Blame the Elephant

Bill would always say: "Lewis took me under his wing." He would also entertain us with outrageously funny stories about things he saw Lewis do or said to Bill. Those stories were so outrageous, they couldn’t be true. But we believed them anyway even if they never happened.

Thanks to information from people who knew, I think it's clear: Bill Duby had no relationship with Lewis Bostwick. None. Zero. Bill made up all the things he told us from the wild gyrations in his mind. Bill was so delusional, he spun story after story about his close relationship with Lewis Bostwick. But none of it was true. Lewis Bostwick considered Bill Duby to be dangerous and twisted. As a result, Lewis Bostwick avoided Bill Duby at all times and instructed his staff to keep Bill at a distance - a very long distance, from him.

Bill also spun story after story of the injustice and oppression he suffered at the hands of everyone BPI except Lewis Bostwick. Bill also said that Lewis blessed him and anointed him as the best guy to carry on the Bostwick teaching.

Bill wove such a web of illusion about his experience at the Berkeley Psychic Institute to his followers at the Spiritual Rights Foundation, I can see why BPI and Lewis Bostwick thought he was dangerously twisted.

If you told anyone still at SRF about the things the BPI faithful dug up, they would start a fight.

Bill would tell us a story about Lewis Bostwick wanting to die with a charge of molesting a 13 year old girl waiting for him. I think it was another sick twist of Bill’s mind. We discovered that a member of SRF was asked to find Bill an attorney. Bill was accused of molesting a 13 year old girl who was living with him and his partner, Angela Silva. Another person says that same girl related to her years of molestation at the hands of Bill.

I guess it wasn’t exactly his hands doing the molesting.

Bill’s explanation for his behavior at the time was that he had to impress her cervix with his semen so no other man could satisfy her. What makes this incident more shocking and perverse is that the girl involved is alleged to be the daughter of his own life partner. Even more shocking is that the life partner allowed Bill to escape the charge of molestation when the attorney made an arrangement with the girl's father.

Years later,when the media ran stories of indecent and disgusting behavior he was said to have committed, Bill went around SRF headquarters moaning about being labeled a child molester.

I never did hear him say “I did not molest my partner's young daughter.”
I never heard him say “I never arranged a marriage.
I never heard him say "I did not use my influence to demand a couple to divorce."

In fact, there are couples who will say that Bill demanded they divorce. We saw relationships Bill claimed to have a "hand" in "arranging" (I nearly fell prey to that myself - but came to my senses after I realized where his "hand" had been). As for the molestation, there is a detailed account of how Steve Sanchez learned of it in his book "Spiritual Perversion".

He did complain about the exposition of his behavior, the unfairness of the media’s portrayal of him, the unseemly character of those who had the courage to expose his as a charlatan. It was Bill’s way of diverting attention from himself by calling into question the veracity of those who spoke the truth, attempting to put the spotlight on them.

Bill's infamous article "Faith Under Fire" in the SRF organ "American Spirit Newspaper" was not only a long-winded, rambling and pointless waste of paper, it memorialized the hate and sociopathic nature of Bill Duby for all to see. It was Bill's way to get to those who had pulled back the curtain and saw a con man in the place of the Great Oz.

He denounced the courageous men and women who told their side of the story. Never directly addressing the questions and issues that were raised but conducted a full assault - calling them :"wolves in sheep's clothing", saying they "desecrate the faith" and they "turned the holy into the unholy"

Within the gated confines of the cult, Bill’s tactics were effective. He got the control over our thoughts and emotions he desired and in fact, he needed. But outside, it was a different matter entirely.

More and more (thanks to the mainstream articles and the cult's own publications), the public began to call into question the practices at the Spiritual Rights Foundation. As soon as one news media made its report, another sprang up. None were flattering. And none has ever been shown to have reported false or incorrect information.

As you know, the Spiritual Rights Foundation has attacked me and Joy for our expose on the practices conducted behind the wrought iron gates. The conduct we have revealed call into question the honesty and true purpose of the Spiritual Rights Foundation and its related organizations.

If their complaints are truthful, the Spiritual Rights Foundation has lost “business” in its Academy for Psychic Studies and its ISHI Hypnosis School.

And, if their complaints are truthful, the loss of “business” at the non-profit religious organization known as the Spiritual Rights Foundation are a direct result of the information I convey in this publication.

