"Life will seemingly inadvertently bring us experiences, events, situations and people which give us the opportunity to clear out these old memories and traumas, so that we develop greater wisdom"...

• How could I have let that happen?
• Surely I know better? 
• Why didn't I spot the signs?

These are the sort of questions people ask themselves after their 'lightbulb' moment of seeing they have been manipulated or mind-controlled by an individual - or group of people - and finally having the wisdom and courage to walk away... for good. (ie once and for all and for one's own good - double-entendre intended). 

And these are precisely the questions I found myself asking myself the day after my very close call with what I feel very strongly could be labelled a 'cult'*, after having been (almost) taken in by an organization proporting to be offering some of the best personal development practices in the world... which afterwards I could clearly and shockingly see...