My old friend Janis Grady sent this to me and I found it quite amazing.
These are some quotes taken from the booklet entitled Brainwashing. L. Ron Hubbard had this distributed by scientology in the 50’s. He wrote it, but published it under the name of Lavrentiy Beria, Stalin’s infamous head of the secret police. Hubbard never officially acknowledged he had written it, though it was reported by early scientologist John Sanborn that he witnessed Hubbard doing so. But what is undisputed is that Hubbard pushed the booklet (commonly called the Brainwashing Manual) through the HASI. Also undisputed is use of scientology terminology in the booklet. (You can see a detailed explanation of the history of this booklet by Chris Owen here).
Here are some excerpts that are quite telling when compared to the practices of scientology, particularly the Sea Org.
Janis’ book, Commodore’s Messenger is now available as an audiobook, many prefer to listen to books than read them so it is good this is now available in this format.
NOTICE
I am interested in hearing from anyone who has given money to scientology and suffered financial hardship/crises as a result, and especially if you then tried to get to get your money back and were unable to do so.
Please write to me at [email protected] with the following information:
- How much money in total you gave
- Which orgs you gave it to
- The consequences for you and/or your family
- Whether you tried to get your money back and what happened
- Whether you are willing to talk publicly about 1-4 above
- Best phone number to reach you at.
Wow.. Sitting here in my office almost crying while reading this. I vaguely remember hearing about this book and that they had gotten it from a communist. Reading it, it’s very obviously Hubbard. And it’s shocking how much it reflects how we lived in the Sea Org. Hit me kind of hard this. Being there you are always convinced it’s just a few bad people at your level, I guess it just drives home even more that this kind of behavior is not isolated, it’s systemic.
You can download that book for FREE here . . .
http://www.newswithviewsstore.com/downloads/brainwashing_book.pdf
http://www.apfn.org/pdf/The_Brainwashing_Manual.pdf
Some ANALYSIS here . . .
http://www.lermanet.com/exit/manney/BrainwashingManualParallels.pdf
Dave F.
The Lermanet copy of Parallels was an early version with some typos. Most copies are the final version, of which this is one: http://www.xenu-directory.net/critics/ambry1.html
As for the Brainwashing Manual itself, it should be mentioned that there are several versions. The changes are minor but it might cause some confusion. The Lermanet copy, above, is the original and correct 1955 version, and features an introductory “Editorial Note” by “Charles Stickley.” (The non existent Stickley, of course, is Hubbard).
In 1956, a con man named Kenneth Goff took the Manual and modified it slightly, removing the Stickley “Editorial Note” and replacing it with his own. This is the version most commonly used by some political clubs that, to this day, firmly believe that Hubbard’s faux “Russian textbook” is the real deal.
There’s also a 1968 version of the Manual, published by the American St. Hill Organization, that replaces the word “Dianetics” with “Church of Scientology.”
There is further information in the 2001 Parallels addressing the background of the Manual. This is useful, mainly, when encountering Independent Scientologists (who still believe Hubbard’s explanations re. the Manual), and when encountering dubious “religious scholars” who insist upon the authenticity of the Manual.
Hope this helps.
Oh my word! I’m getting the feeling that Mike may be considering bringing s CAS himself. Bravo!
The most important thing about any such suit will be the timing. Don’t you think?
I would want to see it started at a time when the COS is suffering from a lot of other suits and arrests. That would be just great!
Mike? If you feel that my posts today could possbly damage any suit that anyone is considering, I certainly would have no objection to your deleting those posts. I would not have any problems with your deleting any of my posts. For sure!
Do you think it would be possible for all the people who have ever posted to Mike’s blog to agree to launch a class-action-suit against COS for Brainwashing all the victims and getting us to find a way to give them all our mioney? I would guess that suit would easily be worth several billions of dollars. Don’t you think?
As a matter of fact, I would venture a guess that the very act of listening to some of their top clogs (like Ms. Cabbage and Lr. Blubbard) would be worth billions in terms of pain and suffering. I don’t know about all of you. But I know that every time I hear one of nasty gas bags spouting off about all that ridiculous baloney, I suffer a great deal of pain and suffering. So, I would love to get together with Leah (especially Leah … It’s probably no secret that I love Leah – even if I have to love her from afar) and sue the creeps for as much money as possible). I would want to turn over any and all money recovered to all the families they have torn apart – especially Mary’s familyI. I would also guess their belief in the COS doctrines are so far overshadowed by their greed, they would not hesitate to join in our CAS (Class Action Suit) and maybe we could recover a goodly portion of all the billions of dollars those criminals have ensconced (Oh, my! I’ve been waiting and hoping to get the chance to use the word “esconced” and it looks like this is a valid use.).
Wouldn’t it make for a real good proof if the the creeps actually joined the lawsuit that was suing themselves? Of course, they would have to find a way around the legal loophole that prevents people from suing themselves. But, if there is even one or two dollars to be had, I’m sure they would be able to find some COS techniques to get their hands on that dough.
