I have no experience with Tolle but much of this mind control crap shares similarities... Three years ago when trying to snap out of a flat, spacey/ tranced out feeling from doing the release technique I began playing chess on the computer, and it seemed to help. Later on I found great benefits from doing creativity exercises. There are many out there, I used some from the book called Thinkertoys
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

QuoteYes. The "Dr." also insisted that hostility was really fear. How about hostility is hostility and fear is fear? How about distinguishing them? How about having them co-exist, rather than one canceling the other out? So, so true. But the strategy is all about making people feel they don't know which side is up. They don't know what they are feeling, so they need a guru t
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

I ordered the Release Technique Abundance Course in 2006. I remember listening to the first CD and going through the technique and then when I got up from the chair, I realized that my chronic back pain (that I had for over a year) had disappeared. Just like that, gone. I was thrilled. So I kept going with the course. There were a few signs that some things weren't right, but I was getting r
Forum: Large Group Awareness Training, "Human Potential"