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
So if it turns out and I’m horribly wrong, and the Law of Attraction can be used to magically manifest things, perhaps we should turn our attention to the human race at large instead of the personal acquisition of so-called wealth.
Tags: bankruptcy, LOA, Postive Thinking, proper use
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
Rhonda Byrne has written a follow up to The Secret, called The Power. In it she claims to have discovered “the most powerful force in the universe” and that her readers will develop the ability and skills to manipulate this “Power” to make all their dreams materialize. The power she is talking about is “the power [...]
Tags: Expose, Flaw, LOA, Rhonda Byrne, self-help industry, The Secret
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
Violence against [name-your-cause, mine is women] happens because there is a cluster of so-called “thinkers” out there who believe that [women] are inferior, objects to be owned and controlled.
Tags: Expose, Flaw, Law of Attraction, LOA
So there’s this company out there called Butterfly Global. The actual website has come and gone, and the only thing still in existence seems to be a Facebook fan page.
Tags: Anthony Robbins, Bret Treadwell, Get Rich Seminars, James Arthur Ray, Law of Attraction, LOA