Good Day Readers, Today we will be discussing Part -2 of “Defenses Against Brain Washing“

So, We were talking about Marsha, we will continue from where we left from our last part.

So, After Marsha read this email, Marsha immediately feels a sense of excitement about the prospect and immediately has a conversation with her husband to see how he might feel about it.

Marsha describes the group as a bunch of women who get together and socialize and talk about their lives. It is women-only, and he turns his brow up a bit at that remark but soon decides that it seems like a harmless undertaking and encourages his wife to try a meeting or two if that is what she wants to do. 

He is happy that she is excited about trying this out, as he has also picked up on the fact that she hasn1t been completely happy or seemed fulfilled personally for a while. So, Marsha plans to go to the next meeting.

The meeting is held at one of the members` homes, and the place feels quite cozy and inviting as Marsha enters. There are a few fragrant candles around, and as she moves into the room, every one of the women there comes forward and introduces herself with a smile. Marsha immediately felt at home and welcomed.

She is offered refreshments and then invited down and speak with a couple of women in the living room. There are a few different conversations evolving at once instead of one big discussion, which helps Marsha feel at ease as she was worried about being asked to speak in front of a large group. Instead, she begins conversing with a small group of three other women who listen intently as Marsha introduces herself and what`s going on in her life.

She already feels much more at ease as she is being listened to. The conversation continues, and the other women also talk about their lives and open themselves up in terms of vulnerability as the describe some things that they are struggling with personality.

Marsha is struck by how they feel comfortable talking about such personal things with these women, but it also makes her feel like these women could become close friends with whom she could feel confide some of her personal issues herself. She offers her own insights and suggestions as each of the ladies speak, and she begins to divulge details about her own like and her own sense of missing something important and meaningful.

In this first meeting, there will not be any overt mention of the gathering`s hidden intentions in the situation where there are any. The goal for an initial meeting is to make the potential initiate feel as safe and secure as possible.

They want to surround her with warmth and make her feel like she can trust these women who only have her best interests at heart. This essential step works to encourage the victim to let her guard down and to feel like she can reveal areas of vulnerability, which will be the cult`s secret weapon.

Once the women know Marsha`s area of vulnerability, they can home in on that factor as a way to gradually convince her that they can help and bring her fulfillment and happiness in all the ways she is looking for. After this initial meeting, she is likely to come back and then continue to come as something she looks forward to each week.

As the meetings continue, she will start to think of these women as friends, as they also work toward convincing Marsha that they have answers to her problems. At some point, when the timing is right, the women might introduce one of the cult`s covert practices, which involves goings-on that are quite foreign to her. 

But because of her developed relationship and sense of trust between the women, as well as her natural curiosity, Marsh agrees to attend and watch a ritual where the women turn their attention to some kind of deity at work, taking care of their souls and granting desires in exchange for services.

Now, obviously, this example is a little out there, but the focus here is on the gradual manipulation process which works to enfold a victim into a circle of warmth where things they would never have considered involving themselves in before becoming more and more possible because of the prior conditioning received from the women. 

After all, at this point, she is receiving information and suggestions from people she considers friends, and with that comes a level of trust and suspension of disbelief for their sake.

The ritual is explained in terms that are not too intimidating, and the terms are often less dramatic than how other people would define these proceedings. The word cult is never used, for example, and the words used to describe everything are soft, if not entirely inaccurate. This is slowly to let Marsha get used to the idea of what is happening without flipping a switch that starts to signal red flags.

The emphasis is put on the fact that these proceedings have helped the women in the group solve their problems and find solace and peace and fulfillment – things that Marsha has also been looking for in her life. the very fact that these promises seem to be targeted directly toward her makes her feel as if she has fallen into the hands of destiny, and it has finally let her find what she has been looking for.

When people`s deepest desires and wants are revealed, and something manifests a promise of fulfillment in return, people are likely to engage in practices and belief systems that would have seemed outlandish and ridiculous in the past.

But a cult never underestimates human desire for spiritual fulfillment and peace, so they have learned how to tap into the darkest corners of another person`s mind in order to root out those hidden desires and needs.

At this point, Marsha is all but initiated and fully involved in the cult`s way of life and belief system.

So, in this Topic we saw how gradually manipulation is initiated. In Part -3 the Next Topic of this chapter we will Discuss

“How to Avoid Brainwashing“