Wisdom Strategy Research Institute

Q - Is this a cult?

A - Well, the truth is that in some ways it resembles a cult. It is nearly impossible to avoid having a certain culture emerge around any profound or wisdom technology.

However, with regard to the negative and dangerous aspects of cults it's definitely and intentionality NOT a cult ! It's probably best described as an adventure, an opportunity, and an exploration. I say that because the way I see what we are making available is a set of experiential possibilities the likes of which have never been known in recorded history.

That last statement should be qualified - there appear to have been various kinds of philosophical endeavors and adventures happening for the entirety of recorded history. I believe that we are standing on the shoulders of those who have gone before, and hopefully reaching further than has been reached before.

The paradox here is that if you ask most of the people who are at the helm of the commonly recognized cults if their organizations are cults, most would say not.

Now, there are certainly elements of what we are doing that could cause some to say or think that Wisdom Stratey Research Institute was a cult. So, ultimately, if you are on a cult hunt, and already have a fixed idea that anything is a cult that isn't aligned with what you personally believe is right and true, then you will be likely able to prove to yourself that we are a cult.

We as human beings can find evidence to back up pretty much any opinion. For example, with no offense to anyone intended, I draw your attention to the Flat Earth Society, who's members purportedly still adhere to the belief that the Earth is flat. However, if you look closely enough at what we doing, you will probably find that we are in fact at least somewhat aligned with your beliefs and values. I sincerely believe that this statement will hold true for the vast majority of people. Obviously there will be some exceptions to this, and that's completely fine.

In fact, there is a possibility that the things we are doing could get distorted, or get out of control in some way that is harmful, destructive, unsafe, or reckless. If you happen to feel that we are doing anything that is or could be unsafe, harmful, unecological, or unwise please inform me in detail of the full specifics of your concern by email Robert@wisdomstrategy.com, and put "WSRI CONCERNS" in the subject line. I promise that I will immediately and personally review the situation, and reply to you about my findings as soon as possible, and hopefully within 2 weeks of your original email. From there, either I will immediately address the issue if it's urgent or an obvious matter, or perhaps we can dialogue about the issue further. The exact resolution will depend on what the issue is.

I request your assistance in keeping us on the straight and narrow path.

Ironically, and sadly in history there have been many instances where institutions devoted to spiritual advancement have done very unethical things purportedly as a means to some great spiritual purpose. If the Wisdom Strategy Research Institutes goals together with every aspect of the action plans to achieve those goal don't reflect Love, Wisdom, Empowerment, Congruence, Balance, and Honesty that is a red-flag, that should be investigated, and probably adjusted.

It is certainly my intention that Wisdom Strategy Research Institute only be about compassionately making wonderful things possible. I would greatly, and sincerely appreciate your feedback if you think we are deviating from being something good, right, true, compassionate, and wonderful.

The more important question is, and the question people are trying to answer by asking if it's a cult is ...

Q - "Is this dangerous?"

A - Again we have the same paradox as above.

There are times when this work could be dangerous, but mostly that is when this work is attempted by someone who isn't ready for it. Someone that isn't ready would generally be someone who has been or would be diagnosed by a psychologist as having some sort of psychological malady in the realm of psychosis. Frankly, I don't really even want folks who are dealing with most kinds of psychosis as members, customers or clients. That is a compassionate decision meant to safeguard everyones well being.

There may be a few exceptions, so I'm not automatically ruling this out for someone just because they have a label of a psychotic disorder, because I believe there are problems with the current diagnostic system. However, mostly, if you are psychotic to the point that you know you have problem, or your psychologist or psychiatrist tells you that you do, then you are probably not a good candidate for this work. If you have been diagnosed with some kind of psychosis we are willing to talk to you, and potentially work with you, however, there are a number of criteria that I'm looking for to ensure your preparedness, and I'm likely to delay your participation until you have meant certain criteria of well-being. That is for everyones well-being. Wisdom Strategy Research Institute reserves the right to deny service to anyone, at our sole discretion.

Here are some basic criteria:

1) Are you currently taking, or does a professional believe that you should be taking a medication to manage the symptoms of a psychotic disorder? If you are not fairly stable mentally and emotionally without medications, you are not ready for Wisdom Strategy.

2) Are you having serious thoughts of harming yourself, or another / others? In the last 18 weeks have you either actually attempted either of the above, or have seriously contemplated it more than once? If so, it would be in everyones best interest that you gain some solid coping skills, and resolve the underlying issues before you come to work with us.

3) Do have a difficult time knowing what is real? Some of what we do could make it more challenging.

