My Scientology Blog #navbar-iframe { display:block } function setAttributeOnload(object, attribute, val) { if(window.addEventListener) { window.addEventListener("load", function(){ object[attribute] = val; }, false); } else { window.attachEvent('onload', function(){ object[attribute] = val; }); } } skip to main | skip to sidebarMy Scientology BlogA blog about my religion, Scientology, and about my viewpoints on life, the universe and everything.What do Scientologists Believe? (Part 1)I was checking out my website traffic and I noticed that the page that got the most visits in the past month was my post, What do Scientologists Believe?. I'm glad to see that people are looking for the truth about what we believe.So I thought I'd do a little series of posts covering this topic. Let's start with something that has always fascinated me, the idea that we have lived before.I know that I have lived before. How do I know this? Because I can remember it. I have pretty good recall of my past lives. I'm not going to go into the details of who I've been and what I've done, but I will tell you the path I took to get to the point where recalling my own past existences was easy. That path is called Scientology Auditing (click the link and watch the video). Early in my auditing I could only recall things that had happened in this life but as time went by and I did more auditing, I gradually became able to recall other lives. As the years went by it became easier and easier, until now it is very easy.So what makes me think that these past lives I am recalling are real? I'll tell you tomorrow.Posted byGrahameat3:41 PM0comments  Labels:Scientology BeliefsPrescription Drugs More Deadly Than Cocaine, Heroin, Amphetamines Here is a startling article about just how deadly prescription drugs can be: Prescription Drugs More Deadly Than Cocaine, Heroin, Amphetamines.More people die from prescription drugs each year than from cocaine, heroin and amphetamines put together! In fact the medical profession itself estimates that about 100,000 people die each year from "correct" prescriptions but critics estimate that it is much higher (See Death by Medicine for the details).Hopefully this will make you think twice before blindly accepting the opinion of "authorities" regarding the safety of medical drugs.Posted byGrahameat11:36 AM1 commentsLabels:Drug Companies,Drugs,HealthAnother neat winHere is another win from the SoMa Scientology Mission.I thought I should explain a couple of terms before you try to read it:Dynamics - this is a term which really requires that you click on the link to get a good understanding of it. The quick version is that a dynamic is an urge toward survival in a specific area of life, e.g. the 3rd dynamic is the urge toward survival of an individual as part of a group.Facsimile - another name for a Mental Image Picture. The images one sees in his mind. Again to get a full understanding follow the link.Here is the article: Winning in lifePosted byGrahameat4:35 PM0commentsLabels:Basic Scientology,SuccessHelping to keep Kids off DrugsA great story from H.E.L.P. Miami:Sometimes, having the city closed due to a hurricane can be beneficial. Last weekend Doris Bentz met a TV producer from MEGA TV, a Spanish-language television station based here in Florida, and gave him a DVD on psychiatry. Due to the passing storm, pretty much all South Floridians remained home for 48 hours and because he had nothing to do he watched the DVD from beginning to end.Excited about the topic, the producer called Doris and she told him about H.E.L.P. Miami. Next we knew, we were invited to appear on the #1 Spanish public opinion TV show, 'Maria Elvira LIVE,' to talk about how we disagree with labeling and medicating children for learning disorders. The plan was for H.E.L.P. Miami staff member Luisa to go and tell her story of how Ritalin caused permanent liver damage to her son Jose and how at H.E.L.P. Jose overcame his inability to learn and is now in high school.However, about five minutes before going on air we find out that the show had also booked a psych to counter our opinion. This poor guy had NO CLUE on what he had gotten himself into. What I love about Luisa is that she is a fighter and truthfully a room full of psychiatrists does not change one detail about how her family suffered under their care. Well, without missing a beat, Luisa went on camera and was very to the point and held her ground.During the show, video of Columbine ran on the background monitors displayed behind the guests, which did nothing for the psych and his defense of using drugs to treat study problems. Doris was also a guest and between Doris and Luisa the psych just appeared dull and his points were weak at best. The producer was so happy with the 'controversy' that he wants to do a whole week of psych