I am in awe of those Miami Org pics above. Holy hell that place is enormous! What in the name of Xenu is Scientology doing with a 113,000 sq. ft. org in Miami (2220 S. Dixie Hwy)? Any real corporation would have at least 650 employees in a space that large!

DM is insane. This Potemkin exhibition of gigantic empty mOrgues for a booming ‘religion’ can’t last forever. I can’t wait to see when COB’s ostentatious, sprawling global simulation finally starts collapsing in front of everyone.

With Miscavage being the BIGGEST narcissist!!

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Looking back on the many cult events I attended when I was in, I’m remembering that Sea Org members were for the most part very stern faced during these events. I used to privately (very privately) wonder why they had to be so…SERIOUS. After all, events were promoted to US (the public) as FUN. Even the Class V org staff would be smiling, interacting in a relaxed way -at least giving the APPEARANCE of enjoying themselves. But the Sea Org members – uh uh. Very, very little levity in that crowd. About them, I used to think to myself, “For crying out loud, lighten UP a little!”

Today, it occurs to me that they weren’t actually “serious” – just hungry. Really hungry! And likely tired. Who wouldn’t be frowning and cranky, watching everyone else gorging and themselves forbidden to eat?

Not that the food was that great, btw. In fact it was mostly awful. Whenever possible I made it a point to eat before an event or to bring some nuts or cheese or something because Scientology event food was the cheapest kind of cheap carbs plus soda and sugar. And the way people swarmed around the food if you really WERE hungry, well, good luck, you know?

Today, I wish I had realized that the Sea Org members, watching over us so humorlessly, so stone faced, were, in truth, exhausted, stressed and just plain hungry.

I judged them unfairly. Out of my own ignorance of what their lives as Sea Org members actually were.

I’d like to go to an event again just so I could go up to these SO and say, “Hey, how about if I bring you a plate? Stay right there, I’m going to bring you a plate. And then we’ll sit down and talk!” How could they refuse?

Well, I suppose its one way to attone 🙂

Superb comment, overall, ariz1.

And then, “Every Scientologist knows Scientology lies. Hell we lie to ourselves the entire time we are in”.

The last time I told the truth to a fervent, totally in, OTVII Scientologist, his/her response was ALARM. “That isn’t something that needs to be furthered…I have a problem with this…this is not OK!”

Silently, I noted that no DISAGREEMENT was forthcoming. I HAD told the truth. I HAD stated a fact. So no disagreement from this OTVII.

Only that what I had stated ( a perfect truth, a total fact, no exaggeration whatsoever) should NOT have been repeated by me out loud because my doing so “furthered” (reinforced, affirmed) it.

Again, I noted this…what’s the word…unravelling, of this OTVII, right before my eyes. Splattering like an egg on concrete right in front of me. VERY upset. Probably worried about having to disclose having heard it in the next 6 month sec check.

Oh, I smoothed it over. I backed and filled, did a little verbal tap dance. Had to, at the time, long story. I made it all alright again with this koolaid drinker.

But, man oh man, all that dough to go OT and its… THIS?

OTVII…”Cause over life”…what a freaking joke!

Cause, my ass. Shrinking from life, shrinking from truth. Completely unable to deal with fact. Lying and being lied to and INSISTING upon being lied to…! Sad, really.

And the Doppelganger of Hubbards’ daughter’s mother was a student of Narconon? The how did her daughter get involved with drugs???? Really Works hah!!!

Objective processes as compared to subjective processes in scn

from dictionary.com

objective – adjective

intent upon or dealing with things external to the mind rather than with thoughts or feelings, as a person or a book.

being the object of perception or thought; belonging to the object of thought rather than to the thinking subject (opposed to subjective).

of or relating to something that can be known, or to something that is an object or a part of an object; existing independent of thought or an observer as part of reality.

Just for anyone interested here is one of the objective processes. The preclear agrees to be audited on a repetitive rote process. Example taking place in a room:

Look at wall – Thank you
Walk over to it – Thank you
Touch that wall – Thank you
Turn around – Thank you
Look at that wall – the procedure repeats.

To an outsider this might seem like a stupidity, but the objectives often resulted in the precelear saying something like, “Wow – I never realized I had so much resistance to being controlled.” Take it for what it’s worth. :))

The objectives as I recall mainly addressed the issue of “control”. Probably everyone has some issues with being controlled so from a theoretical point of view it was worth addressing it. Hundreds of hours now required to “figure it out” must mean it’s now considered a REALLY BIG problem. Lol