Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!israel From: israel@umcp-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: History of EST/Lifesprings/PSI Message-ID: <7522@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 17-Jun-84 15:51:37 EDT Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.7522 Posted: Sun Jun 17 15:51:37 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 08:45:32 EDT References: <11700007@orstcs.UUCP> Organization: Univ. of Maryland, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 56 From: leed@orstcs.UUCP Subject: History of EST/Lifesprings/PSI Continuing on, one of the companies that Patrick owned was called "Mind Dynamics". Guess who used to work there! Mr. Gerhardt (who started EST), the guy who started Life Springs, and Mr. Thomas Whilhite. To augment your history a little, with what I know of it; John Hanley, the president and founder of Lifespring (along with four others whose names I don't remember) did indeed work at Mind Dynamics as did Werner Ehrhardt. The person who ran Mind Dynamics then, and still does, is a man by the name of Alexander Everett. Another training, called Actualizations, was founded by Stewart Emery who previously to that was a trainer for EST. I'll close out the epic with some BRIEF comments on my personal opinion of these "Life Success" classes. The PSI seminars I've taken have helped me tremendously. I spent alot of money, but would do it all again (even though I'm still paying off a loan for the last class I took). It's obvious that people that don't go are afraid. With a moneyback garuntee (sp?), why else would they not go. Oh, before you flame, I've heard all the "reasons", and there are no good ones. So go ahead, make excuses for your lack of progress if it makes you feel better. It's only when you face that, honestly, and realize that it really can be better, that you'll give yourself (and these types of classes) a chance. (If this last paragraph generates a few *FLAMES*, good!) I don't know anything about PSI since I've never heard of it, but I get the impression that it probably isn't that much like Lifespring. First of all, the Lifespring course isn't as devoted towards the concept of making money (though some of the principles given in the course can help you work towards that end, if that is what you want). But mainly, Lifespring is about relationships, both with yourself and others, and breaking down some of the walls that get in the way of those. The above paragraph appears to me very strongly to contain judgemental attitudes and self-righteousness, things that I feel get in the way of relationships. When conveying a message, you have to take into account the listeners' reactions to the way the message is put, and my perceptions of the above paragraph is that its primary purpose seems more to alienate the readers instead of communicating a message. Whether "there are no good reasons" or not, (and that is a point that could be debated for hours with noone ever giving in), it doesn't matter if content is ignored and only the tone paid attention to. -- Bruce Israel University of Maryland, Computer Science {rlgvax,seismo}!umcp-cs!israel (Usenet) israel@Maryland (Arpanet)