"I am Wu Zetian again."
" Qin Shihuang is still alive, and he is practicing somewhere."
"The gods talked to me and said that the world is about to face a catastrophe."
"I am a Buddha reincarnated and came to save humanity."
"I am a Buddha who is reincarnated and came to save humanity."
When you hear all the words similar to the above, you will definitely find it ridiculous, but you must not have imagined that it is such an absurd fraud, and some people will believe it!
Whenever people talk about cults, they will grit their teeth with hatred, especially those who are children. They not only destroy happy families, but also a huge threat to the country.
In the hearts of friends, there may be these three questions - everyone is adult, why do believers believe in such a mysterious lie? What tricks do cult brainwashing use? How did believers’ illness be cured without curing it?
The editor will tell you three short stories first:
story 1
A psychologist conducted an interesting experiment. He found three people and made them blindfold them. Then, the psychologist poured three glasses of water, placed them in front of the three subjects, and said, "There are one of these three glasses of water. I put alcohol in it. Each of you three tasted it and saw which glass of water was put in it."
After the three people tasted it, they said in unison: "There is alcohol in the glass of water on the left."
Then, the psychologist announced the correct answer - in fact, these three glasses of water are the same, and there is no alcohol at all.
When hearing this answer, the three subjects called it "impossible" and swear that they had indeed tasted the smell of alcohol.
At this time, psychologists explained the principle to them.
This is because our brains will cooperate with us to "act". When this psychologist claims to put alcohol in the water, these three people will be preconceived that in their thinking and cognition, one of the glasses of water contains alcohol. Therefore, when tasting, the brain simulates the feeling of tasting the alcohol.
Story 2
A whole family was having dinner, and the chef suddenly rushed in in panic and said that he mistakenly regarded the poison as a seasoning and put it into the food. As soon as the chef finished speaking, the person on the dining table immediately felt unbearable abdominal pain, and then became nauseous and vomited.
After a while, the chef came to the restaurant again with apologies and said to everyone: "I'm so sorry, I made a mistake just now. Today's dinner is not poisonous, so everyone can have a meal with confidence."
was a sick person just now, and when he heard the chef's words, he instantly returned to normal.
story three
A psychologist conducted an experiment with a death row prisoner who was about to be rectified.
Like the experiment of story one, the death row prisoner blindfolded his eyes. Then, he found a bucket and placed it under the faucet next to him. Then, he gently stroked a leaf on his wrist and said to him: "We have cut your artery. Soon after, you will die of ischemia." After that, he turned the switch of the faucet slightly, and the water droplets kept falling into the bucket below.
A day later, the death row prisoner lost his breath. After dissection, he actually died of ischemia. In fact, his wrist was intact from beginning to end.
After reading these three short stories, I believe everyone will feel incredible. The above phenomena are what psychology calls "psychological hints".
In layman's terms, when a person is influenced by other people's emotions, ideas, judgments, etc. and firmly believes that a certain situation will happen, even without the support of objective conditions, there will be a high probability of occurrence. Just like the above story, if you firmly believe that there is alcohol in the water, you will taste the smell of alcohol; if you firmly believe that there is poison in the food, your abdomen will be severely painful; if you firmly believe that if your wrist is cut, you will die in fear.
The reason why cult elements can achieve "mind control" is largely because they know the tricks here and use them to perfection.
There is a saying that "people are more important than words". Before "working", cult elements usually carefully package themselves and put on the cloak of "savior" to attract attention. After
, there are all kinds of care and favors, and the establishment of deep friendship. In addition, our country itself is a country of etiquette, which emphasizes "a drop of water will repay you with a spring of water". Under this concept, believers can easily sink into it.
Next, the "brainwashing" mode is turned on. Because believers have great admiration and gratitude for the leader, coupled with the leader's set of imaginative, specious rhetoric and "apocalypse" remarks, so in the eyes of these believers, the leader is an authoritative figure, and his words are the only truth. In addition to the leaders, believers are also brainwashing each other, and the method is basically the so-called "sharing" and "witness".
In addition, cults will encourage these believers to spread the doctrines and principles they have learned to others, usually "relatives pass on relatives, friends pass on friends", which involves another term in psychology - "acquaintance effect".
As we all know, sometimes, acquaintances are often the most complicated, because due to feelings, even if you have no interest, you have to accept it, or based on your trust in acquaintances, you can easily be attracted to the church. Therefore, there is a phenomenon that all people from a family, or even a big family, believe in cults.
Speaking of this, some friends may say: Even if a family believes it, I will not have any effect. Wouldn’t there be any sufficient reason to withdraw?
This has to talk about one of the most common and insidious means of cults - "blocking both ends".
If a believer, under the influence of "psychological suggestion", the leader of the cult will definitely attribute all the credit to himself; on the contrary, if there is no effect, they will definitely say, "This is because you are not sincere enough, you should be more 'difficult' and put in more effort." In short, it is absolutely impossible for you to quit!
If someone is arrested by the police, then the believers who have not entered will help those who are serving their sentences and take care of their families. In this way, some people who have been released from prison know that the cult is illegal, but out of gratitude, they cannot bear to repay their grudges. In my opinion, this is probably the main reason why cults cannot be beaten up.
In addition, there is another important reason - "Life is not satisfactory, eight out of ten". In life and work, people will always encounter one or another dilemma. When they cannot change the status quo, they will want to seek some spiritual sustenance.
At the same time, cult elements are also frantically looking for suitable targets. Under such an opportunity, if you encounter unfortunately, you will naturally become a new member of the cult.
In addition to this, it is also important for everyone to pay attention to that because people with physical and mental health are not in desire or demand, it is very difficult to win over the church. In comparison, the following four types of people are the first choice targets of cult elements:
1. People who are weak and sick and cannot be cured for a long time, especially disabled people with complete limbs and facial features, such as patients with cerebral stroke, cerebral palsy, paraplegia , etc., which attracts their attention.
2. People with unsatisfactory life, among which, young people who suffer from emotional and work frustrations and empty-nest elderly people who live alone all year round are the first to be affected.
3. People who are suddenly in trouble and cannot accept reality, such as: a bankrupt boss, due to the huge contrast between life, will want to find someone to talk to. If you are unfortunately heard by cult elements, you will basically hit it every time.
4. If a person who has no opinion and blindly follows the cult, if he asks the strengths of the cult elements, he must refer to the deer as a horse and turns black and white. Therefore, once a person who has no opinion meets them, he will be 100% hit.
At the beginning of the article, the editor said why do some people want to believe such mysterious remarks? In fact, it is better to say that they are escaping reality than believing. The above four types of people are very eager for health, companionship, smooth sailing, making a comeback, and making a name for themselves, but they are unable to change the status quo. Therefore, they would rather live in unrealistic lies than face cruel reality.
In the final analysis, the fundamental reason for falling into the abyss of the cult is that it has too deep obsession, which is the bargaining chip that cults rely on for survival.
The editor here reminds everyone: First of all, in places with dense crowds, you must be careful in words and never disclose your personal privacy and family situation.
Secondly, beware of strangers who meet with you. The first step for cultists to pull people into the church is often to catch up. During the chat, you can get information about your personal situation, financial situation, family situation and other information, and then "prescribe the right medicine."
If unfortunately being targeted by cult elements, the editor personally suggests that you can imitate salespeople and pretend to sell products to him. In this way, he will naturally take the initiative to stay away from you.
The most important thing is to maintain physical and mental health, be optimistic and believe in science, these are the best weapons to deal with cults.
