Then you have Reike and Transpersonal Psychology. The list is pretty long. The bottom line: most people are too lazy to do the work in therapy. They want a quick fix or some kind of shortcut. See Kevin Trudeau
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Quotevlinden Balance, balance. The middle path is the most challenging. That's the EASY part. 1) Get a college education that will be able to get you a job. 2) Don't be a dumbass. If you haven't found yourself, look in the mirror. Grab your shoulders. OK, you've found yourself. Shut the fuck up and get back to work! 3) Mental health practitioners actually do good work
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QuotevlindenOh god, that is so familiar. I'm hearing the same thing from my ex. My question was more about if there were signs previous to the LGAT the would show someone was prone to everything that came later. Being raped is so totally traumatic, and often has feelings of guilt and of course shame attached. Did she seek qualified counseling after it happened? Landmark gave her a
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It's when she sounded like she'd just done a line of meth or cocaine after an LE course/event/whatever, and was pressuring me ("You HAVE to do this!"). Saying being raped a year and some change earlier was "just what happened." Apologizing to an ex who was cheating on her.Apologizing because she read his e-mail and that's how she found out. And finally,
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She was dear to me. If you guys only knew the depth of commitment I had. And showed. Always a sad ending for Landroids.
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you've lost him. Just like I lost my fiancee. Once someone does something that stupid in a relationship, there's no use in hanging on. You'll NEVER be able to trust his judgement and competencies in making decisions because this one BIG fuck-up will loom over everything. I wish it wasn't true but it is. I had similar problem
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Quotefreedom fighterHi Vic-Luc What do you mean by Stockdale Syndrome, Stockholm, same thing in your case. FF Just thinking out loud.
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It's legit. And watching it, I can't see what all of Werner's legal fuss was all about.
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QuotevlindenHi everyone, I've decided to write a piece about what has happened to me, with losing my partner to Landmark. I'm writing about est and it's history, what happened to it and how it was transformed into Landmark. It's called "Love in the 21st Century: A Case Study." Because I met my partner online, it's another interesting feature of our very &q
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Sometimes I'm left with more questions than answers. Stockdale Syndrome, Stockholm, same thing in my case.
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Elena, thank you!
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John, I'd be there, it would count for my license and career, but I haven't the means.
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I'd be there Rick, the training would count for my license, but I haven't the means.
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John- Thanks a mill. -VL
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FF-- What cult were you in, exactly? I'm curious because I can't remember reading a name, or a person, or an organization. Please fill me in.
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Quotefreedom fighterHey Jack, You go ahead and keep laughing buddy. Well here in America I live in the northern most region and it would be the southern folk who are the Yanks. It's a bit too north for me to be a Yankee. I've lived in the States all my life and I've never ever ever known someone from the South to be called a Yankee. The North, especially where you seem to d
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If someone could sponsor me to go, I'd be the only provider of such services in the South Central United States.
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Hey, it's a compliment! :P
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QuoteON2 LFQuoteajinajanWhatever happened to ... EST? Discover/July 1, 2007 By Stephen Ornes Good little article. added to YouTube a few days ago.. Had his scientology training not taught him to disregard psychiatry as a valid discipline, he would know, and would probably rethink telling, his description of how EST began was actually from a psychotic break he experienced. There is
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QuoteJohn FoxHey there Freedom, no need to apologise about not being aware. We all start off that way. More power to you .... and welcome to the neighborhood! John Aye Yo, Freedom! Welcome to the party! I echo Johnny. Happy New Year!
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oh, that's brilliant! Colbert rocks...
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But for the record, I'd avoid any bright-eyed person named "Gaibrielle" or "Gaib" interesting in "sharing" or "having a conversation."
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Happy New Year, my friends!
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Werner Spits is the name he goes by to enter the US to dodge having to pay a wrongful-death judgement.
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QuoteJohn FoxWell, if it has come from their leadership then it's obviously an example of the possibilities that you can become when you have made your way through the Landmark Education curriculum .... and make it to the top. Let's hold this up as an example to the world, eh? Got a scan of it handy? <evil grin> John In due time, Johnny the Fox, in due time...
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The moderator is now systematically deleting posts by "Warner Blowhard," the banned person in question.
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30 year cycles of assholes/estholes/Lekkholes
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QuoteJohn FoxI'm sure it is only as shallow as a round of self-congratulatory applause. ;-) John Right, because if they actually wanted these changes to work, any graduate could attend. So they're sticking with the same model...the "coaches" or "assistants" give info to the "participants" that they know will be misused, blame is decentralised and d
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LE has always been "committed" to these things, and everytime there are "changes," it's nothing but the same 'ol same 'ol... ...asses have to fill seats, money has to be made.
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It was the shittiest, most misspelled, rushed piece of pap I've ever read.
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