Almost entirely different in their similarities but not in the method they are deployed.

Ok so with any such type of groups there is going to be good bits and bad bits. Might as well be a marriage. Because that is the basic trouble a relationship with such a group is, it has to be a HIGHER commitment than a marriage or even a relationship with a kid.

So how to people persevere? For the good. And in this they are both uncannily similar. Sense of being a member of superior people. A powerful ‘specialized’ self help technology and of course prestige if you make good in the group.

All things to make one persevere. Through the bad.

Here they differ, but only in some ways. Both keep secrets at randsom. Both make sure you know you will shunned no end if you think of leaving/back sliding.

But while Scientology uses brainwashing to subdue one Nxim uses sexual conditioning.