound cute and have no clue of "what they say" but get candy for saying it. Yummy sweets increase as the cuteness amplifies.

    Later in increasing addiction, they are caught in the depression of utter BS (Belief they need the System) and build up eventually to Hitlerian proportions. Maybe all logorrhea afflicted who opt this path become Hitler for a time?

    Logorrheancarnation is a dangerous path and is counterbalanced by STFU constraints that humble-ise. This humble contrast is the way of the "wordier" who only increases the "word" as it is sincerely Known within.

    Slow humble steps towards "speak out" seem so stupid to the Logorrheaniac who is these days seen in telemarketing of the big idea, and in marketing of all sacred aspects that hook the populace (who give presents as presents is what the profits seek)......

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  4. So Anne Whinney is a creepy old dude? Do you think I should send her a friend request? ;-)

    "Harlan Ellison may be all that is great and wonderful, but I can't handle his voice."

    Many people can't. I've heard stories of people who just couldn't get away from him fast enough at cons and stuff. He's always like that and just exhausting from what I've heard. My husband and I were discussing that maybe that's where it started -- that whole penny a word thing. He started to talk the way he he had a to write in order to support himself. When Robin Williams can't get a word in, something's up. (That's much sadder now than when I first watched that vid a month or two ago.)

    It's fascinating, though. Lotta history crammed into that 7 minutes.

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  5. Ilostmyaccount, congrats on your move! Mmmm, fresh eggs -jealous of your dogs! I just discovered two pigeon eggs on my balcony, btw. Damn pigeons.These fuckers are so noisy and shit too much. Way tooo much!!! Guess, it's
    "Nature follows its own nature
    only cares for balance
    in this process destroys and creates.
    accept it and live it and live with it"

    I cannot accept and live with this nature problem. It's MY balcony!It's official, I am declaring war.

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  6. As per ancientfaces.com, someone with my first and last name died in Bronx in 1997, aged 91. Was weird to see the black ribboned obituary in my name (which is not that common), popping in the images if I google myself, right there next to my photo.

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  7. "So Anne Whinney is a creepy old dude? Do you think I should send her a friend request? ;-)"

    Hahahaha... yes I do! I wonder if Blake would add you to his friends list in his incarnation as anne whinney?

    And Elena, if teal & company had chosen your name to use for their 'teal is the most wonderful thing to ever grace the face of this planet' article then it is unlikely you would be able to convince me that it wasn't you who wrote it! I was relieved to see that I'm not dead yet, hehehe.

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  8. I think the bigger question is, would Blake add me to his friends list in his incarnation as Blake... I'm kidding. That's not a real question. He hasn't blocked me, though -- at least not yet. But teal has. What she thought she would accomplish by doing so I have no idea.

    I've never encountered anyone with my name, first and last I mean. I have come across a few with my first name. First Lady and all that.

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  9. LaVaughn: At first I wondered why Robin Williams' photo was there if that guy was the only one talking (at 100 nerve wracking miles per hour). Then I heard Robin trying to get a word in and Harlan just kept plowing along right over him, although I have to give him credit for hearing and acknowledging Robin's comments, even though he talked right through them.

    But yeah, a lot of history there. When I was a scientologist I listened to hours and hours and hours of LRH tapes and read millions and millions of his words and he often recounted stories from his early 'penny per word' writing days.

    But of all his stuff I ever read, this bit from the log of the 32 foot vessel called 'Magician' which he sailed to Alaska, is my favorite: http://legacyimgs.lronhubbard.org/yachtsmn/maglog.htm

    And one of my favorite bits from that is: "We set sail again for the wind had once more dropped. It seemed so calm, so easy, so gentle. Georgia lured us on like a lady and then scratched out our eyes like a bitch." Hahahaha! ('Georgia' refers to the Georgia Basin, which is a series of interconnected straits, sounds and inlets.)

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  10. Speaking of the lovely Anne Whinney, check out the comments on her article. That Alex D, who thinks teal is a Bodhisattva, also has Blake's face for some reason.

    http://ezinearticles.com/comment.php?The-Indigo-to-Lead-Them-All&id=6173535

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  11. What a circus. It's embarassing even to read this article along with those 5 suspiciously timed comments.

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  12. And there's more. On the other version of Anne Whinney's "article" there are tons of comments and some of the names are familiar. That PHD [sic] William Macey is there and he and Blake enjoy a little chin wag.

    http://www.amazines.com/article_detail.cfm/2714873?articleid=2714873

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  13. LV said:

    "And there's more. On the other version of Anne Whinney's "article" there are tons of comments and some of the names are familiar."

    I read before that she was involved in murders by luring children to be sacrificed. IF she had evidence as stated by Blake, isn't she in some way an accessory to these crimes?

    "And giving them human teeth which she still had from one of the sacrifices she was forced to attend. I have seen her heal to an extent that no one could possibly understand."

    When it gets down to it, isn't she OBLIGATED legally (not just ethically or morally or whatever) for her part in murder? There are plenty of cases where people were prosecutes even when they were being manipulated and when they were juveniles. Isn't murder a crime with no statute of limitations or excuses and not in her hands to dismiss because it is a crime against the state? How if this is TRUE was she not prosecuted or made to bring the ones who murdered to justice?

    SO this story from Blake who saw teeth is just icing on the cake IMO that she is liar.

    This consideration of murders committed is a serious question IMO. She need to recant or be held accountable IMO. This aspect of the Eucharist lady and cohorts's mind bending is what disgusts me deeply. Maggie

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  14. Maggie,

    This is as much as I've been able to piece together from the sloppy narrative scattered hither and yon around the web.

    When she was in therapy, because therapists are mandated reporters of child abuse, she had to report the whole thing to the police.

    http://www.letgoletpeacecomein.org/teals-story/

    No charges have been filed to date.

    http://news.hjnews.com/opinion/article_401a99ca-581b-11e0-baa4-001cc4c002e0.html

    There was a Satanic Panic in Utah and there were people prosecuted based on victim testimony. Then much of it was well enough discredited that people were exonerated and some therapists faced charges for creating false memory in patients.

    http://www.irishsalem.com/international-controversies/usa/satanicabuse-themouthsofbabes-14mar06.php

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  15. I had never read the comments in the "real" news column. I saw Jason there (and called out Too), plus Blake as Sundyer.... I also saw this from poster named "Curry"

    " Posts: 109

    Agree that the author was flippant, especially toward the end.

    But this sounds like a very sad case to me. The timing of Scott's revelations seem suspiciously tied to the timing of her book release.

    The facts simply do not bear out her story. Children were being burned somewhere in Cache Valley? And there was no search for these missing children? If Scott was "hiding for 5 years" in Park City, why was she trying out for the Telemark team? It was fairly well publicized - by Scott herself. And why did she have a website (a somewhat questionable website) that gave her location and pretty extensive detail about herself? Who was terrified of her in Cache Valley because of her gifts? Her description maybe matches Colorado City, but not Logan - and I know many, many people who know the family and no one has ever mentioned that anyone was ever terrifed at her supposed gifts. They were very concerned about her mental health and well being, but not her extrasensory powers. Did you all know about this? Were you terrified? Her manner at the time was not that of a subdued victim - it was, in fact, the opposite.

    The story also doesn't square with the simple facts of her life - the family spent the summers in the mountains together. For years. Did her torturer give her three months off? And year-long vacations? And a sabbatical from brainwashing for a trip to China? This seems highly unlikely to me.

    I do not doubt the existence of satanic cults - they are documented. I do not doubt that Ms. Scott is disturbed and has had something abusive in her past and I am honestly sorry for that. But by fabricating a tale that includes virtually every possible form of abuse (beyond Elizabeth Smart's horrific experience) Ms. Scott not only completely stretches the limits of credibility for herself - but for victims of real abuse as well. "

    Yes. It does.

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  16. Then there is Forest Ranger several post defense ....Very hot. and more response and I do think MORE sock puppets showing up. Someone might ask why I am again looking at this stuff. I admit I am triggered again....

    http://news.hjnews.com/opinion/article_401a99ca-581b-11e0-baa4-001cc4c002e0.html

    "Curry... I am a close friend of the family. I worked with Teal's parents. And my memory of Teal's family is quite different from yours of the family. From my memory, they would leave Teal unattended OFTEN. And from my memory often when I stopped by the cabin for a visit to talk about work, Teal would have stayed down in the valley for the weekend attended by this man. I remember her relationship with this man in question. I was personally present for an occasion when he brought her back from riding horses totally drenched in blood from a bloody nose. He of course said she had been thrown off the horse. But It seemed weird to me at the time and now, my suspicions are confirmed. And that aside, I have personally walked in on seances in Logan canyon. Not only did the forest service have to change their policy based on this issue mandating that rangers could not go out alone after sunset, but Teal's parents actually believe Teal. Teal's mother has been in TEARS to me about it. They do not deny it happened so what gives you the right to deny it? They took Teal to China as a last ditch effort to try to keep her from committing suicide because according to her mother, none of the "Western" psychologists and psychiatrists they took her to could give them a solution. Also according to Teal's own mother, they suspected abuse all along but they kept trying to pin it on Teal's father, so the family kept pulling her out of therapy. Did you live with the family personally? Because things are not always what they seem. I for one, having known them intimately, completely and totally believe this story. "

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  17. Huh, I didn't know Michelle Obama's full name, LaVaughn.

    Speaking of the names and fantasy tales, I just picked up this book left by someone in the resort, called " The Great Tree of Avalon" by T.A. Barron. Will give it a try.

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  18. I've just learned about "liar paradox" from one of LaVaughn's's older articles. I think it can be sort of applied to Teal's latest mindfuck as per GA (and eyesight fuck i might add) video on false but also true prophets.

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  19. "The liar paradox is occasionally used in fiction to shut down artificial intelligences, who are presented as being unable to process the sentence. In Star Trek: The Original Series episode 1, Mudd, the liar paradox is used by the characters of Captain Kirk and Spock to confuse and ultimately disable an android. In the 1973 Doctor Who serial The Green Death, the Doctor temporarily stumps the insane computer BOSS by asking it "If I were to tell you that the next thing I say would be true, but the last thing I said was a lie, would you believe me?" However BOSS eventually decides the question is irrelevant and summons security."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_paradox

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  20. Hi Elena,
    I was entangled again in Teal's justifictaion for a lie being the basis of her truth (and I am concerned it is) in just looking at the blurb of the video....

    "A false prophet is one who falsely claims the gift of prophecy or divine inspiration or who uses that gift for evil ends. Here in we run into our first problem, often someone who is considered a "true prophet " by some people is simultaneously considered a "false prophet" by others. I am no exception to this rule. In fact there are people who think that my stance on this particular subject is just more proof that I, myself am a false prophet. So what exactly is my stance on false prophets? There is no such thing as a false prophet."

    In the groups I am a part of looking in on, she is getting thumbs up and replay there of this False Prophet video.

    I do not believe that prophecy is anything more than a revelation of the energy of a situation at a given moment. Aprophet may be able to read a collective field of info and may tell that prediction but everything IMO is malleable and a future event cannot be predicted with accuracy.

    her use of "prophet"seems that she is saying HER information changes but does not mean that at the time it was false. But the issue that I have with her information is not "what she says exactly" but the intention of her information.

    A concept of herself as an advanced avatar crafting an outrageous story, claims from sock puppets of her "gifts", the way she seeks "followers" to be controled, the whole issue of her blatant seduction techniques and the fact that she DEPENDs that people will take her seriously because of her INTENTIONS
    1. Story line to exalt herself and undermine the reality of others who are "just normal suffering people"
    2. Seduction techniques that hook the unconscious including blatant appeal to sexual allure, addiction to the horrific with a focus on terror and pain (appeal to primitive drives)
    3. Management of criticism by suppressing questions
    4. Stealing others information (when not credited) ad saying it came from her

    All these have nothing to do with her ability (or not) to convey information. IMO all her Information is filtered through a lying scheming marketeering usary of people to feed an insatiable need for attention.

    This is not wherher she upgrades but her INTENTION. It has nothing IMO to do with the paradox that information can be true and not true at the same time. It is about manipulation of the mind. She is just another participant in the realm of employing deceit for profit.

    This use of people for profit pushes my buttons and means to me that all the concepts of trust-worthy intention, care for the wellbeing of others and kind willingness to place the wellbeing ahead of power concern are IMPORTANT

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  21. I love Alejandro Jodorowsky and I am going to see his new film It is about the trivialization of "one's mythic reality" that beyond the manipulation of Teal I recognize. If we have our own journey, I see it needs to be transcending the "commercial" . I guess I see that galls me in Teal.

    A genius, a "prophet" of the imagineering we may employ for the benefit of self understanding is not stooping to try to convince we LONE are special but enhances the understanding of being beautifully HUMAN IMO.

    The Dance of Reality by Alejandro Jodorowsky
    http://youtu.be/GMM5tZOsr3Q

    "The Dance of Reality is one of the most anticipated titles premiering at SXSW this year. Produced and directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, it is his first film in 23 years.

    The legendary filmmaker was born in 1929 in Tocopilla, a coastal town on the edge of the Chilean desert, where this film was shot. It was there that Jodorowsky underwent an unhappy and alienated childhood as part of an uprooted family.

    Blending his personal history with metaphor, mythology and poetry, The Dance of Reality reflects Jodorowsky's philosophy that reality is not objective but rather a "dance" created by our own imaginations."

    http://youtu.be/GMM5tZOsr3Q

    The appropriate use of a "seers" mind to see oneself. If one is able to do so mythically, one stands apart from "history" and may reshape OUR own experience. IMO the catch that Teal owns that originally grabed my heel was her outrageoous claims.

    JUST LIKE US ALL, she is able to create myth. IMO if she just took her own material and made a "movie or fantasy" to just share what she learns, she would be a different kind of being...maybe helpful?

    Example:

    "If you use the tarot to see the future, you become a conman, a charlatan. For me the tarot was something more serious. It was a deep psychological search. When you see the tarot, you see that chance exists, that synchronicity exists, everything is linked. When you deeply enter that dimension that i call the dance of reality the world dances around you and gives you what you seek. We need something to help us pass on to another dimension. The creation of an androgynous thought that leads to a superior mind. When you are linked to everyone there are no enemies. - See more at: http://disinfo.com/tag/alejandro-jodorowsky/#sthash.BdR81ilk.dpuf

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  22. Great minds and all that, Elena. My husband I suffered through that 18 minute mindscape from hell yesterday, and he said the same thing: liar's paradox.

    Much of what she does seems calculated to confuse and overwhelm.

    "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." ~ Voltaire

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  23. I like that quote on tarot, Maggie. When I used tarot, I used Motherpeace, which is articulated more as self-examination than as "fortune telling." I learned a lot about myself reading those cards. I also used them early on in my career as a reader, but rather quickly outgrew the use of reflectors. I found they actually slowed me down and were kind of limiting. But they're a great jumping off point. What did leave me gobsmacked, more than once, though, was how predictive they could be. One of the biggest life changes I ever faced, I saw in the cards beforehand, and I couldn't make heads or tails of it at the time. It was completely incongruous with the rest of the spread. Then I got some news and I was like, Ohhhhhhh..... Bloody hell.

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  24. From what you said, it seems that you did what i have heard we do: we can enter the liminal and cross a "threshold" where we do see "something" for ourselves or others.

    Every single teacher I ever really valued said you cannot "make this happen". This is why MAYBE people do have moments but become charlatans in trying to force the unforce-able???

    Again we come to the liars who in trying to apply the sacred commercially just well...we know what they do. Sad on em.

    I met a teacher who said when she studied an ancient Mayan healing art with a curandera in Mexico, if needed they would teleport. They were primarily focused on mothers and babies. WHEN a mother or a child was in crisis, they were THERE. It was the need that unlocked the capacity. Otherwise they walked.

    I know this person to have introduced the healing base here by permission of that lineage. yes, i paid for the teacing. I did see it changed my reality yes and now I see electric "blue flashes" as evididence of some strange singularity.

    Then what does this teacher (Starr Fuentes) do? Charge $10,000 per healing session for cancer. She became a very ugly woman with an abusive and mean presence. IMO, she failed. Her use of a "gift" that the Universe could offer for benefit wasapplied nastily as scarcity based..

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  25. "This is why MAYBE people do have moments but become charlatans in trying to force the unforce-able"

    I think this is very true. I know when I read, I put myself in a receptive state. I don't control anything, because you really can't. That said, not uncommon to see future things, I just won't call them "the future." There are potentials, and sometimes they come in multiples. The future is a highly mutable landscape, in my experience.

    As I've said many times, if a psychic were telling you a fixed future, that you could do nothing about, why bother? What would be the point in knowing if you couldn't make choices about it?

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  26. I think the monetary question is a very complex one and it's something I've addressed many times. I think there's a point at which it can be egregious, like charging thousands of dollars to cure cancer. It's an outrageous claim and an outrageous price. Needless to say, if the cancer remains uncured, that person has now exposed themselves to some rather serious legal consequences.

