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The Real Reasons Your Friends Want You To Do The Landmark Forum

It’s been over 20 years since I did The Landmark Forum and life since then has been a constant series of breakthroughs and breakdowns. But there’s been one persistent irritation over that time: other people.

I consistently find myself in challenging situations with other people thinking: “This asshole would be a lot easier to deal with if they did The Landmark Forum”.

I even had a friend once who made me wrong for using the phrase “made me wrong”.

It’s not a cult

I’m a little tired of being a circle adrift in a sea of triangles. I suspect that the whole world would be a better place if everyone did The Landmark Forum; especially the people who don’t think they need to, because they tend to do the most damage.

Some of these people really need to be slapped around the head by a Landmark Forum leader.

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By Graham Stoney, ago

Cults are Fun, Easy and Popular

I’m fascinated by the phenomenon of cults, and our inherent vulnerability to the influence of charismatic leaders. The topic also touches on another personal interest, the human desire and ability we have to embrace supernatural and unsubstantiated beliefs.

My personal definition of the term cult is:

A derogatory term for any religious or philosophically-based minority group whose core beliefs and values you don’t personally agree with.

Yes, I know it’s a little different from the wiktionary definition, but I want to emphasise that cultness is in the eye of the beholder. It’s a derogatory term, rarely used by the members of the cult in question, although they may use it freely referring to other cults; just not their own. When you’re in a cult, you don’t see that it’s a cult. So when someone else uses the word cult, what they really mean is that they don’t like the … Continue reading…

By Graham Stoney, ago