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My Experiences in a Controlling Cult

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  What is cult mind control and why should we be concerned about it? A cult is a group of people with extreme dedication to a leader or set of beliefs. There are the more obvious cults like the Moonies and the Hare Krishnas.   You may think that you would never fall for something that silly. But there are many cults that appear as conventional religious, therapeutic, business, or philanthropic groups. Many of them use covert manipulation to gain recruits and control their members.   If you aren’t aware of this, you are vulnerable. How does cult mind control work? The purpose of cult mind control is to get you to drop your reliance on your own judgement and depend on the doctrines of the cult or the authority of its leader. This is done in order to make you a tool for the cult’s use.   Cults try to manipulate you in many ways. For example, by bombarding you with loving attention, by playing on your idealism, your fears, your pride, or your greed. All the whil...
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Communication Styles and You

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A Walk in the Cemetery

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  How is it that I came to be here, and find my walk in a cemetery dear? If these headstones could speak what would they say of those of us who’ve passed away? And what of the lives of stones themselves, what is the story that each would tell? They speak of the world in which they were made, as they stand here silently in the shade. Some stones are old and some have gone, though many bravely carry on.   I hear them say that nothing lasts, that all we know of must surely pass. When my father died in 2005 I had him buried in the cemetery a few blocks from my home. I like to pass thru it during my daily walk and it has had quite an effect on me. If these headstones could speak what would they say of those of us who’ve passed away? The headstones and grave markers speak to us down thru the ages and they use few words. They tell about the people buried here; their names, when they were born, and when the y died. That can tell us a lot. A name tells you whet...
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