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However, we need to realize that most of the people who join cults are not abnormal; they’re not disadvantaged; they’re not eccentrics. They are the people who live average lives (and maybe from the outside, more than average lives), who live in my neighborhood. And in yours.

Maybe they think about things a little too seriously. Perhaps there’s some pain they’re carrying around inside. They’re not good at making their feelings known to others and are somewhat troubled. They can’t find a suitable means to express themselves, and bounce back and forth between feelings of pride and inadequacy. That might very well be me. It might be you.

Haruki Murakami in his text Underground, examining the aftermath of the Tokyo gas attack and the members of the cult, Aum Shinrikyo, behind the catastrophe.

(Source: seafaringwoman, via murakamistuff)

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