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afaceinthecrowd

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Well, yes, I suppose I have been able to do a lot more good "out here" . . . Christ! actually, you've made me think, I would not have been able to help folks as I have nor develop any of the tech I've developed had I still been in :no: I'd have been in the straight-jacket! :angry:

And, the other side of the coin is that being Roger-otomied as I was is actually the best thing that could have happened to me at the time it did.

Just the same, Spike Bush still deserves one of Mystic's cactus rota-rooterings :yes:

R

Yup...knew the guy...he does deserve to sit on his namesake and rotate.:D

Face:)
 

FoTi

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There is one other summer only pleasure: looking at and catching (and releasing) fireflies!

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those little yellow lights are fireflies.

We have fireflies where I live too. I didn't know they had them in California. I grew up and lived 53 years in Southern California and never saw a firefly there. :confused2:
 

Ted

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Perceptions

I have been wondering how a person could possibly go Clear on the subject of self or any other subject if their perceptions are screwed up. My conclusion: A person can't. Or, if a person does, he/she certainly won't stay Clear.

What screws a person's perceptions? Any number of different toxic, false, deceptive inputs, physical or spiritual/mental.

Here's some funny stuff from George Carlin. Gets past the first few minutes. He then starts talking about some hilarious perceptions that we all have shared at one time or another simply because we have bodies and brains hardwired in similarity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILwOQV32rHg&feature=player_embedded
 

lkwdblds

Crusader
A cast of bigger "heels"!

I don’t know whether or not El Ron is the biggest “heel” of all historical figures…but for

Yea, good point, I forgot about those prohibition gang leaders and thugs, you know Al Capone, John Dillinger, Baby Faced Nelson, Meyer Lansky, Pretty Boy Floyd, Frank 'the enforcer' Nitty, et al.

a “Philosopher”, “Guru”, “Savior”, “Enlightened One” he probably takes the cake, IMO.:yes:

When I learned that El Ron was not the “OT” that could “walk through walls” it was not that big of a WTF to me…I wasn’t in Scn for that…I was an ARCU/Consciousness kinda guy, that’s what interested me. El Ron’s treatment of others…Hisself’s continual greed, selfishness, callous self-serving amoral-ness…brought about a series of WTF’s that helped usher me out the back door. The SO was, more and more, becoming an extension of El Ron’s personality and the “New Civilization” that he promoted, that the SO was the “vanguard” of, was not a place I where wanted I live or work. I came to a point where I had lost all trust in the SO as an organization and had very little hope left for El Ron ever changing Hisself's ways.:confused2:

I knew there was some good stuff in Scn but I also knew there was some real, real bad stuff…I realized that the bad stuff was dominant and the good stuff was the lure and the fly paper.:angry:

Face:)

A heel has to use somebody for a while and them step all over them with their shoes, grinding their body parts and face with his or her heel. Most of that rogues gallery from prohibition days did just that.
Lakey
 
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Ted

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What Counts?

Over 20 years ago now, I had a continuing beef with scn management over the way stats were recorded and counted. God, I just hated reporting bullshit stats and jumping through hoops to provide verification on compliance reports. What a bunch of organizational psychosis!

Even Hubbard wrote in one of his policies that a sure way to crash an area is to assign it a wrong stat. But get his minions to see the illogic of their recorded stats then make a change? Oh, no.

"When the dotcom bubble burst, hotelier Chip Conley went in search of a business model based on happiness." If there are any places on Earth where happiness should be measured, I would think a scientology organization would be right up there, tops on the list. Yet, the "Friendliest Place On Earth" is far from being that! It does not take much management ability to figure out why. It does take a being who can see, evaluate, and make a decision.

"In an old friendship with an employee and in the wisdom of a Buddhist king, he [Chip Conley] learned that success comes from what you count."

Give the talk about 17 minutes of your time. I think it will be worth the investment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UROCz70tlMY&feature=digest

P.S. There is a lot of posting of what counts on this thread. :D
 
We have fireflies where I live too. I didn't know they had them in California. I grew up and lived 53 years in Southern California and never saw a firefly there. :confused2:

The only fireflies in California are in the Blue Bayou area of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland.

We have relatives in Ohio, who we visit twice a year. We always time a trip when there are fireflies. They are magical.
 

lkwdblds

Crusader
People with Advanced case states acting like jerks!

