Tomorrow May 7 in Scientology history

These are the last two Tampa "ideal" "St Hill Size" "newsletters" that are sorely lacking in news. You can compare this one immediately below to the previous one that follows. They've only got some extension course "successes" to report, but they're promoting a different video about how viruses spread... It's pretty harmless, giving rudimentary information about bacteria and viruses, though it's oddly "scientologese" with constant reference to "the body." What it doesn't do is explain what scientologist actually believe about illness — that it all comes from connection to Suppressive Persons.

Tags: Clear, Facebook, Philippines, Quicky, Russell Miller, Suppressive Person, Tampa, Twitter

What a welcome distraction it was yesterday as news spread that NASA, Elon Musk, and Tom Cruise were in talks to launch the Mission Impossible actor to the International Space Station in order to film scenes for an as yet unplotted movie. Tom Cruise in space! Well, that would certainly be a career-topper for Hollywood's greatest action hero, wouldn't it? We don't know how serious those talks are, or whether, in a time that governments are trying defeat a lethal pandemic and stave off a depression, launching actors into orbit is the best use of our resources right now, but what the hell. Tom Cruise in space! Of course, we started getting questions right away about the Scientology connection. What would it mean that Scientology's most famous figure would shoot a movie on the space station, like something L. Ron Hubbard would have written for the pulps?

Tags: 1954, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2005, 2012, Challenger, David Miscavige, Elon Musk, Hollywood, Iceland, John Travolta, Katie Holmes, Mission Impossible, NASA, Quicky, South Park, Suppressive Person, Tampa, Tom Cruise, Venus, Xenu

What's big, flashy, poorly assembled and vulnerable to a diverse coalition of foes? U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign appears to have embraced a Star Wars-related metaphor for his 2020 re-election effort in the form of the second Death Star, the evil Empire's failed superweapon from Return of the Jedi. "For nearly three years we have been building a juggernaut campaign (Death Star)," Brad Parscale, Trump 2020 campaign manager, tweeted on Thursday morning. "It is firing on all cylinders. Data, Digital, TV, Political, Surrogates, Coalitions Etc. In a few days we start pressing FIRE for the first time."

Tags: Quicky

We talked earlier today with Newport Beach attorney H. Gavin Long, who was understandably chuffed about beating Scientology's drug rehab network, Narconon, after a 12-day trial in Santa Cruz, California. "It was great. It felt great for 12 days. From beginning to end it was just a beating," he says. Long represented the family of John Cunningham, a 58-year-old retired Boeing employee in Washington state who had become addicted to Benzodiazepines like Xanax, and had relapsed after several attempts at rehab. But then his sister Jan researched rehabs until she found one in Watsonville, California by the name of "Redwood Cliffs."

Tags: 2015, Bright Futures Recovery, California, DEA, Elevate Addiction Services - Santa Cruz, Gavin Long, John Cunningham, Narconon, Newport Beach, Santa Cruz, Washington, Watsonville

Our correspondent VillageDianne just got out of the Brooklyn courtroom where she heard opening statements in the Nxivm trial, where Keith Raniere is now the sole defendant, facing racketeering and sex trafficking charges. Here's the rundown she gave us… Tanya Hajjar gave the statement for the prosecution, and VillageDianne said her performance was impressively to the point and well put together. She said that Keith had exploited the trust of his victims. He said he was a mentor but he was really a predator, and he targeted young girls. And Nxivm was an excuse to groom them for sex. He pretended to be a guru, but he was a criminal.

Tags: 2000, Abortion, Albany, Brooklyn, Keith Raniere, Marc Agnifilo, Mexico, New York, NXIVM, Tanya Hajjar

You trace what is wrong with this planet and you trace it straight to psychiatry. L. Ron Hubbard If there is one thing everyone can agree upon about scientology — ardent fans and ardent critics alike — scientology HATES psychiatry and all things psychiatric.

