I’m a Christian. The more I understand their philosophy, the more I understand Jesus’ teachings.

I’m actually talking myself into participating in the exercises. I was actually kind of apprehensive until I read your review. Thank you! Fantastic review. I will allow myself to take part on my own with them forcing me into submission. And no, I will not sign up for anything else. That will be it for me. That I know for sure.

I cannot speak for your experience, but reading about it, it sounds like a cult. Again, this is coming from someone who was in one. If you want to find out more about a cult, please check out http://whathappenedtodeerfield.wordpress.com/. This is a blog called Missing Deerfield where some people detail their personal experiences in a cult.

Thank you for having the courage to create this blog and come forward. From what I read, I hope you go no further with it. Cult leaders thrive on secrecy of the whole process. Even when you leave, they can count on you being quiet. You have so much guilt and shame about it all that you don’t want to say a word. After all, who wants to be known as one who was in a cult! The best way to stop cults is to continue to get the word out about who these people are and what they are doing.

The coach was Mr. Balwinder Singh Sodhi.

This is how my advanced course went. Every day we spent almost 2 hrs in morning session in waiting and restoring so called integrity of the group since a person was late, 4 hrs in an evening session of 3rd day in acknowledging the possibility of creating world full of peace, love (sorry.. unconditional love), compassion, integrity etc. etc. by participants who became suddenly a form of pure gold since coach declared it at one fine moment in a room of hotel, listening to below the belt jokes from Mr. Sodhi, making a guy stand and asking him to prove his relation with his parents by conducting DNA test of parents, neighbor’s and then community if the first two doesn’t prove it (How embarrassing it would be for Mr. Sodhi’s son/daughter when somebody steps into his son/daughter’s personal space in front of 98 other participants and few assistants), tormenting a guy for having materialistic aim to fulfill his parents’ wish, exaggerating the things to such an extent when they are not and finally selling SELP on every day of the course.

If SELP is so important then why it is sold under the carpet? i.e. by pressurizing the participants by holding them on a case basis as if they hv done some crime. If it so important and coupled with advanced course then it should be informed while registering for advanced course. I am sure Landmark is not being fair / authentic in doing so.

When somebody left the course in the middle of the course, Mr. Sodhi was excellent in passing pranks about him after he/she has left. And somebody didn’t register for SELP and is still in the class then Mr. Sodhi was phenomenal in making that point about him/her. A harsh comment passed by participant on Mr. Sodhi became a boomerang ornamented with a nasty language used by Mr. Sodhi for which Mr. Sodhi was kind enough to take it back when it had hit already. In Mr. Sodhi’s language, this one small tap, spat a lot of venom out from Mr. Sodhi’s mouth. If this is Mr. Sodhi then one can really imagine how pathetic situation his family would be going through. And Mr. Sodhi tells that participant doesn’t know who Mr. Sodhi is, which leaves a question in participant’s mind that why would he/she pay Rs. 11400/- to get the answer of this question Mr. Sodhi asked. Mr. Sodhi is coached very badly to lead advanced course.

Advanced course is much more advertised in Forum. But forum is genuinely an excellent exercise and gives a sufficient idea about “if forum is so good then how powerful advanced course would be” (Unfortunately it’s not, It seems it has been created for sake of creating one more course) which makes a candidate take a decision voluntarily. SELP registration really becomes onerous in advanced course led by Mr Sodhi. SELP is sold in advanced course and now I don’t know which course will be sold in SELP. I met with a guy who is a SELP leader. I can imagine now how badly SELP is lead. I really describe the advanced course was simply waste of my time, energy and money.

I have paid registration fees for SELP since I succumb to the pressure of the space which was there. I consider it’s a small contribution from my side. But I am not going to attend SELP.

I might be showing up an ‘ACT’ by writing this letter but this is what I am dealing with.