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This latest disturbing thread about forcing young children into TM is ringing alarm bells. The very symptoms described by Leon, Daska, Snowman, exSTJ, mm, were experienced by Matthew, my son, as a young child. This ?blanking out? was also the beginning of what developed into OCD (an anxiety disorder...

Apologies for the delay in responding. I am a one finger typist and spend most of my day covered in oil-paint. Your responses, particularly Sugarloaf & Sparks reveal the depth of your insights, the tenacity of your struggle, & the clarity of your vision. You have all created a blue-print for...

Ben in your second post to Elizabeth you asked her How do we truly achieve reconciliation? Can this question have a thread of its own. We are all on a learning curve with this one. Perhaps it was a mistake for Mr Boddy to refer to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. This idea was first mooted ...

To patienceismysecondname, You sent me a private message but I cannot enter into a private correspondence if I don't know who I'm talking to. I wish I knew to whom I'm writing - face to face is better still. In response to your PM, it's good to hear that some parents, especially mothers, recognise t...

I have not contributed for some time, although as Matthew Woolf's mother I wrote a few pieces from a parent's point of view earlier on. Matthew sends me everything and I read it all, and am deeply moved by your brave intelligent, and truthful testimonies. The "Truth" the SES has always espoused and ...

I am a woman approaching her seventies and throughout my life, as far back as I can remember, I have been concerned with discovering what really lies behind the fa?ade. As a child in Synagogue I was aware of false piety and before long began to find spiritual guidance in books on Buddhism and Indian...

It is a pity that what started off as a wholly justified need for a number of people in their 30?s to seek redress for damage that was done to them as vulnerable children, has for some recently, turned into a debate which is detracting from the essential issues. We live in a great capital city, grea...

I applaud the catharsis that is manifesting on the Internet, which provides a forum for exorcism and expurgation that until now would have been conceptually unthinkable. I applaud those who have seized the opportunity to bare their souls and unburden their sufferings, thereby encouraging an entire g...

I applaud the catharsis that is manifesting on the Internet, which provides a forum for exorcism and expurgation that until now would have been conceptually unthinkable. I applaud those who have seized the opportunity to bare their souls and unburden their sufferings, thereby encouraging an entire g...