I have been wondering how a person could possibly go Clear on the subject of self or any other subject if their perceptions are screwed up. My conclusion: A person can't. Or, if a person does, he/she certainly won't stay Clear.

What screws a person's perceptions? Any number of different toxic, false, deceptive inputs, physical or spiritual/mental.

Here's some funny stuff from George Carlin. Gets past the first few minutes. He then starts talking about some hilarious perceptions that we all have shared at one time or another simply because we have bodies and brains hardwired in similarity.

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Your comments remind me of an incident from 1981 when I was a newly wed. My wife and I met this couple, Bob and Susie who were both on Solo NOTs. We invited them to dinner and had a great time. They wanted to reciprocate but they were just in the process of moving way out to Steven's Ranch out near Diamond Bar in the Northeast tip of L.A. County. They were going to rent a truck for their move and then promised to have us to dinner at their new home. Being in construction, I had a truck so it was agreed that me and wifey, would be at their home on Beachwood, near the corner of Franklin Ave at 7:30 the next morning, help them to move by loading things on my truck and then drive together out to Steven's Ranch and see their new home.

Wifey and I showed up at 7:30 sharp but there was no one home. We waited in our truck for nearly 30 minutes, figuring they were out for breakfast or something. By 8:00 they had not arrived. We knocked on neighbors doors on both sides of their house and no one knew anything. After waiting an hour we left. In the evening (a Saturday) I called, and got only an answering machine but no return call. I called again on Sunday and Monday, again leaving messages and receiving no return call. My wife told me to just forget it, they were flakes so I didn't call Wednesday. I told my wife, I feared that they were in a serious accident and were in the hospital or were dead. On Thursday, I decided to call again.

Guess what, Susie answered the phone. She acted happy and just asked me "What's up?" I was incredulous and replied, "My wife got up at 6:00 AM and we drove from Orange County to Hollywood, arriving at 7:30 exactly on schedule with our truck to help you guys move as agreed." Susie said, that she and Bob were excited and could not sleep so they got up early and about 7:15 they just decided to leave right away and go rent a truck and not wait for us. I said that she should have called us the night before. She said they just decided to leave on the spur of the moment and they thought it was too early in the morning to call us. I said, how could it be too early, you knew we would be there at 7:30 AM. She said that since we did not confirm, she figured we probably would not show up.

I then said that she should at least have left a note on her door for us. She said they went to breakfast, still intending to meet us but at the restaurant they decided not to wait for us but to rent the truck and do it themselves. The restaurant was about 5 miles on the way to Diamond Bar so they did not want to double back and leave a note and therefore just contined driving to Diamond Bar. Finally, I asked if she got any of my phone calls and she said she got them all but she had been too busy to return any of them. She was going to call me in a couple of days!

BOTH OF THESE "OT'S" WERE OFFICIALLY CLEAR AND HAD DONE OT III.
Both Susie and Bob had attested to Clear and OTIII and yet Susie pulled this stunt. Bob seemed quite rational but he let Susie run the social calendar. I do not know if Bob was complicit in this or if he just went along for the ride without knowing any of the details.

Susie said she would make us a dinner at her new home to make up the damages. Since they were so busy, a date was set about 3 weeks later. A couple of days prior, I called her to confirm that we were on. The night before the dinner, perhaps 10:00 or so in the evening, she called and cancelled out. There was a new briefing for all those on OT 7 at Flag and they were invited to the briefing and so they flew to Clearwater the next day instead of seeing us.

When they returned, Susie called and spoke to my wife and invited us to another dinner. My wife had had enough of them and declined, saying that they were just flakes. In the evening Susie called and invited me to dinner again. I hit her with some invectives and she hit back at me, admitting to no wrong doing in the entire cycle. She promised that short of a death or accident in the family, this next dinner would come off. I accepted and then had a big argument with my wife. She finally agreed to go but predicted they would cancel at the last minute again. On the day before the dinner, I called Susie again and with a song in her voice, she told me how excited she was about us comming for dinner. I told wifey that we were on 100% sure. In the afternoon of the day of the dinner, we went to the mall to do some shopping, buying a house warming gift for Bob and Susie as part of our shopping. When we got home, there was a message on our machine from Susie that some friends, also on OT 7, had flown in unexpectedly from Florida and that she was going to have to cancel again. This time wifey and I were in full accord and we dropped them. She called eventually to set up a new dinner invite and we told her to go fuck herself.

