Rick Ross

So they would take a member of the community, put them in the center of a circle of people, and those people would bombard them. with everything that was wrong with them, everything they needed to look at to change. And so they would break them down.

So they would take a member of the community, put them in the center of a circle of people, and those people would bombard them. with everything that was wrong with them, everything they needed to look at to change. And so they would break them down.

So they would take a member of the community, put them in the center of a circle of people, and those people would bombard them. with everything that was wrong with them, everything they needed to look at to change. And so they would break them down.

And then, once they were broken, and groups have various processes by which they break people down, then you are open to change because you feel, I'm broken. I am desperate for answers. Help me. So you're in distress. And then the group offers you the program, the means by which you can address your broken state and make yourself whole.

And then, once they were broken, and groups have various processes by which they break people down, then you are open to change because you feel, I'm broken. I am desperate for answers. Help me. So you're in distress. And then the group offers you the program, the means by which you can address your broken state and make yourself whole.

And then, once they were broken, and groups have various processes by which they break people down, then you are open to change because you feel, I'm broken. I am desperate for answers. Help me. So you're in distress. And then the group offers you the program, the means by which you can address your broken state and make yourself whole.

And then subsequently, you become part of this kind of subculture or community of like-minded people who reinforce that changed state of being. and keep you in that state of change, in that program. And so Lifton then has eight criteria which he lists to recognize a thought reform program. For example, what he calls milieu control, or control of the environment,

And then subsequently, you become part of this kind of subculture or community of like-minded people who reinforce that changed state of being. and keep you in that state of change, in that program. And so Lifton then has eight criteria which he lists to recognize a thought reform program. For example, what he calls milieu control, or control of the environment,

And then subsequently, you become part of this kind of subculture or community of like-minded people who reinforce that changed state of being. and keep you in that state of change, in that program. And so Lifton then has eight criteria which he lists to recognize a thought reform program. For example, what he calls milieu control, or control of the environment,

or what he would call the cult of confession. That is, in my view, what Scientology is doing in auditing. That is, get people to empty themselves with virtually no boundaries so that you know all their weaknesses, all their vulnerabilities, which you can then exploit. And then the group has what Lifton calls a sacred science, which is what we believe is absolute And you cannot question it.

or what he would call the cult of confession. That is, in my view, what Scientology is doing in auditing. That is, get people to empty themselves with virtually no boundaries so that you know all their weaknesses, all their vulnerabilities, which you can then exploit. And then the group has what Lifton calls a sacred science, which is what we believe is absolute And you cannot question it.

or what he would call the cult of confession. That is, in my view, what Scientology is doing in auditing. That is, get people to empty themselves with virtually no boundaries so that you know all their weaknesses, all their vulnerabilities, which you can then exploit. And then the group has what Lifton calls a sacred science, which is what we believe is absolute And you cannot question it.

If you do, you are unscientific, you are ungodly, you are demonic, whatever. But the group holds out its belief system as absolute without being able to question anything.

If you do, you are unscientific, you are ungodly, you are demonic, whatever. But the group holds out its belief system as absolute without being able to question anything.

If you do, you are unscientific, you are ungodly, you are demonic, whatever. But the group holds out its belief system as absolute without being able to question anything.

And then there's the demand for purity, which Lifton describes as a kind of black and white world, no shades of gray, where you are forced to either be the good and the pure or recognize that what you believe or what you think is impure and negative. So you're purging your mind and you're purging your emotions to conform with that demand for purity.

And then there's the demand for purity, which Lifton describes as a kind of black and white world, no shades of gray, where you are forced to either be the good and the pure or recognize that what you believe or what you think is impure and negative. So you're purging your mind and you're purging your emotions to conform with that demand for purity.

And then there's the demand for purity, which Lifton describes as a kind of black and white world, no shades of gray, where you are forced to either be the good and the pure or recognize that what you believe or what you think is impure and negative. So you're purging your mind and you're purging your emotions to conform with that demand for purity.

And then there's what Lifton calls doctrine over person, which is basically the subordinating of everything to the sacred science of the group so that everything you see must be seen through that lens. And you are doing this also, again, to yourself,

And then there's what Lifton calls doctrine over person, which is basically the subordinating of everything to the sacred science of the group so that everything you see must be seen through that lens. And you are doing this also, again, to yourself,