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the last I heard of them they were in Denmark after Per had been declared.
It seems a bit odd to me that in such a sort amount of time you have started threads looking for these people:
Lena and Per Svenlin
Debbie and Robin Jones
Scott Taylor
Scott Parker
Micky Del Amor
What is your current standing with the Church?
Do you agree that DM is an SP?
TG1 liked this post
Most all that I want from this forum is to connect again with old friends. Is that odd? I would imagine it would be one of the most common reasons people join.
I'll give you a couple clues about me though. It might help you figure me out, if that is what you'd like to do.
Clue 1: I care what I think about people. I don't care what others think about me.
Clue 2: I don't believe in much of what I learned from the church. And amongst those things that I don't believe is in this personality-type called SP.
Clue 3: I am odd.
You won't find me in the mob that wants to hang David Miscavige or anyone else.
I won't be writing stories here that are critical of anyone. I have done some of that; my life was not enhanced in doing. I dropped it like a bad habit.
If I got into that, it would end for me anything that I got from Scientology that has been of value. Admiration is my most valued particle.
This makes sense to me: "The static, in practicing not-isness, brings about the persistence of unwanted existences, and so brings about unreality, which includes forgetfulness, unconsciousness and other undesirable states."
I love clarity. Labeling people as bad or suppressive is hateful and is a practice of not-isness or resistance. I won't do it.
Does that help?
What is my current standing in the Church? I have no idea and I could not care less. I may be declared SP, I may not. What the church thinks of me is not my business.
Dan Locke
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I'm sorry, what is "not-isness"? Is that "isn't-ness"? "not-ness"?
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I am curious about old friends I haven't seen for decades who were also in the CoS. These are people about whom I've already searched the Internet, but can't find out much about them -- or even anything about some of them. This makes me think they're working very hard to stay hidden.
I sometimes fantasize that some of my old friends are already here at ESMB or WWP or Marty's or elsewhere, posting under a pseudonym, like me.
However, I have refrained from mentioning their names here, in case they're either still in but under the radar (and would be hassled if I mentioned their name here) or in case they're out and hoping no one ever mentions their name in connection with CoS or Scientology in general.
I know some ex-Scientologists are now living new lives -- with new jobs, new friends, new communities, new relationships -- who would like to keep hidden forever their past associations with Scientology.
That's why I don't post threads looking for specific people. I also think putting a person's name in a thread makes them much more visible to search engines.
Others obviously feel differently about this. As they say, it's a free country.
TG1