L. Ron Hubbard was briefly a "Florida man" and then Hubbard secretly wandered off, ending life as a "California man."
Today when I discuss my life, self admit being mistakenly part of "one of those California religious cults, the biggest one. Can you guess, it's the cult that ropes in the stars".
Then I give a 20 second explanation of Scientology's quackery "auditing" past lives alleviating pseudo therapy, and then a quick description of Scientology's five exocism/soul freeing "levels", removing Xenu's earth dumped body-thetans that have accumulated, supposedly, on each of us.
Jaw's drop, when you explain Scientology to anyone. Only spiritualists who already believe in soul transmigration, reincarnation, are up to grasping Scientology's beliefs and practices quickly.
I've long wished there be some "religion" category common denominator study of religions, by a religion's beliefs in the soul. Like categorizing religions by their beliefs in what happens before and after life, to the "soul" of the person.
Then, if people have inclinations to check into Scientology, they place Scientology's beliefs about the soul, past and future lives, with other religions' beliefs in what the soul is, and so forth.
Religious beliefs in what the soul is, and what happens to the soul over long time, has been a long practice of humans to speculate and form all their beliefs around the soul, so to me, that would make a good comparison common denominator to use to lay out comparisons between various religions and the soul.
I've just begun studying Buddhism, and so today, favor their concept of the delusion of the soul, which when I was a Scientologist, of course you believe the soul which is ourself, is immortal.
Not so in Buddhism, which shows the delusional and temporary nature of the soul.
Anyways, I was always disappointed that Scientology has such an lack of willing discussion about the souls, the "body-thetans" (BODY THAY TONS) which upper secretive Scientology believes Xenu dumped body-thetans onto earth and these body-thetans infest all humans, unbeknownst to us, and Scientology just won't upfront admit sensibly what they believe about body-thetans' leakage of their memories over into our minds, thus exorcising and freeing the "body-thetans" off of our human body is what OT 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 is all about in modern official Scientology.
How to simplify and spoon feed the full beliefs of Scientology about the soul and about body-thetans is a major part of Scientology's self caused dissemination problem.
All the lower echelon Scientology organizations don't even, they are disallowed, to discuss the Xenu causing the body-thetans infestation all us humans suffer today, requiring the upper OT 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 exorcism/soul-freeing.
Oh well, Scientology's beliefs are amidst all the world's other soul beliefs and non beliefs.
I don't think I would have selected to put so much time in Scientology had Scientology more simply explained the Xenu soul dumping and humanity's supposed situation of being all and every one of us humans infested with the body-thetans (souls without bodies) which supposedly infest us all and require the "upper" exorcism Scientology practices. (I was a sucker for the "soul flying" claim made by Hubbard, that by doing the Hubbard quackery soul practices, people would regain their ability to soul fly out of their human bodies while still being alive----that was a false hope I held to the bitter end of being in the Scientology cult.)
The whole nastiness of Hubbard's regulations for the followers, is reason never participate with official Scientology. Even if you buy into the soul flying and soul abilities you supposedly will gain, although that's a big reason also never to participate in Scientology, since their highest followers can only pretend to have acquired soul powers. But they never do, never did, they only convince themselves they have minor soul powers, and never do they ever demonstrate telekinesis or soul fly, or read minds.
Kyle Fontaine seems to be angling for a place on RFK jrs staff. Why hasn't the Florida AMA and state licensing board suspended Minkoff's license and begun proceedings to take away his ability to harm anyone else?
Letting any chiropractor do anything beyond 'fixing' backs is just criminal. Is that what we have become? What's next? Making Blue Cross and other health insurance companies pay for 'mediums' and Witch Doctors? When you ignore science and best practices, you destroy lives.
I can relate to the long standing policies and directives against traditional medicine Hubbard wrote and then enshrined in stone. I believed it all. I almost lost my kidneys because I would not get a simple prostate operation.
My mental state was such that I was afraid of hospitals and most medications and the idea of any kind of operation to alleviate a physical condition. This was a direct result of the fear generated by Scientology policies and going to Scientology doctors and Scientology alternative health practitioners.
And I spent three years chronically depressed while still in Scientology without any relief. So I understand what Whitney was going through. Scientology gaslighting literally drove me into a mental breakdown. So this lawsuit including Minkoff is very valid.
