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Milestone Two drops "Independent" from Independent Scientology label.
Milestone Two Blog: Not an “Indi”
http://milestonetwo.wordpress.com/2014/07/24/not-an-indi/
Milestone Two Blog: Not an “Indi”
http://milestonetwo.wordpress.com/2014/07/24/not-an-indi/
By Lana M
The term “Independent Scientologist” was coined about 5 years ago, as distinct from Freezoners, who had been applying Scientology outside of Corporate Church control since the early 80s.
At that time, a list was created of “Independent Scientologists” with the aim of achieving 500 names, and many people signed that list, including myself and many hundred others. It seemed there was a group forming, and that there was some unity in a field that had been so fragmented for so long.
Over the last several years an interesting phenomena then occurred. Many people on the list of the 500 “Indies” denounced Scientology and became critical of LRH. Terms such as “KSW Kamakazees”, and “Scn Fundamentalists” and “Hubbard Devotees” were used to try and make being a Scientologist a bad thing. On several public forums, blogs and on social media, there was an ongoing influence and push to take away stable datums regarding Scientology tech, and to lump everything into one big baby that needs to be thrown out with the bath water.
Differentiation between Corporate Scientology (and their actions, harm and destructive acts) and the body of Scientology technology itself, stopped.
When Milestone Two was launched in April of 2013, with the clear purpose of making sure that standard Scientology is available, there was an open attack from the “Independent Scientologist” community on certain blogs and on Facebook. We chose, at that time, to simply find a safe space of our own, and continue our work, which he have done for the last year to great results. As time has passed, a significant number of those claiming they are “Independent Scientologists” have stated publicly that they have no intention of continuing up The Bridge, and they do not audit, do not train, do not apply LRH tech in their lives. They have abandoned the subject, the philosophies and in support of their new “group”, they find fault with the body of work and with the Founder.
At this point I consider the term “Independent Scientologist” a misnomer.
Now don’t get me wrong — people are entitled to do as they wish, and if people no longer want to practice Scientology and want to move into other realms, that is up to them. My job is not to persuade them otherwise. And they are welcome to go about their lives as they see fit.
But with the horrific state of Corporate Scientology today — with altered technology, injustices, criminal regging, rip-off, disconnection, gross out-tech, arbitraries and more — Scientology actually no longer exists within the Church of Scientology.
So my view is that in Milestone Two we are Scientologists. No other names or descriptors are needed.
It is a simplicity.
And we have no problem on holding the torch for the future.
