A review by rsr143
The Book of est by Luke Rhinehart, Werner Erhard

4.0

An incredible look inside one of the early "waves" of the personal development movement. It's also a good assessment of how good ideas can be taken to an absurd application. The EST program, while heavily built on Zen/Vedanta worldview and one of the hottest workshops going on in the 1970's; was carried out in a brute-force method that took its toll on participants. The author is obviously a fan of the program. If people appreciate being "brute forced" into letting go of their limiting beliefs, is that a bad thing? I suppose if they come away happy, it can't be all bad. That said, I'd never want to undergo such a training (and I've been through many intensive pieces of training!).