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lag∞n, Monday, 6 February 2012 14:56 (twelve years ago) link

I had a loooong talk with my mom about this thread on Saturday -- she is trying to write a book, and she goes to a lot of "conferences for writers" (that's what she calls them) and they are full of aspiring life coaches and self-help hucksters in addition to regular people trying to sell memoirs about their crazy lives. She's very aware of this panoply of potential weirdos/predators, but has made a few questionable "friends" along the way. She's kind of a curious restless person (anyone who knows me knows that this sounds familiar) and I think she goes there to peoplewatch as much as anything else. She has also made some alright friends and people who are genuinely interested in what she's doing and whatnot.

tl;dr --> my mom is into this shit (like this thread is, not like involved)

La Lechera, Monday, 6 February 2012 15:00 (twelve years ago) link

has this been posted?

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

the emancipation of me-me (tpp), Monday, 6 February 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link

vishen otm?

valleys of your mind (mh), Monday, 6 February 2012 15:44 (twelve years ago) link

replace "fox news" with "mindvalley"

Spectrum, Monday, 6 February 2012 15:46 (twelve years ago) link

ha ha we so need an mindvalley IRE thread in a similar vein to the google+ google plus googleplus invites thread.

get ready for the banter (NotEnough), Monday, 6 February 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link

cool story vishen

lag∞n, Monday, 6 February 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link

She's kind of a curious restless person (anyone who knows me knows that this sounds familiar) and I think she goes there to peoplewatch as much as anything else. She has also made some alright friends and people who are genuinely interested in what she's doing and whatnot.

I feel like I'm a lot like this and sometimes I worry I'll get sucked into something that tweaks my specific idiosyncrasies. Then again, I don't really have the kind of money to get too deep into these kind of things...

Does make me think about the whole "stare not long into the abyss" thing. I already own The Power of Now, perhaps its already too late for me XD

Frobisher (Viceroy), Monday, 6 February 2012 16:07 (twelve years ago) link

Yeah, I think some people are just wired to find this sort of peoplewatching interesting, and it can get a little scary if you get too close. I was checking in with her to tell her about Vishen and the gang, but also to make sure that her radar was still functioning. She has gotten herself into a bit of a pickle before, and was doing a lot of work for free, and it was getting in the way of her relationships with other people (namely me).

La Lechera, Monday, 6 February 2012 16:20 (twelve years ago) link

I think it's interesting to vicariously experience these different states and mindsets in other people ... it's like exploration, satisfies a kind-of curiosity. Problem is actually getting too deep with it which is more dangerous with social stuff.

Spectrum, Monday, 6 February 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link

i enjoy people watching, but a far as loons like these the internet is abt as close as im confortable getting, theres a big diff between watching and interacting, actually relating to these fools would be p depressing imho

lag∞n, Monday, 6 February 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link

Yeah, that's some dark territory to get into. Like imagining how a crazy person thinks ... it's really weird and unsettling.

Spectrum, Monday, 6 February 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link

Yeah, my mom is a bit of a danger-seeker/tourist, I think. It's weird, but I totally get it.

La Lechera, Monday, 6 February 2012 16:36 (twelve years ago) link

these guys and their insular weird culture depress me!

*pops champagne to inaugurate 10th year of posting on message board*

the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 6 February 2012 17:47 (twelve years ago) link

haha

horseshoe, Monday, 6 February 2012 18:05 (twelve years ago) link

also:

I don't think it's actually that weird to compare how these people are fucked up to how we're all fucked up, like aren't we all part of a big cult called...america

― iatee, Friday, February 3, 2012 8:09 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

horseshoe, Monday, 6 February 2012 18:05 (twelve years ago) link

not you, of course, s1ocki

horseshoe, Monday, 6 February 2012 18:05 (twelve years ago) link

NORTH america iirc

the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 6 February 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link

the human cult

Mordy, Monday, 6 February 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link

it's like we're all subscribing to some sort of cult of personality

the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 6 February 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link

i am

ELI OWNS YOUR HUSBAND (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 February 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link

the

ELI OWNS YOUR HUSBAND (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 February 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link

I'm waiting for the full commune experience to totally commit to my relationship with the ILX cult.

La Lechera, Monday, 6 February 2012 18:23 (twelve years ago) link

Laura Lucy Lynn La Lechera

gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Monday, 6 February 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link

At your service. We're here to help you.

Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Monday, 6 February 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link

If you are interested in the full commune experience you can come live in my home and pay my mortgage for me. I will cook whole grains and vegan foods in exchange. Namaste.

valleys of your mind (mh), Monday, 6 February 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link

― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Monday, February 6, 2012 2:09 PM (20 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

horseshoe, Monday, 6 February 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link

lol

lag∞n, Monday, 6 February 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link

Sorry, cooking is my charge. I cannot help with this "mortgage" because I don't believe in money.

Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Monday, 6 February 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link

has this been posted?

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

― the emancipation of me-me (tpp), Monday, February 6, 2012 5:29 AM (3 hours ago)

looool "Heather" wants to bone down on Vishen so bad

⚓ (gr8080), Monday, 6 February 2012 19:35 (twelve years ago) link

srsly way to play it cool heather

lag∞n, Monday, 6 February 2012 19:39 (twelve years ago) link

you have some golden balls

max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 6 February 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago) link

^^this website is the first i've seen to mention Dr. Emoto's AMAZING water crystal experiments*:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_dmYT83ZKY

lol cool art but not exactly science, bro: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaru_Emoto

*my ex-gf was a yoga instructor and kind of sucked up a lot of fringe new-age stuff as a result-- dr. emoto's water crystals is the one that i remember the most

⚓ (gr8080), Monday, 6 February 2012 19:59 (twelve years ago) link

It took me almost all day to get through this thread. I think I am about 100 NLP videos away from being one of these people.

Namaste!

homosexual II, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 22:58 (twelve years ago) link

namaste homo!

lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 23:02 (twelve years ago) link

i don't like how that video implies that marlee matlin can hear what that bitch is saying

the arm (NZA), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 23:05 (twelve years ago) link

no masto

am0n, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 23:06 (twelve years ago) link

nosante

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 23:11 (twelve years ago) link

fucking emoto man

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 9 February 2012 07:50 (twelve years ago) link

i have friends that have been insisting since 2005 or so that they can "break clouds with their minds"

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 9 February 2012 07:50 (twelve years ago) link

you just have to get in touch with your inner cloud

adolf jingle bells (latebloomer), Thursday, 9 February 2012 11:00 (twelve years ago) link

*my ex-gf was a yoga instructor and kind of sucked up a lot of fringe new-age stuff as a result

Hey now! There's definitely overlap between "people who teach yoga" and "people who suck up fringe new age stuff" but correlation /= causation.

all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 9 February 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link

yes sorry didnt mean to imply that

⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 9 February 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link

ps namaste!

all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 9 February 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link

everyone gets sensitive when their particular cult is impugned

Mordy, Thursday, 9 February 2012 18:32 (twelve years ago) link

tbh the better ones have hats and not mats

valleys of your mind (mh), Thursday, 9 February 2012 18:32 (twelve years ago) link

http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/rob-sanders/hat/256/Hat-fez-icon.png

Mordy, Thursday, 9 February 2012 18:35 (twelve years ago) link

oh, i'm mostly just super-grumpy about the "What the #$*!" crowd and wish they would all go do Nia or Trance Dance or something and leave yoga alone aleready :D

all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 9 February 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link


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