    That said, I believe all our gifts and talents come from God. I can't think of one that doesn't. And we all deserve to be compensated for our work and our time. In our culture that means money. In indigenous cultures that means barter and shamans are paid with food and other local commodities. In fact, in many indigenous cultures to not provide some kind of exchange of energy with the practitioner and with the spirit world is seen as life out of balance. For all things there should sacrifice, as in, to make sacred.

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  27. You are touching a deep consideration and I don't think there is an easy answer about "what is the needed exchange" and where is it directed.

    This is my vision: I have NOW accessed the complete source connection so that as Bashar calls it, "Abundance is being able to do what you need to do when you need to do it".

    I now depend on my own inner connection and relationship to this INEFFABLE, not any one worldly source for this abundance. The question is "what do I have to offer?" and "what do I need?" and leaving it up to a larger consciousness to whom I am completely at service.

    I know we may disagree but when I look at the disagreement, I see it as contexts. In the context of the mundane world, it is perfectly reasonable that a direct exchange occur.

    But IF we can begin operating (as opposed to thinking) from a larger context, IMO, that is where the seeming miraculous flow is a mundane.

    IMO we are NOT meant to be impoverished in any way as we share freelu the individual genius. We are not products, serfs, slaves of some system EXCEPT that in the obvious use of our alliegance and reliance we have become self sentencing.

    THAT is the reason that personally I embrace there is truth and what I am able to use of it is my own life journey. I have paid for books, seminars, sessions and all kinds of toys, gadgets. appliances, plus all the daily needs like housing and such through a steady "income"as an RN.

    In times past it seemed my offering and the return was a good match and I felt good about it. But now I am wondering about a brand new and unheard of in my own history nonlinear relationship to nourishment given and received (as money is like the sign...will work for food but a step removed).

    I totally have an interest in meta PHYSICAL. I.E. DOES a body of info actually work in the high light of what I value??? Personally I think looking for money out of the body of miracles is "what stops miracles". I don't think it encourages more miracles to try to make them appear at will. It seems too hard edged with usary to me to be affordable only to those with paychecks or a trust fund.

    IMO it is possible that as we are the source of expression on earth of something so inexplicable, we must have some common translations to see???, it just needs conscious directing of our ENERGY to the miracle factory (that we do not control make or even service ourselves). This is where I am exploring when I am not obsessing about Teal.

    If A horse don't ride and A dog don't hunt, put it out to pasture. But IF the cart has wheel and a great big engine...VAROOOMMM

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  28. And there were so many atrocious absurdities packed into that short vid...was it always so... or is it because I had quite a break from this "ask" series? But some things were said that are really rather chilling...what's even more alarming is how many people don't notice anything wrong...right, there is no such thing as "wrong" in this universe.

    "Much of what she does seems calculated to confuse and overwhelm."

    Ohhhh. It can drive one insane. Think Munch's painting "The Scream" kind of reaction...

    Or smth like this

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u0DsK5SBPM

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  29. It's hard to say, Elena, but it does all seem to be getting darker. This was really chilling.

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  30. eyesight fuck - agreed, Elena :D

    She will confuse the s***t out of lazy thinkers who follow her.

    I think I figured finally how she comes up with such a mess: as we know, Teal is the first spiritual catalyst who tests common self therapies on herself and shares is with the public. She uses the Byron Katie turn around method for all the "harsh criticism" she is receiving and puts out the new turn around version in her video series…whenever it gets too hot or too viral. her prophet video is the result of her sitting down and doing a worksheet on herself and turns everything "negative" around.

    this video addresses three often talked about criticism about Teal

    Teal spell/maniputlation
    Teal is backed again
    Teal made the shit all up aka false prophet

    Now we see miss teal in front of commonly known visual manipulation background, even more nacked than ever :D talking about that there are no false prophets. At the same time already addressing the critical feedback she will get for this mnd and eyesight fuck and laughing her ass of.

    So far 14000 people watched it, 614 enjoyed the fuck and 25 were sratching their heads really really hard.

    my brain uses hundreds of algorithm to make some sense out of it and totally fails.
    :D

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    ok LV I am used to be a loner in regards to my H Potter-generation-pollution. Bloody Potter Spell - as efficient as the Teal spell.

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    ok my hens lay too many eggs. I am drowning in eggs. Help. I should play the "False Prophet" video to them tomorrow. Even a chicken will not overlook a fox in action :D …

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  31. But GA, in the Byron Katie turn around, it's supposed to be that what you believe others are doing is what you do to others . So, I hear you say Teal is really turning "turn arounds" around.

    I have had too many eggs in the past but was down to only two hens. So I bought some fertile eggs when my one hen who is called Beaky (because she has a twisted beak) became broody. I hoped she'd hatch them all but only two made it.

    This girl is very intelligent. Since she has the beak issue she learned she can come inside and jump on the dining room table and eat dry cat food (to supplement with instant protein). I always leave the screen door ajar for the cats in summer so she didn't actually learn to open the door.

    Beaky is the best and most protective mother. Her chicks are about 6 weeks old and already perch with her in the chicken roost. Beaky wants to teach the chicks to come in and so comes and calls them but they are afraid. With her vigilant protective attitude she goes back out and forgoes her kibbles.

    To boost my flock I just bought 10 girls (Rhode Island Reds and Buff Orpingtons that the feedstore had hatched). They are in a big cage and at night I put a cardboard house inside for them to sleep in until big enough to perch. They will be let out when they are twice as big. Of all of them only one lets me pet her. I sit at the door to the cage and she comes right up.The others are learning but she just knew.

    And this reminded me that once I had a most remarkable Bantum hen who was so intelligent that she did not want to be with the rest of the chickens. She also changed coleors when she moulted in the four years we had her. She stayed in my husbands shop at night.

    I adore chickens. I say they are dinosaurs small.

    I have decided I sincerely desire to stop thinking about Teal. I do tend to be obsessive. I will maybe use my chikens and so whenever I tend to think about how little i appreciate Teal, i will turn it around and think of chickens. I will abuse the meaning of Byron katies turn around too. Why not?

    This will be the process I will GIFT to all unhappy obsessives. You print a picture of the chicken you like best and and meditate on this image until it is clear. Then IF you think of someone you are hoping to stop ruminating on, you make squawking sounds and wave your arms like wings. It will definitely work especially around others as we usually do not want to act chicken in front of people. When alone, it may be less effective so you do this action until you cannot think any longer.

    Goodbye Teal.

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  32. I once had a chicken that I called Chicken Little. My son rescued her from a cat and my daughter nursed her back to health... she thought the holes in the side of its head were puncture wounds from the cats teeth and we all thought we had a baby hawk. (We were new to country life.)

    Anyway, she recovered and as she grew we realized we had a chicken and not a hawk. She liked beer and potato chips, and anytime she saw a party going on inside the house she would hop up to the window and ask to be let in. She let me paint her nails bright orange and as she walked around she would periodically stick her foot up in front of her face to admire my handiwork. When I went out for my morning sunbath she would lay on the blanket with me with her wings spread wide open and her tongue hanging out. God I loved that chicken.

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  33. I forgot to say that because my daughter didn't know the holes in the side of its head were ears and thought they were puncture wounds from the cats teeth she packed them full of neosporin.

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  34. "I adore chickens. I say they are dinosaurs small."

    Bwahahahaha... Oh statements like that make getting out of bed in the morning worthwhile.

    "All I wanted was to eat the chicken that is smarter than other chickens and to absorb its power." ~ Red

    http://youtu.be/Ncyss4F_Hv8

    http://youtu.be/LNwDcr2qP4M

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  35. Hahahaha, love these chicken posts.

    Oh, btw, LaVaughn, since you eat chicken, you cannot access the higher dimensional frequencies of your consciousness according to Mrs. Swan. It really "decreases your frequency". So, yeah...you might be a fraud, lol, cs what can you see for your clients if you don't have this higher access? Some low vibrational shit, hehe? Your husband must be more intuitive and clairvoyant and all that than you, eh?

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  36. I so want to help you, GA!
    I'm gonna go now and really enjoy some grounding and some frequency decreasing activities (http://blog.thespiritualcatalyst.com/grounding/). I hardly ever had any meat in Canada, but here these kebobs are sooo goood, mmm.

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  37. ZZB I was cackling!! so funny and hilarious and happy a chick tale.

    I never even heard of Orange is the new Black. Thanks for that.

    I recall the food in Cyprus was delicious. That is the only country I ever visited outside US. I learned about tapas as the way to eat and talk for hours there.

    I will imagine Elena eating amazing food and grounded earthed and floored in absolutely deliciousness.

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  38. Hey, Elena, at least I don't eat pork... like that lady doctor with the awesome braids. You know the one. Sarbs and teal had her over for neither pod nor tea to talk about the future of medicine. There was her and the Asian fellow who both said that they could work with a vegetarian diet and they understood that some people are vegetarian because of their beliefs, but that, particularly for people who were ill, not so good. The recommended bone broth.

    Something tells me this interview may not have improved teal's feelings about black people and Asians, but who can say. She seemed to take the whole thing with aplomb.

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  39. "You're sure it was a chicken, not a pigeon? What about a quail or a pheasant? Spruce Grouse? American Bald Eagle?"

    Hahahahaha!

    And Elena let me know if that book you found is any good. I might have to read the series anyway since volume 6 is called "The Dragon of Avalon" (I was born in the year of the dragon). How fun! I love Merlin!

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  40. Orange is the New Black is a lot of fun. I haven't watched the new season yet. Not at the top of my must-view list, which is really quite long. I've also heard the second season isn't quite as edible as the first. But it's probably the best acting I've ever seen from Kate Mulgrew, who I don't ordinarily care for.

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  41. Funny you mention bone broth LaVaughn.... I spent most of last night looking for the best recipe for bone broth and searching amazon for a RED crockpot to make it in, hahahaha!

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  42. Just a heads up, folks. I've had another report of someone having their Facebook acct hacked. Obviously, no way to prove it's teal related. Could be random. But have an awareness.

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  43. Funny, facebook locked me out of my account yesterday or the day before because somebody tried to get in from 'a different location than usual' (something like that anyway). They had me create a new password. I thought it was pretty weird... why would anyone want to hack into my stupid facebook account? It's not like I keep my bank info stored there.

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  44. zigzag, what was the location? You can email me that if you're not comfortable posting it here. My email's on my contact page.

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  45. And WOW! That's a RED kitchen! I only have splashes of red here and there, and I definitely don't have matching stilettos, although a pair of red, red flip flops would be fun!

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  46. There should be a login record on Facebook.

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  47. If you're on a computer, rather than a handheld, it's under security -- check "Show Current Session"

    Also if you get email notification, check your email. I know have mine set up to show if there's a new device trying to register.

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  48. It only shows where I'm currently logged in from. I didn't get an email notification. I will see if my son can figure it out.

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  49. Ok, here it is:

    Checkpoint Flow Started

    Saturday, August 30, 2014 at 2:51pm EDT
    IP Address: 126.125.134.219
    Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.89 Safari/537.1
    Cookie: ...fXZb
    Checkpoint Enrolled

    Saturday, August 30, 2014 at 2:51pm EDT
    IP Address: 126.125.134.219
    Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.89 Safari/537.1
    Cookie: ...fXZb
    Login checks failed

    Saturday, August 30, 2014 at 2:51pm EDT
    IP Address: 126.125.134.219
    Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.89 Safari/537.1
    Cookie: ...fXZb

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  50. It's somewhere in Japan. My son couldn't find any immediate confirmation that it was a proxy server but he is still checking.

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  51. So this is pretty disgusting. Can't she find a way to say that repressing our shadow can result in illness without pissing all over Jerry Hicks's grave?

    And, seriously, simple rule: Never say never or always. Just don't do it. Because there are exceptions to better rules than the one she's layin' down here.

    http://youtu.be/YUfEA4yVMMk

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  52. Wow. You asked me to dig up all that info for you, which I did, and you're just going to ignore all my efforts on your behalf? Not even a 'thanks for nuthin'? You know what? Stick a fork in me, I'm done. Fuck all you obsessed idiots, you all deserve each other, including teal. I'm outta here.

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  53. Zigzag, My apologies. I actually wanted the info posted so people could see it for reference, because other people are being hacked and the locations should be tracked. I also thought we were waiting on some other info as to whether or not it was a proxy.

    Sorry you felt ignored. Not my intention. But I did not see your comment until much later the next day and I was busy putting out other fires, totally unrelated to teal. It's been a rough week over here, in the 3D world.

    But, again, my apologies. I should have acknowledged your efforts.

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  54. Oh, and now that the issue has been brought to my mind again, the other info we have on a Facebook hacker was Fairfield CA.

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  55. LaVaughn, I accept your apology. You handled my tirade with such aplomb that I feel compelled to apologize as well. It has been in the 90's around here with intense humidity... my lush garden is looking like a desert and my 'sanity routines' have suffered a major melt-down as well. This kind of heat awakens the enraged demon that lives inside me, and while I can't say I enjoy being ignored, that demon likes it even less.

    Additionally, I am just so sick and tired of teal and her crowd I can't even stand it. Your commentary here is the last thread connecting me to anything teal related. I have tried to snip that thread numerous times but I love your sarcastic wit so much (as I have said before), that I have not been able to do it. I guess I was trying to get you to do it for me, hahaha. Oh well, maybe I'm not as finished with teal as I thought. :(

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  56. And regarding that video you posted the link to, I suffered through it long enough to find the part where she talked about Jerry Hicks. I left a comment there and I am copying and pasting it here too, not that I think anybody here is interested, but here it is anyway:

    "You're wrong about Jerry Hicks. The shadow of his unfinished business did not creep up and kill him. He dropped his body because he was no longer having as much fun now that he could have anything he wanted as when he was working to achieve it. I heard him say that with my own ears. I clearly felt his intention to drop his body and I clearly heard Esther panic. In the end his body complied with his own desire and Esther just had to deal with it."

    In the recording I'm referring to with the above, Jerry asked Abraham if his lack of enthusiasm meant that he should drop this body and start over in a new life. The voice of 'Abraham' started out relatively calm, but gradually escalated till 'they' were pretty much yelling at him to "use his imagination" to find something to keep him interested enough to stick around in his current body (sounding more like Esther than I have ever heard 'Abraham' sound, hahaha).

    I have never been too interested in Jerry and his questions, it was Esther channeling that fascinated me, so I didn't pay much attention to that incident, or the 'knowingness' I felt that Jerry was gearing up to exit this dimension. Until a year or two later, when he up and died... the memory of that exchange came flooding back into my mind in an 'aha!' moment of clear understanding. His death confused a lot of people, but it didn't confuse me.

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  57. This interaction between both of you was very beautiful. Thanks for that....during insane move...some cool human behavior ( : always a pleasure. I need to catch up with everything.

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  58. ...although you called me an obsessed idiot....at least we are both obsessed idiots ( : i guess.

    I have a deal with my man. Whenever one of us looses his or her shit, the other one tries to concentrate and stay normal and cool until demon goes to sleep again.... very successful method in a relationship...only problem: sometimes both loose the shit at the same time :D

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  61. PS: Regarding that proxy info, my son decided that what he had planned on doing threatened his own security so aborted the plan. He doesn't think it is teal related, although he said it is certainly possible. He suspects it was Chinese hackers using a Japanese proxy for no reason other than to collect data.

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  62. Teal seems to have reached Stage 5 - mass events, a new avatar, rebranding everywhere, youtube channel name change... The image itself... Teal looks very bitter and hard. Not sure why they choose it. The blue dress looks like the cheap stuff i get around the corner. Obviously she took some advice and got a more prof looking image and changed the galaxy background which she took from the old forum background. I was hoping for some gentle vibes of the pic. But his is more ice queen in a kaftan than inviting open vibes.
    LV i didn't watch the latest video. What is the point?

    M2Y: "But GA, in the Byron Katie turn around, it's supposed to be that what you believe others are doing is what you do to others . So, I hear you say Teal is really turning "turn arounds" around."

    turning and twisting in the desert - indeed. Well BK turns all projections on others around towards yourself and then, if you turn out to be an evil ass, you turn it around to " my thinking is…." Independent of this, BK offers one way to deal with reality. you either use it for everything or forget about it. Teal uses it sometimes :D

    M2Y: "I adore chickens. I say they are dinosaurs small"

    OMG so true - you named it FINALLY. I was always wondering whilst staring at their funny legs. there is one chicken which i called chica who thinks I am really cool. Whenever i call her she comes running from the other end of the garden. There is nothing more funny than seeing a chicken full hearted running ahhahaha , just like a mini rex. So right hahahaha


    Elena: when i was studying art I lived in the anonymous student houses. One day a very pretty pigeons landed on my window bank. I opened it and she wasn't scared. She came every day and I fed her. She was amazing. Leave the pigeons in peace. they need to shit as well :D

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  63. gosh Elena we certainly don't share the same taste of music ha

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  64. I don't care much for his music (altho the words seem sweet to me now:)- it's the scenery that hits close to home.

    GA, trust me, I also liked pigens when in Canada. But here I spent a whole day cleaning and scrubbing one day, the I come back a few days later.....HUUUUGGEEE Mess. I'm sorry, but that's just disgusting to walk barefoot on...and I can't even dry my laundry without them pooing...yeah they have to eliminate...but it's a huge fucking field just beside, man! And did I mension they are noisy, very noisy. It's not just one, it's a freaking orchestrra.

