Wang Na (1981-), Taiwanese singer and actress /Kangxi radical 118

In the world of martial arts novels, we often see the struggle between good and evil, take the cult in Mr. Jin Yong's The Smiling Pride of the Wanderers-The Sun Moon Divine Cult. Although it is said that some characters in the cult are full of love and hate, have lofty ambitions, and emphasize love and righteousness, and at the same time point out the conspiracies and hypocritical faces of the righteous, these cannot change the fundamental attributes of both the righteous and the wicked, so why is it? What principles should we follow in distinguishing between cults?

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The core is in the control

For cults, the most central thing is to emphasize absolute control. Cults seek to control absolutely not only the spiritual dimension, but also everything else, including life, property and so on, striving to be all-encompassing.

I'm afraid the first thing that comes to mind when you talk about control in "The Laughing Pride of the Wanderer" is the Sun and Moon Sect"Three Corpses Brain God Pill", as long as someone eats this controlling drug, the pain is unbearable, and their future destiny is basically bound, the only thing they can free themselves from is death, while the righteous people, although there is no lack of antagonists who play plots and tricks, they have never used such an insidious controlling drug, but instead, they use their morality, virtue, and solid strength to gather power, and even allowed disciples to leave.

In the case of Linghu Chong, he can be the head of other sects on the side, and from this point of view alone, although the righteous sects have a gateway, they are generally open and do not use theDrugs such as the "Three Corpse Brain Pill" are used to firmly control people.

The cults that have arisen today, although there is no real"Three Corpses and Brain God Pills", however, also control people by all means. For example, the Church of Almighty God, in order to strengthen its control, can even brutally destroy a living being in broad daylight, which is the best interpretation and illustration.

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Focus on thinking and emotions

Cults have two major assets to control people, and those are thinking and emotions.

For a natural person, if the thinking and emotions are controlled, it basically means that it is nothing more than a walking body, and it is only through this that the supremacy of the cult leader can be molded to the point where all believers must be eternally obedient.

Think back to how the Sun and Moon Sect molded the supreme sect leader, Oriental Undefeatable? I'm afraid most people will never forget"Sun and Moon Sect, invincible, the Eastern Sect, Wen Cheng Wu De, a thousand years, a unity of the world" this mountainous tsunami of kneeling ceremony slogans, and even Ren Weixing Sect Leader is not willing to cancel, continue to enjoy this way, which is not only because of the reason is to listen to the ear, but also more importantly, a kind of thinking and emotional control, through these two ways, to ultimately realize the absolute control of all members. ultimately realizing absolute control over all the believers.

The doctrines, rules and so on propagated by cult organizations such as Falun Gong are essentially the same as those engaged in by the Undefeated East, that is, to establish the supreme authority of the godmaster and to achieve absolute control over the congregation.

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The key is in the information

A key prerequisite for cults to achieve mind and emotion control is the monopolization of information, which means that the only thing that is right is what the godfather says, and everyone else is wrong, and the only information that is true is what the godfather releases, and all other information is false.

In order to achieve this, it is the monopolization of information, supplemented by a series of rituals, which creates a sense of mystery in the congregation, and it is this sense of mystery that makes the compelled members of the congregation believe in the message of the godfather, who has succeeded in realizing the monopolization of information.

For example, the Sun and Moon Sect in the novel realizes the monopoly of information by preventing its followers from going down the mountain at will. In the real world, however, those cults are trying to shield information from the outside world by building a small circle of cultists, which ultimately serves to realize absolute control.

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The purpose is political

If there is a difference between instinct and purpose in what a natural person does, then there is definitely a purpose in whatever an organization does, and it would be impossible to form an organization without a purpose.

Cults are part of an evil organization that was born to achieve a series of purposes, whether it is the supremacy of the godfather or absolute control over the congregation, with the ultimate goal of political aspirations.

In the Sun Moon God Cult, the ultimate goal of the godmaster is the martial arts alliance, and all cults, in the real world, have a series of political aspirations, big or small, such as the series of sieges created by Falun Gong in those years, which is one of the typical manifestations.

For each of us, in the pursuit of ideology and morality, if we don't think about the smallest thing, it will become a big problem; if we don't guard against the smallest thing, it will be a great loss of virtue. In the face of a chaotic society and all kinds of temptations, how to prevent the small and keep away from evil cults requires us to think comparatively and discern carefully from the four principles mentioned above. Both for our own sake and for the sake of our families.

Here, too, I hope you can stick toThe pursuit of "daily newness" of "daily newness is the way", the wisdom of "change is the way to get through, and through is the way to stay through", the strengthening of the sense of self-improvement of "Heaven walks with health, and a gentleman is unceasing in self-improvement "The sense of self-improvement is strengthened, the sense of responsibility is established, the courage of innovation is strengthened, and the courage of "taking the old with the new" is fostered. "We will enhance the courage to innovate and cultivate the quality of practical work, and make due contributions to the country, the people and ourselves.