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> 40yearsin2016 wrote:
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> The professionals have a term for this:
> narcissistic supplies.
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I had a few aha moments as a result of this conversation on narcissism. A number of posters in the forum have commented over the years that JRS never did enough to stop the members from idolizing him or calling him Christ. I always wondered why? It now seems likely to me that the idolization was a source of unending narcissistic supply. Obeying JRS's commands, admiring, revering and idolizing him were stable sources of supply. In addition, experiencing his power to read people and blessings first hand were all sources of unending narc supply.
It also seems according to other writers who have critiqued the LW, that the heavy handed Nazi hierarchy JRS created was unique to the Walk. JRS's alleged "authority" that he derived from the allegedly privileged relationship JRS said he had with God (Holy Jim Canyon) secured supply. Something I read: The narcissists becomes God by obedience to him, following his instructions, loving him, succumbing. He forms a personal relationship with God in order
to overpower others. I became obsessed with a narcissists and was stuck wondering why? I appreciate everyone's post. It's all becoming a little clearer to me.
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> 40yearsin2016 wrote:
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How many times did I hear JRS talk about
> being re-energized in his spirit when preaching -
> being able to go on for hours without any
> fatigue.
> The professionals have a term for this:
> narcissistic supplies.
>
I had a few aha moments as a result of this conversation on narcissism. A number of posters in the forum have commented over the years that JRS never did enough to stop the members from idolizing him or calling him Christ. I always wondered why? It now seems likely to me that the idolization was a source of unending narcissistic supply. Obeying JRS's commands, admiring, revering and idolizing him were stable sources of supply. In addition, experiencing his power to read people and blessings first hand were all sources of unending narc supply.
It also seems according to other writers who have critiqued the LW, that the heavy handed Nazi hierarchy JRS created was unique to the Walk. JRS's alleged "authority" that he derived from the allegedly privileged relationship JRS said he had with God (Holy Jim Canyon) secured supply. Something I read: The narcissists becomes God by obedience to him, following his instructions, loving him, succumbing. He forms a personal relationship with God in order
to overpower others. I became obsessed with a narcissists and was stuck wondering why? I appreciate everyone's post. It's all becoming a little clearer to me.