This is the newest pitch sent out by Clive Rabies who has now apparently abandoned his post and campaign to get 10,000 onto Solo NOTs and is assigned full time to try to assist CLO WUS to revive their moribund ideal orgs.
The lies contained in this letter literally infest every sentence.
…Pasadena is going to go Saint Hill size right now!…
–the Ideal Org strategy has already changed the face of Scientology…
…not only bringing many more onto The Bridge…
…but is also introducing very influential people to LRH and Scientology…
etc etc etc
And then a wondrous quote from L. Ron Hubbard, who has shuffled off to Target 2 to go it alone because things just didn’t work out well here on Target One (?).
OW! OW! OW! My eyes hurt after reading that twisted OT’s quote from Lunatic Raving Headbanger.
The fact that anyone needs confirmation is evidence of inherent unwillingness. If they were really thriving, the whole enforcement mentality would be nonexistent and people would gladly show up.
I’m a huge SP due to education and previous work in the mental health field, never been involved in scientology. But you know what, if their claims of super human abilities were real I’d be throwing my money at them. If they had something worthwhile to sell, people would be beating down their doors.
Extra Ordinary.
Fascinating LRH quote. So an OT (one at cause over MEST and life) cannot even survive if mere wogs organize better?
Also note the implied threat about the list of those who attend this meeting.
Let me just take a moment here to agree with all the posters commenting on the horrific creepiness of the lines in this letter.
“I am sure that it is totally real to you…”
“Lrh knew that…and you do as well”
“Pasadena is going SH size with your back up and support….”
“The org will be sending me a list of those that attended….”
“you are nodding your head in agreement and reaching into your wallet”
“you are shitting yourself in fear and scrambling for a ‘valid excuse’ to duck out.
….
I’m SO f*cking glad I’m done with this insanity. As the months roll by I am constantly freshly appalled at the waste of my life and the depth of my past brainwashing. This shyte is crazy.
Clive sends me letters and sometimes I just burn them. Sometimes I take a match and light them on fire and just watch them burn.
……..
and on another note… within this coercive threat of whip letter, here again we are reminded that hubbard proclaimed OTs on their own die, and then he went off, supposedly an OT, by himself. ..and left ‘the planet’ in the hands of non-OTs, since OT VIII (first “real ot level”) wasn’t released yet.
My whack-a-mole was strong in this one for 30 years.
on that note…..time for another glass of wine.
Secretfornow…. you echo my sentiments. “Is this real to you” was so common of a term, but in retrospect it was just more brain washing: if you tried hard enough you could achieve endless OT abilities. The truth is, no one has come close, including LRH.
This is all a major word salad mind fuck!! Sheesh!
Scientologists are at such a stage in the insidious brainwashing, they are apparently used to this language in a formal letter addressed to them. Sad. It is done in a very disturbing way to keep members “in compliance”.
Two rather pertinent points about Rabies’ friendly message/veiled threat:
1) The only way that Pasadena goes Saint Hell Size “now” is if they change the definition of Saint Hell Size again. It used to be what? 200 staff members and 100K of income per week? Hell, I don’t remember because the phrase means nothing except what they want it to mean at that point in time. Humpty Dumpty in Alice In Wonderland, anyone? We know how much the Scis love that book.
2) People in Scientology who are not OT can see the people who are. Knowing what they know, and we know, about the condition of OTs that are in right now, who in their right mind (and remember, Scis are the sanest people on Teegeeack) would want to go OT? “Fucked up” is an understatement. From a moral, ethical, and theological standpoint, they’re an utter hot mess. OT is not a desirable condition, especially in that environment.
“(insert impossible target) RIGHT NOW!!!” ooooh, how Tone 40.
That sums up the idiocy and incompetence of the Sea Org.
Wonder how Miami org filing is going?
Are there any ideal orgs now ? Were there any ever ? Have any orgs ever reach st. hill size ? Do birds really fly ?
Commenting on Co$ videos responding to criticism, as well as those vids criticizing Co$, is a rewarding way to hone one’s writing chops, as in this comment I posted on a Youtube vid on The Defector:
“Growing revelation of Co$ tactics of denial, deception, and disclaiming.
For Dear Leader D. Miscavage: Listen..Lo!..do you hear the rising cry heralding retribution, Oh CoB? can you hear it echoing off the barren walls of your empty cathedrals, your lifeless gilded palaces of hate?
