Following the recent post Scientology and “The Mechanism of Death” comes this, the Hubbard/scientology idea that training is "for eternity." As an added point of interest, Jessica Pantermuehl is one of Jenna Miscavige's cousins, who has of course long since disconnected from her and her mother Bitty -- Jessica's aunt. And though she no doubt knows how to confront and shatter suppressives she has not taken the opportunity to pop down to San Diego to visit her cousin and aunt (see Ron Miscavige post from yesterday). L. Ron Hubbard made the "training is for eternity" pitch many times. In fa … [Read more...]
Scientology and “The Mechanism of Death”
Most religious belief is purely subjective. There is no way of proving whether someone made it to heaven, or descended to hell. Was heaven a 5 star experience or a bit disappointing? Did the virgin birth really occur? Was Noah able to round up all the animals on earth and put them on his ark? Where scientology is most problematic is when Hubbard made pronouncements that seemed unverifiable at the time, but are now shown to be ridiculous. Some of his statements about being on Venus or Mars for example. Or the supposed factual account of the History of Man including the Piltdown Man before it … [Read more...]
The Mind
Next in the ongoing series of essays by Terra Cognita. See earlier posts here: 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. The Mind (I Think) Does a separate entity called the mind actually exist indep … [Read more...]
Scientology Churches: Open and Welcoming. Not
I was recently in New York, literally across the street from St Patrick's Cathedral. With 15 minutes to spare, I stopped in for a quick visit in the middle of a weekday afternoon. Literally hundreds of people were sitting on the front steps enjoying the sunshine and doing who knows what. Inside there were probably 500 - 1000 people either sitting in the pews or walking around looking at the architecture, taking photos and shooting videos. They did a cursory purse inspection for women with bags (or men with backpacks) at the door, otherwise access was unfettered and uninhibited. Nobody … [Read more...]
The Way To Happiness — Really?
Next in the ongoing series of essays by Terra Cognita. See earlier posts here: 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. The Way to Happiness – Really? Ron Hubbard compiled twenty-one precepts into a book called The Way to Happ … [Read more...]
A Story
Next in the ongoing series of essays by Terra Cognita. See earlier posts here: 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. Once Upon a Time Once upon a time there was a Treasury Secretary in a Class 5 Org located somewhere in the United S … [Read more...]
AOSHANZO
Big news. AOSHANZO opens tomorrow. There will be A "Special guest speaker" - why they are afraid to say his name is anyone's guess. Nobody is supposed to know he is there? Any enterprising media in Australia will know Miscavige is in town and even what hotel he is staying at. And there ARE some enterprising media in Australia who would love to ask Mr. Miscavige a few questions. But the best news of all is that this will be an opening "unlike any other!" Hah. And if you believe that I have a bridge I would like to sell you that spans Sydney Harbor. This event will be EXACTLY like all the … [Read more...]
Scientology Fail: More Proof
Another of our Special Correspondents was inspired to send in a report about the state of St Louis org. This is of course home of the mighty "101st Airborne" fundraisers (cringe) and part of the first "ideal continent" (because the main part of the city is West of the Mississippi and so arbitrarily is part of the "WUS continent" of the scientology world). This article appeared almost exactly 6 years ago. And that was already 6 years in to the "ideal org" ponzi scheme as the single most important thing all scientologists were supposed to be working on. You can see a shot of the article … [Read more...]
The Knowledge Report
Next in the ongoing series of essays by Terra Cognita. See earlier posts here: 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. The Knowledge Report One of the most abused policies in Scientology is the knowledge report—KR for short. Anyone who’s been in the church and “stepped out of line” has rece … [Read more...]
Integrity
Another installment in the ongoing series of essays by Terra Cognita. See earlier posts here: 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. Integrity One of the most bandied about words in Scientology is “integrity.” LRH wrote, “What is true for you is what you have observed yourself. And when you lose that, you h … [Read more...]