> http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/issues/2000-10-26/letters.html/1/index.html
>
> Show me the money: What a great read this article was. The spirit of
> George Orwell must have had a hand in this. Landmark reminds me of my
> short time with Scientology.

With good reason, because Landmark is the modern-day version of Werner Erhard's EST. Erhard studied Scientology and the similarities are very evident, even with some of the jargon. Scientology is adamantly opposed to Erhard because he is considered a "squirrel" and even has an EST Rundown that is supposed to deal with the damage they believe people sustain. The similarities seem to have escaped the Scientologists.

> Luckily, I had the brains to get out of
> there. Groups like Landmark and Scientology work exactly the same.

Good for you! Too many people leave Scientology and then get into something like this, not recognizing that they have traded one mind control system for another.

> Here's how it works: They start by making you believe that you are a
> pathetic excuse for a human being, then they make you believe that
> only with their help and after purchasing various publications and
> "technology" will you improve. Just when you think you've improved,
> they tell you you're still not good enough so you have to buy more
> stuff. Finally, you are once and for all the human being you've always
> dreamed of being (actually the human being they want you to be). But
> still you're wrong. You're not the human being you want to be until
> you recruit your friends (if you still have them) into this wonderful
> new religion of yours. The point being that with organizations such as
> these, you'll never reach the ideal that they preach. They'll beat you
> mentally into spending money. The description of Landmark and
> Scientology can easily describe the book 1984!
>
> Name withheld by request

I wonder who wrote this. Whoever it was, good job and well said!

Monica

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