❀ the cult of: ➥motivational speakers ➥life coaches ➥personal growth gurus ➥new-age charlatans ➥AWESOMENESS FEST

his grandkids are going to go to 10 colleges, that is crazy

ok I obv didn't get to the piano yet before I posted my last post

none of these guys can hold a candle to braco. quantumleaping? don't need it. this guy just stands and looks at people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVJfsdXzgqg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVJfsdXzgqg

Braco never speaks, but if you look into his eyes you can hear his heart.

holllllllly shit

its the https thats preventing ilx from embedding fyi, not sure why u need secure utubes

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGkeJxclnFE&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGkeJxclnFE&feature=related

Braco never speaks, but if you look into his eyes you can hear his heart.

I made that video. :)

haha wut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqV0q_cHtRE&feature=related

lol sedona

id be way more into that hugging guru than the gazing one *hugs!*

just watched the vid, and sorry dudes but I actually kind of think if its just about thinking something dumb so you can try and make art that's fine kind of?

But then when it comes to basking in the monetization of everything and spreading the horrible thought process that led you to make what you've made then it becomes indefensible?

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, February 2, 2012 8:27 AM (12 minutes ago)

totally otm-- also taking it to the next level and turning "thinking something dumb" into a PRODUCT that you then market to people....

I've seen the hugging guru irl, when I was younger, it was a very scary/dumb experience, basically any indian kind of thing filled with white people freaks me the fuck out no offense, lotta indian people there too though

did u get a hug tho, ive heard theyre amazing hugs

my little cousin burst into tears when she entered the room the hugging guru was in

haha wut

It seems to have been accepted into the Braco canon, so now lots of spiritual nutjobs have listened to Oneohtrix Point Never.

BRACO (pronounced braht-zo) is LIVESTREAMING from maui, hawaii feb 14-15

Now people around the world can participate in a gazing session with Braco through the Live Streaming experience.

Magique says:
November 17th, 2010
1:32 pm

I hope that Braco can gaze at us through the computer on a regular basis — through Skype or similar. This is my hope for myself and others — especially for those who cannot travel to see Braco. If he wants to reach a lot of people, this is the best way.

now u can jerk it while gazing at braco

the hug line was too long so I got free food w/ my family and left, we went there based on other fam convincing us to go, the car ride home was really quiet, all my mom kind of said was "I didn't know it would be like this, never listen to someone who wants to be worshipped"

Q: I only have Wi-fi. Will the Gaze still work without the recommended direct connection? Will the stream still work?

A: Yes, the Gaze always flows, but if you don’t have a strong, plug in connection there are no guarentees that there will be no interference to the livestream. As one who tries nearly nightly to Skype with Braco from a shaky wi-fi connection, constantly, I know that a plug in option would be a much nicer experience. The connection often breaks apart and it can be frustrating, but we live off-grid with no options so I keep trying. Sometimes I’m successful, sometimes I resort to the phone instead of throwing my computer out the window. Follow your heart, but know it’s the difference between using an old black and white TV set with rabbit ears and being plugged into cable receiving information from a Satellite dish. This technology is only as good as your best computer connection.

the Gaze must flowwwwwwww~

don't gaze me bro

because hug lady was dressed like some godesses I forget which xxxp

it's not limited to white people loving indian things.

there's a whole giant hunk of upper-middle class people protestants who are casual buddhists and practice 'self-work' and also yoga w/o any conviction beyond a vocal committment and seem to like the mystical orientalizing cachet of the whole thing and eat so many chia seeds

commitment

It seems to have been accepted into the Braco canon, so now lots of spiritual nutjobs have listened to Oneohtrix Point Never.

wow, didn't realize it was Oneohtrix Point Never, thought it was some Braco homebrew stuff... fits perfectly with that video

the hug line was too long so I got free food w/ my family and left, we went there based on other fam convincing us to go, the car ride home was really quiet, all my mom kind of said was "I didn't know it would be like this, never listen to someone who wants to be worshipped"

