Comments for Crazy Fingers http://www.larryperson.com/blog If you get confused, listen to the music play. Mon, 12 May 2008 05:10:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 Comment on Looks Like Palm Sunday Again by Helen http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/04/09/looks-like-palm-sunday-again#comment-300 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:18:21 +0000 http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/04/09/looks-like-palm-sunday-again#comment-300 Nice photo! He looks so familiar. Perhaps I've bumped into him in Manhattan! And Dude, I just tagged you. Forgive me! http://stillhigh.blogspot.com/ Peace........................... Nice photo! He looks so familiar. Perhaps I’ve bumped into him in Manhattan! And Dude, I just tagged you. Forgive me!

http://stillhigh.blogspot.com/

Peace………………………

]]> Comment on Weekend (including an account of Allen Roskoff’s holiday party) by Buddah http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2005/12/19/weekend#comment-252 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:29:16 +0000 http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2005/12/19/weekend#comment-252 WOW, I am so glad I found this blog.............. nice to know there are other gay heads out there! - buddah WOW, I am so glad I found this blog…………..

nice to know there are other gay heads out there!

- buddah

]]> Comment on Looks Like Palm Sunday Again by Dumbek http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/04/09/looks-like-palm-sunday-again#comment-250 Sun, 16 Apr 2006 15:19:17 +0000 http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/04/09/looks-like-palm-sunday-again#comment-250 So cute. So cute.

]]> Comment on Ain’t no time to hate by Tim http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2005/11/29/aint-no-time-to-hate#comment-239 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:50:33 +0000 http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2005/11/29/aint-no-time-to-hate#comment-239 I came out 2 years ago and found it very difficult to relate to the music and lifestyles of my new gay/lesbian friends. They'd gawk at my old tie-dye shirts, stacks of Dead, Zappa, WSP, Doors, Jefferson Airplane, CSNY, and other "hippie" stuff... I tried to explain to a number of my friends that deadheads believe (in general) in existing in peace with everyone and allowing people to be themselves...it was a bit like banging my head against a brick wall at times...I am gay but very deadicated... Are there more of us out there in Denver??? I'd love to get one of the stickers for my truck... Tim Denver, CO I came out 2 years ago and found it very difficult to relate to the music and lifestyles of my new gay/lesbian friends.
They’d gawk at my old tie-dye shirts, stacks of Dead, Zappa, WSP, Doors, Jefferson Airplane, CSNY, and other “hippie” stuff…
I tried to explain to a number of my friends that deadheads believe (in general) in existing in peace with everyone and
allowing people to be themselves…it was a bit like banging my head against a brick wall at times…I am gay but very deadicated…

Are there more of us out there in Denver??? I’d love to get one of the stickers for my truck…

Tim
Denver, CO

]]> Comment on Landmark “Education” and the Landmark Forum (formerly known as est) by A P Manners http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/02/04/landmark-education-and-the-landmark-forum-formerly-known-as-est#comment-230 Sun, 09 Apr 2006 12:55:54 +0000 http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/02/04/landmark-education-and-the-landmark-forum-formerly-known-as-est#comment-230 Having been to a Landmark introduction evening, all I can say is: very scary! brainwashing and bullying and the volunteers completely mind numbily stupid. These courses are only done by those in a vulnerable state or those with more money than sense. Pay for a qualified therapist not a soulless money grabbing corporation. Landmark is bastardisation of the personal experience. Having been to a Landmark introduction evening, all I can say is: very scary! brainwashing and bullying and the volunteers completely mind numbily stupid. These courses are only done by those in a vulnerable state or those with more money than sense. Pay for a qualified therapist not a soulless money grabbing corporation. Landmark is bastardisation of the personal experience.

]]> Comment on Happy anniversary! by Nikki http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/03/05/first-year#comment-218 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 03:39:39 +0000 http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/03/05/first-year#comment-218 I know that ass anywhere, Bri! I know that ass anywhere, Bri!

