Another in the continuing series of observations by our friend Terra Cognita - still not declared. And in my view, this may be his best yet. This is perhaps the single biggest glaring irrationality in scientology. TC's previous posts: Am I Still A Thetan?, To Be Or Not To Be, An Evaluation of Scientology, Fear: That Which Drives Scientology and Justification and Rationalization. Communication in Scientology…Or Not LRH wrote extensively on communication. He wrote volumes. He lectured extensively on the subject. The man was all about communication. One of the first steps in Sci … [Read more...]
Regraded Being
Thursday Funnies
Filing for Idealishness Simply the best filing anywhere.... Another Taufer Just what the world really needed. This one is pitching in to help raise funds to support Ken Kramer. Not just a temporary thing Bit of an understatement... They're really pushing the Sea Org. Unfortunately this is all 45 years out of date. The Sea Org hasn't expanded for decades... They know he died a while ago, right? This one is REALLY out of date... Start a Narconon today A golden opportunity for the … [Read more...]
The Feeling Of Elation
This about sums up what scientology sells: The feeling of elation knowing I "helped." They have convinced the people inside the bubble that money given the IAS is actually used for good. It is one of the sad truths of scientology that this is a lie. More money is spent on creating the illusion that scientology (the IAS) is helping than is spent on actually helping anyone. The only real expenditures the IAS makes are the purchase of property -- ostensibly to "service parishioners" but as every org on earth is shrinking, there is not a one of them that needs larger premises when most … [Read more...]
Dan Koon Responds
Dan Koon responds to the letter his ex-wife sent to ABC 20/20. A copy of her letter is below with Dan's commentary in red. Because of my familiarity with some of the matters raised in her letter, I have added my own comments which are in blue italics. Knowing Sue for more than 30 years, I am positive that she cringed the first time she saw this letterhead April 27, 2016 This was mailed 2 days before the 20/20 show aired on ABC. Another perfect example of the Int/Gold Base’s set-in-stone operating motto: “Too little, too late.” John Bentley ABC 20/20 47 W … [Read more...]
The Real State Of Ideal Orgs
We have seen these crowing posters from Tampa before. But I haven't noticed this statement previously: We were the First and only Org on the planet to have over 60 Clears and OTs on staff. Stop to think about this statement for a minute. Only ONE org (which is both a Day and Foundation as they mention in 5 above) has 60 Clears and above on staff. How is it that this could be? Either all of these "ideal" and "St Hill Size" orgs have less than 60 staff, or these orgs that give free training and auditing to their staff in this "Golden Age" of "super-fast" tech are NOT giving any auditing … [Read more...]
Some Goofy Shit
This they put in the latest Source mag. It is a condensation/edit of what is contained in the lecture, which is even more incoherent than this. I have highlighted a few statements in here that stand out as particularly strange. In scientology, anything ever said by L. Ron Hubbard is gospel truth and the reliance upon it is a sign of the true fundamentalist. Fundamentalist christians literally read the bible and thus the world is 6000 years old (or some figure, I am not even sure where it comes from) and man occupied the earth concurrently with dinosaurs. L. Ron Hubbard makes similarly … [Read more...]
Am I Still A Thetan?
Another thought provoking article from Terra Cognita. Now that I’m Out of Scientology…Am I Still a Thetan? I grew up in an atheist home where religion was the “opiate of the people” and spiritual beings were the stuff of fairy tales. I kept these beliefs to myself when I first walked in the front doors of the local Org. A few years later, George Lucas had discovered the Force, and I began to accept that there was more to me than my corporeal self. Maybe there weren’t enough gray cells inside my noggin to hold all my memories after all. The majority of people on the planet believed they wer … [Read more...]
Regraded Being
Thursday Funnies
Pirates and Whales What a combination. How fitting. More pirate parties.... And more. Seems to be contagious. Do the Survival Rundown at ASHO Of course. Nobody wants to do auditor training any more... Or can. Wonder if they ever actually HOLD these conventions? Or is this just a survey to see if anyone bites? This is the best they've got? This guy has been in the SO for about 40 years and had never climbed beyond being in charge of "WISE" in EUS. This is the best they've got? Dave Petit and … [Read more...]
Scientology Disconnection
I originally posted this on my blog in 2013. I feel it is worth reiterating. I have updated it a bit. While Scientology spokespeople have routinely denied that “enforced disconnection exists”, anyone who is familiar with the church of scientology knows only too well about disconnection. Like so much else in the scientology empire, its an ugly truth to be hidden from the “wog” world through a game of carefully worded deception of the same order as Bill Clinton’s infamous “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” When you see a church spokespeople emphatically state “there is no po … [Read more...]
Buy Your Super Power NOW – in 1978
Here is a blast from the past. This appeared in The Auditor issue 155. Published in 1978. Sign up for your Super Power at ASHO! This is when L. Ron Hubbard announced that Super Power would be available at Saint Hills "within 6 weeks." Of course, Ron said it, so it must be true. And ASHO got the jump on making a few extra bucks and started selling it. Can you imagine if you paid ASHO in 1978 for Super Power and then had to wait for it to be delivered in 2013? If you were 40 when you paid for it, you more than likely died before it was delivered. This is typical of … [Read more...]
To Be Or Not To Be
Another in the series of posts from our special correspondent, now known as Terra Cognita. See earlier articles: An Evaluation of Scientology, Fear: That Which Drives Scientology and Justification and Rationalization. To Be or not to Be: Is Scientology Worth Saving? I recently helped my dad fill out a medical level-of-care form. Choices ranged from doing everything humanly possible to keep the patient alive, to “do not resuscitate.” Followers of Scientology face similar choices. Lots would like to keep the church alive. Many of you reading this have chosen to step away from the pat … [Read more...]
It Didn’t Take Long
It was clear to everyone this was coming. The SuMP launch is done. Funny, haven't seen any shows broadcast yet on the airwaves - not TV or radio or even anything on the internet?? You can be sure that if someone else "opened" a "broadcast center" it would begin broadcasting. Ideal orgs will continue, but there are too many areas where they already HAVE an empty ideal org or there is absolutely NOTHING happening even when they have a "new" building (Hello Philly? Detroit, New Haven, Chicago etc etc etc). The dead ideal org horse has been beaten to dust in all but a few cities. So what's … [Read more...]