After Impact magazine, our next favorite Scientology publication is Advance!, which tries to sell upper-level services to Scientologists and keep them going up the ever-more-expensive “Bridge to Total Freedom.”
I liked the OT Cop testimonial of Pat Broeker's in one old Advance magazine. He supposedly used his supernatural powers in a parking garage to help catch a criminal.
My own supernatural testimonial was as a Flag Word Clearer. After a long day, of word clearing students on the FEBC and OEC courses in the Flag auditorium which today is used for the Flag events, back in 1981 when Jon Horwich, Jay Hurwich, Jean-Michel Warniex, Mary Tinney, and Chuck McDougal was Course Admin, he used the stage as the Course Admin references area. Ginny Martin was there for a time too.
Anyways I was a busted Course Sup from years of being the OEC sup, and FEBC Sup for a tiny slot too, anyways, I had years of student spot checks (quizzes on the spot to studying students) behind my belt, so I knew all the tricky words and the words typically misunderstood in the whole OEC/FEBC course. Thus, as the word clearer, I would patiently run the students through all the word clearing on these tricky words most commonly misunderstood in the thousands of pages of Hubbard's cult paperpusher writings which had the goal of turning them into ideal cult bureaucrats.
I used the allowed list of Hubbard dictionaries, all "wog" dictionaries, and usually the one that resolved the most of these subtle definitions which Hubbard could sometimes use, was the Webster's Third International, the biggest largest fattest and it sat on a pedestal in the auditorium for students' use.
But, I was years in the experience of using this dictionary daily, and as an essentially five year vet of word clearing students on tricky words, I'd used it hundreds of times, if not more.
I came to thus remember where in the thick dictionary I had to physically whip the hundreds of thin pages of the dictionary, to land roughly where the word was I was searching to define.
My "supernatural" "skill" was that sometimes I'd hit TWO words in a row, right at the right page where the word was. (If you use the same book, like these big dictionaries, you know that they have a physical "memory" themselves, in that they become easy to open to the same word, over and over, as they are physically being flipped to that word, over and over.).
One day, I had my record of this exact flipping, and in the presence of the student, a woman from France, who I was word clearing.
I did three perfect flips in the Webster Third, to exactly the right word, in a row, in her presence.
I'd achieved, for an instant, in her eyes, the label, "Flag's OT Word Clearer."
It still gives me a laugh and slight tingle of joy, but it was just coincidental, of course, and also like I said, the dictionaries get physical memories themselves, even the largest, giantess Webster's Third.
Chuck Beatty
ex 75 to 03
I did love word clearing others, it allows you constantly to delve into the real word's knowledge base, a constant respite from the Hubbard world. I'm glad Hubbard laid down concrete rules to use outside world dictionaries and encyclopedias. One edition of the one volume Columbia University encyclopedia even contained the word Xenu one edition, later edited out. I dutifully cut Xenu out of the copy I donated to the RPF Course Room, no one was the wiser. But today, I really hope Xenu is in all outside world dictionaries and encyclopedias, and that they at least mention that Xenu caused the Wall of Fire and the body-thetans problem for humans which then helpfully explains WHY "Advance Org" even teaches the Xenu theory as it explains why so much body-thetan exorcism/soul-freeing today is part and parcel of Scientology, since OT 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are the body-thetan exorcism steps of upper secretive Scientology.
I was wishing I could reconnect with family members on my dad’s side and I drove to St. George in April and they were there at the reunion! Last weekend, Hubby’s mom’s family were all at Blair Basin. How OT is that?
I had a similar experience with an airplane. Our flight to my cousin’s wedding was delayed by hours and as we headed to the gate after the third delay, I stopped at a bathroom. Then we were allowed to board and the plane took off. Every time an OT goes to the bathroom a plane departs.
I was trying to figure out how to program a tricky piece of html. I didn’t remember reading the coding for that so obviously it didn’t exist. But when I googled it, it appeared.
And, even better. I was camping this weekend. My husband couldn’t find the keys to the side by side. I got him to share his air tag with me and magically located them on the passenger seat of his pickup.
The OT phenomenon are much tamer than they used to be. Before they were something to strive for and now it’s almost like any Joe Blow can do them. Oh, wait…
Remember, it is mandatory to write a success story when you finish any OT level or course. What I have observed since I left Scientology is how unremarkable the majority of OTs are. The clincher is the fact that once you buy into the OTIII narrative that you are infested with thousands of disembodied spirits, you have assigned all your problems to these pesky “body thetans”. These Scientologists have now bought into the mindset that they are victims. And that’s the way Hubbard wanted it. Very easy to manipulate a victim. Clever and evil.
