Our guess is that your assumption about a connection here is
correct, Andreas. On the "Allies" website pages there are links
to "Gentle Wind's" website. The "Allies" group seems to have a board
of directors that overlaps with some "Gentle Wind" followers and
board members.

So many good people, including most of the individuals involved
with "allies" and "gentle wind's" Millers have sincere and urgent
intentions to end "trauma." However, it's sometimes all too easy to
reach for answers without looking behind the front covers of the
claims -- just as we did.

The "allies" website is also accompanied by dozens of poignant
photos of devastated people around the world. It's a layout that can
tug at people's emotions.

Groups sometimes use front organizations as a way to look for
legitimacy or find new donors, members, and followers. And these
techniques have sometimes been used historically when exposure
occurs for the original organization. Is that what is going on here?
People will hopefully do their own research, using their intellect
as well as their emotions, to "sniff" this out. It's always a good
idea to ask another person -- someone not affiliated with the group
in question -- to assist with such an evaluation.

Each of us has the right to dissect and evaluate claims coming from
any direction -- whether from a relief agency, business, religion,
therapist, government, individual, cult, or high-control group --
and then to form our own opinions.

A new book by Janja Lalich -- "Take Back Your Life: Recovering from
Cults and Abusive Relationships" -- makes the point that:

"Many religious and self-help institutions, as well as mainstream
political parties and special-interest groups are examples
of...noncult organizations. We do not call them cults because they
are...accountable to some higher body or to society in general. When
people join they have a clear idea of these organizations'
structures and goals. Deceptive or coercive practices are not
integral to the growth of these organizations or their ability to
retain their members."

Judy


--- In gentlewindvictims@yahoogroups.com, "andreask53"
<andreask53@...> wrote:

> When I am doing a google search for Gentle wind project, a
sponsored
> site is coming along each time -

> Emotional Trauma Relief
> The Gentle Wind Project Trauma
> Cards provided to those in need:
> www.AlliesForTraumaRelief.org
>
> These Allies for Trauma Relief must be a spin-off
"A rose by any other name. . . .", or is it a skunks cabbage?
>
>
> Andreas
>