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arthur chappell

"Mustn't grumble."

Gender
Male
Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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Profile Style
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Age
46
Last Active
Over 3 months
Member Since
Feb 8, 2007
Music
Everything from Beethoven to the Beatles and beyond
Movies
All kinds, Star Wars , Casablanca, Laurel & Hardy, horror, SF , comedy, etc
My Best Features
Wry smile, sense of humour
What I'm Into
civil war re- enactment, reading, writing, performance poetry, relationships, beer
arthur chappell's URL
http://tagged.com/arthurchappell
arthur chappell Says...
Born in Manchester England on 9/2/1962. Arthur has a degree in literature and philosophy. Arthur was brainwashed into a cult, The Divine Light Mission, aka Elan Vital, which he escaped from in 1985. He writes to prove that he is more than just a victim, Arthur has several articles, poems and stories in print as well as a website www. arthurchappell.clara.net/ contents.htm and he issued a very successful audio CD, Bard For Life of his poetry He has also produced a book of poetry and short stories, Dreams Take Flight. Arthur is a member of the Sealed Knot English Civil War Re -enactment Society, http: //www.thesealedknot.org.uk /members/index.asp which he serves as a pikeman on the field of battle. arthur@chappell7300. freeserve.co.uk http:// www.myspace.com/56954240
My Dreams
to travel, to be remembered for my writing - to fall in love
 
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LadyStormAnnieDesertHeat

Dec 27, 2007 9:30 pm 

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Ann Corbett

Apr 7, 2007 9:07 am 

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Ann Corbett

Mar 21, 2007 3:55 pm 

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HEY, DROP BY SOMETIME SO I CAN READ YER WORK! LOL HUGS

Ann Corbett

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Ann Corbett

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I usually leave messages in the message section just for privacy. No, i don't write anything that ALL my friends can not read if they just ask. but maybe you might wish it so. any way ya can delete what you want any way! bye for now! HUGS!!

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JOURNAL

youtube footage of the cult i escaped from.

Feb 11, 2007, 3:53 am

I've covered my  Divine Light Mission (aka Elan Vital) cult years (1981-85) at
www.arthurchappell.c lara.net/brainwashin g.htm  Here however are some
Youtube snippets about their  'Living Messiah (not!) and his followers
that might  be of interest to many of you too.

http://www.youtu be.com/watch?v=_WYNx It1Pf0  The main meditation
techniques - These are a closely regarded secret in the cult - but here
is some old film of followers cheerfully  demonstrating them on camera.

http://www.yo utube.com/watch?v=O- KVQKx4spM&mode=relat ed&search= Words of rambling wisdom from the Master himself - Guru Maharaji - aka - Prem Pal Rawat Sing speaks - hard to imagine I found him so charismatic at all - actually  just meandering and boring shrill and squeaky.

http://www.y outube.com/watch?v=_ hoFU3XbMm0&mode=rela ted&search= A security guard in Maharaji's service declaring that  he  no longer has
to think - Sums it up better than I could

http://www.yout ube.com/watch?v=vSaP YEmbQZs&mode=related &search= Of all my observations on the cult, the one that draws the most increduality is
the statement that I, and others, used to queue up literally in our
thousands to kiss our  Guru's feet  at a ceremony caled Darshan - here is
some film footage of a Darshan taking place.  

Best wishes, Arthur Chappell.

Anna Nicole Smith RIP

Feb 10, 2007, 4:10 pm

www.arthurchappell.c lara.net/anna.nicole .smith.htm  My views on the media hype surrounding the death of the Playboy star and controversial actress.

 
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