God only knows how much money he's spent over the years, not to mention the countless number of hours he's put into the cause.
For what? To be just like the other elderly folk around him.
Right there, BINGO, is why I left Staff/scn. You're working your life away and spending entire bank accts....FOR WHAT?!
Mutiny, heavily suppressed in military and governmental models; is common in the world of business. A COB or CEO such as Miscaviage would be quickly deposed by the factors of the marketplace. Consider this; Scientology is after all, a business - if you want to call a pyramid marketing scheme a business. Amway and scientology have a lot in common; and many scientologists, in my experience, are drawn to such schemes. God, I remember the "Blue Algae" Ponzi scheme that was all the rage around FCDC in the 90's - anyone else?
EP (ethics particle par excellence!)
This is great stuff asagai. Well as I have said before, the final crunch for me regarding the cult was the actual doubt formula, I had been stuck in it for years until I realized that in fact the formula itself was not giving me the choice I needed which was to 'walk away'. I had two choices only, to 'attack, harm' (same bloody thing!) or 'help', and when I realized that this was part of the trap, my brain cracked at that point and I was well and truly out.
I think my first google on the cult was 'scientology truth', can't remember what came up cos I was still very much.. .. thinking that should I come upon the ot3 data I would get sick and die, that was still very much engrained even though I knew that scientology was a con to gain power and control for ronny so it was a difficult time.
If there's anything I can help you with please just ask and if I can think of anything else that you could use I'll surely let you know. Keep up the excellent work asagai and thank you.
Hi Asagai,
it's hard to remember what my questions were back then, if only we'd had access to the Internet! If I could go back to the time when I was, in effect, doing the Doubt formula, I would ask the following questions:
1. Did LRH lie about his history?
2. What happened to all the money people paid for Scientology?
3. Was the tech "true" or just an elaborate hoax?
These were the questions that I eventually found the answers to, and which helped me to do my own Doubt formula on Scientology.
Well done!
Solo
One of the great difficulties when you are "in" is resolving the doubt formula. I know, I ground through 15 years of solo nots which cost nearly half a millilon dollars, without a lot of gain, but some, just enough for me to think that it would all come at the end, until my wife finished. So, why is it so hard? I think Ron himself gave us the answer in the HCOPL "Hang up at doubt", PTSness and false data. The church had provided me with both, but some was subtle.
If one takes their "stats" of the church from the church, you would be just mad to even think of leaving! But what if those stats were truly false data? What if the true results of applying scientology were explained by Hubbards death certificate? Or by Jeff Hawkins book, "Counterfeit dreams" (free on the web)
What if you did not fear to speak your mind to other scientologists? What if you did not feel the church could forfeit your eternal happiness with a stroke of the pen?
Could you work your way through your doubt condition faster then?
When I read the stuff on the web it gave me the ability to evaluate the experiences I myself had, none of the web data, that may or may not be true, went into my doubt condition, though it did contribute to me being able to objectively look at my own experiences in the church for the first time ever, without justifying and making excuses for what I experienced, for the first time I saw some of those actions for what they truly were.
Be brave.
With regards to people doing the Scientology Doubt Formula:
Thanks Pixie - I can do something with "scientology truth" - thanks for the feedback.
If you were talking to somebody now who was in Doubt about staying in Scientology, what would you say to them that you think would persuade them to consider leaving?
Imagine somebody was doing the Scientology Doubt Formula - what would you say to them? And do you know any good links to webpages that would answer their doubts/questions?
Thanks Feral. 15 years and half a million dollars! Pretty powerful things to take into consideration when in doubt!
I'm not familiar with HCOPL Hang up at Doubt - can you remember what it said?
Counterfeit Dreams is excellent for those doing the Doubt Fromula it can be found at: http://counterfeitdreams.blogspot.com/2008/04/chapter-one-going-home.html
and FTS posted it and ESMBers commented on it at http://forum.exscn.net/showthread.php?t=6257