Tags: 1974, Amazon, American Psychiatric Association, APA, David Miscavige, Dianetics, E-meter, Facebook, Farsec, International Association of Scientologists, Introspection Rundown, OT, Quicky, Super Bowl, Twitter

When Joey Chait saw the news about Scientology's cruise ship the Freewinds blow up, he knew it was time to come forward with something he's never told anyone before, not even his own parents. And Joey's parents are actually very big deals in the world of Scientology. Joey's father, Isadore Moses Chait, known as Izzy, is not only an OT 8, having reached the pinnacle of Scientology spiritual achievement, but he's also long been known as a major figure in the Asian art world, with his Los Angeles gallery I.M. Chait — and he's donated millions to the church. Although Joey's relationship with the church was rockier, he was completely dedicated to his father and had never had another job other than working at the gallery when he was caught selling an art object made from rhino horn in a government sting that we told you about earlier. As we explained then, a federal judge took into account how Joey had been influenced by his Scientology upbringing and his demanding father. (It seemed pretty plain that Izzy Chait himself had been the focus of the government probe, but he had suffered a heart attack and wasn't a realistic figure for prosecution by this time.) Judge J. Paul Oetken sentenced Joey to a year in prison, not the 2 to 3 prosecutors were asking for. Joey has served his time and is now no longer associated with the gallery. He's also engaged to be married to his boyfriend, and he's been getting therapy to help him deal with his Scientology past.

Tags: 1968, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, Bohème, Buddha, Curaçao, Finland, Flag Land Base, Freewinds, Isadore Chait, Jesus, Joseph Chait, Judge J. Paul Oetken, L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, Maiden Voyage, Operating Thetan, OT 8, Rape, Sec Check, Student Hat

You may have heard about Xenu in Scientology and thought "space aliens?" Really? Yes, well there's a little more to it and in this brief video, I break down the Xenu story, where it fits in with Scientology's other steps and why it's "highly confidential" within the world of Scientology. This clip is excerpted from Critical Q&A #1, originally published Feb. 21, 2015. Enjoy!

Tags: 2015, Critic, Quicky, Xenu

A real estate trade with the Church of Scientology that the city asked for, then shot down, then revived, only to kill it all over again is back for another round, giving whiplash to all involved. Here's what's at play: the city owns three small properties downtown, one with a vacant building and two with a handful of parking spaces, the church wants for its campus. The church owns a vacant lot east of downtown the city wants for retail parking. If a good old fashioned land swap sounds straightforward here, oh just wait.

Tags: 2016, 2017, Ben Shaw, Bill Horne, Bob Cundiff, Clearwater, Clearwater Marine Aquarium, Cleveland, Cleveland Street, David Allbritton, David Miscavige, Doreen Caudell, Guy Bonneville, Hoyt Hamilton, Oak Cove, Quicky

Recently, I've been looking into L. Ron Hubbard's claims regarding his military career as a US Naval Reserve intelligence officer in the Pacific theatre early in WWII. I was curious as to the contexts of these claims, given the variances in accounts from Scientology historians such as Chris Owen, Jon Atack and Jeffrey Augustine. The Scientology Myths website also provides an excellent resource for source documentation regarding Hubbard's naval service, as well as his brief time in the Marine Corps Reserve, though with a distinctly revionsist position as to Hubbard's claims. While I'm interested in Hubbard's brief Marine Corps service and will be examining that in the future, in this, the first of a multi-part series, I'll be deconstructing his claims as to having been involved in espionage against the Japanese on Java in 1942. Future posts will look into his role as an intelligence officer in Australia from 1942 onward, as well as his postwar service and hospitalization. My purpose here is to add to the existing body of research on the matter, by bringing my service background and life-long interest in military history to bear. The Pacific Theatre is of great personal interest to me, as my father served there as a Naval aviator. Indeed, his stories and those of friends and family, along my own reading on the subject, engendered a great deal of respect for those who fought in the Pacific, and were all significant motivators in my joining the Marine Corps. In revisiting Hubbard's record, I hope to provide some useful additional context regarding his claims, and in doing so, further expose the exaggerations and outright lies of Mr. Hubbard in regards to his service early in WWII. For the most part, Hubbard served his country honorably in a time of war; it's his exploiting his time in the Navy to further Scientology, as well as embellishing his service record, personal decorations, and overall contribution to the war effort that I find repellent. Hubbard Joins Up

