Bruce, all of your complaints are warranted. If that is your experience, then you are right in every way.
I'm just confused, that's all. It seems strange that you would draw a conclusion about the content from the site design? Why throw away a piece of gold because it is covered in dirt? Just because you have some polishing to do doesn't diminish the value of what lies beneath. Isn't a website with kinks to work out what you would expect from someone who would be smart enough to use Steve's "Ready, Fire, Aim?"
You can read my previous post about the "long term commitment." I will agree that I thought it was funny to have it RIGHT at the start. I think it would be more appropriate after Day 2 or Day 3. But even so, it's certainly not sinister.
Also you brought up compartmentalization. It actually couldn't be further from the truth. The whole course weaves beautifully from one topic to the next eventually tieing them all together. That is the beauty of tools. It's designed to be entirely holistic.
In the end, I'd say that you can argue any point you want, but you can't argue with results. Offline, his course has helped thousands. Online, the only version I've ever been exposed to, has been one of the most profound experiences I've had. The only other time in my life I've grown more or faster is when I went out doing crazy **** every day like begging for change just to amass the experiences.
I really don't have anything invested in the program. I only shared it because I want other people to at least have the option of using something that helped me out. If even one person reads this thread and goes on to use it, and gets something out of it, it'll have been worthwhile for me.
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Originally Posted by Bruce Achterberg  Edit #2: I've started testing out a "tool", or at least, I tried to, but they want me to sign some agreement before I even know what I'm getting into. Refer to "mistake #2" (above) for why that's bad. I feel like someone I don't know just walked up to me and said, "Relationships are a process. You must commit to them. Will you marry me?"  That's a deal-breaker, like not showering for your first date. My response is "websites are virtual worlds; don't create unnecessary barriers to those worlds when you have no trust with your visitors and have no good reason to create that barrier in the first place." I'm going to go read Steve's site now, or something.  |