Missing Flag

[Mimsey Borogrove]

I don't know if anybody else experiences this, but there are times I miss Flag. I liked being there for my 6 months check (well, not the endless sec check end rudes and the madness of having to get a c/s ok to leave). I liked seeing Flag Staff and friends on 7 whom I hadn't seen for months, eating at the Sandcastle restaurant, drilling - it was like we were part of a special group, taking responsibility. So addicting. I can't say I enjoyed doing liability formulas and I especially hated having to sign one where this 7 did liability for slapping the monkey.

It has been a while since I have had a dream about being there ( Flag always seemed like a college university in my dreams - never ever did it look like the actual place - or any other university that I have ever been at this LT either) but with the daylight savings, it reminded me of being there, my having recovering from jet lag only to have the time change an hour and screwing with my internal clock yet again.

Fun. Maybe if I ever go to Florida again, I'll stop by there for lunch. I wonder how long for security to give me the bum's rush? They just have no sense of humor.

Mimsey

 

[La La Lou Lou]

Members of the public on OT 7 are not allowed to slap monkeys!

Is that taking animal rights too far!

Could it be some king of euphemism, something like bashing the bishop?

 

[Mimsey Borogrove]

You know - if Scientology hadn't become so toxic and expensive, it would be a lot of fun. I loved all of the spiritual concepts, the idea of saving the world, I had plenty wins in sessions yadda yadda right up till the lies, the political bullshit declares, my realizations of some of the bogus aspects of the tech drove a coffin nail in my enthusiasm for the subject. It's not so much that he lied as: where do the lies stop and the truth begins? Idiot!

I guess the irony in it is this: Ron's statement about Scientology Tech (c): why would you want a shoddy substitute when you can have the real thing? So Ron, why would you want a shoddy reputation instead of the real thing?

Mimsey

 

[exsomessenger]

great, first they are abusing monkeys then assulting other high up church members. whats next skining hogs?

fwiw; i liked my time at flag as well.

ex

 

[GreyLensman]

I don't miss any part of Flag, at all. I found it to be a completely dysfunctional joke. The experience solidified my already seeded unhappiness with the Church.

 

[The Anabaptist Jacques]

I have to admit that I miss FCDC the way it was when I got in.

In truth, the conditions were horrible, there was constant injustice, but I loved the smell of all hands at 3 o'clock in the morning.

It felt very moral doing what I thought was right despite the poor conditions.

But I bet the members of the Ku Klux Klan feel the same way too.

It was a lesson. It was life. I have no regrets.

The Anabaptist Jacques

 

[HelluvaHoax!]

..

PC
I miss Flag.

AUDITOR
What did Flag do that you nearly found out about?

PC
They fraudulently stole my money with
promises of becoming an Operating Thetan.

AUDITOR
How did you miss it? What did you do that
made Flag think you nearly found out?

PC
I asked for my money back.
​

 

[exsomessenger]

There used to be this health food store. right across from the WB, that made the best smoothies. I miss the smoothies.

I miss waking up Ron Norton in the middle of the night to inform him that we were ripping people out of his org for CMO missions.

I miss walking to the FH, from the WB, and having the rain chase you there.

I do not miss the Class A uniform but really did not mind the whites (minus the hat.)

I miss goofing off durring CSP and listening to Led zepplin backwards to try and hear the secret message. Only to then wonder if I was somehow commiting an overt? ( wait! I do not miss that)

I miss hanging out in the missionaire unit and making up rap songs.

I miss staying up for so many days that you felt like " this is what it must feel like to be on drugs." (5$ to the first person who can tell me wtf I just said)

I miss being apart of a group that all shared a purpose to make a better world.

Ex

 

[Kutta]

I was there as an OOT. It was horrible, horrible, horrible. It was shitty. Did I mention, horrible. It was a nightmare, torment, and agony, inflicted incarceration. I hated it, I tell ya, I hated it. It was hideous, loathsome, obscene. I shudder to think of it.

Glad I got that off my chest.

If I ever go back to Florida, I'll never visit Clearwater. I'll go to New Orleans and soak up some jazz and eat at some cool cajun restaurant. Oh, just realized, NO is in Louisiana. Miami then. Do they have jazz and cajun food there? If not, forget it.