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  65. Ps. GA, we do share to some extend as far as I know, cs I liked the magical one you shared here once

    And, yes, I also have certain needs, but it's not like I'm violating their nests...In my heart of hearts I did not want war. The thought of starting smth like this is conflicting just a tad with my studies of Buddhism and spirituality in general lol. Pain, death, destruction- it is against everything I believe in. I had to do my utmost to avoid this. But, I had to do something. I did. I arranged a summit.
    It went well. I was elated with my progress! We were able to agree on two points. First, we both had an equal right to the universe. Second, we must find a way to exist happily together. I had an answer. I would agree not to live in their house, if they would agree not to live in mine. The balance of the world would be open territory for both of us.
    The peace treaty was signed.
    I kept my side of the bargain but the opposing troops did not. Persevere, Lena, persevere. I called a second summit.
    After no end of discussion, the problem became clear. I had six in my army ( that is including cats and a dog ); the opposition had.....4 thousand approx. Control of each individual in this multitude is impossible. It only stood to reason that, sooner or later, rascals, renegades and radicals would cross the line in the sand. I am left no alternative. I am installing a big shiny disco ball and some wavy thingies and foil balloons all over too.

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  66. Lovely to check in and see ZZB, Elena, LV, GA all with an entry.

    Glad to hear about birds. This week I have seen two box turtles and a snake (unusual sightings) whom I think are also downsized dinosaurs. Everything could be just miniaturized now due to atmosphere changes? We may once have been have been 16-35 feet tall easily according to some theorists?

    Giants are us now to the weensy ones.

    I look at the insects and see amazing teeny colorful creatures all having a life. Since I think every thing has consciousness, they have their own outlook.

    On the other end, the scale of the Universe became larger with Lanikea.

    Then http://cdn.thedailybeast.com/content/dailybeast/articles/2014/09/07/laniakea-the-milky-way-s-place-in-the-heavens/jcr:content/image.crop.800.500.jpg/1410116613539.cached.jpg

    And I just read that ALL dinosaurs once had feathers. This is entertaining mind candy. AND on a forbidden movie channel I just watched the movie "Boyhood" which was filmed over a dozen years and the people are acting human, neither saints nor monsters. HIGHLY recommended.

    I have been feeling the enormity of the extremes and it is not comprehensible. And it sure puts certain people in a place of looking absurd....and it makes me laugh about my own absurdities feeling so amazed that I have this strange life experience. It is extraordinary I exist at all, how good does that make me feel??? GREAT.
    ...much love, Maggie

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  67. Hey zigzag, apology accepted, of course. And I'm with ya on the heat. My solution is to not go outside at all, if I can help it. Just hiding in my air conditioned sanctuary until it passes. The weeds are gonna have to wait.

    Your story about Jerry Hicks is, wow, beautiful! I know we disagree on the Abraham material overall, but I gotta say, this is exactly what I was talking about right here. I just don't think it serves any good purpose to make people wrong for getting sick. People get sick for many different reasons and one of them can be that it's simply their time to move on. And they deserve our love and and support through that transition. Making them wrong for that is just cruel.

    And, not for nothin,' but teal's just done it, too, only from a different angle. Jerry Hicks "came down with cancer" because he wasn't dealing with his shadow. Fuck. That. Like she bloody knows what made this total stranger tick.

    It actually makes me smile to think that he was that clear and knew it was just his time. Happy trails to you Jerry Hicks.

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  68. Oh, speaking of Facebook, someone pointed me to this bit of hilarity. Blake Dyer's profile image was recently changed to teal's awful Soul Retrieval painting. So I guess these days Blake is spending his days and nights "retrieving" Lovecraftian demons?

    I don't know what's funnier. That Blake completely ignored questions about why he's defining by an image from the Necronomicon or that he says Kandinsky used to be his favorite artist. One assumes that was before he discovered the wonder that is teal. Kandinsky, thrown over for teal. But hey, Kandinsky used bright colors and, um, shapes. So does teal. What's the difference, really.

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  69. Is Van Diesel trying to get in touch with his soul as well?

    http://xdind.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Even-Vin-Diesel-has-the-stupid-Simon-crap-tattooed-on-him-250x164.jpg

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  70. Came across an article called "The Deliberate Intent To Deceive People Is At An All Time High"
    and here are some interesting bits:

    "It is the disinfo artist and those who may pull their strings (those who stand to suffer should the crime be solved) MUST seek to prevent rational and complete examination of any chain of evidence which would hang them. Since fact and truth seldom fall on their own, they must be overcome with lies and deceit. Those who are professional in the art of lies and deceit, such as the intelligence community and the professional criminal (often the same people or at least working together), tend to apply fairly well defined and observable tools in this process. However, the public at large is not well armed against such weapons, and is often easily led astray by these time-proven tactics. Remarkably, not even media and law enforcement have NOT BEEN TRAINED to deal with these issues. For the most part, only the players themselves understand the rules of the game.

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  71. [Some] Rules of Disinformation

    ( and LV has already done a good job detecting and pointing out some of these habits;-)

    4. Use a straw man.

    Find or create a seeming element of your opponent's argument which you can easily knock down to make yourself look good and the opponent to look bad. Either make up an issue you may safely imply exists based on your interpretation of the opponent/opponent arguments/situation, or select the weakest aspect of the weakest charges. Amplify their significance and destroy them in a way which appears to debunk all the charges, real and fabricated alike, while actually avoiding discussion of the real issues.

    5. Sidetrack opponents with name calling and ridicule.

    This is also known as the primary 'attack the messenger' ploy, though other methods qualify as variants of that approach. Associate opponents with unpopular titles such as 'kooks', 'right-wing', 'liberal', 'left-wing', 'terrorists', 'conspiracy buffs', 'radicals', 'militia', 'racists', 'religious fanatics', 'sexual deviates', and so forth. [ in this case it's haters, anti-teal, paid trolls...]This makes others shrink from support out of fear of gaining the same label, and you avoid dealing with issues.

    6. Hit and Run.

    In any public forum, make a brief attack of your opponent or the opponent position and then scamper off before an answer can be fielded, or simply ignore any answer. This works extremely well in Internet and letters-to-the-editor environments where a steady stream of new identities can be called upon without having to explain critical reasoning -- simply make an accusation or other attack, never discussing issues, and never answering any subsequent response, for that would dignify the opponent's viewpoint.

    7. Question motives.

    Twist or amplify any fact which could be taken to imply that the opponent operates out of a hidden personal agenda or other bias. This avoids discussing issues and forces the accuser on the defensive.

    8. Invoke authority.

    Claim for yourself or associate yourself with authority and present your argument with enough 'jargon' and 'minutia' to illustrate you are 'one who knows', and simply say it isn't so without discussing issues or demonstrating concretely why or citing sources.

    9. Play Dumb.

    No matter what evidence or logical argument is offered, avoid discussing issues except with denials they have any credibility, make any sense, provide any proof, contain or make a point, have logic, or support a conclusion. Mix well for maximum effect.

    10. Associate opponent charges with old news.

    A derivative of the straw man -- usually, in any large-scale matter of high visibility, someone will make charges early on which can be or were already easily dealt with - a kind of investment for the future should the matter not be so easily contained.) Where it can be foreseen, have your own side raise a straw man issue and have it dealt with early on as part of the initial contingency plans. Subsequent charges, regardless of validity or new ground uncovered, can usually then be associated with the original charge and dismissed as simply being a rehash without need to address current issues -- so much the better where the opponent is or was involved with the original source.

    11. Establish and rely upon fall-back positions.

    Using a minor matter or element of the facts, take the 'high road' and 'confess' with candor that some innocent mistake, in hindsight, was made -- but that opponents have seized on the opportunity to blow it all out of proportion and imply greater criminalities which, 'just aren't so.' Others can reinforce this on your behalf, later, and even publicly 'call for an end to the nonsense' because you have already 'done the right thing.' Done properly, this can garner sympathy and respect for 'coming clean' and 'owning up' to your mistakes without addressing more serious issues.

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  72. 12. Enigmas have no solution.

    Drawing upon the overall umbrella of events surrounding the crime and the multitude of players and events, paint the entire affair as too complex to solve. This causes those otherwise following the matter to begin to lose interest more quickly without having to address the actual issues.

    13. Alice in Wonderland Logic.

    Avoid discussion of the issues by reasoning backwards or with an apparent deductive logic which forbears any actual material fact.

    17. Change the subject.

    Usually in connection with one of the other ploys listed here, find a way to side-track the discussion with abrasive or controversial comments in hopes of turning attention to a new, more manageable topic. This works especially well with companions who can 'argue' with you over the new topic and polarize the discussion arena in order to avoid discussing more key issues.

    18. Emotionalize, Antagonize, and Goad Opponents.

    If you can't do anything else, chide and taunt your opponents and draw them into emotional responses which will tend to make them look foolish and overly motivated, and generally render their material somewhat less coherent. Not only will you avoid discussing the issues in the first instance, but even if their emotional response addresses the issue, you can further avoid the issues by then focusing on how 'sensitive they are to criticism.'

    19. Ignore facts presented, demand impossible proofs.

    This is perhaps a variant of the 'play dumb' rule. Regardless of what material may be presented by an opponent in public forums, claim the material irrelevant and demand proof that is impossible for the opponent to come by (it may exist, but not be at his disposal, or it may be something which is known to be safely destroyed or withheld, such as a murder weapon.) In order to completely avoid discussing issues, it may be required that you to categorically deny and be critical of media or books as valid sources, deny that witnesses are acceptable, or even deny that statements made by government or other authorities have any meaning or relevance.

    20. False evidence.

    Whenever possible, introduce new facts or clues designed and manufactured to conflict with opponent presentations -- as useful tools to neutralize sensitive issues or impede resolution. This works best when the crime was designed with contingencies for the purpose, and the facts cannot be easily separated from the fabrications.

    22. Manufacture a new truth.

    Create your own expert(s), group(s), author(s), leader(s) or influence existing ones willing to forge new ground via scientific, investigative, or social research or testimony which concludes favorably. In this way, if you must actually address issues, you can do so authoritatively.

    23. Create bigger distractions.

    If the above does not seem to be working to distract from sensitive issues, or to prevent unwanted media coverage of unstoppable events such as trials, create bigger news stories (or treat them as such) to distract the multitudes.

    24. Silence critics.

    If the above methods do not prevail, consider removing opponents from circulation by some definitive solution so that the need to address issues is removed entirely. This can be by their death, arrest and detention, blackmail or destruction of their character by release of blackmail information, or merely by destroying them financially, emotionally, or severely damaging their health.

    25. Vanish.

    If you are a key holder of secrets or otherwise overly illuminated and you think the heat is getting too hot, to avoid the issues, vacate the kitchen.

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  73. There is also this:

    "Eight Traits of the Disinformationalist


    1) Avoidance

    They never actually discuss issues head-on or provide constructive input, generally avoiding citation of references or credentials. Rather, they merely imply this, that, and the other. Virtually everything about their presentation implies their authority and expert knowledge in the matter without any further justification for credibility."

    But I will stop posting it here, for those interested to read more, here's the link

    http://preventdisease.com/news/10//081010_everything_is_a_lie.shtml

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  74. Oh, on Vin Diesel. According to this, he has no tattoos. The Necronomicon on his neck was, I believe in Babylon A.D. But all his tats are fake.

    http://vinxperience.net/vin-diesel/vin_faq/

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  75. Good list.
    elena did you ever try pigeon milk?
    you might have an army of flying milk cows on your balcony :D



    ...ah got you - I bet you were thinking hard for one or two seconds.

    have to go throught the list slowly

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  76. Well, as I said to Jessica, she fleshes out her praise for Hitler a little better in that interview than she did in the teacast I wrote up here. But the idea that positive change can come out of horrible experiences is not as novel as teal seems to think. The same can be said of so many of teal's "original" observations.

    What struck me as funnier was her assertion moments later that her vibration is much higher than most people on the planet. You know a lot of us freak out electrical equipment. It's not because we're so bloody special. It's a fairly common experience, actually.

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  77. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204361350901353&set=a.10201074551253416.1073741827.1457409838&type=1&theater

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  78. speechless-read the comment section of previous link

    "Cameron Clark I can speak from my own personal experience. Teal Scott tried to push me to commit suicide out of the blue once when she became irritated with me while I was living with her last year. Thank god I was not and had never been suicidal in my life. Teal is a certifiable nut job, who has no business playing out her egoically maniacal mind games on any unsuspecting "clients" coming to her for spiritual, emotional or mental advice who are exhibiting signs of depression."

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  79. Yes, GA. I know. The woman I had hoped was a fiction when I wrote it up in this post has a name. I've known this for a while. There's a reason I've taken to calling her the Typhoid Mary of Suicidal Ideation. Bear in mind that she also told Fallon he should kill himself when he wasn't becoming what she'd hoped.

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  80. speechless again - this is getting worse by the hour

    "Jessica Schab: its from people who personally lived with her and heard her say it.. apparently she is obsessed with hitler and talked about him often singing his praises"

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  81. I read the comment by Cameron. Horrifying pattern. Anyone who saw the early shadow house videos and knew what Fallon and Cameron experienced being in close and personal would run.

    It makes me wonder about those who are till close and what life is like in Teal Cult-ure.

    She is receiving more and more positive attention as I am seeing her somewhat lauded where I never saw Teal stuff pop up.

    The pattern of suggesting people who peeve her kill themselves.......and coupling that obliquely with her admiration of national socialism. THAT adds up in my own connections with deeply engrained programming that is death directed. The dangerous human capacity to justify murder of all who opposed as a solution is the same kind of genocidal human capacity that is cropping up other places too. Only the "righteous" as defined by the beholder deserves to live. That bottom line seems to be my definition of evil-ly directed hatred.

    That Teal is an advocate in her way shows she is all inner twisted and warped.

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  82. Sorry, my cut and past left something out....

    her admiration of Hitler and others also speaking to desiring a form of white protecting national socialism (like on redice where they interview holocaust deniers). This is going along with other self righteous humans who believe that killing is a solution as in honor killings. yes, these are all separate examples but they share something in common.

    Admitting to making a big stretch but it seems the same thought forms being embraced.

    Is Teal being played by a monstrous thought form complex?

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  83. Holy crap! What did this Ramona person say. I can't see any of it because teal blocked me. LOL

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  84. HI LV just saw your comment

    "Ramona Mehrbrodt: How come my friend request gets refused and others are successful ?? Hmmm"

    I was just so shocked that she suggested to Cameron to commit suicide.

    M2Y: "Is Teal being played by a monstrous thought form complex?"

    In some ways she is actually copying strategies and visions of hitler....if you look closely. I have a feeling (in case Teal or Co. is reading this here) she would be honored if she really is such a hitler admirer. The germans at this time were blamed for everything, no vision, no unity - H. recognized it and brought them together and suggested a vision. The group experience, conquering the lands of philosophy and religion to make it Teal Age. Think about it. I might went too far with this thought but there is something about it.

    Teal's answer to Ramona is just beyond me
    "Usually the people who are added are those who love my material, but who are responsible for their own vibration and thus do not expect me to "solve everything" in their life."
    :D I don't even know what to say about it.

    anyway- Heil Teal.
    I love my chickens, white sheets hanging on the washing line which spans from one tree to another, waking up to cock's screaming and sunshine in the face, going to bed with the full moon behind the trees shining in my face... rural paradise

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  85. "I was just so shocked that she suggested to Cameron to commit suicide."

    And Fallon and, depending on your read of her statement in that video, a woman who actually did.

    I gotta tell ya, she's really startin' to scare me. There's a picture that begins to form out of all this and it isn't good.

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  86. Considering quote 1 from Cameron and quote 2 from Teal...

    quote 1
    "...Teal Scott tried to push me to commit suicide out of the blue once when she became irritated with me while I was living with her last yea....."

    Quote2
    "....but who are responsible for their own vibration and thus do not expect me to "solve everything" in their life. This qualifies them as more of a "team mate" than a follower. ..."

    ....

    Now her logic of quote 2 needs to be applied to any kind of interaction with human beings. I wonder if Teal would argue that independent of her suggestion to commit suicide to C. , C. should be responsible for her own choices to follow this advice or not and because she can't solve everything for anybody else...and the person can't figure it out him or herself...a "logic" suggestion by Teal to commit suicide. SICK.

    This abuse of her position in regards to C, who was openly a big fan of T and moved over there to learn from her.... is not a small boo boo. It should be addressed by Teal, now that it is public.

    Teal what are you doing?

    Are you a sociopath?

