I had this idea today that flashed into my mind that I want to throw out there for discussion.
There seems to be 2 distinct groups of people that joined Scn looking for something. Those that sought spiritual knowledge and enlightenment and those who were looking to "fix" themselves. I know these two groups can have a middle ground and some were looking for a bit of both, but from my experience, people were predominantly looking for one or the other.
For example, me. I had an unhappy childhood and was looking for a way to get a few monkeys off my back. I wasn't particularly religious or spiritual, but I was looking for counselling to help me break free of some shackles of the past. I didn't like who I was and I wanted help.
An example of the other group would possibly be Vinaire. I know I'm taking liberties here Vinaire, and please forgive me if I'm wrong, but it seems you were more seeking spiritual answers rather than a mental problem that needed "fixing".
Given the scenario that there was no Scientology, I might very well have ended up on a psychologists couch, whereas Vinaire might have ended up in an advanced philosophy class (or something similar). But we both ended up in Scn instead.
In my situation, Scientology became much more than a body of knowledge to be explored and investigated. It created me anew. It defined me. It gave me a purpose, a family, a goal, a group, an identity. All the things I had been lacking prior to Scientology.
In Vinaire's situation (and again I might be wrong in this) but it seems he didn't need Scientology to define or create him. He already had an identity and was just seeking further knowlegde of the spiritual nature of man.
Given these two different situations, there will be different outcomes when the walls come tumbling down.
The person who relied on Scientology to define their existance, is going to be hurt in a whole different way to the person who was just seeking answers.
While both might feel cheated, one is going to be personally damaged much more than the other.
I'm probably not explaining myself very well here. I'm trying work out why there seems to be two different levels of harm or hurt that people feel toward Scientology.
Some seem to just brush off the bad stuff and try to see the positives in it and carry on with those. Others feel completely betrayed and want to strike out and destroy the thing that caused them so much hurt.
Could this difference go back to what Scientology meant to them in the first place?
There seems to be 2 distinct groups of people that joined Scn looking for something. Those that sought spiritual knowledge and enlightenment and those who were looking to "fix" themselves. I know these two groups can have a middle ground and some were looking for a bit of both, but from my experience, people were predominantly looking for one or the other.
For example, me. I had an unhappy childhood and was looking for a way to get a few monkeys off my back. I wasn't particularly religious or spiritual, but I was looking for counselling to help me break free of some shackles of the past. I didn't like who I was and I wanted help.
An example of the other group would possibly be Vinaire. I know I'm taking liberties here Vinaire, and please forgive me if I'm wrong, but it seems you were more seeking spiritual answers rather than a mental problem that needed "fixing".
Given the scenario that there was no Scientology, I might very well have ended up on a psychologists couch, whereas Vinaire might have ended up in an advanced philosophy class (or something similar). But we both ended up in Scn instead.
In my situation, Scientology became much more than a body of knowledge to be explored and investigated. It created me anew. It defined me. It gave me a purpose, a family, a goal, a group, an identity. All the things I had been lacking prior to Scientology.
In Vinaire's situation (and again I might be wrong in this) but it seems he didn't need Scientology to define or create him. He already had an identity and was just seeking further knowlegde of the spiritual nature of man.
Given these two different situations, there will be different outcomes when the walls come tumbling down.
The person who relied on Scientology to define their existance, is going to be hurt in a whole different way to the person who was just seeking answers.
While both might feel cheated, one is going to be personally damaged much more than the other.
I'm probably not explaining myself very well here. I'm trying work out why there seems to be two different levels of harm or hurt that people feel toward Scientology.
Some seem to just brush off the bad stuff and try to see the positives in it and carry on with those. Others feel completely betrayed and want to strike out and destroy the thing that caused them so much hurt.
Could this difference go back to what Scientology meant to them in the first place?