I was very young probably about 16 years old when I took the course in Philadelphia. A lot of traumatic things happened there for me. Some of the posts are reminding me of the wandering processes, and the standing on stage and being told to be present, I was apparently very bad at all of these skills, and I remember one of the assistance following me around and hitting me on the head with a littl
Forum: Large Group Awareness Training, "Human Potential"

Not knowing this got posted, I just re-posted it! Yes, I look back and can't believe this s&&&. I did EST when I was thirteen as well. More weird stuff there as well. I quit when EST decided to change its name to Landmark and even at my age (17) I thought this seemed not quite right...and I was starting to have a lot of distain for all these grownups who seemed to have so mu
Forum: Large Group Awareness Training, "Human Potential"

I took DC probably around 1981 - I was sixteen. I still can't believe my parents gave permission as they definitely did not investigate it. One of the EST people we knew wanted me to do DC. My whole family had done EST and I was very active in the group in NJ. It was pretty much the only activity I was doing - I was doing logistics for their large events and being exposed to a lot of inap
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I did Direct Centering in the early 80s, when I was only 16. It was a pretty traumatic experience for me. I got involved through est - I had done est when I was 13 with my parent's blessing ( I was the last holdout in my family - my mother, father, and sisters had all done it). My mom and dad were rarely home - my dad away teaching or lecturing, my mom volunteering for est. So I found
Forum: Large Group Awareness Training, "Human Potential"

Please support this petition either by signing or by posting it on your Facebook web pages and on other subject related forums and blogs. We need to collect 1000 signatures. The Vauxhall Society have opened an interesting discussion:
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