 

[FoTi]

I don't know if anybody else experiences this, but there are times I miss Flag. I liked being there for my 6 months check (well, not the endless sec check end rudes and the madness of having to get a c/s ok to leave). I liked seeing Flag Staff and friends on 7 whom I hadn't seen for months, eating at the Sandcastle restaurant, drilling - it was like we were part of a special group, taking responsibility. So addicting. I can't say I enjoyed doing liability formulas and I especially hated having to sign one where this 7 did liability for slapping the monkey.

It has been a while since I have had a dream about being there ( Flag always seemed like a college university in my dreams - never ever did it look like the actual place - or any other university that I have ever been at this LT either) but with the daylight savings, it reminded me of being there, my having recovering from jet lag only to have the time change an hour and screwing with my internal clock yet again.

Fun. Maybe if I ever go to Florida again, I'll stop by there for lunch. I wonder how long for security to give me the bum's rush? They just have no sense of humor.

Mimsey

I doubt you'd even make it past the front door (or whatever entrance they are using now).

I was public only at Flag. I found Flag very stressful and enturbulating everytime I was there. Not a good experience. I always felt suppressed while there. One can never relax there because they are constantly after every dime you've got and then some. Not the "Friendliest Place on the Planet". I would never stop by there for lunch, even if they would let me in.... which they won't, of course.

 

[Panda Termint]

I thought this thread was gonna be about this...



I never conceived of anyone actually missing Flag!

 

[Gottabrain]

I thought this thread was gonna be about this...

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I never conceived of anyone actually missing Flag!

 

[Mystic]

..

PC
I miss Flag.

AUDITOR
What did Flag do that you nearly found out about?

PC
They fraudulently stole my money with
promises of becoming an Operating Thetan.

AUDITOR
How did you miss it? What did you do that
made Flag think you nearly found out?

PC
I asked for my money back.
​

 

[Ted]

Members of the public on OT 7 are not allowed to slap monkeys!

Is that taking animal rights too far!

Could it be some king of euphemism, something like bashing the bishop?

Something like choking the chicken.

 

[Hatshepsut]

I thought this thread was gonna be about this...

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I never conceived of anyone actually missing Flag!

When I read the post title I thought "Don't look at me.....I didn't steal it

 

[Hatshepsut]

It was like 1999 the last time I drove down to Flag from here. I was told I had missed the Sunday BBQ meet and greet with the public by just a few minutes. It was held in the back yard of the Fort Harrison poolside. The nice young man told me to come back next week and he was to inform Debbie Cook about my situation so she would be ready to spend a few moments going over justice cycles with me. I missed the follow up date to get her advice. Oh well.

 

[Gadfly]

I miss being apart of a group that all shared a purpose to make a better world.

Ex

I think you meant to say:

"I miss being a part of a group that all shared a DELUSIONAL and MISGUIDED purpose to make a better world".

 

[Captain Koolaid]

The proper term for "Missing Flag" would be STOCKHOLM SYNDROME. :wink2:

 

[Mick Wenlock]

...

I miss being apart of a group that all shared a purpose to make a better world.

Ex

well, Al Qaeda are recruiting. And there are always various militias on the look out for those who tend toward the fanatical...

 

[Jquepublic]

I don't know if anybody else experiences this, but there are times I miss Flag. I liked being there for my 6 months check (well, not the endless sec check end rudes and the madness of having to get a c/s ok to leave). I liked seeing Flag Staff and friends on 7 whom I hadn't seen for months, eating at the Sandcastle restaurant, drilling - it was like we were part of a special group, taking responsibility. So addicting. I can't say I enjoyed doing liability formulas and I especially hated having to sign one where this 7 did liability for slapping the monkey.

It has been a while since I have had a dream about being there ( Flag always seemed like a college university in my dreams - never ever did it look like the actual place - or any other university that I have ever been at this LT either) but with the daylight savings, it reminded me of being there, my having recovering from jet lag only to have the time change an hour and screwing with my internal clock yet again.

Fun. Maybe if I ever go to Florida again, I'll stop by there for lunch. I wonder how long for security to give me the bum's rush? They just have no sense of humor.

Mimsey

I was there as an OOT. Contrary to Kutta (I think it was Kutta) I loved it. There were plenty of things about the OOT program that I hated, but I felt that I came to life in the HGC. I enjoyed auditing and C/Sing because I honestly felt that I was making a positive difference in the lives of the people in my care. It's a hole in my heart right now, so much so that I'm studying psychology with the intention to work as a counselor again at some point in the future. I want to make a difference - if I can't do that with Scientology as I had originally thought, then by god I will find another way.