Recruitment reports and those who thrive after leaving …

I love fall and it’s feeling like fall, here in the Boston area. So happy almost fall and … I want to quickly address a few things:

1) first and foremost, thank those who contributed to the crowdfunding for Cult Confessions: the CD! I now have enough $$$, to finish the recording and producing and get this thing out.

2) I will be piloting Cult Confessions: the Presentation! for feedback, discussion & suggestions on 12/11. Please let me know if you’re interested in attending the pilot run.

3) a fellow evil “disgruntled ex-student” observed  “school” recruitment activity in Central Square, Cambridge recently — just a couple of essence friends, out to “make new friends”, probably hanging out in front of 7 Stars Bookstore, accosting random people on the street with some kind of “book project”, or such. We don’t know the details, but I’m sure it’s just another version of the same old tactic: fabricate a reason to engage a stranger in conversation. Pretend like you’ve just met a “new friend” and obtain contact info … pursue, patiently. Anyway, Boston-branch “disgruntled(s)” might want to be on the lookout.

4) A fellow “disgruntled” & “ex-classmate” told me recently that he plans on spending Christmas in Paris, France. I said, “What a shame when you could be in Billerica, planning a Christmas party! Finding Robert the perfect chair; ignoring your family, while you squeeze Christmas party plan and prep into every moment in between work & ‘class’, to the detriment of everything else.”

When we left the hallowed halls, we ruined our lives! I could be cleaning houses, scrambling around on a never-ending job search, failing as a barista and getting divorced right now. Instead, my marriage is intact; I’m recording a CD, writing a book, loving my work & life. What a shame. Did I say what a shame, yet?

I would really love to hear other stories of such post-“school” doom & gloom … what happened to you when you cut yourself off from “the source”?
Most of the ex-“students” I know started to thrive. That’s not to say it has been easy; but it is to say that we “needed ‘school'” like we need a bullet in the head.

Ok, done now. Thanks for reading and I wish you a happy Friday! GSR

6 thoughts on “Recruitment reports and those who thrive after leaving …

  1. EllieB. says:

    Hi,
    I rented a studio w/ my “formerly spent on tuition” money!

    How happy am I?

    I am dancing!

    • The Gentle Souls Revolution says:

      Congrats, Ellie B! Gosh, you could be giving all of that money to Queen Sharon; funding her next redecorating project. What a shame. 🙂

      Enjoy that studio!

  2. EllieB. says:

    Why the sarcasm?

  3. The Gentle Souls Revolution says:

    1) Sarcasm aside: I’m sincerely happy for you & your school-free life.

    2) I am almost always snarky and sarcastic when I write – the last three paragraphs in the above post, point #4, are dripping with sarcasm. That sarcasm is directed at “school’s” Blog Monitors — who might want to ask themselves what they would do with their time if they weren’t charged with reading this blog. I feel confident that there are things they’d rather be doing. That sarcasm is not directed at readers or commenters, like you.

    3) it seems that sarcasm doesn’t work for you. So I’ll repeat, without the snark, congrats on the studio. I’m happy for you that you’ve escaped the con-job that used to call itself “school”. I do hope that you revel in it, as you reclaim your life and talent.

    • EllieB. says:

      Thank you. The sarcasm and sideways sneers and such are part of the reason I left. The blog monitors may get more from seeing that many of us have soberly and happily moved on. That’s just my feeling. I don’t hate any of them anymore. I just feel sorry for them. Life outside is miraculous! And I wish they could get that! I wish they could see that their teachers are the wolves of little red riding hood, the old witch in Hansel and Gretle, the sleazy coachman in Pinnocchio-making false promises that turn boys into donkeys. That their teachers build them up and tear them down to keep control over them, and destroy them when they need more money, belittling them until they fork over 401k, savings, sell their houses, etc. The TRUTH will set us free. It worked for me.

  4. The Gentle Souls Revolution says:

    Hi, again:

    ” The blog monitors may get more from seeing that many of us have soberly and happily moved on. That’s just my feeling. ”

    You make a good point and I hope that the Blog Monitors can glean that benefit from your happy and more gentle voice. I can’t dredge up that much compassion, yet. Maybe with more time, I will no longer be angry about all the lies and deception. I’m not there yet.

    ” Life outside is miraculous! And I wish they could get that! …The TRUTH will set us free. ”

    Yes! The TRUTH set you free, it set me free. It could set them all free. I’d like to see that some day.

    Thanks, for posting and sharing your news! As they say in Yoga, Namaste. GSR

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