After all, surely Cabbage & Blubbard can now be considered “Fair Game” for us to sue in order to make them “disgorge” all that money? (Oh Goodie! Another one of those words I’ve been hoping to use – “disgorge” – it sounds like something that came straight outta Blubbard’s writing).
Such a class action suit is unrealistic.
To my dying day, I demand that all unsatisfied members of scientology have every last penny returned to them.
It is all on record. Every LAST PENNY.
If scientology pretends that their “services” are tax exempt from the good citizens that comprise the I.R.S., well, that is fine and good, but let the good I.R.S. officials see for themselves.
David Miscavige, this is a good time to start packing your little things.
Hello to YOU, Mr. David Miscavige, head of the c~h~e~r~ch of scientology…
Mister…(all together now)…
… Ecch-leez-iastic-espi-pedi-tom-cruise-a-lee-docious,
Even if the sound of it seems something quite atrocious!
… Ecch-leez-iastic-espi-pedi-tom-cruise-a-lee-docious,! etc,
We all know the words! Just a jaunty tune to wake your day and enliven your spirits!
And GOOD MORNING!
Just a reminder the Thursday stats are coming in shortly.
Do you think they will be better than last week?
Do you think those lesser being SPs infiltrating your life are enthata-ing your stats away by their PTS-ing NATTERING (and so forth).
Dave, this all must be so bothering for one like you who is thinking of dumping his state-side body for sunnier shores in non-extradition countries. I wonder who you intend to fall on their sword for you?
Cruise?
Not Travolta surely, he has a few IQ points higher than the award winning useful idiot Tom Cruise.
Its gotta be Cruise.
Bart and Allie proved a LONG time ago that they can not think for themselves., Oh and before you depart, WHERE’S SHELLEY?!?!?!?
Great post!! 100% agree..
Incredible to me this is only being by a few. And it’s happening before our eyes and the US govt. is indifferent.
TR3 its ass!
https://whoismyrepresentative.com
Michael, it isn’t illegal for people to willingly participate in such self destructive groups
I will never forget the moment I was reading the “Brainwashing Manual” again and the second chapter especially hit me – this is how CofS works! It is a big part of Hubbard’s gameplan, and a lot of the PTS/SP/Ethics “tech” is his implementation of this, to get rid of dissidents in order to keep the rest of the flock docile and loyal etc.
I recommend anyone ever involved in CofS read the “Brainwashing Manual” in a “new unit of time” now that they are out to see how it was used against them.
You absolutely could not make this sh*t up if you tried to. Nauseating insanity at its most repulsive. Who in the fck are these robotrons? ? https://youtu.be/gJMg8Lwsyfk
For anyone curious about the Scientological Onion which appeared in the revised and updated 2nd and 3rd editions (1992 and 1996) of Messiah or Madman? (none of which are on the Net), the only place it can be found on the Net is on the old Exscn.net web page of Ex Scientologist Message Board:
http://exscn.net/content/view/178/105/index.html
The Brainwashing Manual has been on the internet for many years and is free to resd. One can read it here: http://www.apfn.org/pdf/The_Brainwashing_Manual.pdf
Firmer Scientologist Brian Andrus wrote an excellent article breaking down the most important points in the manual to the practices and policies in Scientology. A really helpful read found here:
http://www.lermanet.com/exit/manney/BrainwashingManualParallels.pdf
Thanks Mary, but a better PDF version is one found in the Scientology Critical Information Directory.
http://www.freewebs.com/slyandtalledgy/Brainwashing%20Manual%20Parallels.pdf
Also there is this amusing excerpt from the Anderson Report:
http://www.lermanet.com/exit/manney/Anderson_Report_p084-brainwashing.jpg
As noted above there was submitted to the Anderson Report a collection of excerpts from the Brainwashing Manual with word substitutions. This was the start. To complete this historical timeline someone will need to retrieve that. It’s an exhibit in appendix 16 of the Report.
The timeline of this research of Scientology’s “blueprint,” which is probably the single most revealing Hubbard writing, is 1965 with the above cited materials included in the Anderson Report.
Then the 1987 chapter in Messiah or Madman? Followed by a revised chapter in later editions.
And then the 2001 Brainwashing Manual Parallels found at the Scientology Critical Information Directory or as a link at the end of the Scientological Onion essay on Exscn.net under Theory vs Practice.
It’s amazing that over fifty years ago there was a person (as far as I know, anonymous) who spotted this. What’s particularly amazing is that Hubbard, at the time, was only midway in his application of the ideas and methods of the Manual on Scientologists and on others.
Thanks to Mike Rinder for featuring this important topic on his valuable blog.
