James Arthur Ray | Dangers of Spiritual and Motivational Gurus 

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Right!!! I got this one locked and loaded, timing is everything. lol, That's a good one. Thx Dr Grande🌵 I'll be sure to footnote you afterwards 💫😀

Epic lol so am I

He should have worked in the investment field. He would have made a brilliant private equity executive.

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I think Martha Stewart made ponchos while she was..uh, away from home for several months but I don’t believe she sold hers.

What a great video Dr. G! During “The Secret” heyday, there was another guru who encouraged people to pay him $4,000 for the opportunity to sit in his Rolls Royce. He claimed if they could “feel” what that was like, then they would manifest money faster. Thank you for bringing attention to the grifters in a well thought out way, while tossing in some fun puns. 😎👍

Some are readily vulnerable, some are not at all. I am not buying into some cult bull$hit.

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Omigod yes! nd I really used to like Oprah. But here's the thing about the gurus, and I've had lots of practice observing, being a child of the '60s, why does no one work out that if a person is offering you a higher spirituality no money should be involved, right? Why is this hard to see?

@@Hollylivengood Wut? May I introduce you to any church...? Biggest scamners of them all. Lol. Child rapists'll never get a dime out of me.

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Worst ones. Worst gurus you can find.

Their called Democrats!

Or people feeling disenfranchised.

Hahahaaa😂

nnnNice.

Good one! 🤣

😂😂😂....Will try that Scott!! 37%,,,I mean that is quite substantial!

Ha ja

He is not dangerous, he is just funny... It's the followers that are the dangerous one's. "Wich is worse? The crazy or the one's following the crazy" - some smart guy said that - 😜

@@marino3974 they are BOTH (or all) dangerous, but the ConMan is more dangerous one, as he is leading many to danger. Funny? I think you need a more fitting adjective.

@@The_Red_Pill__ But if you look at them without the followers they'r just clowns shouting nonsens in the dark.. Just like dictators, cult leaders and and such... Only when followers puts them in the light they become dangerous. You saw it with Trump recently, he was just funny at first🤡 then with backup he became dictator like😵, wanted to ban free press if they didn't like him, conspiracies, kids alone in cages, some dying! Himself("I'm the chosen one")🤭& followers said he was sent by God and got people killed in the end... as his followers believed they could ensure his power with a capitol riot... But before all that in 2016 you just laughed at him right, like "Trump, President? Yeah right" 😂.. and 2021..😲

Oh there are so many more out there. 😳

@@nataliesue2485 Check out one of the douchebags in India, his name is called swami nithyananda, he redefines the laws of physics, and there are so many people who fall for his bullshit.

Lol !!! That made me laugh coffee out through my nose 😂

@@anonymousstrangeness7348You haven't been watching the Doctor too long! I have no nose hairs because of him! 👃 It's all good cuz I'm female! Lol❣🤭

When will Oprah Winfrey be held accountable for unleashing all these frauds on society and giving them credibility? This guy, Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, etc., etc.

Wow!! That was a good one!!

Good one hehe .🤣

I'm so glad I'm cynical. It's saved me thousands of dollars.

A lot of people don’t realize that getting rich quick is pretty rare and usually an unreliable path to success.

They say you can be “incredibly intelligent” and still become the victim of a cult, but I think that’s BS. No way am I worshipping any human being.

Same! If you are aware of anything at all, why on earth would you buy off on these things?!?!

Because you’re rational and of sound mind, often times these con artists prey on those who’re going through a difficult time and thus aren’t thinking clearly and are easily manipulated. It’s all very calculated, these ppl know exactly what they’re doing

And he does it so timely and effortlessly. Imagine conversations with people he doesn’t like. He would shade them so casually not sure if they would notice until after the convo was over LOL. I love listening to him LOL

I keep having to go back to the beginning of the video to play over and over. So funny

I know luv it

Interesting comment. While I'm sorry you had a seizure, and could have died....that experience helped you dodge a huge bullet! Glad you refused to be a victim of this huckster! ❤🧡💛💚🖤💙🤎

it's the "always smiling and happy" that makes me want to run fast, run far.

I too had a friend tell me that she was so proud of her son for stopping the medication he was prescribed in the hospital after an assessment for depression. She supported him in “beating it” with Jesus help. I was speechless, but now know I would have asked if she could follow her own advice and beat her serious heart condition without her medication? She had medical issues and was religious about her medication and Doctors recommendations.

Sounds like every church I've ever been to.

