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Since then, no further dictations from the Masters have been received, because no new messenger has been appointed to succeed the Ballards.

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Ultimately, each person hopes to ascend into the divine realms, as the Ballards are believed to have done at the end of their lives. The reciting of decrees—invocations of the divine that call for the manifestation in the visible world of a desired condition or the removal of an undesirable one—is the primary devotional activity of members of the movement. Listening to the messages recorded by the Ballards is the central activity of I AM gatherings.

The I AM movement also promotes American patriotism. The group sponsors special programs on patriotic holidays. Soon afterward, several former members accused the Ballards of teaching a sham religion, which led to the indictment and conviction of Edna Ballard and other movement leaders for mail fraud. In the U. Supreme Court overturned the conviction. As a result of the lengthy judicial process and the subsequent bad publicity, the movement assumed a very low profile in the s, and many thought that it had died. During the second half of the 20th century it experienced steady growth, and in the early 21st century it reported more than chartered I AM sanctuaries in the United States and around the world.

Others, such as the Aetherius Society, pictured the Masters as officials of an extraterrestrial government who offer guidance from unidentified flying objects UFOs. We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. But he is ecstatic that he can make yogurt smile.

He does not offer The Answers. Which is kind of important seeing as he begins the movie asking his Two Questions. It is basically 90 minutes of being privy to some guy wonder about stuff. Wonder about Life as he stares up at the clouds and out at the rolling waves of the ocean from the private beach in his gated mobile home community.

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