#31, to recognize that the possibility created by #30 is a victory over the past
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#30, to share a possibility with the light bulb that the light bulb changer invented for himself and his life. The light bulb changer shares himself in such a way that the light bulb is left touched, moved, and inspired by the changer having gotten that possibility. The light bulb changer shares himself fully with the light bulb, for it is in the sharing that transformation comes alive.
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I was proudly told by a Forum leader that "Pay it Forward" and "What the Bleep Do We Know" are, in his words, "products of this education." I took that to mean that without Landmark, the films would not exist. I haven't seen either film so I do not know how the content is analogous to Landmark "technology." Can anyone
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Has anyone encountered fundraising at Landmark? There was an event at a Landmark center to raise money for Landmark's opening into China. It was marketed as an event to honor a man who was a humanitarian or something – I had never heard of the person. Tickets were sold to the event, with higher priced tickets available for seats near the front. As with everything in Landmark, there was a
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hatotheno, I strongly agree with others here that you should not attend the home introduction. However, I know how persuasive the manipulation can be to attend these events, so if you end up going, I urge you to do the following: -do not bring your checkbook, credit cards, credit card information, or a substantial amount of cash (even if you have some cash, it can be sucked out of you as a d
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Regarding sleep deprivation in Landmark participants, the Forum ends sometime between 10 pm and midnight. Thankfully, I only had to drive about 30 minutes to get home. However, there were others who had to drive a substantial distance (and I heard that my Forum leader was staying in a hotel across the street). But can the Forum participant go to bed when they get home? No! There is homework
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QuoteI bet if the unpaid laborers / volunteers in the "assissting program" were actually paid employees, they would refuse to be treated as poorly as they are when they are unpaid laborers ... I know this is off the original topic, but I have to respond. Based on my former heavy involvement with Landmark, I learned that the paid employees are treated just as poorly as the &am
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I'm curious to hear about people's experience with this company. My Mom has a good friend who became a Shaklee distributor and it has completely taken over this woman's life. Her house is like a shrine to Shaklee, as well as her car (which happens to be a Shaklee bonus car complete with Shaklee bumper sticker). When I see this woman, I now have to pretend that everything in
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Oprah was on Larry King tonight responding to two parents' criticism about the school. She said that she called the parents and told them that if they didn't like it they could come and pick up their daughter any time. I appreciate that Oprah is trying to help the education of girls in South Africa, but the "my way or the highway" approach and the rules that are in place at
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QuoteWhat if the participant were to turn the tables and decide to be unreasonable about not doing anymore recruiting or volunteer work for landmark? I did this and Landmark's response was to throw more jargon at me saying that by refusing to "take a stand" for another's "transformation" I was "telling a story" to myself that I could not "make a di
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Quoteguys, remember that full frontal attacks tend to have an alienating effect. Sorry, I'm not trying to be mean. We still don't know if the original article was serious or satire, so my final comments are completely in jest.
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Hi Laura, Thanks for coming to this forum. I thought that your column was credible, particularly since you had so dutifully created an enrollment conversation, exactly as Landmark's technology prescribes: 1.) Sharing your inauthenticity 2.) Sharing the cost and impact of that inauthenticity 3.) Creating a new possibility Landmark would be very proud of you! Have you now become
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I agree with grub and Maggie, your Landmark education is never complete. Landmark leads new participants to believe that your education will be complete after finishing the "Curriculum for Living," with the ideal promise that if you complete the Curriculum, you will be "living powerfully and living a life you love." But no…. you then have to continue to "be in the conve
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In terms of the statistics, I wonder if part of the Forum leaders' compensation is based on their statistics of how many new people enroll on the "completion night" (recruitment night). On my "completion night," not many guests were registering, and the look on the leader's face was sheer panic. He then had participants go to the mike and explain why you should reg
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ON2U LF, thank you for your question. What caused me to stop going to Landmark was the extremely heavy emphasis on registering new members. I felt that I was manipulated to feel "good" if I brought guests and made them register, and "bad" if I had no guests, or I had guests but they didn't register. I was also turned off by the pressure to join the "assistin
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I watched the French Landmark documentary, and I now feel sick to my stomach. Viewing the Forum from someone else's perspective gave me an objective view which I lacked when I was a participant. When I was involved with Landmark, I was so thoroughly seduced and caught up in the moment, I didn't realize the extent of the mind control that was taking place. I now feel gullible, manipul
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