There is apparently no limit to the hype.
“You gotta see this to believe it… The FUTURE really is now.
Seriously?
And what do you have to see that is the future now?
SPOILER ALERT!
Miscavige announcing the “imminent” opening of KCET.
You got it right. Things have gotten so bad that he is AGAIN announcing the imminent opening of KCET. It’s already been shown and endlessly pitched and the “Big News” for the March 13th event was something that is “going to be” done.
In fact, if you look at the scientology.org website, it tells you everything you need to know and even has photos (and just for the hell of it log onto Facebook and look up John Mappin — he has the full rundown in his usual “style.”) Really wonder how it’s working out trying to get people to show up for this event to hear about the announcement of “upcoming” events they can read online?
Here is a selection from the scientology,org website report on the joyous occasion….
“Thousands” converged. They are afraid to even give bs numbers these days it seems. They struggle to fill Ruth Eckerd Hall — 2300.
A couple of the more interesting bits:
There may be 50 ideal orgs that have opened their doors — but nobody is going in. And frankly, after more than a DECADE of this program, one would have thought it would be done by now. But of course, they are still managing to squeeze a few shekels out of the sheeple so it will go on forever I would imagine. Miscavige will dole out just enough money to complete a few orgs so he has something to show at his events and tell everyone else to “keep donating because it is absolutely vital to have all orgs ideal.”
There was not a SINGLE COMPLETED IDEAL ORG for March 13th. You can guarantee that if there is anyone left at the Int Base they were taking the full brunt of that flap.
So, again, the “announcement” (with more CGI footage) is “here is what is upcoming” and we have orgs “set to open.”
The “imminent” opening (he might have said that back when he “opened” the “Ideal Pacifica Bridge” a few years ago) of the “entirely unique” media center. Really? Entirely unique? Except for the one 85 miles down the road that cost $500 million to construct replete with unutilized “video edit bays, music scoring rooms, audio mix rooms, a visual effects facility and multiple sound stages.” Yes, Golden Era Productions is the EXACT SAME THINGS as this “unique” new white elephant. Why do they need a NEW nerve center to spread the church’s message? The current one isn’t worn out from over use.
Nobody really knows, but COB said it’s a good idea, so it’s a good idea and you WILL enjoy paying for it. Dave’s Folly would be a more appropriate name.
“Our brand of freedom”? – the scientology brand is freedom from over-filled bank accounts and credit cards that still have credit available on them.
Today I was at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference. This organization has 100,000 members. It filled the Verizon Center in Washington DC, which has a capacity of 18,200.
Meanwhile the Church of Scientology, which claims to have millions of members, struggles to fill Ruth Eckerd Hall, capacity 2300.
Based on its demonstrated inability to get people to turn up for its major events, I would estimate the Church of Scientology in the US has about 1/6 the number of active members that AIPAC has, or about 15,000 to 20,000.
Mike,
What I can’t believe no one is talking about is the fact that, simultaneous to the L. Ron Hubbard birthday celebration on the fifth floor of the Dolby Theater, three floors down in the main auditorium was a Paley Fest panel entitled “Stars Salute Crime Show Guru Dick Wolf” featuring Jason Beghe. Jason, of course, was on the panel as the star of Dick Wolf’s Chicago PD; however, as you know, he is also one of the highest-profile dissidents. The Dolby theater (and surrounding complex at Hollywood and Highland) was teaming with Scientologists that night, and I can’t imagine the concurrence of the two events was coincidence. The Paley event was open to the general public and I imagine Jason Beghe must have been terrified to think of the convening that was taking place but three floors up. What a brave soul.
Amazing info!
Something that doesn’t lie is empty courserooms and empty auditing rooms.
You might be able to attract people to a nice fancy building but it doesn’t take long for the average person to figure out empty parking lots, courserooms, lobby, etc means the place is more of a museum than a place to spend your hard earned
money to be able to sit one on one with a supervisor in an empty courseroom.
The staff know it as well. No amount of rah rah or dredging up the same old faces to come to events is going to change that.