Know that we have your twisted visage in our sights and you will expire like a frog in a slowly boiling cookpot, its temperature rising incessantly from fires fueled by justice, with flames stoked by warriors of truth.
You’ll boil gradually, your decline exquisitely prolonged, as you live the growing nightmare that you’ve so heartlessly engineered for those hapless souls ensnared in your dark web of evil.
Sleep well this eve, Father of Lies, a warmer dawn awaits your waking on the morrow.”
Did somebody say, Co$ = Game of Thrones w/DM as Tyrion Lannister?
The Church of Scientology doesn’t harm anyone with its lies except itself. For example: more people are familiar with NOT’s materials than there are people that have had actual New OT V certs issued to them from the church. I think that about sums it up. 🙂
I once made the same comparison over at Ortega’s based on the whole vertically challenged thing, but the folks there convinced me that the better comparison was Joffrey. If you put in the caveat that Ron Miscavige never fucked his own sister, I think the comparison works.
Because people like Tyrion Lannister. Does anyone like four-thirteen?
Hubbard’s ‘FYI’ stating, “OT is not a stable state…” was the FINE PRINT to the fabulous claims about OT! At some point it became necessary to state it openly though. OT’s were naturally wondering where their advanced, superior abilities were and Hubbard’s little addendum was meant to address that concern, was it not?
You see, dear OT’s, even though the wogs are inferior to you they are well organized so it might look as though they are your equals or better, etc. If OT is not a stable state and OT’s are ‘fatuous’ to think they can maintain their superiority as a lone wolf, then that certainly goes for all ‘case gain’. All scientologists, in order to keep what they’ve gained, will have to run with the pack so to speak. They will also have to run, not walk, away from enturbulating entheta and Sp’s.
The, “OT is unstable”, fine-print addendum has the side benefit of keeping scientologists in their bubble world unstained by accurate information.
A simple “please” might be nice.
Thank you Mike. It appears to me the term hardcore for those still in makes perfect sense. Just the fact that the contents of that letter are totally laughable right from the get go and the fact that those still in gobble it up at an increasingly frenzied rate,proves to me that Emeter may do more than measure mass etc. It fries their brain cells too. ?
Another point in all this. Scientology organizations seem to have devolved into total “Hey You” operations. Everybody does everything (except deliver Scientology Tech) and everybody writes emails and letters to everybody about everything (except Scientology services). There have been many examples of this on the blog lately in the form of letters/emails from Clivey boy, from CO of the ship, so on and so on….More evidence of the chaotic disintegration of the Church.
Right. I’ve talked to some who were in early, and back then it was a come and go as you please, and fun. Totally voluntary, and it was all about auditing and processes and how this one worked and that one bombed, and the new process, and how to run it. Then the whole thing grew, and the whole thing was perverted after Hubbard left. You can get into the problems businesses face when they grow “big”. Apple is often cited as an example, and books have been written about the transition from an organization in which “posts” are know by their first name, and are “down the hall”, to a formal structure. In a smaller organization, people know each other, and the work is worked until the project is done for the day. As business grows, hallways are added, and if you have something to accomplish via shipping and receiving, you end up trying to talk to a nine-to-fiver in another city who left for the day at 4:59pm because he doesn’t have the dedication to the actual necessities of the business. Infuriating. Generally, it’s called the transition through a start-up phase to an organizational phase, and it has serious problems to deal with, as order flow increases geometrically. You need someone with specifically organizational skill and talent to keep things running, and everyone happy, from “old timers” to “new hires” – with production always the priority. You must understand the product. When you’re dealing with a product line like Scientology and auditing, you can’t tap Booth School of Business for someone who has a degree in it, because you as an organization, are giving those degrees yourself. Then if you get bad management imported into the organization, on top of it all, it falls apart. If the church had not been such a success, if it were not so vital, and if there were not, consequently, such demand and money involved, the whole thing would have collapsed long ago. The “product” became “money”, and that is a total falsehood, an idiocy.
Nickname, I think that among the real complexities that have to be taken into account, are that in the 1970s and 1980s Scientology was having to deal with changing external social and demographic dynamics – as well as internal changes resulting from Hubbard’s decisions around creating the Sea Org as a totalitarian force to run Scientology behind the scenes.
