Saturday is Terra Cognita day. Yay! RB on Friday and TC on Saturday are a virtual weekend for me. The CSW or How to Never Get a Day Off In his HCOPL of 4 September 1959, Completed Staff Work (C.S.W.)—How to Get Approval of Actions and Projects, The Most Important Piece of Your Hat, LRH introduced a piece of policy from his days in the military to “reduce dev-t and increase speed of action.” Developed traffic: work that juniors put on seniors’ lines that add time and effort to the exec’s busy schedules. Little is more important to Scientology personnel than speed-of- … [Read more...]
Scientology’s Code of Honor
It's Saturday, must be time for Terra! Scientology’s Code of Honor A code of honor sounds like a good thing to carry around in a wallet; a concise set of moral guidelines; principles on which to build a solid foundation. And yet...not all codes are equal. Some justify acts of unethical behavior in individuals. Some justify unethical conduct by organizations. Let’s see how L. Ron Hubbard’s Code of Honor stacks up. (Having just read Marty Rathbun’s latest diatribe, I couldn’t help but think how parts of this code might relate to him.) “Never desert a comrade in need, in dan … [Read more...]
A Big Question – Planetary Clearing?
Here is a question that came up in a recent discussion I had. It is based on two facts that scientology hold as true and indisputable: Scientologists believe they are the ONLY ONES who can save the planet -- because they are the only ones that have "the technology" to accomplish this objective. Hubbard says that the most important people on earth are auditors and the ONLY WAY to clear the planet is by training auditors (not just by auditing people - because you cannot audit them without auditors). Scientology has billions of dollars. You can walk into ANY scientology organization … [Read more...]
Twisted Policy
Saturday is Terra Cognita day... Twisted Policy Why have so many of LRH’s Scientology policies been twisted to the point where they do more harm than good? Did the man consciously intend that these policies be used for evil purposes? Did he write them expressly to harm mankind? To exploit others? Was this all some elaborate scheme to make himself rich? Did he intentionally include material in these policies that would inflict hurt and damage? Did he really plan it all out this way? Examples abound of polices that were horribly twisted and misapplied over the years: conditions; d … [Read more...]
How to Slow Boil a Frog
Another provocative essay from Brian Lambert. MILESTONES (LIES) THAT BUILT MY SCIENTOLOGY PERSONALITY: HOW TO SLOW BOIL A FROG This essay seeks to remember and reveal, for myself, the building blocks (words of Ron and experiences in the group) that built my mindset whereby clearing the planet (delusion) and selling Scientology (Ron's suitcases to Luxembourg) became more important than loyalty to family, personal nurturing, acquiring life skills, loyalty to friends and getting a “wog" education. Moments when I gave my trust to Ron. Basics on the chain that creates believing. At some p … [Read more...]
The Bestest, Most Monumentalest Event Ever Ever
It's Saturday, it must be time to hear from Terra Cognita again... The Bestest, Most Monumentalest Event Ever Ever The longer I stayed in Scientology, the more I hated going to events. When I first got into Scientology at my local org, events meant everyone getting off course to listen to a Scientology celebrity talk about a piece of LRH tech. And we students weren’t even expected to make up the time! The speakers were spontaneous, funny, and full of “ARC.” They encouraged feedback from the audience and everyone had a great time. Nothing was scripted. The events weren’t filmed. There wa … [Read more...]
The World’s Fastest Growing Religion ;)
Scientology has routinely claimed it is the "World's Fastest Growing Religion" - in fact, this video is shown in EVERY scientology org as an introduction to the subject (it is even listed on IMDB). Below is an interesting article forwarded to me by one of our Special Correspondents. It will come as no surprise that scientology doesn't rate a mention. It is not even included as an "Other" when that includes: African traditional religions, Chinese folk religions, Native American religions, Australian aboriginal religions, Baha’i faith, Jainism, Shintoism, Sikhism, Taoism, T … [Read more...]
Treating the Mentally Ill: Scientology vs Psychiatry
Treating the Mentally Ill: Scientology vs Psychiatry I always had a hard time wrapping my mind around Scientology’s policy on dealing with the mentally ill. L. Ron Hubbard wrote that Scientology was for the able and that those not up to standards need not apply. He and his church didn’t have the time or energy to deal with the depressed, the neurotic, or the insane. Saving the planet before it exploded was hard, grueling work. Dealing with crazy people was a distraction. Not until sufficient numbers had gone “Clear” would Scientology handle these people. Psychiatry and Drugs … [Read more...]
Aaron Smith-Levin on Child Abuse
This is a new video from my good friend and Season 1 contributor Aaron Smith-Levin. Here is how he describes it: I discuss unreported physical child abuse within the Scientology organization, illustrated by a personal experience I recently remembered. When I was 15 years old (1996), while I was a full-time staff member at the Philadelphia Org, an adult public Scientologist knocked me unconscious with a punch to the head in the reception area of the org. Authorities never contacted. Charges never pressed. Details discussed. … [Read more...]
More on Similarities, Differences, and Identities
Saturday, it must be Terra Cognita! More on Similarities, Differences, and Identities If we’re all free-willed spiritual beings—L. Ron Hubbard called us, “thetans”—with god-like powers, including cause over matter, energy, space, and time, then why are we all so similar? Relative to the immense size of the universe and the diversity that must exist, everyone here on Earth is practically identical. And not just physically. Wouldn’t you think there’d be more variety amongst the sentient beings on this planet after trillions of years? Or did we all simply “decide” to play the “being human” ga … [Read more...]