Their only false hope is that elsewhere it must be better than their org. After all, look at all the wonderfull posters claiming thousands converging to events elsewhere etc. Just not in their area.
Booming orgs? More like a bust.
Ideal org in Copenhagen.. ?? Oh…my… The emty Malmoe (actually Arlöv) ideal is 35 min by train..
I just don’t get the end game.
It’s great to say that DM is building up a real estate portfolio, that possibly could be sold at a profit in the future. Great. The issue is, that those buildings require maintenance, and in some jurisdictions I presume they are not tax exempt (stand to be corrected on that one). Are they insured? Up to code? Grandfathering on old code standards means if any major renos are made, in most jurisdictions, mean that it needs to be brought up to current code. The all costs $$$ beyond just buying; in some cases the purchase price is just the start.
I wonder what business case analysis goes into obtaining these buildings. My guess from all indications is that there is none. When $cicon falls apart because of no more real members, can these building be turned into rental properties? It seems to me that they are pretty well single purpose.
Maybe Tom Devocht can chip in and comment on this?
I have covered this a number of time.
First, it is the only way he can stay in power — he must “prove” there is expansion for the sheeple to continue to follow him. The only thing he can do is buy property and the “new orgs” are the proof.
Second, he HAS to spend money to satisfy IRS requirements. Buying buildings to “service parishioners” meets the IRS requirements.
Yeah, I get the second part re: IRS, but it would seem to me there would be much more efficient ways of meeting those requirements, especially with the COS being an international entity. I’m reasonably familiar with an organization having to meet NFP requirements.
Are you suggesting that the substantial reason is to satisfy the whales? Man, you’d think that well has to run dry sooner rather than later. How often can they get regged before they say, “Sorry, not this time.”? A wise man once told me, discussing sales, “3 dimes are always better than a quarter”.
It all seems so short sighted. One can only do the smoke/mirror thing for so long before it stops. With his father’s book coming out, it could be another interesting year.
I think he’s in this strange little bubble world he’s created for himself and he probably doesn’t have an “end game”. He’s managed to create his own little world surrounded by cowed and ill people and he probably feels that he needs to keep that going to protect himself. Self preservation and protection from others who would judge him is probably his only goal.
DM is gaining more ground than he can support or defend. I’m a little surprised he’s not aware of the grim consequences of Napoleon and Hitler who moved too fast into Russia and were consumed by the Russian winter.
Skeptic – Regarding the cash value of the real estate portfolio, here’s my guess. Historically real estate holds its value against inflation. A dollar today buys what 15 cents bought in 1970, just 46 years ago. Apparently DM enjoys designing and decorating pretty buildings. In the rest of his time on earth the buildings won’t devalue that much in terms of paper money. That’s not good real estate management, but what does he care. So the end game is just the current game as Mike says.
Skeptic, they are self insured. When ever they become too burdensome he will sell the property. It’s a very simple thing to understand.
How will his tax evade tactic work when he sells church buildings?
Selling property hasn’t made a difference. Just “relocating”.
Simple, purchase a tropical island for a new religious HQ and parishioner retreat where he can retire too in luxury.
Completely legal.
Freedom’s just another word for giving Dave the boot
Davey ain’t worth nothing but he’s cheap
Feeling good was easy Lord when Mike and Marty blew
Good enough for me and all the SPs
Hi Nemesis, Good to meet you,I liked your post! True,true!If I might add All us SPs on Mike’s Little Blog on the fringes of the Internet. We are a Force and we keep Rolling. Love,Ann.
I thought scientology purpose was about producing clears and OT’s, not producing ideal orgs !
Well Fox, once “Clear” and “OT” were found to be a scam, what else are ya gonna do? Gotta change the scam to keep the $ rolling in.
“…. the “Big News” for the March 13th event was something that is “going to be” done….”
David Miscavige’s In Basket News!
Come hear which projects Miscavige is approving to continue working on!
,,,,rather technically, this is David Miscavige’s “Pending Basket” news!…..
