The Nameless Tao of the Landmark Forum Graduates.

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 03:39:11 GMT

Who am I?
My mom said I could be someone great but probably too lazy to be any rich person she would wish I were. I was born in a Chinese family and looked like any Chinese, each of us speak many languages, but no one in my family actually speaks Chinese.
I am fascinated by the ancient Chinese text Tao Te Ching. Since I do not read Chinese, all what I know about it was from its many and various English translations. As a kid, I was also once part of our local wushu group who trained weekly. It was during these training sessions in my formative years I had fleeting glimpses of the experience, rather than “understood” - what Tao Te Ching is all about.
It was said that “The Essence of Knowledge is the ability to apply it” (Confucius)
In what I considered one of the most bizarre twists of fate, I did the Landmark Forum. Many people have tried to explain the unexplainable about this much talked about course from Landmark Education. All what I knew from the very beginning was that I love it.
Tao Te Ching, Chapter 33
Knowing others is wisdom;
Knowing the self is enlightenment.
Mastering others requires force;
Mastering the self requires true power;
He who knows he has enough is rich.
Perseverance is a sign of the strength of the will.
He who stays where he is endures.
To die but not to perish is to be eternally present.
(my own version of the translation by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English)

Indeed today, many years after my initial Landmark Forum, I began to be able to walk the saying, the talk from the above conversation of Chapter 33, of Tao Te Ching. What used to be a nice albeit mysterious mumbo jumbo, suddenly becomes accessible. The Methodology of the Landmark Forum allows me to create a new reality for myself that was not a continuum of the unchosen path where I started before I did the Landmark Forum.

A path inherited by the past doomed to go on forever by virtue of my resistance to even look at it. Amply reinforced by the environment I found myself in, every hour of every day, week after week to infinity. The Landmark Forum gave me at the very least a chance to sit and look at the way I was bound to go. And, if you are very lucky, you might even then hear the call of destiny.

I took many Landmark Graduate Seminars that served me well to practice what I learned from my initial Landmark Forum. Why did I do it? Because at that time, it was clear to me that I did not have the strength of the will to walk away from the many unwanted trails of life that was predictable to me. I could not have stayed the way.

That was the true price of “enlightenment” for me, not the dollar amount to pay for the Landmark Forum or other graduate courses by Landmark Education. Not the many hours I spent at the Landmark Seminars when I would rather stayed home and watched my preferred TV programs …

The admission, telling the truth of what was so - was the price. What do I get for this very high price? Nothing. In which something can get created, as clearly distinct from changing behaviors or unwanted circumstances by force. Beyond that, what is priceless is to know myself unlike any words can describe. For that I truly love the Landmark Forum and the people at Landmark Education.

I acknowledge many Landmark Program Leaders, Staffs, People Who Assist and graduates. I am especially thankful the Landmark Forum Leaders Laurel Sheaf, Mark Spirtos and Jerome Downes.

Special acknowledgment to Han Dana and his great team who have maintained the Landmark Forum Graduates website I Love Possibility, which nameless tao has made a difference to me and to a great number of people I appreciate and highly respect.
Tao Te Ching, Chapter 1
(Stephen Mitchell) 
"The Tao that can be named
is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named
is not the eternal Name."
(Ron Hogan) 
“If you can talk about it,
it ain't Tao.
If it has a name,
it's just another thing."
From Chapter 2:
“If something looks beautiful to you, 
something else must be ugly.
If something seems good, 
something else must seem bad.
“You can't have
something without nothing.
…”

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Sun, 17 Sep 2006 05:12:11 GMT

Websites

i Love Landmark Education
Created and maintained by Landmark Education Graduates in Japan.
The Landmark Forum
Landmark Forum Home Page
i Love Possibility . com
We did the Landmark Forum and we love it!
Graduates Center
Landmark Graduates Online Center
Graduates Landmark Education . com
Chinese bilingual website from the Graduates of Landmark Education. 本网页由中国的Landmark Forum 毕业生呈现
Calendar For Possibility
Landmark Courses in Asia, maintained by its graduates.
Graduates LIVE!
Landmark Forum graduates everywhere share their breakthrough stories.
Landmark in Ireland . com
Landmark Forum Graduates in Ireland.
i Love Landmark Education .jp
Bilingual website from Breakthrough Technology Course graduates ランドマークエデュケーション卒業生によるサイト
My Landmark Education Experience
Carol L. Redfield, Ph.D. on her Landmark Education Experience.
The Harmony Project from Landmark Forum Grads.
(Use Firefox) Unleash your passion with the Landmark Forum Graduates in the Creative Art Industry.
Landmark Connect
Connect with fellow graduates in a community that’s both local and global.
Landmark Forum on a personal website.
From Landmark Graduate Peter Pullar of Australia.
Landmark Team Leadership .org
Experiences from the Team Management and Leadership Program in UK.
i Love Possibility . info
Amazing grassroots initiatives from Landmark graduates.
Singapore Landmark Forum
Singapore Landmark Forum Graduates at Yahoo Groups.
Jim Tsutsui's Landmark Education Page
Jim Tsutsui Jr. shared his experience of the Landmark Forum from California.
Landmark Education Wisdom Course Area
The Online Center for the Wisdom Course Graduates.
Wisdom Course New York
Maintained by the Wisdom Course Community of New York.
Wisdom Course New Jersey and Philadelphia
From the Landmark graduates in New Jersey and Philadelphia.

Landmark Forum Graduates and the Tao.

The Nameless Tao of the Landmark Forum Graduates.

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