4) Are you actively addicted to alcohol, drugs, gambling, food, sex, or other harmful activity? With addictions, if you have not been sober for at least 90 days we may or may not welcome your participation at this time. There are some exceptions, however, we do not have facilities necessary to help you break the immediate cycle of a strong addiction. A daily 12 step meeting or treatment program is probably a better choice initially. Our program is good for taking work began in a 12 step program or a treatment center to new depths of resolution.

5) Do you suffer prolonged periods of intense negative emotions? If so, one on one work with a therapist is more appropriate. Once you have achieved a satisfactory degree of emotional choice and freedom we can help you to reach amazing new levels of satisfaction and fulfillment. The place to start is with a competent therapist.

Also, if you are doing this work for the purpose of somehow proving us wrong to the world, this could actually be somewhat uncomfortable for you. PLEASE READ THE NEXT PARAGRAPH. This is NOT due to any thing we will do to intentionally or maliciously make you uncomfortable. Your safety is assured to the extent we can reasonably assure it. So please do not misconstrue what I'm saying here. What I am saying is that if you have that kind of hidden agenda it will color and interfere with your progress, and that could mean that you could find certain exercises uncomfortable or stressful.

If that sort of hidden agenda is how you need to approach this work in order to feel safe in doing so, then so be it. You are welcome. I invite you to insist upon giving us a fair and balanced try. Should you find something that you have concerns about, please notify me so that we can continue to improve.

Q - Is there a lot of high-pressure to do additional packages or levels?

A - Well, there will be some communication and encouragement toward the purpose of having you continue. However, participation with Wisdom Strategy Research Institute is extremely low pressure. The results of going through 1 package should leave you eager for more. If you are not excited to continue then we have not done an effective job with design and delivery. This is not evangelism, and this is not coercion.

The fact is that this kind of thing absolutely is not for everyone. Those of us who are into this sort of thing will likely find this to be extremely cool. First of all, I only want people who want to do this. That's much less than 10% of the population at large. You really have to be into tinkering with your mind to enjoy this journey.

If you aren't into this, that's totally fine. You're time, and money will be better spent elsewhere, doing other things that you are into. That's one difference. This is not about world domination or anything like that. In fact, I'm really not all that into politics.

What I am extremely into is finding out what's possible. If you want to find out what's possible, then you might want to really check this out.

Another thing to know is I'm not into controlling you, or having you do stupid rituals. If I ask you to do something, I will have a rationale reason for asking. I usually attempt to communicate those reasons to you. However, if that communication doesn't happen, or if you disagree, we can communicate about it. If there is some reason you don't want to do something you can let us know. For instance, lets say that the next step in a package is to resolve a particular class of minor - traumas in your personal history. You might think in response that that doesn't make sense to you. Then we'd want to talk with you and look at why not. You know more about you than anyone else ever will. If you sign up to participate in a package, we want you to get the result, even if that means we customize the package so that is works for you.

Yet another reason to feel comfortable with Wisdom Strategy Research Institute, is that right up front I tell you there is absolutely no good reason to inherently believe everything I say. I'm not an avatar or saint or ascended master or god or whatever. I have no Divine authority beyond whatever Divine authority that all humanity shares, so please don't worship me. I'm not even a guru. One of my favorite testimonials that I have is where somebody said I was a guru. I thought that was kind of neat. The fact is that I'm the same as everyone else. I've felt the same pain, and had the same struggles, and am having the same struggles you are. It's also possible even probable that I will make mistakes.

Q - Is this a religion?

A- Not only is this not a cult, it's not even a religion. This is a business, which means that I am going to attempt to make a profit in the process of contributing to your profound personal evolution. We don't have a weekly Sunday service, and we don't do things like weddings or funerals. We accept people from all faiths, and from no faith, true believers and skeptics.

Q - Do you have secret or confidential data?

There are no top secret or confidential data. There are some things that I'm not going to share until you are ready. It's kind of like a martial arts school. A begining student doesn't do the same techniques that someone who has been training in that art for a decade does. There it's understood to be common sense. And yet, even in martial arts there are many beginners who long to immediately practice advanced techniques. Most advanced techniques are that because they require a proficiency in fundamental skills in order to make them work.

To continue with our martial arts metaphor, if a white belt wants to learn about what black belts are doing, it's a healthy thing, and ultimately will help to advance the rate of progress. However, if you don't know how to fall or roll, there are some ways you don't want to be thrown. Trust me on this - I fractured a vertebrae in my neck that way. The white belt should watch, and read about the advanced stuff. BUT, not practice it until they are there.

