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by grimep
Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:47 am
Forum: Cults and religious organisations generally
Topic: Fun little video on cults..
Replies: 5
Views: 12296

Fun little video on cults..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnNSe5XYp6E

How many cult attributes can you identify from your SES experiences?!
by grimep
Fri May 06, 2005 11:04 pm
Forum: General discussion of SES
Topic: Dialogue Ireland Trust press release
Replies: 7
Views: 16271

Great. Physical violence between rival factions in an nondualistic tradtion. That's just great. But.. but... don't you see, they're SO spiritual! Gosh, I must leave my cosy Surrey village and FIND MYSELF in Injaaah dahlings, I'm starting to find my materialistic lifestyle so unfulfilling :crazyeyes:
by grimep
Fri Apr 22, 2005 7:36 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: NEW MESSAGE FROM DAVID BODDY
Replies: 152
Views: 206507

Take a closer look behind the facade. I had opportunities to do that both while I was a pupil at St James and after I had left. The Upanishads and Mahabharata are the highlights of the curriculum. That is a gross exaggeration. What, by the way, do you have against the Upanishads and Mahabharata? I ...
by grimep
Fri Apr 22, 2005 7:32 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: Excerpts from St James School books
Replies: 5
Views: 10686

Brilliant :-)


I wish I'd kept notes as I went along!


laughable if it wasn't for the fact that so many "adults" take this stuff seriously.
by grimep
Sat Apr 16, 2005 2:43 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: Why couldn't we / wouldn't we talk when we left StV/J ?
Replies: 9
Views: 15811

interesting reading all the replies here. One of the reasons I originally posed the question was because I would be interested to hear of people's experiences when discussing the issues with someone who knows absolutely nothing about the schools or the SES- either friends, aquaintances or partners. ...
by grimep
Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:11 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: NEW MESSAGE FROM DAVID BODDY
Replies: 152
Views: 206507

Sorry to hear that, apparently due to your experiences with SES, you've become kind of anti-religious or anti-spiritual. Heh heh, yeah, too bloody right pal. Couldn't have put it better myself. They have some very good approaches that go against the flow (I speak as a qualified teacher myself) at J...
by grimep
Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:19 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: NEW MESSAGE FROM DAVID BODDY
Replies: 152
Views: 206507

Re: Teaching methods

Spirituality is something to be learned in quite a different way than the 'normal' life model. And so I'd prefer a school with some religious/spiritual background much more than a standard one. So you are saying you think it is a good thing for schools to try and teach pupils to be "spiritual"? The...
by grimep
Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:47 am
Forum: The North American schools
Topic: Attending the adult schools
Replies: 71
Views: 115494

NYC, thanks for an interesting post. Taking your tutor's points: 1. Accreditation would have had no way of finding or dealing with the the shocking conduct of adults within the school. It relies on irregular inspections that simply spot-check curriculum and lessons. 2. Yes, but so what? Is your tuto...
by grimep
Mon Mar 28, 2005 10:02 am
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: NEW MESSAGE FROM DAVID BODDY
Replies: 152
Views: 206507

Re: Inquiry a sham ?

Grebdlef wrote:Until that happens - this will all continue and I think SES /St J will start to learning the true meaning of Sanskara!


Instant karma I hope.
by grimep
Sun Mar 20, 2005 8:03 am
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: NEW MESSAGE FROM DAVID BODDY
Replies: 152
Views: 206507

Other initiatives have taken place whilst the Governors have awaited the 16th March deadline. These include meetings with various Local Authorities, the NSPCC, and other Child Protection Agencies. What was the purpose and outcome of meetings with the NSPCC and other agencies? A suspicious cynic lik...
by grimep
Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:51 pm
Forum: General discussion of SES
Topic: SES jokes and humor
Replies: 35
Views: 57123

lowpass wrote:

Daskas mention of the yoghourt skins chills me to the bone...


Eeeew... the yoghurt skins >>shudder<<


not really funny or a joke but we used to call the shankara charya the chunky starbar.
by grimep
Fri Mar 04, 2005 7:35 am
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: ST JAMES GIRLS
Replies: 37
Views: 54314

I feel positively deprived - I have not sung "holy is gowinda", nor have I chanted meaningless Sanskrit prayers. I have missed those special nuances which make St. James so...."special". I feel incomplete as a human being..........Am I a terrible person? Yes, you definitely are. And as a punishment...
by grimep
Thu Mar 03, 2005 2:29 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: ST JAMES GIRLS
Replies: 37
Views: 54314

chrisdevere wrote:

Mathem I had forgotten all about the weird chaucerian songs! But could never forget Farndell having had him beat me virtually everyday for four years!


If you had to guess, how many times do you reckon Farndell hit you? Counting individual strokes? I reckon it could be at least 4,000.
by grimep
Thu Mar 03, 2005 1:06 pm
Forum: General discussion of SES
Topic: Any experiences with SES practices in Holland?
Replies: 36
Views: 55666

emmalu9 wrote:She was and still is a cause of and contributor to immeasurable suffering and damage in a number of SES and ex-SES families.


excuse me being rude and butting in here, but it takes two to tango doesn't it??
by grimep
Wed Mar 02, 2005 7:44 am
Forum: General discussion of SES
Topic: Question: How many ex-members or ex-pupils
Replies: 3
Views: 7939

Question: How many ex-members or ex-pupils

... have talked to people who have never even heard of the SES about their experiences or the school? And what sort of reactions did such conversations, if they took place, provoke? Helpful? Unhelpful? Understanding? Sympathy? Confusion? Suspicion? Or if you never or hardly ever discuss it with peop...

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