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  87. The Strange & Curious Tale of the Last True Hermit

    http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201409/the-last-true-hermit?src=longreads&printable=true

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  88. Australian man wakes up from coma, can speak Mandarin fluently:

    https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-buzz/australian-man-wakes-up-from-coma-can-speak-mandarin-170038364.html

    Sun Unleashes Major Solar Flare at Earth (Video) Sept 10

    https://ca.news.yahoo.com/sun-unleashes-major-solar-flare-earth-video-215720290.html?vp=1

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  89. Maggie, this one is for you! :-D

    First Swimming Dinosaur Was 'Half-Duck, Half-Crocodile'


    https://ca.news.yahoo.com/first-swimming-dinosaur-half-duck-half-crocodile-185539961.html

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  90. GA, why don't you come over and teach me how to do it (milking the pigeons)?;-) Think I'd been a city dweller for way too long :-/

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  91. I wonder what teal would say to about this...no, after her coverage on that boy shooter I really don't want to know.

    https://ca.news.yahoo.com/south-carolina-man-faces-murder-charges-deaths-five-183402493.html

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  92. Now, Elena, you and I both know that those 5 kids law of attracted that shit. Oh that poor man. What must have happened to him in childhood. I bet it involved juice.

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  93. Just looking over the newest page of tealclaims. It's here on her promo for the guided meditation thingo.

    "I have a hyper sensitive sense of hearing [sic] (I'm hypersensitive to bad writing. She couldn't come up with something better than the horribly redundant hypersensitive sense.)

    I can hear tectonic plates moving. I’m sure you’re a familiar with how the tide is pulled by the gravity of the moon. What people don’t understand is that the gravity of the moon affects everything, not just water, it pulls at the earth too, and I can hear it. Full moons are very, very loud to me. I hate the sound of cotton balls (a sound I gather many people can’t hear). People talking in other rooms which would be inaudible to many, is not inaudible to me. I have hearing which is able to pick up the extremely high frequency of thought forms so I have clairaudience. In other words I can hear thought forms."

    Once again, "what people don't understand" is shit everybody knows. The moon exerts a gravitational force on the planet that is more intense at the full moons. Duh. We only have wind because of the moon. This is grade school science, people.

    But here's the weird part. I have that cotton ball thing, too. I can't stand the sound of cotton balls. Drives me crazy. I have to handle them really carefully because the sound of them stands my teeth on edge.

    I had friends in college who were so perplexed by this that they spent an evening -- they were a couple -- playing with cotton balls and trying to figure out why they drove me mad. They even set them on fire. They tried everything. And they reported to me that were as perplexed as ever that I am bothered by something as inoffensive as cotton balls. Even writing this up is hard because I don't like even thinking about cotton balls. It's very sensory for me.

    I'm also clairaudient. A lot of people are. It's not unusual. Far more common than hating the sound of cotton balls.

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  94. Oops. Here: http://www.jointeallive.com/

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  95. Hi GA,

    I won't be watching your cotton ball video. I'm not kidding. It's a thing. I can't stand them.

    The moon is actually pivotal to much about our climate. There are more factors that go into wind production -- like the sun -- but the moon is a major one. There are things about the geometric perfection of the moon in relation to the earth that cause some people to think it must have been manufactured. (See: David Icke) Our climate would be quite different without it.

    I can't see Jessica's page because she has blocked me. She learned that I don't share her total contempt for all things spiritual, religious, mythic, and metaphorical, and she unfriended and blocked me. Apparently, when she and her husband were pilfering graphics and other material from my teal posts, they did not bother to look at anything else on my blog and did not grok that I am a card-carrying new age flake. And as they consider all spiritual practices stupid and insane, our views on many things are incompatible.

    Did I mention that I won't be watching your cotton ball thing? Because I won't. I really won't. Styrofoam also causes me major discomfort. Don't show me any of that either.

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  96. Cotton-Ball-Peace-Flag LV ....waving in the wind which is moved by the moon.

    Oh this are some news. Currently I am reading their material because it is so different. I like to stretch the thoughts and take all in consideration. And they have some well-crafted thoughts over there. I ignore the parts where i disagree. I am not interested in an argument about final truth etc.... as i figured that this is the end of any observation action.

    LV your block list on fb seems to be endless :D

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  97. Not really, GA. Just teal and Jessica, that I'm aware of. And I can't think of anyone I've blocked. This whole blocking thing is very new to me.

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  98. FWIW, I was more than happy to agree to disagree with Jessica. This, I learned, is not a concept she believes in. Bad beliefs are a virus which needs to be purged. So, I'm out. Whatev...

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  99. End Of Fear seems to be based on Atheistic/Agnostic principles. Hard for me to invite when I witness GOD daily. Apparently its all in my head........ well, yes! But my head is no less real than yours which claims there is no point in validating...um...anything????

    I don't know.....Just another bandwagon if you ask me. Too many in these tender times........

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  100. as far as Teal....wow! bloody insane......She is setting herself up for an extreme rejection/embarrassment from society. One day somebody is going to "ask Teal" to actually do something with her gifts instead of sitting around talking.........

    Her videos are sooooo Kmart special. Corny and tacky. I would have loved it if she had remain grounded and cut through the illusion and understood ONENESS. alas........shes teaching the same tired concepts that only promote separation.

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  101. I may watch more of this ghastly video later. I have a lot on my plate right now. But in the few moments I've taken in I can see that this is her attempt to correct her whole the Buddha was wrong thing. Nice of her to finally check the Wikipedia page as we'd recommended. But I love the way it wasn't her mistake. It was a mistake made thousands of years ago by some other people who didn't understand the words they were using.... or something.

    I'll only begin to worry about you GA, on the eof thing, if I hear you're throwing out all your crystals because you've decided that they're stupid. At that point I will probably have to stage an intervention.

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  102. I don't like the sound of cotton balls either. A few times in my life I have had to tear one in half... painful! I pretty much just gritted my teeth, closed my eyes (I don't know how that helped) and got it over with. I don't even use them anymore because of that.

    And it seems to me like those 'end of fear' people are afraid of fear, hahaha. It also seems to me like GA is trying to 'break the teal spell' with a 'jessicamystic spell'. That's like half a dozen of one and 6 of another if you ask me, not that anyone did.

    In the old days everybody wanted to be a rock star, today it seems like everybody wants to be a guru. I'm glad for the reflection though, because it has shown me how unattractive it looks on me. I'm not into humble pie and that's a fact, but I am into 'unassuming'.

    And there are no unassuming gurus, unless they don't even realize their impact, but especially not when they are self-proclaimed, because right away they are assuming that other people need their sage advice, just like I'm doing right here.

    If a raindrop could try hard to be a good and obedient little raindrop, it would be wasted effort, since it already is a good and obedient little raindrop, and it can't be other than a good and obedient little raindrop), or if it thought it was the best raindrop there ever was and wanted all the other raindrops to gawk in astounded awe at it's amazing beyond raindrop perfection, and all the other drops of water felt pretty much the same way, well, it would still be rainfall and it would still nourish the earth and enable the continuation of both itself and the earthly atmosphere, regardless of its opinion of itself.

    Thus, I have decided that I am the best raindrop ever, enjoying my free fall from the clouds to the earth, hahaha, and that the only thing I want to do is exactly what I'm doing... exploring and reveling in my aliveness, while simultaneously appreciating the beauty and perfection in the aliveness of all the other raindrops around me, hahahaha... tall order!

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  103. Hahahaha... yeah, that "rose petal voice" is worse than the sound of cotton to me!

    And LaVaughn, if GA decided crystals were stupid and was getting rid of them, she could end up giving them to you so why intervene?? I'll take them if you don't want them! Hahaha.

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  104. "I don't like the sound of cotton balls either. A few times in my life I have had to tear one in half... painful! I pretty much just gritted my teeth, closed my eyes (I don't know how that helped) and got it over with. I don't even use them anymore because of that."

    RIGHT?!! It's awful. But you are literally the third person I've encountered who hears the awful sound of cotton balls. And teal is the second. I gave up on discussing this ages ago because I got tired of the strange looks. My family knows not to handle cotton around me. And we have an agreement that if something is in styrofoam, like electronics, someone else has to unpack it and I have to be elsewhere.

    Can't stand it. Makes my teeth itch.

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  105. "And LaVaughn, if GA decided crystals were stupid and was getting rid of them, she could end up giving them to you so why intervene??"

    No, the crystal picks the person. We only think it's the other way 'round. It's just like cats.

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  106. Yeah, styrofoam... my brother collects it. One day I got the bright idea to use crumbled styrofoam to help lighten up my clay soil. First I had to break the big slabs of it he had (to use for insulation) into smaller pieces which I then had to rub against each other to crumble it up. Talk about itching teeth, oh my god was that a nightmare! I have to say though, it did strengthen my immunity to styrofoam, hahaha!

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  107. Well, maybe those crystals have picked you (or me, or anybody) and arranged to have GA suddenly get the urge to dispose of them?

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  108. PS: I forgot to mention in the styrofoam post that in addition to breaking chunks of, I also had to use a bread knife to saw through the bigger slabs. I think you can probably imagine the torture I subjected myself to with that! That was how strong my intention to have a wonderful garden was, hahaha!

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  109. Aaaaaaaggggggghhhhhhh!!!!! I don't want to imagine it. Imagination too vivid! Ears... teeth... vibrating..... Aaaaaaaagggggggghhhhhh!!!

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  110. MY CRYSTALS GO NOWHERE.
    Don't even get excited :D

    and having a dive in a pink water pool doesn't make you turn pink guys. I just always felt attracted by radical concepts. don't know why. But then they all freak me out after while. I should stop this.

    to add to the shiver list:
    I don't freak out with cotton balls or styrofoam but whenever i see a man biting his nails (woman not so bad as man)...the sound - I die.

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  111. "MY CRYSTALS GO NOWHERE.
    Don't even get excited :D"

    Hahahahaha... and if anybody is looking for a few more good laughs, they're bound to find them here: http://pulptastic.com/27-photos-things-totally-look-like-something-else/

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  112. We see these buses on the highway all the time, and we really thought we were the only people in the world who thought they looked like Hitler. We were wrong:

    http://www.belaldesign.com/blog/801

    You'd think they'd bloody well change the design.

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  113. LV, I was kind of relieved that you still claim some love of new age conceptual metaphor and woo woo (if it is not stupid manipulating trash?)
    I was shocked a bit that Jessica and the EOF people can't allow criticism because I thought they were saying we should stay in questioning mode.

    I hear LV questioning??? Unfortunately it made me wonder if the motive there is to have THEIR ORIGINAL angle. So again it is just more youth yakking (Teal, Purple, whatever color)
    People are seeming to be increasingly All Jacked up on their causes.

    I say GIVE ME Azurite intertwined with Malachite and with Chrysocolla for a good time.

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  114. I LOVE azurite and chrysocolla. I have a couple of pieces. Yummy.

    Yup. Still a new age flake, me, and proud of it.

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  115. OMG do I have a new hero. I have never watched a TED talk that brought me to tears, but this one did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b6-0yW7Iaw&feature=youtu.be

    PS: The guy who uploaded the video has a pretty hilarious username, hehehe.

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  116. PPS: I imagine everyone else has already seen this video, but I only just discovered it. Better late than never!

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  117. OMG love it. Thanks ZZB

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  118. Have you watched any of his documentaries on lost civilizations? They are fascinating! I even forgot to smoke! I was sitting here riveted to the screen with my mouth hanging open, hahahaha! It was watching those that brought me to this TED talk.

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  119. In fact this statement of his so relates to the issue gurus and such that I am quoting it here:

    " In further answer, I would hope that what I’ve done is encourage the asking of questions, to persuade my readers never to accept anything at face value – including, of course, my own work! We need to engage our own brains, and investigate matters for ourselves. That’s what the new awakening in the world is, in part, about. You know, we suffer from a veneration of so-called “experts” in the West – a bad habit of veneration and deference dupes us into relying on others, the so-called “experts”, for many of the key decisions in our lives – when in fact who can be more of an expert on our own lives than we ourselves? That’s one of the things I see changing. People, particularly young people, are no longer willing to hand over their personal responsibility for themselves to others, and now actively want and demand sovereignty over their own lives, over their own consciousness, and over their own health. More and more of us, young and old, are refusing give our power to “experts,” and bureaucrats and scientists. We prefer to grow up and make our own decisions and resist those who seek to take decisions for us."

    The entire interview can be found here: http://omtimes.com/2014/09/graham-hancock/ (The interview is below the video.)

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  120. zigzag, you know that TED censored that video right? It caused what I call the TED fiasco. All the deets can be found under the tag DeleTED.

    By the way that Om Times interview was done by a very dear friend of mine. I wrote it up here.

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  121. HAHAHAHAHAHA... Why am I not surprised that you're already on it!! I'll have to give your article a read!

    And yeah, I had heard the uproar over talks being deleted from TED, but since I only rarely watch a TED talk I wasn't particularly interested. I only just found out it was Rupert Sheldrake and Graham Hancock who had their talks deleted! I'm interested now!

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  122. It was INFURIATING!! I got wind of it from Hancock's Facebook pages and followed the whole thing through to it's dreadful conclusion. It left me just disgusted with TED.

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  123. Yeah, I am conducting my own personal boycott and will not watch anymore of their talks until the issue is cleaned up by them.The comment sections of the dialogs TED had opened up regarding both of them is VERY interesting!

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  124. I wouldn't hold my breath. Chris Anderson has been asked some very direct questions and dodged them all. He considers the matter closed. But there is a Facebook page.

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/boycott.ted/

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  125. Yeah, that's what I had concluded... both dialogs were closed and there was no indication anywhere that the debate Sheldrake had asked for had been scheduled, or even acknowledged. I definitely won't be watching anymore TED talks.

    Thanks for the fb link!

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  126. TED straight up said they would not debate them. They said, through a spokesperson to an interviewer, that they considered the online discussion forums enough of a debate and would not put anyone forward to debate either Hancock or Sheldrake. It's in one of those blog posts that I did on the topic. I can't remember which.

    As far as I'm concerned, they lost all credibility over this incident. I still think they put up the occasional good talk and I hold nothing against their speakers, who are also just being exploited for someone else's financial gain. Really the whole thing is so sickening.

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  127. So, this is kind of funny. Blake finally responded to questions regarding his fondness for the painting of Necronomicon and Reiki symbols.

    Blake Dyer: The symbol on the bottom is a symbol for raising the dead. IT symbolizes raising inner children that have died to us and that we are disconnected from, in combination with the healing symbol on top, it is perfect for integration.
    September 10 at 5:07pm · Like · 14

    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152346736818575&set=a.434852843574.221029.660113574&type=1

    I don't know what I find sadder, the idea that our soul parts are dead or the misapprehension that the Necronomicon is about raising the dead. It's not. It's about raising Lovecraftian demons. The man wrote horror.

    "In the excerpts Lovecraft wrote in his tales, supposedly coming from the Necronomicon, we mainly find cautionary erudition concerning magical powers and practices stemming from alien entities with godlike powers, who are said to exist in other dimensions, neither alive nor dead, and who will return to earth someday 'when the stars are again right.' Thus, the premise of Lovecraft’s book differs from what is found in these real books of the dead, as well as the theory and practice found in existing grimoires, which are manuals explaining how to summon up demonic entities, usually based on Judeo-Christian mythology. His was truly an original conception."

    http://www.churchofsatan.com/necronomicon-facts-about-fiction.php

    So my question remains. Are these people just horribly bad appropriators of material that they don't understand at all, or are they being cagey and deflective about using sigil magic popular among black magicians. I'm not referring here to the Church of Satan which isn't so much practicing black magic as they are wicked satire.

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  128. You can count me in hahaha. I mean in that "I hate cotton balls" club. Errrggg, those little Japanese torture devices.. Just reading those entries above makes my hair stand up, gives me goose bumps and clenched teeth. Thank god for cotton pads, these I can deal with.

    Another trigger- when a very dry cotton fluffy towel rubs against another fluffy or some dry uneven surface which also produces the sound....ohh, that feeling gives me shivers. Same with certain wools and synthetic materials.

    Now Styrofoams...ZZB, wish I could've helped you with that thing you did for your garden. For some reason, I don't like that white stuff too, only it bring me some kind of weird pleasure to destroy it. If I'm "reduced" to having to drink some beverage from such cup, before I dispose of it, it would be in pieces. I also hate using plastic utensils...and not just cs of concern for the environment, it is an assault on my human dignity I feel, lol. I'd rather eat with my hands...which I actually love to do.

    And I love popping the bubbles from the bubble wrapping-does wonders for my nerves.

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  129. Well, this is a relief. I really thought I was in a very unique position on cotton balls. I've just had so many people stare at me in disbelief that I thought it was most peculiar. You know I mentioned this to my husband and he assured me that he's never thought it terribly odd. He hears them, too, and has always understood exactly what I was talking about. He just has a higher threshold. He doesn't feel it intensely enough to be bothered. Men. When he was a child, though, he had a similar issue with the paper on crayons and I so get that. I find mass market paperbacks troublesome for the same reason, particularly as they age and the pages dry out. Tactile nightmare.

    And bubble wrap is a blast.

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  130. cute aliens :D

    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204428465379173&set=a.10201074551253416.1073741827.1457409838&type=1&theater

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  131. Noncast: The Bottomless Rabbit Hole pt 1

    In November of last year, I fell down a rabbit hole. It all started when I voiced some nagging concerns I had about a wannabe new age leader in a blog post entitled Who and What is Teal Scott? I expected some pushback from what I already knew to be an "army" of passionate fans. I knew that a handful of public critics had been attacked, vilified, and threatened. Such things rarely concern me, so I said my piece anyway. What I did not expect was the flood of support I would receive from the many people who shared my concerns. I did not anticipate that there would be so many of them or that the number would continue to grow. I also did not know that the concerns I'd voiced in that piece only skimmed the surface of the problem. What has evolved instead is a kind of crowd-sourced compendium of issues with this woman, articulated in volumes of comments and discussion.