confrontations!Well done Luisa and Doris! The nationwide show was seen by millions in the US and Puerto Rico. I got a call the next day from a woman who did NOT medicate her child for learning disorders but was not sure if she made the right decision...after seeing the show she called to thank us, as she now knew what she did was right!Posted byGrahameat11:23 AM0commentsLabels:HELP,Study TechnologyDonations to Scientology ChurchesJim asked:Hi,I have for a long time wondered why the money which is paid to the cos for training(is it for books and auditing too?) is called a donation. Could you explain why that is? The way I understand the word is that it is a contribution which is made by the giver on his own initiative. Looking at the meriamwebster dictionary it says: : the act or an instance of donating: as a: the making of a gift especially to a charity or public institution b: a free contribution : gift This would seem to indicate that someone could choose to take a course without being required to give anything in return. I'm not suggesting that that is the way it should work - just that that is how I have so far understood the word donate.Jim Thanks for your question Jim. The best answer to this that I have seen is this article: How are Churches of Scientology supported financially? Please take a look at it and tell me if it answers your questions.I have answered other question about the cost of Scientology services here, Cost of Scientology, you may find those articles of interest too.Posted byGrahameat5:54 PM2commentsLabels:Cost of Scientology,QuestionsSuccesses in ScientologyI just saw a couple of nice success stories from the Scientology Mission of SoMa in San Francisco. Both are from people who studied the new Basic Scientology Books. A couple of definitions are necessary so you will understand what the people are saying:The word Postulate as a verb means: to conclude, decide or resolve a problem or to set a pattern for the future or to nullify a pattern of the past.The word Postulate as a noun means: a conclusion, decision or resolution made by the individual himself to resolve a problem or to set a pattern for the future or to nullify a pattern of the past. For example, a person says, “I like Model T Fords. I am never going to drive another car.” Years later, no longer consciously aware of this postulate, he will wonder why he is having so much trouble with his BMW; it’s because he has made an earlier promise to himself. In order to change he has to change that postulate. Here are the two success stories:- Book Course Success- Beginning Scientology BookPosted byGrahameat1:14 PM0commentsLabels:Basic Scientology,Books,SuccessScientology Thriving in Southern AfricaSeveral new Scientology Churches are on the way for Southern Africa. They include new buildings in South Africa (Durban, Cape Town, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg) and in Zimbabwe (Bulawayo, Harare). You can see artists' renderings of them here: Scientology Churches for Southern AfricaExpansion is occurring in other parts of Africa too and Volunteer Minister tours are ongoing in Ghana and Zambia. The African people are very interested in Scientology, so the Church is doing its utmost to provide the services they want.Posted byGrahameat2:09 PM0commentsLabels:Churches of ScientologyScientology Assist helps get rid of brain tumor Two weeks before going in for surgery to have a brain tumor removed, the woman with the tumor and her husband attended a lecture on Scientology Assists. After the lecture they applied what they had learned and when it came time for the operation, the pre-op X-ray showed that the tumor had gone. An amazing success story!Assists are not a substitute for medical treatment. The fact is, after any necessary medical treatment, the individual himself has an enormous capacity to influence the body and its well-being or lack of it. Assists help the individual to influence the body to recover.Here is the full story of this remarkable success: Scientology Assists Get Rid Of Brain Tumor!!Posted byGrahameat10:33 AM0commentsLabels:Basic Scientology,Scientology Assists,Scientology ServicesScientology Volunteer Ministers in Africa The Scientology Volunteer Ministers Goodwill Tour in Africa is helping hundreds of teachers and students in Ghana by teaching them Study Technology. The VMs use the Scientology Handbook to teach people all sorts of skills that they will need to succeed in life and to handle the many catastrophes, large and small, that people hit in life.Here is the full story: Scientology Volunteer Ministers Goodwill Tour in Ashaiman, GhanaPosted byGrahameat12:21 PM0commentsLabels:Scientology Volunteer Ministers,Study TechnologyInterdependenceMy fellow blogger, Julia, has a great article on her blog: A Quote about LifeI recommend you all read it and tell Julia