Pushing the self imposed physical limitations
computeruser
There were elements of the Six-day course; which the participants confronted
their own ~~stops~~ in physical endurance. Later the course work capitalized
on the experience to explore in the classroom where else in-life these
~~stops~~, (or thoughts to stop) were self imposed barriers to full self
expression.
One particular forced breakthrough occurred on a ropes course event. The
Tyrolean traverse similarly set up to this
http://www.granddynamics.com/images/photos/bridgebuilding/1.jpg
The weight of the person causes line sag. In the 6-day promo film there were
participants who stopped mid way and let go. (As a result it soon became a
common optional practice.) Not only was momentum lost, now they were pulling
themselves up hill. Unbeknownst to them or really any of the participants
the safety rope (tether near the waist) was used to maximize the resistance
and force a limitation on the unsuspecting participant. I remember hearing
this described among the ropes course assistants, as the participant was
"managed".
I did this traverse at the upstate NY site twice. Once as a participant and
once as an assistant. My friend told me later, that he purposely "managed"
my ~~breakthrough~~, with the instruction and guidance of mid level
leadership, during my second time through as an assistant.
I have heard of deaths in and around est and vaguely remember something of
one occurring during a six day course. I know details of the one death that
occurred in a est training in Bridgeport. I know only of the rumors that
circulated around a six-day site death.
Tex
> The tragedy of the sweat lodge, brings up memories of the six-day course.
>
> There were elements of the Six-day course; which the participants confronted
> their own ~~stops~~ in physical endurance. Later the course work capitalized
> on the experience to explore in the classroom where else in-life these
> ~~stops~~, (or thoughts to stop) were self imposed barriers to full self
> expression.
>
> One particular forced breakthrough occurred on a ropes course event. The
>
> The weight of the person causes line sag. In the 6-day promo film there were
> participants who stopped mid way and let go. (As a result it soon became a
> common optional practice.) Not only was momentum lost, now they were pulling
> themselves up hill. Unbeknownst to them or really any of the participants
> the safety rope (tether near the waist) was used to maximize the resistance
> and force a limitation on the unsuspecting participant. I remember hearing
> this described among the ropes course assistants, as the participant was
> "managed".
>
> I did this traverse at the upstate NY site twice. Once as a participant and
> once as an assistant. My friend told me later, that he purposely "managed"
> my ~~breakthrough~~, with the instruction and guidance of mid level
> leadership, during my second time through as an assistant.
>
> I have heard of deaths in and around est and vaguely remember something of
> one occurring during a six day course. I know details of the one death that
> occurred in a est training in Bridgeport. I know only of the rumors that
> circulated around a six-day site death.
Did you assist at the 6 day before you joined staff?
Sounds like you were really, really into it for a while.