>there is an anaesthetic type effect from k and mj in that environment<

the 'plastic bag' or 'numb skin' effects are typical low grade depersonalisation/dissociation symptoms. These could be solely related to living in a 'cult' environment but may also be a direct effect of meditation that is not ameliorated by human intimacy. Most likely of course is that the external 'cult' world is reinforcing the dissociation caused by an unbalanced and unanchored meditation that Rawat foists on his followers.

Nik