Hi Tim
It would perhaps be better to join the debate taking place on this thread:
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rather than here. But, please do answer mine and others questions here.
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Tim Batdorf
I would be happy to answer any questions anyone may have about the Mankind Project.
Thanks for offering your interpretation of MKP and its protocols. I for one am very open to the polysemic nature of these weekends and the individual interpretations of them.
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MKP sponsors weekend retreats.
To state that MKP 'sponsors' these [b:4c6640f9cc]adventure training weekends[/b:4c6640f9cc] (their words, not mine or yours), is overly simplistic Tim. MKP in no way provides funds to facilitate the weekend. The 20 or so men pay themselves to go. I accept that grants are sometimes provided. I can only suggest you are overpriced. But to suggest it 'sponsors' is linguistic nonsense.
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MKP's intention is to empower men in their own lives.
We ask men to create their own personal mission statements based on their own lives and their own experiences.
We don't have dogma or doctrine men must follow - quite the opposite.
OK, I'm going to be a little harsh here, because, whilst you claim to be happy to answer questions, you follow this with a list of, well, barely truthful statements.
I will start with pointing out your state that MKP has an 'intention'. OK, it is also an 'educational' weekend, yes?
First, there are more the one 'intention'S - there are several 'Principles of Our Order'. 9 to be exact. You also do a little more than simply ask men to "create their own personal mission statements" - would you care to explain the sleep deprivation, the food deprivation and the need to explain MKP's crazy science myth 3 times?!
The first two 'principles' very much show you claim to have the opposite to dogma and doctrine to be a fallacy - I quote for eductaional purposes from their 'protocol' manual:
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1. I create my own perception of reality.
2. My outer reality exists as a reflection of my inner world.
Well, I mean, to be less cruel I won't press my point. You should feel 'out of integrity' with your self and you inner and outer reality, as you create them.
Interesting isn't it - I am you speaking to you now, showing your childish side of your belief structure.
So how is this NOT dogmatic or, taking the weekend as a whole, not an attempt at a form of indoctrination?
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Because the weekend tends to be powerful, men often leave the weekend really enthusiastic and excited about their lives.
Statistics please.
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In addition, oftentimes men will come off the weekend and start trusting their gut more.
'Trusting their gut' is a hugely ambigious term Tim, could you enlarge? Or are you refering to the 'GUT' 'training'?! The self psychology manual of MKP.
You definately believe it is positive though, as your statement clearly shows this.
I can only assume you mean the LGAT technique of getting people to 'trust in emotions' rather than a (normal) mixture of examining emotion and reason equally. Of course, the weekend does map how to cut down on ration thinking. At its very least this is an example of the type of ideological indoctrination you claim doesn't happen!
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If they are in a marriage that isn't working, they will start looking at the marriage and hopefully try to make their marriage work.
Subjective and emotive, I would like to see some statistics on this claim.
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The MKP weekend is powerful and does change men's lives.
Well thats interesting! How could anyone disagree with this statement?
Breathing also is powerful and changes a persons life. - That'll cost you $200 for that education.
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Oftentimes family members are scared of change.
Oh really, thats called love and concern. And the fact that very few of you will tell the truth about anything. and that you only 'hope' that you psychological techniques will help a man to make their marriage work! Only hopefully! For $600
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We're all scared of change.
No we are not ALL scared of change. Thats very presumptious, and awfully patronising.
Anyone that needs to cling to mythopoetic psychology is afraid of change IMO!
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And if a marriage is strong, I think it encourages growth and change and honesty.
And how exactly can you have honesty with the MKP creating shadows?
You, or MKP, seem to be anti-marriage IMO. marriage needs 'change'? Really? thats yours, or MKPs, opinion, i'm not sure which.