It did occur to us, when we watched Scientology leader David Miscavige open four long-delayed “Ideal Org” projects in quick succession in Austin, Mexico City, Chicago, and Paris, that it cleared the decks of new projects.
Four Ideal Orgs in as many weeks was a lot, even for Miscavige, but what was next?
Sure, fundraising has been going on for years and years in places as far-flung as Albuquerque and Long Island, but how many more years would it take to complete them, and what is Dave going to open in the meantime in order to convince his wealthy donors that Scientology is “expanding.” (It actually isn’t.)
So we want to thank the reader who forwarded us an email from the folks in Albuquerque who are trying to raise enough cheddar to move on a dormant Ideal Org project that goes back many years.
We’ve seen similar fliers for fundraising that has been slowly grinding away in several other places in the US: Battle Creek, Boston, Hawaii, Long Island, New Haven, Philadelphia, Puerto Rico, and Saint Louis.
But at the rate those projects have been going, we figure it would be a decade before Miscavige got them all completed.
The new Albuquerque email, however, contains a rather startling claim: Scientology wants all of those Ideal Org projects to move into their construction phases by the end of the year.
Holy Xenu’s trousers! Pass that offering plate, pilgrims!
Here’s the message that was forwarded to us…
Hello [redacted],
We have been flat out traveling the USA since the recent Grand Openings to light a fire across the country… WE ARE GETTING EVERY ORG INTO CONSTRUCTION BEFORE YEAR END!
To that end, we have incredible news!!! There is now a series of Grand Opening Replays with the FULL COB Inaugurating address rolling out… and it all starts THIS weekend with the monumental Austin Grand Opening Replay in your org. These are THE FIRST Ideal Orgs to open with fully trained OEC/FEBC teams.
This presents an epic opportunity to drive the Battle Creek Ideal Org Project into construction as the #1 priority in the East US and we need to band together to do it.
I am asking YOU to join in VIRTUALLY on Saturday morning (20 April) so I can share all the good news and to get the create for an Ideal Heartland going right away.
I need you to PLEASE confirm you will be there by RSVP. I really need you!
With big ARC, Marliese
USA Ideal Org Fundraising Project I/C
And our tipster also passed along this heartwarming tale from a couple who have really dug deep to support C.O.B.’s pet projects…
Dennis & Joan McKenna
The Project of a Lifetime,
We have actively supported the Ideal Org Project since its inception.
Why? Building a new Civilization is our fundamental purpose as Scientologists, and that new civilization is built in Ideal Orgs.
We were very active in helping create an ideal organization in our hometown, and, in the years since, we have worked throughout the West US and other parts of the country to help them complete their Ideal Orgs. Now we are focused on completing Albuquerque, one of the last two remaining orgs in the West US.
We are honored and proud to help. Actively contributing to this network of Ideal Orgs now expanding throughout the USA is the project of a lifetime for us. It is a tangible legacy that will resound long, long into the future.
COB RTC asked OT Ambassadors and the field to take on the project of creating Ideal Orgs. It has been an evolution with many challenges and countless rewards. We wouldn’t miss it! Changing the world for the better and for real is an immense challenge, but it’s fun to achieve the impossible.
Please join us!
Dennis & Joan McKenna
Albuquerque Gold Humanitarians
Alliance Gold Civilization Builders
How much have they forked over? Well, we know that “humanitarian” = $100,000 and “Gold humanitarian” means half a million. And “Alliance Gold Civilization Builder”? Well, we’re not sure. “New Civilization Builder” usually means $1 million. So does this imply that the McKennas have given $5 million to an “alliance” of regional Ideal Orgs?
Whatever it is, it’s a serious pile.
Anyway, this gives us a glimpse of what’s going on in Scientology right now: Scientologists are expected to come down to their local org to watch replays of Miscavige preside over those Ideal Org openings, which will just be another opportunity to be pressured heavily to fork over even more money so Dave can get construction going on all of these projects at the same time in the US, probably in Canada as well, and who knows in the rest of the world.
What’s Dave’s hurry? Shouldn’t he space out these projects to keep his wealthy donors on the hook for years and years? What’s his game plan here, do you think?
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"Holy Xenu's trousers" indeed!
But, I think this whole facilities trend, getting the rich "parishioners" (get them first thinking they are parishioners, check, Hubbard achieved that one already), and Miscavige gets them donating to buy the facilities. That's kind of normal, isn't it, the rich parishioners donating to the wealth of their church of choice.
So, that really is the "big" step official Scientology has achieved, which is this rich parishioner donating big bucks, for big acquiring facilities, that seems a traditional human tradition.
The big step, I think, is getting the average world citizen to know how Xenu fits into Scientologists using the special Emeter gizmo to detect the body-thetans whom Xenu mass murdered/mass-implanted-with-the-R6-"Implants" during the Wall of Fire/4th Dynamic Engram, which happened, per the secret Scientology beliefs, this big doozy "engram" was caused by Xenu here on earth, 75 million years ago.
If the broad understanding by the public, rises someday, to the non Scientologists understanding of the two big efforts that are done in the posh Scientology facilities:
a)past lives trauma "therapy" of Hubbard's unique style
b) exorcism/soul-freeing done on Xenu's body-thetans which Xenu showered earth with, using the Scientology Emeter gizmo to detect the body-thetans
IF that becomes common knowledge, then Scientology will have gotten over their public eduction step. The public will have a chance of knowing what goes on in those posh "Ideal Orgs" and the "Advanced Orgs" and the "Flag Service Org" where all the engram trauma therapy is done, and the exorcism is taught, using the Emeter gizmo.
That'd be Scientology practices 101, to at least get the public someday up to grokking.
Then if people wish to do this past lives trauma alleviation Hubbard pseudo-therapy and the Hubbard exorcism/soul-freeing, that's on the public. At least they have been informed what is coming if they do the practices for real, all the way.
(I don't think the public will ever buy the Hubbard past lives therapy/exorcism-soul-freeing using the Emeter gizmo, but at least this is a step for the public I hope will reach someday, that's how I describe Scientology today when asked. I give the ten second definition of Scientology this way.)
Miscavige is moving the financials of the Clampire from Lron's pay for play 'training' to one based on 'donations'' By being 'donation' based, they avoid the 'business model' that had the US Supreme Court calling $cientology a business. I think Miscavige is just adopting more camouflage to appear more conventional. The hell with emeters and engram 'auditing', get your $cieno salvation by donating to a soon to be empty building. And maybe get a nice bowling trophy to boot.
This campaign keeps the minions with their noses to the grindstone and too busy to notice how empty the mOrgs are. Plus corporate will as usual keep a large percentage of any money raised for the IAS or COB's booze fund. I can see more and more of the minions escaping from the constant demands for more money.
Only the really well off or the whales will be soon be the only ones holding the cans. And that appears to be the way Miscavige wants it. Why bother with anyone who isn't on staff or Sea bOrg, either prove your fealty by being on staff or Sea bOrg or by giving over a stack of dollars. Everyone else can just lump it. They aren't 'upstat' enough anyway.