How to Start a Cult
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- Опубліковано 14 сер 2023
- In 2004 I meditated in front of a fleet of Bentleys, laughed uncontrollably as 100 people around me spoke in tongues and very nearly attended an orgy full of gorgeous spiritual seekers. Since then I delved into the neuroscience cult psychology and have a few ideas of what it takes to start a cult. This month a new TV show appeared Netflix staring Peter Dinklage called "How to Become a Cult Leader." It was a great show, but I thought they missed a few salient points. This EP is meant to fill in some of the gaps.
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This is first of your pieces I’ve caught. I subscribed (which I almost never do). I like the sound of your voice (super important) and your content and how it was presented (polished, coherent, articulate). I obviously haven’t yet heard you do an interview. I definitely like this particular format.
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Thanks for being here: The Wedge and What Doesn't Kill Us both look at resilience.
video review : 10/10 would recommend
Osho is awesome. He was the real deal. How many books did he dictate? 100s. Really objectively genius level about human consciousness. He wasn’t a narcissist either. But still did the cult thing with his followers - I think it’s kind of inevitable when you are so talented. Like if Taylor Swift opened up a resort center where she came and sang her songs every day
He was a fascinating guy! And I tend to think you're right about inevitability.
" But still did the cult thing with his followers " That is ludicrous. Osho did no such thing. It is impossible for an enlightened man to "do a cult thing" With all respect to you.
Oh, you mean the Bhagwan Rajneesh?
Corrupt to the max. But a woman I met who spent 15 years with him in Poona, said it was the best years of her life.
People listen to whoever says the most (100 books) rather than recognising who understands the most.
@@havenbastion the guy was a professor and profound intellectual (just listen to his talks or read his books). It's safe to say he understands a thing or two.
ALAN WATTS REFERRED TO HIMSELF AS A ...... SPIRITUAL ENTERTAINER..... HE INSPIRES WAY OF THINKING WORTH LISTENING TO.
I seem to remember a very good documentary about the Bhagwan Rajneesh. Possibly, German.
His follower: Ma, who took over, was not just corrupt but a criminal.
Interesting video. And you mentioned "the guru papers", so I looked out and found a (used) copy in german from 1995. Will read it the next days.
Sweet! It’s a good book.
Troublesome that people are still so determined to ignore facts about the rebranded osho, and how they long for guru's. Incredibly dangerous, harmful and dishonest.
You're mixing him up with the likes of Scientlogy...
"Love and Freedom are two wings of the same bird." - Think about that as you enter the next lockdown for another trumped up disease for the great reset of your Global fascist masters.
A story as old as time
Same same but different.
I was in the Osho Resort for 7 years. There is no fleet of Rolls Royces and Bentleys in Pune just one Rolls indoors at Lao Tzu House with no engine. Osho died in 1990. There are no sex orgies in the ashram. Your video is a pack of disinformation. It's hard for me to believe you were there for more than 5 minutes!
The reddit thread on scott carneys corruption is unbias
ONE PERSON CULT.....! TRY IT OUT.
What a shallow kind of report - so faintly interested - like you're packed in cotton balls.
You went there and you didn't do it. Were you afraid you might understand something?
I've been down quite a few rabbit holes.
@@ScottCarneyInvestigates If the one I watched you do is any indication, you stop short of finding the essence of the matter.
In the end nobody but you will know if you just chickened out or worse, made unfounded assumptions, in order to write something that could be sold.
Quite a horrible human being you are. But thats for you, and your family to realize and work with.@@ScottCarneyInvestigates
What was Osho's message? Whatever you say I will deny it because I never heard Osho say it!
And there it is the mention of Wim Hof- only took you 24 minutes 😂
Yep. One mention only. I think that’s fair.
Notice how scott treats people. Other human beings.@@ScottCarneyInvestigates
The words 'Osho" and "cult" do not belong together. He has constantly said Do not follow me. Follow your own heart.
"I am not your guru" is what a LOT of modern gurus say. Look at his actions not his words.
@@ScottCarneyInvestigates I don't know about any "modern gurus" but IMO it is impossible for an enlightened man to be in any way responsible for a cult, if cult has a negative connotation which I guess it does. Osho did NOT start out seeking any followers. He simply started talking about a few things from time to time and more and more people started to listen to him.
You left out some things. Phobia indoctrination is key to retention. If you leave our group you lose your salvation is one phobia taught repeatedly. If you commit masturbation you will become a homosexual, this phobia plays on people's fear of becoming a homosexual, every negative weather event is portrayed as the wrath of God on the disobedient, the world is a scary place without our God, and many more phobias great and small are used to retain members in an abusive environment.
If you don't see much difference between ancient religions, on the one hand, and Scientology or Mormonism (modern cults as a whole), on the other, it clearly shows you simply don't really know much about religion and authentic spirituality... Maybe you should read something written by Mircea Eliade on the history of religion, also Rene Guenon and Ananda Coomaraswamy about the authentic spiritual traditions first, before talking in a video or podcast about a topic that you don't understand that much.
I've read Eliade. There is no difference between ancient religions and new ones other than time. There is no "authentic" religion--if there was there would only be one, right?
@@ScottCarneyInvestigates Why would there be one religion when there are different peoples, languages and cultures? Of course there would be many different religions. But in the past most if not all of them had one thing in common - a clear understanding of the universal laws and higher principles, the non-dualistic nature of the transcendent, the cyclic nature of time, the deities' relationship to the world and humanity and the meaning and importance of ritual, unlike modern cults. Modern cults are a mishmash of blind faith, modernist naturalism, positivism and evolutionary theory, and they prioritize "feeling good". The Spiritualist and New Age movements are examples of this. So no, there is a huge difference between ancient religions and modern cults. You can even see it by simply comparing Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox Christianity to modern (pseudo)Christian sects like Jehova's Witnesses or Korea's Moonies. Rene Guenon has written very good criticisms against modern cults such as the Spiritualist movement, Eliade has written some too. Obviously, you are a materialist and an atheist and that's completely fine, but you need to understand that the difference is significant and it's not something subjective, it's an objective one and is well established in the field of History of Religion/ Religious Studies.
Aren't they all claim to the only truly one? @@Perceval777
People are so needy for expectations from others.
Remember Dorothy and the Land of Oz.
We really are.
Whatever you say about others can be said about you. You are pretending to be the anti guru guru.