Toally False....this woman is mentally ill!!! Amma is PURE LOVE and you can feel it in her presence...!!!
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The Allegations By Gail Tredwell Are Untrue: A Statement by the Mata Amritanandamayi Devotees Forum, Kerala

The allegations put forth in Gail Tredwells memoir are untrue and are the fabrications of a disturbed mind. It is puzzling that 15 years after leaving Ammas ashram, Ms. Tredwell has decided to self-publish this book, fabricating incidents that supposedly took place as many as 30 years ago.

The truth of the matter is that it was Ms. Tredwell herself who was abusive. Since the publication of her book, other people have come forward to report incidents such as irrational onset of anger and sadistic behavior that have caused them to doubt Ms. Tredwells mental health....(Read more here) ~ [...]
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This woman has gone through a lot.  She's told us stuff that she could have swept under the carpet, but getting peace from broken pieces means being 100% completely honest.  At first I was judgmental of her being a teacher, and not having her act together, but she's human.  She's grown a lot since her beginning Oprah Winfrey days.  I'm proud to witness her journey and exponential growth.  My favorite show these days is "Iyanla, Fix My Life."  It's life altering programming, and I'm glad to witness that as well.  I am being healed and helped.

Thank you for being honest about your daughter's death.  It makes me want to get rid of any resentment that I have towards my mother and be about my own life purpose.

God bless you, Iyanla!  Thank you Gemmia, may your light continue to shine.  Namaste!!!
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A woman who lacks insight into the real woman is incapable of doing much more than telling her "own" story, which does not resonate with most women who have not been surrounded by opportunities on each side.  She thinks very highly of herself, which is fine.  But unfortunately, it also comes across as lacking insight and compassion for women with less opportunity.
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A review that will bring you to tears ,,,,, SHE is like a MOTHER with a baby she has taken her own life and bared her SOUL!!!!  How many could do that , she has imported a movement of woman ! I am one of them , her story is just not a story it's a life of many challenges that SHE BELLA is still standing and reaching to help with her heart OTHERS !! In a world that can be so cruel and judgemental she had the courage to stand up and share her journey ! Post Tramatic Stress is a big deal , child abuse is a big deal but so is SHE!!!! I adore admire and love with my whole heart the fact that's she connected a new movement to help people outside of herself !!!  Humbling and inspiring is what I say !!!!
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Brielle is a very disturbed and battered woman. Since the age of ten she has been mistreated by every man in her life. Her abusive childhood paired with an equally abusive marriage turns her borderline psychotic. When she kills her husband abusive husband and claims self defense, her life is turned upside down. Still, she refuses to allow her legal woes to get the best of her.

