It is quite remarkable the level of foolishness a devoted scientologist is willing to accept if it is the words of “Ron.”
As I have mentioned often, all that is required for any scientologist to buy into the most incredible statements is to attach the letters LRH to the end of the sentence. It is so absurd that it is seen as especially “impinging” if the statement is nonsense on its face. This seems to be proof that the “LRH quote” is profound — something us mere mortals perhaps don’t have the capacity to comprehend. The condescending “good scientologist” will assume the knowing look of “how could you not see the brilliance of this – you obviously have misunderstood words if you don’t see the truth of this brilliant piece of “tech”.”
Sea Org members are so indoctrinated into this that they devote hours and hours to searching out the most outrageous and ridiculous sounding “LRH quotes” to use to sell his stuff. If you asked the person who selected this quote to explain what it means they would of course be unable to. So why choose it? Because it creates a “mystery sandwich” — something Hubbard said is good for selling anything. You confuse people and they think there is more to find out so they can understand it.
But this only works if someone has bought into the idea that everything Ron says is true. Otherwise the natural reaction is “Why would I spend money to listen to someone who talks nonsense?”
And that in some measure defines a real scientologist. They will latch onto total foolishness — incomprehensible drivel — simply because it was uttered by L. Ron Hubbard. And they will repeat it to others as words of great wisdom. The edge of the shrinking scientology bubble is where the recipient of this “tech” simply reads the words without assigning some hidden significance and genius to them. They know it’s just incoherent rambling. 
France, if you ever stopped to think for yourself for just a minute, the plain insanity of it might shatter your bubble.
I too viewed the world through Ron colored glasses for many decades. I struggled to make sense out of nonsense. It’s hard to break out of the matrix. But it can be done. I knew you and Robert in 1973 when we were fresh recruits in the Sea Org EPF. It saddens me to know you are still there, growing old and with nowhere to go…
There are a whole lot of LRH quotes on social media.
Looks like people has forgotten how to think an original thougth and needs to repeat some agreed upon “truth” to be sure to be on the right path. Is this the real meaning of self-determinism?
I also worked with France on the Scientology Exhibit tour in 2001 when she was in Bu 6 CLO UK (or maybe it was div 6 AO UK, somewhere in the public divisions) . And it breaks my heart to see her name below this promo piece, knowing she is still slaving away doing the greatest good for the greatest number of dynamics except her own. She was/is such a nice person, never slipped into that bullying ‘on-purpose’ SO exec personality. There are many like her in the SO and I really hope some day they will wake up and smell the coffee. It’s sad.
In “The Way to Happiness”, Laffie says: “Keep your teeth in good health.” What a profound statement. This will bring piece to the world. If only everyone did just that, there would be no wars, no starvation, no disease.
This is what the genius came up with after years of research.
By the way, his own teeth were rotting, since he was afraid of dentists.
If the “thetan moves the body,” then what happens in animals? Do they have thetans, too (which would fit with traditional beliefs that peoples’ spirits can be reincarnated in animals) or do they somehow move some other way?
Besides obviously just not even thinking things through, Hubbard also failed to consider how humans are inherently wired in ways that strongly influence us – something increasingly being revealed by modern scientific research – and also have all sorts of below-consciousness and involuntary mechanisms at work as well. Not only are our brains and minds not simply computers, as his model implies, but his notions about thetans then get into what can be categorized as magical thinking.
“Incoherent rambling” describes almost all of Lrons ‘lectures’ and ‘congresses’. They make me wonder where Lron was getting his LSD in the ’50’s. .
Funny you should ask Zee…
Here is a link to another Hubbard who was active back in the 50’s as an LSD pioneer although with a bit of a shadowy background. He actually did help people and his work (along with others) is being revived today. Check out ‘How to Change Your Mind’ by Michael Pollan. It’s interesting if nothing else. It certainly holds more promise than ANYTH:ING scientology has to offer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Matthew_Hubbard
I almost bought into NEEDING the “L’s”
All of the promotion had me hooked on wanting what it said it would give me.
I remember being sat down alone by one of Craig Jensen’s executives to “enlighten”me on what L11 was and how I would benefit.
They were doing the ‘ruin’ drill on me and when I realized it I did my best to decline and avoid but still be employed because I had no other job experience or world experience and did not believe I could actually survive outside of the scientology bubble.
That money went to pay rent, help my mom who was hit by a drunk driver (PTS Rundown), pay for baby sitting, food, etc.
Additionally LRH used to make statements that are not truthful, nor accurate.
Specific: Science of Survival, towards the beginning of the book, LRH states Aristoteles was never a scientist and his philosophy lacked that view; LRH was of course also adding that Scientology was the very first science of knowledge.
Yet, if you review Aristoteles life and philosophy, you will find he is considered to be a great scientist and, of course, his philosophy affected many fields that still use some of his basic studies and findings.
Yes, Hubbard’s glibness was often just overt ignorance. His so called knowledge was merely ideas he pulled out of his rear end and arrogantly called science.
In regard to Aristotle, he wrote “Poetics,” a treatise on dramatic and literary theory that’s still studied today. Professional writers for stage and screen continue to use those theories, just as creative writers did back in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
It’s ironic that Hubbard’s fiction writing might have achieved a respectable level of quality had he studied Aristotle. Of course, it’s possible that he did read Poetics and passed it on as his own work.
SILVIA, the real revelation in ‘Science of Survival’ is on the dedication page of the early editions before they were cleaned up and disappeared. It would be fun to pull out one of these historical volumes and show it to any current scientologist, staff or public, and ask “who is Alexis?” Even though there are no semi-colons involved that one is sure to baffle even the most foolproof cultie.
For a never-in, it’s really hard to imagine how anyone could read LRH and think the man was a genius. Particularly in modern times, his ideas about what the universe is like are looking more dated by the year.
Reading LRH’s beliefs about the universe is like watching a corny 1950s science fiction B-movie. And in many ways, it is. That’s what Scientology’s cosmology basically is. “Space planes” and such.
With other religions you at least have texts that could be plausible if you believe that miraculous or supernatural things are possible. With Scientology you have the stretching of credulity even beyond the bounds of what makes good fantasy.
Hubbard’s total nonsense. I spent years with the e-meter auditing out Hubbard’s ideas about “ridges”.
The Philadelphia Doctorate Tapes give detailed instructions about how to do it. None of it works or provides any form of OT powers. Hubbard probably distorted Plato’s works which evolved into the “astral bodies” ideas. At any rate, Hubbard makes statements in the beginning that he is dealing with the “theoretical” thetan. It turns out in the end that it is all theory and no reality. He can use this as a trap to corner people with the foolish statements printed above. Good bye Scientology.