Parting the “doors” of this universe? And from there ascending to states never described by any known language? The guy who wrote those words must have sipped some of the same ayahuasca tea I had last year. “Whoa!” is all I can say. At any rate, scientology is somehow achieving the impossible by at once falling apart yet maintaining its bright, expansive future.
Hi RogerHornaday, You posted it perfectly! Cos is trying to be and do opposite intentions all at the same time! Insanity plus! Keep going dm, keep going! Love U Ann.
This just in from the rumor line; Miscaviage announced on March 13th that SMP (Scientology Media Productions/KCET) will be opening on April 30th
Mike, the Scientology Media Productions campus has one vital element that the Gold Base will never have. It can be staffed by personnel that are not qualified for the Gold Base.
It can be run by a crew who knows nothing about the “Hole” or the extravagance of Building 50. Who have never seen the wildly luxurious “Home of L Ron Hubbard” that will never be occupied but needs an army of cleaners to dust. A crew who have never had to live cheek by jowl with Dave.
The poor schlubs who are still left at Gold are so hammered down that it is a wonder they can still produce an event video. 99% of the videos are computer-generated with canned music from 90s events anyway.
The Technical Training Films are done so they don’t need a film studio. The films are all digital now so they don’t need the Film Lab. The Music Studio is almost 100% idle, there has not been a new Scientology music album since the 90s. And they could use the Mad Hatter if they needed a music studio. The meters are being manufactured offshore now, the CDs in LA and the cassette duplication line is not needed at all. Same with the reel-to-reel tape manufacturing line. Why have a Gold Base???
Dave doesn’t even let the Int Base “executives” share the stage with him anymore. If he could just cut loose the Int Base and let it drift out to sea with all the baggage and bad news, never to be seen again, he would.
Maybe that is the plan, get the SMP on line and sell the Gold Base to a real studio. Maybe Paramount could use the giant Cine Studio sound stage to actually shoot something. Or they could do a horror film in that double-wide trailer…
Bruce,
The most recent research on earthquakes make the San Andreas AND the San Jacinto faults the focus of the next ‘Big One’ in So Cal. The San Jacinto fault (part of which runs within 50 feet of the residential berthing buildings) has always been a burr up Dave’s butt. Google ‘liquifaction’ and get the picture. Dave’s paranoia alone is enough to make him sell the place.
Hi Bruce Ploetz, Great to meet you and I love your posts. The recent one about this ” studio ” of cob’s sparked a long ago memory for me.Sometime in 76 Ron or whoever wrote for him wanted me to send photos to the SO#1 line of me in SO uniform.Little tapes were being started to show what the Sea Org was supposedly about.At about the same time the letter reg area @ Asho on Temple was bursting at the seams.So word came down that two enormous sound stage buildings had been bought further up Temple for us letter regges.Curved stages but really old brick that had centuries of dust everywhere.I liked it though because I could get a cat nap up in the booth for production if I had to pull double all nighters.No-one about.
The talk around Asho D & F was that we were going to do some of the promo for some of these tapes or what was to become the tapes.Back then I started to get some intention from up lines to go some where? Hemet? and be in some of the tapes.However all was so disorganized as to who was to do what to start this up, that I just kept on with getting my stats up each week and avoiding the GO that was lurking around all the time,until they pounced.
I hope all the Gremlins in all the Electronics in all the world invade KCOB 24/7!Love,Ann.
Hi Ann – Finding a hidey hole for catnaps – laughter! You were certainly resourceful!
Hi Richatd, I am not a Leo for no reason! Laughter! Love your posts.xo Ann.
Hi Richard, My IPad is the worst today! I meant I am a Leo for good reason-Like finding cubby holes for catnaps.The computer age ages me at times! Love,Ann.
