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maurice
So your subjectuve reality is split in two - your real self, abused and humiliated constantly, and your new cult self, the drone, the robot. This two identities fight against each other. The feedback from the real world helps your real self to come back on the surface. That creates a clash with your cult self. Unfortunately the clash is seen a proof that something is wrong when the real self comes back, so the cult self is reinforced that way. In landmark, your real self is called 'act' and your cult self are 'possibility'. When the brainwash start to wear off, your 'act resurface'. That's stressful. Stress is a proof that your pre-cult self is good for nothing but pain, so you automatically start the thought stopping execises and 'recreate your possibility again'. I don't know if I've been clear enough. Basically the 'technologies' are constructed to be self-proved by the very problems they cause. When the brainwashing starts to fade, adjustment is very uncomfortable. Until you realise that the discomfort it's not the disease, but the healing, you tend to be back for more brainwashing.
Thank you. That makes sense to me, in a convoluted sort of way.
So, if I' m understanding correctly it goes something like this:
1. Most people have some part of their lives they would like to improve. This may include some underlying beliefs which may not help us.
2. This part of being human is then exploited with manipulative techniques to denigrate the self. One then views one's self not simply as an imperfect, but basically good human being trying to improve, but rather as "permanently doomed" and a "useless piece of sh*t".
3. They manipulators then give you a way to escape being such a pathetic excuse for a human being. That way is a belief system that always works if you do it right. When it doesn't work, it's your fault. This is now easy to believe you are the problem because your old self was such a chump anyway.
4. Now when there is dissonance between the observations, thoughts and feelings of the real self and the programming of the cult self, because the cult self thinks the real self is such a loser, at least for a while, the perceptions of the real self are discounted because the old self was the problem in the first place.
All these groups have their own vocabulary. In the case of my loved one, The Release Technique said that he was like a computer with a computer virus and they could remove the virus. They taught him that the ego and the mind are the source of his problems. Once you let go of your "resistence" the group will remove the virus and you will be coming from your "beingness" (I noticed rswinters used that word.) Beingness must be the purest form of the cult self because it sounds just like a Release Technique tape.
I am now reecalling that about 6 weeks after my husband went to the mass marathon training when the high was wearing off a bit, here comes a mailer from The Release Technique saying that the "ego is tricky." It will tell you that releasing isn't working when it is. So I think the programmers are aware of the clash of real self and cult self so they must reiterate that the real self is actually the evil ego trying to trip you up again by deceiving you into questioning whether releasing is working.
This is truly evil. Truly a crime against people's souls.
I commend you all for coming through it and sharing your stories. This has really helped further my understanding.
I really miss who my husband was. I miss the inventive, original things he used to say. I miss having him just express some caring and listening when I was troubled, instead of bomboarding me some nonsensical solution from his program. Maybe he thinks I'm some kind of an idiot for missing that guy.