10/10
Good doc, but needs a lot more context
5 November 2022
Warning: Spoilers
As someone who has been through different cults in my early 20's and am now in my late 40's, I think this documentary was done very well, but in order to truly understand what was happening, one has to have more knowledge. It's certainly not all black and white, good or evil. This seems to be in every story on cults today. There is some good, that attracts and helps people with their problems of living in a modern society, or problems that humans are facing since the dawn of time. Then there is some bad. But is it really that bad or it just doesn't fit with current narratives and how we see people, what the current mainstream morality is? I think that Nicole is at a very high level of spirituality and with that she is losing the understanding of how it is to function on a lower level. But also, no guru is ever perfect. I can't remember which guru said that occasionally they don't feel jealousy. I can see how Nicole built her armour to thrive in life, with all the horrible baggage of her childhood trauma and everything that happened afterwards, but I also see how this made her a less empathetic person. She was enforcing a therapy that worked on her, on others. It can't possibly work like that. No medicine is perfect for everyone. She was also manipulative, in order to expand her empire. To further understand some of the practices, people should study the cults of left hand tantra. Stories there are even more bizarre. Especially if this is not something you need in life.
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