This book is a whirlwind of insane emotion. To say that Brielle was crazy would be an understatement. I felt bad for her because she really just wanted to live a normal life with love, children, just have a regular family. However it just seemed to not be in the cards for her. The more I read, the more I realized that this was mainly due to the fact that she sabotaged her own happiness. She allowed stress that she could have walked away from to cause her so much pain that it took three children away. While she blamed those three miscarriages on her late husband, I saw just as much fault on her soldiers. It reminds me of the statement Maya Angelou said, "When someone shows you who they are, believe them." There were so many times where her husband showed her who she was, but instead of being strong enough to walk away, she let the stress accumulate until the point where it eventually caused her to murder him. Still, I enjoyed the book. Aside from the grammar errors it still was well written for the most part. If you enjoy drama, then this is definitely the book for you.
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lovely........ never guess she is a child if not told so.. God has gifted her with a voice to move you and awaken your soul !  If you don't believe me I would be surprised. I am sure there are hundreds of thousands of people that do agree with me...
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Not an easy read-- to absorb the totality of her NDE I had to read the book twice.  Not sure what her definition of her Whole Self vs Self which she defines as the Self in physical form?  On page 64 she says, "Whole Self intentions can veer off course due to the Conscious mind in the physical universe."  Another statement regarding this Whole Self who apparently finds the struggle of human self in body with various afflictions such as blindness, being in the right place at the right time to be blown up as entertaining or funny.  For example; " We joked about the intricate timing necessary to pull of the explosion and the number of intricate experiences that had to be involved in this incident," or "We tried making my physical body totally blind and found that very funny as we project possible challenges into the future within that body (meaning her surviving body).  If you want to check this out for yourself its all on page 76.
  Well Natalie I did not find it "so funny, or terribly amusing!"  I found it the height of disrespect and maybe contempt for the human experience and the real time, real life suffering of some poor soul who has to cope with the disability for the rest of his life.  If I was God I would have fired all these "Higher Beings" they appeared neither "higher nor loving but more  like sadistic, juvenile,power drunk, thrill seekers who were more interested in their Experience than the protection and care of the poor body which is their only vehicle of experience in the physical world.
  This was all rationalized by Sudman's realization that it was only temporary (earth life is short compared to eternity), it wasn't real (only the eternal self is real), the experience was necessary for the Matrix to say they had that experience.  So I guess their are no Guardian Angels here folks and sounds like you can't trust those "higher Beings" who apparently get you to agree to all this.
  I also think Natalie's Self and Whole Self sounded to me a lot like "aware conscious" and "sub conscious" as apparently the aware part can nullify the Whole self's agenda by free will or becoming aware of the content of Whole Self. This did not sound like the Higher Self or Soul Self which is usually reported to be loving, helpful and doing its best to encourage the part of itself in the body.  Most NDE's report this view.  It is well known that the subconscious mind content can either sabotage or facilitate a person's ability to carry out their intent.  Most Spiritual practices are efforts at uncovering this content and changing attitude and behavior to facilitate your becoming a more loving, spiritual person, hence altering your future or life path.
  Regardless of the above I really liked the book, have heard her speak, found her to be a sincere person with a great contribution to the speculations regarding the physical mechanics of how the Universe is run.  The book is the ultimate answer to the question, " So what do you guys do up there all day?"  Page 29 Chapter 3 was one of my favorites and I found the description of the various occupations of Spirit to be fascinating.  Apparently some groups work with healing energies, balance coordination in multi-dimensions, energy traffic flow, and maintenance of energy grids to name a few.
  As a member of IANDS for many years I have read many, many NDE experiences and have to say Sudman's is one of the most interesting and thought provoking I have ever read.  I liked the book and feel it offers an interesting perspective on Sudman's NDE and how it has helped her integrate her experience and go on living and contributing to others after a horrendous attack by terrorists.
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Wow, these people are still peddling the moral superiority of the majority to this day?  I get the impression that the author is frigid to the core in the sense that she is unable to experience pleasure in the body.  By the way, 12 million people in the US alone is a lot of people.  When are they going to finally realise that psychiatry is a farce?
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Having myself accepted Amma as Guru only weeks ago I feel that this kind of controversy suddenly arising so soon is in itself an aspect of grace. I have already been disillusioned and felt personally wounded by my association with several spiritual organisation. This was due to my own codependent tendencies. At the same time I have carried away from all of those organisations invaluable authentic Spiritual knowledge and experience that is the foundation and salvation of my life. I feel complete trust that ultimately the truth will be revealed whether I like it or not because that is what I have asked for not from an organisation or a doctrine but from the infinite Love which my heart chooses to believe is the essence of life itself. Ultimately every face is the face of God and all experiences are Guru. I love you Mother may all your children be at peace, happy and in Love.
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Been here.  Did this myself - I didn't write a book, but fell in with a bad therapist who eventually induced MPD and false memories within me, among many other of his patients.  By the time I discovered my mental illness was created within therapy and had to face my trusted doctor's betrayal of trust, I became cemented in shock and despair.  I was ashamed too. There weren't any books out to debunk this thing when I became ill.  I am grateful that more and more are surfacing now though.  I hope you found healing in your writing Meredith - as well as comfort in the knowledge you're helping others.  Thank you.
Post Script.  Please be aware that anon's marketing campaign remains grossly inaccurate.
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It happens I know a little bit about the factual events this movie is loosely based on. In particular, Phaedra was a sane and nurturing mother to her daughter in the years leading up to her end. She was surely depressed and lonely at times, but she was not crazy.  I hope that people can have more compassion and not call her crazy.
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Truly, mental illness is a common struggle, and the willingness of people to "come out" about it is heroic.  I remember when speaking about reproductive illness was taboo, to say nothing about homosexuality. Openness is a healer in itself!
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Sexual abuse has no boundaries when it comes to taking over a victims life. No one can foresee how a victim is going to respond after having been stripped down to the bases part of themselves. Belinda had no role model. From the beginning of her life there was no one there to guide her into a future not filled with pain. Even if her mother had lived, because of the lifestyle she was living it was more probable than not that at some point in her tender early years of life she would have become the object of someone's demented life. Her life was never her own from the beginning. As a victim of sexual abuse myself, I can emphasize with her. No one can ever determine how the mind will react trying to shield itself from pain. My crazy could be someone else's normal. Belinda's abuse of her child was a manifestation of her mental instability, confusing humanity with ownership. She felt her child, since being a product of a rape, (the final straw that "broke the Camel's back") in a series of rapes was her "prize" to do whatever she wanted to do to him. As warped as it may seem, society has created this monster through constant victimization of the victim. Is there no one out there to help before it comes to this!
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Loved her acting-superb!  But her character was missing a few rings in the evolutionary cycle of maturity on many levels.  Sexual passion should be bridled and tamed & when it is not, you have people DISREGARDING their own husbands and wives and children and marriages, culminating through pedophilia, pornography, beastiality, and all kinds of imbalances.  Her husband WAS NOT to blame - it was only she for signing up to be treated like a help instead of PROUDLY taking care of her family by CHOICE. She let her own denied passion(s) get out of control by not LISTENING TO HER OWN INNER WISDOM.  Who forced her to marry him? I don't care what label you put on him.  She debased herself to basic "crack-head" antics thru the way she ending her marriage with no rationality.  She could have intelligently gotten herself a divorce attorney ONLY AFTER giving her husband & family some emotional time to deal with her sporatic decision.  She could have given herself more time to evaluate this new lover of hers before deciding after 2-3 great sex episodes that she MUST throw her eggs in one basket and foolishly impact so many lives.