Tags: 1920, 1930, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1984, Alaska, Annapolis, Australia, Brisbane, Central Intelligence Agency, Chris Owen, CIA, DC, Dutch, Europe, Excalibur, FBI, Germany, Japan, Java, Jeffrey Augustine, Jon Atack, New York, Philippines, Quicky, Regulation, San Francisco, Submarine, US Army, US Navy, War record, Washington, West Australia, Western Australia

Thanks again to one of our alert tipsters, it was brought to our attention that Joy Villa's "testing the waters" web pages for a Congressional run have come down. Both "bringjoytocongress.com" and "joyvilla.com/testingthewaters/" now redirect us to Joy's general website. On February 9, the Internet Archive took a snapshot of "bringjoytocongress.com" that showed she was still soliciting donations…

Tags: 1968, 2014, 2016, 2017, Bridge to Total Freedom, Clear, Clearwater, Congress, Donald Trump, Facebook, Florida, Fort Harrison, George Soros, Greg Mitchell, Ideal Org, Internet Archive, Jesus Christ, Joy Villa, Lobbyist, Miami, Mike Rinder, Milo Yiannopoulos, Nevada, Orlando, Patron Meritorious, Perth, Republican, Robbie Olson, Rod Keller, Roger Stone, Scientology celebrity, Sebastian Gorka, Thorsten Overgaard, Tucson, Washington, White House (Trump)

This new poster says a lot. This is the "final world class ideal org for America"?? Wow. Scientology of course has no problem making outrageous statements and blustering on through as though everyone will simply agree because they say so. But I wonder how Boston feels about being relegated to the "non-world class" category? Or Philly? Austin? Detroit?

Tags: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Clear, David Miscavige, Detroit, Houston, Ideal Org, Jim Bridgeforth, Kansas City, L. Ron Hubbard, Miami, New Orleans, OCA, OT, Quicky, Salt Lake City, Sea Org, Silicon Valley, Super Bowl, Tom Cummins

The weekly show where I answer questions from viewers left in the comments of my Q&A videos or sent to me by email at AskChrisShelton@gmail.com. This week, the questions I answer are: (1) I was reading the Technical Dictionary of Dianetics and Scientology and found it fascinating. For non-Scientologists, it offers an inside look into the pseudo-scientific and pseudo-military language of the cult. The dictionary defines the Sea Organization as "an organization which functions at a high level of confront and standard. Its purpose is to get ethics in on the planet and eventually the universe." The dictionary further states in the definition of "Ethics" that "When one is ethical or 'has his ethics in' it is by his own determination and is done by himself." If, according to Hubbard, one can be ethical only by doing so himself, how can the Sea Org get "ethics in" on the universe? Doesn't this imply forcing Scientology ethics on everybody? This makes it sound like the purpose of the Sea Org is world domination. As a Sea Org member, how were you taught to understand the phrase "get ethics in"? Presumably this is a very important concept for Sea Org members, as it is the stated purpose of the organization.

Tags: Anonymous, Applied Scholastics, Clearwater, Criminon, Critic, Dianetics, Ethics, Ideal Org, International Association of Scientologists, Narconon, Narcotics Anonymous, OT, Quicky, Sea Org, Sec Check

Rod Keller continues to keep an eye on things going on south of the border for us... Last week we reported that local officials in the greater Mexico City neighborhood of Lomas del Olivo had shut down renovations being done on Scientology's new Advanced Org Saint Hill LATAM facility because of an expired permit. This week Scientology played a cat and mouse game with officials as it attempted to continue work despite the ban. The banners announcing the closure that had been torn by unknown parties were taped back together, but trucks and workers continued to use the gates. In an interview with news site La Silla Rota entitled "Scientologists have documents in order," Scientology spokesperson and Sea Org member Jonathan Rico said "I do not see that there is anything wrong, there must be an administrative confusion because we have our papers in order, and if there is anything that needs to be remedied, we will be carrying out the necessary administrative resources and clarifying the confusion."

