Unenlightened: The Toxic Cult of James Arthur Ray

True Crime Campfire

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 25 June 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Osho said of enlightenment, “You have to walk, and create the way by your walking; you will not find a ready-made path. It is just like the sky: the birds fly, but they don't leave any footprints. You cannot follow them.” I think this is probably true. But that doesn’t stop us from trying our damnedest to find that ready-made road to the truth. And as we’ve seen before on True Crime Campfire, there’s no shortage of self-proclaimed gurus, teachers and self-help experts who claim they can lead us there. Sometimes, following them is harmless. Sometimes it’s even beneficial. But sometimes, if we get swept up in the teachings of the wrong kind of person, we can end up following the leader right over a cliff.

Sources:
Documentary "Enlighten Us"
Oxygen's "Deadly Cults," Episode "Spiritual Warriors"
Investigation Discovery's "Deadly Devotion," Episode "Fatal Healing"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Arthur_Ray
https://nypost.com/2009/10/19/mystics-past-is-guru-some/

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0:00.0	Hello campers, grab your marshmallows and gather around the true crime campfire.
0:04.9	Wear your camp counselors, I'm Katie, and I'm Whitney.
0:08.4	And we're here to tell you a true story that is way stranger than fiction, or roasting
0:12.5	murderers and marshmallows around the true crime campfire.
0:17.0	Oh show, set of enlightenment.
0:24.4	You have to walk and create the way by your walking.
0:28.0	You will not find a ready made path.
0:30.2	It is just like the sky.
0:32.2	The birds fly, but they don't leave any footprints.
0:35.2	You cannot follow them.
0:37.3	I think this is probably true, but that doesn't stop us from trying our damnedest to find
0:42.6	that ready made road to the truth.
0:45.2	And as we've seen before here on true crime campfire, there's no shortage of self-proclaimed
0:49.6	gurus, teachers, and self-help experts who claim they can lead us there.
0:55.0	Sometimes following them is harmless.
0:57.9	Sometimes it's even beneficial.
1:00.6	But sometimes if we get swept up in the teachings of the wrong kind of person, we can end up
1:06.1	following the leader right over a cliff.
1:09.2	This is Unenlightened, the toxic cult of James Arthur Ray.
1:28.9	So, campers, for this one we're in Angel Valley, Sedona, Arizona, October 8th, 2009.
1:37.0	The 911 dispatch in Yavapai County got a panicky call from an out of breath staffer at
1:41.5	a nearby resort.
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