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That's understandable... ...going by your 10 year active involvement yet being unaware of such awful things happening to some folks, I would venture to say you were never in the way corps program. The general flow of information is from the top down – from the top brass at HQ down and out to the general TWI-public via the Way Tree...depending on variations in personality and management styles there might be some filtering, buffering, reinterpretation and tweaking of the info sometimes...and if you were real lucky maybe you've got some disenchanted leader in your area who just might give you the real scoop on something...it's a longshot but it could happen ...Unless one is privy to the inner workings of The Way International, inquiring minds will have to sift through the noise, bull$hit and obfuscation from rumors, prognostications, blame-shifting, “situation reports”, spiritualizing, propaganda, pseudo-significance and general hubbub that flows downstream from TWI-headquarters... ...the informative value of knowing what really makes TWI tick cannot be overstated – and that's something known only to the people who actually work for it – I'm not referring to just TWI-salaried workers but non-salaried workers as well, like myself who were way corps and had to work a secular job to support our “bad habit” of working for a sleazeball cheapskate ministry in our “spare time” - running twigs, branches, classes, taking time off from secular jobs to work at the R.O.A. and corps week and any other super-duper hyped-up event that the top dogs deemed was necessary for way corps to work at...I'm sure a lot of non-salaried way corps workers were gung ho like me during their secular career(s) – having TWI's agenda at the top of the list of priorities in choosing any job...in other words the number one stipulation in considering any job was that schedule-wise it should accommodate my desire to participate in ministry classes, fellowships, large group events and programs...and think of what that looks like to an employer – so great, you're a hard worker and honest, but it always seems like you're working this side job so you have some money for your real passion of playing church - and news flash: it's not even a real church ... this inside look of TWI was discussed recently here and here ...geez - if you saw what actually goes into making the way corps you'd probably run for the hills - because of the phony ingredients - there's nothing Christian or biblical about it - you could slap all the Christian and biblical sounding labels on any of the curriculum you want to...at best it's almost Christian in appearance...maybe you've seen the SNL commercial spoof Almost Pizza ...yeah - it's weird like that. Coming to Grease Spot – it's like Paul Harvey use to say “...and now you know the rest of the story...good day!”

The ability to deceive yourself is crucial to the kind of group cohesion TWI tried to cultivate. Trick enough people into deceiving themselves, each believing that no one else is deceiving themselves, and you have mass delusion as cult paste! That's why it was so necessary for them to get as many of us as possible to speak in tongues at the same time, and for TWI to be the people who taught us how to do it. The notion that you faked it is easy for you to believe. The notion that everyone faked it is harder for you to accept, because now you're thinking evil of people, and thinking evil is a big no-no, don't ya know. Most people think too highly of their critical thinking skills to even begin to entertain the notion that they might have participated in their own duping.

I now DO know that a recording was made. It's not the most dynamic presentation (to put it mildly). Here it is.

Good morning, GreaseSpotters! This is Charlene chiming in thank Rocky for posting this link to what is in fact my FINAL public talk. For what I say about that: Visit: Charlene's Last Public Cult Talk | Charlene L. Edge (charleneedge.com) I'm here also to thank Pawtucket for risking so much, giving so much, putting up with so much as he's hosted this venue for so many years. Aren't we lucky we can meet here to share our stories, get info, and offer each other support! Cheers to you, brave ones!