your own experiences with this. We are all interdependent and realizing it is important for the survival of all.Posted byGrahameat7:37 AM0commentsLabels:Basic Scientology,L. Ron HubbardFlee, Flee, The Hurricane!As readers of this blog will know, I am not a big fan of the main stream news media. They are obsessed with sensationalism rather than reporting facts. I hate to generalize but I think that applies to 99% of them.Tropical Storm Fay is a perfect example of this. The media has been announcing how we are all going to die because of the horrible hurricane that is on its way. The frenzy was so ridiculous that one of the guys I work with who is new to Florida wasn't going to come in today because of the hurricane. The storm isn't going to hit till tomorrow night or even Wednesday morning, so why stay home today? People in the apartment building where he lives were actually preparing to evacuate and that was on Sunday. That is hysteria created by the news media.The truth about Fay is that there is a 5% chance it will become a hurricane and it's not even going to hit us - it's going to reach land over a hundred miles away. I don't think that warrants evacuation.Anyway, it's just another example of the media and their obsession with sensationalism. The problem with this "news as entertainment" mindset is that it is "crying wolf". People could become desensitized to real important news and therefore ignore a real crisis. Next time we get a "killer hurricane" maybe it really will be another Katrina and people will pay no attention to the news because they are so used to the sensationalism.I just wish the people who put out this crap that passes for news would realize their true responsibilities to accurately inform people so they can make sane choices. But as long as the news media is governed by how many eyeballs they can attract for their advertisers, that is just not going to happen.Posted byGrahameat4:00 PM0commentsLabels:News MediaMore Rules for Comments and QuestionsI welcome honestly interested questions and civilized comments.I will reject any comments from someone called "Anonymous" or who uses "Anon" in their user name.I prefer comments and questions from people with actual profiles. I won't reject a comment or question from someone just because they have a hidden profile, but if the question or comment is in the gray area of my rules then it is more likely to be rejected.I do not discuss what is or is not on the Advanced Courses (also known as OT levels). So if you bring up anything that is actually on those courses or that is rumored to be on those courses (whether it is correct or not) I will reject your comment.Other rulesPosted byGrahameat3:31 PM2commentsLabels:Blog,RulesThe Secrets of ScientologyI really get bored with "know-best" comments from people who are not Scientologists, have never studied it, have only read twisted and inaccurate descriptions of it or the supposed "secrets" of Scientology and yet think they know more about it than me.After all, I've only been a Scientologist for over thirty years, studied millions of words on the subject and listened to hours and hours of lectures. I've only had thousands of hours of auditing. I've only done most of the available auditing in Scientology, so of course I would know almost nothing about it.What really bores me the most is people who don't understand the words used in the subject telling me that I'm lying about what Scientologists believe. Yet when they explain what I'm "lying" about they expose their lack of understanding and the fact that they haven't bothered to find out the facts before spouting off.What brought me to this tirade? It was a comment from Gigazz in response to my article "Why Aliens?". He (or she) said "Therefore, 'thetans' ARE alien ghosts. And, as we all know by now, dealing with these thetans are the key to happiness. That is the spirituality of Scientology". Thanks so much Gigazz for telling me what the spirituality of my religion is.One slight flaw in your reasoning is that the term "thetan" means "the person himself-not his body or his name, the physical universe, his mind, or anything else; that which is aware of being aware; the identity which is the individual."Due to this basic misunderstanding of the word "thetan", Gigazz also said, "You've got somebody else in your body, mucking up your head, and you've got to fix that in order to become 'clear'. That's the whole point of Scientology. Fix yourself. Get better - Get rid of your thetans."If you put the correct definition of "thetan" into what Gigazz said you'll see that what he is proposing is ridiculous. How can you get rid of yourself? He has some weird idea that you "have a thetan" whereas the correct definition of the word shows that you "are a thetan."He also has the term "Clear" totally screwed up. Clear