Across All Tribes

Greed Doesn’t Belong In Safe Places

A few years ago I attended some self improvement workshops. I assumed these were looking out for my best interest. I got a lot of value out of one in particular. I remember before an event signing a disclosure agreement. This is understandable. I had been to a few of their events and had no reason to believe it would be an issue. Essentially upon signature, you are agreeing to their ‘methods.’

The workshop went as planned and was led by skilled facilitators. Gathering women together and keeping a safe, inclusive, open, harmonious and productive environment requires advanced leadership skills and an entire chakra alignment.

I continued to enjoy these types of events. I was invited to one and signed a similar agreement clause.

I believe a great leader will encourage you to access your own intuition and not leave you believing that the answer lies outside of you.

I had declined an invitation to attend a very expensive workshop. It felt like attending these things was often productive but taking me away from what I wanted to spend time on. The heat turned way up in my life and got out of my control. Things got ugly. After a series of unfortunate events, I was trying to regain my footing and ‘walk’ again. I believed that I needed a ‘tribe’ or ‘community’ for protection. This led me to seek out another workshop and pay for a very expensive one. I was hoping to make some connections. I did, not the kind I thought I would make. It just reaffirmed what I learned previously, what I needed was inside. I was happy to get out of that competitive environment. I started to notice that people were repeating the same words and phrases as the organizer. I found this very odd. It reminded me of when I was young and observed the children repeating what their parents would say.

I thought about what I had signed in order to attend this event. Did I unknowingly agree to have my cookies tracked, my internet history explored? And how far did this go? When I agreed to access my phone, did that include my photos and videos? Did I agree to my intellectual property? What ‘data’ on myself was I agreeing to reveal?

In trying to fix the problem, did I make it worse?

Always read the fine print, they say. The issue I see is one doesn’t know what agreeing to one’s photo access means. We believe, at least I do, that one is agreeing only to this moment or meeting. What about the third party? I recently was given the option to look at an apartment that was asking me to give access to my photos!! (To verify my identity, of course…..) Right, Trust the process, they say. Who are ‘they’ anyway?

It is truly genius for a dark lord to lurk in a ‘safe place’ and catch the most vulnerable. Consider in an improvement environment the methods of healing. Do they require you to spill your guts, leaving you vulnerable? If you share your signs, your traumatic experiences, your current issues, your relationship issues, you have just given that person the keys to unlock your algorithm. This can be used to pull you in any direction, north, south, east or west.

I fully confirm that I no longer agree to any document I have signed that may give any person, community, church or entity access to my data, intellectual property and private property or to stalk me in any way.

I no longer consent to any ‘self improvement’ methods other than of my own doing.

I do not consent to any type of stalking.