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How to Leave Your Cult
Redesigning your mind can free you from brainwashing.
By Eric Maisel
Many groups and organizations have a cultish feel to them, whether it’s a religion, a police force, an army unit, a social club, or an extended family.
What flows from cult life is unearned allegiance, where the individual is stuck needing support the worst of what his or her cult is promoting. So, you end up with a cultish allegiance to never telling on a fellow police officer, never disputing a cruel uncle, or turning a blind eye to a pedophile cleric. These identifications harm the individual — and, ultimately, they harm all of us.
Using the Redesign Your Mind technique of visualizing your mind as a room and redesigning and redecorating it so as to transform it into your ideal mindspace, let’s create a visualization that helps free you from your cult allegiance.
- Visit your mindroom. Turn on the lights, using the light switch that doubles as a calmness switch. Feel the sense of calmness that comes with having that calmness switch available.
- Use your pressure release valve to release the pressure you feel when you try to think about your cult. It is not easy to tolerate conflictual thoughts and thinking about your cult is one of those sorts of thoughts. Use your pressure…
