I was forwarded this "LRH quote" being handed out by scientology as a source of wisdom and inspiration. It did inspire me to wonder how this squares with scientology spending tens of millions of dollars to advertise on TV and even starting up their own TV station with the SuMP? Isn't scientology in direct violation of the word of Source? Aren't they, according to Him, actively participating in putting kids "in the middle of Hiroshima"? If they DON'T believe these words are true, why are they putting out something like this for all scientologists to ingest these gems handed down from … [Read more...]
Valentine Wisdom from L. Ron Hubbard
Some words of advice about "girls" from Mr. Hubbard -- the man who abandoned his first wife to bigamously marry his second only to then deny her existence and claim he was not the father of their daughter he kidnapped and took to Cuba, and finally to disown his third wife when she took the fall on his behalf to prevent him going to prison. Yep, with that stellar record, he qualifies to offer some sage words. And what is even more remarkable -- the scientologists think this is worthy of sending around to everyone because it is so brilliant (every word uttered by Hubbard is genius in their … [Read more...]
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A Very Scientology Christmas Carol
A special essay from Terra Cognita for the holidays. For any unfamiliar with Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" I include a synopsis from Wikipedia at the end of this post. A Very Scientology Christmas Carol David Miscavige would make the perfect Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dicken’s, A Christmas Carol. L.Ron Hubbard would of course play the part of Jacob Marley, his deceased business partner who comes back to haunt him. I cast Mike Rinder to play the Ghost of Christmas Past; Tony Ortega to play the Ghost of Christmas Present; and Leah Remini to play Ms. Christmas Yet to Be. A sl … [Read more...]
Gabe Cazares and Hubbard Policy
Tony Ortega has a must-read article on his blog this morning. Researcher R. M. Seibert obtained Freedom of Information Act documents from the FBI about the "ops" (the scientology term -- short for operations -- to describe campaigns against enemies) against former Clearwater Mayor Gabe Cazares. The stories about what was done to Cazares are horrifying. But it's also worth noting the underlying POLICY of scientology that resulted in these actions against enemies of scientology. It is often claimed (and I did it myself for many years) that the Guardian's Office were "rogue operatives" … [Read more...]
Being Theetie-Weetie in Scientology
It's SaTerraDay once again folks! Being Theetie-Weetie in Scientology Theetie-Weetie is one of the many negative terms Scientology use to label a person. Such people appear bubbly and upbeat, happy and cheerful, and without a care in the world. Behind the façade, though, is a person scared of life. Ron Hubbard defined Theetie-Weetie as: 1. Slang from England, meaning “sweetness and light” (but they can’t face mest or any outness. Cannot go deeper into the bank than a thought. (LRH Def Notes) 2. He operates in a totally psychotic way while being totally serene. The valence is all the way up a … [Read more...]
L. Ron Hubbard and Adolf Hitler?
One of our regular contributors, Brian, provided this comment in response to the post about scientology comparing a Hollywood Reporter writer to Goebbels. I thought it deserved a wider audience. As they say, sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander.... Well now, since we are discussing people influenced by Nazis and follow his Hitler’s philosophies — I present to you.... “But the most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly and with unflagging attention. It must confine itself to a few points and repea … [Read more...]
Janis Gillham Grady Making Waves
Janis Gillham Grady Talks About Her New Book
I have known Janis for more than 40 years. She is someone I will always hold dear. Janis was one of my first friends on the Apollo, a fellow Australian teenager like her sister Terri, we were a small contingent. In fact, it might well have been just the 3 of us in that exclusive club. Those are the sort of relationships that never die. Janis is truly a Sea Org historian. Someone with first-hand and unique experience and a desire to record the information for everyone else to share. She graciously wrote this piece to explain a bit about her new book. I finally did it! … [Read more...]
Let Freedom Ring from the Molehills
I cringe at the tortured prose of Sakhi Guma, trying too hard to make it seem he has some sort of talent as a poet. (Several of our better educated than me commenters pointed out that this is the text of MLKs famous "I have a dream" speech - unattributed of course and in this case the spoken word does not translate too well to the written) But I shudder at the conceit of L. Ron Hubbard. He actually said that he was here to help make sure the United States delivered the goods. Without irony. And it is repeated today by those who hang on his every word as gospel and they send it out to … [Read more...]