Glenda
Crusader
Does scientology create insanity? I have an opinion about this.
Even on the lower level stuff and the basic courses there are repetitive patterning type actions/questions. These methods are packaged as ways to learn the subject and to begin to progress on a spiritual path. This could be called the pretty shop window stuff. The set-up to condition an individual to more complex (& expensive) actions. It builds the pure devotion, the blindly following true believer.
Step a bit further into the establishment once those basic patterns have been altered in the individual and this is what I concluded (my opinion):
There is an altering of some primal stuff which humans need and have wired in. Cortisol function which looks after the much needed fight/flight/freeze response, is altered. The persons natural responses are upsurped by the methods (TRs, auditing, etc). A type of invisible influence begins to seep into the individuals natural instincts/patterns. This is designed to be done relatively smoothly so there is limited resistance, if any, from the individual. Responses to normal day-to-day events are changed without the person even being aware of it. Social interaction responses are changed. Thought-patterns are influenced & emotional experiences all begin to be filtered through the scientology filter. The individuals natural wiring is assaulted with the scientology methods.
Intensive training and auditing is recommended, often demanded. 12 & 1/2 hour blocks of auditing are called "intensives". If you want to change someones natural instincts and responses, and get them under your control, intensively train them and mess with their thoughts, leaving little to no time for the person to reflect and process what is happening to them at their own speed. Why is Hubbard so insistent that training and auditing be done so fast, so intensively? To disempower the individual of any possibility of responding with their own volition.
Can this create madness in some people? Hell yes! Assault someones inner functions/patterns, how their brains are wired and you can flip them out. It can be very overwhelming for some people. There can be a lot of disorientation as their natural instincts collide with the newly installed ideas/language/patterns. Hubbard's methods insist that the person ignore their inner discomfort and forge on in scientology because freedom awaits. The discomfort (cognitive dissonance) is labelled "case" or "bank". This can be really traumatic stuff for some people. It can take a heavy toll on the nervous system. I had some serious dissociation when having auditing. I know of others that did too. Lower level stuff. Mess around with someones natural behavioral, emotional & thought patterns and you are playing with fire. Keep insisting they "answer the question" (nicely of course) so they can go free and some people will snap. Same applies for the TRs. Supposedly developed to train auditors to audit flawlessly, they actually mess with this stuff and are all about control and influence way beyond the touted "reason" they were developed for.
Hubbard seemed to know what he was doing. He knew how to breed compliance for his own needs/desires without tipping too many people over the edge. If his methods did tip someone over the edge he could just blame someone else.
How come he knew about pain-drug-hypnosis before it hit mainstream media? I have no idea but it remains a fact. He did. Science of Survival was published in 1951 and he talks about stuff that is nowhere to be found in accessible mainstream publications. This one is a mystery I'd love to crack one day. He goes on about LSD creating insanity and how these cases were being sent in to disrupt scientology. I for one don't believe a word he says regarding this. One thing Hubbard did really well was hypocrisy. His capacity to distort and twist facts was extraordinary.
Even on the lower level stuff and the basic courses there are repetitive patterning type actions/questions. These methods are packaged as ways to learn the subject and to begin to progress on a spiritual path. This could be called the pretty shop window stuff. The set-up to condition an individual to more complex (& expensive) actions. It builds the pure devotion, the blindly following true believer.
Step a bit further into the establishment once those basic patterns have been altered in the individual and this is what I concluded (my opinion):
There is an altering of some primal stuff which humans need and have wired in. Cortisol function which looks after the much needed fight/flight/freeze response, is altered. The persons natural responses are upsurped by the methods (TRs, auditing, etc). A type of invisible influence begins to seep into the individuals natural instincts/patterns. This is designed to be done relatively smoothly so there is limited resistance, if any, from the individual. Responses to normal day-to-day events are changed without the person even being aware of it. Social interaction responses are changed. Thought-patterns are influenced & emotional experiences all begin to be filtered through the scientology filter. The individuals natural wiring is assaulted with the scientology methods.
Intensive training and auditing is recommended, often demanded. 12 & 1/2 hour blocks of auditing are called "intensives". If you want to change someones natural instincts and responses, and get them under your control, intensively train them and mess with their thoughts, leaving little to no time for the person to reflect and process what is happening to them at their own speed. Why is Hubbard so insistent that training and auditing be done so fast, so intensively? To disempower the individual of any possibility of responding with their own volition.
Can this create madness in some people? Hell yes! Assault someones inner functions/patterns, how their brains are wired and you can flip them out. It can be very overwhelming for some people. There can be a lot of disorientation as their natural instincts collide with the newly installed ideas/language/patterns. Hubbard's methods insist that the person ignore their inner discomfort and forge on in scientology because freedom awaits. The discomfort (cognitive dissonance) is labelled "case" or "bank". This can be really traumatic stuff for some people. It can take a heavy toll on the nervous system. I had some serious dissociation when having auditing. I know of others that did too. Lower level stuff. Mess around with someones natural behavioral, emotional & thought patterns and you are playing with fire. Keep insisting they "answer the question" (nicely of course) so they can go free and some people will snap. Same applies for the TRs. Supposedly developed to train auditors to audit flawlessly, they actually mess with this stuff and are all about control and influence way beyond the touted "reason" they were developed for.
Hubbard seemed to know what he was doing. He knew how to breed compliance for his own needs/desires without tipping too many people over the edge. If his methods did tip someone over the edge he could just blame someone else.
How come he knew about pain-drug-hypnosis before it hit mainstream media? I have no idea but it remains a fact. He did. Science of Survival was published in 1951 and he talks about stuff that is nowhere to be found in accessible mainstream publications. This one is a mystery I'd love to crack one day. He goes on about LSD creating insanity and how these cases were being sent in to disrupt scientology. I for one don't believe a word he says regarding this. One thing Hubbard did really well was hypocrisy. His capacity to distort and twist facts was extraordinary.
