Yep, like finding that tool, always shiny and ready in the toolbox. No muss, no fuss. "The world is as you are, live unbounded awareness" - MMY.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray27" <steve.sundur@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <jchwelch@> wrote: > > > I like this excerpt from one of Deikman's book. "Us and Them: Cult > > Thinking and the Terrorist Threat" > > > http://www.deikman.com/wrong.html > > > > > > Part of the excerpt states: > > > "Some degree of cult behavior can be seen in all groups, so instead of > > asking "Is this group a cult?," a more useful inquiry is: "How much cult > > behavior is taking place here?" > > > > True, > "Transcendental Meditation is vibrant and uncomplicated and unburdened by > T.M.'s more controversial past. It is no longer, as Brand often says, "for > weird, old hippies." Nor is it only for committed devotees willing to spend > their lives meditating in rural Iowa." > > > > I would call this a breakthrough in the discussion. Much more realistic > > than the "black and white" mindset. > > > > This question has special urgency as we face the reality of a > > present-day terrorism whose destructive possibilities have been > > fearfully magnified by modern technology. Although it is not hard to > > spot cult behavior in al Qaeda, we are not inclined to notice it in > > ourselves as we respond to the threat. Yet, we had better be able to do > > so, because the price of cult behavior is diminished realism. We cannot > > afford that now. > > > > > > To heighten our awareness, Them and Us identifies four basic cult > > behaviors that influence our thinking: 1) compliance with a group, 2) > > dependence on a leader, 3) avoiding dissent, and 4) devaluing the > > outsider. These forces operate in all aspects of society. The core > > process is devaluing the outsider, resulting in Them-versus-Us behavior. > > [...]" > > >
