𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧?

Speaker 1 devoted followers who leave their families for you? Give their money to you, give their bodies to you, give up their lives for you? Consider you God and will God, there's been a vacancy open. You could fill that void. Here's how. Structure your cult like an onion with the most benign and helpful features on the outside, and the most controlling kooky and evil parts at the secret inner core. Use deception. Don't tell them who you really are. Lie, leave out important information, or distort information. Speaker 3 Are you trying to recruit me? Speaker 1 No, I'm just trying to share something meaningful with you establish front groups. Speaker 2 We're a Bible study group. Speaker 1 We're a. Course, we're a meditation center. Speaker 2 We're a World Peace organization. We're a personal development center. We're a. Speaker 1 Drug Rehab center Promise to Fulfill Their Dreams. Don't you want a? Speaker 3 World of unconditional love. Speaker 2 And brotherhood. We have the secrets to self improvement. Speaker 1 You can join us Sunday special. Speaker 2 Join our. Speaker 3 Elite mission to save the world. Speaker 1 We can teach you special powers. Personal power. Speaker 2 Psychic power. Speaker 3 Past life connection. Telekinesis. Speaker 1 Offer them something free and get them to feel obliged to give you something in return. Speaker 2 Well, we gave you that free dinner. The least you could do is come to our weekend intensive. Speaker 1 You can tell them time is running out and that they must make their decision now or it will be too late. Speaker 2 This is your only choice to make it. Don't blow it. It's. Speaker 3 Important to make this commitment now. Speaker 2 This is an issue of burning urgency. Speaker 1 Don't give them time to think. Diminish doubting commiseration by separating your recruits from each other. Surround them with happy true believers so when in doubt they will tend to do what everyone around them is doing and believe that is normal. Start with a prolonged period of love bombing. Surround them with unconditional love and attention. Your cult family should act friendly and interested, get information, and hone their weak spots. Speaker 2 Tell us about yourself. Speaker 1 Take this personality test and then use this information to manipulate them. Gradually over time, you'll begin to shape the recruit's behavior by granting or withholding this love and attention. After they've bonded, slowly start making your demands upon them. The message be Control their behavior. Come. Speaker 3 Live with us. Speaker 1 Wear these clothes, eat this food. Speaker 3 All you need is 2 hours sleep. Speaker 1 Keep them active and with as little sleep Control their thoughts. Speaker 2 Our ideology answers all questions to all problems. Speaker 3 Let our doctrine think for you. Speaker 1 Control their emotions, induce guilt. Speaker 3 The United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. People are dying of starvation. Speaker 2 People are dying of starvation. Speaker 3 You are not living up to your potential, you. Speaker 2 Are not living up to your potential. Speaker 1 You cheated on that test and fear. Speaker 2 The enemy Will Electro shock you? Torture you? Speaker 3 Kill you or carry you off to hell. Speaker 1 Control information. Keep them from knowing all the workings of the cult. Block out any information which is critical of the group. Encourage members to spy and report on one another. Separate the recruit from himself by attacking the self and inducing a mental breakdown disguised as a spiritual awakening. When they start to freak out, have side effects, or hallucinate, tell them they are flushing out the bad stuff inside. Speaker 3 When I was meditating, I felt an infinite emptiness. It was utterly terrifying. No, this is good. You're transforming. Speaker 1 Do it more You are reaching God. Speaker 2 You're being reborn. You are becoming one with a universe, one with our family. Speaker 1 Make them paranoid about their own bodies or thought processes. Speaker 2 You're battling your sinful nature. Your bodies detoxify. Speaker 1 Tell them that there is a part of their mind they must eliminate in order to find happiness. Speaker 2 You must eliminate the toxic mind. Speaker 3 Your ego. Your ego is a source of all your problems. I don't know who I am anymore. Good. Speaker 1 Now you're afraid. In fact, there was no you there to begin with. Claim authority. It can come from a divine source. Your Bible clearly states that I am the Messiah. Bogus scientific research. Speaker 3 studies prove. Speaker 1 My techniques work or special knowledge I? Am the enlightened master of the universe. Make up stories about yourself to boost your importance. I invented AIR. I have special access to the aliens, reduce trance States and self hypnosis by practicing thought stopping rituals and repetitive acts like dancing, Speaker 3 Stamp out doubt. Stamp out doubt. Stamp out doubt. Speaker 2 Stamp out. Speaker 3 Stamp out doubt. Speaker 1 Practice prolonged hours of meditation in these trance states. They are more receptive and suggestible. Encourage separation from their family, your friends, and. Family probably won't understand. Your friends and family probably won't understand. Speaker 2 It doesn't sound like your family and friends really love you if they can't support your new decision. Speaker 3 Maybe you should stay away from them. It's unhealthy for you to be around unenlightened people anyway. Speaker 2 If you can't recruit your friends, cut off from them. Speaker 1 Stop wasting time with nonbelievers. Speaker 3 Stop wasting time with nonbelievers. Speaker 1 Encourage dependency and conformity, and discourage autonomy and individuality. The. Speaker 3 Whole purpose must be the focus. The self purpose must be subordinated. Speaker 2 The whole purpose must be the focus. This self purpose must be subordinated. Speaker 1 Have confessionals where people demonize their early lives and only praise their life in the group. Rewrite the past as terrible even if it was great before I came to emerge. I was a bad person. I was greedy. Misguided, self-centered and lost. My life is Speaker 3 historical landmarks will someday be erected to commemorate us and our sacrifices. Speaker 1 Tighten your group's bond by establishing scapegoats and enemies. Demonize outsiders as less than human biased, corrupt, or conspiring against the group. Develop an us versus them mentality fighting resistance. Tell them their critical thoughts are evidence that they have committed crimes against the group. Start investigating them and make up crimes I. Speaker 3 Think I want to leave? Speaker 2 You must be insane. Speaker 1 Make them feel guilty. Speaker 2 We're doing important work here. Speaker 3 You expect saving the world is easy. Speaker 1 We're all called upon to make some sacrifices for the cause just when things. Speaker 3 Get tough. Speaker 1 You want to give up? Speaker 2 You're weak do. Speaker 3 You want to move forward. Forward toward freedom and enlightenment? Or do you want to fall back into your old dirty ways? Speaker 2 What's more important, our mission. Speaker 3 Our family. Speaker 2 Eternal salvation. Speaker 3 Or your petty grievances. Speaker 1 You're being negative ignorant. Speaker 2 Selfish. Speaker 3 And sinful. Speaker 2 Our leader is flawless. Speaker 3 The doctrine is flawless. Speaker 2 There must be something wrong with you. Speaker 3 There must be something wrong with you. Speaker 1 There must be something wrong with you. Speaker 3 There must be something wrong with me. There must be something wrong. With me? Speaker 2 Yes, there is. Speaker 3 Yes, there is. Speaker 1 Indoctrinate with fear. Tell them that they could be possessed by evil spirits, or suggest that if they should ever leave, something bad could happen to them. I'm just warning you that without us, you're liable to get into a bad accident, get sick or even die. Speaker 2 If you leave, you'll just be reincarnated into a lower life form. Speaker 1 It's that simple. Now don't you want to become a cult leader? You. Speaker 3 I will do what you say. For the cause. I will leave my family For the cause, I will give you my money. For the cause, I will give you my body. For the cause, I will die. For the cost, I will kill. Speaker 1 I'm a.