[Today’s guest post is by Sunny Pereira] I had just finished an interrogation session that I was doing on a Scientology registrar, because she wasn’t making enough money for the org. It wasn’t even actually my job, interrogations, but I was the preferred auditor for whatever reason.
Scientology and compassion don't mix. And if you happen to be a compassionate/empathetic person as Sunny is and was, you will be in for a world of hurt you may never recover from. I really wish Sunny the best of life and hope the remainder of it is filled with a lot of love, compassion and understanding. She deserves it.
Wow, Sunny. You were in the thick of it. You are one tough MF. So many good people were lured into the “Clearing The Planet” dream. How many are left to tell the tale. Thank you for today’s story.
Sunny your story just ripped apart my heart. Those bastards did not deserve your love and kindness. Thank you for stepping up and so courageously telling your story. Hugs to you.
"according to our CC gardener (who also just happened to be a civil engineer) it was still structurally sound." What half assed organization uses a civil engineer as a gardener? The stupidity burns, as does the lack of compassion and the busy work that $cientology 'Cleb Center' runs on.
Sunny, you did better than any 'assist' could do and the lack of proper medical care killed 'Nelly'. Has that situation been fixed? Of course not, that would cost money.
I used to do a similar job in another organization. I so relate to this story. I had no medical training and people would come to me with various ailments. My standard remedy (free, of course) was drink water. Surprisingly that worked over 70 percent of the time.
Taking care of the cancer patients was the worst. They did get taken care of but fell way down the list of priorities as they got sicker. Sea Org members are not supposed to get sick or die!!
In the end, no matter how you scrambled something reached flap level (an emergency that could be legally damaging for the Church, bring bad publicity, etc.,) and the person who held this job Sunny is talking about was blamed. Thankless does not even begin to describe this position.
I understand the guilt at forgetting to check on them. It’s understandable though. If you hadn’t been overworked, it wouldn’t have happened. Such a sad story. People are treated as machines, equipment, to be worked 24 hours a day.
Although the apartments on Tamarind were dumpy by most assessments, they were leaps and bounds better than standard staff berthing.
When I went from SO to GO I was moved to Tamarind, first in a studio which I got all to myself! What luxury. It was approximately the size of the room at Hollywood Inn I had shared with 5 others, and the heat and air conditioner worked. When I got married and had a child, we got a two bedroom. The first night there, we slept with the lights on because of the hundreds of cockroaches. But…and this is huge for anyone who was in staff berthing…the apartment manager had the place fumigated the next day, the cockroach problem was not ignored.
At 23, in scientology, I thought I could take on the world. No wonder you were given the power, you had the drive to do it. If it had been a hardened staff member, Nelly would never have been diagnosed. You did her a kindness by allowing her to live her final days in peace. You were not a murderer, but an angel of mercy.
Scientology and compassion don't mix. And if you happen to be a compassionate/empathetic person as Sunny is and was, you will be in for a world of hurt you may never recover from. I really wish Sunny the best of life and hope the remainder of it is filled with a lot of love, compassion and understanding. She deserves it.
Wow, Sunny. You were in the thick of it. You are one tough MF. So many good people were lured into the “Clearing The Planet” dream. How many are left to tell the tale. Thank you for today’s story.
Sunny your story just ripped apart my heart. Those bastards did not deserve your love and kindness. Thank you for stepping up and so courageously telling your story. Hugs to you.
"according to our CC gardener (who also just happened to be a civil engineer) it was still structurally sound." What half assed organization uses a civil engineer as a gardener? The stupidity burns, as does the lack of compassion and the busy work that $cientology 'Cleb Center' runs on.
Sunny, you did better than any 'assist' could do and the lack of proper medical care killed 'Nelly'. Has that situation been fixed? Of course not, that would cost money.
I used to do a similar job in another organization. I so relate to this story. I had no medical training and people would come to me with various ailments. My standard remedy (free, of course) was drink water. Surprisingly that worked over 70 percent of the time.
Taking care of the cancer patients was the worst. They did get taken care of but fell way down the list of priorities as they got sicker. Sea Org members are not supposed to get sick or die!!
In the end, no matter how you scrambled something reached flap level (an emergency that could be legally damaging for the Church, bring bad publicity, etc.,) and the person who held this job Sunny is talking about was blamed. Thankless does not even begin to describe this position.
What a story. Thanks for sharing this. Sunny, you inspire me to write up some of mine.
I understand the guilt at forgetting to check on them. It’s understandable though. If you hadn’t been overworked, it wouldn’t have happened. Such a sad story. People are treated as machines, equipment, to be worked 24 hours a day.
Although the apartments on Tamarind were dumpy by most assessments, they were leaps and bounds better than standard staff berthing.
When I went from SO to GO I was moved to Tamarind, first in a studio which I got all to myself! What luxury. It was approximately the size of the room at Hollywood Inn I had shared with 5 others, and the heat and air conditioner worked. When I got married and had a child, we got a two bedroom. The first night there, we slept with the lights on because of the hundreds of cockroaches. But…and this is huge for anyone who was in staff berthing…the apartment manager had the place fumigated the next day, the cockroach problem was not ignored.
At 23, in scientology, I thought I could take on the world. No wonder you were given the power, you had the drive to do it. If it had been a hardened staff member, Nelly would never have been diagnosed. You did her a kindness by allowing her to live her final days in peace. You were not a murderer, but an angel of mercy.