BTW. I´m sorry if I am repeating stuff in this thread, as I have read many, but not all posts yet...
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One thing I've noticed is that she manipulates peoples belief-systems without them knowing it (as you´ve mentioned before Anticult). By using hypnotic launguage, creating artificial doubt. By stating the "Can you absolutley know it´s true?"-question she forces the client to enter a state of self-doubt. In the imagination anything can happen. So she leads the client into denial o
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QuoteThe AnticultAnyone who has studied NLP can instantly see that Byron Katie is doing a lot of NLP and hypnotic techniques, in her own style. After just watching a few session with Byron Katie I totally agree with you. Her techniques are pure Neuro Linguistic Programming. And Faked compassion. I watched a heart-breaking session with a woman who was afraid of war.. Byron instructed her hyp
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Thanks Anticult, for looking into these issues, I think it´s extremely important. I am not too familiar with Byron Katie. I was given a book a long time ago but I never got to reading it. I will take a look at her material. She obviously has studied NLP, like most succesful sales-people. I have seen too many people manipulating their client without giving them the proper tools. They work their &
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QuotecspNo need to study Krishnamurti first ... I was just using him as a comparison in teachings. I was not asking whether you felt there is a need to study Krishnamurti first or not... Go back and read my posts again. I have a feeling you´re not really paying attention to what is being written, or, you are intentionally misunderstanding the things written? Is that how you listen to Tolle too? A
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Thanks Anticult for being clear-minded. It is badly needed i see. csp, You are simply defending your interpretation of Tolle, based on the things he has "borrowed" from Krishnamurti. That is narrowminded. You need to take a look at Tolles seminars and interviews before you come here defending someone you obviously have not listened to. Dont you get it? Please read my previous p
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QuotecspAnalysis of thinking or thought is not exclusive to anyone or any profession. Were Old Testament prophets qualified? Jesus? Buddha? Some of the greatest insights into human nature have come from the uneducated and untrained. For example, who educated and trained Socrates? Potentially, one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the past century has been created by a person (John Kanzius)
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QuotecspFirst, Tolle has ... from the beginning ... been very reluctant to train people to a technique. This is very similar to the teaching of Krishnamurti ... and can be one of the frustrating aspects. Tolle does not know how to train people. Thats why. He does not even know how he "got there" himself. QuotecspTolle, as Krishnamurti, feels that people have the answer inside them
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QuotecspThe weakest aspect to Tolle's teaching is getting people from A-B. This does not mean, however, that he is hypnotizing people. Essentially, he is instructing people to be "mindful" of their thoughts, emotions and will. Observe them objectively and do not counter-act them using your thoughts, emotions and will. Why does he leave out the HOW-TO part? It's like saying
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Hej, I have spent some time studying the "teachings" of Eckhart Tolle... Just a quick explanation of where I come from: I have studied "all" things spiritual for decades ie. channelings, techniques, buddhism, gnosticism, alchemy, hypnosis, crystals, reiki, affirmations etc. etc. etc. I´m not into any prescribed religion. I was into the "Ego-circus" for a brief tim
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