Vipassana

[peterchayward]

So I'm back from Vipassana

Comments

[jenerationb]

It's interesting that Buddhism teaches the eight-fold path and the eightfold way is a scientific term

[tania]

Oh my god, I had EXACTLY the same experience with a "friend" who invited me to a "business seminar" that turned out to be freaking Century 21

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[jenerationb]

I can't believe you actually had a note for school saying you could sit on a chair hahaaha! Reminds me of the "NO NAP!" label my mother wrote on my kindergarten back pack because if I napped I wouldn't sleep in the night.

I also hate sitting on the floor, it pains my legs. Wish I had a note in school.

[riumplus]

I went to a Network 21 meeting once. Someone wanted my friend to sign up; my friend was pretty interested in it but wasn't sure. She wanted me to come along to just check it out & possibly sign up with her.

I had a fantastic evening documenting on a notepad every single marketing tactic, pressure inducement, logical fallacy & outright lie I saw. At one point my friend nearly lost it when I sketched a copy of their current slide & added a few lines to highlight the pyramid shape. I don't think you're meant to have fun at those but I had a blast. :D Needless to say, my friend was very thankful I was there to point out how dodgy it was.

(My favourite one was the dozens of people who claimed to be earning over $500k a year, bragging to me about how the program made them rich & what an extravagant life they live. While they're holding a bad knockoff handbag, wearing fake jewellery & wearing a cheap, untailored suit)

[siouxsyn]

I went to one of those once. Anything that focusses on how rich you can get by signing up other people is scary.