Zeeker
Truth Seeker
:yes: A revealing post by SoulPatriot. Thank you.
I was initially under the impression that MasterPath was everything about working on yourself, with a discourse and tape in hand, in the private sanctum of your bedroom (or such) with the virtual emissary: garji. It is becoming apparent that it is much more of a social discourse, interactions with other members, which explains much better to me how one can be led to become involved.
I will reflect on my stint of living with the Moonies: I was invited to a seekers meeting in WashingtonDC, which was a presentation program. To persuade those who came, after having been approached in the street, to attend a camp retreat and learn about all the great wonderful things that will give a whole new meaning to life etc. etc. At the end of the meeting I paid for my stay at the weekend camp and was shuttled away in the middle of the night with 4 others to an out-of-season summer camp in the wooded backblocks of West Virginia, more than a 100 miles away. Ten days later I managed to get through to them that I wanted to leave, after having already accepted two requests to extend my stay. I had to put up with a barrage of discussion, for two days, with just about everyone at the camp (40-50 participants), before a return shuttle van became available. I can only add: I was never physically forced to do anything against my own free will.
Leaving the Moony camp was actually the easy part. The hard part was not to go back. Over the following weeks and months I was continually haunted by longing to go back to stay (I knew they were all praying for me). I do have good memories of my time there. How uplifting the singing inspirational pop songs can become, and how cold and distant everyone else in our everyday society is in comparison, after youve encountered such a place. I still sign my letters with love in front of my name because of my experience in there. However, it was not the place I wanted to be. My freedom was far too precious! Looking back, I made absolutely the right decisions for myself during that time. No regrets!
I did attend a second seekers meeting, at the same venue, about a week after leaving the camp. That helped me see things more clearly. I now recognized a lot of the people there, who were the active members I knew from the retreat. I noticed that each of them was there with a partner: a new prospective recruit they would try to convince to accompany them back to the camp by the end of the meeting. That a buddy system was a part of the process, leading the potential convert into membership. The whole atmosphere at these meeting was overly friendly, giving the impression everything there is so joyous and fulfilling: to entice the visitors present to look into things further. Love-bombing is the word. There was a slide show presentation, as part of the evenings proceedings. One of the slides had been placed in the projector upside-down, which brought a commentary from the presenter about it being an accident followed by a remark that brought a chorus of laughter from the audience. Seeing this done with the exact same slide for a second time made me realize that it was no accident at all, but a pre-meditated (okay, pre-contemplated) act. Next I began to notice how the audience laughed at the same points in the commentary I had heard before, right on queue. I started to see that the whole meeting was an orchestrated program designed to seduce any newcomer into accepting the message given, and want to join in. That it was all a plot of working to a predisposed agenda with the established members being actively instrumental in the process of converting outsiders into the group.
From SoulPatriots post, it is apparent that in MasterPath there is a whole Regime of chela recruitment and supervision in place. That the one-on-one extends into a buddy system where chelas are asked (expected) to bring a new seeker to join them at each of the various meetings they attend over the West during the year, acting as their personal chaperone.
More questions: Who becomes an Area Supervisor? Is a certain initiation level a requirement? Will a Supervisor outrank (in terms of initiation level) those he supervises, and will their rank determines how many chelas they can be responsible for? Hence, there is a chain-of-command hierarchy is in place, just like in the military? How is a chelas initiation level known: word of mouth, designated on a lookup register somewhere, recognize it by the colors in a chelas aura or such, garji tells you? In the Moonies the member who brings you to the fold is regarded as you god-parent: the one you owe for showing you to your salvation. Does a chela gain progress steps towards their next initiation with every new convert they bring to MasterPath? What is meant by Channeling; a chela consciously allowing garji to direct their decisions? Also reminds me of Scientology where you have the more trusted (and more deeply hypnotized) higher-ups feeling more important and taking on more responsibility to direct those below them. So that the figurehead has the time to effectively take on his ordained tasks (in the counting house and on the putting green?).