As occurs with many businesses that happen to be at the right place at the right time, their problems go from trying to handle more business than they’re actually capable of, at which point they can afford to lose a lot of new customers, to trying to hold on to a shrinking customer base. I think the evidence is that this happened to Scientology as the baby boom started to turn in to a bust in the mid to late 1970s, with the prime demographic of youth in their late teens and early twenties starting to decline precipitously. This also, for example, significantly affected colleges and universities as their candidate pools declined, and quite a few of the smaller and weaker colleges even began to have to close virtually as soon as the peak was hit. Plus, the early Gen-Xers were looking for different things than “tuning in and dropping out,” and Scientology was starting to be increasingly dated in many respects, more Plan 9 From Outer Space than Star Wars.
And as I’ve written elsewhere more at length, I think that Miscavige came along at a point when Scientology was transitioning to the more centralized and autocratic control that Hubbard had developed on board the ships, which would likely have proceeded largely as it did even if Hubbard had lived to be 100. The fact that Hubbard was deliberately trying to create “plausible deniability” for his control of Scientology through the Sea Org, also served to obscure the real source of change – and to preserve his image as “mankind’s best friend,” rather than revealing him to be a totalitarian tyrant and the actual source of much of what was going wrong.
Clive isn’t even being at all subtle with his not-so veiled threats to those who might be tempted to miss his upcoming briefing. He’s not above letting them know in advance that, “The org will be sending me a list of those who attended and I hope to see your name on it.”
Public $cilons who haven’t already been crush regged into bankruptcy and penury are few and far between, even in SoCal and S. Florida, where the largest remaining covens continue to exist. So, coercing the few remaining ones who have cash to report for what is sure to be another of their “locked door” money-grubbing events is going to be very tough sledding because they’ve heard it all before, hundreds of times, in fact
The clam rumor line has it that Clive has been upping his “dollars regged per event” stat by luring the $cilon faithful in with the promise of free child care during the event, but only releasing the poor kids back to their anxious parents after they’ve ponied up the required minimum donation amount 😉
Btw, the self-lobotomized $cn faithful may have forgotten all about the big push to achieve the star-high goal of “10,000 on Solo NUTS,” but we sure haven’t! Exactly how close did you get, Clive, and why has this formerly much-hyped grand goal been down played, or perhaps, completely abandoned?
He realized 10,000 was insignificant. Even 10,000,000 wouldn’t really change anything. His “thinking” or most likely Dave’s was – forget about Solo Nots, show me the money!
The only time I find myself passing the Pasadena Idle Morgue is when I am on my way to the Santa Anita horse track. Sometimes I ponder how much better the money I spend betting on horses would be used to make this Morgue ‘Saint Hill Size’ and clearing the planet.
I quickly snap out of it and go and enjoy a lovely day at the track.
Hey Mike any clue how many commit suicide in Scn if any which I’d think there’s a good chance being in stress & financial ruin for prob many ppl,if U have time & have a great week in the Sun….
This is from the Underground Bunker via Karen de la Carerra’s website:
https://scientologymoneyproject.com/tag/steve-brackett-suicide/
He’s not the only one, but he’s probably the best-known of such cases. The Bixby Bridge is a very high bridge, and perhaps killing himself there was perhaps his final verdict on “The Bridge to Total Freedom.”
Sounds like what most Scientologists are doing these days – going back to the bottom of the bridge.
I guess they can’t look at old Scientology magazines or promos for fear of being confronted with the truth. It is hard to imagine, isn’t it?
The dog continues to chase it’s own tail. Round and round it goes, getting more insane at every revolution.
Scientologists must be the most desperate of people, all that money, effort and sacrifice… for what? The evidence of failure is obvious & heartbreaking but they don’t see it, they just feel it, yet they continue to tell themselves, “the tech works, the tech works… I know it does, I know it does…”
Oh my…
It seems that many former IN’S are on this board and stayed with “the organization” until YOU finally stopped drinking the Kool Aid and got YOUR OWN personal wake up call.
I would imagine how heart wrenching it was for any of you to realize once you were OUT, what a fool you had been, allowing yourself to be taken advantage of financially, emotionally, used as slave labor for free, basically nearly starved of food, and allowing oneself to be physically assaulted as well.
You may have seen it too, and said the same thing, “I know it works; I know I am doing good for the planet”….FEAR is as I said before a great intimidator. Fear of being cast adrift in a world you know nothing about, fear of being on one’s own, totally abandoned, cut off from family and friends……
I’ve had friends THAT has happened to after laving certain similar “organizations”…..they see in others still IN, what they saw in themselves….PITY THEM…..they can’t cut the ties that bind them to CO$, especially the old ones who fear the lose of the mortality and afterlife. …..