These days, where the main product of the criminal organisation known as the “church” of $cientology is taking in donations, maybe they are putting less emphasis on having gushing success stories. There have been some suggestion of the victims getting “case gain” by “going up in status” but it’s a little quiet, from what I’ve seen.
'Cleared for take-off' was my favorite! After the guy goes to the bathroom for a ? He doesn't say! Was it a #1 or a #2? Both? Whatever he did in the bathroom...OBVIOUSLY was the reason they could now take off. Cracked me up! Sometimes when I go to the bathroom, I come out feeling like I could 'take off' too!
Success stories are requested, but there is some pressure because some staffer’s “stat” is number of Success Stories submitted. Success stories are requested after completing any level of auditing, too.
Hysterical. I've had many of these "moments" such as when I've thought about someone and then they've called. And I haven't given a single dollar to Scientology.
"Thank you, correspondent!" Indeed, thank you very much, a glimpse into the salesmanship the Clampire employs is always instructional. An often hilarious.
The first guy was just walking around his old haunts and ran into an old acquaintance. Not magical, just something that happens when you visit your old haunts.
Number two is taking credit for the air controllers fixing some scheduling problem. Again, not magical, just trained people doing their jobs. Actually, I suspect that flushing the toilet realigned the universe into 'more favorable' alignment. And it feels good to loosen the sphincters and let fly. Perhaps the clam was just running an empty bladder engram?
Third guy claims that they know the machine inside and out, but didn't know the manual well enough to diagnose the problem. His knowledge of the manual was lacking and if true (nah, his explanation was not true) opening any manual to the correct page to find solutions is just random chance. I do the same when I open my trucks manual and go through the steps to change the time or change radio stations in the memory. I must be OT 47 at that rate.
As for the testimonials, no one gets out of doing them and you better do it right or no diploma for you! The 'I feel better...' or any other brag is the result of finishing the grade and getting a brief mental high. I get the same feeling when my washer dispense the fabric softener correctly.
The lift chain came off my toilet, but I watched a YouTube video and fixed it all by myself!
You go girl!
I liked the OT Cop testimonial of Pat Broeker's in one old Advance magazine. He supposedly used his supernatural powers in a parking garage to help catch a criminal.
My own supernatural testimonial was as a Flag Word Clearer. After a long day, of word clearing students on the FEBC and OEC courses in the Flag auditorium which today is used for the Flag events, back in 1981 when Jon Horwich, Jay Hurwich, Jean-Michel Warniex, Mary Tinney, and Chuck McDougal was Course Admin, he used the stage as the Course Admin references area. Ginny Martin was there for a time too.
Anyways I was a busted Course Sup from years of being the OEC sup, and FEBC Sup for a tiny slot too, anyways, I had years of student spot checks (quizzes on the spot to studying students) behind my belt, so I knew all the tricky words and the words typically misunderstood in the whole OEC/FEBC course. Thus, as the word clearer, I would patiently run the students through all the word clearing on these tricky words most commonly misunderstood in the thousands of pages of Hubbard's cult paperpusher writings which had the goal of turning them into ideal cult bureaucrats.
I used the allowed list of Hubbard dictionaries, all "wog" dictionaries, and usually the one that resolved the most of these subtle definitions which Hubbard could sometimes use, was the Webster's Third International, the biggest largest fattest and it sat on a pedestal in the auditorium for students' use.
But, I was years in the experience of using this dictionary daily, and as an essentially five year vet of word clearing students on tricky words, I'd used it hundreds of times, if not more.
I came to thus remember where in the thick dictionary I had to physically whip the hundreds of thin pages of the dictionary, to land roughly where the word was I was searching to define.
My "supernatural" "skill" was that sometimes I'd hit TWO words in a row, right at the right page where the word was. (If you use the same book, like these big dictionaries, you know that they have a physical "memory" themselves, in that they become easy to open to the same word, over and over, as they are physically being flipped to that word, over and over.).
One day, I had my record of this exact flipping, and in the presence of the student, a woman from France, who I was word clearing.
I did three perfect flips in the Webster Third, to exactly the right word, in a row, in her presence.
I'd achieved, for an instant, in her eyes, the label, "Flag's OT Word Clearer."
It still gives me a laugh and slight tingle of joy, but it was just coincidental, of course, and also like I said, the dictionaries get physical memories themselves, even the largest, giantess Webster's Third.
