The letter about if Royal Way is a "cult" by Michael Gottlieb is very interesting.
Does anyone know the approximate date when that letter was released?
He opens with the common statement of...I am not a Guru.
(none of them are Gurus, they are all Anti-Gurus...right?)
Then he drops in the stuff about being a "Rebbe". Of course, a Rebbe has no degrees, no credentials, he is a Rebbe because he says he is a Rebbe.
Then he states, eventually, that he is a MASTER, who leads you to Divinity through discipleship.
He then hints he might have miracle powers. (in case you want to project that on him).
But what is most important is for you to be his DISCIPLE, and to do so EMOTIONALLY, not rationally. That's what he says.
He then states some very dangerous and disturbing things.
"...a true teacher will indeed dissolve the ego, leaving a pure emptiness where there was once clutter and turmoil".
"Cling to the feet of your guru as the boatman to his boat".
So he says what he is going to do to your mind, DISSOLVE it, and then you will be clinging to his feet.
Next he states he IS a guru/master, even though he said 2 seconds ago he has never said that. Even though he is writing it, its YOU saying it, not him. Make sense? No. (that is called Programmed Confusion, he does it several times).
He asks if Royal Way is a cult?
His answer is that cults are fine, as long as its a Good Guru, and uses an extreme example by bringing up Jonestown. He then says cults have been a great thing in human history, and he also admits that he has been to a number of "places" that would be labelled as cults?
What?
A "place" is a cult?
That is some more Programmed Confusion.
He then says cults are inevitable, and they are the way to higher consciousness.
So you are supposed to SURRENDER to the Guru/Master, and let him cultivate you like a plant.
The Master is the MALE principle, and the disciple is the female, he says. (you know what that means).
So you are supposed to create a collective around the Guru, and cling to his feet.
But then its time for JUDAS.
Anyone see the connection with the earlier post in this thread by "Paprika" and a type of "curse" involving how Judas got blowed-up after he betrayed Jesus? Who wrote that post?
We report, you decide.
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"R., I know who you are. ...
R., you actually think you’re hurting Royal Way, when in fact you are destroying yourself. You have committed the worst kind of betrayal. Have you ever heard of Judas? When Judas betrayed Jesus, he didn’t hurt Jesus, he created a world religion for him. But do you know what happened to Judas after his betrayal? Maybe you should find out.
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He then relabels cult, sect, group into "HOST". (What? more programmed confusion...) But then says there is no word for what he is doing, to EMPTY THE MIND.
He then ends with some Thought-Stopping with a confusion question meant to be like a confusion koan. Lots of programmed confusion.
So its pretty clear what Michael Gottlieb's objective was in this letter.
Many in Royal Way were getting concerned that Royal Way is a cultish type of group.
So he says, Royal Way is not a cult, but it is, but its not anything. It just meant to confuse people.
He's not a Guru, but he is if you say he is, and he says he is a Guru even though he did not say that, so worship at his feet, for your own good. (more confusion).
Notice how he carefully ignores the clear criteria of groups that could be considered dangerous?
Anyone can search Google for these words...
- cult warning signs -
and run through the list.
Royal Way fails on almost every single count.
The real question is, who is being exploited, and how?
Where is the money going?
Who is monitoring it?
Its no wonder that Michael Gottlieb's status as a therapist is listed as DELINQUENT.
If a therapist were registered, and were putting out these type of "I Am Your Master" type of writings, he would be in serious trouble.
You see, as a therapist, you are supposed to discourage "projection", not magnify it, until people begin to project on you that you are their Master and to worship at your feet.
He knows exactly what he is doing, as anyone can see in his DISSOLVE THE EGO comment.
Notice how they all want to dissolve your ability to think for yourself?
Dissolve the mind of the target, passify them, encourage them to see you as Divine and worship at your feet.
POWER.