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Sign Up For The Sea Org

February 11, 2021 By Mike Rinder 22 Comments

    This "briefing" is clearly a recruitment event (and of course, if they cannot get you to sign up for the SO or staff they will definitely take your money). How can you tell? You don't have Senior HCO there for a straight fundraiser. They are only there to try to get new staff. I suspect this is connected to the post of yesterday where they announced a "big thing coming" -- the orgs will be expected to send staff for OEC training at Flag. Many orgs don't have anyone to send, so they need to recruit someone.  They will use this as a recruitment gimmick. Promising … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sea Org Tagged With: CO CLO WUS, Lon Kloeffler, Mac McCloskey, recruitment, Sea Org, Senior HCO, Vicki Shantz

A Primer on Brainwashing

November 21, 2020 By Mike Rinder 41 Comments

  If you have watched either The Vow on HBO, or Seduced on Starz about NXIVM, or The Aftermath or Going Clear about scientology, this article will ring a lot of bells. Many of the specific control mechanisms Dr. Burkley cites about NXIVM have direct parallels in scientology. As she says, "the psychological tricks Raniere used are not particularly special. In face, his ability to ensnare so many victims is rooted in his reliance on several core psychological principles -- principles to which each of us is vulnerable." One of the great accomplishments of The Vow was how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Special Feature Tagged With: brainwashing, David Miscavige, john sweeney, Keith Raniere, Martha Stout, Melissa Burkley, NXIVM, Psychology Today, Sea Org, The Hole, The Sociopath Next Door

“Welcome Home”

November 8, 2020 By Mike Rinder 141 Comments

  How sad is this. "AJ" from  Minneapolis just arrived at Flag to join the Sea Org. He just graduated high school. No doubt the child of some long term scientologist or staff member. This is the age I joined the Sea Org -- wide-eyed and enthusiastic to save the world. It won't be long before the promises he heard when they were recruiting him are forgotten and he becomes another drone in the money machine that is Flag. He will soon find out that he now belongs to the organization and his free will is meaningless. It used to be a thing to say "A mind is a terrible thing to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flag Service Org, Sea Org Tagged With: Clearwater, Flag, FSO, Sea Org

We Don’t Come Back

October 15, 2020 By Mike Rinder 148 Comments

This is the PR line that is presented on the Sea Org. It is their motto “We Come Back.” It goes hand in hand with signing up for a billion years - we will return, over and over, lifetime fire lifetime to fulfill this obligation. Ask any Sea Org member, in fact, any scientologist and they will explain this with absolute certainty. Yet, since the formation of the Sea Org in 1967 -- more than 50 years -- there is not a single case of a Sea Org member returning to duty after their 21 year "leave of absence." L. Ron Hubbard himself is way overdue -- he should have "Come Back" in 2007. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sea Org Tagged With: L. Ron Hubbard, Sea Org

“We’ll have to come back to earth someday…”

August 23, 2020 By Mike Rinder 66 Comments

A sort of follow-up to yesterday's post about deaths in scientology. This from a slightly different angle. I wonder if the person who put together this promo piece and chose this quote even gave it a moment of thought. Probably not. It's good enough that "LRH said it" so we can just put it in here and it will inspire people. Because his words are inspiring. Always. No matter what they say. But if you stop for a second, where is "the Commodore"? He has not "come back"? No sign of him (Justin Craig doesn't count, or if that IS him then he regressed terribly in his between-lives implant … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs, Sea Org Tagged With: AOSHANZO, recruitment, Sea Org, We Come Back

Important Survey

August 17, 2020 By Mike Rinder 26 Comments

  Apparently, this is very important. But then again, what isn't in scientology? To save you the trouble, I looked at the survey. A couple of "softener" questions "What do you feel scientology should be doing in the current situation" and "How important is scientology to the world" sort of stuff. Then -- Have you ever considered joining the Sea Org? When are you ready to start? Are you eligible? What is your phone number? I wonder if anyone actually completes a survey like this? And I wonder why Tampa Org is trying to recruit for the Sea Org? Maybe FSO has a full time … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sea Org Tagged With: recruitment, Sea Org, tampa org

Scientology Recruitment

August 5, 2020 By Mike Rinder 55 Comments

Scientology's quest for money is unrelenting. They rake in tens of millions (perhaps hundreds) each year. But they have to spend at least some of it  to satisfy IRS requirements. They don't ever give it away. One of the things they spend it on is new buildings (they always say they have opened "a new church" but in fact they have not opened any new churches since the one in East Harlem NY and before that the one in Inglewood and before that, nobody can recall). Buildings remain assets on their books, so the statistic of "total reserves" does not go down (total reserves is cash, property, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs Tagged With: Chicago, Ideal Orgs, NY, Org staff, recruitment, Sea Org, sea org reserves, Sydney

Scientology Preppers

June 10, 2020 By Mike Rinder 58 Comments

An interesting thing here from some people who call themselves "Community Preparedness Group Int. Inc." Can't find this with a google search.   It is my supposition that scientology tends to attract people who are conspiracy theorist/anti-vaxxers/New World Order types because these views fall in well with the Hubbard anti-government, anti-medical, anti-pscyhiatric, anti-communist, anti-UN, anti-everything not scientology world view. And within scientology people are indoctrinated into Hubbard's way of thinking, so the chorus of agreement continues to grow within the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Scientology Tagged With: Clearwater, David Sanders, Flag, George Pilot, Jeff Paulin, John Buell, Marcy Sanders, Michael Piacenza, Pat Clouden, Rick Smith, Sea Org

Oh Canada

May 17, 2020 By Mike Rinder 69 Comments

Here's some news from Canada. It's a pretty good snapshot of scientology across the planet. The hype about Extension Courses is going to come back to bite them in the butt once the lockdown is over. "Intensive gains" from reading books. Who needs auditing? If this is so good, why would anyone ever need to go into an org again? It's going to be interesting to watch how many people use this as an excuse to avoid coming into orgs in the future. It is pretty funny that after two months they are still "accelerating towards 10X."  With the staff and Sea Org pretty much idle, they are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Scientology Orgs, Sea Org Tagged With: Canada, CLO Canada, COVID-19, Sea Org

Signs of the Times

April 20, 2020 By Mike Rinder 87 Comments

In lieu of Thursday Funnies, we have a few things that have flopped over the transom that make for entertaining reading in these strange times. If you were wondering what the Sea Org "management" people are doing (in the Continental Liaison Offices and at the Flag Bureau) this gives a clue. The "managers" in EUS are "delivering" extension courses. With the orgs having little or no income, these management units are really struggling to come up with a few dollars for food. Their income, meager as it is, comes from the orgs. When the orgs make 0, the SO Units make 0. The difference is, in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: COVID-19, Joburg org, Marty Kassowitz, Scientology Int Management, Sea Org, staff pay

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