Weekly Saturday feature from Terra Cognita The Illusion of Self-determinism in Scientology Self-determinism is a highly touted state of being in Scientology. Being self-determined is a goal of every Scientologist. “Other-determinedness”: not good. Deciding for oneself: good. “Self-determinism is that state of being wherein the individual can or cannot be controlled by his environment according to his own choice. In that state the individual has self-confidence in his control of the material universe and the organisms within it along every dynamic. He is confident about any and all abili … [Read more...]
Regraded Being
Thursday Funnies
LRH and Hawaii? Maybe it's the 75 million year old volcanoes? Packaging thetans into clusters? No words for this... Well, maybe "childish" or just "weird." How could they be so tone-deaf? Anyone in Tampa Bay knows that associating yourself with scientology is not a winning strategy. What, no SP building? That's the only building anyone is interested in... Are you ready? To give us more money. That's what it means to be "part of the team." All of Phoenix rising up the Bridge Riiight. Why don't you have your guy be a … [Read more...]
Theater of the Absurd
Scientology truly plays out like the Theater of the Absurd. This is the latest "news" from St. Louis. Good news, St Louis IS going "ideal." How do we know? Well, because they are an "unrelenting juggernaut" of course. 15 years on and they are are a juggernaut that has accomplished absolutely nothing. But as always, it's coming in the future... The only things they have to report are that there are 55 OTHER empty "ideal orgs" that total 5.8 million square feet of nothing. But hold on, those 55 other ideal orgs are making one clear every 90 minutes. Work that out and those ideal … [Read more...]
Still more “Ideal Org” BS
This is the newest pitch sent out by Clive Rabies who has now apparently abandoned his post and campaign to get 10,000 onto Solo NOTs and is assigned full time to try to assist CLO WUS to revive their moribund ideal orgs. The lies contained in this letter literally infest every sentence. ...Pasadena is going to go Saint Hill size right now!... --the Ideal Org strategy has already changed the face of Scientology... ...not only bringing many more onto The Bridge... ...but is also introducing very influential people to LRH and Scientology... etc etc etc And then a wondrous … [Read more...]
Valley Files Big Fail
Tell us it ain't so... You didn't get the FILING DONE??? OMG! After 20 years of begging, scratching and trying, using the most advanced administrative techniques ever developed on this planet, you could not get the filing done? Why didn't you allocate like $40,000 out of the $40 million you raised to pay some people minimum wage to do the filing? There are tons of people, including a lot of needy scientologists, who would have done it. This is one of the more interesting commentaries about the state of scientology today. What is MOST important is collecting money. Next most … [Read more...]
10 Years Of Fail
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...]