Ann – Laughter! – A cute little cubby taking a catnap. That definitely fits the metaphor. Scn turned you into a lioness. At 70 years of age (never say years old) I don’t need or want a smart phone. I can read a map and prefer to make purchases from local merchants. I do admit to reading this blog on a tablet when my wife is hogging the computer. Love, Richard
Hi Richard, I hear you.And I am the lone lady in Baton Rouge that walks around shops with a gasp handwritten list. Plus hubby Walter hogs his big IMac so I have a bond with Siri as Walter laughingly calls my IPad girlie! I’ll get him with my revenge of the king cake babies part2! Love to you both,Ann.
🙂
“And thus the freedom we offer extends to every human being”
That’s the end quote of the certified wack job known as COB.
Yes every human being except, SPs, PTSs, anyone connected to SPs, psychs, government officials, journalists, drug manufactures, convicted criminals, pot smokers,
devout Christians, Muslims, practicing Buddhists, anyone who has been institutionalized,
People who have had shock treatment to name a few.
Miscavige continues to dig his hole deeper. Soon he will be sitting in it alone.
Don’t forget the Private Investigators who ratted out on Dave. They’re not allowed either.
Or anyone who has ever been on the evil internet without printing out a record of browser activity monthly for the local MAA, or failed to return phone calls or failed to show up for local or Int or IAS events. Anything less than total Tone 40 support of the COB are grounds for a Comm Ev as these offenses are the stock in trade of your Suppressive. No reasonableness will be tolerated, you are either with us, blindly and obediently, or you are in league with the ENEMY. There are no shades of grey as the grey hats are sick PTS types. If you are sick, you obviously failed to disconnect earlier from an SP which makes you a Liability. Bring your checkbook for your Ethics interview. Sessional or not, we are not auditing you. We will apply the thetan booster whether you like it or not. Because we are OT’s and know better than you even better than you know yourself. You are either in all the way, or you are out. We don’t tolerate outness. Only inness. So get IN and stay IN and never withdraw. No, never withdraw or exercise “Self” determinism in the face of mankind s greatest need for the mankind dynamic, in other words, the Scientology Financial Dynamic. The more money we acquire, the more OT you will become. Don’t question how or why, thats just counter intention. We will know you by your actions and your compliance or lack thereof. Get with the program.
I think the above goes with a (my) view of scn having a generation gap. The first generation might arbitrarily be 1956 to 1986 when the death of LRH and takeover by DM occurred. That would include all the baby boomers who fueled the early expansion. 2016 would then be the end of the second generation.
Speaking from the point of view of a public scientologist, the first generation didn’t experience the relentless pressure from all sides to conform as you express above, Doug. The second generation never experienced the chance to make a light joke about tech, admin or LRH.
The sea org would have been a mind bender all along the way as Ann and others often explain. As the old song goes, what a long strange trip its been.
If a ‘media center’ shouts the loudest, and no one hears, how is it the loudest?
Yeah, the grand opening is near, the signs are covered up and the big bow is on order, but what will it really do? Nothing, nothing but put the fear into every sea orgre at Hemet. They know their jobs are about to be gone and how many will be sent to LA to do the same work? This is just another layoff in disguise.
“Celebrants were entranced by stories of Mr. Hubbard’s exploits to the Far East. His treks were quests that literally mapped the boundaries of human knowledge of 10,000 years. In other words: magic.”
this quote is literally mapping the boundaries of my brain’s ability to tolerate massive wtf-ness.
Chris,
As much as I daily savor how Mike is taking this cult apart one key-stroke at a time, I HAD TO chime in and thank you for a great, out loud bout of laughter, as in: “this quote is literally mapping the boundaries of my brain’s ability to tolerate massive wtf-ness”. Thank you for that, PERFECT LINE
LOL, SLP, thanks! you might have laughed even more if you’d seen my face while trying to make sense of that bit. happy saturday 😀
I like it too, wtf-ness has an approving quality about it, describes the Cof$’s overall effectiveness of footbullets rather well.
Precisely my response. Big Sunday Laugh!
Hi Chris,I love this post too.It is magic alright,now I see my brain now I don’t poof, I am back on the bridge to nowhere! Laughter Love,Ann.
As we learned from the super power building, the scientology definition of imminent is “when forced to do so to save face”.