Well, my position has always been that it is the practices themselves, the conduct of those who operate the Spiritual Rights Foundation and its related organizations and the persons who carry out the directives of those leaders are the true cause of the demise of SRF and the loss of their “business”.

Apart from the effects of the economy, if SRF has lost "business" due to the information I relate in this blog, that just supports my trust in the strength and intelligence of the public. Unlike the techniques used at SRF, I relate my information and tell the public to decide.

Some who read this blog may disagree.

Most, though, appreciate the opposing opinion and are smart enough to look around elsewhere to vet what is said here and make up their own mind. I don't attack the core belief of SRF - if you want to believe in chakras, auras and spirits dancing around your head, the First Amendment supports your right to do so. So do I. But look deeper at the organization - who know what you will find.

It's not the core beliefs of that organization that are the problem - it is how the organization operates, it's how they carry out their beliefs, it's the carnage they leave behind as they pursue their own agendas.

Mostly, I am at odds with the lack of any sense of responsibility for that destruction and any sense of remorse by those at the Spiritual Rights Foundation. Honestly, I can't tell if they have lost any sense of humanity or if they never had it in the first place. They continue to defend the practices of humiliation, deceit and mind control by blaming the victims. Blaming the victims by saying the incidents seen and experienced were only projections from the spiritually defective minds of the spiritually inadequate.

Of course, it's more forgivable if a person makes a mess without knowing better. And if that same person blames another for the mess, you might understand.

I remember my friend’s four-year-old had just spun himself around the living room, tossing his toys and everything else he could get his little hands on all over the floor. When I asked him how all the toys got there, he replied that a big purple elephant named “Mr. Elephant” was the responsible party. He did help clean up after “Mr. Elephant”, though.

It don’t think SRF will do any cleaning up after their own “Mr. Elephant”.

Instead, they are looking for more big purple elephants to blame for the messes they are leaving behind.

Why didn't they distance themselves from the past? Why not acknowledge the now-deceased pastor of the Spiritual Rights Foundation had problems with his behavior they no longer practice or condone?

It's simple: mind control. Bill had the faithful under such control, no one could make the leap into clarity. Just as Bill Duby's delusions led him to believe he had a relationship with a man who wanted nothing to do with him, Bill's followers can't accept the unacceptable nature of Bill's behavior because of the mind control Bill created.

If you believe Bill practiced mind control, you have to accept that his successors are under mind control as well - even as they perpetuate that same mind control on the faithful few who remain.

That bit purple elephant will be there for a long time, I think. There isn't a soul left at SRF who will dare distance themselves from the past abuses. I believe they won't ever say they will give them up either. If they did, they would have to admit the big purple elephant is standing right there among them.

One Day More!

Hello Readers,


Take a good look at the above picture. It is a still shot of Thénardier and Madame Thénardier from the musical Les Miserables.

Their description from Wikipedia: They are ordinary working class people who blame society for their sufferings. They care nothing for the lives of others and only care about themselves and acquiring money, whether by cheating customers at their inn or robbing people.


Their lyrics are:

Watch 'em run amok,
catch 'em as they fall,
never know your luck
when there's a free for all!

Here a little `dip'.
There a little `touch'.
Most of them are goners
so they won't miss much!

I'm not comparing the Thenardiers to anyone you or I may have encountered. But something about them looks quite familiar.

...who are not to be confused by the blog-writing couple depicted here:

Or this courageous book-writing individual (what's his name again?):
Here's the whole video. You might find more individuals to point out. Let me know who they are.

Steve Sanchez's view on lawsuits

I grabbed this from Steve Sanchez's blog. Although it was written almost three years ago, I think it says it all regarding the absurd lawsuit conducted by the Spiritual Rights Foundation.

Thursday, July 27, 2006

Trauma On Society

I believe our society has become too litigious.

The proliferation of lawsuits and the use of lawyers incites peoples fears and suspicions in a very unhealthy way. It brings out the inclination toward evil in human nature. It is too easy for people to hide behind lawyers and become like vengeful children instead of learning to resolve conflict.

Of course, lawyers are a necessity in our system. They are meant to protect those who are honest. But the system can easily become abused and often is. The legal system is too often used as a tool by the greedy and the vengeful for selfish gain. This breeds a consciousness of fear and conflict which contributes greatly to the stress level of individuals and businesses.

It is well known that there is an enormous amount of money spent on liability insurance and on litigation and lawsuits themselves. Many of these may be necessary, but there is an enormous amount of legal activity which is unnecessary and causes a great burden of stress on individuals and society.

