Thursday, July 19, 2007

A short film to consider when attending a Peak Potentials Event

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7 Comments:

At 10:02 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

That music made me want to shoot myself. I could not focus on the message. It has to go!!!

 
At 3:25 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is totally stupid, almost as bad as the pain of giving birth & what the heck does it have to do with anything??? A real critique would have been worth my time, this is just crap!

 
At 3:41 PM, Blogger MojoMona said...

OMG... I can't believe you associate this with Peak Potentials...LOL !

Yes, we are all blinded and super simple minded...!...of wait...could that be your point of view...

 
At 8:07 AM, Anonymous T Crane said...

oh good lord....I really do not know what to say about this.

This is extremely misleading in it's association to Peak Potentials.

Peaks teaches about choice and standing in your own power. They also begin each course with

"don't believe a word I say because this is my experience not yours"

and encourage people to think and discern the information for themselves.

Having read your blog - you do seem hung up on the cost, lack of sleep, food and showers - but not on the actual material and training.

Remember - Peak Potentials is not a resort, it is not a vacation camp, it is not a "holiday".

It is a training process...and as far as I recall - we were given high quality food to keep us sustained energetically.

High protein, carbs, salads, organic fresh and delicious!

Are you sure you are a Warrior? Your conduct seems to indicate otherwise.

 
At 8:08 AM, Anonymous Sean said...

This disappoints me that you chose to share this. It is not relevant to the rest of what you are trying to accomplish and is what will keep me form reading any more.

 
At 4:04 AM, Blogger Drew said...

actually I think this is pretty accurate!

 
At 12:24 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks for this site- I wonder that so many people who clearly are committed to Peak Potentials workshops put so much energy into reading your posts and commenting here.

Reading your descriptions has helped me understand the effects of these camps that I saw in some friends after they became very involved in Peak Potentials. In their efforts to "recruit" me, all I kept thinking was that a lot of their tactics sound like cult tactics. It seems to me that they use cult-like tactics just to get money out of people, without the ongoing control (or care one might say) and life involvement that organizations like Scientology, do.

These friends did get me to a Millionaire Mind weekend seminar. I thought some of the activities were fun, but not very enriching or actually informative. That weekend seemed to mostly be a high pressure sales event for their workshops. It's not even a question that Peak Potentials used several of the tactics included in this video that weekend. When I tried to address my concerns with these friends, it was very threatening to them, and there comments reminded me of several of the posters responses here. They had already spent tens of thousands of dollars on Peak Potentials seminars and I doubt they will ever admit how misguided that was. They need it to work now.

They spent most of that money signing up for multiple camps on that last day of their initiation at Warrior Camp.

A few years have passed since their first camp, and though I think some things did change for them - in essence their lives are much the same as they have always been. They seem to cling to a bit of spiritual superiority, having become "Warriors"- which to me is quite an assertion- these are people who have experienced very little real hardship in life, and do not act in the traditional spirit of service to humanity characteristic of the Warrior. This attitude is supported by the others I've met who are devotees. I witnessed this elitist mindset being promoted at the Millionaire Mind Intensive also.

I think these camps, appeal mostly to (and exploit) people who come from a moderate level of privilege, who can afford the camps but feel unhappy or unfulfilled in their lives. Peak Potentials exploits their malaise and gives them some adventure and "enlightenment" at a pretty high price.

The comments on this site only have reinforced this perception, as it seems to me that the blogger seems fair minded and pragmatic about their experiences. They haven't disclosed the "secrets" of the camps, but have offered an honest critique which seems any person with critical thinking skills might wish to consider before spending thousands on this type of "education".

 

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