There is a new medical building here where I live. It’s opening is imminent. It is fully funded by the physicians who will staff it and construction has been at a fever pitch, even in our brutal winters. Their definition of imminent is Spring 2016, maybe as late as May depending on a few glitches. No one who will be frequenting it has been asked for a penny up front. We will pay as we receive the services. People are chomping at the bit to get in there. It will be a great addition to our community.
That is how the real world functions.
As for the freedom aspect, I was never more enslaved than when I was in scientology. Every move I made was monitored and possibly reported on depending on what I did. I had to beg to see family, even attend a funeral and had no time when I could do exactly what I wanted.
Contrast that to now when if something happens, I give the people I work with the courtesy of a notice that I will not be there. They work around me. I was able to be there when my cat died Thursday based only on a text message saying “not coming in, cat at vet, may be in later. Don’t plan on me.” This June I will be in North Carolina to welcome my latest granddaughter.
When in Sea Org, those would have been “other fish to fry”. Out here we call that real life.
I’m so glad things are going so much better for you once you got out of the cult, Valerie. So glad you made it out. “As we learned from the super power building, the scientology definition of imminent is “when forced to do so to save face”. You said it! So true.
Scientology will be UNSTOPPABLE as soon as:
– Enough Orgs are Saint Hill size;
– Key to Life and Life Orientation courses straighten out enough people;
– The Basics books are rolled out;
– 10,000 are on solo NOTS;
– Golden Age of Tech (GAT) rolls out;
– Super Power building begins delivery;
– GAT II rolls out;
– Your org becomes an Ideal Org;
– Scientology Media Productions global digitial media enter opens;
– L. Ron Hubbard Hall opens;
– All Scientologists are bankrupt and declared.
Please feel free to correct the sequence and remedy omissions in the above, but I’m absolutely certain about the last item in the list.
I’m betting on lron hubbard hall changing everything. Can you imagine the impact that will have the planet. Hold on to your hat ladies and gentlemen, because THIS is going to change everything !!
2000 hypnotized robots en masse…..in an ideal auditorium….don’t know about you but I’m getting goose bumps just thinking about.
Oh…..I almost forgot. There’s a rumor that each seat in the Great Hall will have individualized sec checking capability. Whatever that is? Some lost tech our Great Leader probably uncovered no doubt.
You’re right! Each armrest will have electrodes and be connected to a meter in a secret control room. If your needle isn’t floating when Il Duce speaks, out comes Security to cart you off to Ethics.
No more need for Ethics Officers! Just sit in this chair here…..no, no, no….rumors of a trap door under the chair are completey unfounded.
Hi amy, Very good to meet you.Thank you , your post had me laughing for quite sometime! What a picture of the Trap-Door.Sec-checking Shanghai Style! I do not think so! lol,Love,Ann.
You missed one:
– When pigs fly.
As a newbie to the scene after watching Going Clear, is LA still considered the greatest concentration of scios or is it now Clearwater? Also, I don’t recall if LRH’s birthday was the biggest holiday of the year or is it something else?
At least the buildings are real – lol
Yes, Richard. L.A. is home to the greatest concentration of Scientologists in the world. So…I’m figuring they have between 100 to 300 member left. Not including SO & staff….
That’s great news. They can still avoid in-breeding if they’re careful.
I believe that’s already a done deal.
Do they still tell the people at the Los Angeles events that they are the highest concentration of Scientologists on Earth? I’m sure it’s still true, but it’s also a sobering indictment of the overall picture. Because if the “highest concentration” can’t be bothered to fill one level of the Shrine Auditorium, it isn’t that big a stretch of the imagination to think how bad it is everywhere else. If I were them I’d dial back on using that “highest concentration” slogan.
I wonder how many of the “thousands” converging were … um … paid extras?
Bloody pathetic, they have even asked wog suppliers for donations towards the cost of the SuMP fiasco. They have no shame and no new customers.
SPs rule!
KCET, New home of three stooges reruns.
