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

that looks like hell on earth

black walnut trees? gross

yeah i mean i love camping but that campsite looks horrible

seems like 90% of what they do is start fires

lots of blowing ineffectually on lit tinder during broad daylight, yes.

Devil's box.

man these ppl must be everywhere.

just got an fb invite to (what i take to be) some low-rent podcast, with these ppl as hosts (nb i know one of them from my hometown)

http://www.synergywellnessic.com/
http://kimravida.com/
http://diyforyoursoul.com/

none of these sites is interesting, which is sort of interesting in itself. they're like weeds!

funny enuf here's the site running the 'radio show' -- advertised today

http://lifecoachradionetwork.com

part of me is kind of thrilled at the idea of people making a living doing nothing but telling other people what to do with themselves, with next to no measurable expertise or accreditation.

apart from the all-encompassing self-regarding delusion of it all. but other than that, why not?

lol someone needs an internet coach

http://tharyn.me/37-things-that-might-happen-at-mindvalley-in-pictures/

aw, it just seems like a lame, probably super-expensive theater camp

dying:

http://tharyn.me/my-veggie-wrap-spiritual-experience/

do mindvalley have a camp at burning man? they should

"you might brainstorm with famous copywriters"

aw, thanks for posting those tpp

decided to check back in on Zynnia

http://howtodocrowdfunding.com/

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/977893_587941447892349_140367068_o.jpg

When I'm not meditating, reading epic books, jamming to mashups, or painting, then I'm probably on my laptop in some tropical coffee shop making money.

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

brb, just going to change facebook cover photo.

slightly off topic but

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFotnBAOku0

You can see me logging in for real!

is this the right thread for being perturbed by SF's OneTaste?

http://gawker.com/my-life-with-the-thrill-clit-cult-1445204953

"Is this what Trudy and Sting feel like all the time?"

holy shit

http://i.imgur.com/z3SRuew.png

he seems pretty cool with that bird trying to eat him

bird seems pretty cool being shackled to him.

Related: droppings would hit nose or outstretched finger

http://www.amazon.com/DNA-Repair-528-Brian-Baxter/dp/B001MS7IQI/ref=pd_sim_m_5

the comments

so the brilliant philosopher-turned-insane guru guy i posted about in here before has a new website - alphaleonisastrology.com/

i can't bring myself to read it, just too unsettling, but i'm sure others with more distance from it will be able to appreciate it.

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

1:08 - 1:14

That rules

Esther Hicks was born 1948 in Coalville, Utah. In 1980 she married Jerry Hicks, then a successful Amway distributor.

and then she went in the vortex.

Bashar is a multi-dimensional extra-terrestrial being who speaks through channel Darryl Anka from what we perceive as the future. Bashar explores a wide-range of subjects with great insight, humor and a profound understanding of how reality creation occurs!

http://bashar.org/

does bashar tell darryl to wear hawaiian shirts all the time?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp6b5KjbImE

someone tried to landmark me at a party recently and i thought of this thread

I watched Bashar speak for a good half hour or more once, and he does seem to have a sense of humour about what he's doing, or a kind of acknowledgement that it isn't necessarily legit, more of a "if you're the type of person who gets behind this kind of thing, here's some self-help stuff that works" deal.

xpost

this thread is your friend and honored that you think of it in times of need

it is also here for you should you ever require consultation on the subject of lava traction

I read a book that synthesized the origins of est/Synanon/Landmark/etc and how those philosophies/organizations lead to a lot of those teen death camps (my term for them) where "troubled kids" whose parents have a lot of money send them to an island or the woods or whatever to be "straightened out." This book was interesting for a lot of reasons, but seeing the development of that seed of an idea that lead to a lot of the weirder and more aggro incarnations of expensive/dubious self-help was my favorite part. The book is Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids.

― I'm trying to think of all the ways I can inspire you (Abbbottt), Thursday, February 2, 2012 9:24 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark

its cool how theres literally a gigantic Child Torture Industry where parents sign over a percentage of their guardianship to overseas schools where they can get away with treating "troubled" kids like they're in a russian prison while the one guy on staff who writes english well enough to impersonate them writes fake leters to your parents saying how awesome it is there. and its even cooler that its insanely well documented and still most americans are either indifferent, ignorant or openly approve of it

yeah it's like extraordinary rendition for teens

love the "whoa!" when he says how many people he's performed in front of @ 4:15

fyi i discovered Bashar via the latest (quite sublime) episode of:

High Maintenance - Very good web-series. Discuss.

recommended to all fans of this thread:

http://vimeo.com/79948720

www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7oauQt8Y-U#t=2

haha fuck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7oauQt8Y-U#t=2

Mom has a new guru. Thomas Hubl. His facebook page makes me facepalm unfortunately but hey my mom has always been into this stuff.

After finishing grad school I've been tentatively dipping my toe into applying for jobs in the "real world" outside of academia, and it seems like the entire world is like the people mocked in this thread! I don't understand how anyone in the private sector can get any real work accomplished through all the buzz words and double talk. It seems plain that it's a result of a whole class of managers and HR people who literally serve no useful purpose at all, but have insinuated themselves as parasites on the corporate system.

I know none of that is new or insightful, but I had always assumed that all that Office Space / Dilbert stuff was parody and exaggeration, but it seems that if anything it's understated!

Just the entire concept of "leadership" is such a transparent scam.

Thomas Hübl is a contemporary spiritual teacher, who practices mysticism in his own life, and also imparts it to others, in a manner that is entirely in keeping with the times. His work integrates the essence of the great traditions of wisdom with scientific knowledge and his own personal experience. His work, which he executes with uncompromising clarity, leads to the birth of new 'we-cultures'. He has the special gift of truly understanding people and being able to apply the timeless knowledge that has been revealed to him when engaging with them enabling people to gain a deeper dimension of self-awareness and responsibility.
This radical transcendence of the ego-centric world view opens the door to a depth of authentic expression, to service to the world, and to a focus on the absolute.
Thomas Hübl has devoted his life to the task of exploring awareness and supporting others in their quest for greater awareness. His work has world-wide resonance

my mom gets visibly irritated when I refer to him as a guru. "He's a teacher!"

eh it's her life