Away Day

Last Thursday the entire Atlantic Marketing department was taken off site for a day to a luxurious hotel in Richmond. The objective was simple - we were all there to discover 'who we really were as our authentic selves'.

The seminar was hosted by Dr. Michael Chopich, a former Scientologist who, as a senior Thetan, had relinquished his power to communicate with aliens and started his own self-awareness cult called 'Inner Bonding'. He is pictured below seated at the bottom left of the photograph.


In his introductory address Dr. Chopich told us the following:

'You are all multidimensional spiritual masters living a human life. And your spiritual awakening is the most exciting journey you can undertake in your life'.

The first exercise was designed to break down inhibitions and establish trust within the group. We were divided into pairs and encouraged to lick each other's faces.


The next task challenged our ability to deal with humiliation and bullying. A member of the group was picked at random and forced to wear a 'He Man' wig. The rest of us then taunted him with laughter and tea drinking.


Immediately after lunch we were once again divided into pairs. The focus was now on dispelling negative energy and aligning our chakras. One team member was asked to read a passage from the Upanishads while the other had to hold a giant crystal and through intense concentration channel the 'brow' chakra, thereby awakening the 'pineal eye'. This was probably the least successful of the exercises.


We ended the day with a strange dinner and Gin drinking competition.


As we made our way home the concensus was that we'd all grown as people.