Nyuck,Nyuck,Nyuck,shuttup moron, I’m Broadcasting !!!!
Get it straight, people, and leave KCET out of it!
The new name for this location, the new media hub of the known galaxy and beyond, is KCOB, it just HAS TO BE!!! Let’s be fair and give credit where credit is due!
I used to drive by this place everyday and used it as a landmark
in conversation as KCET.
No matter what D.M. calls it this will be a disaster and probably
tagged KCET to give L.A. locals a reference point.
Kay Kob has a nice ring to it but exes would soon refer to it as Korn Kob
If they sell Hot Dogs and have a giant fiberglass
head of David Miscavige (like old doggie diner)this could work !
Dave,
Freedom to part ways. ‘State of the Art’ is old school lingo (you are dating yourself). Vintage DM Studios will get you nowhere.
The offer from White Elephant Self Storage is still on the table (have your minions forwarded it to you?). The further you walk out on your limb of real estate investment toward oblivion, the lower the offer. Take it while you can. Amazon, eBay and OTHERS are ogling your empty buildings. Eminent domain will push you out.
Beware of the IMMINENT ‘black swan event’ (Google it).
The promo for the past two decades has been so over the top in hype, that’s it’s actually kind of fun seeing what’s next. You may have THOUGHT it could not get any more “epic” than GAT2, but … ha ha ha … never underestimate the Davey/Sherman super duper hype extravaganza machine … there is ALWAYS something bigger … THIS is exciting news for the entire world! THE ENTIRE WORLD!!!!!!!! … wow
I was thinking the same thing, Joe. I mean, their promo pieces are just so ridiculous, they’re kind of fun to read! But then again, they’re desperate. Very, very desperate….
KCET? Radio? Maybe they could get the rights to all the old Art Bell radio shows and play them all day, interspersed with LRH lectures, and Davey event speeches. Wow! What a format! Art Bell alien show, LRH, Davey, Art Bell alien show, LRH, Davey, Art Bell alien show ….. ok, play a little Tony Bennett every now and then to kind of smooth things over, maybe his new old stuff with Lady Gaga …
How about some fireside chats with Dildo Dave and the Dickheads?
What a great name for a band with the dwarf in it: Dildo Dave and the Dickheads – Keeping it Real!
A weekly “Tom Cruise Hour”? Big ratings for that.
Dave, perhaps a little more of this might help your PR.
http://m.nydailynews.com/new-york/daltrey-townshend-donate-1m-teen-cancer-patients-article-1.2569681?cid=bitly
I’ve seen more benevolent looking quicksand.
‘ol Davey boy is sure tugging at his tether, his gig is up and has become hackneyed beyond belief. Freedom is a term he knows nothing about. He’s too scared to go out in public or to the movies, the beach or even grab a burger without a massive security detail. He’s stolen a lot of money from a lot of people and conducts surveillance on everyone he knows. His shadows must be very dark and hold all sorts of dangers. He’s become one introverted mf who plays the same tune over and over, he’s built his own shinny jail, rot in it!
Dave’s working on raising his ARC (Assets, Real Estate And Cash) so he can simultaneously increase his KRC (Kool-aid, Renovations And Confessionals) thus spearheading KSW (Keeping Scientology Worsening). In celebration of his actions, staff and public can now receive for a small fee of $10,000, a special commemorative pin ‘We Are Benefitting Scientology, abbreviated ‘We Are BS’.
Hi Nemesis, This post is a keeper! Thank you.Love,Ann.
Hi Mike, Thank you thank you for keeping the pipeline that is this cult front and center.This past year has changed my life being able to post here and meet so many kind good loving spirits.I want to keep growing and learning from y’all.
And Mike if I am wrong cold beans and dogs for me,but a little bird told me 3/20/16 is a B Day for you.So for you and Christie and your handsome boys, One Billion+ of????????????????Love Always to you and yours.Annie( I only use this when I am really happy as I am for you and your family.)
i actually love cold beans (bush’s best – mmm!) that said, wishing you all the best on your journey, ann B, and wishing you the happiest of birthdays, mike R!