Thanks for getting those links. I didn’t have time for digging yesterday, and missed the Lermanet copy on that page. All of these and the book are must-read for all exes, IMHO I was surprised that Mike had never read it before. Perhaps there areother things he and others here have never had the opportunity to read. Back in 2006-2009, I spent a lot of time reading everything I could find on the internet about Scientology, and I maintained a running list of important links to articles, blogs and website for lurkers and exes to read, posting it on alt.religion.scientology. Back in 2011, Sue Thompson aka FreeToShine posted the 2007 over at ESMB, and when I came across the thread, I provided the links to the most recent one done in 2009.
Thereafter, she and others began culling it for updated or dead links, adding new ones that contained important and helpful reads for exex, creating a really good version for readers.
The list was and still is pinned to the New Member Section and called Internet Resources on Scientology for newcomers I urge all readers here to check it out! http://forum.exscn.net/threads/internet-resources-on-scientology-for-newcomers.21499/
Any organization, which has the spirit and courage to display inhumanity, savageness, brutality, and uncompromising lack of humanity, will be obeyed. Such a use of force is itself, the essential ingredient of greatness.
Well, that says it all right there, doesn’t it? Dayam. :O
Yes, wow. Aside from having ensured that I read this correctly, I haven’t even begun to confront how beyond the beyond fucked up this is. I’m not sure I can because at this point my mind is rejecting it. Actually confronting what’s written here may take me a while. Seriously.
I felt the same way Aqua. I had to walk away and then come back later to reread and comment. It’s so unbelievably horrific it’s hard for the brain to compute!
Which plays right into his almighty “What is Greatness” policy letter…
Dayam!
Kinda like working at the BR Mission under those clowns from Ventura……….
Valboski, and having “What is Greatness” shoved down my throat for years and years. But yeah, things started moving in that direction more so when they took over. The closer to Int management they are, the nastier they are.
NOTICE
I am interested in hearing from anyone who has given money to scientology and suffered financial hardship/crises as a result, and especially if you then tried to get to get your money back and were unable to do so.
Please write to me at [email protected] with the following information:
1. How much money in total you gave
2. Which orgs you gave it to
3. The consequences for you and/or your family
4. Whether you tried to get your money back and what happened
5. Whether you are willing to talk publicly about 1-4 above
6. Best phone number to reach you at.
The Scientology Critical Information Directory has an informative section on the Brainwashing Manual:
http://xenu-directory.net/practices/brainwashing1.html
Not directly related, but I want to take the opportunity to tell everyone here to see “The Death of Stalin,” which I think is on Amazon now. It’s a wickedly funny movie about.. well, the title says it all. Lavrenti Beria is played beautifully by Simon Russell Beale.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9eAshaPvYw
Yes! I saw it recently; brilliant movie. Deserves to be seen by far more people than any of the pap Tom Cruise puts out. Look for a quick shot of Leonid Breshnev in the final footage; great last touch.
I just re-watched “the last days of stalin” during a flight back from California to Ohio this morning – hilarious, brilliant movie.
It was the Anderson Report of the 1960s that first took special note of the Brainwashing Manual and described it as the blueprint for Scientology.
The book Messiah or Madman? examined the correspondences with Scientology Ethics and the Sea Org.
The e-book Brainwashing Manual Parallels combined the schematic of the Scientological Onion with an expanded examination of the Brainwashing Manual, showing that there are correspondences with almost every “layer” of Scientology.
The Anderson report is really good, they did spot things that Hubbard was up to.
What kills me is this: How much god**mn proof is necessary before the last Hubbard hanger-ons accept that he was a lying, depraved son of a bitch who sought to enslave, destroy and control?
Honestly, the MOUNTAIN of evidence is overwhelming. But I guess reality is too much for some to bear.
John Sanborn told me the same thing: he was there when Hubbard wrote it.
And one of my old-timer friends hand routed the manuscripts for Ron.
Any more details you can share?
Sorry, no
I don’t know if my earlier comment will be posted…
So i will add this. ..people including the Travoltas think Hubbard was great..?!?…its hard to believe any self respecting person would
Robots are not self respecting, they are programmed. People like Travolta live a very controlled existence on what they will allow themselves to think. There is no place for evidence and truth to fit in for them, it would flush their world down the toilet.
It would be a kind gesture to refer to them as idiots, for if one really tries to understand why they would be in and also promote the Cof$ it turns murky very quickly. Their idea of survival is hideous for any sane, logical mind to come to terms with, it’s sad really. But they do make good examples of what Scientology’s products are. “Prison of Belief” is a great term but it has a well disguised 2nd cousin called blackmail.
“Robots are not self-respecting; they are programmed.”
Is that ever true. They don’t respect you or anyone. Especially do they not respect themselves.
No exceptions:
Stay emotionally detached.
Help them, yes.
Let yourself be vulnerable? No.
Trust, believe, emotionally invest in depend upon these human-seeming creatures in any way – at your peril.
Love one of them? God help you. Guard yourself, emotionally.
Because they are what’s called “amoral”.
