The following articles provide information that will help you avoid a cult or be able to recognise when you are in one. Articles related specifically to Rigpa and Tibetan Buddhism as cults can be found here: https://whatnow727.wordpress.com/?s=cult
Checklist of mind control techniques: https://freedomofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/BITE-Model-Handout-9-23-16.pdf
Undue Influence Continuum: https://freedomofmind.com/influence-continuum/
Traumatic Abuse in Cults:http://www.thezensite.com/non_Zen/Traumatic_Abuse_in_Cults.html
The BITE model of mind control https://freedomofmind.com/bite-model/
Brainwashing techniques: http://listverse.com/2016/04/29/top-10-brainwashing-and-mind-control-techniques/
Psychology of the cult experience: http://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/15/style/the-psychology-of-the-cult-experience.html?pagewanted=all
How to recognise communal abuse:https://www.abuseandrelationships.org/Content/NonIPV/communal_abuse.html
Cult Behaviour and Their Antidotes: http://www.ncregister.com/blog/longenecker/4-danger-signs-of-cult-like-behavior-and-4-antidotes
Traumatic Bonding:. https://pro.psychcentral.com/recovery-expert/2015/10/what-is-trauma-bonding/
Why we don’t want to let go:https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/anxiety-files/201409/letting-go-sunk-costs#_=_
On Gurus and Cults