THIS EXPERIENCE CAUSED DOUBTS IN ME AS REGARDS THE VALIDITY OF THE UPPER SCIENTOLOGY LEVELS OF CLEAR AND OT III. In my mind, Susie would have to handle these overt acts somewhere in her auditing because, how could she audit over such out ethics and still make case gain? I still occasionally saw her at ASHO but would no longer talk to her but just say high in the halls. Later on she attested to OT 7 and also new OT 8. She never called me or my wife to handle any of these overt acts against us. To me, she had been auditing over out ethics the entire time and all of the auditing levels which she achieved were bogus due to auditing over out Ethics.

AUDITING OVER OUT ETHICS AND PTSness all the way to OT 8

I believe that many supposed Clears and OT's audited over out ethics, ptsness, body ailments and/or overts and withholds. They are totally occluded and focused on rationalizing their out ethics behavior. This type of reason, collectively, is sufficient to negate the auditing gains which they were supposed to achieve.
Lakey
 
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Ted

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Cleared Cannibal

Your comments remind me of an incident from 1981 when I was a newly wed. My wife and I met this couple, Bob and Susie who were both on Solo NOTs. We invited them to dinner and had a great time. They wanted to reciprocate but they were just in the process of moving way out to Steven's Ranch out near Diamond Bar in Northeast tip of L.A. County. They were going to rent a truck for their move and then promised to have us to dinner at their new home. Being in construction, I had a truck so it was agreed that me and wifey, would be at their home on Beachwood, near the corner of Franklin Ave at 7:30 the next morning, help them to move by loading things on my truck and then drive together out to Steven's Ranch and see their new home.

Wifey and I showed up at 7:30 sharp but there was no one home. We waited in our truck for nearly 30 minutes, figuring they were out for breakfast or something. By 8:00 they had not arrived. We knocked on neighbors doors on both sides of their house and no one knew anything. After waiting an hour we left. In the evening (a Saturday) I called, and got only an answering machine but no return call. I called again on Sunday and Monday, again leaving messages and receiving no return call. My wife told me to just forget it, they were flakes so I didn't call Wednesday. I told my wife, I feared that they were in a serious accident and were in the hospital or were dead. On Thursday, I decided to call again.

Guess what, Susie answered the phone. She acted happy and just asked me "What's up?" I was incredulous and replied, "My wife got up at 6:00 AM and we drove from Orange County to Hollywood, arriving at 7:30 exactly on schedule with our truck to help you guys move as agreed." Susie said, that she and Bob were excited and could not sleep so they got up early and about 7:15 they just decided to leave right away and go rent a truck and not wait for us. I said that she should have called us the night before. She said they just decided to leave on the spur of the moment and they thought it was too early in the morning to call us. I said, how could it be too early, you knew we would be there at 7:30 AM. She said that since we did not confirm, she figured we probably would not show up.

I then said that she should at least have left a note on her door for us. She said they went to breakfast, still intending to meet us but at the restaurant they decided not to wait for us but to rent the truck and do it themselves. The restaurant was about 5 miles on the way to Diamond Bar so they did not want to double back and leave a note and therefore just contined driving to Diamond Bar. Finally, I asked if she got any of my phone calls and she said she got them all but she had been too busy to return any of them. She was going to call me in a couple of days!

BOTH OF THESE "OT'S" WERE OFFICIALLY CLEAR AND HAD DONE OT III.
Both Susie and Bob had attested to Clear and OTIII and yet Susie pulled this stunt. Bob seemed quite rational but he let Susie run the social calendar. I do not know if Bob was complicit in this or if he just went along for the ride without knowing any of the details.

Susie said she would make us a dinner at her new home to make up the damages. Since they were so busy, a date was set about 3 weeks later. A couple of days prior, I called her to confirm that we were on. The night before the dinner, perhaps 10:00 or so in the evening, she called and cancelled out. There was a new briefing for all those on OT 7 at Flag and they were invited to the briefing and so they flew to Clearwater the next day instead of seeing us.