They will lie beautifully right to your face without guilt, and use your susceptibility to them without a qualm. They’ll mock up emotions they don’t feel, and use your weakness and vulnerability to drain you. You’ll give and you’ll never get back, or, you’ll get a little back, but at any moment they can take it away, with utter coldness. That’s how they roll. They’re vampires who suck your blood but they don’t get the blood, their programmer gets it.
So much truth on these words. So sad watching family being swallowed up in this zombie world. The hardest is seeing loved ones who were able to genuinely show true emotion slip into a coma caused by drinking too much kool-aid – lights on but no-one home
Showing genuine emotion is a natural, effortless inborn ability. We’re all born with it. I suppose if a person gets trained by being continually punished for expressing it then… I know that that’s how puppies are trained to be attack dogs. I’ve seen it done, and its heartbreaking to see how the young dog’s natural friendliness and trust and affinity for you and everyone except its master gets punished, punished, punished. Very, very sad. People aren’t dogs though so there’s hope.
But, if when a kid is very young, you would expose him or her to Nazi training, by the age of 15 would you be surprised to see the kid wearing an arm band and saying, “Heil Hitler”?
Maybe as a parent you didn’t force the child to accept Scientology. So what? The kid was exposed to it from birth. Some will take to it, others’ won’t. Who can say?
Every being is his/her own person. Saying that the child exposed to Scientology had “no chance” from infancy, and all the blame lies on the parent’s heads, is bullshit.
Plenty of Scientology kids born into the cult rejected it. These kids may be “trapped” from our viewpoint via their prisons of belief, and, sure, their then koolaid drinking parents exposed them to Scientology from infancy, most likely, but,…so what?
The parents were doing what they BELIEVED at the time was the very best for their children. They LOVED their children and wanted the absolute very best for them. So they did what they did. Ok, the parents were wrong. Big deal. Their kids STILL had their power of choice.
They weren’t dragged, kicking and screaming, into the Sea Org. They weren’t FORCED to get Scientology auditing or to take Scientology courses. They didn’t HAVE TO join staff.
These kids “trapped” in the cult made their choices. They can also change their minds. Just like their parents, just like us. We made our choices, we changed our minds. We have our responsibilities for our choices, they have their responsibilities for their choices. Its true for them, and its true for us and its true for anyone. We make our choices, and our lives unfold accordingly.
When these young ones come out, whether via their own cognitions and experiences which cause them to blow, or because the cult is no more, or both, when they return, the worst thing their parents or loved ones could do, IMHO, would nbe to propitiate them, to apologize, to kiss their asses, in short. Totally wrong. With their training, they’ll have nothing but contempt for that.
If they’re going to become human again,if after the long years of being punished for being human, they’re going to have to learn to express what they were born knowing how to express, they’ll first have to RESPECT their parents, as people.
They’ll be looking at their parents thru their grown up eyes, They will NOT be the adorable, innocent children they once were. Their parents, grateful and grovelling and for their long lost kids’ love and any crumbs of affection they care to bestow – this will be seen by their kids for exactly what it is – utterly pathetic self abnegation.
and completely unfair – to the parents.
And I believe wholeheartedly, that if no apologies are made,while at the same time, understanding and help and compassion are given, the kids will see that the parenst are, and were acting with integrity and honesty, and IN GOOD FAITH. I believe, for whatever my opinion is worth, that THIS will penetrate thru the hard wall of attack dog training they’ve undergone over the long years. IMHO,
IMHO They should be JUST as worried about their PARENTS not respecting THEM. They need to EARN their parents respect and trust and love, after having sold them down the river. The parents paid their dues in spades for their mistakes; let these kids pay their dues too, once they’re out.
End of rant (as this turned out to be).
Aqua —
No disrespect, but I disagree wholeheartedly…and then some.
To say kids in the cult had a choice, especially those brought up in it, I think is totally wrong.
What choice did they have? To be disconnected from their families and everything they’ve known? Check. To be declared and subjected to the cruel policy of Fair Game if they speak out? Check. To probably, forever, lose everyone they’ve ever known and loved in $cientology? Check.
You really think kids brought up in the cult need to earn their parents respect?? Their parents are the ones who subjected them to $ci, not the other way around.
I respect your opinion but absolutely disagree. Unless I misunderstood your post, I just don’t get it.
Katherine,
No disrespect taken. I’m sorry you’re upset. I can look from the viewpoint you’re looking from and I respect it. That said,
I do believe we choice and become cognizant of that at some point. We are and were, each, someone’s child. We are not our parents. Our parents are not us. Children are not their parents. Each of us is an individual, with a choice.
Many kids born into Scientology rejected it, even though they had parents and siblings who were in. Stories abound on the internet from those who decided to leave including kids who from infancy knew nothing but Scientology.
