Bolshevik

That would certainly decrease your LTV ratio and allow you to borrow more against the property and buy more land . . . a cycle that could be repeated . . .

You can't eat gold or silver. You can throw it at people trying to rob you. I don't see its advantages over buying land. You can do stuff with land.

Severe narcissism is an arrested development at a young age, is my understanding. Which is why I mentioned juvenile stage. I believe VPW'S cult was his way of using people to worship his inner world, to acquire narcissistic supply. Religious language is used to describe that battle of appeasing the inner critic, the metaphorical tyrannical parent of that underdeveloped baby. I think it's there in the Wayspeak. LCM is imitating his twisted relationship with VPW in his "teachings". IMO.

Well I don't think it's pot. I don't know of any professionals studying Way-Speak specifically. If LCM was more heavily conditioned by the Malignant Narcissist himself than most, his thinking process would show the signs of narcissistic abuse?

Certainly. There's often a logic behind the illogic. I wonder if someone could deduce what juvenile stage of development he is stuck in.

In the becaming was the verb. The verb was with tense. And the verb was tense.

"The Bible became corrupted" It's a presupposition of perfection. You'll never catch the red dot. Not for lack of trying.

AFAIK, someone with an unstable self concept, one that changes erratically and constantly, wants that imposed structure to soothe them. . . to have an identity and feel stable . . . but at the same time self awareness is a horrifically mortifying experience . . . so that must be avoided whatever the cost. Thus the hypocrisy.

Mr French made some highly questionable claims. So much so I would suspect attention seeking as the motive. This thread I thought was to go in a different direction.

This thread is a spin-off of Mr French's thread.

I'm assuming the reference is to the OP of the original thread. . . . So privileged information like how to interpret the Bible like it hasn't been known since the first century? Just pretentious rhetoric. You know, like a grandious narcissist would do

According to Vaknin, as I understand, we come into this world not separate from the rest of the universe. We are enmeshed in the beginning. Over time we develop a self concept and decide we are separate individuals from the rest, specifically separate from mom. A disruption in this development results in problems such as narcissism. Alan Watts often says we are the universe. The idea that it something outside of us is just an illusion. Our separateness from everyone and everything else up for debate. Consciousness itself is poorly understood. Jung's collective unconscious is a fascinating idea. Our individual unconscious (not subconscious) is unnerving as it is. In that I feel a framework for God/gods could entertained. Is revelation here being defined as the ability to tell good from evil?

I think I posted a Venn Diagram about it on your Malignant Narcissist thread. Psychopaths and secondary psychopaths were included if I remember right. Antisocial personality disorder often the sociopath. All under the same cluster B.

Anyway, back to the topic:

Ah, good 'ole Russians.

Soldiers kill, a POW died, . . . but VP fell asleep. Quite a change in tone there. "In the world" . . . athletes cheat . . . as opposed to a place where this does not happen?

We do have very distasteful opinions of LCM in common. However, questioning claims of dematerialization has nothing to do with an attitude problem. You made an outlandish claim. You can type nonstop about nothing related to the topic and set empathy traps, but you're only going to drive yourself nuts.

This is a spiritual anger . . . He's not yelling he's teaching. . . . Save the person now, love them later . . . It's just up to the rest of us to renew our minds *rocks gently back and forth*

I gotcha, that makes sense. Biblical Keys to Undermining and DIY totally relate. But I don't think all DIY's necessarily always seek pleasure in the suffering of others, as if it were food and water. That's one way VPW was different.

In times past not fitting in meant death. You died. Not because of evil but because biology, individuals did not typically survive alone. We as a species are social or the species dies out. In times past, ostracism, cancel culture, was a death sentence. It was a way for the more socially inclined among us to commit violence without getting their hands dirty. Think about The Way's attitude toward a fear of death. Ostracism is death. That's exactly what they practice. Join, or die. That attack on your authentic self you must sacrifice to the super-ego-inner-critic, is like a death sentence. Isn't it?

I've had to play along with people for long periods of time who believe they've been healed. It's obvious they are not and someone has to deal with reality. It's a living hell. In this game of my beliefs are my beliefs and not yours, who pays the price?

Perhaps. Both VPW and Hitler are suspected of having similar mental conditions. Much more work has been done on one of them. It's common as far as I understand for victims to ascribe similar traits to the predator as they themselves. Meaning we often think that someone like VPW would reason the same way most of us would. I do not think that is the case. We are not all the same inside. The con game is made easier for some because they are not the same inside.

I think there's whole documentaries about this guy named Hitler. Ran around doing things that made no sense. People saw in him thoughts he didn't have. So a few followed. A few things were done. Many projects were left on the table.

I was in college taking a history course when I signed up on this site. The textbook was opened up to a section on "bolsheviks". At the time it was just a word to me with no meaning whatsoever. Later I became interested in the psychology of totalitarian rulers. So the word reminds me of that. It's interesting how things and words take on meaning over time, ain't it?

You seem more defensive than I was expecting. Your response about the flu doesn't seem as clear as I hoped. The language used it very familiar to me however. I am just stating your response seems like a non-answer. It's an unclear action promising an unclear outcome. As far as ice cream, extraordinary claims require extraordinary scoops.