Word on the street is that there is going to be an "amazing" event for March 13th... Supposedly the "first international event" since Covid. But this amazing event doesn't have a date yet -- which seems a bit odd. No doubt, Miscavige is going to do deliver a Shermanspeak hype-fest in the Flag Auditorium like he did at New Years and this will then be sent out to scientology orgs around the world to replay. The March 13th event used to be held at Ruth Eckerd Hall every year. But it's not going to be this year. Why not? Two reasons: First, Miscavige, as I predicted, … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2023
Scientology, Psychiatry and Politics
I have written a few pieces here about the general inclination of scientologists to vote Republican. Hubbard's disdain for government and welfare are important reasons why scientologists tend not to be liberal/Democrats. But the biggest reason has to do with psychiatry. In this, scientologists are single-issue voters and virtually every one of them would never vote for a Democratic administration. Scientology's oldest and most dedicated "social reform" group, Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) has recently made clear to all scientologists that the current President and his … [Read more...]
Aaron Smith-Levin on Lex Fridman
This is a very well informed and extremely informative interview by Lex Fridman on one of the biggest YouTube/Podcasts in the world. Lex Fridman is very well prepared and thoughtful, no matter who you are, there are things covered here you have probably not heard before. Lex provides an outline of the episode which takes you right to each section : 0:00 - Introduction 1:21 - Thetans 5:19 - Dianetics 17:22 - God 27:58 - Sea Org 32:08 - Auditing 52:21 - Control 1:02:45 - David Miscavige 1:11:52 - Xenu 1:27:46 - Secrecy 1:33:49 - Mike Rinder … [Read more...]
Planetary Clearing?
Scientology loves to tell itself it is "Clearing the Planet" and "Making Planetary Clearing a Reality." Yet, the reality is something completely different. The cognitive dissonance within the scientology bubble sometimes seems just too incredible to be believable. In any and every org, they know they are not making any Clears. But this is not something they ever discuss or announce -- "We have made x Clears this year." Because in most orgs it is 0. Every now and then, actual NUMBERS slip out of the bubble. The last time was in November when I included a story on the blog … [Read more...]
Regraded Being
Thursday Funnies
Her dad convinced her.... The monumental COB briefing... About Africa? In Australia? You think he knows what this even means? Wow -- a basic course completion! That's worth promoting... Dream Team? A Free Seminar in Chicago! This is new news? Like it needs an exclamation point... Looking REALLY excited Just wait to see her expression when she gets her first pay check. Another one brimming with enthusiasm! Why not join the "ideal org" in Nashville? At least its … [Read more...]
How Scientologists Deal With “Entheta”
"Entheta" is a term in scientology which is a contraction of "enturbulated theta" -- enturbulated means upset and theta means life force. In simple english, entheta is bad news. It is not something that is untrue, just something you don't want to hear. Anything that will cause upset (or in the case of scientology itself, doubt about it). Hubbard says that entheta is the work of "chaos merchants" (suppressive persons), and when the entheta concerns scientology, it is an attempt to "destroy mankind's only hope" and is entirely lies. His "logic" is that scientology is only good, so anyone … [Read more...]
Hubbard on the Role of Women
Some more words of wisdom from Ron. This is taken from Science of Survival, one of his books that is a foundation upon which so much of scientology is based. It is not "esoteric" or merely "part of the research track" like "Creative Processing" in Creation of Human Ability or "Black and White" processing in Scientology 8-80 -- techniques that were supplanted by later "breakthroughs." This is the book that lays out the Tone Scale and first introduces theta and the "theta-MEST" theory. Nothing out of date or "no longer used" in this book. This is the view all good scientologists are … [Read more...]
New YouTube Video: Scientology Activities Your Tax Dollars Subsidize
I put up a new video on my channel last night. It is the first in a series, focused on the money scientology spends on Private Investigators and harassment of those who say things they don't like. I think you will enjoy it. If you haven't watched it already, please do so. It is only about 15 minutes. It's better for analytics if you click the button and watch it on YouTube. These are blog post links that are mentioned in the video The Hubbard policies followed to this day: Dealing with Critics of Scientology -- the L. Ron Hubbard Playbook What is "Public Policy" IRS regulation … [Read more...]
This Is What Scientologists Really Believe
This statement epitomizes the mindset of the scientology bubble. Their city (fill in name) is where scientology can flourish because it's such a wonderful place, filled with amazing people (and when they are trying to recruit they add how great the schools are, the art scene is, the delicious food, the museums... anything they can think of). It's like their city is the unique petri dish with just the right ingredients for the experiment to finally succeed. It's all so bright and hopeful -- and absolutely absurd. But, despite all the wonderful things and amazing people, "everyone in (fill … [Read more...]