So you've defined "real questioning" as those questions that don't lead to cult leader rejection and questioning that doesn't lead to cult leader rejection as mere surface ripplies. I'm sure you'll agree that such distinctions are not usually made when the word "questioning" is used. I had real questions from the time I went to Satsang but allowed the self-hypnotic technique that was recommended "Just concentrate really closely on the speaker and don't think about what he's sayng" to override those questions.However I realised from the beginning that I was taking a big risk and the the chances of DLM being real weren't very good so I used the same sort of criteria you mention but a more expanded, more positive (eg how blissful satsang was rather than how calm I was under pressure) and probably less nebulous list. Not that I thought of those very often because I enjoyed the Knowledge thing but in the late 1970s I moved into a community (I had been living in the country) and then began to see what Knowledge was really doing in peoples' lives and after a couple of years I exited despite the enjoyment.
So you can see how this reinforces my statement that I don't have any fearful residual cult doctrinal programming.