When they returned, Susie called and spoke to my wife and invited us to another dinner. My wife had had enough of them and declined, saying that they were just flakes. In the evening Susie called and invited me to dinner again. I hit her with some invectives and she hit back at me, admitting to no wrong doing in the entire cycle. She promised that short of a death or accident in the family, this next dinner would come off. I accepted and then had a big argument with my wife. She finally agreed to go but predicted they would cancel at the last minute again. On the day before the dinner, I called Susie again and with a song in her voice, she told me how excited she was about us comming for dinner. I told wifey that we were on 100% sure. In the afternoon of the day of the dinner, we went to the mall to do some shopping, buying a house warming gift for Bob and Susie as part of our shopping. When we got home, there was a message on our machine from Susie that some friends, also on OT 7, had flown in unexpectedly from Florida and that she was going to have to cancel again. This time wifey and I were in full accord and we dropped them. She called eventually to set up a new dinner invite and we told her to go fuck herself.

THIS EXPERIENCE CAUSED DOUBTS IN ME AS REGARDS THE VALIDITY OF THE UPPER SCIENTOLOGY LEVELS OF CLEAR AND OT III. In my mind, Susie would have to handle these overt acts somewhere in her auditing because, how could she audit over such out ethics and still make case gain? I still occasionally saw her at ASHO but would no longer talk to her but just say high in the halls. Later on she attested to OT 7 and also new OT 8. She never called me or my wife to handle any of these overt acts against us. To me, she had been auditing over out ethics the entire time and all of the auditing levels which she achieved were bogus due to auditing over out Ethics.

AUDITING OVER OUT ETHICS AND PTSness all the way to OT 8

I believe that many supposed Clears and OT's audited over out ethics, ptsness, body ailments and/or overts and withholds. They are totally occluded and focused on rationalizing their out ethics behavior. This type of reason, collectively, is sufficient to negate the auditing gains which they were supposed to achieve.
Lakey


Lakey, I can appreciate what you wrote. I think this type of disrespect could fill a thread of its own. I'll just mention two things:

1) The way a Clear or OT should act can easily become, though seemingly rational, a hidden standard. To paraphrase Hubbard, a cleared flake is still a flake.

2) Going up the bridge can easily degrade into a narcissistic activity for some people. For others it is much like a drug. It is wise to extend to these people whatever expectations you have for narcissists or druggies.
 

afaceinthecrowd

Gold Meritorious Patron
I have been wondering how a person could possibly go Clear on the subject of self or any other subject if their perceptions are screwed up. My conclusion: A person can't. Or, if a person does, he/she certainly won't stay Clear.

What screws a person's perceptions? Any number of different toxic, false, deceptive inputs, physical or spiritual/mental.

Here's some funny stuff from George Carlin. Gets past the first few minutes. He then starts talking about some hilarious perceptions that we all have shared at one time or another simply because we have bodies and brains hardwired in similarity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILwOQV32rHg&feature=player_embedded

Ted,

Your last two posts with the videos raise some very, very good issues...I'm out of town visiting some friends and family. It may not be until mid-next week I can post my thoughts re; your posts. :yes:

I'll check in from time to time and see what's going on with all yall.:coolwink:

Face:)
 

RogerB

Crusader
Your comments remind me of an incident from 1981 when I was a newly wed. My wife and I met this couple, Bob and Susie who were both on Solo NOTs. We invited them to dinner and had a great time. They wanted to reciprocate but they were just in the process of moving way out to Steven's Ranch out near Diamond Bar in Northeast tip of L.A. County. They were going to rent a truck for their move and then promised to have us to dinner at their new home. Being in construction, I had a truck so it was agreed that me and wifey, would be at their home on Beachwood, near the corner of Franklin Ave at 7:30 the next morning, help them to move by loading things on my truck and then drive together out to Steven's Ranch and see their new home.

Wifey and I showed up at 7:30 sharp but there was no one home. We waited in our truck for nearly 30 minutes, figuring they were out for breakfast or something. By 8:00 they had not arrived. We knocked on neighbors doors on both sides of their house and no one knew anything. After waiting an hour we left. In the evening (a Saturday) I called, and got only an answering machine but no return call. I called again on Sunday and Monday, again leaving messages and receiving no return call. My wife told me to just forget it, they were flakes so I didn't call Wednesday. I told my wife, I feared that they were in a serious accident and were in the hospital or were dead. On Thursday, I decided to call again.

Guess what, Susie answered the phone. She acted happy and just asked me "What's up?" I was incredulous and replied, "My wife got up at 6:00 AM and we drove from Orange County to Hollywood, arriving at 7:30 exactly on schedule with our truck to help you guys move as agreed." Susie said, that she and Bob were excited and could not sleep so they got up early and about 7:15 they just decided to leave right away and go rent a truck and not wait for us. I said that she should have called us the night before. She said they just decided to leave on the spur of the moment and they thought it was too early in the morning to call us. I said, how could it be too early, you knew we would be there at 7:30 AM. She said that since we did not confirm, she figured we probably would not show up.