.As for the children who turned their backs on their disobedient parents, who are, after all, PEOPLE – INDIVIDUAL BEINGS WITH HEARTS AND MINDS just like THEY are individual beings with hearts and minds – these disobedient parents who REFUSED to be untrue to themselves despite ENORMOUS pressure and threats of Fair Game and Disconnection – you BET I believe that they disrespected their parents ENORMOUSLY .
They made hugely wrong choices and caused their parents ENORMOUS pain and suffering. These people do NOT deserve this treatment from their children, and these children, if and/or when they come crawling back (hopefully when the have had their own realizations but worse case scenario when the cult folds and the have nowhere else to go an need money) these “kids” (pushing 30 r 40) will, or should, jolly well kiss their parents feet that the door is even being opened for them.
And sure, yes, no argument, absolutely, the parents put them there there and the parents were utterly misguided to do that BUT when those same parents who placed their kids in the cult learned the TRUTH about the cult THEY SPOKE OUT.
They said, “Whoa! Wait a minute. What’s going ON here? This is NOT what I signed up for! This is NOT what I want my child or ANYONE I love exposed to!”
They spoke out, at GREAt risk, at tremendous COSTt to themselves. They saw what they saw and drawing on their own integrity and self honesty said, “No Way., this is NOT OK.” Against all odds, they observed what the observed and didn’t lie about it.
And SOME of their kids listened.
And others said, effectively, “Fuck you, Dad, Mom. You’re nothing. You’re an SP and I want nothing to do with you, ever again.”.
Well, this was a VERY bad choice on their part and there’s no escaping that they’re going to pay for it, no matter how their parents try, out of love and loneliness, to shield them from their own bad choices.
These parents MEANT WELL.These parents regret what they did DEEPLY. They suffer for it EVERY MINUTE. Parents make mistakes – severe mistakes sometimes. With the best of intentions, usually. Are they suppressives? I think not.
Any pushing 30 or 4o year old who cannot grasp this concept STILL has a LOT of growing up to do, no matter their chronological age..
Every “kid” who sided with the cult and judged his or her parents as evil sociopaths to be forever shunned will one day recoil in horror from what they did, will understand the enormity of this crime and will KNOW in his or her heart of hearts that he/she does NOT deserve respect from the loved ones they hurt by their bad choice.
Katherine, did you ever wonder whether you actually LIKED your parents – not as parents, but as PEOPLE? Of course, they’re you’re blood, your family and there is that kind of love, but do you actually like them? I think everyone has wondered that, am I wrong? Well, I think that PARENTS have the right to wonder the same right to wonder about their grown child. “Do I really LIKE this person?”
But this is just me. Sorry if my opinions (which all of the above are) are disturbing. I do believe that respect is a 2 way street in relationships and it isn’t automatic and it can be gained and it can be lost..
Katherine. When I became an adult I broke with my parent who was a scamologist… I know many who did once they were adults.
Aqua—
I’m replying here because there’s no reply button under your post and neither could I reply through my email notification for some reason. Weird.
Anyway, now I totally get my misunderstanding. I didn’t realize you were referring to parents who had left $cientology and spoke out. Must have read a bit too fast and missed it.
Now I understand what you meant. Cheers.
Oh — and I wasn’t upset, just a bit confused as I explained above. Have a good night.
Thanks for responding, Katherine. Understandable that you misunderstood because what I wrote just poured out of me unedited with plenty of spontaneous heat and typos but nearly enough coherence. Glad I was able to clarify and that you weren’t upset 🙂
Aqua,
Don’t know why I can’t reply to your other posts to me. I’ve tried almost everything that might fix the issue but to no avail
Anyway, yes, I absolutely agree with you now that I realize you were talking about kids who disconnected and treated their parents like shit simply because the parents left and spoke out.
To answer your other question: I am extremely blessed to have been born to the most incredible parents. My two older sisters and I had the most loving, nurturing and wonderful childhood. I think of my parents as “angels” because they’re such good people — not only to our family but to everyone they know.
Having such amazing parents makes me even more sad and angry at parents who disconnect from their kids over something as stupid as a so-called “religion”.
Fascinating insight there!
Thanks. Yawn alot. U have good points.
Very sad way to live.
I remember very well the manual, I thought from the beginning that it was not authentic. Very Hubbardian indeed, keep’em busy and starved so that that cannot think …
Hubbard wasn’t that intelligent really, he hid behind the brutality of brainwashing. Apparently he wrote and distributed a manual on the subject, probably to instill fear through the HASI so they’d rally around him. Except, he was all dressed up with nowhere to go… except criminally insane.
“Hubbard wasn’t that intelligent really,” Glad you mentioned that, IY. I love what Gore Vidal famously said about him: “He exuded evil, malice and stupidity but (was) perfectly amiable to talk to.”
The Jeffrey Dahmer of ” religious ” leaders
The extent of Hubbard’s bamboozling and deceit on innocent members of his cult are astonishing.
