Enlighten Us
A self-help guru's journey from $11B industry star to convicted negligent homicide after three deaths at his sweat lodge ceremony. His rise, fall and comeback raise questions about seeking answers and…
Enlighten Us
A self-help guru's journey from $11B industry star to convicted negligent homicide after three deaths at his sweat lodge ceremony. His rise, fall and comeback raise questions about seeking answers and the true cost of transformation. ENLIGHTEN US: THE RISE AND FALL OF JAMES ARTHUR RAY is the story of the motivational rock star's meteoric rise, fall and return to the $11 billion self-help industry after his negligent homicide conviction in the death of three clients at a sweat lodge at one of his events. As this story unfolds, we learn from Ray, his followers and his accusers, about how their methods of self-improvement ultimately caused so much suffering. ENLIGHTEN US asks the important questions, "What are we looking for" and "Who has the answers" and even the simple question "Why?"
Enlighten Us
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A self-help guru's journey from $11B industry star to convicted negligent homicide after three deaths at his sweat lodge ceremony. His rise, fall and comeback raise questions about seeking answers and the true cost of transformation. ENLIGHTEN US: THE RISE AND FALL OF JAMES ARTHUR RAY is the story of the motivational rock star's meteoric rise, fall and return to the $11 billion self-help industry after his negligent homicide conviction in the death of three clients at a sweat lodge at one of his events.
As this story unfolds, we learn from Ray, his followers and his accusers, about how their methods of self-improvement ultimately caused so much suffering. ENLIGHTEN US asks the important questions, "What are we looking for" and "Who has the answers" and even the simple question "Why?".