With some of the subtle aspects of levels 2, and up, certain things will seem ridiculous, even if tried the material will probably not be accessible until you have resolved Level 1. It's just too subtle.

At a certain point in our expansion you will probably be able to find everything on the internet anyway. I'm not going to pretend or enforce that there any secrets. Although, I will enforce copyright enfringement. And for some things ask that you don't disclose what is shared with you, and sign a non-disclosure agreement. Nonetheless, I have no illusions about the fact that in one or another it will be disclosed to the public. That's just the way it is. I'm about wisdom and balance. For some materials I will take certain precautions to minimize it's wide spread distribution. Yet, it's not worth a tremendous investment of resources to enforce.

The reason for even attempting to minimize it is most people will not be able to access level 2, 3, and 4 material until they have cleared level 1 issues. The point is only to keep you focused on the level you are on.

I promise you that I do not promote any kind of whacky cosmology.

Do you believe in aliens?
No, I don't believe in aliens.

I should qualify that last statement. It's not that I believe they don't exist, it's just that I'm not promoting anything that has anything at all to do with aliens. When it comes to aliens and UFO's I'm agnostic, there's plenty of interesting, even entertaining stories around, but little convincing evidence.

With the vastness of the universe, I think we would be foolish to consider that we are alone. Yet, I have not come across what I consider credible evidence of contact with extra-terrestial life forms.

Q - What do you believe about the Bible?

A - The Bible is a wonderful, and divinely inspired book of wisdom. Some of the techniques, and philosophy presented herein is derived straight from biblical text.

Q - Can I use Wisdom Strategy Research Institute products or services as a substitute for psycho-therapy?

A - NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT !! If you are working with a professional therapist, or counselor please keep working with them until you both agree that you are mentally healthy. If you think you might need to see a therapist, then by all means go see one. Especially if you have been diagnosed with ANY kind of psychotic disorder including bi-polar disorder, any kind of dissociative disorder, any kind of schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, or have been having any thoughts about not being nice to and taking really good care of yourself, or have had thoughts about not being nice to others, then by all means work with someone who does that sort of work. I'm not qualified, or licensed to see anyone in that capacity.

If you want to deal with things like resolving a relationship, achieving goals, and exploring how to optimize your mindset, let's talk. If you are interested in to learning to experience inner tranquility or bliss at levels way beyond what you once thought was possible, come work with me. If you want to explore your potential, we have lots of ways for you to do that.

Q - What if I can't afford it?

A - Many of the packages are affordable for almost anyone. However, I do not want the investment to be a barrier for anyone. If you aren't able to save up in a few weeks the $50 or $80 or so that it takes to participate then we can probably come to some sort of an agreement on a case by case basis. I want everyone who wants to particpate to be able to do so.

Q - Do you accept barter?

A - Sometimes.

Q - Are scholarships available?

A - There are a limited number of both full and partial scholarships available for those who demonstrate both a commitment to pursuing this material, and a financial need.

Q - What is Cybernetic Calibration Systems?

A - The human technology developed to deliver on the promise of the "packages" described on the WisdomStrategy.com site.

Q - Do you take insurance?

A - No, we are NOT treating anything, nor are we diagnosing anything. You pretty much have to be doing one or both of those in order to qualify to accept insurance.

Q - What do you believe about spiritual entities?

A - Well, who really knows for sure if such things exist. I don't really know if they do or not. I know that despite my personal agnosticism about entities, when I use procedures and frameworks designed to handle them, something useful usually happens. There are some subjectively repeatable phenomena that are available with entity based models, and there are gains to be had from those models. However, there is a price in personal power. If your issues are the result of spiritual entities, then you are at the effect of them. That's not how I prefer to operate.

I've found that these phenomena are equally well resolved by treating them as part of our unconsious mind. We allow for working with such phenomena as entities if the client has that framework. However, the preference is to not label or classify it. If there is an entity, how do you know it's there? Is there an image, a thought, a feeling, a perception, a sensation, etc. Let's just work with that, and leave mythological conversations for the coffee shop, or after dinner.

Q - What is your cosmology?

A - Any attempt at making sense of the universe is at best an educated guess. For the work that I will present with Wisdom Strategy Research Institute I will make every effort to seperate mythology from technology. Ultimately, at this level in our evolution as the human race we actually have more questions than 100% reliable answers. My preference is to be pragmatic. I will give you recipes to attain rather worth-while states of being. I will not drift very far into providing answers that you must believe in order to utilize the materials. That is an important difference.

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