Hi Chris, You found me out! Actually how about Bush Beans as a cold sandwich on Pumpernickle or rye bread.Just cannot get them out of my system.Laughter! Thank you for my b- day wishes mine is 8/1 and I will scale peak#65! Yiles! Look forward to more of your posts! Love,Ann.
You’re a good soul Ann and birthday wishes Mike.
Hi IYawnalot, Thank you from my heart.Your Soul is Golden.Love Always,Ann.
What I saw in the very last Scn news magazine I got my hands on is quite interesting: either shots of “buildings” supposedly ideal things with no cars or people who could be seen, either incredible numbers of people “before” these buildings for some operation of inauguration.
But who are they? All of them turned toward the buildings. Almost non recognizable, except very few people for SHUK ideal new birthday.
It’s bizarre.
Stupid wordpress thing can’t accept the exact phone number, since I’m giving a french one. I’ve no possibility to give another!!
So I could not contact you once more through the “conatct”. Therefore, contact me though my mail adresse, Mike.
Thanks.
roger
Quel damage!
Roger,
I hope you don’t mind this totally off-topic question: I knew a Collette Gonnet who was a Flag trainee in the 80s. Are you related to her, and / or do you know her? Do you know her current situation?
Dave
Roger, cet événement d’anniversaire LRH partout dans le monde qui est tellement investi et médiatisé n’a même pas le rendre aussi une histoire de nouvelles pour couvrir d’un magazine ou un journal, ou une émission de télévision. Pas même une émission de radio. Le monde vient d’avoir sans nouvelles de cet événement. 🙂
Roger, this LRH birthday event all over the world that is so invested in and publicized did not even make it as a news story to cover of one magazine, or one newspaper, or one TV show. Not even a radio broadcast. The world just turned without any news of this event.
Having been through enough INT Base flaps taking (forcing) the responsibility of downstats on every crew member: heads are rolling “up” there. Panic and fear. Anger and grief. Finger pointing. Ratting each other out.
If you have a family member in the church or on staff, especially if they are up there, send them a letter with love and peace in it. Maybe some money so they have resources to leave. Write using a name of someone they would trust or be allowed to receive communication from (if you are a declared SP) maybe.
My pay was $12 to $26 a week. I never had enough money to do anything. I called home “collect” when allowed to at the guard booth. Once I got my Sea Org Bonus I knew if I could make it to a town I could escape, and I did.
No one is just walking away up there. I’ve never heard of that happening.
That is very scary.. doesn’t sound like “freedom” at all. Good advice… I am glad you made it out.
I can’t agree with your positive viewpoint. I had a step son. I married his mother primarily because of the close relationship I had with him. Essentially I married my step son, we had that much affinity. He wanted brothers or sisters, so I had two girls. You’d have thought we’d be a very tight knit family. I led them all into scn and 25 years later I led them all out – except my step-son who is today the most highly trained individual in all Africa. I can understand him disconnecting from me. I can even understand him disconnecting from his mother (entirely from the CoS sick viewpoint, you understand), but I cannot accept him disconnecting from his two sisters who have absolutely nothing to do with any of this. If he needs help leaving the CoS, he can go fuck himself as far as I’m concerned. This is a person who at one time was the closest human being to me!
The social awareness of a corporate Scientologist is too wacko to use or respond to any type of familial logic. They wall themselves off pretty effectively I’ve found. For over 20 years I’ve had real problems trying find a way into the mind of a couple of family members insisting on guzzling the cool-aide. Their lives are a mess and they reject any love offered (except money) all in the cause of them thinking they are going free. They truly have a problem with freedom, they dramatize betrayal on the only comm line that will listen to them. The Cof$ does not listen to anyone except Miscavige.
Nothing good comes from anyone flowing time and money to the Cof$.
I Yawn – I’m thinking of generation gaps, 30 years in human terms. 1950-1980, 1980-2010, and 2010-current. Maybe the first generation like myself would have been less oppressed? Hard to say. The basic woo always went deep.