]]> Comment on Landmark “Education” and the Landmark Forum (formerly known as est) by J.T. Schlepers http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/02/04/landmark-education-and-the-landmark-forum-formerly-known-as-est#comment-216 Wed, 05 Apr 2006 13:05:46 +0000 http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/02/04/landmark-education-and-the-landmark-forum-formerly-known-as-est#comment-216 How can you prevent that a friend is going to participate in the Landmark Forum course??????? Need any answers very quickly as course starts coming weekend!!!!!!!!! How can you prevent that a friend is going to participate in the Landmark Forum course???????
Need any answers very quickly as course starts coming weekend!!!!!!!!!

]]> Comment on Allman Brothers 3/9/06 by Dumbek http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/03/10/allman-brothers-3906#comment-207 Sat, 01 Apr 2006 15:46:04 +0000 http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/03/10/allman-brothers-3906#comment-207 So what did Brian think of the show? So what did Brian think of the show?

]]> Comment on Happy anniversary! by RanibowDemon http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/03/05/first-year#comment-159 Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:35:57 +0000 http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/03/05/first-year#comment-159 Congratulations and Best Wishes. Peace, =RD= Congratulations and Best Wishes.

Peace,
=RD=

]]> Comment on Allman Brothers 3/9/06 by Larry http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/03/10/allman-brothers-3906#comment-146 Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:39:44 +0000 http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/03/10/allman-brothers-3906#comment-146 <a href="http://www.larryperson.com/blog/category/brian/" rel="nofollow">Who is Brian?</a> Who is Brian?

]]> Comment on Allman Brothers 3/9/06 by Debby http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/03/10/allman-brothers-3906#comment-145 Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:35:48 +0000 http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/03/10/allman-brothers-3906#comment-145 Sounds like you had an excellent time. Wish I could have been there. I don't know who Brian is yet, but I'm sure I will find out soon. Sounds like you are happy to be seeing him, so have a wonderful time. Sounds like you had an excellent time. Wish I could have been there.

I don’t know who Brian is yet, but I’m sure I will find out soon. Sounds like you are happy to be seeing him, so have a wonderful time.

