Excellent work Mike, Claire, Marc and Christie. Thank you for all you do. I love SPTV, Blown for Good & Mike’s blog. You are all beautiful souls doing important humanitarian work saving lives and helping people
“….a tale of exalted triumph” I guess this must be stated (Jeff Pomeranz audio) because routine triumph is not enough to get Scientologists going into more layers of impossible, complex debt to fund the IAS.
Exiting this group takes years to peel off, as is often discussed in this forum. This morning, it occurred to me: If Solo NOTS auditing (OT 7) was so urgent for the security and well-being of all on Planet Earth, IT WOULD BE AFFORDABLE. The gateway to getting on it would be honestly OPEN.
As it stands, only an infinitesimal few can ever hope to get on that level. The journey is so cost-prohibitive as to make it (ironically) criminal. I enjoyed each service I did leading up to the State of Clear. Those “lower bridge” actions are quite useful and they absolutely do provide relief. But to travel further, with the insane non-stop financial pressure: It was (for me) the Law of Diminishing Returns. Despite all the hype of progressing onto your “OT Levels,” I could only see that if I stayed in, this group would destroy me. The financial pieces and all the debt I was already mired in would only get worse and less likely to pay off.
Doing your “next action” or making another donation to the IAS does NOT automatically entail an “opening up” your dollar flows. I learned that too many times to count.
Nothing could be worth that. I could see this was no path to “freedom,” but instead (from my perspective) the opposite.
And this reminder of the big IAS event, and the mafia-style fleecing tactics they employ on group members, gives me reason to cheer that I am no longer connected to this group.
I hope you won’t just censor differing opinions. But I didn’t think there was anything funny about this clip.
I just thought it was indicative that you are running out of interesting things to post on this blog.
Sorry. But I hope you will allow people to post different opinions.
Shaking the tambourines and agreeing this clip is funny will not help the goal of closing down this cult. I suggest you focus on closing down this cult. That is a lot more interesting than posting silly clips.
Reade Adams says
My brother spent time at Saint Hill early in his Scientology “career,” back in the early 70s. He’s still in. Great sadness.
Over and Out says
Excellent work Mike, Claire, Marc and Christie. Thank you for all you do. I love SPTV, Blown for Good & Mike’s blog. You are all beautiful souls doing important humanitarian work saving lives and helping people
Phillip says
Get your wallet out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I’m telling you why
The I A S is comin’ to town
Dave’s poofing his hair
Buying triple lifts
Doesn’t give a care
For families he rifts
The I A S is comin’ to town
Peridot says
“….a tale of exalted triumph” I guess this must be stated (Jeff Pomeranz audio) because routine triumph is not enough to get Scientologists going into more layers of impossible, complex debt to fund the IAS.
Exiting this group takes years to peel off, as is often discussed in this forum. This morning, it occurred to me: If Solo NOTS auditing (OT 7) was so urgent for the security and well-being of all on Planet Earth, IT WOULD BE AFFORDABLE. The gateway to getting on it would be honestly OPEN.
As it stands, only an infinitesimal few can ever hope to get on that level. The journey is so cost-prohibitive as to make it (ironically) criminal. I enjoyed each service I did leading up to the State of Clear. Those “lower bridge” actions are quite useful and they absolutely do provide relief. But to travel further, with the insane non-stop financial pressure: It was (for me) the Law of Diminishing Returns. Despite all the hype of progressing onto your “OT Levels,” I could only see that if I stayed in, this group would destroy me. The financial pieces and all the debt I was already mired in would only get worse and less likely to pay off.
Doing your “next action” or making another donation to the IAS does NOT automatically entail an “opening up” your dollar flows. I learned that too many times to count.
Nothing could be worth that. I could see this was no path to “freedom,” but instead (from my perspective) the opposite.
And this reminder of the big IAS event, and the mafia-style fleecing tactics they employ on group members, gives me reason to cheer that I am no longer connected to this group.
WTH?_It's_Not_Funny says
A little fun clip?
I hope you won’t just censor differing opinions. But I didn’t think there was anything funny about this clip.
I just thought it was indicative that you are running out of interesting things to post on this blog.
Sorry. But I hope you will allow people to post different opinions.
Shaking the tambourines and agreeing this clip is funny will not help the goal of closing down this cult. I suggest you focus on closing down this cult. That is a lot more interesting than posting silly clips.
Mike Rinder says
Did you watch the YouTube video that this is part of?