Re: trying to recover from nonduality / advaita
Meditation isn't for everyone. Some people experience adverse affects, OP. You're not the only one. It can destabilize people. Also, meditation is not to be used as a substitute for mental health...
View ArticleRe: trying to recover from nonduality / advaita
Unlike "insta-enlightenment", which of course wakes up EVERYBODY instantly when they hear it (and if it doesnt work it's YOUR fault so please sign up for the next satsang), I suspect "recovery from...
View ArticleThe retreat setting and retreat rules can also have an effect
Dear Kalinika,Not only the non dual teachings but the retreat setting and retreat guidelines can have a powerful effect on our body chemistry -- and body chemistry includes neurochemistry.I agree with...
View ArticleRe: REAL LOVE
"The most intelligent and savvy of people DO get pulled in – not always immediately but eventually. "A **major** way even the savviest of us get recruited without our realizing we are getting...
View ArticleCan really people recover fully from cults?
I have tried to help a brainwashed person I love, it kind of work as the person could see by herself the warning signs I just planted the seeds and the person came to me after 6 or 7 months to say...
View ArticleHow REAL LOVE works.
Yes Corboy,You are so very, very right! My alarm bells went off pretty early, almost immediately, but I trusted these people very much so and gave it the benefit of the doubt. However, it never got...
View ArticleRe: REAL LOVE
Another thing keeps us trapped.We become afraid of talking about what we have been told to do.Why?Because at some level, we are scared to have someone look at us horrifiedand say, "They had you do...
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People who are in cults act like they are in spy novels. Their vibe is weirdly intense. Learn to pick up on this. It is a byproduct of cult socialization.* Secretiveness* Solemnity -- may go into...
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Something said about Bear being ex Mormon. Here is something to ask about. Do Real Love disciples follow a Mormon aesthetic? A Mormon 'style?'It is part of LDS culture to take great care with ones...
View ArticleRe: Can really people recover fully from cults?
If you're looking for positive examples, there are many.Look up Paul Haggis, Mike Rinder, Jason Beghe, Leah Remini from scientology. Fully recovered. They're on youtube....
View ArticleHow REAL LOVE works (part 2)
So, we tentatively go along to group – confused and trying to understand things, things we’ll never understand because we’re not meant to. Double-binds are designed to utterly confuse and not make...
View ArticleRe: Can really people recover fully from cults?
snel Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> If you're looking for positive examples, there are> many.> Look up Paul Haggis, Mike Rinder, Jason Beghe,> Leah Remini...
View ArticleRe: Can really people recover fully from cults?
I suppose I should clarify.I assume that OP is asking about recovery in terms of risk of falling for another cult or same cult, along with any mental factors that contribute to that tendency, and a...
View ArticleRe: Can really people recover fully from cults?
Fully recovered my foot. These people are far from fully recovered. They have only just begun their recovery.
View ArticleRe: Can really people recover fully from cults?
Fair enough, I can't really go further down this line of argument.I do understand what you're saying, though I feel it's a tad pessimistic (you'd say "realist", instead. :) )However, do you think, as...
View ArticleRe: Can really people recover fully from cults?
Speaking from my own personal experience, I dunno. Aside from endless pointless argument about what recover is/was/may be, there will always be aftershocks and emotional landmines that hit you without...
View ArticleAuthoritarianism, Affective Polarization, and Economic Ideology (with...
See the new paper at...http://pairadocks.blogspot.com/2018/03/authoritarianism-affective-polarization_94.html
View ArticleRe: Can really people recover fully from cults?
Yes, but -- falling into two spectral (vs. absolutely polarized) categories (those who are still attached and committed vs. those who are detached and disgusted) -- there are two different...
View ArticleJohn-Roger & the (unaccredited) University of Santa Monica
https://www.reddit.com/r/cults/comments/818dud/johnroger_the_unaccredited_university_of_santa/
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