]]> Comment on Landmark “Education” and the Landmark Forum (formerly known as est) by Landmark_scum_scam http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/02/04/landmark-education-and-the-landmark-forum-formerly-known-as-est#comment-141 Thu, 09 Mar 2006 04:45:52 +0000 http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/02/04/landmark-education-and-the-landmark-forum-formerly-known-as-est#comment-141 Due to bad publicity, Landmark has had to cease operations in 3 countries in the past year: France, Sweden and Switzerland. They're much less tolerant of cults in Europe than in North America. That's why Scientology is having such a hard time in Germany, and in other European nations Scientology is outright banned. All these websites are anti-Landmark in one way or another. The sheer quantity of criticism you can find on Landmark should tell you something. It certainly tells me something - to stay away!! www.freedomofmind.com http://www.rickross.com/reference/landmark/landmark22.html http://caic.org.au/miscult/singer.htm http://www.apologeticsindex.org/l30.html http://www.metroactive.com/landmark/landmark1-9827.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eldon.braun/awareness/pressmn1.htm http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/secul/landmark/landmark.html http://www.caic.org.au/psyther/landmark/landmark6.htm http://www.ex-cult.org/Groups/Landmark/landmark-cherries.dir/_XOOM/apostate/index.htm http://www.xs4all.nl/~anco/mental/randr/cults.htm http://www.cultsoncampus.com/ http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/archive/index.php/t-30430.html http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:VEWvSAP_RjYJ:www.myownmind.com/lmstory.cfm+%22cult+awareness%22+%2B+landmark&#38;hl=en&#38;gl=ca&#38;ct=clnk&#38;cd=36 http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/culture/features/4932/index2.html http://members.aol.com/richinri/cults.htm http://web.ionsys.com/~remedy/The%20Mary%20Polaski%20L%20Series.htm http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eldon.braun/awareness/choosingx.htm http://skepdic.com/cults.html http://wellspringretreat.org/siren.html http://landmarkforumsucks.tribe.net/thread/cd2d52e0-bde2-4bd1-9119-5734c439ca6a http://landmarkforumsucks.tribe.net/thread/0754ccdc-9e11-407f-afa5-9eccb810de4b http://www.blessedquietness.com/journal/housechu/cultlinks.htm http://www.cyberclass.net/darks.htm http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-links.html http://www.google.ca/search?q=%22cult+awareness%22+%2B+landmark&#38;hl=en&#38;lr=&#38;start=90&#38;sa=N http://it.umary.edu/Library/research/www_subjects/religions_new.html http://www.rickross.com/ http://anthony.gnn.tv/blogs/49/Is_the_Landmark_Forum_a_Cult_or_Just_a_Great_Way_to_Make_Friends_and_Influence_People http://www.xs4all.nl/~anco/mental/randr/kirk.htm http://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=69339 http://www.factnet.org/discus/messages/1/391.html?1130885863 http://veganporn.com/documents.pl?mode=show&#38;docid=1052274815&#38;forumid=1010 http://www.xs4all.nl/~anco/mental/randr/benmac.htm http://www.religionnewsblog.com/search.php?all=landmark&#38;execute=go&#38;sort=score http://www.holysmoke.org/cos/landmark-scientology-danger.htm http://chirotalk.proboards3.com/index.cgi?board=stateprotest&#38;action=display&#38;thread=1117771510&#38;page=1 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&#38;forum=102&#38;topic_id=1018969 http://www.bookrags.com/history/popculture/est-sjpc-02/ http://www.liquidtodd.com/news/newsandviews/news_archive1.html http://www.infosekta.ch/is5/gruppen/lm_schaaf1994.html http://atheism.about.com/b/a/167334.htm http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1136838328818 http://www.yehoodi.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=74793&#38; http://www.rickross.com/reference/landmark/landmark91.html http://www.culticstudiesreview.org/csr_articles/kronberg_robert.htm http://www.beyondrobson.com/city/2006/01/heard_of_landmark_forum_you_will/ http://www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter/03-2004/msg00144.html http://fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?topic=11030&#38;forum=22 http://fish.blogs.com/thecarrot/2005/09/are_we_there_ye.html http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/archives/2005/03/hat_trick_from.html http://mividaentoronto.blogspot.com/2005/07/i-am-now-more-convinced-that-landmark.html http://www.badbusinessbureau.com/reports/ripoff85995.htm www.cults.co.nz http://www.caic.org.au/zentry1.htm http://www.cultinformation.org.uk/links.html http://www.stetson.edu/~psteeves/relnews/destructivesects.html http://www.ex-cult.org/ http://cftf.com/french/Les_Sectes_en_France/cults.html (French) http://www.tolc.org/bmnet.htm (UK) http://www.agpf.de/Landmark.htm (German) http://www.bloomington.in.us/~lgthscac/ http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/cultsect/mdtaskforce/cultsoncampus_loomis.htm Due to bad publicity, Landmark has had to cease operations in 3 countries in the past year: France, Sweden and Switzerland. They’re much less tolerant of cults in Europe than in North America. That’s why Scientology is having such a hard time in Germany, and in other European nations Scientology is outright banned.

All these websites are anti-Landmark in one way or another. The sheer quantity of criticism you can find on Landmark should tell you something. It certainly tells me something - to stay away!!