means: "the name of a state achieved through auditing or an individual who has achieved this state. A Clear is a being who no longer has his own reactive mind. " Simply put, a Clear has gotten rid of past traumas that were causing him to act irrationally.I was going to just delete Gigazz' comment and forget about it, but I realized there are probably others out there with the same misunderstandings.I want to stress that I welcome genuine questions. If you've read something weird about Scientology and you want to clear it up then go ahead and ask. I have some rules for comments, so please follow them.But if you want to tell me I'm lying about my beliefs because you read some nonsense on a web site written by someone who didn't understand basic Scientology terms, then forget about it. You will either get no reply or you'll suffer a tirade about your lazy stupidity like Gigazz just got.Posted byGrahameat2:45 PM1 commentsLabels:Basic Scientology,Controversy,Questions,Scientology SecretsThe Man Who Defined "Cool" Isaac Hayes was the epitome of cool. It wasn't just his deep sexy baritone, his brilliant musical compositions, the magnificent "Shaft", the fact that he was the first African American Composer to win an Oscar for Best Musical Score or even the fact that he was a King in Ghana. It was more than all that.Some people are tall, some are small, some are happy, some sad, but Isaac was cool. I saw him perform a few years ago with a large band. There were guitarists, drummers, horn players, saxophonists and more. They were all great musicians. They had played several numbers with other performers and the audience had enjoyed the performances, but when Isaac stepped onto the stage they all became cool.The horn players stood differently, more relaxed, more laid-back, more ... cool. It was the same with all the rest: the way the guitarist strummed, the rythm that suddenly began to come out of the drums, the way the backing vocalists swayed as they sang into their microphones - they were all just so darn cool.And when they played "Shaft" and Isaac conducted, we in the audience began to feel cool too. It was infectious!So, to summarize, Isaac Hayes was cool incarnate.He left his body yesterday and to those of us who believe in the existence of the human spirit, we know that although his body has stopped funtioning, Isaac is not gone. So we wait in eager anticipation for the cool to return.Posted byGrahameat2:28 PM2commentsLabels:Celebrities,Isaac Hayes,MusicLots of Scientology NewsThe Scientology Today news site has tons of new stories about Scientology from all over the world.There are several new stories there about everything from a drug education event in New York to volunteers helping people in disaster areas. The site also has an "About Scientology" section that answers a huge pile of questions. It's a great site to browse.Posted byGrahameat6:27 PM0commentsLabels:Church of Scientology,Scientology,Scientology Volunteer MinistersCivil Rights ErosionSome articles showing that slowly but surely our civil rights are being eaten away:US Border Agency Says It Can Seize LaptopsTravelers' Laptops May Be Detained At BorderDeath Cab's Chris Walla: Threat to Homeland Security?If this bothers you then tell your congressman or woman to support the The Engel/Paul “Securing Our Borders and Our Data Act”.If this doesn't bother you then wake up.Posted byGrahameat6:19 PM0commentsLabels:Civil RightsNew VideosThere are a couple of new videos out about Scientology and its founder L. Ron Hubbard. You can find them on the Scientology Video Channel:L. Ron Hubbard FounderInside a Church of ScientologyOr you can see them on YouTube:L. Ron Hubbard: FounderInside a Church of ScientologyThey are pretty cool. You might learn some things you didn't know before about the religion and the guy who started it.Posted byGrahameat2:04 PM3commentsLabels:Churches of Scientology,L. Ron Hubbard,Videos29 years working in a Scientology ChurchI just wanted to acknowledge Alex Car who writes the blog for the Church of Scientology of Kansas City. Alex has been on staff in Kansas for 29 years! Wow. That is an awesome achievement.The longest I ever worked at one place was twelve years and that was broken into three slots because I twice left to work at startups that didn't. Alex' blog can be found here: Church of Scientology of Kansas City "Ideal Org" BlogPosted byGrahameat11:05 AM0commentsLabels:Churches of ScientologyIs Scientology a Perfect System?Luis said: Hi Grahame. I am glad to have found a pro Scientology set of opinions and perspectives. From my viewpoint, personal growth, freedom, sanity, strength and greatness requires being able to examine honestly and objectively all viewpoints available pro and con and being able to recognize and admit to the one that is being perceived as having the most truth in