The real solution to this is the universal religious ethic of do unto others as you would have them do unto you - which means to love others as we love ourselves.

Another way to put it is to look after others interest the same as we would look after our own. Such a fair-minded society would help the individual feel safer and freer and therefore more spiritually open.

In my construction and real estate business I never did have a lawsuit against me nor did I present one against anyone else, but there were times when people threatened to do so. The threats always created great anxiety for me.

Forty nine out of fifty jobs were a mutually good experience but those times I ran into difficult people were very disturbing.

In Swedenborg’s theology he presents heavenly life as a state of being where each soul loves the neighbor more than themselves. This is the cause of the ever-growing, eternal happiness of heaven.

On earth we are asked to love the neighbor at least as much as ourselves.

In Churches, which represent heaven on earth, members are trying to practice this and so, I would conjecture, the litigious problem is far less amongst Church members.


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It Never Goes Away - SRF defames Steve Sanchez

I honestly thought the net nazis at the Spiritual Rights Foundation learned their lesson and removed defamatory items from their site.

I realized I am wrong.

Take a look at this link:

http://www.celestia.com/pages/spiritualrightstevesanchez.html

Now, before any of you get the idea I trolled around on the SRF website and dug up that page about Steve Sanchez surreptitiously, guess again. You can get to that page if you Google this:

Steve Sanchez, Spiritual Rights Foundation

Steve Sanchez did report potentially illegal activities to the proper authorities and was considered lucid and reliable enough that investigations were conducted. That's not an issue here.

Because of the allegations made by Steve Sanchez, there WAS probable cause for investigation of Spiritual Rights Foundation in several instances. The only thing the Spiritual Rights Foundation is appalled at was they WERE investigated.

In many of those investigations, the Spiritual Rights Foundation was allowed the opportunity to correct the infractions - like a fix-it ticket. In at least one case (a truancy issue) the school board was not given discovery (by SRF) and as a result, the District Attorney was unable to prosecute.

Instead of owning up to their issues, the Spiritual Rights Foundation decided to kill the messenger. This statement regarding Steve Sanchez was linked to the front page of the official SRF website.

They just pushed this insult to Steve Sanchez front and center to the back page of their web site but forgot about the Google effect. Google indexes everything on the web. That's Google's power, beauty and drawback. A drawback, that is, if you have something on your web site that is potentially embarrassing.

Making personal attacks on a man without foundation is a tactic commonly used at the Spiritual Rights Foundation. They believe Steve Sanchez is mentally ill because he dares to speak truthfully of his experiences at the the cult. And they will call him mentally ill because he dared to print a book about that experience.

I wrote about that earlier in "Back in the USSR". Steve Sanchez isn't the only ex-member of the Spiritual Rights Foundation who's integrity was attacked in false and defamatory ways. Many other people were threatened with assaults on their good name and even with the loss their children or family.

Before you consider attending an organization like the Spiritual Rights Foundation, you might ask yourself some questions. And ask around for the answers.

Just make sure you ask the right questions so you won't wind up on their web site.

The Work Song

The Spiritual Rights Foundation has a farm on Bethel Island. Actually, we THOUGHT there was a Spiritual Rights Foundation farm on Bethel Island. There was a farm all right. It just wasn't owned by SRF.


Nevertheless, we slaved and toiled on it to improve it for the benefit of the church and its people. Digging trenches, building structures, laying plumbing and whatever other physical labor was strongly encouraged and in many cases, demanded from those of us who were formally able-bodied.

For many of us, our weekend time was consumed with project at the celebrated "SRF Farm". They were spending time from Friday evening to Sunday evening providing labor at the farm. And providing their own grub, drink, bedding and paying all of their personal expenses for the honor and privledge of working on your time off.

And before the "farm", we had many opportunities to labor and sweat in the hot sun for the pleasure of sweating in the hot sun. Really. We men were told it was good to work our asses off in the sun so we can sweat out "female energy". We sweat out a lot of other kinds of energy as well. Like the kind that lets us stand and walk.

I was going through my DVD collection. There's a lot of musicals there. None of the old MGM kind or the Rodgers and Hammerstien musicals (although they are gems). Mine are the newer ones from Andrew Lloyd-Webber (Cats, Phantom) and Boubil and Schoenburg (Miss Saigon, Les Miz).


While viewing my Les Miz disc, I saw the below clip that pretty much sums up how I and others felt about our participation at the "SRF" farm.