Many wolves in sheep's clothing in religious groups of all denominations. It's like evil knows the best place to do it's nasty work.

Hello from Cape Town

Hello fellow Joburger, from Nepal

Hello from Joburg too!

Jo toooown

Hello from Prospect Park

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Dr G is a Master of the Understated Euphemism!!! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

They use his full name to distinguish him from James Earl Ray, who only killed one person.

I did the board break challenge at a Harmonic Wealth Seminar in 2007. Thankfully, first try, and no pain or splinters in my hand! Thank God I didn’t go further...

@@traceynomatterwhat383 ....how much money did it take to break that board?

@@landofthelivingskies3318 I don’t recall, as it was 13 years ago, but I assure you it wasn’t anything like the Sedona level stuff! That would have been have been over a year of mortgage payments!

💔 I’m so sorry for your loss

Please accept my most sincere condolences on Liz's passing. I send cyberhugs to you and your family and friends. 💔😪💔😪

Most of them are COVERT narcissists. As HG TUDOR call them: "Mid-rangers".

Every psychopath is a narc but not every narc is a psychopath

What? Dr. Grande wants a James Dean car? I've been researching Dean's life and learned all about his purchase of the 550 Spyder. The whole story. I've spent hours and hours...never knew about him. And I'm 67 years old!

It wasn't even a real sweat lodge. No Native American would use a plastic tarp for a sweat lodge. It's supposed to "breathe" and it's also not a "contest" to see who can tough it out the longest.

I live in Scotland, I didn't even know temperatures like that existed !!!!

@@rosewhite259 he had everything all wrong! What a reckless fraud

Look up Coffeezilla’s interview with the victim’s mother. James Ray killed a young woman and then gave her grieving mother relief money that was less than her daughters cost of attending the event. So he essentially still made money off her dying

@@lanceanthony198 Apparently, these people don't know how to call Visa and dispute a charge...lol

Thank you for the ❤️ much appreciated. Eileen. U K

i read that silly book when it came out. i was astonished anyone could fall for such nonsense.

@@bobbyologun1517 I watched the video. That little kid wishing for the new bike. . . That never worked for me. :)

There was a time no matter what was going on around me my thoughts and feelings were stifled with “think positive”. I now know it meant to deny reality.

@@marciabradley7660 Purveyors of positivity are hiding extreme viciousness. Who could possibly believe pediatric cancer is a result of "attracting negativity?" Or some sort of personal failure? (Did the mother fail? Did the father?) Were the people who died on 9/11 all on a negative trip? And our troops who died in Afghanistan and Iraq? If only they had read The Secret, they'd all still be around, attracting abundance.

Oprah Winfrey's involvement in this is sadistic.

.. hmm🤔.. YES.. but it can always be a secret for those who not knowing their being decieved.. tho.. even for the deciever in some cases. Soo.. secret can absolutely be a word of use here.. as long as we not knowing the faulty cause...😁😖.. kind of overexpainatory but ”technically the truth”.. 👋🏼😌🇸🇪

@@lindaedvardsson4218 The Secret helped me when I needed support.

@@carolineobrien6301 ohh..😌👌🏼.. nooow we talking..😅. I know exactly what You mean by that.. My explanations was just mine.. also, to hep me and support my understanding..👏🏼😊.. Thank You😌.. And sorry I ”kind of” throwed Your joke away..🥴.. That was not my intent tho.. You took this just as I wanted to.. so Thank You//be safe//👏🏼😌🇸🇪

@@carolineobrien6301 There are probably many such situations where the conditions allow people to let down their guard. I too have attended seminars, one anyway, and it was just full of stuff I already knew.

Lol!!

Priceless. Absolutely priceless.

Wow !!! 😂 😂 😂

The video had an abrupt edit right there too. I think he may have actually laughed and took it out so as not to ruin his image😂🤣

@@MamaPinks the couple videos where he has this those outtakes at the end are *chef's kiss*

I can't ever figure this one out. Why can't people tell people like him are completely deranged?

@@rosewhite259 Because most of us aren't licensed, therapists.

a lot of people don't understand even basic human psychology. People often confuse narcissism and confidence for expertise and wisdom. And the biggest problem of all - people want quick fixes. As a teacher I've seen it a thousand times; anything that says "quick and easy," "every other system is doing it wrong," or "here's the secret you need to see," will make a lot of money. As long as people want something other than hard work and determination, they'll jump in and pay good money for it.