it, even if painful, even if it makes one, or one's viewpoint, or one's group flawed.While the Mantra "what is true for you..." is frequently used by Scientologists to point out the intention of the Church to encourage freedom to think, it, from my experience, is neither encouraged, nor applied nor nourished, but used to “impossibilitize” the existence of mass production of blinded followers because there exists this precept.Grahame said: I don't know what your experience is, but that is not mine. I've found Scientologists to be strong individuals who definitely think for themselves. A lot of Scientologists I know own their own businesses, you can't be successful in business if you can't think for yourself and think on your feet.Luis said: From the moment you read Keeping Scientology working, and from the statements I have seen of Ron Hubbard claiming to have THE only valid viewpoints and technology, THE only person able to be the source of spiritual-growth-producing” data, THE only “bridge to total freedom”; THE only person capable of decoding life….the nourishing of critical thinking and examination of information presented begins to be slowly stultified.Grahame said: What you say is not accurate. The article "Keeping Scientology Working" says that Scientology is "workable". It is a workable way to achieve spiritual improvement. That is why the article is called "Keeping Scientology Working".There is a whole set of articles called the "Keeping Scientology Working Series." Number 4 in the series is called "Safeguarding Technology" and in it L. Ron Hubbard says, "Scientology is a workable system. This does not mean it is the best possible system or a perfect system. Remember and use that definition. Scientology is a workable system."If a system claims to be workable then a person can figure out pretty quickly for themselves if it is or is not. If the system says do A, B and C and you will get result D, then you can test that out easily. That is what the "what is true for you" quote is all about, seeing for yourself if it works or not.If you decide it is not a workable system then fine. Go find another religion. But if you do find that it is workable then follow it correctly, so it works.LRH also says in the same article, "People have following the route mixed up with 'the right to have their own ideas.' Anyone is certainly entitled to have opinions and ideas ...."Luis said: If Ron would have presented his viewpoints as HIS viewpoints and not THE viewpoints to be had, he would have been encouraging (by allowing the space) for evaluation of his precepts and, moreover, for development of the capacity for individuals to think for themselves, to be determining for themselves, even while in The Church, what is or is not true, what makes sense and what does not.Grahame said: I covered this point in my article, Scientology: What is true for you. Briefly, LRH presented the technology as something that works and that should be exactly followed to get the results because that is what he found. He presented his opinions as merely opinions that you can take or leave. But read the whole article and the comments as it covers that and more.The most common statement I hear from Scientologists is "This is what Ron says..." and not "This is what I think". That is, to me, an indication of the loss of the ability to establish and be faithful to ones own viewpoints.That is why, in my opinion, the perception exists, in some people, including myself, that in talking to a Scientologist, you are most likely to get canned responses, including "what is true for you....."Grahame says: If you are referring to talking to Scientologists about Scientology then, sure, you will probably hear "Ron says" a lot, because he's the one who wrote the materials that make up the subject. It's like talking about Christianity and saying "the bible says" or talking about General Relativity and saying "Einstein says". Of course the people taking about it will refer to those sources because they define the subject.Also, has it never crossed your mind that someone saying "Ron says ..." may be telling you what is true for him personally?When it comes to other subjects I don't find Scientologists saying "Ron says ...." For Example, when I am solving problems in my job, I often am working with a team to solve them. If I think we should do something I say "I think we should do blah. What do you guys think?" I go out of my way to get collaboration going because that's what I've found works in my profession.Luis said: In my opinion, once you become a “Keeping Scientology Working Scientologist”, the conduct and intention, in any situation, becomes promoting the illusion that Scientology and Ron are flawless, pure, the greatest ever, and incapable of sinning.Grahame says: That is your opinion and "in any situation" is