Landmark forum
Date: March 25, 2005 06:48AM
In reading this forum board and the Rick Ross articles I find it really, really sad that close family relationships have been or are being destroyed by Landmark. The Landmark Forum focuses on bringing personal relationships closer. So, any Landmarkian doing things to the contrary did not "get it" (Landmark jargon).
I did the Landmark Forum in January 2005. I attended the free Forum in Action series on Monday nights, and this past weekend I did the Landmark Advanced course. I did not complete the Advanced Course. I walked out the morning of my 4th day.
My boyfriend and his friends did some research on Landmark (something I should have done) and sent me links to the Rick Ross site. I spoke with my boyfriend for one hour prior to going to my Advanced Course. He and his friends were concerned about me based on all what they read on the RR site. After our conversation I went to my Advanced Course but, after two hours, my mind wasn't focusing. I decided to leave because how my boyfriend was feeling about what I was doing and his concern for me was more important than finishing the Advanced Course.
I'm happy I left and I will not be going back for anything Landmark-related. Above anything else my loved ones come first. I am grateful to my boyfriend and his friends for opening my eyes to the other side of Landmark Education. I can see now how Landmark could have the potential of creating unhealthy relationships. I now have read about Landmark extensively on the RR site and frankly, most of the stuff scared the s__t out of me.
While I did get a lot of positives for myself out of the Forum and even some parts of the Advanced Course, I would not and will not recommend or tell anyone else about Landmark. If it ever were to come up in conversation I would tell someone to read the Rick Ross site. Had I done that to begin with I would have stayed clear of Landmark.
I think the best thing all of us can do so that people don't get sucked into Landmark is be proponents of Rick Ross and his website. Knowing what I now know, it's better to scare people into reality rather than possibility.