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Here is how they manufacture “success” stories in scientology…
They actually send people a template on what to say!
And believe me, it is a well-learned lesson in scientology that inflating your accomplishments NEVER gets you in trouble. In fact, it often results in much adulation. Understating your “accomplishments” however can be a fatal mistake.
UPDATE:
A Special Correspondent just sent me this which is appropriate to this post.
How is it that everything is going SOOOO great and yet he is sending out emails soliciting “successes” — why isn’t this guy so busy trying to keep up with the completions? Haha.
THIS MAY WELL BE OFF TOPIC, BUT I AM SURE THAT IT WILL AMUSE SOME OF YOU.2001 was my last Sea Org Anniversary on post It was DMs 25th and a special award was sent to the ship to be presented to him. IT WAS A PLAQUE TO DAVID MISCAVIAGE COB FROM PRESIDENT OF CST AND ALL SO MEMBERS. IT CONSISTED OF A WOOD PIECE WITH THE INSCRIPTION AN A STAINLESS STEEL RING HIGHLY POLISHED. HOWEVER IT HAD GOTTEN SCUFFED IN TRANSPORT.Someone brought it to the Engine Room and without my knowledge one of my juniors agreed to handle it.I found out about it when I walked into the machine shop and my junior was fitting the ring into the lathe chuck. He did not tighten it much because he did not want to warp it. He truned the lathe on and it slowly built up speed.I had never seen the lathe set to run this fast. SUDDENLY THE PIECE FLEW OUT OF.THE LATHE LIKE A FLYING SAUCER ACROSS THE ROOM AND HIT THE STEEL BULKHEAD. THEN
I will finish this comment tomorrow my phone is going dead
(CONTINUATION OF POST) Suddenly the piece flew out of the lathe at high speed, hit the steel bluckhead and fell t to the steel deck. Still spinninng it took off across the deck, went under the bench and slammed into some parts there.
Horrified, I saw that whereas it just needed polishing before, now it had dents and gouges in it.It looked like something one would find at the dump.
My junior calmly put ot back into the lathe and started machining metal off of it. He eventually got it smaller nobody noticed the difference.
I’m calling BS on the Suxxcess Officer from ASHO. How are you hitting highest evers when you don’t even deliver the BC anymore? What are you talking Basics and DIV 6 courses that people are being forced to re-do? Highest ever “Basics books re-read by staff” maybe. Maybe the Suxxcess Officer should be called “Div 6 Propaganda Officer” because the carefully omitted facts here are quite obvious to anyone who didn’t fall off the turnip truck yesterday. Of course, another explanation is that they’ve re-defined how they calculate the stats (again) so that it’s the highest superist duperist …. you get the point.
When I was SO on the Freewinds staff were supposed to go to graduation on Friday nights One friday I was there and a lady was on stage giving her success on an OT hatting course.
She said that the course “Was almost as good as taking LSD.” I could not believe my ears.I said to myself “THAT LADY IS TOAST! Sure enough CO CMO Jennifer Alpers motioned to one of her staff who took the lady from the stage directly to Dept 3. Note that the lady had not said that the course was as good as LSD. It was “almost” as good as LSD. After that no one could give a success without being drilled first by Events personnel.
Success Officer was a Div 6 post. I know, because that was me. I mined every possible experience in an attempt to spin it into a “success story.” It didn’t matter the context nor the content as long as it was handwritten on the “Success” form. Which reminds me of something that happened to me just the other day. I was in Doubt on whether or not the sun was going to rise in the morning. I decided that I would postulate that the sun would rise, in spite of my doubts. Wouldn’t you know that it did? I need to see Qual, I need to attest. Thank you, LRH, you’ve done it again!
Oh, was that you? I was hoping someone would think to do that. thanks! 🙂 I had already put batteries in my flashlight just in case it stayed dark.
Vladimir – here’s a typical short story for you.
1. Person gets curious about Scientology
2. Googles it
3. Reads articles, the majority of which are negative
4. Decides it’s not for him
ML,
An ex-follower of L. Rambling Hubbard
I would like to indicate we are ALL OVERRUN on the broken promises by Scientology, Inc. and that there is a shit load of BPC on this crap!
Sheesh – are they not sick of this – constantly promising things never done by Scientology before…and never will. They simply can’t. They are evil.
Director of Success? Seriously? What does he do all day? Ask people for their success stories? Make stuff up? Make sure everyone thanks the dwarf?
And he used to be the Deputy Commanding Officer there. He is a real piece of work, that one…
I caught that too and giggled! Are they finally running out of titles?
