George Layton
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Now that things have quietened down a bit on this thread, perhaps I can just slip this one in while no-one's looking...
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...do birds fly...
Dodos don't.
Now that things have quietened down a bit on this thread, perhaps I can just slip this one in while no-one's looking...
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...do birds fly...
a remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful.
This has to be one of the most fascinating things I've read in a long time. I'm a long time amateur student of psychology and pathology (married to a multi year scn .... go figure .....) which is not to say I'm at expert at anything. I just find it incredibly intriguing.
MB - thank you for your kind words. I will read those resources. I've been familiar with Hassan's work for a long time in a non-scn field, actually. I keep meaning to pull it out again and re-read it with this topic in mind.
It just seems to me..... if we understand the patterns that are used to induce dissonance, confusion, and mind control....... then there must be techniques family members can use to gently poke through the bubble. For example, when I recognize scientoleogese I always ask for clarification in real words. "I'm sorry, I don't know what you mean by [fill in the blank] can you expand on that?"
It's possible that occasionally my native bluntness comes out. The other day we were talking about something that happened in our neighborhood and M/rs Blanky said, "well something can be done about it!" To which I blurted back, "That's a totally not helpful platitude." Then we had to word clear platitude......
S/he was cranky about that for hours.[/FONT]:angel:
But they still make some good points. And I would still like to know what kind of evidence base exists for hypnotism. Did you watch it?
Dodos don't.
This has to be one of the most fascinating things I've read in a long time. I'm a long time amateur student of psychology and pathology (married to a multi year scn .... go figure .....) which is not to say I'm at expert at anything. I just find it incredibly intriguing.
MB - thank you for your kind words. I will read those resources. I've been familiar with Hassan's work for a long time in a non-scn field, actually. I keep meaning to pull it out again and re-read it with this topic in mind.
It just seems to me..... if we understand the patterns that are used to induce dissonance, confusion, and mind control....... then there must be techniques family members can use to gently poke through the bubble. For example, when I recognize scientoleogese I always ask for clarification in real words. "I'm sorry, I don't know what you mean by [fill in the blank] can you expand on that?"
It's possible that occasionally my native bluntness comes out. The other day we were talking about something that happened in our neighborhood and M/rs Blanky said, "well something can be done about it!" To which I blurted back, "That's a totally not helpful platitude." Then we had to word clear platitude......
S/he was cranky about that for hours.[/FONT]:angel:
Scientology Video: What is Scientology
[video=youtube;PP376qIWyyg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP376qIWyyg[/video]
[video=youtube;_JY1pLFIsek]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JY1pLFIsek[/video]