The man who saves you from yourself The author of this text reflects on the increased number of individuals suffering seriously as a consequence of being lured into cults. He sympathizes with parents and family members who have witnessed their sons and daughters struggle to regain the old self. It becomes critical for their problems to be sufficiently dealt with since they are often presented for therapeutic counseling when the consequences are too severe, especially after the victims have totally been converted. With critical analysis of this situation, he realizes that the changes and recruitment happens quietly and very fast, that no one could have intervened at the start of the downfall.
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The initiators of cults or tricks are manipulative and always work against every interest of the rational innocent humanity. Having critically assessed the initiate, the initiators are quick in using their knowledge and experience to confuse prevailing outcomes, and slowly but gradually manipulate the individuals into their groups. It happens very fast such that the initiator never recognizes the immense changes that he or she has made. The first rule to recruiting an initiate is by ensuring that they never suspect, because it is obvious that individuals will not agree to join a cult, groups, or religions willingly without showing resistance. They would often get snoopy with the intention of acquiring more knowledge and information about the …show more content…
The “gurus” lives never changes. They will preach against materialism, but according to Sullivan, they all kept their materialistic life with them. He gives an example of Divine Light Mission (DLM), led by Rwat, a small boy believed to have reincarnated from his father, and his mother mata ji, “holy mother.” In their religion, they preached that humility, poverty and manual labor was good, but it was quite contrary to their action. For example, they used luxurious planes to travel and enjoyed the power and glory asserted to them by the society. They would advocate for manual labor yet none of them raised a finger to perform a task. People were busy kneeling before the small boy to receive the blessing, and failed to pay closer attention to the manipulative ways of the Divine Light Mission, especially the suggestive gesture from the “holy mother” to his son in case she realized that the son had slept. Sullivan had acquired enough knowledge and even enlightened the young girl who had come to seek comfort in the Devine Light