Exactly!! l laughed so hard when I read that from the Success Off. Talk about humor being outpoints.
Highest ever completions – wahhhhhhhhoo!
Oh crap! I’m not going to be able to celebrate Sea Org day today if I don’t have enough Success Storiess!!!!!
Logical fallacies, anyone?
Another monumentally epic example of the integrity of ‘Honest Dave’s Body Shop.’
I see someone stated this is the 49th year of the SO. I think it’s even money odds their number will be greatly reduced by their 50th. The sooner that organisation calling itself the Cof$ is erased off the face of the planet the better. Then we can all breathe a little easier, get our families sorted and get on with things as they should be (maybe even do something really naughty… like, you know… be honest with each other).
Radioactivity from Space Shuttle launches?
The main engines used liquid oxygen and hydrogen as propellants which generates steam as the exhaust. The solid rocket booster use ammonium perchlorate as the oxidizer and aluminum and the artificial rubber matrix as fuel. You may want to breathe it but it’s not radioactive.
While they’re at it why don’t they postulate a breathable atmosphere on the planet Mars?
May not want to breathe it!
(Dammit!)
There is NO Failure Tech!
“Space shuttle launches nearby”. Where was that person? If that came from Flag then that person was 150 miles away from the launchpad. If it was Orlando then it’s still 50 miles away. Even if that person was in the stands watching a shuttle launch they are still MILES away from it. The only radiation that they could possibly experience there would be sunshine!
Amazing, beautiful photo. 🙂 Andy Porter images are awesome, thank you for brightening up my day. – T.J.
Barf and barf again.
When people exit the bubble, this blog gives them access to the day to day BS delivered by staff that are tasked with trying to con new people to join/pay with contrived “success stories” and lies about “expanding Scientology”.
To graduate from Scientology they “get out” and then they can see the lies and deceitfulness generated by staff. It helps them unwind from being part of the “most ethical group on the planet”. Which is a total lie. They can thank their lucky stars that they are out and can read about it here.
Since when have the Space Shuttle launches been radioactive? Where the hell did that come from. Lots of people watched these things launch. The only side effect was awe. Leave it to Scn. to want to “Handle” it. The Purification rndn. is unworkable and can be dangerous, but I guess when you’re done with it, the E.P. will be “No more accumulated radioactivity from Space Shuttle launches”. So it’s “lets scrape off dry blue asbestos, cause that’s not dangerous, but watch out for those Space Shuttle launches. Geeze!
I can picture a shuttle flying a pole for an hour to remove the nasty radiation before taking off to take WTF and CCHR pamplets to the space station in preparation for any alien spaceships that might fly by on their way the nearest the nearest volcanoes on Teegeeack to drop off a few more millions of thetans.
I once chopped up some Blue asbestos on the Freewinds scraped it into a line and snorted it like cocaine. I am not saying that it is not deadly, it is just that we had more serious things to worry about .
Hi bill, Good to meet you.Did you receive a special certificate for snorting blue dust? Like my radiation cert except yours would be signed by Ron & co.Lest we forget clearing the planet and putting Ethics in on the Universe always comes first-you know the drill lol? XO
No, I did not get a cert for snorting asbestos. It was 25 years ago and I havent gotten cancer yet. However 3 buddies of mine who were in good health when I was sent off to die are now dead; Wak Allcock and D/Capt Paul McElveen both reportedly died of prostate cancer. They had to have received no or very late medical treatment for that to happen. Both were long time SO and not that old. The 3rd one was a cabinmate Jorge Arroyo who reportedly committed suicide.
I have reality on that from my experiences on the ship. I had decided that the only way out was to kill myself and this came up in a CMO metered interview. YET AFTER I TOLD THEM ABOUT MY PLAN TO KILL MYSELF AFTER IT READ ON THE METER, NO-ONE TRIED TO TALK ME OUT OF IT. I GUESS THEY WERE JUST WAITING FOR ME TO DO IT. Later I received some FPRD on it, but I could easily have been dead by then.
Are you by chance related to Barry Watson , an old time S.O member?