    I knew I was going down a rabbit hole. I did not know then and do not know now how deep the rabbit hole goes. I suspect it is bottomless.

    Imagine it as a kind of wormhole at the center of a black and white hypno wheel. Oh, wait. You don't have to imagine it because it's right here in her video on false prophets. There she stands, naked shouldered and batting her eyelashes at the camera, as she tells her audience: there's no such thing as false prophets... there's no such thing as false prophets... there's no such thing as false prophets... listen to the sound of my monotonous voice... there's no such thing as false prophets... there's no such thing as false prophets... your eyelids are getting heavy... there's no such thing as false prophets...

    It's no wonder that her distorted checkerboard pattern made us think of this iconic Tom Petty video.

    It also brought to mind something else. As we discussed in comments a while back, teal has described herself as playing chess with people's minds. She reportedly said this in a long gone Shadow House episode. But this is not the only reference. In this video, transcribed here, she describes a person, who, say, didn't feel very loved growing up -- someone who sounds very much like teal:


    "Because I am an energy vampire, I am a master at manipulating energy. I could become a brilliant energy worker. I have the capability of consciously pulling in negative energy and transmuting it inside my own body. This means I can feed off of illness and discordant energy rather than stealing life force from people’s bodies. I can manipulate energy to heal people. Also, being an energy vampire, I am a master at mental chess. I play mind games with people. So, the highest aspect of that trait (what we call the exalted aspect) is to play mind games with people that benefit them. I could become a brilliant counselor or psychologist. I could outsmart other people’s egos and help them to see things about themselves that they are totally unaware of."


    See? Playing with people's heads is actually good!

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  132. Noncast: The Bottomless Rabbit Hole pt 2

    With teal, a lot of things that most people think are good, like humility, are bad, and a lot of things that most people think are bad, like manipulation, are good. Strangely, this concept did not go over real well with the Spirit Science crowd. Presumably some of them have dictionaries and know how to use them.


    “If we fear manipulative people, it is only because we do not realize that every being on this earth (including ourselves) is manipulative. Manipulation is not evil. It does not mean that someone intends to hurt or use other people for their own benefit. So what does it mean to be manipulative? To be manipulative is to speak and act in a way that guarantees that we get the response we want to get from other people. So you see, manipulation is how most of us try to get love. Manipulation is how most of us try to get safety… because we do not trust the world to be kind to us. Everyone is manipulative, we are simply more or less aware of that aspect within ourselves.”


    See? Controlling people and extorting responses from them is fine as long as it's about love! And, once again, this is teal erroneously projecting her own pathology onto "most of us." Because no.

    What teal calls "shadow work" is often just apologia for toxic behavior that she cannot or does not want to change and seems to have convinced herself is fairly universal. In her conception, we don't all simply have a shadow, we're all just a few lucky breaks away from homicide -- as in, we'd all be "virgin killer" Elliot Rodger if we'd lived the life of tragic neglect that he did not, in fact, live.

    Time and time again teal identifies and empathizes with villains and tyrants and treats their victims like an afterthought. This reaches whole new levels of terrifying when you consider that she wants to buy countries... and that she keeps talking about Jim Jones.

    Shortly after penning a blog post in which she all but extolled the virtues of his intentional community, aka., Jonestown, she invokes Jones again, as she explains against her hypno wheel background that there are no false prophets. She acknowledges that the 900+ deaths were unfortunate, but she puts the onus on victims and leaves out a whole lot of the nitty gritty.

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  133. Noncast: The Bottomless Rabbit Hole pt 3

    On the one hand, we're glad that she took the time to do a little cursory research. You can actually hear the Wikipedia falling out of her mouth. On the other hand, she can't even get that small amount of information straight. She accepts at face value Jones's claim of "revolutionary suicide," a term he misappropriated from Black Panther Huey Newton. Moments later she refers to his "Apollistic Communism," a term which we found very confusing (Jim Jones worshiped Apollo???) until we checked the wiki ourselves and learned that this was her sad attempt to say "Apostolic Socialism." Worse still, she claims that he pressed his followers -- a third of whom were children with no choice in the matter -- into suicide in order to set them free. In point of fact, Jones was responsible for the murder of Congressman Leo Ryan and four other people, an act of revenge for their aiding defectors from the People's Temple in their desire to leave. Jones knew perfectly well that arrests would follow and that his days were numbered. He wasn't out to "free" anybody. He was just sharing the wealth of his own inevitable doom.

    Jones was not evil, according to teal, because there's no such thing as evil or "malevolent intention." All intentions are positive, according to teal, because whatever actions people undertake, are attempts to make themselves feel good. Feeling good is always positive, according to teal. She is so proud of this idea that it's one she's quoted herself on.


    "Behind every single action lies a positive intention. All hateful acts are misguided attempts to carry out a positive intention."


    According to teal, as long as you're acting in the interest of your personal pleasure, you're being positive, not evil. That this justifies rape, thrill-killings, massacres, and a host of other crimes against humanity, in no way detracts from this self-satisfied glee at her own powers of deduction.

    It is a thoroughly narcissistic construction. Seeking after your own pleasure, no matter who is manipulated, harmed, or killed, is not positive. It's destructive, hateful, devoid of empathy, and, yes, evil.

    Remember when LOA people used to caveat their intentions with phrases like, "This or something better, for the highest good of all." Whatever happened to that? I blame The Secret. But teal gets the palm for raising aspirational selfishness to previously inconceivable heights. There is no new age idea that she won't twist into crazy pretzels to justify odious behavior.

    The lesson of Jonestown, according to teal, is the importance of discernment. The problem was never that Jim Jones was a charismatic leader who charmed and manipulated people into thinking he was a great humanitarian with a vision. The problem was that people bought into it and wound up drinking cyanide spiked Flavor Aid. They just should have known better.

    With teal, victims are always responsible for their own injury or death. Perpetrators are the true victims, damaged by their parents, and unfairly maligned. They're not evil. They're just following their "joy" to the best of their ability.

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  134. Noncast: The Bottomless Rabbit Hole pt 4

    If people don't want to be taken in by those false prophets that don't really exist, they need to hone their skills of discernment. Check stuff against your "truth rod," people.

    Am I the only one who finds who finds it a little odd that in this very blog post, which we know was and is continually checked by Blake, et al., I wrote about the "truth cord?"


    Me:

    "Christina Pratt talks about bouncing everything off your 'truth cord.' It helps if you've located that line that runs right through your core."

    Her:

    "Now what you do is you imagine that through the center of your body is like a rod that is your core. It's running straight through the middle of your body."


    Of course, if she has, aherm, borrowed this concept, kind of interesting how completely ignores all the stuff about how previous injuries leave us incredibly vulnerable to abusers of our trust and that restoring the instincts is a necessary healing process to protect ourselves from victimization. I also don't exempt such abusers from all responsibility and put the onus on potential victims for protecting themselves. But, again, I have this whacky idea that there are, in fact, false prophets, cult leaders, and con artists, and that their intentions just might not be pure.

    The motivation behind this video appears to be teal absolving herself of any responsibility for misleading people. It was posted in the aftermath of the Teal Tribe melee that saw many people banned for asking for questions about her's and Blake's veracity. She is defending against concerns that she is a fraud by claiming that there's no such thing as fraud.


    "The perspective that Teal is a fraud is as true from the perspectives that certain people hold as the perspective that Teal is a true prophet."


    Rather than simply answer the questions, we get the this mishmash of ideas about how everything is true from one perspective or another and we all need to find what is true for ourselves. I don't disagree, in principle, that the marketplace of ideas should really cause us to develop our own compass. But this entire broadcast ignores the role of empiricism. She encourages people to listen to their intuition, but not to evaluate information based on any system of logic. We think the subtext here is: Stop fact-checking me!

    I am very big on the role of intuition. I'm intuitive for a living, after all. But logic matters. Empirical facts matter. She would have us all going through life in a perpetual state of suspended disbelief, picking and choosing things based only on what "feels" right. This would certainly benefit someone like herself, because she just never makes a lick of sense. See: Her bizarre idea of life as a giant game of Go Fish, complete with "surety cards" and "not cards."


    "You're nothing but a pack of cards!" ~ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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  135. Noncast: The Bottomless Rabbit Hole pt 5

    Bottom line, she does not want her claims evaluated for any kind of accuracy, just picked or discarded based on feelings. Coming from someone who admits to being manipulative and extorting emotional responses from people, this is a rather terrifying prospect. That she calls the product of such selection a "cocktail" is more terrifying still.


    "So life is about becoming inebriated and besotted. Just drink the Teal-Aid, people. I want you to be intoxicated with me." ~ J


    One hopes it isn't laced with cyanide, but if it were, at least we could rest assured it was only because of teal's positive intention to feel good.


    And further down the rabbit hole we go, finding of all damn things, a tea party -- complete with a child-friendly, anthropomorphized frog. I do love that frog.

    Is it me or is the frog gradually turning to face teal? He used to face directly out toward the camera didn't he? But in this newest teacast, he's turned his stoical gaze in her direction, the entire effect of which is two, faces passively gazing as she talks and talks and talks...

    Once again, we can hear the Wikipedia falling out of teal's mouth as she attempts to define "Rites of Passage." At no time does she cite a source but she is taking the framework of Arnold van Gennep, author of Rites of Passage, as it is articulated in the Wikipedia entry. She uses his three step process, but, being teal, gets it a little wrong.

    Step 1 she gets right: "separation." But by step 2, she's lost her mental note cards, and changes Gennep's "liminality" to "transition phase," a term which doesn't quite capture the nuances. Then it morphs again into the "metamorphosis phase." And then she explains that, "It's known as the most shaky phase."

    Known by whom, we wonder.

    By step 3, she's recovered her still unnamed Gennep notes and explains the "incorporation" step.

    At this point, Sarbdeep completely restates these steps as "death, transition/transformation, and rebirth."

    So, okay, some of this is semantic hairsplitting, but wouldn't it all have been simpler to say, these are the three steps identified by the Arnold van Gennep who wrote the seminal work on rites of passage and then state them correctly? To do that, though, teal might have to abandon the pretense that she is the cosmic answer lady who divines all this information directly from "source."

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  136. Noncast: The Bottomless Rabbit Hole pt 6

    She also misconstrues a reference in her obvious source document, the Wikipedia entry, by placing incorrect and undue emphasis on cognitive dissonance. She first references cognitive dissonance as being part of the "shaky phase." But confusion and cognitive dissonance are not the same thing. Cognitive dissonance arises over contradictory pieces of information, both of which are held to be true. For instance, listening to one of teal's videos with any credulity creates cognitive dissonance, because she contradicts herself all over the place.

    At one point she insists that any anthropologist will tell you that rites of passage, performed all over the world, produce cognitive dissonance, which she seems to conflate with stress. This is untrue and misses the point of the reference. The Aronson & Mills study referenced in that entry examined the role of cognitive dissonance in severe initiation rituals and demonstrated Leon Festinger's theory that cognitive dissonance will intensify attachment to the group. She is incorrect that it's the stress or "stress chemicals" that intensify the bond. It's not "stress amongst the body" or "because of the biochemical makeup of yourself."

    A person in cognitive dissonance needs to mentally justify things, like tremendous cost, so that their actions and their thoughts remain harmonious. So if you've made a large sacrifice for an initiation, you are more likely to invest mentally and emotionally rather than let yourself think you've made that sacrifice for nothing. For more information on Festinger's cognitive dissonance theory, scroll up the page to the main blog post.

    She really gives the game away, though, when she goes on to talk about various rites of passage without ever applying that three step framework. Many of the examples she cites don't appear to have all or even any of these steps. The problem is compounded by the fact that she calls so many things rites of passage that she pretty well empties the term of any meaning. Not all of her rites of passage are even minor rituals, and you can't have a rite of passage, less'n there's a rite. So, no.

    To sum up on teal's primary error in this teacast, let me just say this: Not every rite is a passage and not every passage is a rite.

    It also seems that she's fundamentally misunderstood the point of a rite of passage, focusing almost entirely on the context. She seems to see them as functioning to bind people to cultures and subcultures. Most rites of passage occur within the cultures and subcultures one already inhabits. Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, for instance, don't transition a child into Judaism, but into an adulthood. They may change or, in some cases deepen, a person's relationship to their culture or religion, but this is not the main point of a rite of passage. So all her examples of toxic rites of passage like induction into gangs and fraternities really miss the point. Initiations into certain groups are exactly that and it only muddies the waters in a discussion about rites of passage. The purpose of a rite of passage is the formal acknowledgement of changes within an individual, and secondarily their changing role in society. With initiations into specific groups, it's the inverse.

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  137. Noncast: The Bottomless Rabbit Hole pt 7

    Some of the most important rites of passage have to do with the transition into adulthood. This is something that I have addressed in blog posts and even in one of the noncasts a while back. Shaman Christina Pratt has identified this rite of passage as both crucial and largely absent from modern societies. The consequences are dire. She discussed this in a recent and most excellent podcast. (Hers are real podcasts, btw. They can be downoaded from iTunes and played on other devices.)

    You know, when I first saw that the topic of tea would be Rites of Passage, I was afraid that it was going to be teal plagiarizing from Christina's material on youth initiations. After listening to 40 minutes of her drivel, I wish she'd just plagiarized Christina.


    "After 40 minutes of this shit, I wish she'd just plagiarized Barbara Cartland." ~ J


    So, honestly, I recommend people just listen to that and other shows Christina has done on the importance of ritual initiations into adulthood. Again, what she's found after years of practice, is that many people have lost soul parts during adolescence that can be found still waiting for their initiation.

    This appears to be what Sarbdeep is alluding to as he repeatedly attempts to explain his discomfort over never having experienced an initiation into manhood. All of this is complicated by a painfully obvious father wound and what he clumsily articulates here as his longing for a mentor. Sarbdeep did not look happy through much of this discussion and teal's cues for the adulation she usually receives from him seemed to fall on deaf ears. He simply looked glum. He seems to be in a lot of pain over this issue and his needs were not met. His questions were not answered in teal's rant for and against rites of passage.

    There were some very strange dynamics in this outing. Mostly, Sarbs looked like he'd mentally checked out for a lot of it, tuning in periodically to refocus the conversation from her stream-of-consciousness blather, by introducing a member question.


    "That's a man who's beginning to despair." ~ J


    He also woke up briefly when teal mentioned Ayahuasca. This came on the heels of outrageous claims about baptisms curing blindness. Strangely, she seems to have taken these apocryphal reports on faith. It's all about the "belief" in the ritual, according to teal. Then she starts on about how some generic man who feels blocked in his ability to access the spiritual dimension might go do an Ayahuasca ceremony. It's not just the medicine, she says, it's about their "belief" in that ritual. Such a man might come back saying he can see auras and so on.

    I suspect this is a veiled shot at Sarbdeep's "need" for Ayahuasca, which she has already stated she believes is a crutch. Sarbdeep looks annoyed and starts doing that yeah, yeah, thing again. Then he opens his laptop once more to look for another member question.


    "He's got that you've insulted me smile." ~ J

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  138. Noncast: The Bottomless Rabbit Hole pt 8

    Minutes later she launches into an admittedly not politically correct rant about "faux men." Oh if only these boys could be initiated into real manhood. Then "there'd be a lot more sex."


    "And there we go." ~ J


    Sarbdeep who has been nodding along suddenly looks like he's been hit between the eyes with a hammer.

    It was also a little strange that so many of teal's examples of rites of passage had to do with becoming single and there wasn't one mention of marriage, which would seem to be one of the more obvious ones.

    Her examples of rites of passage range from the strange to the ridiculous. Again, many of her rites of passage involve no rites. They're just normal life transitions, but this allows her to strangely deduce that we have many rites of passage. According to teal, developing children have rites of passage all day -- like learning to stand, walk, and eat solid food. Most people call those developmental milestones. But to teal, they're rites of passage and, "You can't escape rites of passage."

    This is woefully inaccurate.

    Even the SATs are a rite of passage, according to teal. That she calls them SAT tests just makes it hilarious. (Statistical Aptitude Test tests) She also left us wondering if she'd ever taken her SATs because she seems to have badly misunderstood them. They benefit the test givers, not the potential college student, says teal, because failing a portion of the test that has no bearing on your desired major can keep you out of college. But SATs evaluate two things: language and math. There are three sections: reading, writing, and math. It's the odd college curriculum that language and math will have no bearing upon.


    "You've failed interpretive dance on your SATs. No Harvard for you. I'm afraid it's going to have to be one of the lesser ivies." ~ J


    We're certain of this much. If there were a history portion on the SATs, teal would fail catastrophically. According to herself, we had tribal cultures in the past who performed various rites of passage, which "shackled" these tribesmen into roles they may not have wanted. This was in the 1700s and 1800s. Now, there are indigenous tribes, today, even some extant precontact cultures, but in most of Europe and North America, tribal culture was pretty well over by the early 1700s. There were shackles, alright. African and Native American tribal peoples wore them on many an auction block. For a non-gamer, she's got quite the penchant for creative anachronisms.


