Hillsong, LGBTQ, Australia, Conversion therapy, Cult Recovery, Obituary, Gurujagat, RA MA, Yogi Bhajan, NXIVM
According to a new report, the tech giant is working with the exclusionary church to build virtual communities on the platform.
" ... Hillsong, though, has perhaps the most infamous track record on LGBTQ+ rights. Pastors with Hillsong, which counts celebrities like Chris Pratt and Justin Beiber as members, reportedly sent congregants who came out to them to a conversion therapy program for years, according to a 2017 report from The Daily Beast. And in 2017, Hillsong advocated against marriage equality in Australia."
" ... It's a movement that according to one estimate has affected the lives of nearly 700,000 people in the U.S. with disastrous results.
"Conversion therapy" is the discredited practice that aims to convert a person's sexual orientation or gender identity to heterosexual or cisgender. It is often religious in nature, with groups claiming sexual orientation and gender identity can be changed through prayer.
Major U.S. medical groups have condemned the practice. More than 20 states have banned it from being done on minors."
'Practitioners need to find the balance between not being overly neutral when listening to atrocities and being open to people's feelings of loss and grief '
"Linda Dubrow- Marshall offers advice to therapists working with former cult members.
Establishing a psychotherapeutic or consultative relationship is a special challenge for people whose trust has been betrayed. People who have been in cultic groups and experienced 'love-bombing' and pseudo-intimate relationships, where sometimes people pretend to be similar to them in order to influence them, tend to feel that the professional relationship is cold and uncaring. Their experience of feeling special, purposeful, taken care of, and of living with rules stating exactly what to do can mean that clients pressure therapists to be directive. Some of the key tasks in working with current and former cultists are to help them to tolerate ambiguity and uncertainty, and to express and accept a full range of emotions, including existential angst, anger and grief. A return to critical thinking and the ability to make decisions is of paramount importance."
Ronald Enroth: Dysfunctional Churches (Cultic)
" ... Warning: this church could be harmful to your spiritual and psychological health.
Farfetched? Not if my own research of the past few years has any validity at all."
Los Angeles: Venice Kundalini Yoga Leader Guru Jagat Has Passed Away at 41
Los Angeles: Venice Kundalini Yoga Leader Guru Jagat Has Passed Away at 41
"Guru Jagat, who founded the popular Venice Kundalini yoga studio RA MA in 2013 and had celebrity followers like Alicia Keys, Kate Hudson, and Kelly Rutherford, passed away this weekend. Reports proliferated on social media that the 41-year-old yoga instructor and wellness entrepreneur suffered a pulmonary embolism following ankle surgery. An in memoriam message has been posted on the RA MA Institute's website, and a rep from the institute was able to confirm the news."
"Lauren Salzman was one of the brightest stars in the NXIVM sex cult orbit.
And the former slave master is also the most recent to have her day in court. She is repentant.
The 45-year-old slithered out of going to a dungeon of another sort last Wednesday when Brooklyn Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis gave her credit for time served under house arrest, plus five years probation.
In 2019, she pleaded guilty to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy charges.
"It kills me that I hurt people that I loved so much," sobbing Salzman told the court."
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