We know that all humans are subject to interloper mind control manipulation. And that such manipulation takes advantage of anxiety and passion for much if not most of its emotive power. So it seems the Vulcan pursuit of emotional control was an attempt to gain mastery of the very features of the self that the interlopers take full advantage of in humans, essentially depriving the interlopers of this influence over the individual. How much does mastery of one’s emotional nature and passions, and the ability to successfully cope with and neutralize traumas, protect or even make one immune to mind control manipulation?

Here you are confusing the ability to exhibit self-control with a diminution of the being, that one must give up feelings to be strong. Again this comes back to a question of balance. One can be quite strong but from the strength of passion within and strong inner convictions about which one has a quite strong emotional reaction and experience in the moment. The two are not contradictory. Again, it is a question of the emotional vibration in question. If it is one of negativity, whether aggressive or self-punishing withdrawal, anxiety, shame, and humiliation, lack of confidence, and diminishment, the end result will be the same. This will be self-limiting; others will withdraw from your presence if you cannot control negative extremes of emotion. So again, what you are striving for here and would represent an ideal is to be in balance with respect to positive versus negative emotions so that one can stand strong with the strength of inner conviction in being a good person, knowing that love is of value, that love is an agenda, and love is a solution to most problems and being possessed fully of inner capability to call on loving thoughts, loving perspectives, and a repertoire of loving actions suitable to any task as a leader or a follower. The most powerful way to deal with an opponent is to stand strong in the moment and be love-centered in valuing the self as a partner with the divine. There is no stronger way to be or place to be than arm in arm with Creator of All That Is. If you hold that vibration, you will even see the light in others, even a foe, and you will be able to call on energy and an inner strength and stability that will help you know what to do in the moment to win the day. Love is the greatest force of the universe but it requires balance in the expression. There is love in strength of all kinds, there is love in power of all kinds, just as there can be evil. The art of living is to find those expressions that are on the love side of the emotional scale even in a blend of power and strength that might be needed in the moment to deal with adversity. You cannot cope with trauma let alone heal oneself without letting in love in some way, and often to a large degree, because trauma is always an exhibition of the absence of love, in an important respect—that is what is wounding. All injuries, all slights, all diminishment and rejection by others is a denial of love and the resolution of the trauma will, in a direct sense, be a return of love to fill that void that was created—that is what will right the wrong; that is what will change the energetic signature of the event that is recorded in the akashic record for all of time and creating a karmic liability going forward. When love is restored to the problem, the ledger is rebalanced, the debt is repaid to bring the self back into balance whether from harming someone or harming the self and allowing another to do so, and not being strong enough to defend oneself and perhaps even self‑judging and self-demeaning responses adding to the injury. Because love has central importance, one must learn about love in all its forms and aspects. That, too, is logical but often neglected.