    "She really needs to stop getting her history from LARPer fan fiction." ~ J

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  139. Noncast: The Bottomless Rabbit Hole pt 9

    But teal's sometimes stupefying ignorance isn't really the key concern. It's what she does with the small amount of knowledge that she has. And what she does is manipulate.

    The central thrust of teal's argument on rites of passage is that they should be driven by the individual, not be imposed by some potentially dangerous cultural context. Again, she's speaking about initiations into groups, not traditional rites of passage. But even if we accept that framework, something very strange happens in the course of this teacast. For all her talk about individual choice, she manages to keep making herself the focal point.


    "But what I would say about rites of passage is that you have the right to a rite of passage. No one can give that to you. That's the super important thing just to swallow right there."


    Statements like this practically give me whiplash. You're free!... to swallow what I'm saying. Don't think about it. Just fucking eat it!

    She even does a  little mangia, mangia gesture. 

    But you're absolutely free to do this. Now, you might want people around you, like maybe "facilitators," she says while pointing directly at herself. Well, she has baptized people, she says, so...

    Once again, she hits what are very discernibly becoming themes. Parents create all our problems -- in fact we only need rites of passage because of bad parenting. (?!!) But people need community. And Teal Tribe provides community. Got it? Parents suck. Come home to teal.

    You can even get a tattoo to celebrate the rite of passage. A lot of tealers are doing it already. They're getting that cool alchemy tattoo that teal has on her arm.

    Alchemy to teal means that thought creates reality. Yes, she reduces this incredibly complex system of spiritual evolution to pedestrian LOA nonsense.

    She explains the Seal of Alchemy on this page teal on the page about all her tats:


    "The one on my left arm is the seal of alchemy. It is a Lemurian seal. The circle in the middle represents nothingness, the square represents thought, the triangle represents universal energy (God basically) and the outer circle represents everythingness...total unity... no beginning and no end. So... if you put it all together, the seal means nothingness (the void) activated by thought and purified by universal energy = manifestation. It is a formula for mind creates reality. The reason the inner and outer circle are the same shape is because that which is everythingness is that which is nothingness. No separate form. In other words... Oneness."

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  140. Noncast: The Bottomless Rabbit Hole pt 10

    Well, she closes strong. It is ultimately about oneness, but the rest of this is gibberish. She actually explains why two circles are the same shape. Um, they're the same shape because they're both circles. Hello.

    Somehow the triangle represents universal energy, aka., God, but the outer circle represents everythingness... because this is somehow different from the universal energy. (???) And she believes in oneness?! But, there is no such thing as nothingness if there is oneness. Everything reduces to one, not zero. The microcosm contains the macrocosm, as explained in this far more credible source on Western Alchemy.


    "As with other alchemical images, this etching was believed to possess all that is needed to transform lead into gold. A caption above the picture proclaims, 'Here followeth the Figure conteyning all the secrets of the Treatise both great & small.' The image echoes a recipe from the Rosarium, 'Make a circle out of a man and woman, derive from it a square, and from the square a triangle: make a circle and you will have the philosopher's stone.' The circle containing the male and female figures is the microcosm and the larger outer circle represents the macrocosm. Note how the alchemist connects the concentric circles with a sexton. Circles are considered feminine in nature because they act to contain matter, much in the same way a womb acts to hold within itself the embryo. The square represents a masculine aspect and signifies earth with each of the four elements. 

    "Finally, the triangle symbolizes fire and acts to connect and integrate the above with the below. In the same way it signifies body, soul and spirit. Male and female energies are fused into a complementary wholeness that forms the basis for effective functioning in reality (the square). Extending outward from this inner psychic structure, human consciousness is brought into a divine relationship with the cosmos (the large, outer circle). Thus, there is inner and outer harmony within oneself, with the opposite sex and with the universe."


    A briefer overview can be found here.

    In other words, it is actually a symbol of the reunification of opposites, the return to conscious oneness from duality. It contains the core mystery, the creation of the philosopher's stone. Suffice it to say, the goal of Alchemy is not manifestation of our thoughts. It's about transcending the materium, not creating more of it. It's about achieving immortality.

    In a painting called Alchemy, teal made use of another symbol drawn from her extensive knowledge of the practice. Of course it turns out that this particular image was pilfered from the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist. So she's battin' a thousand.

    Let's see... So far that's the symbol from the Necronomicon in her Soul Retrieval painting, for retrieving Lovecraftian demons, presumably. And now a painting on Alchemy that highlights a symbol from a cartoon.

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  141. Noncast: The Bottomless Rabbit Hole pt 11

    I don't know what bothers me more, her appropriation of a symbol that she doesn't understand or the fact that she wants to use it to brand the members of her "tribe." On the plus side, there are worse things than being tattooed with what is, in this case, a genuine symbol of the Alchemical mysteries. But it is a little dark that she's using a symbol to bind her followers to her using the symbol from which we derive the term Hermetically sealed.

    In a somewhat desperate, needy tone, teal explains that getting such a tattoo should be entirely elective and freely chosen.


    "This is what I'm hoping, you know, now that we're on the subject, this is what I'm hoping is true for, for people in Teal Tribe so you've noticed maybe some of you have been watching the Teal Tribe groups that, that it's become a big thing for, for all of us to share this tattoo which I actually have on my arm, the Alchemy tattoo. And we could look at that as a rite of passage, a rite of passage where we are saying okay I'm going to mark my alliance with this particular group. We could also say I'm going to mark my decision to live my life according to the Alchemy principal that mind and thought creates reality, whatever that means for you. I'm hoping that that particular decision rather than being something which binds you forever, because there's no punishment for leaving Teal Tribe, there's no punishment for choosing to leave this group because it needs to be a conscious choice. I'm hoping that that's what that is. It's a rite of passage whereby somebody is owning a truer state for themselves knowing that in the future that might transition and that could just be like every other thing like a stamp on an envelope that seals a portion of your particular life or it could remain an open chapter throughout the course of your life. But, yeah, so any of you who are wanting to get these tattoos which are the Teal Tribe tattoo I'm now gonna call it. If anyone wants to do that I'm gonna want you to rewatch this video and ask yourself each one of these questions about healthy rites of passage and ask yourself whether that particular decision to get that tattoo is a healthy rite of passage for yourself or not. And that's gonna be a completely individual, individual thing."


    Throughout this strange invitation to her followers to make their membership in Teal Tribe official through an initiatory ritual of tattooing, her passive, it should be up to you message, is belied by specific word choices and somewhat manic behavior. As she talks about stamping and sealing this association with the tribe, her tone becomes strident and her gestures emphatic. At 39:45 she affects a decidedly Hitlereque pose.

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  142. Noncast: The Bottomless Rabbit Hole pt 12

    The tableau is even more disturbing as an increasingly passive Sarbdeep stares as mutely as the frog at this deranged exhibition.

    The woman who claims that Hitler taught freedom better than anyone can be seen emphatically gesturing with pounded fist, as she explains how tribers can express their sense of freedom by being just like her.


    "Couldn't we just have an armband? With, like, a rune on it? Or, I don't know, a sunwheel, and maybe turn it backwards?" ~ J


    The question of free will under the influence of a charismatic leader is one that came up repeatedly during the James Ray trial. In particular the issue of the strongly encouraged buzz cuts was a bone of considerable contention. But as I wrote here, members of even strongly defined cults like Heaven's Gate believe to the bitter end that they are making their own choices. And that one had a bitter end indeed. Phenobarbital, I believe, but I'm sure Mr. Applewhite's intentions were pure.

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  143. LV - you and the words --- so fine and precise

    It was a great summery of her latest observation on her actions, I didn't watch the podcast. I find it hard to concentrate to her speeches and i find it hard to see Sarbdeep. He probably is really happy… but in my eyes he looks more and more dull and exhausted. And i also didn't want to know that Teal thinks that both don't have enough sex. Why why why,.. and always spoken through the flower.


    - Tribe Tatoo
    - Tribe greeting aka. the "Heart Circuit" (introduced by a man who was checking out Teal's relationship status - old already practiced greeting gesture - do research),
    - Tribe exchanges of a 2000 dollar faux mini pig (gosh don't even get me started on this one after reading her blog http://blog.thespiritualcatalyst.com/luna…but good to hear that she is obviously doing very well financially)
    - Still waiting for the Tribe slogan and tribe song …. she is feeding the monkey which wants to beloooooong to some kind of group


    Teal trained her tribe so well that they would probably adore any kind of action she does….

    i mean: what a jump. You decide to get a mini pig for 2000 and then you have wooden floor and poor mini pig needs to find new home and then she finds the teal tribe new home and it was always meant to be like this. and YES : EVEN EH SPIRITUAL CATALYST was tricked by a fraud….but there a no false prophets….just frauds in regards to mini piggies ( :

    Go figure.

    I wonder what exactly fascinated me about her 365 moons ago… i mean I was a hardcore fan. How did this happen?


    ----

    PS: did you know that chickens take a break from laying eggs around the autumn winter time? I always thought that they lay eggs all year around. Nope. I love rural living.

    I also thought that cocks are aggressive. Our cock is the first to scream and runaway when my cats try to catch them. Poor chickens...tssss go figure.
    I like their big asses hahahah...they pick on the ground and all I see, are big asses


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  144. nope...don't even go their with your thoughts.
    I don't have a chicken fetish...
    but their big asses are too funny hahahaha

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  145. Bravo! Another excellent noncast and update, LaVaughn. What a way you have for pointing things out that are kind of obvious when you think about them, but easily missed or glossed over or ignored. And you know, I have to thank you for teaching me a lot about this thing mentioned above - discernment.

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  146. me2yesu: "Strange about the synchronicity of tatoos"

    I'd say now, strange about our sunchronious replies. When I hit the publish button I thought I was gonna be first. But you guys posted 4 min before me at the same time lol.

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  147. GA: "don't even go there.."

    I still remember your "chicken tits" story. :-D Now it's also their a...ahem, other assets which gonna remind me of you. cognitive association;-)

    Go you chickenfat, goooo!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bphJ3vLczc

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  148. I like tattoos. I don't like hers, particularly, but tattoos can be really beautiful.

    http://celestial-reflections.blogspot.com/2012/05/dreaming-skin.html

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  149. Speaking of holes

    http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2014/41/image/a/format/large_web/

    September 17, 2014: Astronomers have found an unlikely object in an improbable place: a monster black hole lurking inside one of the tiniest galaxies known. The dwarf galaxy containing the black hole is the densest galaxy ever seen, cramming 140 million stars within a diameter of about 300 light-years (just 1/500th of our Milky Way galaxy's diameter). However, the black hole inside the galaxy is five times the mass of the black hole at the center of our Milky Way. This suggests that the dwarf galaxy may actually be the stripped remnant of a larger galaxy that was torn apart during a close encounter with a more massive galaxy. The finding implies that there are many other compact galaxies in the universe that contain supermassive black holes.

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  150. I don't know how you can sit through these teal things anymore LaVaughn, I can't watch her videos or read her blog anymore, it's just too irritating. I think you have a higher threshold for pain or something.

    But what a coincidence that rites of passage came up in yesterdays conversation between Rupert Sheldrake and Joe Rogan... I didn't have any trouble watching THAT video!!! God I love Rupert Sheldrake - he could talk and talk and talk and talk and would not lose my interest and attention for even a split second. Thank you for turning me onto him La Vaughn!!!

    And I am sure looking forward to Joe Rogan's interview with Graham Hancock today! I would bet you are too. I could be wrong I guess. Hehe. (I just ordered 'Fingerprints of the Gods' today. Hancock said that every word in that book was written while he was stoned, hahaha.)

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  151. PS: I can't even believe that on top of all the other descriptive terms she uses for herself, like 'THE spiritual catalyst', 'Universally Beautiful', 'Divine', 'The Holder of the Highest Vibration on the Planet' etc., she has now added 'Prophet'.

    That's a mighty high horse she's straddling. If these were medieval times I would enjoy seeing someone knock her off that horse, in fact I'd like to be the one to do it. But these aren't medieval times, and I don't even ride. :(

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  152. "I think you have a higher threshold for pain or something."

    No. It's torture. It's something I have to brace myself for in various ways. The sound of her voice is on the order of cotton balls and squeaky chalk. Torture.

    Now I have to watch Sheldrake on Rogan. That sounds awesome.

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  153. It WAS awesome! Not only that Rupert was actually sexy!! Some might wonder how an old man by the name of Rupert can be sexy, hahaha, but that just means they haven't seen him in that interview! I loved it when he pulled out his pocket watch!

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  154. Noncast: What's the Point of 3? pt 1

    After listening to both the Ask Teal and the teacast rolling out Spirituality 3.0, the biggest question we have is this. Why can't these people number things properly? Why is it 101, 2.0, and 3.0? These are totally different numbering systems. One is like a college class but two and three are like versions of computer software? How on earth are we supposed to see these as a normal progression?

    Initially, I'd assumed that the change in numbering system was simply that she didn't like using the 101 thing anymore but was stuck with the baggage of older terminology. But I don't actually see any Spirituality 101 video or any such reference on her blog until she introduced Spirituality 2.0. So if she was only introducing the idea of an earlier version when she came up with its revision, why not just call the first version Spirituality 1.0?

    I can see that there are other videos she's labeled as 101. For instance there's Parenting 101 which is also followed by a Parenting 2.0. That those came out only about a week apart makes the whole thing even more bizarre. If I were really paranoid, I'd think teal was deliberately trying to create cognitive dissonance. (See previous noncast.) It really makes the brain skip a beat.


    "Don't overthink it. She's an idiot." ~ J


    Case in point: It was discussed in comments here, some months back, that there was a flaw in teal's Flaw in Buddhism video. She was basing her commentary about this core Buddhist teaching on desire as the cause of suffering on a standard English definition of the word "desire." As discussed, there is no English translation for taṇhā. The literal translation is thirst, but this doesn't convey its contextual meaning in Buddhist texts either, which is more like a longing for pleasant or neutral states to be permanent. Or as this gentleman put it, it's about attachment. Also noticeable on this page is that the video was, indeed, called "The Flaw in Buddhism." She has since changed it to "Desire."

    In her 3.0 video she has also attempted to revise this earlier commentary without ever admitting that she was wrong.


    "Spiritual argument so often whittles down [???] to an argument about semantics. But for the sake of today's episode, let me play with semantics so as to facilitate your understanding of something which can ultimately only be experienced through felt perception. Thousands of years ago it was said that desire is the root of suffering. Is this true? No. It turns out that it is not true. The word that was used was taṇhā. Now the translation of taṇhā if you are to take it directly is thirst. So what is the difference between thirst and desire? A whole lot! Thirst and desire are the opposite sides of the same coin. Thirst is the shadow side of desire. In other words, think of desire as a two sided coin..."


    Enter the hypnotic, spinning coin -- eyelids heavy, feeling sleepy, yeah thirst, desire, whatever you say, teal...

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  155. Noncast: What's the Point of 3? pt 2

    So what isn't true? That it was said thousands of years ago? That desire is the root of suffering? Where exactly did all this semantic confusion begin? Oh, right. It began with a video called "The Flaw in Buddhism."

    And for all that, she still doesn't get it. Whether you call it thirst or desire or craving or any other translation of taṇhā, and no matter how many coins you spin, it's still about a complex problem of attachment to transient desire. And playing at semantics is just that. It matters not which imprecise English word you attempt to use. There are real problems in conveying the meaning of ancient Indian texts because of deep cultural, linguistic differences. And using any words to describe spiritual revelation is the clumsiest translation of all.

    "Are you ready for the bitch-slap?" asks Mistress Teal. "'Ego' is not a word that the Buddha even knew. If you said ego to the Buddha, he would be completely confused."

    I expect he would.

    "Hey strange, pale-skinned person from the future..." ~ J

    Ego, according to teal, is a Freudian term. The term has been retroactively applied to Buddhism to explain certain concepts.

    Well, yeah, when texts are translated into other languages, one generally does apply words that match meanings as closely as possible. Kinda how it works, and as discussed, it never works perfectly.

    But ego is not a Freudian term. It's Latin and means "I." Actually, the word Freud used was Ich, on accounta he spoke German. The Freudian framework has little to do with its use in Buddhism.

    "When the Buddha accurately described his enlightenment experience, what he was trying to explain..." says teal.

    So was it "accurate" or was he "trying?"

    But, seriously, how on earth does she know what the Buddha experienced and how accurately or imperfectly he explained it? It's rather remarkable condescension.

    Throughout this entire exercise, teal seems determined to squish this complex and varied practice into her own binary system, but strangely finds that it's Buddhism that comes up short. Indeed, much of this seems be about diminishing Buddhism and elevating her own method.

    In fairness, I have my own reasons for not being a Buddhist. I tried it. It wasn't for me. I even think our reasons for finding it a bad fit might be similar. I found that, at least in the practices I encountered, it was too suppressive of emotional states and too cerebral, too "peace at any price" oriented. But that's about me and my experience, and I would never attempt to universalize that.