And the smile, that creepy, human mimicking smile.. Brrrr🤪

Still creepy

I just think most humans are very gullible

Jim Jones' followers felt the camaraderie. To the very end.

Dr. Grande is my favorite "Guru" 😉 Happy New Year 2022 to all🎉✨🎇

There’s nothing wrong with wanting to belong

@@crongusclips7836 I never said there was

Seems a minority generally

I like that. so true

Lol

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ahahaha! 🤣

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He’s a guru, ponchos are being crocheted by the minions😼

I did that to! It saved my marriage 💑

It's true - being forthright and positive means people like that will want to hang out with you. People like likeable people, and you'll like yourself more, too x

wow, that`s a pretty good quote. copy and paste

Excellent comment! 💗

I have been paraphrasing this all my life and I've never seen this before nor was aware of the Author.😁

No, the most dangerous person is the follower

Amen.

🤣🤣🤣 Did your friendship end because of the book?

@@pinkwakabeagle Well, it was definitely the beginning of the end. Too much woo woo for me.

@@myunknownland9272 Oprah is the WORST New Age charlatan-guru of them all! I hope he does an episode on HER.

Always!! 👍🏼🎯

PREACH!! We do not deserve a guy like Grande.

Oh that sounds like quite an adventure.

IN Guatemala called a Mayan sauna....loads of young people wanting to pretend to be woke hippies of this generation partake when they visit.

U drank the cool aid and survived!

@@joego7924 hehe, you know what I minded the most, was the mud that we were sitting on, we had towels to sit on but YUK! lol the heat part was great, every now and then somebody would add water to the fire pit and gosh I wished they had it again really!

This dumpy tent was huge, tho...I can tell you, if you're ready to pass out, you might not have enough time to GET out. Just saying...

@@joego7924 Kool Aid

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I just don’t understand how grown adults fall for this

@@SueP-D because hope springs eternal!

@@Jinxiefoo Lol 😂. Yup I guess you’re right

What is really scary is the belief tyat if youmare positive enough you can heal yourself....eg of cancer...or if you take y cobunations of herbs...or holy water...you will be cured.

This was the first time I noticed them.

"Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man(or woman)- though my mind could think I still was a mad man(or woman)"- this seems to be the type of person who falls for s*it like this, as well as so many other cults...

So so so true..

Just don't go to this guy's house if he invites you and tells you he has a sauna

what is the name of the book? 'The Secret"? hahaha

It's known as 'Deadpan' or 'Dry' humor, lol. And the Doc is a master.

@@marythomas1198 Maybe autocorrect is to blame for that one.

_[laughing]_ Oh hello, mind twin!

I think many of us have been temporarily seduced by such lovely nonsense. I was in the late 80s. Like the op, I can't say I truly believe in anything now, other than to be kind.

Chopra's niche in life is reassuring rich Americans that he knows how to (and can teach them how to) sneak their elephants through the eye of the biblical needle.

@@petertreid Didja know? The "eye of the needle" was a small door in the wall around Jerusalem. For a camel to go through, the beast had to crawl on its knees.

@@JiveDadson Did you ever try to get a camel to crawl on its knees? Did you ever see a camel crawl on its knees? Probably not. Camels have no knees on their back legs. The "eye of the needle" gate is a myth. The Aramaic words for camel and rope are very similar [G'aMLoA vs KHaB,LoA]. More likely the quote is a mistranslation of the more logical "It is easier to get a rope through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter [heaven]."

@@JiveDadson Sounds feasible, alright.

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sweatlodges are around for hundreds, maybe thousands of years. the benefits countless people have from sweatlodges is immense. then aruviel evenstar comes and says it should be forbidden. delusional you are.

Look for truth in the Bible. People can get way off track apart from God’s word.

You know spiritualism is a aspect of the occult. It’s about oneness once you empty yourself that’s when you’re enlightened all the meditating is just calling spirits (demons) to you. Same with the death of yourself. Christian do it but are filled with the holy spirit( happens by being dipped in water)but in new age it’s demons but you’re told it’s oneness and we’re all god. Once you’re possessed if you can control it you can’t become successful from the supernatural help or you’re ruined star hearing voices so you start doing drugs or want to kill yourself.

Yes please!!

Absolutely. That one is way overdue!

People were very upset about his opinions on Tolle. Tolle has many sheep.

People are looking for hope and happiness.

Idk that’s why I’m here hoping Dr Grande can tell me!!

He went on to list his theories about it. They way you've posted it makes it sound like a judgment call.

