Another person's description of the fear exercise.
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Fear exercise
this was the biggest no-no to me…and I actually stepped out after this…
an hour long exercise had us all sit with our eyes closed and the coach walked us through feeling intense terrorizing fear. We were told to be truly terrified of the people sitting next to us?—?everyone in the room?—?everyone in california?—?everyone in the states?—?everyone on the globe. He dramatically dragged it out for roughly 30 minutes telling us to think of being traumatized, to think of our childhood and to truly meet fear. People in the room were screaming, crying, belting out “help me.” To be honest, I tried to participate because I wanted to know if there was somehting here but I ended up just feeling frustrated by the insensitivity and emotional abuse this was to people.
after traumatizing probably a dozen of 150 people, he then said, “look beyond the fear and see what’s there….this whole time you thought you were afraid of people, they are actually afraid of YOU. everyone in the world is afraid of YOU. you are the most powerful person in the world.”
bottom line is emotional abuse?—?they can’t keep doing this.