I then said that she should at least have left a note on her door for us. She said they went to breakfast, still intending to meet us but at the restaurant they decided not to wait for us but to rent the truck and do it themselves. The restaurant was about 5 miles on the way to Diamond Bar so they did not want to double back and leave a note and therefore just contined driving to Diamond Bar. Finally, I asked if she got any of my phone calls and she said she got them all but she had been too busy to return any of them. She was going to call me in a couple of days!

BOTH OF THESE "OT'S" WERE OFFICIALLY CLEAR AND HAD DONE OT III.
Both Susie and Bob had attested to Clear and OTIII and yet Susie pulled this stunt. Bob seemed quite rational but he let Susie run the social calendar. I do not know if Bob was complicit in this or if he just went along for the ride without knowing any of the details.

Susie said she would make us a dinner at her new home to make up the damages. Since they were so busy, a date was set about 3 weeks later. A couple of days prior, I called her to confirm that we were on. The night before the dinner, perhaps 10:00 or so in the evening, she called and cancelled out. There was a new briefing for all those on OT 7 at Flag and they were invited to the briefing and so they flew to Clearwater the next day instead of seeing us.

When they returned, Susie called and spoke to my wife and invited us to another dinner. My wife had had enough of them and declined, saying that they were just flakes. In the evening Susie called and invited me to dinner again. I hit her with some invectives and she hit back at me, admitting to no wrong doing in the entire cycle. She promised that short of a death or accident in the family, this next dinner would come off. I accepted and then had a big argument with my wife. She finally agreed to go but predicted they would cancel at the last minute again. On the day before the dinner, I called Susie again and with a song in her voice, she told me how excited she was about us comming for dinner. I told wifey that we were on 100% sure. In the afternoon of the day of the dinner, we went to the mall to do some shopping, buying a house warming gift for Bob and Susie as part of our shopping. When we got home, there was a message on our machine from Susie that some friends, also on OT 7, had flown in unexpectedly from Florida and that she was going to have to cancel again. This time wifey and I were in full accord and we dropped them. She called eventually to set up a new dinner invite and we told her to go fuck herself.

THIS EXPERIENCE CAUSED DOUBTS IN ME AS REGARDS THE VALIDITY OF THE UPPER SCIENTOLOGY LEVELS OF CLEAR AND OT III. In my mind, Susie would have to handle these overt acts somewhere in her auditing because, how could she audit over such out ethics and still make case gain? I still occasionally saw her at ASHO but would no longer talk to her but just say high in the halls. Later on she attested to OT 7 and also new OT 8. She never called me or my wife to handle any of these overt acts against us. To me, she had been auditing over out ethics the entire time and all of the auditing levels which she achieved were bogus due to auditing over out Ethics.

AUDITING OVER OUT ETHICS AND PTSness all the way to OT 8

I believe that many supposed Clears and OT's audited over out ethics, ptsness, body ailments and/or overts and withholds. They are totally occluded and focused on rationalizing their out ethics behavior. This type of reason, collectively, is sufficient to negate the auditing gains which they were supposed to achieve.
Lakey

Lakey, my Love, remember the LRH dictum that the concept of "overts" and "out ethics" are relative to one's moral codes . . . that is, relative to the cultural norms and agreed standards of conduct of the society or culture you are operating in.

A lot of stuff we see as insane out-eth acts by Islam based on our Judeo-Christian values are required norms for some in Islam.

So, what you were seeing in the folks you refer to is an expression of the cocoon and small little world they are living in . . . in their little universe it's quite OK to be a flake in the manner they demonstrated!:duh:

This, of course, is also one of the demonstrations of the grave limits and errors of the Scn tech . . . . these cats up at the top of the "Bridge" from OT2 onwards are only dealing with their own little universe . . . they are not dealing with nor addressing anything to do with optimization of relationships across a wider spectrum of activities or connections with others in the game.

Those Scn levels are very "me" centric, and fraught with the ego trip of being on the "upper levels" . . . and of being soooo superior and right about whatever it is they do. These cats simply do not view the game from the perspective of those they interface with . . . they are stuck in their own little viewpoint.

There are some, who natively operate at a higher level of relating with their fellows, who when they do these upper levels can relate with others even more responsibly and caringly . . . . but neither going clear nor the OT levels address this---so one should not expect it.

