Next up: Loading the Language.
It's a given that you will come across new ideas and terminology when you explore a new subject area. In self help and spirituality, you will certainly encounter new terms and definitions.
We need shared language to exchange ideas and communicate with each other.
But when does language enter into the domain of brainwashing and indoctrination? That line can be imperceptible if you don't know where it is...
Loading the Language
Loading the language as it relates to mind-control cults and brainwashing can be defined as:
When everyday words are given new meanings, group members are given a new vocabulary, and members learn cliches that are easy-to-memorize and readily expressed.
"A cultic group often uses its own complex vocabulary. Words carry with them entire packages of implications, emotions, metaphors, and even past experiences. Cults invent new words and phrases that carry with them much more complicated understandings, or they manipulate existing words to change their meanings subtly or dramatically."
rationalrevelation.com
This may be sounding familiar already if you follow Abraham-Hicks or similar Law of Attraction teachings...
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