Tags: 1984, Aaron Smith-Levin, Advanced Org, AOSH LATAM, Ben Shaw, Clearwater, eBay, Facebook, Jonathan Rico, Marty Rathbun, Mexico, Mexico City, Quicky, Ray Bradbury, Rod Keller, Sacramento, Saint Hill, Sea Org

I noticed this comment on Tony Ortega's blog a couple of days ago and thought it worthy of being preserved in a more easily searchable place. Thank you Panopea Abrupta — I quote your comment in full and then add some further thoughts below: There are 14 , no, 15 oops, actually 16 states so far with NO $cientology Mission or Org.

Tags: 1975, 2015, Africa, Alabama, Alaska, Anchorage, Argentina, Arkansas, Baton Rouge, Boise, Brazil, China, Class V, Clear, Colombia, Colorado, Dakota, Dallas, David Miscavige, Delaware, Dianetics, England, Harlingen, Houston, Hubbard Dianetics Foundation, Idaho, Ideal Org, Indiana, Indonesia, International Association of Scientologists, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Life Improvement Center, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mexico, Mission, Mississippi, Montana, Narconon, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Orleans, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Philippines, Planetary Clearing, Quicky, Quincy, Russia, San Antonio, Santa Monica, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tel Aviv, Temecula, Texas, Thailand, Tokyo, Tony Ortega, Venezuela, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wichita, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Zimbabwe

Some thoughts regarding Scientology's boycott of businesses in downtown Clearwater as reported in the Tampa Bay Times on Friday May 5th, 2017. Link to report: http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientol...

Tags: Clearwater, Quicky, Tampa Bay Times

David's position of absolute authority in the church brings to mind the analogy of a military strongman who lives a lavish lifestyle while the citizens of the country live in poverty. David has well-appointed apartments or living facilities in all of Scientology's major centers: the headquarters in Hemet, Los Angeles, Clearwater, St. Hill in England and aboard the Freewinds. As I have mentioned, he has only the highest quality food served at every meal. at the Hemet base, he had an exercise facility built that only he and certain celebrities such as Tom Cruise are allowed to use. Incidentally, because of my lifelong interest in exercise, I researched, found, and bought the equipment for the gym. The church furnishes all his vehicles and transportation, including motorcycles, cars and vans. He wears suits tailored by top Los Angeles tailors and once received a $10,000 suit from one for his birthday. And speaking of birthdays, every April the churches around the world pressure their meagerly paid staff to buy birthday presents for him. Rank-and-file Sea Org members receive a standard allowance of $50 a week for incidentals. Many weeks, however, this amount is reduced because of financial pressures, sometimes to zero. During some years we were paid nothing throughout most of the year—except when it was time to shell out for David's Christmas or birthday presents. Still, after the weekly staff meeting at which everyone lines up to collect their pay, someone is there to take 30 or 40 percent of their pittance to help buy COB (chairman of the board) a new camera or high-end mountain bike or high-tech gadget. The same thing happens at Christmas when different organizations try to outdo one another to express their gratitude. Make no mistake: David's position of absolute power is a comfortable and well-feathered nest. I recall a time when he walked in wearing a nice pair of shoes. "I got the shoes I told you about while I was over in England," he said. "Custom made." "Good-looking shoes," I said. "How much did they cost?"

Tags: 1970, 2012, Chairman of the Board, Clearwater, Copyright, David Miscavige, England, Freewinds, Hemet, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Olympic, Quicky, Religious Technology Center, Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me, Sea Org, St. Martin's Press, Tom Cruise

Lisa Marie Presley's exit from the Church of Scientology and her undercover efforts against the organization are examined with author and journalist Tony Ortega as we look at "Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me," a book written by Ron Miscavige, the father of Church leader David Miscavige, in this highlight from the full length Media Mayhem episode with host Allison Hope Weiner. Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8leT...