Woman do deny and rob THEMSELVES of far too much for the sake of having a man (penis) then they want to turn it around and blame the man for not allowing them to be WHOLE.  That's something only you can give yourself.  THERE WERE SO MANY OTHER OPTIONS-but she let her sexual impulses lead the way and someone ended up dead.  She made the wrong choice.

If Ivan couldn't perform SEXUALLY all this would not have happened---so for 2-3 sexscapades-you kill the father of your children.  And then we have those romantics....I won't even go there.
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Watching the movie now. Have seen it before tho. So thought I would look up this book for taking care of an aging Mother. However, she does not have dementia just getting very old. 91.  Lives at home alone but has just recently decided she doesn't like to drive much anymore even tho she still can with no accidents.  Will not go anywhere. ANYWHERE! Will not call me on the phone...her kids must always call her then get crap if they don't.  I just don't sometimes get the thinking of someone that old bc she is very very stubborn. I cannot deal with her.  I think she needs antidepressants bc she is depressed but would never admit it. Guess I need the book. How do you make an older person go to the Dr when they know they should but they won't!  She has a death wish for herself I know! Thank you for letting me vent!
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It goes from a young girl in love to a  young women in love.
It makes you wonder how sick is her mother to not be able to
Do any housework at all.  Is this a ruse or is it real?
I think she is just using her daughter and living the care free life.
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I wonder, does this writer have anything positive to say about Princess Diana? She is gone, why attempt to tarnish her memory.  She paints her as mentally ill, border line this, border line that. God, we all have some  sort of Personality Disorder, and it really hurt to read this. Princess  Diana cannot defend herself, let us just have our memories, Please!