The psychological principles of cults that confuse people's hearts

Cults control the masses in the form of secret societies, and generally have the main purpose of collecting money by any means. We are often amazed when we understand the methods used by cults to confuse people's minds. Now I want to talk to you about the psychological principles of cults' methods of confusing people's hearts.

1. Intimacy

When ignorant newcomers enter the organization, they just want to see who are here and understand what the organization is doing. At this time, the organization will try its best to show newcomers that the relationship among internal members is united and harmonious, and that everyone is working hard to move in the same direction. The organization will continue to have members who care about new people, making them feel warm and harmonious. Then they will invite new people to join their ranks and join their big family. They will no longer be alone or helpless, and everyone will become dear family members, partners and comrades. .

Psychological research shows that close relationships have a strong attraction to people and are a powerful means to combat the loneliness of living in the world. It's just that in cults, intimate relationships are not used to promote growth like in psychotherapy, but to attract and trap new people, returning them to their childish age.

2. Arouse greed or fear

As mentioned earlier, all members of the organization are moving in the same direction. This direction, in the mouth of the organization, is a great cause. , a practice that leads to joy and peace. No matter what the goal is, people who are attracted to Christianity are often because the goal matches their expectations. However, the goals of all cults and the various benefits they claim arouse greed or fear in people's hearts, such as:

Believe in religion and gain eternal life;

The end of the world is coming Coming, belief in religion can avoid the coming disaster;

Easy abundance teaches people to constantly visualize the wealth they desire, the more specific the better;

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For centuries, philosophers and psychologists have discovered that people are often driven by their own greed and fear. In the stock market and futures market, there will be a crazy pursuit of high buying every few years. The cycle of history proves that this is unchanging human nature.

Psychologists have discovered that extremely narcissistic people only see their own desires and fears. Normal people will have moderate narcissism, desires and fears. Cult organizations deliberately emphasize and amplify the two black holes in people's hearts, making people confused, and then take advantage of the situation to find the road to the paradise world that they designed.

3. It affects your judgment

Because everyone is conscious and has the ability to think and judge. For cults to succeed, these obstacles must be broken down. In addition to using the herd mentality to gain some trust from newcomers, some new organizational leaders will raise their arms and shout:

Get your head off, you are not successful because you think too much, don’t think, Just do it!

You have to pay attention, it is your Ego (ego) talking, and it wants to confuse you!

There are often gatherings within the organization. When someone brings up his own When faced with objections and questions, senior members often play the same role, warning independent-thinking members that they have gone astray and are moving away from the organization.

Newcomers often disarm themselves and lose their self-defense capabilities under the attraction of the target and the threat of being abandoned by the members.

4. Creating Gods

The organization will introduce the various miracles of the leader to the newcomers, show the newcomers the worship of the leader within the organization, and regard the leader's love as good luck and good luck. Gift, the newcomer gradually goes from knowing nothing, to being doubtful, and finally to being in despair. For example:

Teacher XX has not been sick for half a century since he became enlightened;

Teacher XX has run many kinds of businesses, and none of them have been unsuccessful;

Leader It is the reincarnation of $$￥￥, which helps us eliminate the physical pain that the hospital cannot treat, and enables us to gain peace and joy;

The leader can see our past lives and futures. He said, my life?, he Everything they say is correct

Leaders will also give speeches, and they can often impress newcomers. But if you carefully analyze the content of the speeches, you will find that these speeches and their teachings are derived from Buddhism, Taoism, and Christianity. Other religious organizations may extract content from psychoanalytic psychology, humanistic psychology, and existential philosophy and piece it together. Although there is nothing new, it is a collection of centuries of human knowledge and can impress people. People's hearts are not surprising. But to those who hear it for the first time, leaders are the embodiment of wisdom.

When we were children, we believed that our parents could help us resist external threats and provide guarantee for our survival. When we grow up, this ultimate dependence turns into a subconscious desire. The appearance of "gods" in the world satisfies the longings deep in our hearts, making us feel that we have been sheltered again, and satisfying the lack of security in our hearts.

5. Conformity

Herd mentality means that an individual is influenced by the behavior of outside groups and his or her perception, judgment, and understanding are consistent with public opinion or the opinions of the majority. Behavioral methods, and experiments show that only a few people maintain their independence and are not conformed, so the herd mentality is a psychological phenomenon common to some individuals.

The herd mentality affects members’ ability and tendency to think independently, effectively preventing members from questioning and resisting doctrines and leaders.

6. Influence your subconscious mind

Cults will also arrange collective meditations under various names. Some meditations are often carried out day and night. When people are most tired, they are also self-conscious. At the moment when the defense is at its weakest, the "guiding words" preached by the leader can easily enter people's subconscious mind. When the subconscious mind is affected, many reactions become natural reactions, and subconsciously equate threats to the organization to threats to one's own safety. It is not difficult to understand why when members feel that the organization is threatened, they will take all kinds of shocking and abnormal actions.

Other ways to influence the subconscious include:

Encourage members to continuously attend gatherings and participate in leadership courses, so that this kind of brainwashing operation can continue and be repeated many times to form a stable Stimulating;

Promote the benefits of the whole family joining the church, so that members are always under the influence of the same thought

The above are actually hypnosis! ;