Tags: Allison Hope Weiner, David Miscavige, Lisa Marie Presley, Quicky, Ron Miscavige, Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me, Tony Ortega, Undercover

Over the years, David Miscavige has gradually been positioning himself as not only the "anointed" one, but as the actual successor to L. Ron Hubbard in every way. He is not only the "Finder of Lost Tech" and the originator of "Command Intention" he is now mandatory to "acknowledge" in all "success stories." If you fail to recognize and thank "COB" it is treated as a bad indicator that you are disaffected or perhaps a plant. They sell the water and whatever else that "COB uses" at Flag like it is the American Dental Association seal of approval on your toothpaste. And now, the final step. "COB quotes." For decades "LRH quotes" have been a "thing" in scientology. The old saying is "what would Ron do?" and that is supposed to resolve all problems. Now we have "COB quotes" being circulated as if they are infinite wisdom. Amazing. 10 years ago there isn't a scientologist anywhere who would have ever considered scientology would be promoting anyone else's quotes than L. Ron Hubbard.

Tags: Chairman of the Board, Command Intention, David Miscavige, L. Ron Hubbard, OT, Quicky, World Religion News

Jon Atack is the author of A Piece of Blue Sky, one of the very best books on L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. He has a new edition of the book for sale, and for more than three years he's been helping us sift through the legends, myths, and contested facts about Scientology that tend to get hashed and rehashed in books, articles, and especially on the Internet. To be a true Scientologist, it is necessary to submit to various phobias. It has long fascinated me that certain topics are simply beyond discussion. As a teenager, I was taken by a friend to a Christadelphian meeting, where the whole audience joined in mirth at the idea that we might be related to primates. It was the same sort of knee-jerk humour that Scientologists show whenever psychiatry is mentioned. No thinking is required.

Tags: A Piece of Blue Sky, Birthday Event, Brent Jones, Catholic Church, Clearing Course, Clearwater, David Miscavige, Dianetics, Ethics, Fourth Invader Force, Hypnosis, Janja Lalich, Jon Atack, L. Ron Hubbard, New Scientist, OT III, Quicky, Robert Lifton, San Diego, Science of Survival, Venus

It is a telling commentary on downtown Clearwater's desire to be known as something other than the silly make-believe navy sailor suit capital of the world that the city's fathers found themselves relying on a famous dolphin to blunt the influence of the Church of Scientology. Close, but no bottlenose. And so it came to pass that the Clearwater Marine Aquarium pulled the plug on ambitious plans to build a $68 million facility on the downtown bluff overlooking Clearwater Harbor as a new home for international film star Winter the Dolphin and her pal, Hope.

Tags: Clearwater, Clearwater Marine Aquarium, E-meter, Florida, George Cretekos, Island Estates, Operating Thetan, Quicky, Tampa

One of the many things the Church of Scientology has done as a reaction to Alex Gibney's documentary, Going Clear, is to post numerous letters it wrote to Gibney and HBO in the lead-up to the film's release, as well as in its aftermath. Collected at the website of its propaganda magazine, Freedom, the letters vary in their interest for us. But one of them is really something to behold. It's a long exegesis by one of Scientology's longest-serving and most notable attorneys, Eric M. Lieberman (pictured). Lieberman's letter is addressed to two of HBO's attorneys, and was sent on March 19, six days after Going Clear debuted in theaters for its short run in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco to qualify it for Oscar consideration. (A little birdie tells us that the movie is going to get another theater run in the Fall, so Scientology has that to look forward to — and you heard it here first.)

Tags: 2014, Alex Gibney, Australia, CCHR, Cult, David Miscavige, Dianetics, Disconnection, Elena Cardone, Eric Lieberman, Fair Game, Fraud, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, HBO, Ideal Org, International Association of Scientologists, IRS, Jeffrey Augustine, Kodak Center, Lawrence Wright, Lisa McPherson, Los Angeles, New York, Office of Special Affairs, Quicky, San Francisco, Sara Goldberg, Sea Org, Sec Check, Sylvia DeWall, Wallace Jefferson

TORONTO - Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney didn't have to wait for anyone to actually see his new documentary "Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief" before Scientologists were already denouncing it. The Church of Scientology officially dismissed the eye-opening doc as a "one-sided false diatribe," built on the testimony of "bitter, vengeful apostates." The church has also claimed that Gibney and HBO "stonewalled 14 requests by the church to offer relevant information, with more than 25 individuals with first-hand information eager to speak." Prominent church member John Travolta, meanwhile, told the Tampa Bay Times he wouldn't even bother watching something "so decidedly negative."

