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Should be kept here. do you have anybody that you talk to about anything you do or think or say? >> michel gave us all new names to help us move beyond our past and create a new way of seeing ourselves. it was a common practice in the group. amy was now called emiliana. lori was called crystal. i was now named francesco. >> they would come home to us and told us that they had changed their names and this was what they wanted to be called. i said well, were not going to call you that. we gave you...

By the time i was in my late 20s, i took on the role of defacto filmmaker. >> that would be the first commitment to dedicate your life to knowing and spiritual work on this earth. >> my films were a way of giving back to the group. they were the perfect medium for sharing michels teachings. >> we used to joke at least in the early days, if this was a cult, at least it was a really good cult. >> one of the first people i wanted to help bring into the group was my middle sister, lori. >> my brothe...

Make us look like were holding her captive. >> parents who paid cult awareness network to go in, kidnap their children and deprogram them. this was michels worst fear, that the buddhafield was going to be called a cult. >> now it was no longer talking about the knowing. it was no longer talking about god and love. its talking about what are we going to do. >> he said im no longer in a position where i can do my work in this environment. we need to get out of here. >> michel didnt really give any...

>> we all had therapy every week. >> in regression hypnotherapy you tried to go back to trauma, relive it and then change it so that they are empowered. >> when you were done, you literally would float out of that place. it was amazing. >> i divulged every secret, every thought, every fear. exposed it all. >> whatever transpires here, it should be kept here. do you have anybody that you talk to about anything you do or think or say? >> michel gave us all new names to help us move beyond our past...

>> this guy was stalking and his motivation was to tear down the group so that he could have this girl. >> kenny started to attack michel saying he was a cult leader, telling us what we could and couldnt do. he went to an organization run by rick ross. >> when you have leaders who claim to speak for god, cannot be questioned by their followers and have little if any accountability, you have a very volatile mix. >> so he pulled in cult awareness network to try and make us look like were holding h...

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