Yeah, how did we get this far? Proves that the human animal is a tough and resourceful little beast. Perhaps, we've got more lives thatn a cat ...
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There are people who will believe just about anything, if packaged and delivered in the right "program."
One undeniable pattern shared by those who seek salvation outside of themselves is having to be at the 'bottom of the well' before they 'draw water'. Poetics aside, what seems clear to me is that people have to be at a kind of ebb or trough in their lives before they take up a religion or a cult. I mean, how many true believers of a church are there because they'd suffered some kind of tragedy in their lives: the addict rescued from the gutter; the person who's had too many bad days for a life time, etc, etc.
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No, who would think a slimey con-man would become a guru in the eyes of so many...
It usually takes a slimey con-man to manipulate and coerce. It's part of their core being. Somewhat like 'little johnny' who loves to kick a ball around the yard while his family is content to watch TV - you know he'll do well in sport because he's found a focus. He says so himself. He'll play in the World Cup one day. And then this focus will become a kind of mastery. And with mastery comes the ability to amaze.