I would like to clarify that I have no conclusive evidence for the statements in my last post. And I have to face the fact that despite having attended classes, I didn't put into practice very much of what was taught at Tracker School, so I can't comment about whether much is valid or not. Importantly, I left out of my story the fact that I had been using drugs heavily during the per
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The more I listen to people who studied NLP in the 70s and 80s, particularly Richard Bandler and Mark Cunningham, the more I am convinced that Tom Brown Jr. was one of these people, who then miscredited what he learned about human psychology as "spiritual skills taught by an imaginary Apache man". Another tactic I remember Tom Brown Jr. using at his Tracker School is, after building
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I want to chime in with my own experience with Tom Brown Jr. because becoming involved with him and his organization had a severe impact on my life and led to me nearly fatally injuring myself. Synopsis: Tom Brown Jr. preys upon vulnerable minds at his tracker school by creating and reinforcing fears and insecurities. He uses hypnosis/storytelling/NLP techniques to do this. The short versio
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