It hurts a lot to realize the level of betrayal by L Ron Hubbard.
Miscavige took the reins as he REIGNS over his cult members and controls them until they are dead, broke and crazy.
I know – I have a family of Scientologists that are certifiably BAT SHIT!
L Ron was cold and calculating. Just like David Miscavige.
They both know exactly what they are doing and therefore – Hubbard and Miscavige truly are EVIL.
Whatever else you have to say about Hubbard, once you were past his verbal platitudes, he gave fair warning of his end game in writing.
I have problems with people who actually read his work, and still defend him.
Good point. Parallel situation with Hitler’s “Mein Kampf.” The Feuhrer gave fair warning if anyone cared to read him.
With all this coming to light. And being exposed..
May not need Aftermath Season 3…
After all
We need Season 3. We need for more voices heard.
Shirley —
We absolutely need season 3 because it reaches a ton of viewers. Plus, people who are still stuck in $cientology are watching. That’s crucial to getting them to understand and accept what has really gone on within the cult since its inception.
We absolutely need Season 3 of Aftermath! I’m here daily and I care because of Leah and Mike and Aftermath. This is truly helping shed light and insight! Keep up the great work everyone who’s trying to help expose the cult!!
To add to my previous comment…
Obviously, I meant mostly public $ci’s who are UTR/on the fence/etc are the ones watching. Just to clarify so as not to give the impression that I thought Sea Org members were watching. If only they could…or would.
Aftermath needs to keep going until there is no Scientology to talk about.
Brainwashing, showing all the lies
Exposing all their crimes today
Oh, cult maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you’re going, keep going away!
Miscavige, out to rule the world
It’s such a little world you see
We’re seeing the same downward trends, Waiting for the end
My dear suppressive friends
Brainwashing, we’re free!
Another winner, MJM! I’m here in my office working late and as people pass by they peer in curiously and see me alone at my desk laughing…”oh, yeah, nothing wrong with HER”….and thanks for my earworm, tonite, btw. 🙂
You’re welcome Aqua. Always glad to do my part. ?
OSD I did not know that! There is no end is there?? Still it shocks and hurts me the more I learn.
Spot on, Ann. I’ve been following scientology for a couple years now, reading everyone’s book, Mike and Tony’s sites daily, the Youtube videos, etc. – and just when I think I’ve heard it all, I still get jolted. The shocks just keep coming.
Same here! I have tried to learn all I can do I can understand.. I read Mike and Tony every morning. It enraged me as a fellow human being! I think about it all the time and feel so much empathy for all affected by scientology abuse and disconnection. I hope we all get to witness it’s demise.
Yep…Scientology is pure evil.
It’s certainly at a minimum some American’s fabrication, circulated by Scientology in a version with references to Dianetics that Hubbard had a hand in.
It has fascinated me how Hubbard liked to make a big show of calling out and hating the communists, particularly in the early days – and then built an organization which functioned in ways almost emulating indoctrination and totalitarian aspects of the Soviet Union, East Germany and other communist regimes.
It’s also curiously ironic that while Scientology is nominally capitalist, the CofS’ effective policy is that rank and file members and workers should live austere lives with all assets going to the collective, to be expended in forwarding the vision of a revolutionized world and a “new man” (literally what it was called in the USSR, while Hubbard used the Latin “homo novis”).
And I do want to make my favorite note, that I think that the way Hubbard and Scientology use false supposed early and past life memories* elicited during the suggestive or hypnotic process of auditing, to create a manipulated narrative of the individuals’ past history, which is then leveraged to get the individual to do things to the detriment of their personal interests but which serve the ends of the organization, is the closest thing to brainwashing that exists.
* Supposed past life recollection have been shown, as in the infamous Bridey Murphy case and subsequent scientific research, to be essentially the same as the false memory syndrome (made infamous by the satanic ritual abuse accusations several decades ago), probably in all cases and certainly in all but an improbably small minority, see for instance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Past_life_regression#Sources_of_memories
My take on Hubbard: he wasn’t really an anti-communist, any more than he was a satanist or a follower of follower Crowley. Anti-communism was a hot seller in the early ‘fifties; Hubbard sold it.
Lavrentiy Beria is perhaps best known for having said, “Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime.” How appropriate is that? It sounds like Scn Ethics Rule #1.
BRAIN-WASHING
Synthesis of the Russian
Textbook on Psychopolitics
PSYCHOPOLITICS – the art and
science of asserting and maintaining
dominion over the thoughts and
loyalties of individuals, officers,
bureaus, and masses, and the effecting
of the conquest of enemy
nations through “mental healing.”
Online here: http://www.apfn.org/pdf/The_Brainwashing_Manual.pdf
Wow! That is one sick piece of writing – exposing one sick state of mind. And exactly how the S.O was and is run – and for sure the RPF. Just Wow.
What Madge just. said. I have no words right now. No words for this, other than I’ll be ordering the manual from Amazon tonite.
