uniquemand
Unbeliever
Re: Adventures with scnforum.org-- I really would like to get some feedback from you
Oh, I know there are exceptions to the rule. Co-Auditing, if the purpose is to have wide impact, would be the only sane route. Professional Auditing costs too much. Centralization has associated costs. Centralization also has associated vulnerabilities. Too much money in one place, too much power in one place. Distributed networks of people helping each other would be far more efficient.
Now, of course, I don't advocate that people do Scientology to help themselves or others, because I believe that Scientology, as a whole system, exists to bait and trap people to exploit their money and their labor (and their reputation). However, I still stand by the model of people helping each other out, rather than relying on professional help, unless the situation is unusual, dangerous, or too complex for a "layman". At that point, move 'em to the professional.
That may be true for you, U, but it's not for me. In my home there are two ex-scientologists who succesfully co-Audited their entire lower Bridges (one of us in the 70s and the other in the 80s) and even managed to get in several major Rundowns such as FPRD in later years. We each co-audited with like-minded students of scientology under the auspices of the CofS.
I remember a chance meeting with Ray Mithoff at Flag where my wife bravely pointed out the fact that training and co-auditing had fallen by the wayside in recent years. Mithoff agreed wholeheartedly at the time.
Oh, I know there are exceptions to the rule. Co-Auditing, if the purpose is to have wide impact, would be the only sane route. Professional Auditing costs too much. Centralization has associated costs. Centralization also has associated vulnerabilities. Too much money in one place, too much power in one place. Distributed networks of people helping each other would be far more efficient.
Now, of course, I don't advocate that people do Scientology to help themselves or others, because I believe that Scientology, as a whole system, exists to bait and trap people to exploit their money and their labor (and their reputation). However, I still stand by the model of people helping each other out, rather than relying on professional help, unless the situation is unusual, dangerous, or too complex for a "layman". At that point, move 'em to the professional.