Why doesn't Scientology want you to see these OTs and their success stories?

[Illustration by Chad Essley]

Last month, we told you that Scientology attorney Gary Soter had convinced Substack to remove one of our stories that contained images from a Scientology publication featuring church leader David Miscavige and voice actress Nancy Cartwright, who was being celebrated for donating a new total of $21 million to the church.

Well, it’s happened again. Soter targeted several more of our posts for removal, including one we just put up last week that featured OT success stories in the new edition of Advance! magazine.

So once again we’ve turned to our friend and Oregon-based cartoonist Chad Essley to help us out.

He’s provided a unique take on the image we used for an opener, and in his own style so it’s not copyrightable by Scientology.

For the rest of the images in the story, well, we got creative.

And most importantly, we’re able to repost the fun success stories and slogans from the original piece. What was it, do you think, that Scientology most wanted to keep you from seeing?

Here’s the original story we posted last week…

On Friday we brought you the latest “OT Phenomena” column from Scientology’s new issue of Advance! magazine.

But there’s even more to this new issue that we got a kick out of.

It turns out that the digital issue of Advance! comes in different editions depending on which part of the world you’re logging in from.

What that amounts to is that different success stories are served up for different parts of the world, and our reader managed to get us examples of each.

We’d love to get your thoughts about how Scientology is selling itself with these motivational tales these days. And also, which continent is impressing you the most with its slogans of success?

(And if this post is too long for your email provider, please navigate your browser to tonyortega.substack.com to see the whole thing.)

Successes from the UK:

Siobhan Ryan

SPARKLING LIKE A DIAMOND

"I shed layers of lies and recovered truth, ability and love — and unveiled my true state."

Aurel Wunderer

EXPANDING TO INFINITY

"Now the burdens of the past are gone — and forgotten — and I am approaching serenity."

Andy Gomez Bermudez

"Now I am being an OT in life, handling my dynamics smoothly and effortlessly, and whatever I'm dealing with comes out right."

Fabiano Ziella

EXPERIENCING THE FREEDOM HE'S DREAMT ABOUT

"As I progressed, I was so happy, I danced by myself and sang between my sessions."

Successes from the EU:

Oma Harel

A UNIVERSE SHIFT

"I became a force filled with a renewed joy of life. That life force filled me as a spiritual being."

Lefteris Antonopoulos

THE POWER TO BRING ORDER

"I cannot remember ever being so certain, so powerful and so relaxed at the same time."

Elena Cappon

PROBLEMS GONE, POWER GAINED

"Where I used to feel my actions were blocked on my dynamics, as I made my way through the Wall of Fire, those barriers disappeared."

Michaela Krajcovicova

A NEW STATE OF EXISTENCE

"I became the ruler of my own life, able to make my postulates work."

Successes from LA:

Samantha Elkin

"My anger and frustration that was always just under the surface is gone.... My ARC for people is higher than ever."

Biswasree Debnath

A MEASURE OF HIMSELF

"I had a faint knowingness that I was a big being, but no idea of how big. New OT V made me realize that I am absolutely ginormous."

Kristen Koehler

A COMPLETE TURNAROUND

"Now I am happy. I am productive. I am proud of myself. I know that true and lasting change is possible."

Andrea Oliveau

TAKING THE SPEEDWAY

"With each session, I knew I was increasing the amount of free theta on the planet."

Successes from Africa:

Matthew Ziranek

ENTERING THE OT ZONE

"I experienced a massive sigh of mental and spiritual relief. It's something I've come to call epic peace."

Maria Delgado Webb

THETAN ABILITIES REGAINED

"I'm more me than I've ever been, and I'm the happiest I've ever been."

Mimmi Lillhannus

DYNAMIC CHANGE

"I am no longer dependent on some external force to produce my happiness... for the first time I am genuinely happy by simply being me!"

Simone Dell'Aria

IT GETS BETTER AND BETTER

"Throughout my OT journey, I gained the answers I had been looking for, for a long time. And I fully regained my self-determinism."

Successes from ANZO:

Mandy Sharma

A JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY

"I have gained so many abilities and so much power. Now, instead of working against my dynamics, I am working in harmony with them."

Hui-Ching (Emily) Huang

A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF AWARENESS

"While the lower levels released me from charge, the OT Levels revealed the truth about life."

Gaurav Sharma

LIFE FROM AN OT PERSPECTIVE

"I'm truly a happy, happy thetan. Life is a pleasure-filled game. Now I am no longer focused on myself but on the betterment of all other dynamics."

Nicole Leonard

PERSISTENCE IS POWERFUL

"After New OT V, I began operating with theta horsepower."

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