Notice: Fredric Rice may have removed segments of the replies given to questions if they contained copoyrighted materials. After a very short while, Scientology "experts" refused to answer questions and started cut-and-pasting copyrighted cult propaganda. Additionally I removed URLs in some of the replies, and left them in others. And it's also important to note that eventually the unfortunate "Greg Churilov" cultist was ejected from askme.com for his typical Scientological behavior.

FredricRice asked this question on 4/27/2000:

I asked the following question: What does it mean when a Scientology leader orders a follower to "end cycle?" Thanks.

larrybergen insanely declined to answer on 4/27/2000, saying: hey freddie boo betty. i'm already in comm with defiler and horny kid,so no time for you.

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Are there _any_ Scientologist "experts" who are honest and willing enough to address this question?

Greg Churilov gave this profound whopper on 4/28/2000:

The Cycle of Action in Scientology is divided into three parts: Start, Change, Stop. Ending a cycle means to stop what one is doing, and doing something else. I am not aware of the context, but I do know that this has been maliciosly misinterpreted in a couple of bigotry websites to mean "kill yourself". That is (duh!) not what is means. It means to choose a different course of action.

[In fact when a cult leader orders a follower to "end cycle," it means they're being ordered to kill themselve. This is done, thankfully, rarely and only when the individual being ordered to kill themself is some how an embarrassment to the cult or part of a public relations "flap" (in the jargon of the cult) - flr]

For example, if some irl does not want to see him anymore, and he is now stalking her and sending her all sorts of letters, the Scientology Ethics Officer might advise him to "end cycle". This to mean "give it up, man", or "cut it out". It means to find a more productive thing to focus on :-)

[Good grief. Where do these nuts come up with this stuff? The cult's ringleaders try to get followers to believe in past lives using a series of hypnotic brainwashing processes called "TRs" and "auditing." They're brainwashed to believe that they come back to life all the time -- cycles. To "end cycle" means to kill yourself so that you can start a new life - flr]

For the record, Scientology frowns HEAVILY on Suicide. Scientology believes in past and future lives, and the suicide is bound to come back into another human life, with the same hangups and problems, only now he's got one more issue to carry.

[And that's a whopper. There have been numerous suicides of Scientology cult followers that are well covered on various Internet web sites. Several of those -- more than half a dozen -- took place within the "Mecca of perfection" of Scientology: The Ft. Harrison Hotel.

There have been so many suicides and other killings at the Ft. Harrison Hotel that the building has earned the name "Ft. Homicide Hotel." (Rather like a Stephen King book only, unfortunately, in real life and real death.)

Additionally the mock throw-away "International President" of the cult -- Heber Jentzsch -- has been arrested and handcuffed in Spain and awaits trial for -- among numerous other criminal charges -- inducing people to commit suicide.

TGhere have been so many suicides and murders in this cult that there's a web site http://www.scientology-kills.org created just to cover some of them - flr]

L.Ron Hubbard wrote several articles clearly advising against suicide as it is a psychotic behaviour and is NOT a solution to anything.

FredricRice replied:

And that's another pathetic lie. desertphile pointed me toward the actual meaning of "end cycle." (Thanks, desertphile, for giving me _honest_ answers to my questions.) He pointed me to the correct documents:

Second in command of Scientology Jesse Prince covered it well:

"I have personally witnessed executive decisions directed to members instructing them to 'end cycle', i.e., die. Instructions by Ray Mithoff concerning the following individuals: Diane Morrison, a personal friend of mine. She had cancer. Radiation treatment is forbidden by Scientology. She was instructed by Ray Mithoff to 'end cycle.' Her husband, Shawn Morrison, was ordered by Ray Mithoff to transport her off of the Scientology property at Gilman Hotsprings, California, to her mother's house so that she would not die on Scientology property.

-=- End second in command -=-

So "end cycle" means "committ suicide" in Scientology jargon.

Why did you lie to me?

[Of course Greg had no answer - flr]

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