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Re:Bootstrapping a $15m/yr lifestyle business by weland on Thursday August 08, 2013 @05:50AM (#6178023)
> Business people do it for the dollars.

> But real entrepreneurs push the human race forward.

And Mindvalley is doing that by selling, ugh, stuff like Chakra7? http://www.chakrahealing.com/products/academy ? I got that from the link on the blog post page.

Even a highschool wannabe philosopher couldn't output such pretentious bullshit without feeling a bit shaken by the cognitive disonance. You, sir, are a true businessman!

Re:Bootstrapping a $15m/yr lifestyle business by blauwbilgorgel on Thursday August 08, 2013 @09:10AM (#6178640)
Their writing and marketing is very effective. But they are close to my definition of evil with selling points like these:

  The correct way to do healing visualizations, whether 
  someone’s suffering from cancer, liver problems, or any 
  ache or pain.

  Hard to believe? Well… consider that a world-renowned 
  cancer therapy researcher Dr. O Carl Simonton called the
  Silva technique: “the most powerful single tool that I can
  offer my patients”.

  It’s supposed to help depression, control pain, increase 
  longevity, slow down cancers,...

  Cancer Patients:
  Show significantly higher wellbeing levels, improved 
  cognitive functions, and less inflammation. Subjects even
  report greater sexual satisfaction.

  Learn to protect yourself against chronic diseases such as
  cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and heart attacks.

  I've been able to cure the cancer I had, help to solve 
  murders, find missing people.

  You put yourself at risk for developing diseases such as 
  cancer ... Through a technique called Quantum Jumping, 
  you can learn how to access deep restfulness.

  Cancer patients can cause their cancer to go into 
  spontaneous remission (which means “disappear”)... 
  through the practice of creative visualization.

  Could a doctor really cure cancer? Does this seem too 
  impossible? And if it’s true then why don’t more people 
  know about it? A Healing Miracle – How One Doctor Used 
  Silva To Cure Cancer... people just don’t want to take 
  that step and realize the healing powers of their own 
  mind. It is after all easier to go see a doctor and have 
  them tell you what pill or treatment to take.
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Re:Bootstrapping a $15m/yr lifestyle business by omarchowdhury on Thursday August 08, 2013 @09:21AM (#6178698)
This isn't even really "spiritual thinking". And if it was, it would be available for free, or at a very low cost. Not $297.
Re:Bootstrapping a $15m/yr lifestyle business by adwf on Thursday August 08, 2013 @08:35AM (#6178475)
Wow, particularly scummy practice when trying to close the tab on that page as well. Blocked me from closing it with a popup by saying data I had entered would be lost, while replacing the page in the background with the pricing box.

Thought we'd left those kind of practices behind a decade or more ago.

Re:Bootstrapping a $15m/yr lifestyle business by dktbs on Thursday August 08, 2013 @09:04AM (#6178604)
yeah, that bothered me as well.

"Are you sure you want to leave? Stay on this page to try Chakra Healing for 30 risk-free days and join the thousands who have already experienced this phenomenon for themselves."

gross.

Re:Bootstrapping a $15m/yr lifestyle business by loceng on Thursday August 08, 2013 @10:52AM (#6179263)
I meant to reply this here: There are certain clues, including prominent language use, that shows that this company isn't being guided by someone or people who would be practicing these philosophies - they are just wrapping them up in a marketing package to try to make money off of people. I won't give specific examples of the language as to tip them off to change it.
Re:Bootstrapping a $15m/yr lifestyle business by wusatiuk on Thursday August 08, 2013 @06:26AM (#6178090)
thanks for the link, will save me 10 minutes of my time reading this article.