Below is the document that I read in court to present my side of the story. The lawyer I consulted before-hand told me that nine times out of ten, the courts accepted the trustee’s recommendations. My trustee was recommending an additional 12 months in bankruptcy. Based on those odds, the lawyer felt that taking money to represent me was an expensive exercise in futility. So I delved into the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and wrote my story. The document was submitted to the courts a few days prior to my court appearance; the conclusion, which is below, was read in person by myself in court.
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Tags: bankruptcy, Get Rich Seminars, Law of Attraction, LOA, Scams
I was recently challenged by a friend, who made it clear to me that she bases the control of her life on accepting that everything revolves around the choices she makes.
Tags: Law of Attraction, LOA, self-help industry
While I think it’s still somewhat on the low side, at least the man is going to jail. I hope to hell he’s counting his blessings. Yavapai County Superior Court Judge Warren Darrow sentenced Ray to two years for each victim. Sadly, the sentences are to be served concurrently (at the same time). And Ray has to repay a total of $57,000 in restitution to the three families. A pittance, I say, a pittance. Especially given that he took in half a million dollars at an imitation sweat-lodge ceremony he led at the Angel Valley Resort, near Sedona in October 2009, that killed the three victims: Kirby Brown, 38; James Shore, 40, and Liz Neuman, 49.
Tags: James Arthur Ray, Law of Attraction, Scams, self-help industry
So. Tomorrow is the day. The day that James Arthur Ray receives his sentence. Sentencing is scheduled for tomorrow morning (November 18th, 2011), from 9am to 12noon, AZ time. Note that Arizona does not do the timeshift thing, so currently Arizona is on Mountain time. So for us on the West Coast, or Pacific time, tune in at 8am. Central time can tune in at 10am, and everyone else can figure it out for themselves.
Tags: Get Rich Seminars, James Arthur Ray, Law of Attraction, Scams
Oh! if only it were true! If only we could think — or for that matter UNTHINK — things into existence. What a nicer place this world could be!
Tags: Expose, Flaw, Law of Attraction, Postive Thinking, Scams, self-help industry
The “Law of Attraction” has, um, attracted many famous mouthpieces. The most famous by far would be Empress O Herself, whose lips have launched the careers of many of those famous gurus featured in The Secret. Including James Arthur Ray, Jack Canfield, Reverend Michael Beckwith and the like. And, of course, Rhonda Byrne, author of this finely lifted work.
Tags: Law of Attraction, LOA, Postive Thinking, Wealth and spirituality
Imagine this. It’s 1:34 am. A moonless night. For whatever reason (every story needs to start with an unknown trauma behind you), you are beside a railway track, just a foot or two to the side.
Tags: Expose, Flaw, Get Rich Seminars, Law of Attraction, LOA, Scams, self-help industry, The Secret
Meryl Davids Landau, author of the new spiritual women’s novel, Downward Dog, Upward Fog, writes an article asking the ultimate (I’m being facetious) question: Does the James Arthur Ray Trial Mean There’s No Law of Attraction?
Tags: Flaw, James Arthur Ray, Law of Attraction, Oprah, Scams, self-help industry, Wealth and spirituality
Like many others, I’m avidly following the case of James Arthur Ray. Whatever the courts find will have an impact on the billions of dollars currently being “earned” by the Law of Attraction gurus. Okay, so it might just make a tiny dent in the big picture. While I think the likes of Canfield, Robbins and Katie are avidly glued to their sets, I don’t think the typical student is even aware.
Tags: Anthony Robbins, Byron Katie, James Arthur Ray, Law of Attraction, LOA, Robert Kiyosaki, self-help industry
Well, today is my birthday. Today is the day that I turn 46. Today will also mark the beginning of my blogging about my own process.
Tags: bankruptcy, Get Rich Seminars, James Arthur Ray, Law of Attraction, LOA