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No matter how many times TWI attempts to dress-up their image, inwardly they are full of all uncleanness, hypocrisy and iniquity. Matthew 23:27,28 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. https://www.theway.org/blog/power-for-abundant-living-today/ Another iteration of the PFAL class. No matter how many times TWI staff tries to collaborate efforts on foundational constructs and principles, they continue to fail. They are blinded by self-importance and a haughty spirit of pride that obstructs them from a spiritual relationship with the Lord. 1. Power for Abundant Living (1967). Wierwille plagiarized wholesale from B.G. Leonard (stolen class) 2. PFAL '77. Wierwille attempted to update this class in 1977 (failed) 3. Way of Abundance and Power Class (1996). Martindale's attempt. A class filled with sport analogies and jockstrap ego. (crash & burn) 4. WAP Class Update (2004 ?). Three Amigos teach sections. Still has the lingering effects and questions of Craig Martindale's presidency and cover-up. 5. Power for Abundant Living Today (2022). Shiny and new. Makes it looks like twi is actually doing something rather than just serving refried teachings over and over again. Notice all the young frumpy staffers in the picture who worked on this class. Remind you of anyone? For twenty years, Greasespot Cafe has exposed wierwille's malignant narcissism, lies and deceptions. Standing at the podium, wierwille displayed talent in homiletics and swaying an audience. But when it came to his manner of life, faith, purpose, charity, purpose[ I Timothy 3:10 ] --- wierwille's message was hollow. He was a counterfeit. He was a false teacher. Even his speaking in tongues was ridiculously repetitive. Nor was he able to walk by those nine manifestations of the spirit that he touted in pfal. By grafting teachings, concepts and truths from genuine ministers thru the years, wierwille talked a good game.....but couldn't live it. Also, he had enablers and an inner circle of yes-men to amplify his every action and quell dissent. That's what mystified the youth for so many years. We were railroaded into believing this echo chamber and wierwille-mystique. All of our critical thinking skills were short circuited and groupthink was twi's "renewed mind" status quo. The heavy-handed centralized messaging and control is unmistakable. The bureaucratic machinery at headquarters is attempting, once again, to keep people involved (sending in ABS) and from asking too many questions. Activity is the name of the game. Keep 'em busy going to classes. After all, going to classes and supporting classes is "moving the Word" in twi's lexicon. The outreach on the field is DEAD. Whole states might have two or three twigs......if that. Stagnant religious ritual has replaced any youthful vitality that was once there. Field corps have been exiting for over 40+ years. Twi funnels the vast majority of abs-monies to hq and will NOT support limbs. If salaries and wages are given, it's meager at best. The pyramid scam will only support those in the uppermost seats. Does CEO Donna Martindale expect this new class be a catalyst for outreach going forward? Doubtful. But then.....twi doesn't really need a groundswell of growth and outreach to keep their non-profit status intact. $68 Million is a lot of walk-around-money for the grifters who are served by the underlings. They just need the activity to *appear* consistent with them being able to dip into the kitty of that non-profit facade to keep in good standing with the IRS. LOL This new class hits all the right buttons......1) Adds new buzz in twi, 2) Puts Craig Martindale further in the rear-view mirror, 3) Shines up the whited sepulchre again, 4) Keeps the staff and plebeians busy, and now 5) Donna, Rosalie and Marcia can slip away for fine dining and shopping. Aww....it's good to be Queen.

When the 6th PLAF-iteration comes out......"The Teacher" will be a holographic-image of wierwille sitting behind his desk. That way.....it will not need to be updated whenever someone exits twi.

"Balls!", cried the Queen. "If I had to, I could be King." And the Jester laughed because he had to.

Heh...me too.

Well, then we need some traveling music.

So even reading Wikipedia on Gurdjieff is enlightening. A Russian philosopher. His approach is similar to a Buddhism concept of enlightenment. The idea being waking sleeping people. I will say that this is the first time I have ever heard a philosophy from an obscure Russian philosopher used as an excuse for why a clergyman could not control his anger or his mouth.

Great point and I appreciate the feedback! I was a little wordy and could have been more concise. I did mean to say it that way to emphasize the need for adoration by some way corps. So while way corps are safe and free to leave at anytime, many of them (from my own personal relationships and from being way corps) will not leave because they will "lose their precious" - and that is a position of authority with an audience. So for a group of them to all leave at once and start a new splinter; they safeguarded their positions.