Always remember as I’ve said before,….Can’t save someone who doesn’t want to be saved”….(or isn’t ready to be saved). We ALL should be ready to help anyone who wasn’t to BLOW at a moment’s notice…
Stable datum for Scientologists: The tech works, you don’t.
“The org will be sending me a list of those that attended and I hope to see your name on it.”
So Clive, what happens if someone’s name isn’t on the list? A sec check to see what overts they have?
You better watch out, he sees all your crimes
Cower in fear, I’m telling you why
COB is coming to town
He’s making a list, you’re paying the price
Gonna make sure a head’s on a pike
COB is coming to town
He sees you when you’re sleeping
He knows you masturbate
He knows if you’ve been bad or worse
Your eternity’s at stake
Oh! You better watch out, he sees all your crimes
Cower in fear, I’m telling you why
COB is coming to town
Hey. There’s truth in “the Ideal Org strategy has already changed the face of Scientology”.
It hasn’t changed the face of Scientology for the better. But it HAS changed the face of Scientology.
🙂
And that face is ugly…
You’d look the same way if your head were up your ass.
Hmmm…better is subjective. In the sense that the ideal org strategy has helped to reveal that the church is all about taking your money, then i would say that it has changed it for the better. Because the sooner it’s gone, the better.
I’m surprised they put “I am sure it is totally real to you” into a letter since that might spur someone to ask, “Is it really?” and start asking questions.
Or maybe not.
Maybe the loaded lanugget stops questions. Saying “By now I’m sure that . ..” imply that it should be. AS Monty Python said in a parody of political argument “All right-thinking people believe…” Who is going to stand up in opposition and admit to be wrong-thinking?
Loaded language , I meant .
“The org will be sending me a list of those that attended and I hope I see your name on it.” translation; you better show up or else!
Spoken like a true mafioso! The Mob would be proud…Hell, Scientology would be proud!
Santa’ll get a copy too, so he’ll know who’s been naughty or nice.
Shantz and Cootz are coming? You’ve gotta be shittzing me!
And here I thought Puss & Boots were coming.
I was at the Pasadena Model Idle Morgue about a month ago. And, I was inside the building. There was a sign that said, Staff Wanted. I noticed very few people in the building. They did say there was 200 people on course (upstairs). Coop and I waited around for their break to see how many were on course. Nobody came out. Maybe all 200 students were so engrossed in their studies, that they decided not to take a break. Yeah, that has to be the reason….
Yeah, them dang words and all, keep ya nailed to the desk they do. Anyway, who needs a stinking break when there’s a universe to conquer!!!
And it better be quick, buddy. I mean like right now! Why do you keep looking at me like that?
Good recon mission, gentlemen! How was the parking lot? Did they all walk?
Yes, good work! I’m surprised they let the two of you in! Better disguise yourselves next time. Go in drag, and if they try to throw you out, report them for discrimination 🙂
The Pasadena Model Idle Morgue doesn’t have a parking lot. There is a 5 story parking lot right next to the cult. You can park there, but, only for 90 minutes. Then you have to leave and then come back for another 90 minutes.
I have seen staff park on the street. It’s a wonderful they even have a car.
OSD, I think that to get those stats they count everything including staff courses and extension courses, several of which someone may be enrolled in at that same time – and for which people are not necessarily coming into to the org. I hear that people even try to take the courses for which they don’t have to come in to the org much if at all, to remain “in good standing” but avoid the reges. So that number of 200 may not entirely be a lie, but it can be far different from the number of students actually showing up in the courserooms regularly. If Pasadena is typical, they may only have about 30 staff including part-timers and volunteers, and 50-70 active members.
PeaceMaker, there were very few staff that I saw. And, again, they had a ‘Staff Wanted’ board set up. They’re probably not being paid. But, Andrew said 200 students just upstairs. Of course, that had to be hyperbole as we never saw these students. I have noticed that every time I walk by, the faces are new…
Was there even a receptionist to greet you when you walked in the building?
Yes, there was. And, they invited us to come inside where I took pictures.
Rejoice DirectTv Users, allegedly, SMP’s channel will be channel 726.
Dang, I was hoping it was 666.
You mean it wasn’t! Surely 666 was meant for the dwarf! He probably has it tattooed on his back…
Awesome. Now I won’t be left out of all the impending J&D.
