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

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

Laura Lucy Lynn La Lechera

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

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.

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

lol

lol

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

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

srsly way to play it cool heather

you have some golden balls

hey guys did you know that Right now, the average level of energy on Earth is around 207... but the level we should aim for, however, is 500 and above? and that 500 is the vibration of love?

^^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

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!

namaste homo!

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

no masto

nosante

http://s229108136.onlinehome.us/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/junction_map.jpg

fucking emoto man

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

you just have to get in touch with your inner cloud

*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.

yes sorry didnt mean to imply that

ps namaste!

everyone gets sensitive when their particular cult is impugned

tbh the better ones have hats and not mats

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

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

but who would do yoga then

Mordy you're stepping on my "organized religion is a cult"

http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_full_width/hash/1e/db/1edb620bb97fd86f4d004ae525a0ee79.jpg

http://www.houstontexans.com/assets/images/imported/HOU/photos/In_Story_Photos_400_190/400-foster-bow.jpg

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1017599.1328539905!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_630/image.jpg

so just nfl players

Mordy you're stepping on my "organized religion is a cult"

― valleys of your mind (mh)

Well that's completely wrong so people should step all over it.

Big organized religions = "Ecclesiastical cults" officially in all of social science. So I guess maybe you're both right.

But 'cult' doesn't really mean anything like the popular definition in religious studies.

I think it's pretty obvious that cult on ilx just means, "shit that is weird."

sorry: "shit that is weird that involves groups of people"

trying to be technical + specific here

well yeah, I was being comically biased against all organized religion, whether it's millions or just five people and a guru. sorry, not religion, self-realization corporate strategy in the latter case, here

picture of a fez totally otm, though

awesomeness fest would be pretty awesome if they were all just unironically wearing fez

Namaste!!!

This positivity stuff needs to be a bit edgier, but that would require a level of darkness and cynicism. I am trying to think of how to make this gothier.

p sure the goth side of this is wiccan/pagan ppl

You are absolutely correct.

i could be wrong but p sure wiccan/pagans arent monetizing on the level these ppl are... maybe there's an opportunity here...

ren faires

nah ren faires are just like norms going to yoga class

maybe not on the same level but i think there's plenty of wiccan/pagan monetization going on. like who owns all those stores that sell giant pewter dragons holding crystal balls and like tarot cards you can buy featuring members of popular 80s band tears for fears as the tower the jester the prince the hot topic merchant etc