a huge generality. It is certainly not my observation. Scientologists will insist that the technology is applied correctly because they have seen for themselves that applying it correctly gets desirable results and they want to help their fellow man. That's where they will be insistent.Your insistence that we think Scientology and Ron are "flawless ..." etc., is not correct. I can only give you my own personal viewpoint and that of the Scientologists I know personally: L. Ron Hubbard was a great guy who figured out how to help us raise ourselves spiritually to new heights. He never claimed to be perfect, above others or something special. Scientology is a workable system of spiritual improvement. Ron never claimed it was perfect (see my comment earlier).Luis said: These, of course, are my viewpoints. Regards, LuisGrahame says: thanks for your comments.Posted byGrahameat4:48 PM3commentsLabels:Controversy,Questions,Scientologists,Scientology BeliefsMy Hands Just Turned PurpleThe gullibility rating of the Internet hit a new high yesterday when a highly reliable (sorry if the sarcasm dripped onto your computer screen) source of entertainment news reported that Katie Holmes' hands had turned purple. Don't laugh. Someone did actually report that and several "news" (that may not be the right word, if you can think of a better one then please tell me in the comments) sites picked it up and began repeating it, in the usual mindless fashion of news sites, as if it were true.The "source" of this nonsense? A paparazzi pic that, if you zoomed in on it, made her hand look a bit dark. Perhaps a shadow? - No way. Let's take the much more logical explanation: her hands have turned purple.Freedom of speech is threatened when it is abused like this. What is its value when any jerk can make up some news story because he needs to attract eyeballs?That people believed such nonsense is also scary. Is the general public so gullible? I hope not. What do you think?BTW, if you are interested, here are some other shots of her hands taken on the same day: What's wrong with Katie Holmes' Hands?. Gee, I wonder why the reporters never looked at these? I guess they didn't want to spoil a perfectly good story by injecting some pesky truth into it.Posted byGrahameat7:12 PM2commentsLabels:Human Rights,News MediaClearing the Planet QuestionCD said:I haven't asked any questions in awhile, and I have actually just quietly read your work. I have enjoyed your patient explanations, as well as your humor.I just had one question this time, rather simple really,I understand that the Church of Scientology, among other goals, has its main mission to "clear the planet" or rid the world of reactive minds thus bringing about a utopian world where the goals of Scientology are reality.But to do courses, auditing, training etc. in the Chruch one must pay a great deal of money to advance.Of course books are rather cheap, and the simpler the course the cheaper the donation, but to ascend in such a manner to become "clear" or "OT" either a great deal of money is required or one can work for the church and recieve a discount.So, with that prologue,How does the Church of Scientology expect to clear every person on Earth with such donation prequisites?Most middle class Americans, with such considerations as rising gas prices, rising food prices, mortgage rates, house forclosures, and economic instability, are unwilling to pay such donation rates, and middle class americans by world standards, are rather wealthy indeed.So how then, does the Chruch plan on clearing the impoversihed villages of Africa?Or the war torn Eastern European states?Or the dictatorships and drug ridden towns in South America?Or the simple aborigines of Australia?Or the starving in India, where cannibalism practice rates have risen as high as 2% of the population over the years?Don't get me wrong, I understand fully that all religious organizations, rely on the support of their parishoners for their well being. Many Chruches require tithing for membership, such as the LDS church.But given the goal of a "clear planet", how does the Church expect to reach, disseminate to, and clear war torn, impoverished, starving regions of the world?Or even, just the majority of the world, such as in South America, Africa, and parts of Aisa, where people, matter of factly, live simply, with almost no money?If many Americans will not pay such donation rates, how does the Church plan on acquiring such extensive donations from such poverty stricken or even just simple populations, which make up the majority of the world?Best,C.DOne question? I counted a lot more than that :) If you could ask one at a time, I'd appreciate it. I'm pressed for time right now.The actual aims of Scientology are given here: Aims of Scientology (the brief version is "A civilization