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    9 hours ago, Zhongyongdaoist said:

     

    Thank you for posting this.  I have copied everything that you and AbrelosOjos have posted for a more detailed analysis when I have time to devote to it.  I already have a few observations, but I will have more in a few days.  I don't know whether to post them here, or perhaps create a section in my PPD to deal post them so that my analysis and others responses can be kept more private.  All the best to you two and to Zanshin also.  I am glad that you all found the strength to leave, and admire your determination to spread the truth about SOTG's group.

     

     

    ZYD


    thanks, I appreciate your analysis and posting. I am the sort who wants to know why. As I responded to another poster, I felt like STG started as someone who could be funny and empathetic (although still problematic), and then got darker and further off the rails. Could be parasitic egregores and pacts, could be organic (I wondered if “died” was something like seizures and brain trauma could cause disinhibition and delusions). I suppose I’ll never really know. 

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  2. Posted · Edited by zanshin

    Yes!

    @Shadow_self

    it changed a lot. 
    first he got rid of stillness. 
    August of last year it really went off the rails and he got rid of personal cultivation altogether and it turned into a model where he was a savior. 
    Initially, I thought his forum was fresh and fun, I liked the fitness aspect. It appealed to my ADD brain. It seemed basically honorable with some shadow exploration. 
    I suppose I didn’t leave sooner because I was paranoid about egregores and my mundane life was going fine so I kept it in the periphery even though it got progressively sketchy. I didn’t really get creeped on but am quite a bit older. 
     

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  3. Posted · Edited by zanshin

    31 minutes ago, Kojiro said:

    Honestly I think ZYD resources are not helpful to say the least. Does he really think that chanting to a chinese supernatural being will help these women with their trauma? really? is that serious?

    Intention of the thread is not to ask for help or resources, but simply to inform others. We rescued ourselves and will be fine. ZYD posted his extensive resume and I do appreciate his validation that there’s much better material out there for those interested in an East/West synthesis practice, nothing unique or worthy in STG system unless you’re into smoke and mirrors. 

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    I can attest also. I was on STG’s forum for some time and it went off the rails as documented above. I highly doubt he is dead although I believe his health is deteriorating and that he has no spiritual abilities. He ought to be ashamed to show his face for deceiving people who trusted him as a teacher and especially for preying on young women! 

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    1 hour ago, ilumairen said:

     

    Did you see the "Men Explain Things To Me" thread? It went to fertilizer rather quickly, but it was an interesting and nuanced article imo with much we could have delved more deeply into..

     

    In any case, it's nice to "see" you. 

    🙏

     

    There was a time I might have tried to ‘splain everything right on that thread. 

     

     

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    2 minutes ago, ralis said:

    @zanshin

     

    You think it’s funny that women have left due to male harassment? I find no humor in it!

     

     

    Just ironic for myself only, I find the prevalent white knight mentality super annoying and definitely part of why I no longer post. I’m sure you understand women’s issues much better than I though. 

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    Do your feet turn out when you stand or walk? Most people’s do because we sit too much and that outward rotation strains the hinge (knee joint) until it wears and breaks down like a warped screen door- oiling it with supplements doesn’t fix the structural strain. Strengthen hip abductors, gently stretch tight lateral rotators, and work on keeping feet straight should help knees, especially straighten outer edge of your feet when getting up from a chair. 

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    11 hours ago, Michael Sternbach said:

     

    I have actually been thinking of using divinatory methods such as astrology, Tarot, and/or dowsing, which I am pretty good at, in conjunction with stock marketing, whose intricacies my mind somehow refuses to delve into, despite well meant efforts by a friend to communicate them to me.

    You might be interested in Gann. 

    https://blog.elearnmarkets.com/principles-of-wd-gann-discipline-trading/