So mote it be, Mary.

I’m partial to “FreeToBeDumb” myself 🙂

“I’ve read that Farrakhan is in poor health these days.”

Seems like that would give him a clue that his Dianetics and Scientology aren’t working.

Mary,
I’m completely new to these boards and this fight, and I cannot imagine your anguish. I really hope that the end of your quest is nearer than you think and you will feel your son’s arms around you again really soon. Just know that you are in people’s thoughts (even people who don’t know you).
Good luck
Kat

Got it, Jere. I was just making a joking remark on how absurd that name is.
Super interesting to read that even while in the SO you were skeptical about it so hyper it was. Thanks for the post.

Spot on. “Downfall” is a thoroughly researched movie. It’s uncomfortable to watch (I have it in my collection and have seen it many times since it was released). Disturbing look into cult mentality.

I found this particularly jargon heavy too, bixntram. It gave the post particular power in detailing the extent to which language can create an alternate reality!

It’s bad theory, anyway, and spun in such a way as to indoctrinate people to follow Hubbard, including emulating his narcissism and blaming of others. And it’s a mish-mash from plagiarized sources like Korzybski’s
General Semantics – which, like most things, Hubbard was too lazy and sloppy to read and study himself, and so relied on second-hand knowledge from people like his second “never had” wife Sara who was interested and had actually worked through it.

Some people delve into Mr. Hubbard’s Axioms, Maxims, and Logics but I wasn’t that interested in theoretical metaphysics.

A kind of koan along that line is “What is isn’t, and what isn’t is”. The first part is easy. This is a pencil – No it isn’t, it’s graphite and wood – No it isn’t, it’s molecules – No it isn’t, it’s atoms . . . etc. The second part, “what isn’t is” in general means trying to define anything ABSOLUTELY leaves us at “It is they way it is just because it is”. Word games and occasionally I GROK it.