Comments on: James Ray charged in 3 sweat lodge deaths http://thenewschronicle.com/james-ray-charged-3-sweat-lodge-deaths/020402987/ Not your ordinary news. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: johncurtis http://thenewschronicle.com/james-ray-charged-3-sweat-lodge-deaths/020402987/comment-page-1/#comment-702 johncurtis Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:25:57 +0000 http://thenewschronicle.com/?p=2987#comment-702 It's easy to vilify Mr. Ray and applaud his arrest! Now, at least, he will be tried in court and made to face the consequences of his actions... but what of the REST of the self-help "industrial complex?"<br> <br>I respectfully submit that we (consumers and producers of self-help) establish the “Association of Self-Help Professionals” or whatever name seems most appropriate to elevate the professional and protect the public.<br> <br>All that is lacking now is the motivation and leadership. If you consider yourself a self-help expert OR if you are a consumer of self-help products, I urge you to consider working together to turn the Sedona Sweat Lodge deaths into a legacy that salutes the virtuous work of the earliest self-help experts like Napoleon Hill, Norman Vincent Peale and Dale Carneige, honors the efforts of legitimate, self-help professionals of today, and turns the deaths of those who died in the Sedona Sweat Lodge... Liz Neuman, Kirby Brown and James Shore into a legacy for the betterment of the self-help profession and society.<br> <br>Any help you can provide in this regard would be greatly appreciated!<br> <br>John Curtis, Ph.D.<br>Americans Against Self-Help Fraud<br><a href="http://www.selfhelpfraud.com" rel="nofollow">www.selfhelpfraud.com</a><br> <br>"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it" - George Bernard Shaw It's easy to vilify Mr. Ray and applaud his arrest! Now, at least, he will be tried in court and made to face the consequences of his actions… but what of the REST of the self-help “industrial complex?”

I respectfully submit that we (consumers and producers of self-help) establish the “Association of Self-Help Professionals” or whatever name seems most appropriate to elevate the professional and protect the public.

All that is lacking now is the motivation and leadership. If you consider yourself a self-help expert OR if you are a consumer of self-help products, I urge you to consider working together to turn the Sedona Sweat Lodge deaths into a legacy that salutes the virtuous work of the earliest self-help experts like Napoleon Hill, Norman Vincent Peale and Dale Carneige, honors the efforts of legitimate, self-help professionals of today, and turns the deaths of those who died in the Sedona Sweat Lodge… Liz Neuman, Kirby Brown and James Shore into a legacy for the betterment of the self-help profession and society.

Any help you can provide in this regard would be greatly appreciated!

John Curtis, Ph.D.
Americans Against Self-Help Fraud
http://www.selfhelpfraud.com

“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it” – George Bernard Shaw

]]>