Since nobody is allowed to talk about anything they’re safe to just chow on positive postulates.
The final chapter will be something like King Rat I suppose.
They’ll have survived but will be starved beyond recognition, mentally incapable of thinking on their own and HOPEFULLY they’ll have someplace to go to.
I talked to a friend today who is Christian. She told me she just shows up – any time – to churches in town. ANY church. She is never stopped, never harassed or questioned. She just walks in (even if they have already begun the sermon) and enjoys the experience then she leaves.
Can you even IMAGINE being free to follow your religion on your own terms in scientology? I don’t think so.
Yeah, King Rat… remarkable movie and good analogy. I remember the last scene when the allied troops entered the camp and there was a single dressed prisoner standing there among all that despair – his universe imploded before his very eyes.
I Toot when I have gas, but, never to an OT. They might get riled up and lose their composure…
“The org will be sending me a list of those that attended…”. How very creepy and threatening.
Scientology has another division that’s not talked about much: Threats R Us.
Davey’s got his own too: MEST Is Us.
“I am sure it is totally real to you that …”
This is what is known as mental coercion. It is not a question. It is a command. To disagree with whatever follows is to put yourself out of bounds and in need of correction and re-education — what is known from “1984” as a Severe Reality Adjustment (a term adopted by Scientology in the 90’s). What follows the reality-agreement command in that letter is blatantly and obviously not true, but you had damn well find a way to stuff that knowledge into a deep dark place, and brick it over with rationalizations about your own thought crimes that caused you to doubt the Ideal Org results in Pasadena in the first place.
Too bad for them I don’t like soup
Someone, a direct senior, once scolded me for saying someone needed an “SRA” when I was working up at Int. Later only to find out on the internets that it was supposedly created or put into use by Miscavige. Anyone know the origins for certain? I find this interesting. Wonder where that person is now, or if they stood up in any way further against what she termed an out tech and squirrel term. LOL.
Sigh….
Totally real! Like gag me with a spoon and bag that face! I’m totally with it…
Yes, hgc10, along with other manipulative cult language. Here’s my favorite: “You need to know…you need to hear this…you need to understand…” Grrrrrr. I’d always be thinking, “Who the fuck are you to tell me what I need? I don’t NEED this at all, actually! YOU need it!”.
” YOU NEED TO DO (fill in any scn service) OR YOU WONT GO FREE!
Never occurred to me to ask if they themselves had done the service they were selling me.
Guess that’s how hypnotized I was.
They very frequently say ” it is real to you”. Is it LRH policy to use those words?
Is it real to me? Oh, hell no!
Right!…”…real to you?” A covert manipulative way of forcing agreement about something out of you by implying that if something isn’t “real” (read “obvious”) to you – (because, of course, everyone ELSE understands it) then you’re a kind of idiot. Grrr…
…I seem to remember a process, “look around here and find something really real to you” there are a bazillion references to “reality” in scn. It’s now real to ME that it’s all hogwash. ..and, it’s, “out reality” that there is any good in any of scn. I have “R” on the fact that it’s all lies and bullshit. Reading Mike’s Blog ups my R with other scammed victims.
hey, I’m having fun with the tek terms again!
Clive Rabie, is a snarky beaten down being. A shining example of the perfect RonBot.
Does the Ronbot run on batteries or rice & beans?
Hah! Coffee and cigarettes.
As someone who has never been a Scientologist, and don’t plan to be one in the future, some of the abbreviations are confusing. Is there a resource where they are defined and explained, so I’ll have a better understanding of what some of this means?
Thanks!
I found this site helpful : http://www.scientologymyths.info/definitions/dianetics-and-scientology-definitions.html
There are many others.
Lynn, go to the best source, Mike Rinder. Take it away, Mike!
http://www.xenu.net/archive/dictionary/
http://www.xenu.net/archive/dictionary/
http://www.xenu-directory.net/glossary/glossary_a.htm
http://exscientologykids.com/glossary/
Google
Here’s a useful glossary of terms:
http://www.xenu-directory.net/glossary/glossary_a.htm
Doing an Internet search on scientology plus the abbreviation will usually pop up the answer.
You might be better off leaving it alone Lynn. The door labeled Scientology is booby trapped and once you open it it becomes even more confusing.