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions " - Someone, somewhere -🤔 😜😄

isn't that the pot calling the kettle black?

I agree. Really enjoyed this one too!!😁🥳❣💯💫

Ah, so! Thank you for clarification

You need a firm foundation for your pyramid scheme experience.

Common sense would tell anybody that the terms "harmonic wealth" and "spiritual warrior" are bullshit marketing terms devised to make weak people feel good about themselves without having to earn it.

The ‘power of now’ is my worst.

@@bernardsmith1230 why ?

@@andybrown3016 I actually used to be obsessed with it and Tolles teachings. Now I find it and Tolle very cult like. On a surface level some useful things that even a psychologist would recommend but beneath that very manipulative and potentially dangerous. In fact in cult forums Tolles name comes up often where people have experienced depersonalisation and are suicidal after what initially felt peaceful to eventually turn out disastrous.

@@andybrown3016 also what sort of activism is Tolle involved in apart from sitting around ignoring everything. Does he care about starving children or our future planet ect. He’s pretty cashed up and could actually make a difference if he actually cared. Im guessing not as the future doesn’t seem to matter much to him. The point is that he is just a con artist like the rest of them and has probably get another side to him which people would be shocked or even horrified to discover. These sort of people almost always do!!

@@bernardsmith1230 I actually agree with you that making a vast amount of money (Tolle is worth an estimated 70 million dollars) is rather contradictory to the core principles of spirituality. But it is not just him who is benefitting financially it simply goes with the territory if you are successful and have a big audience. Essentially if he really practiced what he preached then yes he should use that money to help other people. I know I would if I had that wealth but everyone is different. Also the point you made about depersonalisation can’t really be directed at Tolle in particular for what he teaches.And that is because this is something that is well documented within spirituality in general often referred to as the “dark night of the soul”. It is very common. And yes it is potentially even worse than normal depression. I have experienced it personally. This deep existential angst accompanied by depersonalisation and derealisation is a dark side of spirituality that is not often acknowledged. I agree people should be made more aware of this. But what Tolle teaches is not revolutionary, he is not saying anything new. His teachings and concepts are really a rehash of Buddhist, Taoist and Advaita Vedanta philosophy. He simply introduces eastern spirituality to a western audience.

Yes his voice would be good for sleep stories but not for trying to pay attention to his videos. It's too monotone.

I don’t understand the sweat lodge part 🤷🏼‍♀️

I did sweatlodge once, we were told to drink water all day, which I did. The leader may have even told us an ammount to drink but I can't remember. Ofcourse drinking so much water means peeing a lot. Which was fine during the day but once in the sweatlodge you're not meant to pop out for the loo. We were told to just sit in our urine if we had to pee. There was some sort of prayer/ritual aspect to it, it was incredibly hot and I had to get out after 30-45 minutes. I can't remember how long the whole thing went for but sitting in my own pee in incredible heat isn't my idea of fun. I paid $350 for the experience and the leader accused me of being weak for not staying in the Lodge longer. Overall my experience with New Age taught me shiny happy people can be dodgy as all hell and spirituality shouldn't be expensive.

main problem here was the sweat lodge was covered with plastic tarp. that`s a big no no. It is supposed to be covered with cotton tarps, so the air can circulate. I was dozens of times in a sweat lodge and very thankful for the experience. Not because I was enlightened after. More because it can be a very pleasant way to bring yourself down to earth, to see what really counts in life. It´s a beautiful ritual, if done well. But this guy really messed up in many ways. But just one factor changed (the plastic tarpet) nobody would have died. He was really reckless. sad event

Landmark did help me get out of my fear of being fired from my job. I was afraid to stand up for myself even with the support of the union. There are some good parts, like people sharing their experiences. I was always told not to talk to people and I never learned who I could trust. Now at least I know that there are good people who are just trying to do the best they can in life and everyone is human and makes mistakes. I think when people see that you are authentic they will want trust you. Unfortunately, there are too many con artists who can get into any organization. So I’m done.

Ooo we need a video talking about both Anakin during episode 3 and Vader during episode 6! Since those are when he goes through his major transformations

That'd be a fun one!

She's part of the Liberal Hollywood cult. She's well-protected from any harm.

Me too! At first I didn't know who he was taking about! lol

The Second Pronunciation of Highly Effective Therapists.

KoVAY

Believe in these criminal con artists and they are criminals. This ole boy should have been locked up for a hell of a long time.