They STILL don't have 50,000 completions on the Basics? OMG. You realize this is not "Full Basics Completions" -- there are only a handful of those. No, this is the total number of BOOKS and LECTURE SERIES that have been read by ALL SCIENTOLOGISTS over 10 YEARS, in the biggest "push" in scientology's history. Every single scientologist they could get their hands on has been ordered, cajoled, pressured, threatened, begged and bribed to "get through the Basics"... This includes all staff and Sea Org members. Remember, the "Basics" is 15 books and 10 lecture series, any one of which … [Read more...]
Doomsday Demographics
Another in the weekly series from our old friend Terra Cognita. Doomsday Demographics With the exception of a couple of old-timers, everyone in my bustling Scientology mission back in the day was in their late teens and early twenties. Now? The demographics have completely flipped. Everyone’s grown old; most are in their sixty’s or seventy’s; a smattering of thirty-something, second-generation staff round out the ranks. From what I can tell from all the pictures of Scientologists in magazines and promo pieces, this trend has spread worldwide. Ideal orgs have done nothing to reverse this up … [Read more...]
Regraded Being
Thursday Funnies
It's started already The panicked phone calls, emails and texts to "confirm" attendance. I guess the "one stable datum" is "your money is our money." How we are going to Clear Pasadena? I guess the "ideal org" thing hasn't worked out. Now it's going to be the SuMP? Riiiight.... A major milestone... Another fundraising dinner apparently qualifies as a "milestone." Your "part of those plans" is that you need to give 100% of the money. The latest accomplishments in the name of creating an OT Civilization... Absolutely NOTHING to report. … [Read more...]
South African Hype
Here we go again, more ridiculous hype. Opening their abandoned castle as an "AO" is going to solve crime, drugs, poverty, education, disease and political dishonesty... By getting a handful of people to "blow off" their BT's and Clusters? And I do mean a handful. This is not the JOB of an Advanced Org -- that is the job of Missions and Class 5 orgs to reach into society and change conditions. But these are obviously the "buttons" in South Africa, so they pitch people with "we will solve these things with an AO" and assume the sheeple will not stop to think "Why would an AO make any … [Read more...]
More Ideal Org Absurdity
Here is more insanity from the poor sheeple that are still struggling to keep the dream alive. Which is ALL they have. Remember, this was one of the hugely hyped "ideal org buildings" -- a derelict old building that was part of the Kellogg empire. It was purchased MORE THAN 15 YEARS AGO. And now they have "new and exciting news"? (A clue -- that new and exciting news is that you need to hand over more money, a LOT more money.... that is not really "new" and not really "exciting"). The real story of the "massive international expansion" is that it does not exist. Anywhere. Hello … [Read more...]
Ideal Org Steaming Expansion Lies
They are still sending this steaming pile out to the sheeple. This is a bald-faced lie. Atlanta didn't even win the Birthday Game this year... But scientology loves to keep telling lies like this because of what it does for all the other failing orgs: they are led to believe they are the ONLY ONES failing. Everyone else is expanding like crazy, it's just their sad little org that is out of step. Meanwhile, NOT A SINGLE org has reached "St Hill Size"? So, either they started out LESS than 1/10th the size of old St Hill when they were declared "ideal" (meaning they only had 20 … [Read more...]
Scientology Strip Club
The latest offering from Terra Cognita. Scientology Strip Club LRH wrote, “When a person is not functioning well on his post, on his job or in life, at the bottom of his difficulties will often be found unknown basic definitions and laws or false definitions, false data and false laws, resulting in an inability to think with the words and rules of that activity and an inability to perform the simplest required functions.” HCOB 7 August 1979, False Data Stripping. [All subsequently quoted passages refer to this bulletin.] I found the full text here LRH declared, “There is no field in all … [Read more...]
Regraded Being
Thursday Funnies
Find out the next actions... Just like the last actions. SFA. Prosper, prosper, prosper So you can live life right now at your ideal scene - not study or do good or be kind. Just make money. And give it to us. Huge win! One person started a course at the new Valley Monster Ideal Org.... Scots Humor All things guile... Wacky as ever. Mighty My Mammy Files Nowhere close to being done... And they are promoting the opening to be 22 April! Making such a difference I wonder what she thinks is happening? One … [Read more...]
10,000 on Solo NOTs?
What happened to Clive Rabies? Clive was the worldwide cheerleader of the "10,000 onto and through Solo NOTs" campaign. A target that has been around for more than 20 years and has STILL not been attained. Last time they reported they had not even cracked 7,000 -- notwithstanding that of that number I would estimate HALF are no longer scientologists or are dead. We havent heard much from Clive for a while and now he has surfaced with a new gig: Oh, how the mighty have fallen. He is now pitching prosperity and dissemination?? THIS is now the route to planetary salvation? … [Read more...]
NY Ideal Org
It is always interesting to see the publicly available information from some of these orgs -- standing in stark contrast to the PR lies that are spouted at the "international events." The New York Ideal Org has a Facebook page where they keep track of each Clear they make. As you can see, one of their staff members attested to Clear a couple of weeks ago. It's the latest entry on their FB page. But they are very diligent about announcing their clears -- apart from a few random posts about CCHR or the Birthday Event, it is pretty much all that appears on this FB page (which by the way, … [Read more...]
Missions Impossible
The world of scientology missions is even grimmer than scientology orgs. Here is the latest news from the "ideal" Mission in Ocala. This Mission was opened by John Travolta and Kelly Preston in their hometown as a gift to the community. They fully renovated a building and it was one of the first "ideal" missions. There were a few "celebrity" that came before it: Jenna Elfman in SOMA SFO opened to great fanfare and now an empty shell. Anne Archer's Santa Monica Mission - opened and then closed almost as fast. Isaac Hayes and Lisa Marie Presley in Memphis - sold off by Benetta Slaughter and … [Read more...]
Religious Graveyard
Our weekly installment of wisdom and thought/argument provoking from Terra Cognita. The Religious Graveyard Once religions reach a tipping point, they’re hard to close down. After accumulating thousands of well-to-do followers, amassing a fortune in real estate, accruing Midas-like money, and establishing a worldwide presence, religions are damn hard to get rid of. Not only has too much been invested in the physical infrastructure, its faithful have devoted too much of their spiritual lives to let go. The written word is more resilient than we mere mortals. Organizations can be d … [Read more...]