    More to the point, teal has gone so far to the other end, that I think she's risking psychological injury. Where Buddhist practices emphasize patient observation of thought and emotion, teal would have you swinging between extremes.

    In her 2.0 video, draped in an Indian sari, teal takes a different kind of swipe at Buddhism. Buddhism, according to teal was effectively 2.0, but it was too soon. The world just wasn't ready let go of their wants. But the Buddha, having been born into wealth and privilege had no real understanding of the suffering of the poor or their need for 101, which would have allowed them to manifest whatever they wanted. Because we all know how well the LOA material works when it comes to manifesting whatever we want. So, says teal, the Buddha was a little out of touch when he started telling people to relinquish desire when he really should have been telling them that they could have whatever they wanted first.

    That must be why Buddhism has been such a colossal failure. No one really got much out of it.

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  156. Noncast: What's the Point of 3? pt 3

    The strange assumption behind much of teal's 2.0 material is that the vast majority of "spiritual teachers" are teaching 101. In her 2.0 video she says, "Up until this point, most teachers on this planet, myself included, are teaching Spirituality 101."

    In the teacast, she repeats this strange claim to Sarbdeep and the ever stoical frog. "Most spiritual teachers on the globe today are teaching Spirituality 101."

    I had no idea the LOA stuff had been that popular all over the world down through the ages until I listened to teal. Oh right. It wasn't. And isn't. There are many spiritual leaders all over the planet teaching a wide range of beliefs. Her entire reference point seems to be this very modern, very Western construction that only came to any sort of prominence in the 80s and 90s. It's a remarkably narrow perspective that ignores almost the entirety of world religion. There is really very little, in terms of religious history and practice, that panders to the ego the way some of the most popular LOA material does -- especially in the extreme terms that teal is relating this material: You can have, do, and be whatever you want.

    After a few years of regurgitating LOA, positive thinking stuff, teal did an about face this past summer. By her own admission this was a 180. But rather than simply admit that she'd bought into a faulty premise, she just rolled out a new product.

    It goes something like this: You've tried feeling good. Now try feeling bad.

    I have long been critical of LOA vehicles like The Secret because they encourage active, willful denial. This is, to my way of thinking, antithetical to authenticity and presence. So, at first blush, I liked teal's support of the honest expression of darker emotional states. But it quickly became apparent that it was another extreme and emotionally manipulative practice. Neither approach, steering people into manufactured positive feelings or having people drudge up painful memories, facilitates presence. None of it simply meets and supports people where they are.

    Worse, she's giving "shadow work" a bad name. This is not shadow work. It's a witch hunt through the psyche to unearth trauma, real and imagined, for which people can find whole new reasons to blame their parents. Where I come from, that's just another form of shadow projection. To approach it as she has with her 2.0 is positively obsessional. Immersing people in perpetually "negative" emotional states is no better than endorsing constant "positive focus." Neither approach is supporting their simply being in the present moment.

    In the teacast, she actually slags the very idea of presence and, in the process, Eckhart Tolle. Sarbdeep raises Tolle's emphasis on being in the now. Says Sarbdeep, how can you be in the now, if there's all that emotional crap from the past coming up. Says teal:


    "Oh, I'm gonna get more aggressive than that. I'm gonna tell you that if you want to try to get into the now to feel better you're trying to use the now to escape something. And we have to be very honest with ourselves about this. If you are feeling negative emotion that is the reality of where you are. Most spiritual people are gonna tell you spiritual crap to help you escape from where you actually are and the power of now used the wrong way is the exact same process."

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  157. Noncast: What's the Point of 3? pt 4

    This ignores the fact that you can't actually be in the now and be in denial of your emotions. Emotions aren't time stamped. They're always in the present moment. When we shut down our emotions, we're actually distracting ourselves out of the now. But intentionally drudging up the past isn't being present or in the now either. Relentlessly focusing on painful emotions is no more honest or authentic than relentlessly focusing on "positive" emotions.

    This is why I say I'm more of a "round table of emotions" person. It's not about whether what you're feeling is pleasant or unpleasant. It's about feeling what you're feeling without judgment, or putting it on any damned scale, and allowing yourself to be fully present.

    Obviously people will try to pull themselves out of painful emotions and whatever painful memories come up are associated with them. We can provide support for those authentic emotional experiences. We can and, I think, should stop shaming people for feeling unhappy. But this is different from guiding people directly into emotional storms. It's different from having people drudge up painful memories. If there is real buried trauma there -- as opposed to the juice-related variety -- this can cause psychological harm. If this is done at all, it should be with a qualified therapist who can provide the proper kind of support. A self-ordained "spiritual teacher" is just not qualified to oversee such a process. It's arguably practicing therapy without a license.

    Not surprisingly, people have balked. She's gotten a lot of pushback from her tealers. Her response has been to dangle the promise of 3.0 like a carrot on a string. But teal would have you know that the hard work of 2.0 is not to be resisted. The funniest line in the Ask Teal video came around the 14:00 minute mark.


    "This is why I have not released this particular teaching on Spirituality 3.0 for a long time. Instead I waited so that people could be squarely in the practice of Spirituality 2.0 and not do Spirituality 2.0 for the sake of getting to Spirituality 3.0. 'Cause we're trying to do 2.0 to get 3.0, we have missed the point of Spirituality 2.0."


    She released Spirituality 2.0 in late May and Spirituality 3.0 in early September. That's just over three months apart. That's a long time?

    We think it's more likely she rushed version 3.0 to market and not all the bugs have been worked out. And both teal and Sarbdeep were spinning like a couple of crazy tops to sell this thing. This tea thing was more like an infomercial.

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  158. Noncast: What's the Point of 3? pt 5

    The weirdest part of this very weird teacast starts around 16 minutes in, wherein they try to explain how 101 and 2.0 work as discreet but complementary spiritual practices. According to Sarbdeep, you need to toggle back and forth between the two practices and teal nods and agrees until suddenly she doesn't.


    "In 2.0, I actually encourage people to drop their 101 processes. So like if you if you were one of my clients and you were going through the 2.0 process, I would I would um have you be so willing to feel everything that exists everything that's real that you're not intentionally trying to create any emotion. So I would say, drop your gratitude journal. I would say stop focusing on what you want to create. I would say be in t - give yourself the message that you want to be entirely present with yourself however you are... And what you'll notice is a lot of it's different for each person but some people will go through an intense purge... What that means is and it'll feel like everything's going to hell because every cause the minute you give your inner child self that painful aspect of you the permission to be seen it's like Oh My God before we close the door again and... it's like you get triggered every five seconds there's like something else to go into."


    Got it? There's a time and a place for being authentic and feeling genuine emotions and it's only when you're doing 2.0 and feeling all the painful emotions. Then you can go back to faking the funk.

    And Sarbdeep would have you know that it's always darkest before the dawn, so don't give up no matter how excruciating it is. They call this the "eye of the storm" which is kind of funny because the eye is the eerily calm center of a cyclone. So: Analogy fail!

    But I digress. This is potentially dangerous. She's already lost at least one client, that we know of, to suicide, and here she is advising people to overwhelm themselves with painful emotions and memories without permitting themselves any kind of relief. The assumption seems to be that being authentic means being miserable and more pleasant emotional states are forced. That may well be true for some people, but it strikes me that such people might need a little more help than teal and her ever-changing methods can provide.

    It's worth it, though. Why? Because 3.0 is, according to teal, "like the classic definition of heaven." What teal is offering is nothing short of enlightenment in three steps. That's the carrot she's using to guide her rickety cart.

    In the Ask Teal vid she actually says, "I have whittled awakening down to these three primary steps, like the Holy Trinity."

    Dear. God.

    Step One: You buy into some LOA stuff about how you can have whatever you want and despite the fact that this works out just fine -- because, as we all know, law of attracting whatever we want in life works really well -- there's a problem. You're still "thirsty" because your "wants" are really just the flip side of what you don't want.

    Step Two: You decide to face your shadow so that you are no long being dogged by all those feelings about things you don't want. So you delve into unrelenting misery completely for as long as it takes.

    Step Three: Heaven. Enlightenment. You can create whatever you desire, which, as we know, is different from thirst or want.

    So there you have it. Easy peasy. Three steps and she is doing what the Buddha really failed to do -- actually guiding others into enlightenment.

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  159. Noncast: What's the Point of 3? pt 6

    But Sarbdeep needs more detail. He'd really like to understand how all this works and he has many questions. And teal has many strained facial expressions.

    Do any other religions or mythologies provide such a clear process for enlightenment, Sarbdeep asks a visibly annoyed teal.

    "Yeah, whatever, it's the thingness. Satori... More tea? What's with the questions? ~ J

    What about that Holy Trinity analogy she used, Sarbdeep wants to know.

    Yeah. What about that? Well, um... it's like how the Holy Ghost is like dragging around dead stuff. It's shadow. And the Son is the fusion between that and the light of the Father... yeah, that's it... And so teal proves once again that she is no theologian, because the Holy Spirit has nothing whatsoever to do with the shadow -- not in Christianity and definitely not to Carl Jung.

    As for other religions or spiritual systems laying out these three steps, well, she's never heard of any that do.

    On this we agree. There really aren't any major spiritual teachings that reduce spiritual awakening to anything as puerile or ludicrous as this ill-numbered three step process.

    It's not entirely clear what the 3.0 teaching actually offers. In the teacast she describes 3.0 as both a "natural progression" and a "fusion" of, god help me, 101 and 2.0. So which is it? Is it the next step in a progression or is it a synthesis, because they are not the same thing. It's not the balance, though. Sarbdeep thought it might be but it's definitely not.

    He's on board, though. This three step process of hers, it's "massive."

    Why, asks teal.

    "You just wrapped it all up. Two processes."

    He pauses as if there is some dawning awareness.

    "Ya know. This is the whole thing. This is like what we're searching for."

    It's two processes. There's 101 and 2.0 and then, apparently, something that just naturally occurs as a result of doing those two processes. So why wait those three long months to roll out 3.0? Why introduce as if it's a step or a practice when it's really an inevitable result. Oh, right. Because people are balking at 2.0. It's painful. It hurts. It's fucking miserable. And teal would like them to stick with it and stick with her.


    "I'm thinking about taking my slavish devotion somewhere else...." ~ J

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  160. Noncast: What's the Point of 3? pt 7

    There are three major areas of concern here. Concern 101: She seems to be breaking people down psychologically. Concern 2.0: She's driving wedges between people and their parents in the process, interfering with family relationships. Concern 3.0: She's making grandiose claims about what her methods can accomplish. She's promising enlightenment for Christ's sake.

    As we know, teal claims to be enlightened. She had that Malkovichian enlightenment some time ago: Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich... (must see art exhibit)

    So is her life just like heaven? Is she free from all want? Is she manifesting effortlessly? Is she beyond suffering? Not if her blog is any indication.

    If anything, we think she's projecting her own suffering onto the Malkovichian faces of her followers. She seems to want to enlist everyone in her psychological drama. She's split from her own parents -- something to do with being expected to get her own juice when she was a toddler -- and now she's convinced herself that everyone's problems in life stem from such "traumas" during ages 0-8. The problem is that her advice may be convincing other troubled souls to separate from their families and enmesh themselves in her "tribe."

    We're concerned that her guidance is destructive, obsessively negative, and really all about her.

    Case in point, I listened this morning to her guided meditation on how to find your spirit animal. I suffered through this one alone. My husband was not available. I really don't know that I'd want to inflict it on another living soul anyway. Much as I'd feared, her self-described "risky" meditations are reckless and irresponsible. I can't really think of another case of a person guiding people into feelings of fear. But in this one she does and more than once.

    But let's start with the premise. This meditation promises to connect you with your "spirit animal." According to teal, many indigenous tribes have spirit animals that they shapeshift into. They believe, according to teal, that these spirit animals are your "animal equivalent." She doesn't say which tribes and it's important in this case but it's idiosyncratic.

    Certainly therianthropy, or shapeshifting, is a feature of shamanic practices in various ways, but as far as that being the reason for having a power animal, I've never heard of such a thing. There are legends of the Nagual in Mesoamerican mythos, who are rather frightening shape-shifters, often sorcerors. But as an actual, living practice, I really haven't encountered it. I googled around a bit to see if I could find some description of "spirit animals" as something distinct from power animals or totems that would account for this particular definition. I couldn't find anything. We do merge with our power animals sometimes. We dance our power animals in ritual. In journeys, we sometimes merge into and take on that animal's perspective. But a dedicated animal whose purpose is to be our other self in the spirit world, I haven't encountered. Doesn't mean it doesn't exist. There are some highly varied practices around the world, but this I have not encountered.

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  161. Noncast: What's the Point of 3? pt 8

    All that aside, it's really the manner by which teal orchestrates this process of finding the "spirit animal" that I find disturbing. What she's doing here is not quite a journey and not quite a guided meditation. As it borrows certain core elements of a lower world journey, this becomes concerning because it doesn't include the necessary safeguards or respect for the spirit world.

    The basic guidelines for how to journey safely have been codified in Michael Harner's system of Core Shamanism and are widely disseminated. Here's a pretty thorough write-up. Note where it says, "Release any expectations you may have about what a journey may be like."

    A journey should not be scripted like a guided meditation can be. When you are entering non-ordinary reality, you are going into their world. You don't take your agendas. You are there to learn with the assistance of spirit guides, not a human guide. You take a clear question or intention, not a script.

    Nor should anyone else be telling you by what means to enter the spirit world. It should be an opening into the earth that you have been to in the physical world. Worse, she actually directs people to make themselves physically dizzy and disoriented by spinning -- not in a long mind-altering practice like a Whirling Dervish, or like the disciplined rhythmic dancing of some shamans -- but barely long enough that you collapse on the ground like a playing child. Then she actually tells you that the ground is swallowing you.

    This is just teal's agenda from beginning to end. Even for a guided meditation, it's over-directed to the point of absurdity. But for something that is effectively taking you into the spirit world, it's nuts. From a shamanic perspective, your spirit helpers -- and your power animal is an important one -- are independent beings. They don't exist to serve us. We build relationships with them and they are generous enough to help us become more effective human beings. Much of this explained in this episode of Why Shamanism Now? on power animals. I listened to this when it first aired and I listened to it again this morning to provide a dose of sanity.

    Imagine that someone invited you over for dinner because they had a friend they wanted you to meet, but once you got there, they kept the friend in the other room and would only let you feel each others' presence through a closed door. And then when they finally let the friend into room with you, imagine that they directed not only all of your interactions, but told you what  to feel and when throughout the entire interaction. Then imagine that that person gave you a couple of minutes of free time, but telling you what to do with it so that you could get acquainted. And at the end, imagine that this person informed the two of you that you're meant to be fast friends forever. Imagine that they then abruptly ordered you to leave and shoved you out the door. That is effectively what teal did in this meditation.

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  162. Noncast: What's the Point of 3? pt 9

    I have simply never heard of a guided meditation that told people specifically what they see, what they're experiencing, what they think, or for God's sake, what they feel.

    These are some of the highlights:

    "You are beginning to feel lost, worried that you cannot find your way back to yourself, worried that you may be lost forever where no one can find you."

    "The silence of this dimension closes in on you. It is almost heavy against your ears."

    "For a minute you feel afraid again."

    "Somewhere deep inside of you you know that this is your animal spirit."

    "Deep within you there is a desire to see it with your own eyes."

    "Your animal spirit is happy that you have found your way back to its side."

    So, I don't know about teal's version of how spirit animals or shape-shifting works. It sounds more like things I've seen in fantasy stories like The Golden Compass, Game of Thrones, or Castaneda books, where shamanic abilities are fictionalized and dramatized. But I do know a little something about control dramas. And this is horrifying. Weirder still, it would seem that teal has so mastered this shape-shifting ability that she's taken to merging into the exoskeleton of a black widow spider and found the whole experience of fucking and eating her mate quite delicious. I know if I were Sarbdeep, I'd be feeling pretty nervous about now.


    "Having been at dinner last night when someone made reference to a woman they knew as a 'black widow spider' (because of her tendency to ruin the lives of men she became involved with), I had become curious about spiders in general and about the experience of mating as a spider. So I asked in out of body meditation this morning to experience spider sex."


    Meditation as exercise in ruinous control-freakdom. Reckless and irresponsible.

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  163. So you tortured yourself with teal rather than enjoying yourself with Mr. Hancock? Eyeroll. It's funny to me (ha. ha. ha.) how something horrifying can rivet my attention, while something pleasant gets put on the back burner. My sister refers to teal as "the girl you love to hate". I don't even try to deny it.

    Actually, I am much less effected by teal now that I realize it gives her a sadistic sort of pleasure to have girls hating her - and guys worshiping the ground she walks on. I'm projecting of course, but I don't think I'm wrong. She feigns 'oh I'm such an innocent victim, and so hurt by your unjust criticism', but that is just an act. She loves it. I think she's addicted to it.

    I think the spirit science guys are on to her too... they rarely post any quotes of hers anymore, and the other day they posted this pithy advice: "Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you". And surely they can't have missed that teal is obviously (and admittedly) climbing the mountain so the world can see her. A lot of people do.

