OK-- This is from my original report ( Nov 2004) on the Tom Cruise Freedom
Medal of Valor Award.
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.religion.scientology/msg/68ff0e9525a02834
THE DM AND TOM CRUISE LOVEFEST
We are lectured by DM right out of Keeping Scientology Working. “It's
a tough universe. The social veneer makes it seem mild. But only the
tigers survive--and even they have a hard time.” It doesn't matter if
you are a street sweeper, a house wife or a corporate executive. Life
isn't fair and "you're in for the duration" so get your act together and do
everything you can from YOUR position in life to expand Scientology
NOW!
He tells us that you can fool other people but you can't fool yourself
about what you know you should be doing as a Scientologist. When you
go to bed at night you had better know that you did ALL YOU could do.
Remember I told you that I thought Tom Cruise was going to get a
Freedom Medal at this IAS event? Not only did he get a Freedom Medal Award,
but he got a super-duper first-ever spectacular award for being the OT
celebrity that they all think he is. Tom Cruise was the recipient of
the first-ever
FREEDOM MEDAL OF VALOR AWARD!
I can tell you what Tom was like in this event, in one word.
Megalomania: A psychological state characterized by delusions of
grandeur.
Tom Cruise, like DM, was wallowing in a highly exaggerated estimation
of himself.
He was way too happy and pleased with himself. It wasn’t so much
about all the things he's accomplished but about his tough attitude
and his ethics. He often got this look in his eyes that was over the
top. You had to wonder if the guy was really OK or becoming a stark
raving nut job.
It's fine to be happy with yourself and happy with achievement but he
has gotten so intense that it’s scary to see the looks that come over his
face sometimes.
That gleam in the eye is the making of a fanatic. It's that "fixed
dedicated glare" that LRH talks about in KSW. I would think that you
would want a serene and confident look, not a fixed dedicated glare.
Tom Cruise is beginning to look like a fanatic and it's damned creepy.
If he’s very lucky, this guy will have a soft landing when he crashes
back into the real world.
The Tom Cruise section of the event was a big DM and TC love fest.
They reminded me of the Ambiguously Gay Duo on Saturday Night Live.
http://madison-paintball-club.com/MPC 122.JPG
http://www.teamhaze.com/Big_Wheel_Rally_3_021.jpg
DM was Batman and Tom Cruise was his Robin.
DM is awarding him but is careful about stroking him (at least
publicly) because what they want to put across is that Tom is doing all of this
because HE knows he should be doing it. Pay attention to that because
that is important. It's at the heart of the Scientology mindset.
OK Back to what happened.
The video introduction to Tom is all about his celebrity thing around
the world. It went on for ages. There he was at NASA, and thanks to his
dissemination of study tech, the NASA website has a glossary of
difficult terms. There he was with the leader of Japan. There he was being
interviewed all over the world. On and on and on and on.
His involvement in many Scientology programs including his promotion
of CCHR was hammered home. It was a totally glowing report showing
him to be the most influential celebs on the planet, the most active
shilling member of the cult. It wasn’t about stroking Tom. It was
about stroking Scientologists to get them to PRODUCE MORE.
One story he told was about a wog. Tom told him all about SP’s until
the guy finally asked with his voice full of awe, "Have you ever actually
MET an SP?" Lots of laughter at that line and I missed whatever the
point was that he was making. By that time I had a fixed glare of my own
and it wasn't dedicated to getting everything he was saying.
What I heard next was Tom saying he tried to imagine later what it
would be like in a future when SP's were only a part of history. At
that point I tried to imagine what it would be like when C of S PR was
a part of history and you could take ANYTHING a Scientology shill says
without a sack of salt.
Here are some more of Tom’s cognitions. “WE are the authorities. We
know who we are and what we have. We are Scientologists! We don't
need to ask anyone for a permission slip! We should just go out and
DO it.” Those were not his exact words but they are close enough.
What did Tom have to say about the psychs? "Show no mercy! None!"
That is a direct quote.
The audience hung onto every word he said. They lapped him up like a
drunk with a bottle.
The IAS did their own long interview with Tom. I can't remember how
many times he said it was all about having your ethics in and Keeping
Scientology Working. He said the turning point for him was when he
realized that. Because of his position in the world, he had to be more
responsible than he was before. What it tells me is that Tom has moved
into FULL INDOC MODE.
It was so obvious DM and Tom had a coordinated message and the message
was ONE BIG HINT to all Scientologists. Tom has accepted mega
responsibility for the mega celebrity he is. He is doing ALL he can
to Keep Scientology Working. If you're a Scientologist, YOU don't
have another option. YOU have to do ALL YOU can.
Tom went onto the stage and was given his award to thunderous applause
by DM. You’ve never seen anyone accept an award as though they knew they
had it coming to them like Tom did. But his acceptance speech was a
mega acknowledgment of DM.
This is a paraphrase but pretty close to exactly what he said. "I've
met the leaders of the world. I've met the leaders of the leaders. I've
met them all. And I can tell you we're lucky to have Mr. Miscavige, the
smartest, most competent, most compassionate and caring of them all.”
Then Tom walks to where DM is standing on the stage and they shake
hands and hug. But not too closely.
Eventually, as this information gets to the mainstream media, it will
destroy his career or at least make a big joke out of him, but he
doesn't care. He now has that fixed dedicated glare and he truly doesn't
care.