http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2006/09/27/california-cults-2006/ Your source for technology culture, internet phenomena, politics, interviews and entertainment Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:58:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2006/09/27/california-cults-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-162076 j meisler Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:51:37 +0000 http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/?p=27#comment-162076 Another Cult to be wary is hidden behind the Jung SuWon Academy based in Fremont. Grandmaster Tae Yung Kim uses the Karate program to size up her students and selects those who are not very socially connected, not strongly employed, or simply searching for a "family". She using traditional brainwashing techniques to "convince" students of her power and invincibility and then essentially turns these seemingly willing workers into indentured servants. She pays them a subsistence salary to make them more beholding and dependent upon her both emotionally and physically; she uses sleep deprivation and scare techniques. to keep her "students" dependent. She teaches them work skills so they can earn their keep and keep her in a luxury lifestyle. How do I know this? I lost my brother to this cult more than 15 years ago. I sized up the situation pretty easily when he called to tell me that he wanted to "climb the mountain with my master and help her save the world." I attempted an exit counseling only to alienate my brother further. In the interim, he managed to marry and have 2 wonderful children who has now moved to California to enroll in the cult over his wife's objections. Why does the state of California allow these groups to continue to mine the weak members of our families for the financial benefit of the cult leader. We are failing our own, and at present, there is no resource. It's frustrating, scary and wrong. Another Cult to be wary is hidden behind the Jung SuWon Academy based in Fremont. Grandmaster Tae Yung Kim uses the Karate program to size up her students and selects those who are not very socially connected, not strongly employed, or simply searching for a “family”. She using traditional brainwashing techniques to “convince” students of her power and invincibility and then essentially turns these seemingly willing workers into indentured servants. She pays them a subsistence salary to make them more beholding and dependent upon her both emotionally and physically; she uses sleep deprivation and scare techniques. to keep her “students” dependent. She teaches them work skills so they can earn their keep and keep her in a luxury lifestyle. How do I know this? I lost my brother to this cult more than 15 years ago. I sized up the situation pretty easily when he called to tell me that he wanted to “climb the mountain with my master and help her save the world.” I attempted an exit counseling only to alienate my brother further. In the interim, he managed to marry and have 2 wonderful children who has now moved to California to enroll in the cult over his wife’s objections. Why does the state of California allow these groups to continue to mine the weak members of our families for the financial benefit of the cult leader. We are failing our own, and at present, there is no resource. It’s frustrating, scary and wrong.

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