Tags: 1986, Alex Gibney, Canada, David Miscavige, Disconnection, Fair Game, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, HBO, IRS, John Travolta, Lawrence Wright, New York Times, Park City, Private investigator, Pulitzer Prize, Quicky, Sundance Film Festival, Tampa Bay Times, Tom Cruise, Toronto, Twitter, Utah

Comme le rapportaient mardi Métro et Les Affaires, un édifice du centre-ville de Montréal acheté par l'Église de Scientologie en 2007 reste toujours inoccupé. Loin d'être une exception, cette situation s'inscrit dans un schéma qui se répète dans une trentaine de villes partout dans le monde. Deuxième partie d'une enquête sur le parc immobilier fantôme de la scientologie. Sur le site officiel de l'Église de Scientologie de Montréal, on peut cliquer sur une section intitulée «Futures églises de scientologie». On y voit défiler une vidéo qui promeut l'ouverture imminente d'une nouvelle Ideal Org (organisation idéale, sorte de mégacentre de la scientologie) à Birmingham, au Royaume-Uni. La vidéo montre une maquette en trois dimensions de ce à quoi ressemblera l'Org quand ce bâtiment, construit en 1930 et acheté par l'Église de Scientologie en 2008 pour près de 7M$, aura été rénové.

Tags: 2007, Bulawayo, Ideal Org, Izhar Perlman, Jefferson Hawkins, Kansas City, Marty Rathbun, Mike Rinder, Montreal, Rotting building, Tony Ortega, Toronto, Winnipeg, Zimbabwe

Epic, Sizzling An ideal org briefing. Wow, wonder if it has ANYTHING to do with handing over money? Valley Hype

Tags: ASHO, Bob Anderson, Cambridge, Chairman of the Board, David Miscavige, Debbie Sharp, Dianetics, Freewinds, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, International Association of Scientologists, Maiden Voyage, Michael Roberts, Nashville, OT, OT Ambassador, OT Committee, OT VIII, OTC, Phoenix, Portland, Purification Rundown, Quicky, San Francisco, Student Hat, Thursday Funnies, Twin Cities

We had a laugh when Scientology shocked many people in Los Angeles by purchasing the historic studios that had long housed the local public television station KCET. The thought of Scientology operating its own television network led us two years ago to speculate about the fabulous shows the wacky group could put together. But since then, we've heard very little about what Scientology actually plans to do with the facility. We had heard that church leader David Miscavige was shifting some of the work that used to take place at the "Gold" studios on the International Base, which is near Hemet, to the KCET studios. It was part of Miscavige shifting a lot of activity from Int, we were told, which is causing the sprawling compound to become something of a ghost town. Yesterday, former Scientology spokesman Mike Rinder said at his blog that the draining away of activity at Gold continues, and he revealed new information about the KCET studios — Scientologists are now being told that it's going to be reborn as the "Scientology Media Center."

Tags: David Miscavige, Golden Age of Tech, Hemet, Ideal Org, Int Base, Kansas City, Karen de la Carriere, KCET, L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, Maggie Kittinger, Mike Rinder, Planetary Clearing, Quicky

This was recently sent out by ASHO. Some have accused me of being a grammar nazi, but for an organization that claims it has the ONLY solution to literacy, this stuff is just so out there it isn't funny. This odd little LRH quote has been utterly misduplicated. She actually thinks it says you "recover your infinity of future" not that you will "not recover in your infinity of future." How one loses an infinity of future is illogical enough. Then how you recover it makes no sense at all.

Tags: 1980, ASHO, Clear, Golden Age of Tech, Hubbard Communications Office Bulletin, L. Ron Hubbard, Objective Process, OT, Purification, Purification Rundown, Quicky, Survival Rundown

A controversial proposal for a Scientology-run drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility at Yarramalong has been rejected by Wyong Council after it was found to be incompatible with local land zonings and regulations.

