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Sev's avatar

Not a character assassination at all, just calling a spade a spade. It’s time to call these things out! Thank you for sharing your thoughts so articulately 👏

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Joëlle Beck Smith's avatar

I couldn't agree more! If these public figures aren't going to hold themselves to high standards of behaviour and be accountable, someone has to do it for them. Thank you for your support Sev x

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Sev's avatar

I love how you write! Happy to see you here & grateful for how you share truth so beautifully x

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Talie — Very Freqy Girl®'s avatar

As someone who has never identified with any of the that Austin New Age cult lore, but is in the “field” of quantum curiosity and expansion, he’s total false light and ego’d out. He and his crew are all part of an older paradigm that’s gunna burst along with Joe Dispenza and his lot— it’s all about becoming self-sourced, no one needs to listen to Aubrey to get “guidance from Isis”, its spiritually narcissim hierarchical heresy.

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Joëlle Beck Smith's avatar

I've been listening to a number of trusted sources in this space who are saying the same thing.. The false mimicry is being exposed and the old paradigm is being dismantled. Love and echo everything you said!

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Talie — Very Freqy Girl®'s avatar

Well I’ll say that false light is very present in the field and discernment is key. I actively clean up people who have worked with him— likley from his admittance that he works with Aliens, or that he has also said he made an agreement that if he healed many year ago he would be loyal to whatever him helped with that. He is part of an old paradigm— and we’re ALL thankful for his contribution, but he needs to clean up. But people need to learn on their own. I trust that if you were guided to listen to him there’s a reason.

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Talie — Very Freqy Girl®'s avatar

Grateful 🥹

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Kenzie's avatar

I’m so intrigued by your comment and would love to hear more! Can you tell me more about your thoughts on Joe Dispenza and why his paradigm is going to burst? Asking because I JUST started listening to some interviews with him.

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Joëlle Beck Smith's avatar

I'll leave Talie to comment on Joe, however I definitely recommend checking out Christof Melchizedek. He has a great Youtube channel and covers in great depth how the paradigm is shifting and the subsequent collapse of all the false spiritual mimicry.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ndqONIJsxiU

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Talie — Very Freqy Girl®'s avatar

Unfortunately he’s not a clear channel— consumed. So is Joe. I know bc I’ve had to clean up people who have worked with them both. But people have to learn.

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Joëlle Beck Smith's avatar

Really what did you have to clean up with them specifically and by what mechanism were they effected by christof?

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Shayna Meyer's avatar

So perfectly said ! I have also had the same long term journey with Aubrey, from enjoying his work to feeling something is very, very off. You encompassed my feelings EXACTLY and you are right - it is GROSS!!!

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Joëlle Beck Smith's avatar

Gross was the most apt way to label it 😂 thank you lovely Shayna x

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Elise G's avatar

I’ve had the “ick” with Aubrey for a while now. I particularly felt it in a podcast of a coaching session he sat in on with Vylana and Peter Crone. My intuition could pick up on his lack of sincerity and true care for Vylana. And in seeing social media posts of their activities, he did not take on board anything that was going on for her in that session. Thank you so much for calling this out. I think you are merely confirming what so many have felt for a long time.

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Joëlle Beck Smith's avatar

I couldn’t agree more. In the most recent interview I was just waiting for him to reach out and console Vylana when she was breaking down and it was as if he was just completely disconnected from her pain.. it hurt to witness.

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Hayz's avatar

I also unfollowed him a while back when I felt the ICK too! Energy doesn't lie and people like this need to be told sit down & STFU. You articulated this situation beautifully 🌺

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Joëlle Beck Smith's avatar

YES! Energy doesn’t lie, especially to the sensitive and attuned who relate to spirituality from a grounded place, not from delusion. 🙏🏻🩷

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Dominique's avatar

Good on you for speaking up about this! Maybe self styled gurus shy away from doing the real inner work - the hard stuff, facing honesty, integrity and responsibility head on. Hopefully his followers can see through the deception and power trip. He ought to travel back in time and ask for an audience with Socrates to learn about Know Thyself.

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Joëlle Beck Smith's avatar

Well said mama x

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Samaya's avatar

Yes!! I also unfollowed him, and many others, a while back. I've been having this conversation with a close friend of mine and I'm so relieved and grateful to see that we're not the only ones feeling this! This year is the ending of a cycle and with it I see the unmasking of so many people who have influence in the world.

Thank you for calling this out, it is important to examine those in positions of power and that is what you're doing here - no character assassination, just bringing awareness to some serious red flags. My heart goes out to those two powerful women in his life and any vulnerable people among his 'followers'.

