The arival of Ursula in Clearwater
Question answered by HBeer in Scientology
FredricRice asked this question on 7/25/2000:
I got to watch Ursula C. arive in Clearwater, Florida, to give a
presentation on the Scientology cult. (The video can be
viewed at http://www.xenutv.com/trust/arrival.ram or
http://www.xenutv.com/trust/dslarrival.ram by the way, and
.rm versions of those are available for download.)
The behavior of the cult followers is _extremely_ insane and
I'm curious what experts on Scientology has to say about
whether these people were insane going in or whether it
happend to them while they were inside.
And if I may, I'd like to web your answers.
Thanks!
HBeer gave this response on 7/25/2000:
It probably happened to them while they were inside.
A person who goes into Scientology most probably needs
guidance in some life area which is too difficult to master
without help.
In this situation, people give up a part of the responsibility
for themselves. It is similar to hiring a fitness trainer. By
hiring a fitness trainer, I say: "I want to become more fit,
but I don't have the knowhow. I'll pay for your knowhow.
Here is the money - now tell me how to do it."
This same pattern happens if a person is in need of
spiritual guidance. By "hiring" the coaching of the church,
they invite an inflow of knowhow which they are willing to
consider superior to their own. If this knowhow is flawed,
they have no way to find out, because they don't have an
own knowhow which could be used to compare against.
Sooner or later the outcome of the application of flawed
knowhow will become apparent because of life upsets,
financial problems and other negative feedback. Until then,
any bad feelings will probably be invalidated with a thought
like "Well, they certainly know better than I, and my bad
feelings are because it is new, I am not used to it, and
every change is kind of uncomfortable."
So for a little while, they might become temporarily insane
if they have ingested insane knowhow, or are copying
insane behaviour patterns which result from the perversion
of an originally sane knowhow, as in the case of
Scientology.
Of course a coach who relates flawed knowhow will be out
of business sooner or later. People WILL find out that their
trust has been betrayed and their resources have been
exploited, and will fire the gangster (or gang). It is just a
matter of time until the "church" of Scientology will be
history.
I hope that people will not lose their interest in spiritual
coaching just because they happened to come upon a bad
coach first. The "good guys" are in the majority - black
sheep exist in every profession -, and maybe the
experience with Scientology shows even more urgently
how important it is to live a clean life with full responsibility
for others.
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