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

GIS for Tolle in general is frightening.. he has one of those strangely flaccid, saggy buddha-like faces that seem so... culty.

It was fun while it lasted.

― polyphonic, Thursday, February 2, 2012 6:47 PM (40 minutes ago)

sorry dude, didn't figure braco would send out his thugs if I posted it.

do u think hes gazing at this thread right now

gazing back just in case fyi

sorry dude, didn't figure braco would send out his thugs if I posted it.

I posted it on ILE before, so no worries.

"By learning a few simple techniques, you can alter your destiny."

Isn't everybody's destiny to die and be forgotten? What techniques does the Silva Method offer to alter that?

I haven't read this thread but when I was in HK this guy was all over the billboards

http://www.lifewithoutlimbs.org/

dunno if you can track him back tho

reproduction and the creation of immortal art xp

I love how Silva Method dude's videos are all coooool glitchy ambient techno, and white-tunnel FX to emulate LIFE AFTER DEATH MANNNN

immortal art

no such thing FYI.

btw has anyone mentioned http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_(1995_film)

it seems apposite

close enough? http://www.damninteresting.com/this-place-is-not-a-place-of-honor/ xp

love that movie. xp

Ooh that looks interesting, though I'd get frustrated at her I think. Also reminds me of those ppl who think threads grow out of their skin but thats going way off topic.

i know i said i was done but

http://i.imgur.com/kS0Me.png

yeah Morgellon's disease gets us into Munchausen syndrome and, orthogonally, conspiracy theories

xp

otm, Morgellon's is an equal-but-opposite thing imo

love that movie. xp

― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, February 2, 2012 9:02 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yup

i love that this thread is becoming a repository for all kinds of my favorite to discuss crazy but kinda feel like morgellons and MCS are a little off-topic?

I haven't read this thread but when I was in HK this guy was all over the billboards

http://www.lifewithoutlimbs.org/

dunno if you can track him back tho

― dayo, Thursday, February 2, 2012 3:55 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i first learned about this guy when i came across these guys last nite:

http://yuriosworld.weebly.com/
http://yuriosworld.weebly.com/about-us.html

^^^mindvalley FOR KIDS!!!! basically

http://yuriosworld.weebly.com/-lets-reflect.html

*loses mind*

A FRESH NEW BRIDGE

Our Happy Angels and Energy Cowboys book series provide 100% positive messages, common sense and important life skills... [...]They equip children with masterful tools to ignite their self-worth, creative mindsets and their optimal energy.

http://yuriosworld.weebly.com/uploads/8/9/0/8/8908039/2053761.jpghttp://yuriosworld.weebly.com/uploads/8/9/0/8/8908039/6358611.jpghttp://yuriosworld.weebly.com/uploads/8/9/0/8/8908039/7710127.jpg

Hi! Thank you for taking the time to visit us at Yurio's World! We are all thrilled that you are here! My passion is to help children learn the simple and wonderful ways that they can easily love themselves, one another and enjoy their special lives!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0ysd6xwWdg

pretty low-rent, ladies.

"Gonna make a chance!" sounds like something Homsar would say

it's good for children to have fears so they don't grow up and get run over by a train.

xpost

like the background music in the second half of that video, makes me feel like i can Create Miracles!.

hey guys look Awesomeness Fest has their own Pomplemousse:

http://i.imgur.com/kyvSu.png
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNf9SEZG3cQ

My passion is to help children learn the simple and wonderful ways that they can easily love themselves, one another and enjoy their special lives!

god i just want to find some way to crush these people and remind them of our shared and complete insignificance. starting with the kids.

weird uncomfortable passive-aggressive interlude from his girlfriend who clearly wants to get married to him

i think what ppl might be missing on this thread, is that all of this shit, ALL OF IT (or at least all of the shit i find the most fascinating) is about ponzi-style affiliate link selling and weirdo SEO shit underneath a veneer of "awesomeness"

(maybe you're not missing it, but when you veer to "actual" self-actualization stuff it's getting away from what i find the really unique thing going on here)

so its not about harnessing my hidden potential by tapping into the unused psychic energy powering the cosmos

question mark

does anyone actually make money from affiliate-SEO-link-baiting whatever stuff? and if so, who do they make the money from? where does this SEO money come from?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk4yqqRSBeY

have you ever gone on a date w/ someone who you knew was a terrible match, but they were very pretty to look at?

i just laughed @ her bad joke b/c shes hot :(

in the valley of the mind

ponzi-style affiliate link selling and weirdo SEO shit underneath a veneer of "awesomeness"

No yeah I spotted that with all those fake wordpress blogs someone posted and the guy with his business "expanding and contratcing" and etc - its just weird cybergrifting innit. It is fascinating that there is so much of this - surely the centre cannot hold?

i think the elitism and appeals to elitism are my favorite part tbh

The money comes in from the linkbait sites hosting AdWords ads or Amazon affiliate links or some other such crap that pays per click. The scammer gets juice through SEO on a bunch of interconnected spam sites and tries to get up in the rankings for some profitable google search or other, their sites get clicked on in Google searches, people come to the site, inevitably click an ad, and the scammer makes a nickel.

The WP Mage fellow up at the top is the most obvious example of the SEO shit itt.

my uncle has been CFO for half a dozen diff startups and either his last or most current one is an SEO firm.

i wonder if i should ask him about these ppl... only thing is i have no clue where to start :\

i think the elitism and appeals to elitism are my favorite part tbh

― call all destroyer, Thursday, February 2, 2012 4:49 PM (20 seconds ago)

v otm

I once thought for a second that I wanted to get a executive coach. That was a weird second.

Ariel is an Energy Healer and Sexual Empowerment Coach working with women, men & couples since 2005. Here she describes her experiences as a guest at the Mindvalley Team Retreat in Langkawi in 2011.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znTpE23btwY

(99 views)

kept on noticing how much the cute girl in the above vid was talking about working with "leaders" or "really smart people" over and over (and obv how awesomeness fest is invite only)--like i gather this is designed to *look* like it appeals to management types who are really striving (tho probably actually takes advantage of ppl who are a lot more desperate). like if ron donald worked for an internet marketing company.

does anyone actually make money from affiliate-SEO-link-baiting whatever stuff? and if so, who do they make the money from? where does this SEO money come from?

― Mordy, Thursday, February 2, 2012 9:44 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what silby said, and what i think is the most fascinating is the guy selling a $1500 package to create websites that i think just sell that same package and give you an affiliate cut