When we got there, we had to punch a secret code to be let in the driveway. Inside the building, we went to the class. The room looked like the QVC set (the shopping channel), except with weird church-y alters. Bright white light shining on the cheap-looking alter and a nice middle-aged lady with make-up (who could be a QVC lady). There were books underneath the chairs in front of us, like Catholic Church. The five of us coming doubled the number of people in the room.
The lesson was on the violet flame, which is a flame of protection you can visualize in many situations (pretty much for whatever you want, as much as you want) that is found in many teachings/lineages. I basically just stated all you need to know about the violet flame, but I had to listen to a lot of bologna to get this information.
My intuition did not like it at all; it was boring and I was creeped out. Since I was bored, my overactive imagination took off and I started thinking things like, "I shouldn't drink the water, maybe it has brainwashing drugs in it" and "What if they don't let us go? What if they try to eat us?" I used to think things like that all the time when I was a child, especially on the special occasions when we had to go to Catholic Church for baptisms and weddings. They really didn't resonate with me and I would start to get kind of paranoid.
What can I remember about specifics--The Ascended Masters and all that were not nearly as cool as they sounded, they were kind of boring and creepy. They are reincarnated people like Francis Bacon and certain kings and maybe Christopher Columbus (I hope I misunderstood the last point; Columbus was a horrible person). The decrees were chants, and not fun chants like in kirtan. This was more like the creepy kind chanting, though you are supposed to put your heart into it. Torchbearers get to go to special meetings and you have to pay. If you can't pay, Saint Germaine will still appreciate you, but you can't go to the special meetings. You have three selves, the earth self, the Christ-self (really doesn't resonate with me), and the I AM PRESENCE. There are electrons, but not the scientific ones, they are different (why do they use that word then?). Some Ascended Master said members of the church get 30,000 angels at their disposal. Basically they have bizarre literal teachings which incorporate some universal truths.
The people with me loved it. And they kept asking questions, so we didn't get home until late. I am tired of it, no Shabbat ceremony for me tonight, I need to do my own thing. I don't get why they liked it. I thought about embracing it, but my intuition really screamed at me not to. I never ignore it when it screams, it is never wrong in those cases. I think they are nice people with a weird cult-y teaching and I must never go back.
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One thing I liked is that we stopped by a chain grocery on the way back and we were looking at the magazines in the check-out line--very bizarre and amusing after being at the Tree for so long. And one companion pointed to a bunch of magazines and said, 'I like these!' He was pointing to a magazine with fruit, and a bunch with smiling people on the front ("Jennifer Aniston in love!" or whatever). It was so cool how he looked beyond the bizarre headlines and just saw the nice part.
And then we bought our bananas and avocado and went home. Where I had rich chocolate pie someone made, with cacao, cacao butter, coconut butter, goji, fresh blueberries, and lots of agave. Perfect comfort food for grounding after such a weird experience.
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