www.freedomofmind.com
http://www.rickross.com/reference/landmark/landmark22.html
http://caic.org.au/miscult/singer.htm
http://www.apologeticsindex.org/l30.html
http://www.metroactive.com/landmark/landmark1-9827.html
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eldon.braun/awareness/pressmn1.htm
http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/secul/landmark/landmark.html
http://www.caic.org.au/psyther/landmark/landmark6.htm
http://www.ex-cult.org/Groups/Landmark/landmark-cherries.dir/_XOOM/apostate/index.htm
http://www.xs4all.nl/~anco/mental/randr/cults.htm
http://www.cultsoncampus.com/
http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/archive/index.php/t-30430.html
http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:VEWvSAP_RjYJ:www.myownmind.com/lmstory.cfm+%22cult+awareness%22+%2B+landmark&hl=en&gl=ca&ct=clnk&cd=36
http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/culture/features/4932/index2.html
http://members.aol.com/richinri/cults.htm
http://web.ionsys.com/~remedy/The%20Mary%20Polaski%20L%20Series.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eldon.braun/awareness/choosingx.htm
http://skepdic.com/cults.html
http://wellspringretreat.org/siren.html
http://landmarkforumsucks.tribe.net/thread/cd2d52e0-bde2-4bd1-9119-5734c439ca6a
http://landmarkforumsucks.tribe.net/thread/0754ccdc-9e11-407f-afa5-9eccb810de4b
http://www.blessedquietness.com/journal/housechu/cultlinks.htm
http://www.cyberclass.net/darks.htm
http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-links.html
http://www.google.ca/search?q=%22cult+awareness%22+%2B+landmark&hl=en&lr=&start=90&sa=N
http://it.umary.edu/Library/research/www_subjects/religions_new.html
http://www.rickross.com/
http://anthony.gnn.tv/blogs/49/Is_the_Landmark_Forum_a_Cult_or_Just_a_Great_Way_to_Make_Friends_and_Influence_People
http://www.xs4all.nl/~anco/mental/randr/kirk.htm
http://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=69339
http://www.factnet.org/discus/messages/1/391.html?1130885863
http://veganporn.com/documents.pl?mode=show&docid=1052274815&forumid=1010
http://www.xs4all.nl/~anco/mental/randr/benmac.htm
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/search.php?all=landmark&execute=go&sort=score
http://www.holysmoke.org/cos/landmark-scientology-danger.htm
http://chirotalk.proboards3.com/index.cgi?board=stateprotest&action=display&thread=1117771510&page=1
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1018969
http://www.bookrags.com/history/popculture/est-sjpc-02/
http://www.liquidtodd.com/news/newsandviews/news_archive1.html
http://www.infosekta.ch/is5/gruppen/lm_schaaf1994.html
http://atheism.about.com/b/a/167334.htm
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1136838328818
http://www.yehoodi.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=74793&
http://www.rickross.com/reference/landmark/landmark91.html
http://www.culticstudiesreview.org/csr_articles/kronberg_robert.htm
http://www.beyondrobson.com/city/2006/01/heard_of_landmark_forum_you_will/
http://www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter/03-2004/msg00144.html
http://fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?topic=11030&forum=22
http://fish.blogs.com/thecarrot/2005/09/are_we_there_ye.html
http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/archives/2005/03/hat_trick_from.html
http://mividaentoronto.blogspot.com/2005/07/i-am-now-more-convinced-that-landmark.html
http://www.badbusinessbureau.com/reports/ripoff85995.htm
www.cults.co.nz
http://www.caic.org.au/zentry1.htm
http://www.cultinformation.org.uk/links.html
http://www.stetson.edu/~psteeves/relnews/destructivesects.html
http://www.ex-cult.org/
http://cftf.com/french/Les_Sectes_en_France/cults.html (French)
http://www.tolc.org/bmnet.htm (UK)
http://www.agpf.de/Landmark.htm (German)
http://www.bloomington.in.us/~lgthscac/
http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/cultsect/mdtaskforce/cultsoncampus_loomis.htm

]]> Comment on Landmark “Education” and the Landmark Forum (formerly known as est) by Landmark sucks http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/02/04/landmark-education-and-the-landmark-forum-formerly-known-as-est#comment-140 Wed, 08 Mar 2006 23:16:33 +0000 http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/02/04/landmark-education-and-the-landmark-forum-formerly-known-as-est#comment-140 Landmark is a mind-rotting cult of greed. Don't go unless you want to end up a robot. Landmark is a mind-rotting cult of greed.

Don’t go unless you want to end up a robot.

]]> Comment on Allman Brothers on the horizon by bonnie http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/03/05/allman-brothers-on-the-horizon#comment-139 Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:34:39 +0000 http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/03/05/allman-brothers-on-the-horizon#comment-139 Yo, Larry! Way to not tell anybody you're a nominee for the Koufax Awards for Best New Blog . Yo, Larry!

Way to not tell anybody you’re a nominee for the Koufax Awards for Best New Blog .

]]> Comment on Allman Brothers on the horizon by Dumbek http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/03/05/allman-brothers-on-the-horizon#comment-138 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 01:59:52 +0000 http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/03/05/allman-brothers-on-the-horizon#comment-138 It's not me so much as my boyfriend who flat-out refuses to go see them without Dickey. I've seen them a couple times since then and know they can still bring it. I'll get him back there eventually. Have a great time! (oh - that 6/10/73 show is killer, btw) It’s not me so much as my boyfriend who flat-out refuses to go see them without Dickey. I’ve seen them a couple times since then and know they can still bring it. I’ll get him back there eventually. Have a great time! (oh - that 6/10/73 show is killer, btw)

]]> Comment on Happy anniversary! by Dumbek http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/03/05/first-year#comment-137 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 01:55:34 +0000 http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/03/05/first-year#comment-137 Congrats! Congrats!