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, February 2, 2012 1:45 PM (5 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

man ur the second person ive talked to who got weirded out and didnt stay for the hug, i ask u whats the point if you dont stay for the hug, ive heard theyre the best hugs

visit ur local cop-a-feel guru

there's a whole giant hunk of upper-middle class people protestants who are casual buddhists and practice 'self-work' and also yoga w/o any conviction beyond a vocal committment and seem to like the mystical orientalizing cachet of the whole thing and eat so many chia seeds

― "renegade" gnome (remy bean), Thursday, February 2, 2012 12:46 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://assets.bostatic.com/images/splash-site/facebook_thumbnails/o2012_fbthumb_areyouin.jpg

i kid, i kid

I went to hug lady for the same reason I still go to temples when I visit my family, I was just along for the ride I guess. Although when I was in india once I went to an ancient temple that was just little crude statues carved within these underground caves you had to crawl through that was pretty cool. Prob the only really cool temple experience

the personal development leader/artist reminds me of a friend talking about how jealous he was of people who didn't know how terrible their writing/art/etc. was - how it must be freeing to think that everything you paint is a masterpiece.

bit about his art appreciating is particularly lolsome, given that most work even by established artists represented in NY/London galleries doesn't actually appreciate in value

this thread is incredible, thank you gr8080

the lifecoach meme, it is trending: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/fashion/should-a-life-coach-have-a-life-first.html

don't know if this article is even more terrifying for being more 'grounded':

She has since built a base of 10 clients, including a 48-year-old woman who, until recently, was living in denial of the fact that she has diabetes.

“It was a very difficult breakthrough for her, she was crying,” Ms. Messinger, who charges from $25 to $75 an hour, recalled of a recent session with the client. “I just made her aware of more options, like maybe you can try Splenda.”

i can barely keep up w/ this thread, but i'm lovin it.

btw i'm not really a fan of adam curtis but his 'century of the self' series goes on a long detour about the new age movement, particularly landmark. his overall 'thesis' is dubious but there is some good footage in there.

oh god

xp

man

More than 30 American universities have introduced coaching programs, including Harvard, Yale, Duke, New York University, Georgetown, the University of California at Berkeley, Penn State, the University of Texas at Dallas and George Washington.

what

http://www.silvamethod.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silva_Method

― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Thursday, February 2, 2012 8:13 AM (34 minutes ago)

i almost posted these to the "shit that should be a tim & eric skit" thread.

DO NOT SLEEP ON THESE VIDEOS-- watch at least a minute or two of each:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nOCfnyIhVY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsDqI9MqVbQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hluTuToV2f8

v v interesting to see their whole marketing vibe/image ~approach~ before hooking up w/ Vishen and Mindvalley.

wow

thank you for your breathing advice, facially-enunciating weirdly leather jacket sporting budget daniel craig

was wondering if Braco was going to come up here! ha!

there's a whole universe of bizarro spiritualist/healer/alien-contactee type people on youtube. i found a pretty amazing example once but i can't find it anymore! i thought i put it on damage contrlolz but i guess not.

that stuff is fairly removed from new age life coach ish tho, more millienial than self-improving. some of it seriously home-made and sorry-ass looking. you wonder who could be awed by any of it.

the key diff seems to be $$$! aside from youth and sex all the shit on this thread seems to be about making money.

this dude is an alien/healer type: http://www.siriusascension.com/

but yeah it's a different kind of crazy to the pyramid scheme self help SEO nightmare of this thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTidVjdtOwg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYk7V4BxP-U&feature=related

http://laurahamesfranklin.com/

narration on those Silva Method is truly avant. they put the stresses on precisely the wrong word in each sentence in this way that is so hypnotic that it keeps you listening

'by being in a relaxed state, we are able to absorb information faster and better'

'instead of being aggressive, and forcing them to learn the verbs, lazonoff played classical music which created a soothing atmosphere.'

So unclean! So unclean! Must cleanse myself with a big dose of:

http://edu.glogster.com/media/4/34/88/92/34889298.jpg

xp the narrator sounds like a text-to-speech program