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Destructive mind control can be understood in terms of four basic components, which form the acronym BITE:
I. Behavior Control
II. Information Control
III. Thought Control
IV. Emotional Control
Lets analyze all these four aspects and demonstrate that SRCM uses destructive mind control method on its adherents and make them a complete mental slave
I. Behavior Control
1. Regulation of individual's physical reality
a. Where, how and with whom the member lives and associates with
In SRCM it is must for spritual progress that sitting (mental sex) must be done atleast once in two week's
b. What clothes, colors, hairstyles the person wears
There is a dress code while attainding function's or visiting any ashram
c. What food the person eats, drinks, adopts, and rejects
Non-veg food should be avoided
d. How much sleep the person is able to have
while visiting any ashram people are expected to wake up early morning, there are also some mid-night meditation programs
e. Financial dependence
SRCM is said to be group of its adherents, hence they must support to its growth by providing donations and buying books CD's etc
f. Little or no time spent on leisure, entertainment, vacations
This is forbidden, no free time, adherents are supposed to be in constant rememberence of Chari, otherwise work for Master Mission and Method
2. Major time commitment required for indoctrination sessions and group rituals
Attending function visiting ashram each sunday for group meditation to add to this sitting every week
3. Need to ask permission for major decisions
Preceptor is now in control of abhyasi, each and every decision must be approved by preceptor and permission should be taken
4. Need to report thoughts, feelings and activities to superiors
A dieary needs to be maintained and all thoughts must be reported to master
5. Rewards and punishments (behavior modification techniques- positive and negative).
No act should be done which is not approved by Master, otherwise your spritual progress is void
6. Individualism discouraged; group think prevails
Sahaj Mark erases all samskara
7. Rigid rules and regulations
Prayes and mediation absentism from sex, rigid control over thoughts
8. Need for obedience and dependency
Absolute obdience is needed
1. Use of deception
a. Deliberately holding back information
Members are not aware of other SRCM group's existance
b. Distorting information to make it acceptable
c. Outright lying
2. Access to non-cult sources of information minimized or discouraged
a. Books, articles, newspapers, magazines, TV, radio
b. Critical information
c. Former members
d. Keep members so busy they don't have time to think
3. Compartmentalization of information; Outsider vs. Insider doctrines
a. Information is not freely accessible
b. Information varies at different levels and missions within pyramid
c. Leadership decides who "needs to know" what
4. Spying on other members is encouraged
a. Pairing up with "buddy" system to monitor and control
b. Reporting deviant thoughts, feelings, and actions to leadership
5. Extensive use of cult generated information and propaganda
a. Newsletters, magazines, journals, audio tapes, videotapes, etc.
b. Misquotations, statements taken out of context from non-cult sources
6. Unethical use of confession
a. Information about "sins" used to abolish identity boundaries
b. Past "sins" used to manipulate and control; no forgiveness or absolution
1. Need to internalize the group's doctrine as "Truth"
a. Map = Reality
b. Black and White thinking
c. Good vs. evil
d. Us vs. them (inside vs. outside)
2. Adopt "loaded" language (characterized by "thought-terminating clichés"). Words are the tools we use to think with. These "special" words constrict rather than expand understanding. They function to reduce complexities of experience into trite, platitudinous "buzz words".
3. Only "good" and "proper" thoughts are encouraged.
4. Thought-stopping techniques (to shut down "reality testing" by stopping "negative" thoughts and allowing only "good" thoughts); rejection of rational analysis, critical thinking, constructive criticism.
a. Denial, rationalization, justification, wishful thinking
b. Chanting
c. Meditating
d. Praying
e. Speaking in "tongues"
f. Singing or humming
5. No critical questions about leader, doctrine, or policy seen as legitimate
6. No alternative belief systems viewed as legitimate, good, or useful
1. Manipulate and narrow the range of a person's feelings.
2. Make the person feel like if there are ever any problems it is always their fault, never the leader's or the group's.
3. Excessive use of guilt
a. Identity guilt
1. Who you are (not living up to your potential)
2. Your family
3. Your past
4. Your affiliations
5. Your thoughts, feelings, actionsb. Social guilt
c. Historical guilt
4. Excessive use of fear
a. Fear of thinking independently
b. Fear of the "outside" world
c. Fear of enemies
d. Fear of losing one's "salvation"
e. Fear of leaving the group or being shunned by group
f. Fear of disapproval
5. Extremes of emotional highs and lows.
6. Ritual and often public confession of "sins".
7. Phobia indoctrination : programming of irrational fears of ever leaving the group or even questioning the leader's authority. The person under mind control cannot visualize a positive, fulfilled future without being in the group.
a. No happiness or fulfillment "outside"of the group
b. Terrible consequences will take place if you leave: "hell"; "demon possession"; "incurable diseases"; "accidents"; "suicide"; "insanity"; "10,000 reincarnations"; etc.
c. Shunning of leave takers. Fear of being rejected by friends, peers, and family.
d. Never a legitimate reason to leave. From the group's perspective, people who leave are: "weak;" "undisciplined;" "unspiritual;" "worldly;" "brainwashed by family, counselors;" seduced by money, sex, rock and roll.
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