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ft.laud. seed '82-'85-looking for other seedling survivors
Anonymous:
I'm looking for a friend of mine who was at the seed around the 80's his name was Corky anyone know what happened to him? He was a good friend
Anonymous:
I was there between 82 and 85. The experience was unique. It helped me. But my success does not take away from the fact that the seed was a cult and that its main technique was brainwashing. No matter how you dress it up - it is still brainwashing.
The staff would always say that when you graduate that you can go anywhere and do anything. The problem was that when you graduated the staff would pressure you to stay. The pressure was great. Many people unfortanetly stayed much longer than they should have. The staff were hypocrits and should not have pressured people that obviously looked to them for guidance.
I always found it strange that you had to get permission in order to date. And even to marry. The most strange is the mysterious coincidence that all seed marriages taking place after 86' (which were quite a few) produced no children.
This is just wrong. To manipulate people to force them not to have children should be a crime.
I would like to hear from others who were at the seed around 83, 84, and 85.
Anonymous:
What ever happed to Mary V.?
Anonymous:
I always found it strange that at the end of a beach day, that we all had to sit on the sand, while Art sat on a beach chair. The push to place Art above and before everything else was always apparent and too weird. It still bothers me that the staff and rap leaders would go out of their way to quote Art as if they were quoting Jesus of Nazareth. The program could have been just as effective without trying to make Art an idol which requires constant worship - like they do in the closed off society of North Korea.
I am sure that at the beginning there could have been a genuine desire to help children who turned to drugs. But I would have to agree with others that after 1982, if not sooner, the program was nothing more than a power trip for Art and his inner circle. More later . . . . .
Anonymous:
okay , I know that some of us posting here were at the seed during the same time, I was there from '82-'85. I was the original poster. I am very interested in finding out how others have faired, and to put the past where it belongs , behind us.As a tool to learn from. I don't want to break anyone's anonymity, I will use initials. M.V., N.Z., K.P.,N.?., I am wondering where you are.
IM-AB from '82
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