My friend Gary Reisdorf sent me this article from is early days (around the time I first met him). His wife, Lois, provided us all with a wonderful series of posts about her history in the Sea Org with L. Ron Hubbard and David Miscavige. Tales From The Apollo One of the hardest things to do while on the ship was getting approval to purchase items you needed to do your job. In most companies, if you were running out of copy paper or pens, you would merely send an email to the appropriate person in the company and let them know. The next day or 2 we would have a delivery … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2017
Being “On Course” in Scientology
Our Saturday dose of Terra Cognita's thought-provoking views on scientology A Few Words about Being “On Course” in Scientology Most all Scientologists have a longstanding love/hate relationship with studying Scientology. In the beginning, members are excited to learn all about L. Ron Hubbard’s revolutionary mind/spirit technology. All too soon, they hate having to “put in the time.” Which in the world of Scientology is no small commitment. LRH famously wrote, “A cleared cannibal is a cleared cannibal.” Which means you can “clear” a man of all those past traumas adversely affecting him, but … [Read more...]
Friday Thursday Funnies
Rear of Ft Harrison Auditorium That is pretty special! Game Changing Developments... Perhaps the development is that the game is over. You lost. A New Civilization for Texas... Riiiight. They cannot create a new civilization for Dallas. Or even the remote suburb they are in. Or their street. It's Epic!! You need to give us more money... That is all. It's simply what the word means in scientologyspeak. The Final Component A potluck BBQ. Wow if only we had known. Will be sure to let all the other empty, failing ideal orgs know … [Read more...]
Regraded Being
Due to time constraints, I have not been able to put together Thursday Funnies yet. But Regraded Being, always one step ahead of the game, has this week's cartoon ready. I am sure nobody will mind it being a day early. I will try to get Thursday Funnies done by tomorrow. … [Read more...]
Miscavige on Miscavige: Promises, Promises
This is a blog post from 29 May 2013 that I am republishing today because I thought it interesting and still timely (And frankly was too busy to write a new post). One of our Special Correspondents sent me an excerpt of Miscavige's only print media interview. It is of interest for a number of reasons, but most significantly, it makes clear why he is scared of the press. He has no control over revising history with the media as he does with his internal public (try to find an event video in any org on the planet that has Heber Jentzsch or Ray Mithoff in it.... they have been written out … [Read more...]
IAS Freedom Medal Winners
Someone sent me this letter from Audrey Cabrera, who is apparently on tour to get people to hand over more money to the IAS. Her claim to fame? Bringing peace to Venezuela with the Way To Happiness? And this is STILL being pushed as the reason to give more money to the IAS. Today, Venezuelan society is in a total meltdown, making headlines daily with massive violent protests, inflation spiraling out of control, starving people and a collapsed economy. After having already "won" in Venezuela some years ago, she is now pitching the "anti-social personalities" she is up against as a … [Read more...]
Scientology, Lying and the FBI
Recent articles at Tony Ortega's blog and the Tampa Bay Times recount the stillborn scientology FBI investigation based on FOI documents obtained by RadarOnline. There is not much else to say about the investigation itself, it has been covered at length by Tony Ortega, the Tampa Bay Times and Lawrence Wright, first in his New Yorker article then more extensively in Going Clear. What is interesting is to look back at how scientology responded when asked about the investigation in earlier years. A number of people who had been interviewed by the FBI (including me) had confirmed that an i … [Read more...]
L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Hypnotic Operator?
This is an essay submitted by another of our long term commenters, Brian Lambert. Hypnotism "reduces self-determinism by interposing the commands of another below the analytical level of an individual's mind ... It is the sort of control mechanism in which an authoritarian individual, cult, or ideology delight.” L Ron Hubbard SOS p.220; see also p225 I read the Hubbard writing Altitude Instruction a few years ago for the first time since I left in 82. It hit me like a freight train, that what we are reading in Altitude Instruction IS the essence of how Ron pulled off Scientology. How he … [Read more...]
Insanity in Scientology
Another provocative article from Terra Cognita Insanity in Scientology “SANITY IS THE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE DIFFERENCES, SIMILARITIES AND IDENTITIES,” wrote L. Ron Hubbard in his policy letter of 26 Apr 1970, DataSeries 1R, The Anatomy of Thought. All subsequent italicized quotes are from this reference. “This is also intelligence. Two or more facts or things that are totally unlike are DIFFERENT. They are not the same fact or same object. Two or more facts or things that have something in common with one another are SIMILAR. Two or more facts or things that have all their characteristics in … [Read more...]