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S01E01 Rearranged & Condensed v5 Mak: And that's not what we're after really. This isn't a cult It's more a dissection of... what we went through, what the philosophy and practice are, how we feel about things now compared to the way that we did when we started, what has evolved for us, and really grappling with that idea of, is this worthy of being called a cult or not? But I think that the lessons that we learned and the red flags that we missed could be so valuable for other people who are on the same trajectory, for other people who are looking for answer, some way to be, some way to fix their life or their relationship, some ⁓ community to join, some place to belong. And anytime people gather around ⁓ idea and close themselves off to competing ideas or outside influences.
Inside Outside Upside Down: Mm-hmm. huh.
S01E01 Rearranged & Condensed v5 Mak: The kinds of things that developed in world are just going to develop no matter what the idea is. It's about the social structure that's created around those things that leads to these problematic group dynamics, which left can become very culty.