That said, you might find an item called the ‘Dianetics and Scientology Technical Dictionary’ on Amazon which has most all of the terms defined. The cult no longer prints it and Dave has neglected to issue the new one that has been in ‘test’ mode since the turn of the last century!
Yo Dave,
What’s up with the endless delays on getting Your new dictionary out. You know how those of us out here on the fringes hate to have misunderstood words and all that duff. Get on it good buddy!
I can think of one: SRC, Severe Reality Check. That’s when the dwarf gets in someone’s face and verbally rips them apart. Included is a trip to the RPFs RPF…for years, and years, and years…..
Mike, Mike you are glib, you read those sentences all wrong.
🙂
Pasadena is going to go saint hill size now. Well since there has always been such a nebulous definition of saint hill size, maybe the poor guy will declare it done. In the meantime, I’m going to feed my rainbow kitten unicorn while I wait to see it happen.
The ideal org program HAS changed the face of scientology. It has never been in such horrendous shape and with each ideal org opened, it fails more miserably.
He doesn’t say which bridge people are going on…
And I do believe very influential people are being introduced to scientology every day, just not by the ideal org program and not in a manner that would make them willing to participate in scientology. The bad PR is spreading rapidly, the idle morgue scheme should have been abandoned but since it hasn’t, hey that scheme can be used to show just how rotten even the core is.
Here’s the deal: Sunday my great granddaughter was playing with my tablet. Her mom was freaking out, afraid she’d break it. I told her the case was strong and the cover was ballistic glass and besides if it broke “it was just stuff”. Scientology has made the focus on “stuff” (or as they call it MEST) the center of their dreams.
There is no joy in stuff.
“He doesn’t say which bridge people are going on…”
I can help you with that — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-zczJXSxnw
Good point, Valerie
Be truthful. That’s a simple principle to live by. It isn’t moralizing, and it isn’t just a belief, and it isn’t just an opinion. Be truthful about facts, truthful about your own emotions, and truthful to yourself. There’s a world of truthfulness, and it makes things so very much easier. As with anything, practice improves ability.
Truth is cause and effect. I tend to put things off, and I’m not alone. My taxes always get filed in a hurry when the date due comes crashing in. My kitchen garbage is always a minor pain in the neck. I have, as most thetans do, a remarkable ability to not-is things, alter-is them, and to get smacked with is-ness. Simple things like running out of toilet paper when you need it because “I can change that roll next time”.
Cause and effect is truth. It’s very plain to see. Denial of truth brings dire consequences, it really does. Those consequences accumulate, on four flows, across Dynamics. And you end up with one hell of a mess, and the collapse of civilizations. It’s almost funny. I guess it would be hilarious, if it were not the truth.
Be truthful. Be honest. Be sincere. Not a fool at all. If you’re playing poker, you don’t show your cards to the table. You don’t broadcast your every thought. You play by the rules of the game, and there are lots of “games”. So you don’t write checks that bounce, don’t claim injury when there is none.
But there is a deeper life than just a game, and that involves your own integrity, your own truthfulness to others, and to yourself. You set an example, everywhere you go, everything you do. In a sense, your integrity is part and parcel, a composition of, a contribution to, an essential of, Creation.
Truth has remarkable qualities. Very satisfying in a profound way. It makes problems disappear. Cause and effect. Truth. Simple.
Rambling a bit? A bit peripheral-to-topic? Maybe. Sorry if so. Be truthful. Practice it.
“But there is a deeper life than just a game, and that involves your own integrity, your own truthfulness to others, and to yourself. You set an example, everywhere you go, everything you do. In a sense, your integrity is part and parcel, a composition of, a contribution to, and essential of, Creation.”
Nickname, thank you for this. It is truth eloquently expressed, and reading it just helped me, actually.
Thanks, Aqua. Given that auditing exists, I often wonder if just saying things is actually useful, when the goal is to get someone to say things themselves. What could be nicer than a PC blowing you away with a cognition, leaving you scrambling for what to say? (TR’s: ack!! The PC will then forgive you if you fall off your chair, or sit there with your mouth open.)
Loved reading all your comments today Nickname.
Thank you, Cindy. It is nice to know.