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Joëlle Beck Smith's avatar

It definitely seems to be the majority who are feeling this way, which was also so relieving for me to see. As soon as the podcast started I immediately thought “tell me no one is buying this!”. I also find the words follow and followers so interesting. There’s something disenfranchising about that too for me 🤔

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Ben's avatar

Years of “healing” and “sacred plant medicine” to be like: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wFFMS30iPFs

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Joëlle Beck Smith's avatar

For real 😂😂😂

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Dharma Plus Dissent's avatar

I stopped following him years ago after the car crash that fucked up his face. But yes, dude is suspect.

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Joëlle Beck Smith's avatar

Suspect indeed.. popcorn at the ready as we watch all these "spiritual" celebrities start to be exposed and dethroned!

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Craig's avatar

Yeah when he said "it happened *for him*" I was like nah... he clearly supplemented himself into a blackout, damn near died, and pretended it was a gift instead of a cautionary tale.

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Dharma Plus Dissent's avatar

Just fully incapable of processing reality as it is without sugar coating everything

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Craig's avatar

Word. Also, his book makes excuses for eating chocolate and drinking red wine.

It's okay to just enjoy both for what they are. It's an odd psychology that feels the need to justify such things, like everything has to be "good for you."

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Joëlle Beck Smith's avatar

Yes, it would be a very different conversation if he just owned his actions and said I want to sleep with multiple women and can't be faithful to just my wife. At least there would be integrity and real honesty in that, not this false delusional truth he parades!

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Craig's avatar

Word.

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Amber Trimble's avatar

Team Vylana!

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Joëlle Beck Smith's avatar

Team choose a man who chooses you (and only you) ❤️

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Leïla Joy's avatar

i appreciated your level-headed, balanced, and rational/intelligent breakdown of this, especially with the hysterics and emotional responses it's generated on both sides of the coin. your meme choice and "stallion of eros" excerpt also made me actually snort, lol. unpopular opinion but—I would argue that child molesters, domestic violence perpetrators, rapists, gang members, and cult leaders alike are also all very much "living their truth", which obviously does not equate to morally sound or justifiable standards of behaviour. i also agree wholeheartedly that spirituality/divine downloads are perhaps the best scapegoat out there for "grounding" and justifying behaviour that is narcissistic or somewhat delusional, esp. to those of us who like to stay open-minded to the unseen world + quantum realities. how many atrocities have been committed "for the greater good", by people who genuinely convinced themselves they were acting from a righteous place?

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Joëlle Beck Smith's avatar

I love when people appreciate my writing, but when someone appreciates my meme selection, that just hits something deep 😂 thanks Leila 🙏🏻

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Laura Hayes's avatar

I only made it an hour through the podcast, absolutely insane behaviour. Great article

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Joëlle Beck Smith's avatar

Insane is absolutely right! The delusion is next level. Thank you Laura ❤️

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Erica's avatar

One of the best articles I’ve read on spiritual narcissism. So clear and articulate. I’ve encountered this is in a few “spiritual” spaces and it’s important to understand when it’s happening. Especially if you’re being manipulated to “savior-seek”. One upside - these kinds of experiences are teaching us to hone our intuitive skills, to trust our innate ability to be clear on what’s true and what’s not, and not abandon ourselves for the sake of anyone else. Thanks so much for taking the time to speak to this.

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Joëlle Beck Smith's avatar

Absolutely! Very important to see the gift in this kind of behaviour, not just the harmful impact. Thank you so much for reading and for your kind words Erica 🩷

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Eleven's avatar

Yes! 🙌🏼

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Joëlle Beck Smith's avatar

🙏🏻❤️

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Kade's avatar

I really appreciate this perspective, Joëlle!

My partner and I have discussed potentially opening up our relationship for various reasons, but I always double back on the decision because I think it ultimately would be me indulging in my yearnings for the flesh rather than overcoming the temptations and blossoming spiritually.

There is so much seemingly rational discussion around polyamory, and I think in some rare cases the sacred union can be extended to include more than two, although extremely rarely.

I do think there is something inherently sacred about the union of monogamy and the modern experience of loveless marriages made it look like a total hoax or facade.

Yet when I yearn for another, it almost always relates to a sexual or romantic involvement with them based on physical or emotional attraction and to me that is hedonistic and pleasure seeking behavior. So although my partner is open to the idea, I always caution them that our motives may not be pure.

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Joëlle Beck Smith's avatar

THIS! Thank you so much for your honesty and openness here.

I feel like this is such a healthy expression around the nuances and uniqueness of the human experiences, romantic relationships in particular. To approach such a topic with a deep level of curiosity, care and a genuine desire to understand one’s self and your partner, is the embodiment of emotional intelligence and maturity in my opinion.

I don’t believe there is right or wrong necessarily, we all have our own set of preferences, morals and values. The important piece which I feel you nailed is self inquiry. Exploring and facing yourself with a healthy level of skepticism because not everything we feel, desire, think etc should be taken seriously or believed imo.

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Sophia Bourne's avatar

🙏🙏🙏🙏

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Joëlle Beck Smith's avatar

🙏🏻❤️

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