bakkagirl,
I'm not qualified to say much here, but wanted to comment on this part:
"Folks from Asian cultures have vastly different personal/ego boundaries, and responses to group experiences and AUTHORITARIAN leadership, IMHE."
I can say from experience that Landmark DELIBERATELY disrespects people's boundaries. If they fail to violate them on the first try, they will push harder. My recruiter's partner was an employee of Landmark, and had gone for some of their more restricted trainings. She reported that her trainers had told her that, "boundaries are for cattle."
I was pretty relaxed about my boundaries, and not easily ruffled. They noticed this, and became increasingly intrusive in regards to my private life, until they had managed to make even me feel psychologically raped. Their boundary violations are a very deliberate part of their "training."
I'm not qualified to say much here, but wanted to comment on this part:
"Folks from Asian cultures have vastly different personal/ego boundaries, and responses to group experiences and AUTHORITARIAN leadership, IMHE."
I can say from experience that Landmark DELIBERATELY disrespects people's boundaries. If they fail to violate them on the first try, they will push harder. My recruiter's partner was an employee of Landmark, and had gone for some of their more restricted trainings. She reported that her trainers had told her that, "boundaries are for cattle."
I was pretty relaxed about my boundaries, and not easily ruffled. They noticed this, and became increasingly intrusive in regards to my private life, until they had managed to make even me feel psychologically raped. Their boundary violations are a very deliberate part of their "training."