Nickname, strip out all the scamology falsehoods you just wrote and you’ll be closer to truth
Blubbard always proclaimed that personal integrity and self determinism were essential to the attainment of true spiritual freedom. Such teachings as “if it isn’t true for you then it isn’t true” are exemplary. But the quote used in Rabey’s letter clearly says the opposite. Hell, it even promises one will lose the gains he’s made if he fails to “team up” with other OTs. This along with all I’ve witnessed in decades in the cult underscores exactly what I learned in that time. Be true to yourself and don’t ever agree to anything that smells like bullshit. In the end, the stench became so overwhelming I disconnected.
Even as a ‘never in’ this communication scares the hell out of me.
“Making these same orgs Saint Hillside orgs is how we drive public up The Bridge at the correct order of magnitude.” —— Justifies the term “sheeple”.
The Org will be sending me a list of those that attend and I hope to see your name on it.” ——- Somewhere, Joe McCarthy is smiling.
So grateful for Mike, this blog, and all of the good information. (And the great humor is a plus!)
It would be interesting to see Clive meet up with Dave in Pasadena and personally show all those do-nothing staff how to body route 50 or 60 new people into the org. I’m just positive Clive and Dave would fill up basic courses in just a few hours.
Neh! They’d fill the place in minutes!
In the wog world I think that would be felony kidnapping or something like that.
Only until the CO$ is in charge of wog laws.
“Somebody some day will say ‘this is illegal.’ By then be sure the orgs [Scientology organizations] say what is legal or not.”
– L. Ron Hubbard, Hubbard Communications Office Policy Letter, 4 January 1966, “LRH Relationship to Orgs”
Nothing like a good officer leading from the front I use to say. Always good to see that, very inspirational. I have never seen it in Scientology though. From Hubbard down, that ship was steered with total disregard for it’s own crew. Unworkable Policy and an insistence on lying set it’s course for destruction.
The epitaph written on Scientology’s tombstone, “Here are the LIES of the most ethical people on the planet.”
+1! Outstanding post, I Yawn! Very well said!
Nothing good can come from being a member of Scientology. Nothing…
There always seems to be an implied threat.
“The org will be sending me a list of those that attended and I hope to see your name on it. Just call the org to confirm and to give the names of those you will be bringing with you.”
Or what?
Or what?! Good God kengullette, you’d be sec checked within an inch of your life! When they say they have a list, they do!
Or we will show up on your doorstep and wait there until you give us money. Sadly it’s been known to happen.
Oh, no doubt! And it’s not that they want to do it, they’re ordered to do it! Come back with money…or else.
If you are on OT VII or are trying to get OK to get onto VII, it matters if you attend the events. One of the things that makes you eligible to receive OT VII is “contribution and participation in Scn.” So if you aren’t going to any events, they can yank your eligibility. And they use that card with the OT’s big time.
So they attend the event, get all hyped up at the flashy pep rally….then what, Mike? What happens after the confetti settles? What happens when none of the things said in the letter actually happen? Don’t those who attend this kind of event keep an interest in seeing the wondrous promises manifest? What happens if the actual turnout is low? Doesn’t that kind of give lie to the whole “we are growing by leaps and bounds” thing?
Usually there is the pep rally then the game. What happens after the event? Does it all just go quietly into the night?
Multiple moving targets being juggled plus a constant reminder to come to present time keeps everybody distracted. The past doesn’t matter and nobody admits seeing the emperor without his clothes. Admitting such things will get you in trouble.
Yes. Nothing happens. Been that way for decades.
“What happens after the event?” You either pay up to retain your Bridge or stop showing up and eventually become an ex-Scientologist.
So, according to that quote, L. Con went off by himself to succumb to little beings who are better organized.
Well, ANY living creature can organize better than L. Con so I guess he is truly toast.
Hubbard said he’d write to me when he got to Target ll. Obviously he was too busy getting plastered. Mike, I’m just not sure how to get past the hurt…
“Activate all of your comm lines?”
Who talks like that?
Ummmm….the military?
Not in my experience in the military (US Army, four years, in case anyone wondered or cared). For one thing, the word “fuck” or variants thereof aren’t in the phrase.
R2D2
C3PO
You’d think that members would reali8all the fake promises. After awhile most would be able to see thru the BS.
Like the *twit* insists that one can be Gay and still be welcomed into $cn….
It seems to me that all these empty promises (LIES) spell out that the cult is desperate. It all just seems so lame, like how can anyone believe this BS?
Mind boggling
Realize*
Ho ho, thanks to Tony Ortega, the Twit and John Alex Bellend have been outed as paid propagandists. Having been exposed, there might be a place for them cleaning the restrooms at Saint Hell.