Wow. I see what you mean, having read the latest blog from a certain person. RR had said that this person had sent some "flaming" posts and I imagine those never made it on here? I'm inclined to agree with the "snotty punk" assessment right now. Perhaps to be amended if anything changes. Hmmm... I'd like to add... I know someone who contacted this person last y
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Hi QD, Having read what you said, I agree with you and so have changed my mind about RR's handling of SS. I think he did the right thing after all. This thread is after all focused on BK and it's been ridiculous how many times that focus has one way or another gotten diverted. H QuotequackdaveI personally was wondering if RR would see something I felt I saw. He apparently d
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I'm continuing to keep track of page view counts. Between yesterday morning and this morning, there were approx. 314 views of this thread. Wow.
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Wondering why you're here, "atlanticman50". From this and another post I just read by newly joined you, you fit the definition of troll. Please feel free to prove me wrong.
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QuoteThe AnticultIt seems that there has been a misunderstanding here, as is easy to happen with plain-text typing. So I would vote that he be unblocked. I second that. RR, please reconsider Mr. Salerno's membership here!
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New readers, please click below to read about people's experiences with The Work: Byron Katie and "The Work" Participant Reports
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Can that be any more syrupy sweet? I need a mega-dose of insulin, stat.
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Thank you, Steve. I appreciate the amendment to your earlier statement :-) Would that others pertinent to this thread were as interested in openly and respectfully communicating. I'm being deliberately vague re that last statement for a number of reasons. All I feel I can say to elucidate that is... what a weird world I stepped into when I decided to try The Work. Oy!
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QuoteEx-MuridIf you're a Muslim and you want to join a tariqah, well, godspeed. But you should know both sides of the story and know what you're getting into. We didn't have anyone to warn us. Make an informed decision. This is your mind, your body, your money and your spirituality and heart you are putting into these people's hands. I collected some links of people's
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As an aside... I too have (or rather, had) a German grandmother. I used to hear "ach du liebe" quite a bit!
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QuoteThe AnticultOne point I disagree is that these techniques are being used on "gullible buyers". Its not that they are gullible, which carries a negative stereotype. Its that they don't have the experience and training dealing with people who are expert salespeople and persuaders. As mentioned, Byron Katie deliberately TARGETS this demographic, and steers far away from the aud
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QuoteThe AnticultHere is a link to a very very tricky little "article" by Stever Robbins, that is just loaded with linguistic Tech that would take a lot of analysis, even mirroring some Richard Bandler, and to try and sell people that SELF-DECEPTION is wonderful. That is just the tiny first-step, to try and open the door in your mind...to get his foot in the door of your mind, then they
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If that is really you, Steve Salerno, and it does "sound" like you, then I thank you for making an appearance here. I am a fan of both your book and your SHAMblog. (For those not in the know, Steve Salerno's book is called SHAM: How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless.)
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Just popping in to say... people may have blocked access to formerly viewable web pages, but some of us have kept printouts of said pages, as well as screen snapshots.
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QuoteThe Anticulthttp://www.kwanumzen.org/misc/temple-rules.html A quote found at the above link: Do not cling to your opinions. Do not discuss your private views with others. To cling to and defend your opinions is to destroy your practice. Put away all your opinions. This is true Buddhism. I can't help but think of Stuart Resnick aka RandomStu. Would not he know about this?
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Jeezus, what would we do without you?! Great information, yet again. Thank you Anticult. :-)
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I've been keeping track of the daily page view counts for this thread; they're quite something. Average view count for the last 5 days = 232 pages per day. It would seem there are quite a few lurkers. Hmmm.
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Ah, I was also wondering what The Anticult might think about that comment. Perhaps he/she will weigh in...
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QuoteThe AnticultThis is the type of stuff she would have studied with Stever Robbins the NLP expert. She is literally doing it by the book, although abusing the techniques. Funny, I was just reading the latest blog entry by Steve Salerno. Stever Robbins left the first comment on it. [SHAMblog - Ok, so your glass is half full. Should you try to fill it the rest of the way?]
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Well that's weird!
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QuoteRabblerouserIf you don't like what they teach, why not simply ignore them? So, let me get this straight. You want us to ignore what we don't like, i.e. Byron Katie and Eckhart Tolle, yet you obviously don't like what we're up to on this message board and can't ignore us. You can't follow your own advice! You don't like what we're up to here and fee
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Great "work" you guys!
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QuoteMeadowThe YouTube link didn't catch on, perhaps this one will: If I had seen that particular video when I was trying on The Work for size, I would probably have been very turned off. I'm certainly turned off now. Nothing soothing about that video at all. It's actually jarring, grating. My opinion anyways.
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A recent Twitter from Jenny McCarthy: "Going out to dinner with Jim and Byron Katie. I love her!" (5:09 PM May 9th from web) [Jenny From MTV Twitter re BK] Most folks know by now that "Jim" is her megastar boyfriend, Jim Carrey. This would be the Jim Carrey who used to be satisfied with making multi-millions from silly movies. Now he's writing a self-help bo
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Wow, this thread is really heating up. Great stuff, Meadow et al.!
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QuoteThe AnticultThis Mind Cleanse with Byron Katie, looks like a DVD movie preview, narrated and produced by Jenny McCarthy that is coming out soon. This looks like one of those screenings where they test it before an audience. I feel a bit silly posting this, as it smacks of Melanie Griffith's character in the movie "Working Girl". (A refresher: the movie co-starred Harrison
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Cross-posting Dave's experiences with Byron Katie's "work": [Dave's Story]
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Great post, Dave, thank you for sharing your story. We need as many of these personal "stories" as people are willing to tell. Yes, our stories are important. We cannot erase them. That would be crazy-making. Our stories in large part make us who we are.
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This is very, very good. Wow. Thank you for digging this up and spotlighting it, Christa.
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Hi Hope, I'm really glad that you felt helped by reading whatever you did in this thread. It's helped me too. A lot.
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