Tessa Fights Robots

Tessa Fights Robots

Running Away from Cults

An easy choice

Tessa Lena
Apr 20, 2023
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This story is my loud and total objection to cult mentality because in my opinion, it is the cult mentality that is at the root of most horrible things on Earth.

The very dishonest people in high positions of power most certainly love to exploit and cultivate the cult mentality—but they are few, and we are many—and we are not zombie meat bags, we are people with agency and an ability to change things.

We are not forever-hurting bystanders stuck in a reactive mode—we are partakers in the creation, and therefore, it is our job to reject any cult mentality, including in ourselves. Reject cult mentality is a practical thing to do! When we do that, we reduce the amount of “cult mentality” energy in the world, and since it is the type of energy that feeds the tyrants of all kinds, we make it a little bit harder for them to do their job.

Now, let me make a distinction. We are all entitled to our opinions about anything: politics, religion, history, individua…

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