]]> Comment on Allman Brothers on the horizon by Larry http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/03/05/allman-brothers-on-the-horizon#comment-136 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:32:32 +0000 http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/03/05/allman-brothers-on-the-horizon#comment-136 Come down for it! :-) Come down for it! :-)

]]> Comment on Allman Brothers on the horizon by Helen http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/03/05/allman-brothers-on-the-horizon#comment-135 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 23:52:54 +0000 http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/03/05/allman-brothers-on-the-horizon#comment-135 Always, always a great time. I miss going to this run of shows. It's probably one of the things I miss most about living in the city! Have fun! Peace............ Always, always a great time. I miss going to this run of shows. It’s probably one of the things I miss most about living in the city! Have fun!
Peace…………

]]> Comment on Happy anniversary! by bonnie http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/03/05/first-year#comment-134 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 19:43:53 +0000 http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/03/05/first-year#comment-134 I'm glad he was in the gym that day too. hate to get sappy but it has been great watching your relationship develop. I’m glad he was in the gym that day too. hate to get sappy but it has been great watching your relationship develop.

]]> Comment on Landmark “Education” and the Landmark Forum (formerly known as est) by I don't like cults http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/02/04/landmark-education-and-the-landmark-forum-formerly-known-as-est#comment-132 Sat, 04 Mar 2006 03:13:32 +0000 http://www.larryperson.com/blog/2006/02/04/landmark-education-and-the-landmark-forum-formerly-known-as-est#comment-132 Landmark Forum is: *a brainwashing seminar *a pyramid scheme (legal because the labor is volunteered) *group pressure/peer pressure *skilled at harrasement *a 'targeted marketing coorperation' (believe it, those are their own words!) *going to target YOU *a neighborhood nightmare *a social epidemic *yes it IS a cult for the enthusiastic *empty rhetoric *a salesman that YOU pay to solicite YOU *secretly writting down any information you share during the forum in order to solicite you in the future *full of real estate agents, car salesmen, loan officers, travel agents and more who are WATCHING YOU (and taking notes)- don't worry they'll introduce themselves as new friends at a later date once they know what your interests are. They are the ones who will help you purchase, oops I mean realize your true potential *not your friend *bastardized philosophy and social science *scripted *owned by the former board members of EST *a more 'polished' and up to date version of EST *required to have you sign a consent release form because of all those messy suicide lawsuits back in the seventies and eighties during the EST version *not therapy *sneaky *insidious *a snake oil salesman with a friendly face *full of ------ (fill in the blank) rhetorical logic riddled word games that give you that warm 'I got it!' feeling *a really bad idea *a family and friend 'divider' not 'uniter' *encouraging spouses NOT to tell their spouses what happened during the seminar *a really really expensive weekend, or more *psycologically dangerous *full of feel good fluff *full of feel bad stuff *wants you, your family, your friends, and your friends friends to sign up *wants YOU to recruit them, free of charge- because intra personal relationships are the marketing mechanism of the future, oops, I mean TODAY *a class rate con job *not an accredited educational organization *affects more people then you would ever guess *fools 90% of them- and that's good business *an amazing business model because they pay NO ONE except the 'Leader' and owners and venue. Imagine that 'Leader' walking away with $10,000-$30,000 a weekend. *definetely not harmless psycobabble *programs devotees to use Landmark jargon which creates a covert Landmark sales pitch that they will consciously and subconsciously use everyday on everyone they know *lying to you *using fancy diagrams *and confusion *profiling you from the moment you walk in the door *going to give you a name tag with a secret profile number 1-5 in order to best 'market' you *may be government sponsored or condoned in order to help keep the economy spending in these trouble times (because dollar bills don't do uncle sam any good getting stale under the mattress) *feels like church, gone to HELL *not going out of business any time soon *a business designed for salespeople to circumvent the national "Do not call list" *going to get your phone number and keep calling, and calling, and calling, and calling you *MINDCONTROL- and