Hi, Just wanted to tell you that a very close family friend of ours just went through the same thing. He chose to go to the forum and he's now doing the 10 followup one-night meetings. From a good friend's perspective, it's been devastating to see the change in him - he went from being an opinionated (and humorous) person to someone almost void of personality. If you asked m
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QuoteTemplarPeople usually get the hint after the first and only 'lets play a game of hide and go fuck yourself, Ill start counting'. LOL, yeah a normal person would get that hint. This guy is creating possibilities with those phone calls, text messages and emails. Hopefully he's creating the possibility of getting arrested if he doesn't stop.
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QuotekittypawA NYC SELP graduate told me that all police/firefighters can sign up for free. Is this just a NYC/ post 911 thing or nationwide? All I could think of -Hm, smart way to gain influence in an organization of societal control (the police).-Valerie This was bothering me so I looked it up. They ended the free scholarship on 11-30-02. The ilovepossibility.info website has a commemora
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I can't reply with any Landmark experience, but just wanted to say that I'm sorry this is happening to you. Maybe you could send a registered letter to him saying that any further attempts to contact you will be considered harassment and you will be notifying the authorities in England and New Zealand. I'm sure that just as people leave family and friends behind after Landmark,
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Has anyone mentioned accelerated Christian education, using the PACE learning system? I was shocked to see that it's still alive and well, now called "school of tomorrow." Kids are put in a large room with one teacher and one or two aides. Each child sits in a cube and works on workbooks at their own "pace," the child corrects their own work and takes a test at the
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Excellent information, thank you all. Glam, I really appreciate your answers, it helped me quit trying to search for some secret answer to how someone could change so drastically over a few days. Corboy, I've never read about depersonalization before, it was very interesting, and also strange because that's how I've felt these past few days - this whole subject is vile, I d
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Quotecorboy You're on to something important. Some of the members who correspond on the RR.com board have wondered if this is a new recruitment strategy: 'Just give it a try. Take what benefits you and ignore the rest.' I wonder if people are even aware that they are recruiting when they say that. I doubt it, but it would be interesting to know if this idea is planted or if
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Very good advice, I am going to follow it. I did read coping, but not until after I had the final email exchange with him. I've been reading the freedomofmind.com site today. I'm going to have to cool down for a few days before I try to have any conversations with him. Looking back, I recall there have been times when his girlfriend hasn't asked me to come to one of her La
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Quoteglam I'm not sure if your email will help (please let us know if it did), because your friend just might not be able to hear criticism of Landmark right now. But it may very well have helped or at least got him thinking. I'm also concerned about his mom. Have you written back to her? Perhaps you could share information from this site with her to educated her a bit before she get
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QuoteSavernakeI'm still nervous -- we're supposed to see him and his girlfriend soonish, and from all I've heard I can only think that she's part of it as well. I keep rehearsing lines in my head, anticipating a high pressure sales pitch. I'm still worried that it will become a big issue when we see him. Thank you savernake, doesn't this just make you feel crazy?
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A close friend of our family was brought into Landmark by his girlfriend. He attended the forum this past weekend and called me on Monday morning. It was as if he was a different person, he kept saying "it was everything and it was nothing" over and over. After I hung up, I took a crash course at culteducation.com, learned that he had a graduation coming on Tuesday night and figured w
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