And this feeling of the atomic self, equipped with nothing but a technique for self-consolation, means that you have no time for the sorrows of others.
I wouldn't expect the Ways to be drawn to or equipped for the task of the victim-centred narrative. But that's what we need if learning about cults is what we want.
I have to ask every day: what's my responsibility, with this strange platform, cobbled together out of critique? I spend half of my working life burning the roof. How do I show the less visible work of those I admire, in the clay and mud, shoring up foundations?
Remember: you got exactly what you needed from that teacher/guru/organization. It/they transformed you. Don't let any victim or their snowflake victim mentality take that from you. Nobody can disempower you.