I have wondered why their very own people in the sea org. are treated so poorly. Earning next to nothing and not even having good food. I think that’s awful! But that clears up the thinking behind it. Horrific truly!
High control groups or cults commonly impose limited diet and sleep deprivation, which turn out to make individuals more compliant. Various forms of deprivation and sacrifice, along with designating enemies, tend to reinforce loyalty.
See, for instance:
http://old.freedomofmind.com/Info/BITE/bitemodel.php (Steve Hassan – #5 & 6)
https://www.openmindsfoundation.org/sleep-deprivation-royal-road-undue-influence/ (Jon Atack)
“I have wondered why their very own people in the sea org. are treated so poorly.”
So have I. And now we know.. Still digesting this. Here it is, here is the policy. Wow.
Wow! He was definitely one sick, cruel psychoparh! How insane to have him as your role model. I hate to say you can tell by looking at him but you can.
He was a monster. Kidnaps his daughter, flies to Cuba and threatens to chop her up into little pieces to get Sarah Northrop to retract what she said about him. And…Hubbard was a coward & a bully.
Plus, he was a rotten officer and an asshole to boot!
The biggest asshole that’s ever been.
All of which would be ok if not for the fact that his dental health showed shocking neglect..
Stunning.
It should have been titled ” How the ‘Exec Strata’ should manage the Sea Org.”
Yo Dave,
I’m sure you would like those of us out here on the fringes to do some gnashing of teeth and so on but we won’t ……..today. Instead we will continue to shine the light of truth on Your stinkin little ass until there is more misery per pound of Daveshit than has ever been measured.
Things will get worse for You Dave and that certainty makes me smile. 🙂
This is not just brain washing. This is communist suppression. This is the reason that the second world war and the cold war, actually, all wars are fought. HOW can the IRS still classify Scientology as a religion? It defies even the simplest of logical thinking.
That quote goes hand in hand with his Affirmations.
Wow! Just Wow!
Getting info to the Sea Org members about the Aftermath Foundation can reverse this.
Yes, this is exactly how Hubtard ran the Sea Org. Well, he DID write the manual of how to create brainwashed sheep like Foolproof. His brainwashing TECH WORKS!
Hip, hip, behave!
😆
Children behave. That’s what they say when we’re together. And watch how you play.
OSD that is mine & my wife’s “song”. 🙂
I knew that because of my Super Powers, Wyn.
Careful, OSD…
$cientologists reading this will get quite jealous because the only “super powers” they have is finding a parking space (LOL!), feeling like they can make “good decisions” and are happy (even though we know they’re only pretending to be happy) and telling stories about finding keys or a wallet or their phone (even though that happens every day to people throughout the world)
Funny how they act as if these dumb things are somehow, uh…super.
Well Wynski, FOOLproof will obviously say something ridiculous like ‘show me proof of Hubbard’s authorship’ or some other nonsense when it is clear to a normal (not Homo Novi) type person that this is actually the case. Yet according to the FOOL, only white coated lab rat types need proof of anything. The dude is a walking contradiction. I expect that he’ll show up here in two or three days to make an ad hominem attack or engage in some off-topic trolling. I guess he would also claim that Hubbard didn’t write ‘All About Radiation’ since “Medicus” is the listed author. I can’t remember what the authorship of ‘Hymn of Asia’ is but I don’t think Hubbard directly claimed that one either. Could be wrong on that one and if I am I’m sure FOOLproof will offer up some gentle correction. That book is just over the top with outlandish claims of Dr. Hubbard being the second Buddha, etc. But, since it was written by the good Doctor (of Sequoia University diploma mill fame) it must be 100% infallible.
ARC, KRC, KSW & KGB, ml,
Ms. B. Haven (Chief lab rat I/C)
Unfortunately, there’s enough mystery and uncertainty about the document and its various versions – reflected in the Wikipedia article about it, where Scientology PR operatives have obviously had a hand in muddying the waters – that there’s wiggle room for loyalists and apologists. I hope that some day it will be subject to computerized stylistic analysis, to see if it can be incontrovertibly attributed to Hubbard. I think what’s most important is to stick to the essentials that we know for certain about it, which are the most damning parts anyway:
* Hubbard at least re-drafted it with an introduction to suit his and Scientology’s purposes, and was not honest or forthright about the hand he had in it.
* Hubbard and Scientology distributed it, including anonymously mailing it to people and institutions, in a strange and disingenuous attempt to paint themselves as victims of some sort of communist conspiracy, in keeping with Hubbard’s bizarre letters to the FBI that got him labeled as “mental,” and his other statements of the time.
* While distributed as an indictment of totalitarian communist regimes and psychiatry, it essentially forms an outline for the sort of manipulation and control that Hubbard actually implemented in Scientology and especially in the Sea Org, in almost perfect keeping with his statement (cribbing Freud’s theory of psychological projection) that “THE CRIMINAL ACCUSES OTHERS OF THINGS WHICH HE HIMSELF IS DOING” (capitals in original).