Tags: ABLE, Australia, Doug Eaton, Narconon, Narconon New South Wales, New South Wales, Yarramalong Valley

This is a bit old, but one of our Special Correspondents came across it recently. It follows the Captain Harvey the Clown posting perfectly, illustrating how far the Command Intention Vulture Culture has trickled down. This guy is theoretically the Dir of PUBLIC BOOKSALES of Tampa Day Ideal/St Hill Size super org. And here he is begging for donations to create OTHER "Ideal Orgs" for an "Ideal Florida" Not even "donations" for books. And they are doing it because they "are part of Flags total amount, but we get credit for the raising of what we bring in." What sort of Admin Scale are these people operating on? "Others Stats"?

Tags: Command Intention, Florida, Ideal Org, OT, PBS, Quicky, Starbucks, Tampa, Vulture Culture

At its core Scientology revolves around the auditing process. The word auditing comes from the Latin root audire which means to listen, or to listen and compute. The entire purpose of a Scientology auditor is to provide a construct through which an individual may look at his or her life in such an honest fashion that that which is viewed no longer has a hold on that person. Scientology postulates that 'charge' (mental energy) 'erases' through that process. One could just as easily postulate that one's witnessed experience objectifies. That is, one's experience moves from the subjective (part of, and thus affecting, oneself) to the objective. In that construct, matters of the mind that tend to drive one on an automatic basis are no longer hidden and automatic. Objectivized matter of the mind is no more capable of driving you than any other person or idea that you can clearly see as apart from yourself. Your own choice in the matter of what to do, what to choose, what to pursue and what to react to is restored to you. Each time one witnesses in this wise one recognizes that much more the true nature of self, apart from, and thus less subject to, matter, energy, space and time. Witnessing led the Buddha toward recognizing the impermanent nature of matter, energy, space and time. It is my view that any time devoted to honestly viewing the content of your mind, your experience, is progress in moving the external world back out of one's head where it no longer drives you. There used to be a saying in Scientology, 'any auditing is better than no auditing.' No matter what processes, what grades, what levels attained or not, every hour spent objectivizing the subjective is net gain. There is so much emphasis included in Scientology about the attainment of grades and levels, and purported permanent states of consciousness that the failure to attain very high on the Scientology Bridge (the chart of progressive grades and levels of spiritual attainment) tends to serve to invalidate the work a person did execute in witnessing his or her own mind. Scientology contains so much dogma asserting superiority to and difference from all other forms of witnessing that people tend to lose site that they spent a tremendous amount of time and effort doing just that, witnessing. I use the term 'witnessing' because it is a generic term that captures what is at the heart of all effective psychotherapeutic and spiritual practices. Most forms of meditation (Buddhist, Hindu, Taoist, et al), most forms of psychotherapy, and Scientology too, create a desirable effect to the extent the individual applying it fully, honestly views the mind.

Tags: Buddha, Buddhist, Quicky

A bill giving the state oversight of Narconon Arrowhead and other drug rehabs according to legislation signed today by Gov. Mary Fallin. Senate Bill 295 co-authored by a Senate Democrat Tom Ivester D- Sayer and House Republican Jason Murphey R-Guthrie was signed today at the Capitol after passing the Senate unopposed last week. The legislation was written after an investigation into a string of deaths that happened within months of each other at Narconon Arrowhead.

Tags: 2009, 2011, 2012, Gabriel Graves, Gary Smith, Hillary Holten, Jason Murphey, Kaysie Werninck, Mary Fallin, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office, Robert Murphy, Stacy Murphy, Stacy's Law, Tom Ivester

Gov. Mary Fallin Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin today signed SB 295, turning "Stacy's Bill" into "Stacy's Law." On July 19, 2012, Stacy Dawn Murphy died of an overdose at Narconon Arrowhead, the Church of Scientology's flagship drug rehab facility near Canadian, Oklahoma. Hers was the third patient death in only nine months, and it launched county and state investigations, multiple lawsuits, and now a new law that will give the state greater oversight of the facility. Governor Fallin took less than a week to sign the bill after it was forwarded to her by the state legislature.