It's been said a cleared cannibal is a cleared cannibal . . . well, an OT idiot is an OT idiot:yes:

Fact is, Scn does not address in any way shape or form respect for others or the optimizing of relationships with others. It is an issue of omitted tech in their subject. :yes:

Abuse is the norm of practice in the CofS . . . and they have no tech to deal with it, and they do not even understand what abuse is!!:no:

And this is one of the issues that is doing them in . . . abuse by its members on its members is what is driving so many folks away from the the bloody place :yes:

RogerB
 
AUDITING OVER OUT ETHICS AND PTSness all the way to OT 8

I believe that many supposed Clears and OT's audited over out ethics, ptsness, body ailments and/or overts and withholds. They are totally occluded and focused on rationalizing their out ethics behavior. This type of reason, collectively, is sufficient to negate the auditing gains which they were supposed to achieve.

Other than the audited OT7 , done after OT3 in the 1970s and OT 1 & 2 (maybe), the OT levels aren't worth a spittoon full of warm spit. They are merely a tribute to a person's ability to create a subjective reality.
Apart from that, there is the very real aspect all along the grade chart of auditing over PTS, ------ PTS to the church and its culture.

Gains really don't occur if you can't think and talk freely.

Having run the expanded grades on someone, who has left the church, I can guarantee you that there is a world of suppressed charge, invalidated thought, weird arbitrary ideas that do not lead to a happy successful life that can come off with real auditing. Not auditing by some standard tech bot, but a live auditor.
 

lkwdblds

Crusader
Very interested look at the issues here!

Lakey, I can appreciate what you wrote. I think this type of disrespect could fill a thread of its own. I'll just mention two things:

1) The way a Clear or OT should act can easily become, though seemingly rational, a hidden standard. To paraphrase Hubbard, a cleared flake is still a flake.

2) Going up the bridge can easily degrade into a narcissistic activity for some people. For others it is much like a drug. It is wise to extend to these people whatever expectations you have for narcissists or druggies.

Ted,
1) I can fully see your point and do not disagree but yet I can't give the statement my full stamp of approval either. In the case of a Cleared Cannibal, I can see that if a being is indoctrinated into a certain set of Cultural values, clearing him or her will not change that aspect of a person. A good example would be an orthodox Muslim Father. He sees his daughter making eye contact with a Chrisitian man in a store and later holding hands with him and he feels compelled to slit her throat. Going clear will not change this. The man still believes his daughter dishonored him and his family and he must murder her as commanded by Allah.

In the Susie and Bob story, the culture that both they and my wife and I grew up in contains morays that frown on her behavior. Since all 4 of us were deeply involved in Scientology and Scientology was the agency granting them the various titles of Clear, OT III, etc. one would think that they would adhere to the policies of Scientology. They are auditors, the Auditor's Code says to keep all appointments once made. A maximum of Scientology culture is "when in doubt communicate". It makes sense, common sense that is, that if they are high up in the Scientology levels, they should be walking testimonialss of what being an advanced Scientologist is all about. If this is not the case, and apparently it isn't, why bother to pay the Big Bucks for services which do not embue you with the characteristics to live your life following the high minded Scientology Codes?

2.) As sad as it is, I have to admit that you are 100% correct in your statement. Here again, however, why pay the big bucks for the services if all they do on a lower level being such as Susie is to just act as an opiate plus give her a superiority complex and bring out her narcissistic tendencies?

SUMMARY - I knew of the Cleared Cannibal statement but was applying it with too fine of a stroke of my figurative paint brush. The Cleared Cannibal comment has to be applied literally and not just figuratively and when painting with that particular paint brush, the strokes have to be wide to encompass a Cleared Cannibal, a Cleared Flake, a Cleared Narcissist, A Cleared Orthodox Muslim.

ONE LAST QUESTION If upper level Scientology levels do not necessarily cause changes in any of the people who posses the traits I mention above, JUST WHAT IS IT THAT THEY DO? WHY BOTHER TAKING THEM? They do not produce the superman type of OT abilities that we are told they do produce and if they can not even put a dent in things such as Cannibalism, Flakeism and Narcissism then WHAT THE HELL IS IT THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO?
Lakey
 

lkwdblds

Crusader
Thanks for the comprehensive post!

