Hi all, I was exposed to Scientology at the ages of seven through eleven by way of my mother. She was a mother of four who "discovered" Scientology around 1970. My father was an active alcoholic whom she divorced and proceeded to give everything from her divorce to the church. During the divorce my older brother and I went to a Scientology school...which was total B.S. Again we were unsupervised much of the time and hitchhiked alone...again, I was seven my brother was nine. My brother and I became the surrogate parents to my younger brothers as we were left alone much of the time. Our education was spotty at best as we were never made to go to school. The techniques of TR0 were used whenever by older brother and I faught which was often. It didn't help. At the age of ten I took the basic course, communication course and a couple of others. My mother left the church after the authorities were going to take my younger brothers due to extreme neglect and we had to leave the state. I believe Scientology still effects my family because not only has my mother never fully recovered financially or emotionally from the mind f*%k but the techniques that were drilled into her head for all those years don't serve her well even now because of the way she agressively and destructively inserts her views into other peoples lives... she has alienated her family. She/we always teetered on the edge of homelessness sometimes hitting bottom but always stuck in a perpetual state of survival, always giving away her money as if she felt guilty for having any. As for me, I still feel like a kid who freezes up when she focuses on me and my business because personal boundaries seem to mean it's time for her to bring out a bulldozer. I love her deeply and ache for her lost life and her lost relationships.
I think Scientology is filled with double speak and if it was as ethical as it claims to be it wouldn't declare alternative perspectives SP's. We're all just human beings here trying to navigate the best we can. If Scientology does have some of the answers their good intentions would be more believable if they gave away the information and took donations like other churches instead of robbing the wealth from desperate single mothers and their children. Incidently as for my brothers...one is an abusive alcoholic, two are convicted felons, and me....well I'm still trying to figure out what "normal" is, still trying to rewire. There is sooooo much more to this story, but I really hate typing.
If anyone has any resouces/information that would be useful to us I'd appreciate it.
Thanks
I think Scientology is filled with double speak and if it was as ethical as it claims to be it wouldn't declare alternative perspectives SP's. We're all just human beings here trying to navigate the best we can. If Scientology does have some of the answers their good intentions would be more believable if they gave away the information and took donations like other churches instead of robbing the wealth from desperate single mothers and their children. Incidently as for my brothers...one is an abusive alcoholic, two are convicted felons, and me....well I'm still trying to figure out what "normal" is, still trying to rewire. There is sooooo much more to this story, but I really hate typing.
If anyone has any resouces/information that would be useful to us I'd appreciate it.
Thanks