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From: rh@mit-eddie.UUCP (Randy Haskins)
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Subject: Re: Lifespring, Sterling, est, etc.
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Date: Sun, 3-Jun-84 06:09:38 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun  3 06:09:38 1984
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I think the main point of all these things is like what Greg Woods
mentioned:  the people were basket cases.  I'm not convinced that
I can pay someone $$ and they'll reveal to me the secrets of being
a successful human being.  The people who were basket cases were
so wretchedly unhappy that since they've been brought to the level
of happiness of most people, they think it's great.  I don't think
that these organizations can tell me anything I don't know.  If I'm
not as happy as I could be (and I'm not...), it's more due to laziness
on my part than to a basic inability to function that can be cured in
a week.  Several years ago, I read a book titled "Inside est."  (Sorry,
I don't remember who wrote it, but he had gone through the course.)
I would recommend it for anyone who is considering any of these
activities.  At the time, I was considering doing something like it
(I was about 19 at the time).  Part of my problem was that I couldn't
believe that I would end up crying or vomiting just because some
jerk stood up on stage and told me that my life was screwed up.
(Apparently, this sort of thing happens a lot at est seminars.)  Then
I realized that the only people who would be helped by est would
be people who were quite a bit less happy and assertive than myself,
that I would just basically waste my time and money.  I would tend to
think the same thing about the other organizations of this ilk.
-- 
Randwulf  (Randy Haskins);  Path= genrad!mit-eddie!rh