Once again this quote, made by Hubbard shortly after he had purchased St. Hill Manor, appears. It's a popular quote among Independent Scientologists, who truly believe that their money grubbing guru was being straight with them when he told them about his disdain for property and bank accounts.
Eight years earlier, in the aftermath of the conflict with former benefactor Don Purcell over Hubbard's corrupt and dictatorial control of the organization, Hubbard had reassured the nascent Scientologists, attending his lectures in Philadelphia, that he had no interest in any such control, and opposed those who did. Those quotes are also much beloved by the Independent Scientologists.
And then there's the "lightness of organization" quote from 1955. That's a popular one too.
And it wasn't just during the 1950s or the early 1960s that Hubbard disdained money and property and control over others. He felt the same way in the late 1960s and beyond.
Really!
Here's another good one from Hubbard, where he again shows his lack of interest in material things. He was obviously a very spiritual man who cared deeply about serving others and making a better world.
"Advanced Courses are the most valuable service on the planet. Life insurance, houses, cars, stocks, bonds, college savings, all are transitory and impermanent... There is nothing to compare with Advanced Courses. They are infinitely valuable and transcend time itself."
L. Ron Hubbard speaking of his Operating Thetan Courses, Flag Mission Order 375
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In his
confidential instructions, Hubbard told Scientologists to use "aberrative" practices and "enemy tactics" on Scientology's enemies.
And Hubbard would often mention "enemy tactics," or "aberrative" practices in his
public writings and lectures,
and, inevitably, present himself as an opponent of those practices and tactics. This assured Scientologists that Hubbard would never use such practices or tactics on them.
But he did, and extensively, and Scientologists, reassured by their "greatest friend" - "Ron" - having already warned them about, and expressed his opposition to, such practices and tactics, were caught completely off guard. They were sitting ducks.
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There are some examples of amazingly insightful early analyses of "what Hubbard was actually doing."
Volney Mathison's, in 1954, may be amongst the earliest.
This can be applied, not only to hypnosis, but to any "enemy tactic" or "aberrative" practice about which Hubbard publicly warned or expressed opposition:
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A brief chronology, just for fun!:
"I can make Napoleon look like a punk." L. Ron Hubbard, from his
"real goal" 'Excalibur' letter, 1938
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"Men are my slaves." L. Ron Hubbard, from his 'Affirmations', 1946
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As early as 1951, Dr. Winter caught a glimpse of Hubbard's M.O.:
"There was a difference between the ideals inherent in the Dianetic hypothesis and the actions of the Foundation in its ostensible efforts to carry out these ideals. The ideals, as I saw them, included non-authoritarianism and a flexibility of approach. The ideals... continued to be given lip-service, but I could see a definite disparity between ideals and actualities."
Dr. J.A. Winter, who wrote the Introduction for 'DMSMH' in 1950, from his book, 'A Doctor's Report on Dianetics', 1951
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"No rights of any kind... Dispose of quietly and without sorrow." L. Ron Hubbard, 'Science of Survival', 1951
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"Always attack..." "Debate engaged upon [that] demeaned and degraded Scientology... SHOULD NEVER BE PERMITTED... [caps in original]
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...if you discover that some group calling itself 'precept processing' had set up and established a series of meetings in your area, you should do all you can to make things interesting for them. In view of the fact that HASI holds the copyrights for all such material the least that could be done in such an area is the placement of a suit against them for using materials of Scientology without authority. Only a member of the HASI or a member of one of the churches affiliated with the HASI has the authority to use this information. The purpose of the suit is to harass and discourage rather than to win.
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The law can be used very easily to harass, and enough harassment on somebody who is simply on the thin edge anyway, well knowing that he is not authorized, will generally be sufficient to cause his professional demise. If possible, of course, ruin him utterly." From 'Manual on Dissemination of Material', March 1955
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Lightness of organization..." June 1955
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"Dianetics and Scientology are self-protecting sciences. If one attacks them one attacks all the know-how of the mind. It caves in the bank. It's gruesome sometimes.
"At this instance there are men hiding in terror on Earth because they found out what they were attacking. There are men dead because they attacked us - for instance Dr. Joe Winter [wrote Introduction to 'DMSMH', and the book, 'A Doctor's Report on Dianetics' with an Introduction by Fritz Perls].
He simply realized what he did [He wrote an unauthorized book about Dianetics]
and died. There are men bankrupt because they attacked us - [Don]
Purcell, Ridgeway, [publisher of 'DMSMH']
Ceppos." From L. Ron Hubbard's 'HCO Manual of Justice', 1959
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"Find or Manufacture enough threat." L. Ron Hubbard, 'Department of Government Affairs', 1960
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"Have you ever had unkind thoughts about L. Ron Hubbard?" L. Ron Hubbard, Security Check, 1961
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"Suppressive acts include public disavowal of Scientology... public statements against Scientology... continued membership in a divergent group... continued adherence to a person or group pronounced suppressive..." L. Ron Hubbard, 'Suppressive Acts, Suppression of Scientology and Scientologists', 1965
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"I am not interested in wog morality... I can make Captain Bligh look like a Sunday School teacher," L. Ron Hubbard, 'Discipline, SPs and Admin', 1969.
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And, of course, none of us are stupid enough to believe that Hubbard actually didn't want money and property and power over others - and it's well documented how he wanted those things from the 1930s all the way through to the 1980s. The "insatiable lust for power and money" never went away - BUT, as a method for extricating people from corporate Scientology, citing these LIP SERVICE and manipulative words from Hubbard is regarded as useful.
I suppose it is.
Useful, at times.
Still, the practice of using lies or misleading or manipulative words to get people out of corporate Scientology is uncomfortably similar to the practice of using lies or misleading or manipulative words to get people into corporate Scientology.