Lakey, my Love, remember the LRH dictum that the concept of "overts" and "out ethics" are relative to one's moral codes . . . that is, relative to the cultural norms and agreed standards of conduct of the society or culture you are operating in.

A lot of stuff we see as insane out-eth acts by Islam based on our Judeo-Christian values are required norms for some in Islam.

So, what you were seeing in the folks you refer to is an expression of the cocoon and small little world they are living in . . . in their little universe it's quite OK to be a flake in the manner they demonstrated!:duh:

I cover the above 3 paragraphs in my reponse to Ted's post.

This, of course, is also one of the demonstrations of the grave limits and errors of the Scn tech . . . . these cats up at the top of the "Bridge" from OT2 onwards are only dealing with their own little universe . . . they are not dealing with nor addressing anything to do with optimization of relationships across a wider spectrum of activities or connections with others in the game.

Those Scn levels are very "me" centric, and fraught with the ego trip of being on the "upper levels" . . . and of being soooo superior and right about whatever it is they do. These cats simply do not view the game from the perspective of those they interface with . . . they are stuck in their own little viewpoint.

There are some, who natively operate at a higher level of relating with their fellows, who when they do these upper levels can relate with others even more responsibly and caringly . . . . but neither going clear nor the OT levels address this---so one should not expect it.

Paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 resonate very well with me!

It's been said a cleared cannibal is a cleared cannibal . . . well, an OT idiot is an OT idiot:yes:

Fact is, Scn does not address in any way shape or form respect for others or the optimizing of relationships with others. It is an issue of omitted tech in their subject. :yes:

Abuse is the norm of practice in the CofS . . . and they have no tech to deal with it, and they do not even understand what abuse is!!:no:

And this is one of the issues that is doing them in . . . abuse by its members on its members is what is driving so many folks away from the the bloody place :yes:

RogerB

I commented on the Cleared Cannibal in my reply to Ted. I say "yes" to your comments. On paragraphs 8, 9 and 10 your make some valid points which I have not encountered before. In 9 and 10 maybe Hubbard did not develop these areas because he did not live his life with any concern as to miniminizing abuse to others, in fact he teaches, "never fear to insure another for a just cause". He never puts in any qualifying or cautioning statements about wha a just cause is. He figured that what he proclaimed was just was just merely by his declaration alone. He gave others no guidlines to follow so they blindly follow his lead in this area. I agree with you that this abuse issue is ruining the chuches promo and public image campaign and is doing them in
Lakey
 
This is a closed book test. Keep your eyes on your own paper. Do not open any books or links. you have one half hour to do your work. After that, turn in your test papers for grading. You may do this as an essay question or multiple choice.

Write a nine page dissertation in answer to the following question:

ONE LAST QUESTION If upper level Scientology levels do not necessarily cause changes in any of the people who posses the traits I mention above, JUST WHAT IS IT THAT THEY DO? WHY BOTHER TAKING THEM? They do not produce the superman type of OT abilities that we are told they do produce and if they can not even put a dent in things such as Cannibalism, Flakeism and Narcissism then WHAT THE HELL IS IT THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO?
Lakey

or choose from these answers:

A. Gross Income to the Commodore.

B. I've got a bridge I can sell you.

C. I need to reread the Apollo thread and Alan Walter's thread on Opening Pandora's Box

D. All of the above.
 

RogerB

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ONE LAST QUESTION If upper level Scientology levels do not necessarily cause changes in any of the people who posses the traits I mention above, JUST WHAT IS IT THAT THEY DO? WHY BOTHER TAKING THEM? They do not produce the superman type of OT abilities that we are told they do produce and if they can not even put a dent in things such as Cannibalism, Flakeism and Narcissism then WHAT THE HELL IS IT THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO?
Lakey

All they do, Lakey, is, ostensibly, get rid of what is supposed to be (according to L. Con H's doctrine) bugging you.

All the current OT levels are an exercise in "getting rid of" . . . getting rid of implants, getting rid of "BTs" . . . . nothing in them deals with or addresses relationships or spiritual powers:no:

Indeed, from OT3 onwards, the levels are actually an exercise in dis-empowerment!

I don't know whether you folks have analyzed this out yet, but for power to flow and be expressed, it requires more than just one terminal . . . . and the fact of getting rid of all those spiritual connections you have built up (and particularly in the manner instructed to do so) is actually an exercise in destruction of your spiritual power flow connections. :yes:

Oh, Oh, :duh:

RogerB
 
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