Tuesday, June 12, 2018

The Amway Cult Is Way Out There


A reader shares his experience at Amway cult meetings:



THANK YOU…I had a friend (reference on the word HAD), he took me to three of these meetings. Once on a Tuesday night, then on a Friday, and the last on a Sunday night, and it reminded me a bit about the Waco Texas massacre!

All they talked about was being positive, having a positive drive; devoid yourself of NEGATIVE emotions, any negative thoughts need not be in your mind. Think ahead, THINK BIG, HOPE LARGE, LIVE POSITIVE! Hear positive, see positive, stay positive…everything in this business IS POSITIVE! Act happy, smile, laugh, MAKE LOTS OF FRIENDS, show them your products, introduce them to the business, and make them feel welcomed. Tell them how great this venture is, make sure they know how BIG your hitting being a part of this business! He also said, “remember, everyone out there STILL has a boss, they still have debt, they have no personal time, they rarely see their spouse (if they’re married). Go out there and make them wonder what they’re missing out on by not being a part of something like this!”

What freaked me out the most was his next comment… “remember, if you’re even a tad-bit negative, please leave, the doors are wide open, DON’T COME BACK…in this business, there is no such thing as depression, the media tells you you’re depressed…in this business, there is no such thing as anger or rage, the people out there convince you you’re angry or enraged…in this business, there is no such thing as skepticism, that is something our education-system has since forever promoted…IN THIS BUSINESS, THERE IS JUST YOU, AND WILL-POWER TO CHANGE, TO BETTER YOURSELF, TO BE AS BIG AS THE WORLD, TO GO AS HIGH AS THE SKY, TO BUILD THE NEW YOU OUT OF THE ASHES, IN THIS BUSINESS THERE IS ONLY DRIVE, SUCCESS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT BIG AND TELL YOUR BOSS HE CAN KEEP HIS JOB, TO MANAGE YOUR OWN RETIREMENT, TO WORK ONCE A MONTH IF YOU FEEL LIKE…ect.

I left at around 10:47pm, we’ve been there since seven, afterwards I was introduced to some BIG shots. They asked if I would be joining, and if not…why not? I simply said the meeting felt like a revival (EEeeek), they just frowned. I also added I loved my job, and loved what I would be doing after I finish school.

The whole thing about being positive 24/7 is just not me…SOMETIMES I’m very NEGATIVE!!!!!!!!!



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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 13, 2018 at 10:12 AM

    What you have described is pure cultic indoctrination.

    Amway, and all of its shitty little subsystems like WWDB, BWW, Network 21 and the rest, are substitute-reality structures. They are specifically designed to make you disregard actual facts, and to hype yourself into a drug-like euphoria.

    That's why they sound like revival meetings, as you quite correctly noted. They are "otherworldly," just like a religion or a fanatical ideology. The only thing that matters is "faith," and the ability of faith to move mountains.

    The refusal to even acknowledge that there are negative things out in the real world, and that sometimes being depressed is the right response to bad things, is a signpost of cults. The basic idea in these cults is that "As long as you're with us, and are committed to our ideals, you CAN'T be negative! You have to be POSITIVE, all the time!"

    It's totally irrational and delusional. Stay away from Amway, just as you would from The People's Temple of Jim Jones, or any other insane cult.

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    1. Anna BananaJune 13, 2018 at 12:08 PM

      Anonymous - it's always good when people share their Amway experiences so that others can see it's a cult indoctrination.

      And Amway's cult leaders work off the Jim Jones handbook.

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  2. AnonymousJune 13, 2018 at 7:05 PM

    This post touched on yet another thing which disturbed me about Amway/WWDB (how do I even pick the one which disturbs me the most)? I have a BA in psychology and have read a lot of spiritual/psychology material, and the way out of emotional distress/pain is not to ignore it and pretend it doesn't exist, but to bring it to the light for healing, though some sort of sound psychological/energetic practice. The thing with suppressing anger and rage is it doesn't just disappear, it resurfaces in some sort of way (ulcers, cancer, temper-tantrums come to mind)...at one point when we weren't in the main Amway group one of my upline actually had a temper tantrum while paying for something because this individual "didn't have enough money". It was almost (not almost; it was) like this individual blamed me for not being a good enough Ambot. I still can't believe some of the things I have seen in that organization. Grrrrr...so effed up.

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    1. Anna BananaJune 14, 2018 at 10:22 AM

      Anonymous- yeah it’s pretty tough to pick out what is the most disturbing thing about Amway and WWDB. How do you narrow it down when everything about this cult is disturbing.

      It’s like going to Baskin Robbins and choosing one scoop.

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