Editing Mind Dynamics (section)

== Techniques, methodology ==
Mind Dynamics has been compared to [[Dale Carnegie]], and [[encounter group]]s.<ref>{{cite news
  | last = Mathison
  | first = Dirk
  | title = White collar cults, they want your mind ...
  | work = Self Magazine
  | date = February 1993
  | url = http://www.culthelp.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=958&Itemid=12
  }}
</ref>  Mind Dynamics trained businessmen in personal development techniques,<ref name="Wittebols" /> but relied on unique activities rather than academic theories.<ref>{{cite book
  | last = Kaslow
  | first = Florence Whiteman
  |author2=Marvin B. Sussman
  | title = Cults and the Family
  | publisher = Haworth Press
  | year = 1982
  | pages = 190
  | isbn = 0-917724-55-0}}
</ref>  The coursework also utilized techniques that focused on visualization, and meditation.<ref name="manabu" />  

Techniques drawn from the [[Unity Church]] included periods of silence, focusing the mind on positive elements, and distinguishing the "intuitive inner voice."<ref name="vahle" />

Some of Mind Dynamics' techniques were compared to [[self-hypnosis]], and [[Brainwashing|mind control]].<ref>{{cite book
  | last = Turner
  | first = Dean E.
  | title = Escape from God: The Use of Religion and Philosophy to Evade Responsibility
  | publisher = Hope Publishing House
  | year = 1991
  | isbn =  0-932727-43-3}}<br></ref>  Mind Dynamics has been described as part of the ''consciousness transformation'' movement, and has been compared to [[Scientology]], [[Erhard Seminars Training|est]], [[Psycho-Cybernetics]], and [[Amway]].<ref>{{cite book
  | last = Butterfield
  | first = Stephen
  | title = Amway: The Cult of Free Enterprise
  | publisher = South End Press
  | year = 1985
  | pages = [https://archive.org/details/amwaycultoffreee00butt/page/129 129]
  | url = https://archive.org/details/amwaycultoffreee00butt/page/129
  | isbn = 0-89608-253-9
  }}</ref>