no, it does not require wires or implants- just changing someones choice of words is how they start the snowball rolling *did I mention a really REALLY bad idea to get involved with? Open yourself to the possibility that con-men can wear nice suits and shiny shoes too. Remember that you are not allowed to take notes (but the salespeople in the back of the room are). Rackets? Lets keep the discussion on YOUR rackets, not Landmarks please. If you leave to go the bathroom you might break the trance of confusion and group brainwash, so you'd better return to your seat at once if you want to get 'it'. They just want to help you have a 'clearing'. When your wallet is thoroughly cleared and the real estate agent, I mean new 'friend', has sold you a condemned building in the bad part of town that no one else wants, then you will truly know you've gotten 'it'. You may proceed to the next level. Sign here. Oh, and open your wallet please. Landmark Forum is:
*a brainwashing seminar
*a pyramid scheme (legal because the labor is volunteered)
*group pressure/peer pressure
*skilled at harrasement
*a ‘targeted marketing coorperation’ (believe it, those are their own words!)
*going to target YOU
*a neighborhood nightmare
*a social epidemic
*yes it IS a cult for the enthusiastic
*empty rhetoric
*a salesman that YOU pay to solicite YOU
*secretly writting down any information you share during the forum in order to solicite you in the future
*full of real estate agents, car salesmen, loan officers, travel agents and more who are WATCHING YOU (and taking notes)- don’t worry they’ll introduce themselves as new friends at a later date once they know what your interests are. They are the ones who will help you purchase, oops I mean realize your true potential
*not your friend
*bastardized philosophy and social science
*scripted
*owned by the former board members of EST
*a more ‘polished’ and up to date version of EST
*required to have you sign a consent release form because of all those messy suicide lawsuits back in the seventies and eighties during the EST version
*not therapy
*sneaky
*insidious
*a snake oil salesman with a friendly face
*full of —— (fill in the blank) rhetorical logic riddled word games that give you that warm ‘I got it!’ feeling
*a really bad idea
*a family and friend ‘divider’ not ‘uniter’
*encouraging spouses NOT to tell their spouses what happened during the seminar
*a really really expensive weekend, or more
*psycologically dangerous
*full of feel good fluff
*full of feel bad stuff
*wants you, your family, your friends, and your friends friends to sign up
*wants YOU to recruit them, free of charge- because intra personal relationships are the marketing mechanism of the future, oops, I mean TODAY
*a class rate con job
*not an accredited educational organization
*affects more people then you would ever guess
*fools 90% of them- and that’s good business
*an amazing business model because they pay NO ONE except the ‘Leader’ and owners and venue. Imagine that ‘Leader’ walking away with $10,000-$30,000 a weekend.
*definetely not harmless psycobabble
*programs devotees to use Landmark jargon which creates a covert Landmark sales pitch that they will consciously and subconsciously use everyday on everyone they know
*lying to you
*using fancy diagrams
*and confusion
*profiling you from the moment you walk in the door
*going to give you a name tag with a secret profile number 1-5 in order to best ‘market’ you
*may be government sponsored or condoned in order to help keep the economy spending in these trouble times (because dollar bills don’t do uncle sam any good getting stale under the mattress)
*feels like church, gone to HELL
*not going out of business any time soon
*a business designed for salespeople to circumvent the national “Do not call list”
*going to get your phone number and keep calling, and calling, and calling, and calling you
*MINDCONTROL- and no, it does not require wires or implants- just changing someones choice of words is how they start the snowball rolling
*did I mention a really REALLY bad idea to get involved with?

Open yourself to the possibility that con-men can wear nice suits and shiny shoes too. Remember that you are not allowed to take notes (but the salespeople in the back of the room are). Rackets? Lets keep the discussion on YOUR rackets, not Landmarks please. If you leave to go the bathroom you might break the trance of confusion and group brainwash, so you’d better return to your seat at once if you want to get ‘it’. They just want to help you have a ‘clearing’. When your wallet is thoroughly cleared and the real estate agent, I mean new ‘friend’, has sold you a condemned building in the bad part of town that no one else wants, then you will truly know you’ve gotten ‘it’. You may proceed to the next level. Sign here. Oh, and open your wallet please.

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