Peridot. I thank you. Peace.

@Loosing My Religion – Peace, Friend. Thanks for this kind message.

Amen…..nailed it down Jere!

….and no one I feel like calling wants to hear from me at these hours… particularly with time zones thrown in.

But my neck looks pretty good, thanks to being a second gen lifelong Oil of Olay devotee.

….this intro was fun for me.

Great episode.

Jere you are right it’s just about money. He was there to distribute a few carrots to his followers.

Dear Peridot, about raising children and being parents is always a big argument that almost never seems to have a final word where you say “here we are”. We often see them as an extension of us but more than anything else it’s just the ego. I learned to be there when needed but I also understood that life is an ‘obligatory experience’ which must therefore be lived as such.
What I always tell girls is that life is theirs and that no one can live it for them.
Mistakes can be useful because they bring experiences that were previously lacking and there was no awareness.
And that I’m still here whenever they need it. I saw that it worked great in my case.
This also opens another door. It ALSO applies to the experience I had as a staff in SO.
I realized that there is NO need to blame myself or look for why I took the bait like a fool.
It was simply an experience that perhaps I had to live to wake up and become aware of certain things.
What I finally realized is that there is nothing wrong with us. What is wrong are the suggestions of the ego and the emotions of the mind that we unconsciously identify with.
You once said this was a great community. You were right. Do well.

WJ,
In “scientology”, there is NO provision for the old or infirm. You either pull your full weight or are tossed aside as a ‘downstat’. Downstats are NEVER validated, are never given anything they didn’t either pay for or earn. The most humane treatment I’ve heard of is dumping them at some social Security-funded hospice to live out their last days; alone, unwanted, and often in pain. Similarly, they have no provision for the very young. At best they’re separated from their parents or guardians, dumped into the “cadet org” where they serve at the jobs they’re (barely) physically, intellectually & emotionally capable of handling.

Inappropriate?
Perhaps
But it goes on all the time – in an effort to “save them from an eternity of torment”, or some such drivel.
IOW, “Misery loves company.”