With first person accounts and numerous other circumstancial evidence, I’d say that it’s about 99.9% certain that Hubbard wrote it.
I have it on good authority that there were absolutely no lab rats nor a single white lab coat on the Sequoia University (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoia_University) campus. Therefore it is safe to conclude that Dr. Hubbard’s research into the science of the mind is fully complete and 100% workable 100% of the time on 100% of the population (except for those times when it is not) cuz he said so hisself and he’s got papers to prove it.
I also have it on good authority (this blog) that one of Dr. Hubbard’s stellar proteges was actually able to fully duplicate Dr. Hubbard’s works and on ONE occasion actually cured someone of hiccups that they had been suffering from for 3 full days. This was accomplished by issuing forth a single Dr. Hubbard-esque/scientology-esque Tone 40 command. If such miracles can happen with this simple application of the ‘tech’ I fully expect the doors of all Ideal Orgs, Ideal Missions, Ideal Field Groups, Ideal Shadowy Front Groups, Indie Orgs, Freezone enclaves, auditing addicts, ‘tech’-hanger-onners and the doors to FOOLproof’s personal residence to be broken down by the unwashed hoards of raw meat demanding the ‘tech’ so that they too can be cured of 70% of Mankind’s ills (as stated in DMSMH). You know, like hiccups.
this is true,
Ms. B. Haven (Chief lab rat I/C)
🙂 Ms. B
Ms. B. Fool is a walking contradiction because he was brainwashed to believe Hubtard Tech & Policy which contradicts itself at every turn.
Ms. B —
FP will say a lot of ridiculous things, no doubt. The fact that he tries to act as if scientific research isn’t important to the so-called “science” (as if) of $cientology is beyond absurd, especially since Hubbard lied about being a doctor and claimed he conducted scientific research.
Apparently, FP thinks that anecdotes and stories of how utterly fantastic the tech is scientifically proves its incredible usefulness.
I wouldn’t have any problem whatsoever with FP if he didn’t incessantly quote Hubbard’s lunacy as the reason why anyone who thinks the tech is horseshit has MU’s, crimes, didn’t apply it “standardly”, doesn’t get it….or whatever other nonsense he can think up.
Although I think using the “tech” is absurd considering its creator was an abusive, lying conman, I don’t really have an issue with people who want to use it — as long as they don’t try to convince the rest of the world that we’re missing out and go all fanatic about it.
“Inhumanity, savageness, brutality, and uncompromising lack of humanity”
– So, no humanity, then? Do you think you stressed that enough?
More than enough. Its fine to accentuate the positive but its not all hearts and flowers. There’s a negative side as well.
Yo Rinderites:
My apologies for using ANY and ALL opportunities to repeat this joke. It was funny once, maybe twice. It is not about as funny as a blob of mayonaisse on your new silk scarf. That said, for some inexplicable reason it continunes to crack ME up. No idea why. So,
Now, if you’re struggling with the dull, crashing boredom of having YET AGAIN to read this same punch line please know that you have my deepest sympathy. I feel for you. I really do. I hate being bored, myself. Unfortunately, I’m not going to stop. Because…I can’t. I don’t seem to be able to stop repeating this joke. It may continue for a while. Be forewarned. As evil Viscount Valmont explained to the doomed Madame de Tourvel in “Dangerous Liasons” – it is “Beyond My Control”.
L. Ron Beria, you ain’t foolin’ no one.
Beria would have been a fan.
Sounds like Ron was preparing his followers for Siberia.
What… a ceiling fan?
Oh, I’ve been a ceiling fan for decades! I mean, ceilings are so bitchin’! Sure, it can be a pain, but, we’ll deal with it.
Hey! I’m a huge ceiling fan! I mean, the Ceiling’s could take all this year.
Hey, at least your intention was cool. But round and round you go, wheeeeeeee….
I have a copy of this as well. Back in the day we were told that it was stolen from the Commies. It was treated like a big important document.
I’ve only kept a couple things, this was one of them.
So many lies from hubbard and his management teams.
What made you keep it?
I kept my copy because I quickly determined that it was a Ron paper. Covertly issued to draw people and sympathy to the salvator of manunkind.
…it was… so disturbing and unique. It was “special” during my early days – I’ve kept the issue about Pat and Annie being Loyal officers, and then the the screed from Damaged Mutant taking power and decrying Pat and Annie. a few other things… an old issue that tells of how one must wear black armbands in lower conditions and so on.
Just some stuff to remind myself of the insanity I supported with my life for 40 years.
I burned my OT certs, but ran across a few the other day that were in a tube. I’ve also got a couple clear bracelets. The rest was torched.
…
I found out the truth about the rag when I read Tony’s blog.
“Damaged Mutant” – cute! Add that to the lengthy list.