L. Ron Hubbard was briefly a "Florida man" and then Hubbard secretly wandered off, ending life as a "California man."
Today when I discuss my life, self admit being mistakenly part of "one of those California religious cults, the biggest one. Can you guess, it's the cult that ropes in the stars".
Then I give a 20 second explanation of Scientology's quackery "auditing" past lives alleviating pseudo therapy, and then a quick description of Scientology's five exocism/soul freeing "levels", removing Xenu's earth dumped body-thetans that have accumulated, supposedly, on each of us.
Jaw's drop, when you explain Scientology to anyone. Only spiritualists who already believe in soul transmigration, reincarnation, are up to grasping Scientology's beliefs and practices quickly.
I've long wished there be some "religion" category common denominator study of religions, by a religion's beliefs in the soul. Like categorizing religions by their beliefs in what happens before and after life, to the "soul" of the person.
Then, if people have inclinations to check into Scientology, they place Scientology's beliefs about the soul, past and future lives, with other religions' beliefs in what the soul is, and so forth.
Religious beliefs in what the soul is, and what happens to the soul over long time, has been a long practice of humans to speculate and form all their beliefs around the soul, so to me, that would make a good comparison common denominator to use to lay out comparisons between various religions and the soul.
I've just begun studying Buddhism, and so today, favor their concept of the delusion of the soul, which when I was a Scientologist, of course you believe the soul which is ourself, is immortal.
Not so in Buddhism, which shows the delusional and temporary nature of the soul.
Anyways, I was always disappointed that Scientology has such an lack of willing discussion about the souls, the "body-thetans" (BODY THAY TONS) which upper secretive Scientology believes Xenu dumped body-thetans onto earth and these body-thetans infest all humans, unbeknownst to us, and Scientology just won't upfront admit sensibly what they believe about body-thetans' leakage of their memories over into our minds, thus exorcising and freeing the "body-thetans" off of our human body is what OT 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 is all about in modern official Scientology.
How to simplify and spoon feed the full beliefs of Scientology about the soul and about body-thetans is a major part of Scientology's self caused dissemination problem.
All the lower echelon Scientology organizations don't even, they are disallowed, to discuss the Xenu causing the body-thetans infestation all us humans suffer today, requiring the upper OT 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 exorcism/soul-freeing.
Oh well, Scientology's beliefs are amidst all the world's other soul beliefs and non beliefs.
I don't think I would have selected to put so much time in Scientology had Scientology more simply explained the Xenu soul dumping and humanity's supposed situation of being all and every one of us humans infested with the body-thetans (souls without bodies) which supposedly infest us all and require the "upper" exorcism Scientology practices. (I was a sucker for the "soul flying" claim made by Hubbard, that by doing the Hubbard quackery soul practices, people would regain their ability to soul fly out of their human bodies while still being alive----that was a false hope I held to the bitter end of being in the Scientology cult.)
The whole nastiness of Hubbard's regulations for the followers, is reason never participate with official Scientology. Even if you buy into the soul flying and soul abilities you supposedly will gain, although that's a big reason also never to participate in Scientology, since their highest followers can only pretend to have acquired soul powers. But they never do, never did, they only convince themselves they have minor soul powers, and never do they ever demonstrate telekinesis or soul fly, or read minds.
Hokum indeed.
Thanks Tony, for the ‘redacted’ pieces… lol
Kyle Fontaine seems to be angling for a place on RFK jrs staff. Why hasn't the Florida AMA and state licensing board suspended Minkoff's license and begun proceedings to take away his ability to harm anyone else?
Letting any chiropractor do anything beyond 'fixing' backs is just criminal. Is that what we have become? What's next? Making Blue Cross and other health insurance companies pay for 'mediums' and Witch Doctors? When you ignore science and best practices, you destroy lives.
I can relate to the long standing policies and directives against traditional medicine Hubbard wrote and then enshrined in stone. I believed it all. I almost lost my kidneys because I would not get a simple prostate operation.
My mental state was such that I was afraid of hospitals and most medications and the idea of any kind of operation to alleviate a physical condition. This was a direct result of the fear generated by Scientology policies and going to Scientology doctors and Scientology alternative health practitioners.
And I spent three years chronically depressed while still in Scientology without any relief. So I understand what Whitney was going through. Scientology gaslighting literally drove me into a mental breakdown. So this lawsuit including Minkoff is very valid.
On the other hand, with the way it’s going RFK Jr might give Minkoff a medal.
My grandmother used to say, "Dread the thought."
Science to the rescue. That's my faith.