without insanity, without criminals and without war, where the able can prosper and honest beings can have rights, and where man is free to rise to greater heights").People use the slang phrase "Clear the planet" but the actual aims are as given on that link.I can't speak for the long-term planning of the Church, but I'll give you my ideas on how the things you asked about will be handled:Scientology services currently cost money. This is simply a necessity of survival. In the Western World you need money or you go under. Scientology doesn't have a couple thousand years of history in which to have gathered massive resources so the Church has to request donations for its services that enable it to survive. This could change in the future.Currently if a person has an income so low that it precludes paying for services then the idea is to help them gradually become more able via free, intro and other low cost services. Then once they are more able and therefore more able to earn income they will be able to donate. This is a win-win scenario.As Churches grow there will be more people able to deliver free services such as students in training to become ministers (auditors). Therefore, more and more people in difficult situations can be helped. It's all a matter of resources. Also, co-auditing can be done with basics such as Dianetics with little or no outlay of money.On helping people in third world countries: The Church currently has Volunteer Minister projects running in many third world areas. The idea is to help these people raise their countries to a higher level of prosperity. Right now there are a lot of Scientology and Dianetics groups in African countries where people are co-auditing with basic auditing procedures. There are also several African countries that use Study Technology in their school systems.I hope that gives you an idea. I am not privy to the long term plans and strategies of Church Management but I'm sure they have much more in mind to achieve the Aims of Scientology and help the people's of Earth.Posted byGrahameat10:06 PM0commentsLabels:Church of Scientology,Cost of Scientology,QuestionsMore evidence that ADHD is a fakeJust published in the British Medical Journal are the results of a study that shows a clear connection between hyperactivity in children and chemical additives in foods.Removing junk food from a child's diet is a simple treatment that has no side-effects and plenty of positive effects compared with drugs which have horrendous side-effects such as nervousness, insomnia, anorexia; nausea; dizziness; palpitations; headache, cardiac arrhythmia; abdominal pain etc., etc.A study by the Montreal Children's Hospital found that after five years hyperactive children who received drugs (either Ritalin or Chloropromazine) did not differ significantly from children who had not received them. Although it appeared that hyperactive kids treated with Ritalin were initially more manageable, the degree of improvement and emotional adjustment was essentially identical at the end of five years to that seen in a group of kids who had received no medication at all.Of course the big difference between the kids who took no drugs and those that took the drugs was that pharmaceutical companies made no profit from the kids who took no drugs. And the non-drug kids didn't get any of the horrible side-effects.So why are these drugs used at all if the end result is the same as if the kids took nothing? As the legal profession says "cui bono?" (who benefits?)Posted byGrahameat4:06 PM4commentsLabels:Drug Companies,Drugs,Psychiatric Drugs,PsychiatryCost of Scientology Services - AgainThis question has been covered extensively here: Cost of Scientology Services. However, it seems from Tom's question that there is still some misunderstanding, so I will answer it again in order to clear up any confusion.Tom Newton asks:Ok, my question is this. You say "training" in scientology costs very little compared to a 4 year degree in any other religion.OT VIII costs upwards of $300,000 USD to attain, assuming you have no "overts" to "go over again" (aka another intensive at $12,500USD). - Amounts taken from ASHO ordering form.A 4 year degree cost at most $50,000USD from any recognized theological college.Would you care to explain possibly where my data is incorrect in regards to this?Hey Tom Newton, I will try to explain where your data is incorrect.First of all, your data confuses Scientology Training with Scientology Auditing. For example, OT VIII is not training, it is a level of spiritual ability reached through Auditing.Training is what you do to learn how to apply the spiritual technology of Scientology to help others. This would compare with the degree at the theological college. I don't have price lists handy but $50,000 would be more than enough to get you up