Guest guest Posted October 1, 2001 Report Share Posted October 1, 2001 funny what Dr Bob Miko said it is not only on ahuge scale that there is a battle going on in the spirit between good and evil. Recently a little boy we know was sexually molested by a supposed christian, the minister of the local A.O.G. church said it was the mothers fault because she had been sexually abused as a child and therefore passed the curse onto her child because of non attendance at church!! The mother did not abuse however, was given the blame so the real perpatrator could have some of his guilt alieviated. Godly? I thinjk not! This world is becoming so angry and evil that church is no longer a place of safty and refuge. > Hi everyone, > > We do in fact need to be on guard, to guard our mind and heart. > Many people are " out there " who have a " hidden " agenda. > There are people who want you destroyed, whether it is because you are > white, black, brown, yellow, Christian, Moslem, Jew, nothing, something > else; it only matters that YOU ARE NOT THEM (how ever they define themselves > and you). That is enough to remove you from the face of the earth. There is > NOTHING you could do or have done that makes one iota of difference to a > terrorist. The fact that you exist is enough reason to eliminate you or use > you to make their point. > > So move softly upon the earth and know why you are here - are you here to > make your point or theirs? What are you willing to die for? That's the easy > part. The hard part is what are you willing to live your life for day after > day. > > It is easy to be a martyr - one choice, once for all time - it is hard to be > a living example, a light on the hill, being responsible for all that you > do, day in and day out, little things that a child notices > > September 12, 2001 > > Greetings! > Holy Terror - Part 1 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Holy Terror > > Thought Reform based on Dr. Lifton > > Over the past year or so I often cautioned people about getting in over > their heads in some kind of totalistic spiritual philosophy. In light of the > terrible tragedy that has unfolded in our country, I want to pause here > and briefly talk about Holy Terror. So many Americans wonder about > fundamentalist revolutionary groups that perhaps this small newsletter will > help clear up some of the mystery of how and why people join these groups. > And how and why there are so many quote philosophies running around the > world that have at their core the blatant disregard and disrespect for > anyone who does not share their beliefs. > > How is it possible for people to step over the line and kill others is not > something I find personally mysterious. In a nutshell any philosophy that > demonizes other people, puts others down to support its beliefs, that has > at it core beliefs that preach that the group or religion is " with God " and > all others are " not with God, " has embedded in it a dangerous recipe for > trouble. > > As soon as a group has insiders and outsiders and what I mean by that when > the outsiders are with Satan or with the Devil or when the group has ideas > that teach that someone is with the 'Light' and others are with the > 'Darkness' there is a clear and present danger. > > As soon as one group can define another group as not quite human or > against God, then it is not such a big step or sacrifice to kill in the name > of God and to see it as a ticket to heaven. Holy Terror feeds on offering a > ticket to heaven. > > Years ago Dr. Lifton then at Yale University, outlined how people > get inducted into totalist thinking and totalist groups. He explained in his > 8 steps to Thought Reform how any regular person can be transformed and > estranged from everything including their family. > > Given the clear specter of terrorism that has assaulted our country and in > response to alot of emails from many of you. I have excerpt parts of his 8 > steps of thought reform. It is not light reading. The steps though will > lead you to having a better handle on how people can kill in the name of > some nameless god. It will demystify things such as anti-Semitism and open > understanding to racist philosophy, etc. It will help clear up somewhat > the mystery of how people can inhale certain spiritual philosophies that so > obviously on first glance attack other people. Give it a read. > > (NOTE THIS IS NOT AN EASY READ. DON'T BE PUT OFF THAT EVERY SENTENCE NEEDS > TO BE READ THREE OR FOUR TIMES. YOU WILL BE GLAD YOU TOOK THE TIME TO READ > THIS.) > > And again in this time of renewed vigilance our hearts also must be turned > in prayer for those who have lost their loved ones in this brutal tragedy. > > The following is adapted from Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism, > by Lifton. > > 1. MILIEU CONTROL: > Control of communication within the group environment resulting in > significant degree of isolation from the surrounding society. When > non-members are labeled as ignorant, unspiritual, satanic, etc., group > members conclude that outsiders have nothing worthwhile to teach them. > > Thus members are unlikely to look outside the group for information, > especially spiritual information. Milieu control includes other techniques > to restrict members' contact with the outside world and to be able to make > critical, rational judgments about information: overwork, busy-ness, > multiple lengthy meetings, etc. > > Lifton: > " The most basic feature of the thought reform environment, the psychological > current upon which all else depends, is the control of human communication. > > [This includes] not only the individual's communication with the outside., > but also his communication with himself. > > Thought reform participants may be in doubt as to who is telling what to > whom, but the fact that extensive information about everyone is being > conveyed to the authorities is always known. Having experienced the impact > of what they consider to be an ultimate truth., they consider it their duty > to create an environment containing no more and no less than this 'truth.' > > [The group member] is deprived of the combination of external information > and inner reflection which anyonerequires to test the realities of his > environment and to maintain a measure of identity separate from it. " > > 2. Interpert > Interpert events as he or she wishes, or make prophecies or pronouncements > at will, all for the purpose of controlling group members. > > Lifton: > " The inevitable next step after milieu control is extensive personal > manipulation. Initiated from above, it seeks to provoke specific patterns > of behavior and emotion in such a way that these will appear to have arisen > spontaneously from within the environment. Ideological totalists are > impelled by a special kind of mystique which not only justifies such > manipulations, but makes them mandatory. They are the agents 'chosen' (by > history, by God, or by some other supernatural force) to carry out the > 'mystical imperative,' the pursuit of which must supersede all > considerations of decency or of immediate human welfare. Similarly, any > thought or action which questions the higher purpose is considered to be > stimulated by a lower purpose, to be backward, selfish, and petty in the > face of the great overriding mission. At the level of the individual person, > the psychological responses top this manipulative approach revolve about the > basic polarity of trust and mistrust. One is asked to accept these > manipulations on a basis of trust (or faith). When trust gives way to > mistrust. the higher purpose cannot serve as adequate emotional sustenance. > > The individual then responds to the manipulations through developing the > psychology of the pawn. Feeling unable to escape from forces more powerful > than themself, they subordinates everything to adapting themself to the > group. They becomes sensitive to all kinds of cues, expert at anticipating > environmental pressures, and skillful in riding them in such a way that > their psychological energies merge with the tide rather than turn painfully > against it. This requires that they participate actively in the manipulation > of others, as well as in the endless round of betrayals and self- betrayals > which are required. But whatever their response they have been deprived of > the opportunity to exercise their capacities for self-expression and > independent action. " > > To be continued... > > Be a light and fight the coming darkness, > Dr Bob Miko OMD, LAc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.