Well folks it's about that time again! Time for I guess what is my monthly update!
The cultists still contact me multiple times a day, though they might relent for a day each week (not including weekends). Still get calls, texts, Facebook posts/messages, emails and mail. One of the voicemails was from the registrar guy, and he said how I come up at their meetings, wondering what's up, etc. He also sent me a letter in the mail a day or two ago, with no return address this time (LOL!), asking if I'm doing well in life, and what I'm up to, and with an extension course brochure, of course. They also wonder if I'm physically okay (one of the guys in the Academy left a voicemail earlier in the week wondering if I was "physically okay", trying to see if I had an ARC break, and just wants to know that I'm ok, since I just stopped showing up), like just reply so I know you're still alive/okay/etc. The funny thing is, as mentioned before, I'm Facebook friends with a bunch of them, and I'm sure they very well know that I'm still alive, my life is going on, I'm having fun, and life doesn't revolve around Scientology! And I'm sure they could pass that info along in the meetings at which I apparently come up in (ya know, 5 months since I walked out and never returned). Maybe they think I have a twin...
The STCC course supervisor actually just called me 3 times in a row, waited 10 mins, called again, then waited a few more minutes and sent me a text. This is what it said:
"Guinness Record: Of all the people I've provided help to over the years, (my name) takes the cake for abruptest, most thorough and longest disconnect! An event not likely to soon be surpassed! Unfortunately, we can't award him record champion until he puts this challenge to an end!"
Then here's an email I received from the letter registrar a week ago:
"It looks like a number of staff here are in mystery as to why you just stopped showing up. I see that you have done very well on a number of courses and that you got started on the HQS course as well. Did you have a twin you were working with on this course? Did you feel you were making good progress on the course? Was there a scheduling problem or something else that came up?
I'd love to help you out but would need to hear from you.
Please get in touch."
All of this just shows how cultish this group really is, and that it is a cult. Any other normal organization would just leave the person alone, especially after so many months have passed (I was talking to a friend about this and we both said the same thing). What is clear to me, especially as I browse my latest copy of "Scientology News" that came in the mail two days ago, is that the leaders try to portray this image of Scientology booming around the world, and that they're the ONLY ones able to help, and are the ONLY ones helping. It is clear that this is far from true. Having gone to major orgs in major cities, ya know, NYC and LA (I visited when I went out there last summer), it's clear that the pictures that you see aren't the reality. You know all those pics of people smiling in a packed courseroom? Not true at all. There's no one there, except the staff members and a few other regulars. You do drills with other staff members since there's no one else there. It's hilarious! I really hope others that are considering joining Scientology find this thread, so they can see what it's really like, and what happens when you try to leave quietly. The NYC Org is right off Times Square, right next to major theatres, and yet I'd be doing STCC by myself with the supervisor, the only one, or one of 2-3 people waiting in the HGC waiting area, one of 7-8 people in the Academy (most of the others being staff members), etc. I now see why they continue to try to get me to get in communication with them and come back: it's because the vast majority of people that go into the org end up never going back at some point (most right at the beginning).
These days, I'm glad that I've got a lot more money in my bank account than I did when I was in Scientology. Instead of seeing all of my paycheck going to Scientology courses and materials (and wondering how I would pay off my debts and pay for Scientology), I can save, and pay off my debts (just paid off all my credit cards in full!), and have fun. Now I don't have to wonder how I would do staff and "real life" (work and school and SLEEP) at the same time (ya know, since they wouldn't accept no for an answer when I said I don't think I can do staff). Instead, I'm looking forward to the future career opportunities that I'll have due to my schooling, and the life that it'll afford me. And it's funny how they still call me to attend events. One of them called me a few weeks ago to attend the LRH Birthday event. And you know what that means: give more money. There's an event tomorrow I believe, something about Ideal Orgs (got something in the mail and an email), so I'm assuming that would be another Give Me Your Money event.
If you're considering Scientology, DO NOT DO IT!
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