5 Comments on “Review: The Landmark Forum”  

1. 1 YogiD on Aug 20th, 2007 said:

   I agree that this is a great starter course. When people ask me about the Forum, I reply that it feels like Buddhism for America. Many people I now already live their lives with Landmark ‘possibilities’ but for people who are new to the fact that they control their own destiny, it is a great place to start. I also alert anyone I know that when it’s time to sign up your friends, that’s a great time to go to the bathroom or have a silent meditation.
2. 2 marc on Aug 20th, 2007 said:

   I completely agree. If you don’t notice the hard sell, then you probably drank the glass of kool-aid on the way in.

   That said, the hard sell is almost the whole point. If you can get past it to the lessons, you’ve got a great first practice in getting past resistance to something deeper and more meaningful.

   What Landmark really was for me, was a course on communication and how to catch myself listening for what I wanted to hear. When people talk to us, we tell ourselves stories as they talk. Landmark teaches some great distinctions in how to notice, catch, and stop those stories. From there, you can really start to know yourself and others without all that racket.
3. 3 admin on Sep 15th, 2007 said:

   I’ve done some reading up recently on Landmark. They’re a for-profit company run by Werner Erhard’s (who sold EST’s technology to Landmark due to controversy) brother and other board members. They released financial statements a few years back and released information about how profits are dispensed (as dividends to employee-shareholders). I know that they’ve found that advertising doesn’t work for their program. I think a lot of the problem is the name, frankly, but that friend-to-friend referrals work amazingly. No wonder they put so much energy towards it…I think the real problem, though, is in mixing their ‘advertising’ with their courses…leaves people feeling icky and gives them such a bad reputation, it’s really too bad.
4. 4 ArahMan7 on Sep 22nd, 2007 said:

   I don’t know whether you receive my comment or not. It just vanish without telling what’s going on. Here’s my comments again:

   Thank you for your lovely comment on My Journey To Recovery. I really appreciate it. Please come back again. You have a place on my blog. I’m putting your link on my Non-Recovery Links, if that is okay with you.

   Greetings and lotta loves from Malaysia.
5. 5 xztheericzx on Nov 10th, 2007 said:

   i’m eric. joining a couple boards and looking
   forward to participating. hehe unless i get
   too distracted!

   eric

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