Anticult mentioned an important trick of theirs:
Telling stories of healing. How someone chanted his or her bum off and got
a windfall, or the dream job, etc.
What The Anticult has shown us is how often these seemingly sincere stories
are, in this context, well honed, well crafted sales pitches.
We rarely imagine the need to question whether that story, the story that is
tickling and soothing our sore, aching nerve endings, is actually *designed to
do exactly that* and that we are not being seen and loved as persons, but ATMs
on feet, being hacked into.
As the old hymn went, "Lord you know the secrets of our hearts..."
Today it is "We want to know the PIN # of your hearts".
Here are earlier items discussed that reveal the 'tech' used by other
groups.
"Chanting"
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"Strange Stories"
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Using friends and beloved relatives as recruiters. Zappo. Bugs Bunny
put it very well. "Ya gotta trust someone." And all of us get down
and depressed now and then - and turn to friends and relatives for
advice. Its human.
The need for sleep - sleep, it seems, is the best brain cleanser of all.
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One custom that may alienate SGI from other Buddhists (very good because
other Buddhists could educate troubled SGI members on how SGI misrepresents
Buddhism)
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Discouraging potential dissenters
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Using the Sparkly Eyes techique
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(An entire search technique here)
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The Limited Time Offer/Space is Limited so RSVP Now
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Profits from books -- dont know if SGI does this, but useful to know for other
groups
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Using language in strange ways
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