purpleheather69
Patron
This response is short and to the point......IT MAKES ME SICK TO READ ABOUT THE MONEY THEY HAVE TAKEN FROM PEOPLE>>>>>>>>>>>>> SICK
The main thing that has kept Scientology going and that enabled it to build such large "cash reserves" is the INSANE DEMAND.
Hubbard built the notions of "persistence", "intention", "removing counter-intention", "never giving up", "Tone 40", "unreasonableness", "making it go right despite all odds", and "demand" into the very fabric of the subject of Scientology. The idea of the "product officer" is to maintain extreme demand for products - every second of every day. These severe concepts of demand and control exist all throughout the practices and behaviors of Scientology.
People like Charmaine Roger, David Light or Sonja Caccavella (Jacques) have "mastered" the ideas and the behaviors. Hy Levy used the same ideas when he was in. They can keep pushing and pushing forever. Hubbard taught them well.
Without this incredible "we come back" (to reg you over and over and over) attitude, it could never have kept going.
This attitude of SEVERE DEMAND is drilled into every staff member and public. The extreme pressure starts at the top and flows down through the "command channels" with a brutal severity. I noticed and disliked this back in 1977. It has only gotten worse as Hubbard implemented his "fine-tuned new management system" in the early 1980s, and as this system better "removed all stops and arbitraries" from management lines.
Granted, severe demand and pressure alone would be insufficient. The belief that "Scientology is Man's only hope" is the other aspect of all this, that when accepted as true, excuses and justifies the severe pressure and constant force.
The end justifies the means.
The "end" is the notion that "Scientology works and only Scientology can help Mankind". The "means" are the many tricks, lies and CONSTANT FORCE that are used to achieve the "end".
For me, I NEVER in all of my life EVER saw the high degree of pressure, demand and force that existed in standard Scientology operations. And, that was back in the 1970s and 1980s when I was in the Sea Org. That it is even WORSE today is simply amazing.
Does anyone remember- several years ago on OCMB- there was a link to a site where it was all these happy CofSers talking about donating to their idle orgs? It seemed to be a compilation of messages and wins or something, from various churchies and all pertained to the idle org program.
I can no longer find it. It was one of the most distressing sites I've ever seen. It had people posting stuff like "so what if it's my inheritance, my eternity is more important, so they can have my inheritance" (that's not verbatim but it's pretty much what I remember seeing). It really really bugged the hell out of me.
My heart breaks for those who lost or sold homes because of their involvement with CofS, and who liquidated inheritances, retirement funds and other savings and who now have nothing.
Well, when church members are destitute they won't be helped by the cult. The cult will chew them up and spit them out.
"nothing" is right. They have absolutely NOTHING to show for the money that they have parted with.My heart breaks for those who lost or sold homes because of their involvement with CofS, and who liquidated inheritances, retirement funds and other savings and who now have nothing.
I have this idea that Superpower will never be released until all of those who have donated to SP are dead and gone.
I have this idea that Superpower will never be released until all of those who have donated to SP are dead and gone.
Thanks PTS.
Seeing what the SP Times looks like is impressive. The links don't do it justice. This is a big deal.
I had NO idea that the Soup for Power building was THAT big.