It's SaTerraDay! It is also the day for the Aftermath Meet Up in downtown Clearwater at 5pm. Not sure if we will be in any shape to be doing a posting tomorrow morning, so if there is nothing, don't be alarmed it will be for a good reason. Spent a great evening with Aaron and Heather Smith-Levin, Marc and Claire Headley, Nathan Rich, Tara Reile and Mary and David Kahn last night as a pre-event warm-up. Hope to be meeting with many more people this evening! Some are flying from out of town -- two notables include the wonderful Len Zinberg and the next Mayor of Hemet, Erin … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2018
Regraded Being
Thursday Funnies
I call BS The "magnitude of the event means we have to start early"? Riiiight. How about the fact Miscavige is panicked to get everyone out of downtown because the Aftermath Get Together is scheduled to get rolling at 5pm... Ruth Eckerd is well away from the downtown area. The Hype is Strong This event really has them creaming their jeans. It's funny how something that was announced with great fanfare (SuMP) then opened with greater fanfare, including how "we are now disseminating to the billions" is being used to AGAIN make a "big announcement." He's getting … [Read more...]
Scientology Events
They are really getting desperate for people to show up at events. Now they are using something Hubbard said in 1957 about Congresses as if it is somehow speaking about "Int Events." Two things: 1. Int events are NOT Congresses. Nothing like a Congress in fact. 2. I guess whoever sent out this promotional piece is unaware that Hubbard CANCELLED Congresses, stating they "crashed stats" as everyone went off into preparing for, calling in and attending the Congresses and they forgot about training and auditing. As Hubbard would say, they were canceled with an atomic branding … [Read more...]
A Scientology Price List
This promotional piece was forwarded to me recently. Posting it here for posterity and to highlight once again the money insanity of scientology. They call them "donations" -- but don't try telling them you feel like donating a little less today, or nothing at all. You will quickly discover these are not "donations" they are fees. This price list is for Class V orgs in the UK. It is provided by New Era Publications because they sell the materials. Thus, they have an interest in selling training. Nobody else cares much about this in scientology these days. They focus on … [Read more...]
The Aftermath Foundation
As scientology prepares to launch SuMP TV, we are launching something we believe will be far more beneficial and hopefully grow to have even greater impact. Scientology and the Aftermath has exposed many abuses commonplace in scientology. Harsh punishment, child and sexual abuse, enforced disconnection from family members and much more… Were it not for the fact that they are able to hide behind the cloak of First Amendment law, they would likely already have been dismantled. There is not a great deal the general public can do. I have often answered the question "how can we help" by telling p … [Read more...]
Sea Org “Recruitment”
This is a recent Email sent out by a public scientologist in an attempt to help AOLA get some new recruits. It speaks for itself. It is an amazing glimpse inside the shriveling world of scientology. I could never imagine in my time in the Sea Org that anything like this would have been sent out by public scientologists... Maybe I was simply too removed from the day to day happenings at org level? It seems to me that back in the day, it really WAS considered within the SO that "Many are called, few are chosen" and that the Sea Org was an "elite corps." Nowadays they are apparently so … [Read more...]
Two Main Types of Ex-Scientologists
It's SaTerraDay -- yay! Two Main Types of Ex-Scientologists There are two main types of ex-Scientologists: Type 1: Those that still believe in the tech. Type 2: Those that don’t. Not Written in Stone Are these generalities? Yes. Are there gradient variations and differences within each group? Absolutely. Do people waffle? All the time. If labeling people was good enough for L. Ron Hubbard, please allow me to indulge in a bit of pigeonholing, myself. LRH preached that his theories were one hundred percent correct and workable all the time. I fully admit that my words are biased o … [Read more...]
Regraded Being
Thursday Funnies
The most significant ever... As always. Even more significant than opening SuMP? It's only the best until the next one. The one thing you can do to thrive... Stay away from any registrars. Super fun... If that's what you call being endlessly beaten for money... But the "beach backyard" sounds cool. But "Best dressed" in beach gear? Perhaps this is a smallest speedo contest? I bet anyone can see the difference... No? Really? You are not looking hard enough... They're STILL fundraising They have Santa Barbara, Hawaii and … [Read more...]