Tensegrity

[Anonymous]

I have posted on the family discussion board and want to ask if anyone knows about this cult and their practices. My son is still suffering from the consequences of this group. Please give me info on this group.

Thanks a lot.

[Anonymous (165.121.169.77)]

I advise going to www.sustainedaction.com and posting a private message to Corey and Jeremy.

They are former members of Tensegrity and are working to recover.

The SA site is a forum for those interested in the legacy of Carlos Castaneda. A lot of 'true believers' still post there and I advise against making yourself vulnerable in relation to them. Some of them believe in Castaneda's toxic nonsense, it is their religion, and they will say cruel, hurtful things to you--and you dont need that kind of pain in your life right now. Correspond privately with the webmasters.

Corey and Jeremy may be able to refer you to some reliable mental health professionals who have worked productively with former memmbers of Tensegrity.

From what I have read, it is very possible that the body work taught by Castaneda could trigger or severely aggravate 'dissociation' (that is, involuntary trance) in vulnerable persons. This condition is treatable, but you need to find a therapist who is experienced in this.

Here is an example: Genuine martial arts traditions and Zen will teach you that your emotional and physical center of gravity are located in the Hara or central abdomen. If you center your awareness there, you'll see and feel that you are more stable.

Early in his books, Castaneda taught that the 'assemblage point' was in the lower abdomen, but very soon he began changing his descriptions of where the assemblage point was located. In her account of life with Castaneda, Amy Wallace said that in Tensegrity, they were taught the assemblage point was outside the body, between the shoulder blades.

If you center your attention there, you're going to get dizzy, disoriented, and you may get spacy.

Castaneda was not interested in healing people at all. He loved keeping people off balance and lied, lied, lied. He even justified this as 'erasing personal history' or as 'stalking.'

The man was crazy and he created an entire belief system that will disorient anyone who buys into it.

If your son can begin separating himself from that belief system he can recover. But he will need professional assistance.

Castaneda was a chronic liar who made his material up and created a bogus 'tradition' that was basically a mish mosh of techniques, some of which were bogus, some of which were powerful. He was a very disturbed person who had no interest in healing or empowering other people, and only wanted to keep people off-balance for his own amusement. He left a trail of wrecked human lives behind him.

Amy Wallace was a member of Castaneda's inner circle and wrote a very painful description of her experiences, The Sorcerer's Apprentice: My Life With Carlos Castaneda. It is very painful reading and I advise that you not read it unless you have loving people you can turn to for emotional support.

Your son is not crazy. Castaneda was the one who was crazy. He was a genius at getting people to live in his fantasy world.

A therapist who understands how to treat 'dissociative disorders' will be tremendously helpful for your son.

Good luck to you both.