Yeah, it does doesn’t it?
But hey… we’re still standing.
You’re a very brave individual, TOOT! Glad you got out. Imagine having to ESCAPE from a church. That just boggles my mind.
David Miscavige is not interested in opening buildings – he is interested in obtaining every last dime from all members. This is a great money making scam.
Look at what DM did with Stupid Powerz. $220 million over 20 years and the only reason he opened the building was because of Luis Garcia.
Maybe we need to file lawsuits for this fraud.
I received word from an Staff Member at one of the Idle Morges, where they are still fundraising, that the money needed to “start renos” has gone up so high – they will never get the money. Public are broke and they are cannibalizing the staff.
The Org started at $2 million – then a few years later – it went up to $4 million – then $6 million and now it is $13 million. The clubbed seals don’t question and most of them are broke and in debt.
Now they are going after Staff members who clean houses and sell rugs and sheets on street corners – to Pledge donations and move up in Status.
We all know what that means – they will get hammered every week until they come up with the money.
>Now they are going after Staff members
This is great news. Not only are they desperate for $, but they are presumably forcing staff into bankruptcy. This is “economic cannibalism” – the church is in effect, “eating itself alive”. This is a great example of KSW: Killing $cientology Willfully.
“….eating itself alive…” Oh man, this is great! Can we sit outside of Idle Morgues with beer and popcorn and watch it happen!
Right-on Visitor! Staff “My Father just passed away.sob sob. IAS reg, ” Did he leave you anything! Cash, stocks, property? You have to give it to us today so we can save the planet! “
The problem with cannibalism is that one eventually runs out of other people to eat.
That means that, that person is the winner! Wait…..the loser! Oh shit, I can’t decide.
As harsh as it may sound, abuse overcomes programming and more people will leave.
Hi Richard, Thank you for your astute post.In my case what you posted was very very true.Unfortunately the abuse was what began to open my eyes.It stinks but that is how entranced I was into Ron’s World.Love U, Ann.
I agree, Richard. Abuse, experienced personally, or witnessed personally, is what makes a koolaid drinker leave
A few days ago I watched a film clip of some guy harassing staff members as they exited a bus and walked down a sidewalk and entered a scn building. To me that was kind of crude. If they were out on the street proselytizing with a personality analysis or whatever, well, ok.
Anyhow, to me they appeared well groomed and well dressed. To their credit they just shrugged off the harassment.
Geezers! 30 years ago I use to regularly audit staff members and they were copping a hard time back then with having their money continually extracted like a bad tooth. Now, it must be a lot, lot worse and with no auditing except, “I’m not auditing you…” my cream-less coffee just curdled.
Nothing good comes from being a member of the Co$.
Miscavige is running short of ‘news’ to babble during events where very, very few hypnotized sheeple still dare to attend.
An empire as small as his size.
SILVIA, that’s an insult to all empires everywhere…..
One unifying word: freedom.
The only way to achieve freedom in $cientology is to leave – walk out the door, don’t route out.
+1! Nice post, visitor. Indeed, freedom (aka getting your old life back) is just leaving. For good. Never to go back.
Hi visitor, A good point made with your post.Many years ago if I had routed out I am sure I would have disappeared, never to be heard from again. Just walking calmly out,even though you are about to faint and your heart about to burst – for me that was the best way.Love,Ann.
“Our brand of freedom”?
Yes, FreeDumb (TM) 🙂
It’s as if Dave is playing 3 Card Monte in the same spot and every pedestrian crosses the street to avoid him but he sets up shop in the same place every day with a different deck convinced that people will play.
The COS has no idea of how to get and keep clients in the Internet Age. Dave can make Ideal Orgs, advertise at the Super Bowl and give out TWTH to billions but nothing is working.
Makes for interesting Birthday events.
Dave’s problem is how to say, “We are winning.” when we are losing.
Watch DM carefully: are his lips moving? he’s lying. Watch DM carefully: Call the FBI. Repeat.