Very true, about how people's beliefs about Ching Hai might change.
In cognitive science, belief change is achieved by many new pieces of evidence/experience, accumulated over time. Then repeated.
The same way normal life experience shapes our beliefs.
But Ching Hai knows this better than anyone. That is why she has locked peoples beliefs down, using powerful emotions, and powerful images.
She has used PTSD and trauma, with the animal slaughter videos on one hand, and the Ching Hai is Mother Earth books and videos on the other hand.
Ching Hai has systematically linked herself to GOD in her followers minds. That is reinforced everyday for 2 hours, as they chant, and their mind is getting linked back to Ching Hai.
Then the rest of the day, Ching Hai TV is on for many of them, and her books, DVD's, and the rest of it.
On top of that, she's made the followers make a lifelong oath/pact to be a Vegan, a Ching Hai Vegan, so there is another link.
And she constantly talks about the next world too, and apparently the past, so she is trying to lock peoples minds in for "eternity".
Ching Hai has layered levels of emotional belief, to lock people into her sect.
Using supreme willpower, have forced myself to watch these boring and crummy Ching Hai videos, as well as some Breatharian.
Jasmuheen is a self-conscious fraud out for money, as well as self-deluded with some type of eating-mental-disorder. It seems a person can be deluded and a scammer at the same time.
Ching Hai on the other hand. She is very street smart, she knows what is going on. And in fact, Ching Hai's understanding of english is very good, she has complete understanding of english, and appears to break the english language up intentionally, as another Ching Hai technique.
Dumb westerners always fall for those from the east, who are in some type of saffron robe, and have an accent and inverted grammar.
But its more PLAY-ACTING from Ching Hai.
Ching Hai also play-acts, how "sad" various things in life make her, and her "compassion" for this and that. Its almost funny, as in some videos, you can see how bored Ching Hai is with her own playacting, its like a bored actor in a cheap TV show at times.
But some of her followers, just eat it up. They are in a trance, anyway, and not paying attention to reality.
As far as being One with Jesus. Everyone does that these days. One could list 100 other Gurus in 2 minutes that make that claim right here, Sai Baba, MSIA, New Thought, everyone.
Actually, it would be easier to make a list of who DOESN'T claim to be Jesus II.
All they are doing, is trying to press the New Age Jesus button in people's minds, which may already exist. Why should Ching Hai reinvent the wheel, when she can just press the Jesus button too?
And of course, like Jesus she is being crucified, Judas, etc, etc.
Ching Hai knows its easy to get people to project she is One with Jesus in their minds, its something almost every Guru does.
As stated, its 100% up to Ching Hai to prove any claims she makes.
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Of course she can dance around that easily, as she is smart. First off, no one can ever ask her a question anymore, as she controls everything.
But any Guru can dance around any of this stuff easily.
Ching Hai is very clever, and she clearly thought up the Ching Hai slogan...Be Veg, Go Green 2 Save the Planet!
She understands the english slang and shorthand, and knows how to work it.
So the way to deconstruct Ching Hai, is to simply research each point she makes, and to analyze the techniques she is using on people.
But Ching Hai has that angle covered too. She can tell her people, she lies to deceive the meat-mafia satan, or whatever.
Ching Hai lies to save the planet. Isn't it better to lie and save the planet?
See, its easy.
Ching Hai is not going to change, she will peddle this for life.
But the facts coming out about her methods, can really slow down their ability to bilk naive westerners.
And the Vegans need to wake-up and see what is going on with Ching Hai, and speak out against her methods of indoctrination.