http://natterblog.com/why-ex-scientologists-flip-flop/If you’ve been watching the Scientology scene for a while, you will have seen your share of Ex Scientologists flip flopping from one viewpoint to another. If you’ve ever wondered why, I hope what I’ve written in this post will give you some insight. This is all just my opinion, however I’ve had first hand experience in this. I flip flopped BADLY for the first 3 or 4 years I was out.
When you are in Scientology, you are given a precious gift – certainty.
It’s really comforting to be totally sure about life and how life works. There are no mysteries within the Scientology bubble. There is an answer for everything. No one says “I don’t know”. Every action of every person on the planet can be explained within the “philosophy” of Scientology. You look around you at these unknowing “wogs” and shake your head in pity at their naivety.
Yes there are hardships in Scientology, even as a public, which progressively get worse as you rise through the ranks to Staffer, then to Sea Orger. What keeps people “in” even when faced with strict disciplinary actions, disconnection etc. is (in my opinion) the total certainty you get as a Scientologist.
When I first left Scientology, I lost everything that was important to me (except my daughter who I never let go of).
When you are in Scientology, you are given a precious gift – certainty.
It’s really comforting to be totally sure about life and how life works. There are no mysteries within the Scientology bubble. There is an answer for everything. No one says “I don’t know”. Every action of every person on the planet can be explained within the “philosophy” of Scientology. You look around you at these unknowing “wogs” and shake your head in pity at their naivety.
I lost my religion & belief system (I believed everything Hubbard said about thetans, the reactive mind, overts & withhold, misunderstood words, ser facs etc).
I lost my purpose in life (I wanted to help mankind “rise above the bank” and I wanted to be Clear & OT and have super dooper powerz)
I miss the community and the shared purpose. I miss “knowing” about life and the freedom that comes with believing I am a “spiritual being”.
Most of all I miss the certainty.
I was certain I knew why people acted the way they did. It was overts or withholds or ser facs or MUs (sorry about the Scn lingo). It was because their case/bank was in control. It was because they had engrams in restimulation.
Gosh - that was well written. A couple thoughts.
But, I am willing to let you believe whatever you want.The Science-based reality I live in now – well it sucks to be honest. I’m getting old. My joints are starting to hurt. My hair is going grey. I will die some day and that will be it. No second chances, no reincarnation, no heaven, no hell, nothing. Just dead.
TomKat, it's not considered appropriate to copy something over from a different web site and post it here in its entireity. Reposting a small portion is all right, especially if you want to discuss it further.... If you’ve been watching the Scientology scene for a while, you will have seen your share of Ex Scientologists flip flopping from one viewpoint to another. If you’ve ever wondered why, I hope ... .
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It is kind of liberating in a way. Scientology provides an elaborate package of excuses for everything. Ultimately, if we are immortal and possess absolute power to control matter, energy, space and time then all ethics are so relative as to be irrelevant. Believing that this is it, we are what we are and nothing more forces a person to do what they do without any rationalization. You stand on your own merits.
I prefer this kind of personal integrity over Scientology’s interpretation.
Bost Bobby,
TomKat did not write that. Emma did.
TomKat quoted Emma's blog in full and missed marking it with quotes.
Bost Bobby,
TomKat did not write that. Emma did.
TomKat quoted Emma's blog in full and missed marking it with quotes.
"Scientology provides an elaborate package of excuses for everything"
lololololol, they do seem to have an excuse for everything, "that'll be fixed on your next level" etc.
I do agree with the Fatman on people getting their own universe cornfused with the MEST playground.
In your own universe ethics would be relative. They would be irrelevant or relevant. However you wanted them to be. And I think, only there would that be true.
In the Playground ethics would be very relevant.
Believing ethics to be irrelevant in the MEST Playground would be Nihilism.
Great blog post, Ems.
So true.
What a strange and glitchy human thing, the way we can be so satisfied to give up the confusions, the daily personal judgments and the hard decisions that go with being an individual for the sake of being part of a group that we believe will cure all the ills of this world.
Our social animal nature is to group and leave decisions to the leader, but out human, rational nature is to seek our own paths and think for ourselves.
That conflict exists in everyone's lives. The urge to be part of the pack and take part in pack mentality, whether at a hockey game or trying to be part of the 'in' crowd in high school. When the pack mentality is constant, resistance is so much harder. When we think like social animals, we don't 'think' very rationally at all.
I truly wonder about our dual nature as humankind. Is this part of our biological progression as a species to experience this conflict? What will humans be like in a hundred years or a thousand - will our brains develop in such a way that we can still be completely rational and not feel conflicted if we hold non-mainstream opinions, or will we still feel that loss of community from group-think and a united purpose? Will human groups always instinctually bond against those that are different?
And what is this other powerful, basic, urge, this urge to sacrifice everything for the sake of the larger good? Why is this urge so powerful that it blocks rational thought? Why is it innate?
So many questions, so many guesses and theories but no answers. Just blowing in the wind.
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TomKat, it's not considered appropriate to copy something over from a different web site and post it here in its entireity. Reposting a small portion is all right, especially if you want to discuss it further.
Helena