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I was still involved when I came across the information on Rick Ross and it was that which had me quit.
LEC_escapee,
Thanks for your reply to my question.
I ask because my attempts in trying to reason with a landmarkian friend have been as fruitful as trying to bail out the ocean with a teaspoon. NOTHING sane and logical gets through. In fact she was getting coaching from other landmarkians on how to deal with me and how to deflect information like that found on a site like this one. I mean, she listens to [b:999af9f217]nothing[/b:999af9f217] that wasn't written or uttered by landmark drones!! Every landmark defense conconcted, about why it is [i:999af9f217]not[/i:999af9f217] a cult, seems to just echo continuously in her mind; its like she has told herself no matter what, who, where, or when...never listen to anything critical of LE! They've got control of her like NO ONE I've seen or heard of that had once been, or still is involved in LE. I keep hoping to hear from an ex-landmark follower how I could snap her out of her trance. I've sent her information, weblinks, Journal articles, etc...nothing sinks in, nothing causes her to think! This is the most hopeless endeavor I have ever attempted in my life and by far, the most maddening! I just cannot believe I am witnessing the magnitude of the stupor, this psycho cult has her in. I wish she would read some of the testimonies of ex-landmarkers here and start thinking about what is really going on in her mind and life.
Anyway, I am about to throw in the towel on my efforts and hopes of getting her to see the light, it has been a year of NO progress made. It is too frustrating and heartbreaking to watch this unfold in her life. And the loss of her friendship, has in some ways, been like a loss in death.
It is the saddest waste of an amazing mind I have ever witnessed and I have no idea how to just accept it. But, I will have to.
I have spent so much time and energy trying to find a way to expose LE to her and to the world that I have lost alot of ground in my own personal goals and progress. LE has damaged and darkened my life without my ever having wasted a second or a dime on a forum! That is what you call TOXIC! I've sacrificed alot in spending time and energy trying to save a friend who, in truth, is no longer a friend to me, but someone I feel I should remain a friend to so that when the dawn of reality strikes, she won't be alone. She feels more contempt for me than most of my enemies do, so really, its a one-way effort and I have to end it somewhere. I only get a semi-positive response from her when she needs help with something. I'm the pawn to her that she is to landmark. Sick! Only, I see that I'm being used, she's as clueless as can be. Sorry to unload this babble onto you, I just wanted to make clear why I asked about your situation and to express that I see I've taken on a losing battle. You saw the light when you found this site, my friend could find 10 sites like this one and it still wouldn't sink in...I give up. Only God can change her heart and mind.
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Now, we have a cousin who's been sucked in by the Kabbalah cult so I'm hardly a topic of conversation anymore.
I sincerely hope that your family finds a way to get your cousin out ASAP!