Hi Bill, Whoa I am so sorry for all those you lost to bad medical decisions too late.Cos does not have a heart in any form regarding those SO members who pull in getting ill.I despise that attitude.Well this old lady is trying to picture Barry Watson.I did not recall his name,but may know the face..Watson is my married name.In the SO and after I was Ann Bailey.But either name here I am.I like your posts.xo
For your info I knew Barry Watson at FSO as a NOTS auditor LRH talks about hin in 1976 in Aids Order 536. Thank you for your comments
Hi Kronomex, There is an image made for a spoof of the cult.A space ship flying around a pole to get rid of radiation.Why did I not see Ron was the genius spaceship sea ship bs ship pilot for the ages.Thank you for your comment.xo
I’m tired of you people knocking scientology and its founder. Don’t forget LRH was a world-leading nuclear physicist and knew all about the solutions to these mesty pollution problems. But it was political dynamite at the time to release the cold war era results lest the American public realise the truth about radioactive rockets and the USSR steal his radio-purif detoxification ideas and use them for profit. You don’t need Kronomex’s pole to rid the shuttle of ionising radiation. You simply turn the whole vehicle into a sauna for hours on end. Recent catch up central filing in the Tampa morgue also revealed LRH asbestos sauna/B12 detoxification tech research completely hidden away by SP filers 50 years ago in the As section. The A’s are nearing completion and who knows what treasures await in the rest of the files? Meanwhile COS is pondering the best way to benefit mankind and clear the planet of both pollutants.
Space Shuttle launches and radiation??!
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry!
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Addition to post with new solicitation for “successes” from ASHO
Oh, if they are on drugs they need to go to Rehab and get out of town. I am sure that someone in their org can provide a superior Rehab for them to go to.
The obligatory thank yous to “Ron” and “COB” aren’t in the example. That’s a bit of a surprise. And don’t they have special designated areas in the Morgues for writing up success stories? Kind of a waste to have them if some Russian immigrant is writing them up in his copious free time. Then again, they have a lot of room in Morgues that aren’t used and can easily be repurposed. Auditing areas, for example.
Success stories in Scientology are not optional.
I found that out when I was on staff. I finished a course and they wanted me to write a Success Story. I said the course was ok, but nothing to write home about. Their reaction was so severe, you would have thought I said “Hubbard is a fat fuck.”
Well Olde Surfer Due, he IS a fat fuck!!! 😉
Maybe what you should have said instead was, “Hubbard’s a good fuck.” You know… get their anchors points shaking hands on the tip of their noses.
I could be President of the Liars Club for Life except
for the fact that all my stories are true.Really.
As long as you worship David Miscavige on every success story
at Flag it’s anything goes.
Vladimir missed out the obligatory grovelling references to LRH and Miscavige. Lower ethics conditions all round!
Well, this is along the same lines as “Scientology Werks”
Werks at what? The auditing side of the “bridge” does NOT produce what El Con said it would (E.P.s). So logic dictates that the “Training Side” is equally UNWERKABLE.
Even El Con didn’t say that the EP of the bridge was “wins” but because of lacking werkability that is what it has devolved into.
But, he DID state explicitly what the ability gained was for most levels and they never produced those. Even when El Con audited people.
The Qualifications Division was Hubbard’s great discovery; its omission resulted in the downfall of the great Galactic Confederacy. Central to the Qual Div is Success Stories. It is how they “measure” the efficacy of their technology. But like anything stat-driven, success stories are easily and routinely “pushed” and falsified, rendering them meaningless as a QA tool.
All a parishioner has to do is refuse to write or produce a less than glowing success story, and they will find themselves on a To Qual routing form, which may result in a To Ethics routing form. In short, the member learns early on that these are potentially painful options – and may end up costing the member money (nothing is free in Scn).
Conspicuously absent from Hubbard’s “advanced management” system is FAILURE STORIES. Times when the member applied some technology and did not get the expected result. Of course, the church doesn’t want to know about such cases, otherwise they would keep a stat measuring it – AND make it safe for members to write such a story.
If there’s one thing Scn loves to do is validate itself and the greatness of their founder and his technology.
Anything else is entheta.
Nuclear bomb experiments and space shuttle launches in the same area? Are they on drugs?
That’s what I was thinking. The problem is, they don’t engage their brain before speaking. They say the first thing that comes to their feeble minds.
You are being too critical.
Scientology was founded by a nuclear physicist.
If the church says that nuclear bomb experiments and space shuttle launches were done in close proximity, who are you to argue?
Cut the Q & A and send in your stats.
What?
You don’t have any stats?
Well then, you are clearly an SP and need some False Data Stripping.
We’ll get you straightened out in no time.
Lol.
Hi Please Walk This Way, Love your comment.I will be right there for my straightening out! Can’t wait.XO
Is false data stripping like strip poker?
And how do they think that space shuttles are launched? Nuclear-powered engines? When did Thunderbirds become part of Scientology scripture?
Well Espi, that letter proves that scamology is only hooking the Russians who are on the FAR left side of the Bell Curve…
Vladimir need long work on English.
And that’s another thing! Is the SO turning Russian?
Must be, as the Americans are getting wiser.