Dulloldfart
Squirrel Extraordinaire
Isn't it necessary to believe in some of the concepts hubbard put together, explaining the workings of the mind, to find some of the tech useful, while those same concepts are used to convince people that their gayness is an illness that can only be cured by the tech. The underlying philosophy of scientology is what is harmful about scientology and that philosophy has a way of contaminating the parts because it is the basis the parts are built upon. I can't see a way to use a part of scientology without it being a part of scientology.
Thanks for the explanation.
I'm not sure what you consider the underlying philosophy of Scn to be. My thought currently is that Hubbard's philosophy was to aggrandize and enrich himself (and similar vulgar aims) while disguising the whole as a noble endeavour, with any genuine truth-seeking perverted by his overall goals. However, many others who contributed to Scn's body of work -- with their contributions labelled as Hubbard's -- were genuine truth-seekers. The total is a hotch-potch.
As an example of using a part of Scientology I talk about "sessionability" in my PaulsRobot pages. I find it a useful concept. I tell the user that to the extent he/she is "sessionable" (enough food, enough sleep, not under the influence, willing and able to follow the instructions, no distractions like kids or pets or tv or phone, enough time for the session) to that extent the session will tend to go better. And vice versa. I don't parrot some inflexible "no alcohol within 24 hours before a session" as I think that is far too simplistic and wrong.
Paul
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