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The Power of Cults

By Devanie Angel — 2004

How Chico State Prof. Janja Lalich went from cult member to author-expert.

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The Violent Outcomes of Ideological Extremism: What Have We Learned Since Jonestown?

I do not deny that positive experiences occur in a cult context, but what is of interest for me is the interactional dynamic found in cults that brings moral human beings to occasionally engage in insidious or demeaning behaviors, or sometimes just the plain incomprehensible.

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Janja Lalich
2013
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5 Steps to Overcome Fear and Meet Your Goals

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” ~Nelson Mandela

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Ash Blankenship
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The Tender Heart of the Warrior

The ground of fearlessness, says Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, is renouncing hard-heartedness and allowing ourselves to be tender, sad, and fully present.

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Chogyam Trungpa
2018
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Mirabai Bush and Ram Dass on Bringing Fear Close

As long as you think vulnerability is weakness, you’re going to be afraid. Mirabai Bush and Ram Dass on the kind of vulnerability that’s actually strength.

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Ram Dass, Mirabai Bush
2018
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Life on the Edge

Buddhist teacher Joan Halifax describes five “edge states” where courage meets fear and freedom meets suffering.

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Joan Halifax
2019
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