Quest's following a cult, religion or reality?
September 8th 2007 23:56
Ruins of ancient Mayan civilisation
Enthusiasm for quests can produce cult-like followings, like "The Da Vinci Code" did and "The Celestine Prophesy" (TCP) which I reviewed last year.
But what if there's a quest that really seems believable, would the following for that be called a cult, a religion or reality?
TCP climaxed in the phenomenon of "vibrations" rapturing the people to heaven, as the explanation for the complete disappearance of the ancient Mayan civilisation in South America. Great yarn, getting readers to self-identify with the hero's seeking of ancient South American documents, involving the interpretation of nine ancient Mayan "insights". Inventive use of research by the author, stirring readers to be "enthusiastic participants in the evolution of their own lives and those of others".
ELS, Eternal Life Supply, is also a quest, where readers can enjoy participating in the evolution of real life in them and in others.
Instead of seeking hardcopy ancient insights, ELS has softcopy present truth as the object of the quest. This is the stuff of the mind got there not by knowledge from independent research, but by revelation dependent on Spirit-to-spirit communication.
Dare you quest further? Here's a link to the research being compiled for this quest. Comment as you wish, the more the better as it all adds to its interaction.
There's a lot of following for this in a recovery movement world-wide. Some readers might want to call it a cult. But check it out. Is it really that unbelievable?
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Comment by katyzzz
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Just love your banner and the pic, very cryptic.
katyzzz
Comment by Big Cat
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The Christian definition of a cult is any religious-like body where the members are getting new words of inspiration from a human, still-living spiritual leader. That lets Scientology off the hook, because founder Ron Hubbard died. Likewise the recovery movement quotes authors/apostles Witness Lee and Watchman Nee a lot, who are also now deceased.
I prefer the more straight-forward definition of a cult - "a body with a coercive hold over its members". From attending their meetings, I'd say the recovery movement is neither a cult or a religion.
Thanks also for the kind comment about BigCat's banner. Do you think "Morphing C'mon!!" would be even more cryptic, or would it lose something?
Comment by michelle man
I like your style of thinking.
Truth most cirtainly should be something that everybody can discover surely?
What do you reckon.
MM
Comment by Big Cat
Chatterpillar
Sure, truth is something that everybody can discover. For me it's what life is about! Everyday I rise early and go "surfing" for it. The fantastic moment is when I think I have caught it, then realise it has caught me!
Wasn't born into a family with much truth. Bombed out in two marriages. So searching out truth and letting it work in my life is my only hope of a real life. With real family = others who do the same. All for sharing it with others. Especially others who don't see truth as just an "it" but a Person. Isn't it great that websites allow us to share such food for thought - and so widely when linked in Orble?
Comment by katyzzz
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But I think you'll have lots of good things to say, make some of it easy for lazy people like myself, who are very preoccupied with other things.
katyzzz
Comment by Big Cat
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Comment by Anonymous
it's a wittness to what you've discovered.
are you going to tell more?
mm
Comment by Big Cat
Chatterpillar
I did some more by contributing comments to other Orble members' sites. See links to these in Community Comments page in ACknowledge.
And yesterday I posted Highly evocative Dr Who ending about the irony of cult-like following of Dr Who fans and the Biblical similiarity of Dr Who plots.
Cheers, Big Cat