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ARE FALSE MESSIAHS NARCISSISTS? CONTROL
FREAKS?
Now, how many false messiahs and teachers do you
suppose might be, or have been, narcissists? I have
heard them called sociopaths and other names, but I wonder
if narcissist fits them better? They all exhibited the
symptoms of the control freak, to say the least. They did
it on a scale only dreamed of by the average narcissist.
They never showed signs of loving their victims, but they
appeared to be totally infatuated with themselves. The
Moonies demanded all from their devotees, who had no
material comforts, ate cheap, non-nutritious food, wore
old clothes and worked 16 hours every day, earning money
for their leader. Incredibly, Bhagwan was so sure of the
trance state his victims were in, he would boldly flaunt
his expensive cars and goods in their faces, and they
never begrudged all this wealth, but strove to give him
more.
I don’t know how many gurus were cruel or physically
abusive, though not all narcissists are either. But
perhaps the power they all hold over those they seek to
control is more evil than physical battery. I suppose
their mental illness will never be revealed to the world,
but such people remind me of Hitler and the spell he cast
over his own people, never caring how many of them died to
make his megalomaniacal dream a reality.