Tags: 2012, Gary Richardson, Georgia, Lucas Catton, Mary Fallin, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Governor, Quicky, Robert Murphy, Stacy Murphy, Stacy's Law

The bill originally passed the Senate unopposed in February. Then in April the legislation passed the House Public Health Committee 9 to 1 with an amendment, the amended legislation went on to pass the House 80 to 13. The final Senate vote was Wednesday. It is now headed to Gov. Mary Fallins desk. Wednesday, Ivester said he wrote the bill because of the deaths at Narconon Arrowhead. "It was the repeated deaths, that's what did it for me," Ivester said. "That, and that nothing was being done legislatively about it." He said the legislation will force drug rehabs such as Narconon Arrowhead to be certified by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Heath and Substance Abuse, giving the state oversight over such facilities.

Tags: Farley Ward, Gabriel Graves, Gary Smith, Hillary Holten, Jason Murphey, Kaysie Werninck, Lucas Catton, Mary Fallin, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, National Association of Forensic Counselors, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office, Robert Murphy, Stacy Murphy, Stacy's Law, Tom Ivester

Here is a new email laying out the priorities for the Flag OT Committee as directed by the clown in charge of the FSO. A couple of comments: The FIRST priority for the FSO is "Ideal Orgs"? Bizarre. More evidence that "Command Intention" (ie Miscavige orders) has taken the place of all other policy/programs/orders in the RCS. Believe me, this ONE thing alone would be enough for Miscavige to be declared by LRH. There are enough old timers around who can recall the wrath that rained down on anyone who cut across the FSO's main line business...

Tags: Basics, Coachman, Command Intention, David Miscavige, DEA, Flag Service Organization, Harvey Jacques, Ideal Org, International Association of Scientologists, IRS, Jim Bridgeforth, Kathy Feshbach, Kaye Champagne, L. Ron Hubbard, Narconon, Narconon plaintiff, Oak Cove, OT, OT Committee, OTC, Purification Rundown, Quicky, Review, Sea Org, SEC, Super Power

L Ron Hubbard wrote the following in 1954: The Axioms Axiom One: Life is basically a static. (Definition: A life static has no mass, no motion, no wavelength, no location in space or in time. It has the ability to postulate and to perceive.)

Tags: 1954, 2011, Axioms, L. Ron Hubbard, Psychology Today, Quicky

After the jump: Surprise! A second unnamed plaintiff has been sloppily added to Okorocha's sloppy lawsuit. The Internets are buzzing this afternoon with news that actor John Travolta has been sued by an unnamed masseur for touching his penis. Travolta has long been the subject of speculation that he's a gay man who is one of several celebrities in the Church of Scientology who the church encourages to "handle" their homosexuality by trying to appear hetero.

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Scientology Chairman David Miscavige Black Dianetics Techniques

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Postscript: Could not miss the opportunity to make use of this photo taken in Sydney, now that people understand the significance of the term! Mike

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Former Labor MP and now Independent Kris Hanna is calling on the South Australian Government to launch an inquiry into the fake documents affair. The Opposition Leader, Martin Hamilton-Smith, is facing defamation lawsuits over his claims the Labor Party solicited donations from a company linked to the Church of Scientology. The documents used to back up his claims were later found to be fake.

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The altercation happened 400 yards from the church, on the other side of the street. Public Works pulled all of the permits taken out for the Scientology event. The permits -- all of them for sidewalk closing and lane blocking -- are for the wrong day. They're for the day before the event and expire before the scuffle occurred. In addition, three of the five security guards were off-duty Spring Hill police officers working in Nashville, which can only be done if local police are notified and officers are wearing uniforms clearly identifying them as off-duty police officers.

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For the fourth time in as many months, the Internet-based group Anonymous will stage a protest against the Church of Scientology in downtown Clearwater. The street protest is set for Saturday, the day after the anniversary of the book "Dianetics" by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, Anonymous says in an e-mail.

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The Church of Scientology was not mentioned at the televised meeting, but commissioners have said they are uncomfortable with the church being named in a visible way on the library's walls. They voted unanimously to accept money from anyone but to recognize donors only discreetly on a small plaque instead of naming rooms or areas after large contributors.

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In a Los Angeles court, his wife charged L. Ron Hubbard, 40, disciple and founder of dianetics, "the modern science of mental health," with bigamy, cruelty and "systematic torture." He is also a paranoid schizophrenic, she added, and she wants a divorce.

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