Our old friend, photographer extraordinaire Andy Porter sent me this piece of sarcastic humor. As we see so often, when poking fun at scientology, it is sometimes difficult to separate fact from farce. Hope this will lighten your Monday. Scientology Customer Service Here are three words you don’t often see used together. Sort of like Napalm Skin Cream. They just don’t fit! I worked for Scientology for almost 20 years and I can tell you that transitioning from the church brand of “customer service” to the outside world was quite challenging. In the church anyone complaining was sent to e … [Read more...]
The Is-Ness of Is-Ness
The next Terra Cognita essay. See earlier Terra Cognita: Cause Over Life -- Really?, BT's in the Belfry, Two New Conditions!, The Condition of Liabilitiness, Condition of Doubtfulness The Mind, The Way To Happiness: Really? A Story, Auditing: a PC's Quest for the Holy Grail, The Knowledge Report, Integrity, The Almighty Stat, The Reg, The Horrors of Wordclearing, Why Scientologists Don't FSM, Respect, The Survival Rundown - The Latest Scam, Communication in Scientology... Or Not, Am I Still A Thetan?, To Be Or Not To Be, An Evaluation of Scientology, Fear: That Which Drives Scientology and … [Read more...]
BT’s in the Belfry
The next Terra Cognita essay. See earlier Terra Cognita: Two New Conditions!, The Condition of Liabilitiness, Condition of Doubtfulness The Mind, The Way To Happiness: Really? A Story, Auditing: a PC's Quest for the Holy Grail, The Knowledge Report, Integrity, The Almighty Stat, The Reg, The Horrors of Wordclearing, Why Scientologists Don't FSM, Respect, The Survival Rundown - The Latest Scam, Communication in Scientology... Or Not, Am I Still A Thetan?, To Be Or Not To Be, An Evaluation of Scientology, Fear: That Which Drives Scientology and Justification and Rationalization. BT’s in … [Read more...]
Igniting the Golden Age of Dissemination
Apparently, this is the latest thing to "ignite" in scientology (their pants have been on fire for a LONG time). How is it that now, months AFTER the SuMP was launched, there is something else that is needed to make the Golden Age of Dissemination a reality? They told everyone that the SuMP was IT. All by itself the SuMP would reach the billions on every airwave and launch a new era of massive, epic, watershed growth as the Golden Age of Dissemination was heading straight up and vertical blah blah blah But now it seems that was yesterday's news. The REAL "ignition" is the sale of "The … [Read more...]
Two New Conditions!
The next Terra Cognita essay that follows closely the last 2: The Condition of Liabilitiness and Condition of Doubtfulness -- Terra is injecting a little more humor into this one. Though of course, satire is often mistaken for fact when it comes to the bubble of scientology. See earlier Terra Cognita: The Mind, The Way To Happiness: Really? A Story, Auditing: a PC's Quest for the Holy Grail, The Knowledge Report, Integrity, The Almighty Stat, The Reg, The Horrors of Wordclearing, Why Scientologists Don't FSM, Respect, The Survival Rundown - The Latest Scam, Communication in Scientology... … [Read more...]
Look, We ARE Clearing the Planet
OK - forget about clearing the Confederacy for now. Let's just focus on Clearing the planet. Or any entity. And let's use the best case scenario they have to offer. The one they talk about most. The idealiest of all orgs that was taken over by 200 of the elite of the planet cause over everything SO members. This is their latest promo piece boasting of their stupendously epic milestone achievements. Well, let's do some math. Taking what they say as true (highly unlikely) and granting them that every "NED Case Completion" went on to become Clear (also highly unlikely), this, the biggest, … [Read more...]
A Cleared Confederation
Forget the Cleared Planet. We gotta think BIG! As they say, every journey starts with a single step... So, after 65 years, you would think that single step would have been made. One country done... How about one city? How about all the staff in a single org? The unreality inside the bubble is difficult to comprehend. Surely these people have to at least have a fleeting thought -- "If we have not gotten anywhere in 65 years, what does the future hold?" A Cleared Confederation is so "out there" it is not even comprehensible. But that doesn't stop them putting it in their … [Read more...]
The Condition of Liabilitiness
We have a special treat. A second Terra Cognita essay in 3 days. This follows on so closely from the last: Condition of Doubtfulness. See earlier Terra Cognita: The Mind, The Way To Happiness: Really? A Story, Auditing: a PC's Quest for the Holy Grail, The Knowledge Report, Integrity, The Almighty Stat, The Reg, The Horrors of Wordclearing, Why Scientologists Don't FSM, Respect, The Survival Rundown - The Latest Scam, Communication in Scientology... Or Not, Am I Still A Thetan?, To Be Or Not To Be, An Evaluation of Scientology, Fear: That Which Drives Scientology and Justification and Rati … [Read more...]
Control in Scientology
Here is one of those LRH quotes the church sends out without apparently even reading what it says. Whether you or I find this quote credible, there is no question that the person who sent it out from New Era, and any scientologist who received it, accepts this as gospel truth. That being the case, one has to wonder whether they read this: ...if you see an impulse on the part of a human being to control you, you know very well that that human being is lying to you. Not is just going to—is lying to you. Check up the facts, you'll find out they're always true; that person is trying to c … [Read more...]
Condition of Doubtfulness
Next in the ongoing series of essays by Terra Cognita. See earlier posts here: The Mind, The Way To Happiness: Really? A Story, Auditing: a PC's Quest for the Holy Grail, The Knowledge Report, Integrity, The Almighty Stat, The Reg, The Horrors of Wordclearing, Why Scientologists Don't FSM, Respect, The Survival Rundown - The Latest Scam, Communication in Scientology... Or Not, Am I Still A Thetan?, To Be Or Not To Be, An Evaluation of Scientology, Fear: That Which Drives Scientology and Justification and Rationalization. Condition of Doubtfulness For those of you not familiar with L. Ro … [Read more...]