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Subject: Re: Re: Est, Lifespring, &c. - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 30-Jun-84 00:14:07 EDT
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ism780!judy    Jun 28 15:10:00 1984

Lest you misread this note, I am in being very serious.

EST and many other "hip" therapies are DANGEROUS!  They can cause serious
damage to the psyche and personality.  This is because they are philosophies
formed by laymen who have no regard for mental disturbances.  They try to
force down defense mechanisms it took the person years to build.  They
do this based on the erroneous conception that all defense mechanisms are
bad.  NO.  THEY ARE GOOD!  We build them for a reason.  If the defenses a
person has built in their childhood are no longer appropriate, the natural
course of living or, in some severe cases counseling, will naturally erode
them.

But if you force a person to break into an area they are not emotionally
equipped to face, you are doing that person damage.  AND HOW DARE YOU!!!!
We must not only keep ourselves by being destroyed by charlatains, but
must do what we can to keep others away.  Those who are often drawn to these
groups are those that can be done the most harm.

Groups like this DO use brain washing techniques.  And if you think
you can't be brain washed spend some time with some ex-cult members.  The
damage you do today may take YEARS to overcome.