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Subject: Screaming at Scientology on Colorado Blvd?
Anonymous asked this question on 5/4/2000:
I used to work in a sandwhich shop that was pretty close to an office of the
Scientology cult that was located on Colorado Blvd. along where the Rose
Parade is run every year, here in California.
One day I was with a co-woker as we walked past the place on our lunch
break. I never would have gone in alone but since I was with my friend, we
thought we would run in and see what it was about. We had worked close to
the cult for years and never gave them much thought.
There was some little kid... couldn't have been more than 10 year old or
so... that met us at the door. The kid was filthy and stank, desperately
needing a bath. That was enough for me to want to leave but my friend
whispered to me, "in for a penny, in for a pound." Whatever that means we
stuck it out and started to get a lot of smooth talk about taking that stress
test that they're always trying to sell people.
The kid's parents... at least I think it was his parents... came in and tried
constantly to seperate me and my friend. We wouldn't let ourselves be
seperated so we spent all the time in that little front hallway thing that the
cult had. We were trying to politely leave when we hear some woman just
screaming loudly.
We could see this woman sitting in a chair leaning over an ash tray
screaming like an insane person at it to 'rise up!' She turned red and just
kept screaming at the ash tray! One of the parents of this kid that was
trying to seperate us walked quickly over to the woman, said something, and
looked back at us extremely embarrassed.
My friend and I got the hell out of the place. I admit that we were very
scared that these insane people would follow us
out and we walked quickly away. After half a block or so, we both started
shaking and laughing and we hoped that the people inside wouldn't
recognize us at work since some times they would send people in for lunch
or some times dinner.
What's that all about? Screaming like someone possess of Satan at an ash
tray, for God's sake?!!!???
Irmgard gave this response on 5/5/2000:
Screaming at an ash tray is one exercise in the second part of the
communications course.
The declared purpose of this exercise is to talk using full intention
without any reservation - e.g. like you tell someone to do something and
the other just does it.
The person tells the ashtray to stand up - then lifts it with his own hand -
then tells the ashtray to sit down - and puts it down with their own hands.
And one step of this exercise is to order the ashtray at the top of ones
voice - of course, this gives a strange impression.
As usual in Scientology, there is a certain mystery atmosphere around
this exercise - of course, students who are not yet that far do realize that
there is such an exercise, but no one tells them precisely what it is
about, they just hear the course graduates tell radiantly how great this
course was - and when they come to that part, there is a certain
inhibition to state within a seemingly convinced group that "the emperor
has no clothes" - so they do the exercise and do their best to feel good
about it (if you really try that you will feel good in most cases) and don't
admit that they think it a little nonsensical. ;-)
Irmgard
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