Comments on: The power of pos­i­tive thinking http://blog.voyou.org/2008/05/06/the-power-of-positive-thinking/ Lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:46:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Navid http://blog.voyou.org/2008/05/06/the-power-of-positive-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-25058 Navid Fri, 09 May 2008 10:06:06 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/?p=120#comment-25058 Sadly I went to the Landmark teen sessions about 6 years ago. I ended up ditching most of the sessions with a few other renegades to eat McD's french fries and chain smoke in the parking lot. I laughed when I read your description of it as CBT + Heidegger. I always thought of it as a legitimized institution of 'New Age', but I think I've found a better way to describe it. On the second day they talked about selves as "rackets" (like a tennis racket), where we catch ourselves fighting with loved ones, and tossing petty comments to one another, all over stupid things and merely to preserve our sense of self in the moment. Couldn't get more New Age than that. Sadly I went to the Landmark teen sessions about 6 years ago. I ended up ditching most of the sessions with a few other renegades to eat McD’s french fries and chain smoke in the parking lot.

I laughed when I read your description of it as CBT + Heidegger. I always thought of it as a legitimized institution of ‘New Age’, but I think I’ve found a better way to describe it. On the second day they talked about selves as “rackets” (like a tennis racket), where we catch ourselves fighting with loved ones, and tossing petty comments to one another, all over stupid things and merely to preserve our sense of self in the moment. Couldn’t get more New Age than that.

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