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

lol

okay that is literally the most disgusting thing i have ever seen on the internet.

and i've seen tubgirl

This evening I had the bittersweet honor of giving a Eulogy. My dear friends Kim Heil and Chris Rubino died in a car accident on their way home from a Cuddle Party TM lead by Valerie in Joshua Tree on Feb. 16th 2009.

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i feel like the human mind is complex and can sustain two seemingly contradictory beliefs at once, or perhaps in alternation, while repressing the cognitive dissonance. so maybe some of these folks _both_ understand they are ripping people off _and_ believe they are helping people.

i think they just think they've found an awesome way to make money and feel great and avoid asking hard questions

lmao chuck going all media crit on shaq

lol sry romg thread

A Goddess discovers her energetic lingam in this personal narrative written and performed by tantra teacher Ariel White and directed by Kamala Devi of the San Diego Tantra Theater Troupe

Lingbert. In India, "ling" means penis (big or small).
― Akansha, Thursday, June 22, 2006 7:35 AM (5 years ago)

i cant even:

Michael McClure AKA "Eco Elf" is an environmental comedian, writer, speaker and shaman. He often builds the set and runs the lighting for the show.

well it depends on the nature of the scheme. i'm sure some are like that, but others -- especially those who propose to have discovered methods of levitating or "quantum jumping" or whatnot -- probably are aware, at some level and on some occasions, of the nature of what they are up to. but they've built their professional life in such a way that they can avoid being forced to confront this.

xxpost

u think? i dunno, ppl are super deluded about a lot of thigns i guess

like im not sure i believe that on some level every cult leader/organizer is aware they're misleading ppl. i think ppl can convince themselves as well as they can convince others.

HE LEARNED PHOTOGRAPHY IN ONE WEEKEND IT IS REAL

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ll-lGmNjwmM/TL4bkxfwogI/AAAAAAAACAY/6CuwUuDm_xo/s200/TT+10+Brande.jpg
Goddess Brande Faris opened the show with her sultry voice and original song, "Hello & Welcome to Tantra."

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ll-lGmNjwmM/S5qGeIog4CI/AAAAAAAABhA/iXzSepnpBII/s1600-h/P1050080.JPG

http://oi39.tinypic.com/219qa6v.jpg

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lol i was gonna post that

i cant even:

Michael McClure AKA "Eco Elf" is an environmental comedian, writer, speaker and shaman. He often builds the set and runs the lighting for the show.

― the parable is the parable of the (Lamp), Thursday, February 2, 2012 11:48 PM

dying

nooooo am0n i resisted posting that!

'shaman' nonchalantly tacked on to the end of the list of titles

i consider myself a nice person and i can generally get by in social situations but i srsly dont think i could spend 10 minutes in the company of these people

~a booya~

https://www.google.com/search?q=the+cult+of+motivational+speakers&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=A8W&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&source=hp&q=awesomeness+fest+cult+&pbx=1&oq=awesomeness+fest+cult+&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=5659l8233l2l8630l17l17l0l0l0l14l453l4250l0.5.9.1.2l17l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&fp=20d79f0a81e4895c&biw=1241&bih=581

http://www.ecoelf.com/EcoElfTantraTheater.JPG

xp mission accomplished, maybe someone will stop by

Jim
05 March 07, 8:12pm
Guys – I have always found your blog very interesting and enjoy reading it.
However, I’m not sure about your new venture. Maybe I’m missing out on something but isn’t it a classic pyramid scheme? People are just getting rich by having affiliates and sub-affiliates sign up. I know they get a book, dvd, website, etc. but in the end, why isn’t it a pyramid scheme?

Mike
05 March 07, 8:41pm
Hi Jim,
The Secret is a phenomenal movie and the Secret Science of Getting Rich is a great product that can help people learn how to bring the law of attraction into their life.
It teaches you how to activate these universal laws in all areas of your life. The fact that you can make money with it online by promoting it is just an additional side benefit. It is a good one but if you don’t believe in the product, then don’t buy it.
People pay up to $10K to see Anthony Robbins speak for example and the SGR Product is one of the best personal improvement products I have come across.
Also, just about any online venture it has a two tiered affiliate system. Amazon has it, eBay has it, the list goes on. The Secret SGR program also uses a two tiered affiliate system and that is it.
So, please don’t confuse this with a pyramid scheme. That is very different and not something we would get involved with.

Brian
17 September 08, 9:57am
“two tiered affiliate system.”
What does that mean? With Amazon, the affiliates are all selling different things. Seems that SGR affiliates will all be selling the same thing and eventually competing with each other on a massive scale that couldn’t achieve much success for anyone besides the earliest investors. Isn’t that the classic pyramid scheme. If not, please explain your two tiered system in more detail.

there u go s1ocki

Isn't that the classic pyramid scheme.

welcome, hoos.

we've been expecting you.

http://www.webpublishingblog.com/the-secret-the-law-of-attraction-affiliate-program-mlm-pyramid-scheme.htm

i'm in the camp where these people are intentionally manipulating people. when i first saw this stuff seemed like they were pretty legitimately using psych tactics to get these results. it's not hard to come up with this shit, you just have to be completely and unrepentantly sleazy to want to do this to other people.

def feel like the dude running mindvalley is a creepoid

a self-aware one

I am (1) a huge fan of Warren Buffet and (2) a very big believer of the Law of Attraction.

QED

now do you understand?

holy shit guys go on YouTube and search "mind movie":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srJqobda3cA&feature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN01mfcYJRk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yrKaT50sYs&

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zjIulQJT0w

THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THESE MAYBE THOUSANDS!!!

dude I fuckin love the way you think I gotta say

― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, February 2, 2012 4:52 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I am just woke up and watched that cute mindvalley girl video upthread. I'm not awake enough to process content, but I caught myself smiling and nodding at it, as if I was trying to lull her into a sense of shared understanding in the hope we might make out later.

I am ready to join the movement. Namaste.

http://www.mindmovies.com/

ok those are sort of incredibly depressing

this one is like ariane goes to wellville

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTQmyH2m0P8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DIETlxquzY

OK this thread...
Basically I was at work, bored, saw a 500 message thread and thought "hey, this loooks like fun". Read the first post and then had a holy shit moment. That company you talk about gr8080, mindvalley, i know like half the people who work there. I live in KL and all those mindvalley people are people I know and see at parties and stuff. Some of them are friends. I recognise most of the names quoted in this thread and some of the people in those videos. And yeah even though I see them often I still have no idea what the fuck it is they do.

Anyways, yeah, mindvalley is a fucking cult. It is scary. A cult with a lot of hot girls. And a couple of guys thrown in there to make it look like it's not only girls. When the founder, Vishen, shows up at a party you can always spot him: he's the guy with a group of girls hanging around him and listening to his every word like he's the greatest thing ever. But tbh most of the people I've met who work there are quite nice. But don't get them talking about their jobs cos then they'll just bore the hell out of you with how awesome their company is.

Also I skimmed the thread and at some point someone explained briefly how this was a scam that works on affiliates etc. If there's anyway you could on in more detail about that, I'd love to understand how that works :D

welcome!

(thx but tbh this is not my real account, i just created a new one on the off chance someone from mindvalley ever set foot on ilx and this thread... when i saw the thread i hoped it was on 77)

Namaste, KLurker! Interesting that these mindvalley folks are at parties. May I ask what kind of parties?