Complaint Review: ADRIAN FREEDMAN Eternal Heart Ayahuasca Groups PORTUGAL

Adrian Freedman is reported for having a serious leadership crisis which he shows no interest in taking responsibility for.

He and his movement organize Ayahuasca (Santo Daime) retreats in Portugal under the name of the Eternal Heart.

This involves participants being given hallucingenic substance which makes people have visionary experiences, and there is music, and cannabis is often brought to the retreats and shared around. In itself that may seem not such a big deal, but in Portugal, cultivation of cannabis is illegal, and caused members of his following to get raided and caught with 14 kilos, who now face trial for drug trafficking under Portuguese law, which carries a sentence of up to 12 years prison.

It is these people

http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/earth-connection-portugal/internet/earth-connection-portugal-johannes-maasland-daniela-markert-breathwork-and-ayahuasca-ret-1368711

They were friends and associates of Adrian Freedman, a fact he chose to deny as he then stated he assumes no responsibility for what people do.

The trouble is, these people and their family, and indeed other members of Adrian's group, went on to engage in harassment of trial witnesses, labelling people homosexual peodophiles, insulting them, inciting hate speech and even going as far as saying that someone would be killed before the police can help.

There is documented proof of all that abuse at the hands of Adrian Freedman's movement, which in Portugal, imports Ayahuasca tea (there was a raid in 2011)

cmjornal.pt/portugal/detalhe/pj-apreende-cha-sagrado

and here is the proof of the death threats made on this report

ripoffreport.com/reports/johannes-maasland-earth-connection-portugal-partnered-with-sanctuary-1860-bb-ayahuasca-ceremonies-retreats-portugal/oliveira-do-hospital-/johannes-maasland-earth-connection-portugal-partnered-with-sanctuary-1860-bb-ayahuasca-1384150

which talks about unsuited shamans, drug busts, police issues, death threats (all documented clearly to substantiate the allegations) and they are members of Adrian Freedmans Santo Daime Ayahuasca Church in Portugal.

Some of those individuals then went on to label a trial witness sick, evil, twisted, should feel fear in his trousers, would be set upon by dogs, was a homosexual peodophile, and it was suggested his life would be taken, or he would be put in a wheelchair.

The Portugal GNR became involved and police reports were filed GCLSA 37.17.0

These people began their operations as a result of Adrian Freedman's blessing because he needs people in Portugal to import the substance, to grow cannabis to share at ceremonies and to host retreats, so he helps them by setting them up with imports of Santo Daime, which he later conveniently denies, but the reports show that all involved in this are Santo Daime Church members.

Adrian was asked to formally condemn the behaviour but took no interest in doing so, even in the face of serious immoral, wrong behaviour, and instead, had some role in inciting his business associates to behave similarily, causing them to send hate mail and obnoxious insults to those assisting police in their investigations.

In my opinion Adrian Freedman is ill suited to lead any Santo Daime or Ayahuasca Ceremony in any context and would be well advised to take a big step back and do some internal reflection with regard to the dysfunctions in his own movement (The Santo Daime Church) which believes that I should take the detriment for.

These dysfunctions include threatening to kill or hurt people, excessive egoism, huburis, disrespect for the Santo Daime, being involved in drug trafficking, flouting customs laws, not paying taxes and a whole host of other behaviours that show the movement as a whole, is very poor when it comes to taking karmic responsibility for its troubles.

Once I am threatened with death, it clearly brings up very serious lessons for resolution. If it does not want to look at the lessons, because it brings up feelings of shame or dishonour, it does not mean the lessons are not there for learning.

Once a movement heavily involved with abuse of the sacrament and condoning behaviour such as illegal cannabis cultivation, and turning a blind eye to death threats, or serious safety concerns raised by others made to fear for their safety by the behaviour of some of its representatives, does not want to take responsibility, ultimately, it shows the leaders of such, are not fit to lead.

It may be a very painful lesson for Mr Adrian Freedman, but the truth is he is not fit to lead and should step back and to work on the lessons.