    On the other hand, who has the right to say what reasons anyone should have for climbing a mountain. Nevertheless, I think they are not asking teal anymore so much as they are questioning teal. And it gives me a sense of relief to see that not everyone is caught in her web.

    But as far as the soap opera goes, I remember when Sarbdeep, in response to teal's epic length dream about a life they had where they were prevented from being together, said to teal (according to teal) something like 'we will never be apart again.' I wonder if he has had occasion to regret that rash promise? Hahahaha



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  164. Hi zigzag,

    I'm chipping away at the Hancock interview. Not really enjoying it as much as the Sheldrake interview. I agree with you, btw, that Sheldrake is just dead sexy. Smart is sexy. Hancock has done Rogan so many times I don't think there's that much new for them to cover and I think it all turns into too much stoner talk. But I'll dive in again at some point. I've just been running crazy anyway. I had a hard time squeezing in teal's much shorter thought droppings, but I think the noncasts are important. Someone has to call out this nonsense.

    I don't think teal is associated with Spirit Science anymore. She's pretty well purged from their main site. I suspect there's more to that story but who knows.

    "Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you"

    That's just awesome. I have to remember that. But, you know, humility is a thin sugar coat of something or other.

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  165. Yes, LV. Do keep up the noncasts -- they are not only hilarious but deeply relevant. The abuse of spiritual authority is not just a problem limited to Teal Swan and her cohort of sock puppets and sycophants. Good people have been known to follow a course to madness under the sway of all sorts of manipulative leadership.
    Great quote ZZB. I believe you have an eye for ferreting out the plummiest detail. I don't post here often anymore, but I love following the conversation.

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  166. Yeah, that Sheldrake interview is a classic for sure. Joe Rogan talked through the first half of the interview with Hancock... the only thing you heard from Graham was the occasional 'uh-huh', and other sounds similar to that. Fortunately I was interested in most of what Rogan had to say, so it wasn't too bad. And psychedelic drugs is one of my favorite topics of conversation so they didn't lose me there. And of course I went bonkers over Hancock smoking his first joint in 3 years right there in the interview though! Baby hits, hahahaha!

    But I wasn't as interested in hearing his lost civilization theories again so soon (I had only just recently watched his videos on the subject), as I was with anything that came out of Sheldrake's mouth, every movement of his hands, every slightest gesture... he is such a brilliant artist!

    Graham Hancock is amazing too of course, and I would bet it all that he was a creative, contributing member of the civilization he is so determined to prove existed. What a great adventure he is inviting us all on! And it gets even better! He posted this link on his facebook page the other day: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/let-s-raise-ishar

    I'm in!! I can hardly wait to give them some money, hahahahaha!

    But back to the teal thing... does she still have that spirit science animation at the front of her video? Do you think they're sort of like a couple who haven't yet divorced, but they haven't lived together for a while?

    And yeah, I agree, these noncasts are essential because, you're right, somebody's got to pull the curtain back to reveal the underhanded tricks she employs in her idiotic efforts to take over the world, hahaha! But seriously, it gives me a certain sense of security (and a great source of entertainment) that you are right here on the job, and that you are so good at it!

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  167. Yes, her opening in Ask Teal is still Spirit Science... and it's the only part I like. LOL Not saying I'm a fan of Spirit Science. I really haven't looked at much of their stuff. But the opening is cute and I love Lisa Thiel.

    I really don't know what the story is there but they were very closely associated and now they are not.

    The noncasts just sort of evolved organically out of the comments, but those teacasts are just buttloads of crazy. It's so darkly fascinating. When teal is off-script and ever so slightly challenged, things she comes out with are amazing.

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  168. ...I reached the point which ZZB & Co. long ago:

    I just can't, I CAN'T listen to anything she says nor can I look any longer at tealish blinkers and moaning and mumbling, scripted laughs and cheeky flashes of tealish body parts or mind porn.

    YES. I reached this point and it can't be understood how any of her love struck fans and followers can hold on to this position for longer than a half year....which would be the average time to make the transition from a teal addict to a teal sober mind. I bet it is the brain numbing Thiel song or the spirit science intro which brings us back into the child mood.

    TEAL IS INSANE

    and any Teal lover seems to be out of their minds. They must be - how on earth can you stay calm by following this self obsessed, contradicting Hitler lover who want to buy a country and mixes all kind of philosophies and religions and ideologies to follow the upgrade illness of this generation with 1.0 2.0 3.0 and lies like a trooper about past, present and future.

    I bet the Teal fans are in perfect harmony with the universal order. They probably share the need to be brain fucked in such cruel way that they NEED to wake up to it at some point and start to think for themselves.... I was there. Teal is a great remedy to start thinking for yourself... but it takes a little bit to get there.

    Unlimited traps will await you in Teal Land emmm Teal country.

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  169. sorry but this is too funny :D
    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204448983612116&set=a.10201074551253416.1073741827.1457409838&type=1&theater

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  170. Her ugliest painting yet? That must be some painting! I can't see it. I guess it's on her page. She's blocked me you know. Well maybe some kind soul will send me a screenshot so I can puke, too.

    "The medium is acrylic and watercolor... but I use special teas to make the water I use... so the painting is laced with herbs that enhance the vibration!"

    Well, that explains why her paintings look like they were done with magic markers. I couldn't figure it out. That simple. Dilute paint with tea and make expensive paintings that look like they were colored by a very disturbed child with a set of crayola felt tips.

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  171. Hi Hanalea.... what is a "plumiest detail"??

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  172. When I first started cottonin' to what teal was up to, I got curious what kind of people were these spirit science guys endorsing her. They ended up surprising me with some pretty interesting stuff, so I clicked 'follow' on facebook. I seem to remember an awful lot of teal quotes on their page back then. And now there's hardly any... they put a quote of hers up a week or 2 or 3 ago (I don't keep track of time real well.) They can get pretty hokey and I have considered 'unfollowing' them, but every now and then I get something really good from over there... like that 'climb the mountain' post, and it was thanks to them that I discovered Graham Hancock, so I probably won't part ways with them just yet.

    I love using sharpies!

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  173. Thanks, GA. I've actually seen some screenshots of her "art." I don't know if it's her worst, but it's pretty freakin' terrible. Dizzying.

    I'm looking at her LA blog now. Wow. We seem to have crossed a new threshold of arrogance haven't we.

    "I would love to write a glowing report on LA, but the reality for those of us who are energy sensitive, is that we dread coming to LA."

    Yeah, there are no psychics in LA. No new age types at all, really.

    "I am sure that the people who love this city will not appreciate my 'evaluation' of this city. But I have spent a lot of time here and so, I am able to give you the full energetic picture of what is occurring here."

    Hey, I've been here twice, bitches, and I'm an extrasensory and speak for source perspective, so if you think you like LA, it's only because you're fucked up.

    "People move to Los Angeles to make a success of themselves. It is the absolute epicenter of fame. Now fame in and of itself is not a bad thing at all. But the shadow that drives people towards fame, wreaks havoc on people’s lives. The people who move here have very much in common with each other. Early on in life, their families did not understand them. They felt insignificant. They felt unseen and unheard and invalidated. Fame is validating. Success is validating. And so the people who come here are on an endless quest to make themselves important. It is an attempt to 'prove themselves' to the original people who should have loved them, but whom [sic] invalidated them instead."

    Uhhh....

    And the thing about narcissists and selfies? From the "spiritual catalyst" who adorns her pages with her photographic history?

    The lack of self-awareness is stunning.

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  174. Tried reading teal's LA blog, but once again her intro has managed to induce a mental stupor in me...

    "The rush of cars, like lazy waves (?), woke me from my sleep this morning to the cold whisper of air against my skin from the ceiling fan. Outside the window, a crow is calling from its perch on the telephone wires. A man, in his Hawaiian shirt is strolling down the sidewalk with his coffee in hand. The golden sunlight that is so native to California is crawling it’s way across the eastern face of the houses across the street. Everything is as still as a photograph.

    Cars rushing, crow calling from the telephone, man walking, sunlight crawling....and yet everything is still as a photograph. Is she talking about cinemagraphs? http://weburbanist.com/2011/05/04/moving-pictures-stunning-photographs-brought-to-life/

    And if she sees everything as an energy and vibration...how can it ever appear static?

    Interesting noncast, thank you.

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  175. Great...read those articles you shared.

    So, last week scientists discovered a massive black hole and started to suspect that they are more abundant than previously thought....this week it's "There are no such things as black holes".

    Teal, could you please, help them out?


    LOL This whole universe is a joke.

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  176. "So, last week scientists discovered a massive black hole and started to suspect that they are more abundant than previously thought....this week it's 'There are no such things as black holes'. "

    I know, right? Isn't good to know that physicists have it all sorted out? I don't think people realize how much of this is theoretical and try to hang their hats on it, particularly new age people who constantly think that QM is proving one bullshit idea after another about "how the universe works."

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  177. Okay, so those photos are completely freaking me out. They're uncomfortable to look at.

    And teal is just a terrible writer. You're right. The whole thing is a mind scramble. Everything is moving and making noise but it's still as a photograph. What the fuck? Again, is she trying to create cognitive dissonance? Does she live in a perpetual state of cognitive dissonance? What?

    But that post is another crazy trip around her head. So, she went to LA to be a model but had to leave because everyone there wants to be famous? Not her, though. Definitely not her. And the fish jumping from the small "pond" to the big one?

    And she's nervous about her LA event. Hmmm... I'm sure they'll welcome her with open arms. Hi everyone. Here's how much your city sucks. You're welcome!

    Let's face facts. She doesn't like cities. And that's fine. Cities can be hard to take, but maybe she should stay away from them instead of visiting them and insulting everyone who lives in them for making her uncomfortable.

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  178. :-))

    Meanwhile I read (why, oh why?) that "Kafkaesque" spider sex wonder. What a major turn off and I'm not even Sarbdeep. Geez!

    "Sex should be friendly. Otherwise stick to mechanical toys; it's more sanitary.”

    ― Robert A. Heinlein

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  179. "Everything is moving and making noise but it's still as a photograph"

    what are you talking about LV?

    SC & T seem to go back to the beginning of her online presence in 2011. If you search for "teal" in the sc youtube channel, all his videos turn up. Maybe they created the content together or so. I just wonder what happened that SC has over 2mio followers and Teal is somewhere at 75000 or so.

    I like SC. He covers a lot and I think that his cartoon figure concept is well done.

    Sc & T the first
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viGt4hmQgEo#t=62

    Elena: I am pretty sure she meant to write crazy waves not lazy waves. But maybe her being lazy and not checking spelling makes her appear crazy now :D

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  180. I'm talking about her discordant imagery. Cars are rushing, sunlight is crawling, cold air is whispering, a crow is calling, a man is strolling, but, "Everything is as still as a photograph."

    And minds are scrambling and freezing simultaneously.

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  181. Independent of how she looks...that stuff that comes out of her mouth is smashing for the brain cells and that patronizing tone of her voice wants me to smash something too.
    As for the looks, that projector light makes her face appear blue...along with her Indian attire that makes her look the part. She's just missing some extra arms ;-)

    Btw, anyone read "Conversations with God" here? I bet Teal borrowed some material from these series...

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  182. I didn't listen. I just looked - the only thing which is enjoyable. Everything else is just so ... screwed.
    Amazed that people take in this blabla

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  183. I couldn't even look for too long... those gestures, facial expressions...I just find it too off putting now, this whole tealmeanor.

    But seriously, I came across these books (CwG) and found too many similarities, sometimes word for word almost (books were written in the 90s). And that's the paragraph from the inroduction to book 3. Author, Neale Donald Walsh writes:
    "If you've read the Foreword to either of the first two install­ments, you know that in each case I was a little bit apprehen­sive. Scared, actually, of what the response to those writings might be. I am not scared now. I have no fear whatsoever about Book 3. I know that it will touch many of those who read it with its insight and its truth, its warmth and its love.

    I believe this to be sacred spiritual material. I see now that this is true of the entire trilogy, and that these books will be read and studied for decades, even for generations. Perhaps, for centuries. Because, taken together, the trilogy covers an amazing range of topics, from how to make relationships work to the nature of ultimate reality and the cosmology of the uni­verse, and includes observations on life, death, romance, mar­riage, sex, parenting, health, education, economics, politics, spirituality and religion, life work and right livelihood, physics, time, social mores and customs, the process of creation, our re­lationship with God, ecology, crime and punishment, life in highly evolved societies of the cosmos, right and wrong, cul­tural myths and cultural ethics, the soul, soul partners, the na­ture of genuine love, and the way to glorious expression of the part of ourselves that knows Divinity as our natural heritage."

    Usually, it's some other writers or publishers that say a few lines of praise/review for the book on the first couple of pages or its cover, but here you have an honest opinion of the author himself.
    Oh, and Hitler is mentioned there as well by God. He's in heaven, btw, sends his love and all.

    "You cannot create a thing- not a thought, an object, an event- no experience of any kind- which is outside of God's plan. For God's plan is for you to create anything-everything-whatever you want. In such freedom lies the experience of God being God- and this is the experience for which I created You. And life itself.

    Evil is that which you call evil. Yet even that I love, for it is only through that which you call evil that you can know good; only through that which you call work of the devil that you can know and do the work of God. I do not love hot more than I love cold, high more than low, left more than right. It is all relative. It is all part of what is.

    I do not love "good" more than I love "bad". Hitler went to heaven. When you understand this, you will understand God".

    Sounds familiar? And coincidentally, just as I'm going through these books which I found a few days ago in the reading room, I click on the link posted by GA and smth very similar is being broadcasted, with Hitler and Lucifer mentioned again.... and also false prophets and how it doesn't matter and is not so bad to mislead people and stuff..

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  184. I am so enchanted with this story, this little girl, her cat and her paintings (her mother seems pretty interesting too), that the 'teal spell' pales in comparison. http://aplus.com/a/this-5-year-old-girl-has-autism-and-she-creates-masterpieces-of-art

    I love the way she holds her paintbrushes. I love the the little spots in the garden her mother sets up for her to hang out in. I love her painting table and and her cat. I could go on but my sisters are down here to watch some big bang theory so I have to go. Watch the videos, and read the articles... you'll be glad you did!

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  185. I was very glad, thank you, Zigzag! :-))) Beautiful!

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  186. Very beautiful ZZB. Thanks for that.

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  187. Batshit craziness from the LA workshop: teal is Lucifer which means she's just like Jesus, Hitler did more for peace than anyone in history because no one was thinking about world peace before that, all kindsa fun. I can't help thinking that if she just drove past a library it would increase her knowledge at least several fold.

    http://youtu.be/XkhjoBNyYLQ

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  188. Just saw the post that sent me to a youtube bit from a workshop (the latest?)

    So in watching the first few minutes I heard that IF Teal is misleading people, when they finally realize it, SHE has then given them free will?

    UH HUH.
    In the clip there is a perfectly pleasant looking girl talking to Teal. She reminds me of my friends in their personal coach mode. She is joined by so many laughers. They are all there to be in synch with Teal.

    Yes, it is so swell that no matter WHAT, Teal offers free will.

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  189. I'm not getting suckeredd into watching that teal video! I would much rather watch a 5 year old girl paint masterpieces!! I think she makes a much better 'teacher' than teal... for example, her paintings are freer, lighter, and more soothing to look at. She never tries to confuse anyone with words, especially not an avalanche of misunderstood words. She effortlessly demonstrates the value of following your bliss and, along with her cat, the power of love to transform.

    And I doubt she will ever be saying anything anywhere near like "I am a beautiful alien who has suffered unspeakably in order to come here and show you poor, pathetic, sad, dark, confused humans how to be more like me. Praise me! Glorify me! Desire me! Worship me! Shower me with gifts and adoration! Let me lead you to the promised land, which btw, I own!!

    Hahaha... nah, I'll pass on the teal video, because yuck!! But hopefully others who have had the misfortune to view it will be benefit from your words!!!

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  190. An "avalanche of misunderstood words..." LOL

    Here's another fun one with teal squeaking her way through a conversation with a Christian fellow. She does not like Christianity and he makes her uncomfortable. She tries very hard to be subtle as her theologically challenged self tries to disabuse him of his faith. But she'll have him know that he's more open than most Christians, so that's nice.

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  191. Gold diggers ARE making their own money. They've manifested men with money.

    http://youtu.be/4SN5DabzlQk

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  192. The best actors die after playing dark roles, just like Heath Ledger. Boy that Meryl Streep must suck, 22 years after Sophie's Choice and she's still breathin.'

    http://youtu.be/loaSXkTcIX8

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  193. You can't force forgiveness, claims teal, and I agree. Because forgiveness means approving of what they did. Whaaaaa? So she's been able to forgive her Mormon Satanist abuser and approve of all the rape, torture, and child murder. Her parents, though, she's still working on that one. Very hard to find that forgiveness/approval for parents. Something to do with making her get her own juice when she was a toddler, I think, but I'm not sure.

    http://youtu.be/bjWvVZvkJkY

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  194. Being angry and vengeful can make you "a match" to car wrecks, but that's better than getting cancer later on. Something to do with that vibrational scale she, um, borrowed from Abraham/Hicks.

    http://youtu.be/BBNblTO2D1A

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