User talk:Caryez1

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March 2015
Hello, I'm Epicgenius. I noticed that you made a change to an article, New York City Transit Police‎, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Epic Genius (talk) 15:45, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

New York City Transit Police
Hey there, please see WP:INTREF on how to add references. Content that has been challenged or is likely to be challenged must be supported by a source. The information you tried to add is also of questionable relevance to the subject, so I recommend we discuss further on the article talk page where others can chime in. Thanks! &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  15:46, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

March 2015
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at New York City Transit Police, you may be blocked from editing. &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  20:00, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did to New York City Transit Police. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Please add a source for your "revolt" claim. Epic Genius (talk) 22:27, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

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Hello, I'm Jim1138. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Lifespring, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Jim1138 (talk) 09:20, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Re Lifespring
Copied from my talk page to here Jim1138 (talk) 08:19, 19 October 2015 (UTC) I tried to add a reference but had trouble doing it. The reference was from an article written by myself in 1996 called 'yes it was a cult and I helped bring it down" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Caryez1 (talk • contribs) 07:33, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Please keep the conversation on this page. Preface your edit with and sign it with four tildes "~" in the same edit to notify me.
 * You added . Reference 31 was a link to http://www.lifespringnow.com/pages/ctrs.htm I could not understand how that supported your edit.

The Lifespring training generally involved a three-level program starting with a "Basic" training, an "Advanced" breakthrough course, and a 3-month "Leadership Program" which taught the students how to implement what they learned from the training into their lives. In reality, the "Leadership Program" or "LP" as it was referred to was all about enrollment with the sole purpose of an "LP" being to enroll as many people into the trainings as possible. The "LP" program functioned as a highly motivated unpaid sales force meant to fatten Lifespring coffers, and increase enrollment bonuses to the paid leaders.Failure to enroll was met with group embarrassment, and threats of expulsion from the program. During the 3 month "LP" program there were 3 mandatory weekends that the "LP" had to attend. These weekends were so mandatory that Lifespring's attitude was that even if a parent, spouse, or son or daughter died, the "LP" was still expected to be present. The reasoning was that the "LP" made a "commitment" and attending the funeral would not change anything. It would not bring the person back to life. The program ended with the mysterious 3rd weekend. During the weeks leading up to the third weekend, the "LPs" were at times required to do a "stretch" In Lifespring terminology, a stretch was something outrageous that the "LP" would not normally do. It was meant to break barriers and go outside of one's comfort zone. The "LP"s would be broken up into smaller "stretch groups" and sent out to preform their assigned stretch. These stretches sometimes bordered on the illegal: such as having the group photographed riding the lion statues in front of the New York Public Library main branch...or standing in the LIncoln center fountain... on the dangerous...such as finding a biker bar in Greenwich Village...going in dressed in red like a heart..and have the bikers write down their "hearts desire" and on the insane...having a man make a reservation for dinner for two at an upscale restaurant...arrive alone...order for two and spend the evening having a conversation across the table with an invisible dinner partner...and have the invisible dinner partner accept a marriage proposal.

All "LP"s were sworn to secrecy about third weekend. Third weekend the "LP"s were taken away for the weekend to an undisclosed location for a weekend of intensive training. No graduate of the Leadership Program ever discussed with anyone other than someone from their own program where they went or what took place. The secret locations ranged from a luxury ski resort..to a closed rundown sleep away camp. During the third weekend training, there was no negativity...as this was the "LP"s reward for having completed the course. The only other people along were graduate staff members called the "cook crew" and they as well were sworn to secrecy.

Beyond the Leadership Program was the Masters Course.


 * Were you attempting to add another citation? See wp:cite and wp:reliable sources Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 08:19, 19 October 2015 (UTC)