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He who speaks does not know.
- Lao Tze
Considering the horrendously HUGE volume of Hubbard's "output" (words, books, lectures, claims, noisy assertions, etc.), I suspect that Lao Tze hit the nail right on the head.
The older (and wiser) I get, and the more that I consolidate large amounts of information and experiences relating to Hubbard and his messy creation, Scientology, the more I see him as a pompous, loud, and obnoxious buffoon. He was the furthest thing from a "master". But, he worked VERY hard (tirelessly and dedicatedly) to be VIEWED as a "master". That involves two very different things.
I like how the band Kansas touched on this subject:
Portrait (He Knew)
He had a thousand ideas, you might have heard his name
He lived alone with his vision
Not looking for fortune or fame
Never said too much to speak of
He was off on another plane
The words that he said were a mystery
Nobody's sure he was sane
But he knew, he knew more than me or you
No one could see his view, Oh where was he going to
He was in search of an answer
The nature of what we are
He was trying to do it a new way
He was bright as a star
But nobody understood him
"His numbers are not the way"
He's lost in the deepest enigma
Which no one's unraveled today
But he knew, he knew more than me or you
No one could see his view, Oh where was he going to
And he tried, but before he could tell us he died
When he left us the people cried,
Oh where was he going to?
He had a different idea
A glimpse of the master plan
He could see into the future
A true visionary man
But there's something he never told us
It died when he went away
If only he could have been with us
No telling what he might say
But he knew, he knew more than me or you
No one could see his view
Oh, where was he going to
But he knew, you could tell by the picture he drew
It was totally something new,
Oh where was he going to?
To me, this is the opposite of haughty Hubbard, who wanted everyone to think and see him as one who "knew, he knew more than me or you". In fact, since the beginning of Dianetics and Scientology, Hubbard set the Scientology organization in motion to push the idea and create the illusion that this was true - that Hubbard KNEW more than you or me. Hubbard set it up like so many other tricksters - search for the truth in another person, in some guru, in some dogma, or in some holy book, when it seems, the little quiet "truth" is that "the kingdom of Heaven is within" (general spiritual metaphor), or as the ancient Greeks said, "know thyself".
[video=youtube;eIHXhFJ4FoM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIHXhFJ4FoM[/video]
He who speaks does not know.
- Lao Tze
Considering the horrendously HUGE volume of Hubbard's "output" (words, books, lectures, claims, noisy assertions, etc.), I suspect that Lao Tze hit the nail right on the head.
The older (and wiser) I get, and the more that I consolidate large amounts of information and experiences relating to Hubbard and his messy creation, Scientology, the more I see him as a pompous, loud, and obnoxious buffoon. He was the furthest thing from a "master". But, he worked VERY hard (tirelessly and dedicatedly) to be VIEWED as a "master". That involves two very different things.
I like how the band Kansas touched on this subject:
Portrait (He Knew)
He had a thousand ideas, you might have heard his name
He lived alone with his vision
Not looking for fortune or fame
Never said too much to speak of
He was off on another plane
The words that he said were a mystery
Nobody's sure he was sane
But he knew, he knew more than me or you
No one could see his view, Oh where was he going to
He was in search of an answer
The nature of what we are
He was trying to do it a new way
He was bright as a star
But nobody understood him
"His numbers are not the way"
He's lost in the deepest enigma
Which no one's unraveled today
But he knew, he knew more than me or you
No one could see his view, Oh where was he going to
And he tried, but before he could tell us he died
When he left us the people cried,
Oh where was he going to?
He had a different idea
A glimpse of the master plan
He could see into the future
A true visionary man
But there's something he never told us
It died when he went away
If only he could have been with us
No telling what he might say
But he knew, he knew more than me or you
No one could see his view
Oh, where was he going to
But he knew, you could tell by the picture he drew
It was totally something new,
Oh where was he going to?
To me, this is the opposite of haughty Hubbard, who wanted everyone to think and see him as one who "knew, he knew more than me or you". In fact, since the beginning of Dianetics and Scientology, Hubbard set the Scientology organization in motion to push the idea and create the illusion that this was true - that Hubbard KNEW more than you or me. Hubbard set it up like so many other tricksters - search for the truth in another person, in some guru, in some dogma, or in some holy book, when it seems, the little quiet "truth" is that "the kingdom of Heaven is within" (general spiritual metaphor), or as the ancient Greeks said, "know thyself".
[video=youtube;eIHXhFJ4FoM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIHXhFJ4FoM[/video]