Lakey,
I don’t see that I pulled off some OT trick and cheated death…I just don’t look at it that way. It was truly a gift, for what reason and why me, I know not why.
Veda’s post re: SRI and “Mind Race” is exactly in concert with several of my “Readers Digest” posts in regards to the who’s and what’s that, in my opinion, “made” White Scientology.
Most folks have “psychic” abilities of one form or another, to one degree or another. Some are more “acute” than others and some of those have tried, are trying, to hone and expand them. The way I see it, most all of us have gifts and part of our path is to give of these gifts to others, and to be accepting and receptive of others giving of their gifts to us.
The Medicos never told me that my recovery was impossible...my Doctors were not expecting the extent and breadth of my recovery and they see it as a “miracle”. What they did do is remain positive with me and work diligently within the framework of all their medical skills and knowledge, step by step, day by day over a period of years. They were steadfast, resourceful and consistent. And, I know for a fact, many of them prayed for me.
El Ron was very concerned about the subject of being “Source”. His version of Scn was all about us being source within a universe of Hisself’s “Source-ness”. In effect, El Ron got us to buy into ourselves as being within his own image and view of “It” all…of being “source” with Hisself as “The Source” and the model of "Source-ness" and the possessor of the Majik "Source Boots".
El Ron spoke and wrote disparagingly about Mystics and Mysticism. In my view that was because Hisself was unable to and/or unwilling to accept and embrace the first predicate of Mysticism that is the key to open an individual’s first Mystical portal:
“This, That and It are all a Collaboration.”
In my view, we are all dealing with and within “energies, forces, influences and confluences thereof” that we don’t fully “see or get” but are, to a greater or lesser degree, aware of and part of.
You have Psychic gifts, Mystic predilections and so does Ted, Roger, Carmelo, Leon, S&L, EP, TMT, Veda, MAB, FoTi and on and on and on with so many others here…that, in part, is why we are all here, together, on this thread.
My recovery was not due to some great “OT Power” that I posses or that is "me". My recovery was a serendipitous "by-product" of acceptance of and surrender to the ebb and flow of “The Collaboration”.
I don’t see myself as having any “OT” abilities…I have gifts, as do we all, and those gifts may be enjoyed or abused…the choice is mine, and yours. The way you enjoy a gift is to share it with others…the way you abuse a gift is to possess it. The way you replenish a gift is to give some away, let it go…the way you squander a gift is to ration it, hoard it. Enjoying a gift replenishes it, refines it. Hoarding a gift squelches it, corrupts it.
I think my comments above are in concert with what Ted and Rog said so well in their recent posts.
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