Gadfly
Crusader
Well, there are a lot of things that are fun to do.
When I am riding my Harley on a hot summer night, for example, it is incredibly fun.
But I don't call it "tech" that "works". I just say I really enjoyed riding my motorcycle.
Some people don't enjoy riding motorcycles. There is no "tech" involved.
Well, honestly, for me, it was way MORE than just "fun". It didn't have to do with "sensory thrills" or "pleasure". It was, for me, a real experience of what some call "serenity", "peace" and "being there", as described in MANY spiritual texts throughout the ages. Those experiences were a DIRECT result of receiving auditing (the "tech"). I didn't get them from daydreaming, fantasizing, meditating, or anything else.
You might not have any interest in any of that, and may have the opinion that all such talk is nonsense. But I don't think that the writings of sincere and intelligent people, going back and spanning many thousands of years, is ALL "bullshit". Some of these subjects and words defined and described REAL mental and spiritual states. I can't "prove it", but I know the difference between what I imagine, and what I don't. This had nothing to do with "significance" or "concepts". It was pure experiences of the most amazingly wonderful states of mind (and soul).
True inner quiet, total inner peace, complete unadulterated inner silence, pure awareness, extreme calmness, no inner noise, NO MIND, no attention on the body AT ALL. I have experienced all of these as a direct result of Scientology auditing. They never lasted, but they did give me more than just a little "taste".
It was a LACK of sensation. It was a lack of "thrills". It was not so much "fun" as it was "sublimely pleasing". I would rather be "there" than anywhere else mentally, emotionally and spiritually. It gave me a hint of what a REAL spiritual practice might aim to achieve, in terms of "awareness", without all the attendant "belief bullshit".
Again, no doubt, some people don't want this to be true. I do understand THAT.
The contradictions in Scientology are REAL. In some regards it is really "nice", and in other regards it really "sucks". The FACT that Scientology auditing DOES often make a person feel REALLY GOOD, in even amazing mental and spiritual ways, is WHY so many Scientology particpants willingly accept so much of the large horrendous rest of the CRAP.
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