{"ezoma_uuid":"790648f5-6f45-5e7b-9c2d-b67b8e5ea487","name":"Center For Spiritual Living-Paradise","address1":"789 Bille Rd","address2":"","city":"Paradise","state":"CA","zip":"95969","phone":"(530) 877-5673","extra_phone":"(530) 877-1039","categories":[{"code":"8015309","name":"Churches & Places of Worship"},{"code":"8003410","name":"Religious Science Churches"},{"code":"8005065","name":"Social Service Organizations"}],"primary_category":"Churches & Places of Worship","business_closed":"","website_address":"http://www.paradisecsl.org","email":"","hours":{"FRIDAY":"","MONDAY":"1000-1600","SUNDAY":"0930-1130","TUESDAY":"1000-1600","SATURDAY":"","THURSDAY":"1000-1600","WEDNESDAY":"1000-1600"},"holiday_hours":{},"payments_accepted":"","latitude":"39.770554","longitude":"-121.62037","reviews_requested_at":null,"overall_score":null,"subscription_tier":"free","last_verified_at":null,"auxiliary_r2_key":null,"selected_categories":null,"media":null,"blogs":null,"review_count":1,"average_rating":2,"website_scraped_at":null,"door_pin":null,"prompts":null,"reviews":[{"author_name":"peaceandlove","review_text":"There are a lot of wonderful people in this church and I like their philosophies as well, very positive. Unfortunately, like many churches they have their bullies. It is also a very cliquish church. The board consists of the ministers wife and her best freinds (the deva clique). They are very welcoming and diplomatic to all, they are not the bullies. I have attended several groups within the church where  I have been bullied by a woman and her group of good spiritual women (the beehive clique). The woman (queen bee) seems to be in many groups and if I express and opinion, not being in a clique, I get shot down and she makes ugly faces at me.  One of her helper bees likes to cut  me off when I speak, wave her hands in front  of my face as if shooing me away, and slams down what I say and talks right over me. In the last month, I have suggested several things to the group and all were instantly shot down. In every instance, a  member of the behive clique, presented the exact same idea to the group the following week,  and it was instantly adopted as a wonderful idea. You  know the scenario, a classic, controlling, gossipy, bully group.  Some go along with them, most are just too nice to say anything. The funny thing is some of the beehive clique come and are really friendly when the queen bee is not around and then very condescending when the queen bee is present. I am a peaceful, quiet diplomatic person. I stay away from people like this and the beehive has even made fun of me for spending so much time alone. How sad and ridiculous that such wpmen seem to think that bullying others somehow elevates them, it certainly seems to build their egos. It is time to move on to more peaceful waters. How sad that a group of such nice people cannot see the damage that occurs to the group when they placate such dysfunctional people. If one has to be in a clique to speak without being treated rudely or shot down, plan on having a very small church as you do now. The sad thing is that churches should be places of refuge, of love, so it is especially hurtful to be bullied like this in a spiritual settng. I for one will abstain from spiritual groups without strong leaders saavy enough to not let this happen. Church should not be about peoples power plays, They should be working towards being open and loving to all. I wish them all the best and hope they can build a kinder, more loving community for those who are not in their egoic cliques.  My beehive analogy was adapted from Cheryl Dellasega's book entitled "Mean Girls Grow Up." Thank God I read this book before I came involved in these groups that grew out of this church. The beehive clan in this church is such a classic example of what Cheryl discusses in her book. If you want to see it in living color, go to some of this churches side groups. In closing, I want to reiterate how many wonderful people are in this church. I did not feel I could connect though due to the bullies interfering with the relationships I tryed to forge in this church. That is part of what busy bee bullies do.","rating":2,"date_published":"2012-28-03"}]}