22 Lifespring
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This article is from the Self Improvement FAQ, by Loren Larsen llarsen@cs.clemson.edu with numerous contributions by others.
22 Lifespring
Q. What is Lifespring?
A. From: jmd@bear.com (Josh Glazenburg-Diamond)
Hi! Josh Diamond here. I am a graduate of the entire Lifespring
program -- I took the trainings back in 1990, and found them to be
incredibly valuable.I work as an investment analyst at Bear
Stearns & Co. -- an investment bank in New York City.
I came into the Lifespring trainings looking for breakthroughs in
my career and in personal relationships (esp. with women), and all
I can say is that since then I have more than tripled my income,
and gotten married to a truly wonderful and beautiful woman
(amongst other things). We just bought a co-op, and will be
having our first child next year. My wife has also done the
trainings, as have several of my friends and co-workers.
Lifespring, EST, and a few other such trainings all have a common
lineage. The basis was a research program at Stanford University
back in the early 70's. This spawned an organization called Mind
Dynamics, which later split up into Lifespring, EST, and the
others. EST eventually mutated into Warner-Earhardt and then
Landmark Education -- with a program now called The Forum.
Lifespring kept its name, but has undergone continuous
modernization as new techniques in personal growth have emerged.
There are now Basic and Advanced trainings, as well as several
other workshops and programs.
The Lifespring trainings are an opportunity to uncover and redesign
the underlying assumptions out of which you live your life such that
you experience a profound shift in your ability to relate to
yourself and others, empowering you to fully engage your heartfelt
commitments with freedom and passion.
Participants often invite friends to a guest event -- a free
evening designed to allow you to learn about what the training is
and how it can support you. It provides a small preview of the
training experience. At the end of the evening you are given an
opportunity to enroll in the training. At the moment I believe
that the tuition in New York City $495, with a 100% money back
guarantee. It may be lower elsewhere (it was when I took the
trainings).
I would say that it is worth attending. You can leave at any time,
and there is no obligation to pay if you just attend the guest
event.
Oh, BTW, people who enroll their friends in the trainings do _not_
get any rewards for it (no tupperware or toaster-ovens). Mostly
people bring guests to these evenings because they see some
breakthrough possible for them -- not like something is broken, but
like a higher possibility exists -- maybe something that had not
been thought of before. Often our friends see things that we do
not. Your friend probably sees some possibility for you in the
training, and that is why they have invited you. I say take the
chance and go for it.
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