Chuck Beatty
ex 75 to 03
I did love word clearing others, it allows you constantly to delve into the real word's knowledge base, a constant respite from the Hubbard world. I'm glad Hubbard laid down concrete rules to use outside world dictionaries and encyclopedias. One edition of the one volume Columbia University encyclopedia even contained the word Xenu one edition, later edited out. I dutifully cut Xenu out of the copy I donated to the RPF Course Room, no one was the wiser. But today, I really hope Xenu is in all outside world dictionaries and encyclopedias, and that they at least mention that Xenu caused the Wall of Fire and the body-thetans problem for humans which then helpfully explains WHY "Advance Org" even teaches the Xenu theory as it explains why so much body-thetan exorcism/soul-freeing today is part and parcel of Scientology, since OT 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are the body-thetan exorcism steps of upper secretive Scientology.
I was wishing I could reconnect with family members on my dad’s side and I drove to St. George in April and they were there at the reunion! Last weekend, Hubby’s mom’s family were all at Blair Basin. How OT is that?
I had a similar experience with an airplane. Our flight to my cousin’s wedding was delayed by hours and as we headed to the gate after the third delay, I stopped at a bathroom. Then we were allowed to board and the plane took off. Every time an OT goes to the bathroom a plane departs.
I was trying to figure out how to program a tricky piece of html. I didn’t remember reading the coding for that so obviously it didn’t exist. But when I googled it, it appeared.
And, even better. I was camping this weekend. My husband couldn’t find the keys to the side by side. I got him to share his air tag with me and magically located them on the passenger seat of his pickup.
The OT phenomenon are much tamer than they used to be. Before they were something to strive for and now it’s almost like any Joe Blow can do them. Oh, wait…
Remember, it is mandatory to write a success story when you finish any OT level or course. What I have observed since I left Scientology is how unremarkable the majority of OTs are. The clincher is the fact that once you buy into the OTIII narrative that you are infested with thousands of disembodied spirits, you have assigned all your problems to these pesky “body thetans”. These Scientologists have now bought into the mindset that they are victims. And that’s the way Hubbard wanted it. Very easy to manipulate a victim. Clever and evil.
These days, where the main product of the criminal organisation known as the “church” of $cientology is taking in donations, maybe they are putting less emphasis on having gushing success stories. There have been some suggestion of the victims getting “case gain” by “going up in status” but it’s a little quiet, from what I’ve seen.
Wonder why…
'Cleared for take-off' was my favorite! After the guy goes to the bathroom for a ? He doesn't say! Was it a #1 or a #2? Both? Whatever he did in the bathroom...OBVIOUSLY was the reason they could now take off. Cracked me up! Sometimes when I go to the bathroom, I come out feeling like I could 'take off' too!
Maybe they get some kind of discount writing a fake story ?
I think success stories are a requirement to complete a course.
Success stories are requested, but there is some pressure because some staffer’s “stat” is number of Success Stories submitted. Success stories are requested after completing any level of auditing, too.
Nope. No discounts, that’s out exchange. You have to pay full price for the con in order to believe it.
Hysterical. I've had many of these "moments" such as when I've thought about someone and then they've called. And I haven't given a single dollar to Scientology.
Just today, I wondered if my husband was on the way home from tennis and just then he called!
I was waiting for the mail to be delivered, and suddenly I saw the postal carrier coming up the sidewalk!
1. You can Solo audit on the lower IT levels???
2. Benjamin's testimonial with the electric car charging story was better than some of the phenomena stories.
"Thank you, correspondent!" Indeed, thank you very much, a glimpse into the salesmanship the Clampire employs is always instructional. An often hilarious.
The first guy was just walking around his old haunts and ran into an old acquaintance. Not magical, just something that happens when you visit your old haunts.
Number two is taking credit for the air controllers fixing some scheduling problem. Again, not magical, just trained people doing their jobs. Actually, I suspect that flushing the toilet realigned the universe into 'more favorable' alignment. And it feels good to loosen the sphincters and let fly. Perhaps the clam was just running an empty bladder engram?
Third guy claims that they know the machine inside and out, but didn't know the manual well enough to diagnose the problem. His knowledge of the manual was lacking and if true (nah, his explanation was not true) opening any manual to the correct page to find solutions is just random chance. I do the same when I open my trucks manual and go through the steps to change the time or change radio stations in the memory. I must be OT 47 at that rate.
As for the testimonials, no one gets out of doing them and you better do it right or no diploma for you! The 'I feel better...' or any other brag is the result of finishing the grade and getting a brief mental high. I get the same feeling when my washer dispense the fabric softener correctly.
So happy to be able to have this happen in my life without the help of the sci-fi org.