to Class VIII, the highest level of auditor training if you are not working in a Church. This is actually equivalent to more than a four year degree.Auditing is the spiritual counseling that uses the spiritual technology. Auditing is more expensive than training because it is one-on-one and requires a lot of support staff for it to be delivered standardly. There is a very large amount of auditing available in Scientology. For example I am on OT VII and it has taken me over 30 years to get that far and it has NOT cost me $300,000. I don't know where that figure comes from but it is not accurate.Also, if you want to pay less for auditing then you can get trained and find someone else to "co-audit" with - you audit them and they audit you. Or you can work in a Church and get your auditing for free. The way it works is the more you help others the less it costs you.On your data that intensives (12 1/2 hours of auditing) cost "$12,500" - I have never ever paid that much for an intensive. Also the statement "Amounts taken from ASHO ordering form" means that your figures for such things as the cost of all services up to OT VIII are going to be wrong because ASHO doesn't deliver even half of those services. It is primarily a training Church that delivers very specialized auditing services, so any figures you get from an ASHO donations list are not representative of other Churches. (Perhaps that's what the $12,500 figure was, something very specialized.)I hope that answers your questions.Posted byGrahameat9:20 PM0commentsLabels:Controversy,Cost of Scientology,QuestionsI'm getting behind on commentsSorry to everyone who is waiting to see their comment/question and get an answer. I moderate my comments and I'm nearing the end of a major software project so work hours have increased and I don't have as much time to devote to blogging :(But I will get to them, so be patient. (If a comment violates my comment rules then I don't guarantee anything.)Posted byGrahameat4:34 PM0commentsLabels:BlogThe life of a 15 year old ScientologistHere is an interview with Mickey, an Italian teenager who is also a Scientologist. Raise by Catholic and Scientologist parents she has a tolerant attitude toward religions. Schooled in study technology, she speaks three languages and can read recipes in a fourth (she wants to be a Chef).Here is her story: "It takes smarts to think for yourself- it only takes a semi-good memory to act like everyone else."Posted byGrahameat7:02 PM0commentsLabels:Children,Drugs,Scientologists,Study TechnologyWhat we don't believeIt is quite amazing the weird ideas people get about what Scientologists do and don't believe. Here are a couple of weird ideas that Julia has encountered:Scientology and... Mint?Scientologists - What Do We Believe About Hell and Earth?There are plenty of others, here is one I blogged about in May: Scientology and Weird StuffI often wonder where they get all this stuff from. Someone has a good imagination.Posted byGrahameat5:24 PM0commentsLabels:Controversy,Scientology BeliefsSo what do we do in Scientology?I was trying to think of a simple way to answer this question and then I saw that Desi did it for me in her blog post today. She said a lot, but one particular item I thought deserved emphasis:The ratio on this is amazing:Cumulative hours of time spent worrying or grappling with or refusing to confront these three problems on my own: 36 years Cumulative time spent resolving these three situations in or out of counseling since last weekend: 8 hoursI've found that myself. There is something in your life that has affected you for years and years and in a couple of hours of Scientology Auditing it's handled, gone, no-longer-a-problem, fixed. That is an example of the magic of Scientology.Here is her full post: Get a Better ROI on LifePosted byGrahameat6:25 PM0commentsLabels:Auditing,Scientology ServicesSo what do we believe?Having told you, in my last two posts, what Scientologists don't believe, I thought that it was now time to tell y'all what we do believe.The Scientology home page says this:The word Scientology literally means "the study of truth." It comes from the Latin word "scio" meaning "knowing in the fullest sense of the word" and the Greek word "logos" meaning "study of."Scientology is the study and handling of the spirit in relationship to itself, others and all of life. The Scientology religion comprises a body of knowledge extending from certain fundamental truths. Prime among these:Man is an immortal, spiritual being. His experience extends well beyond a single lifetime. His capabilities are unlimited, even if not presently realized — and those capabilities can be realized. He is able to not only solve his own problems, accomplish his goals and gain lasting happiness, but also achieve new, higher states of awareness and ability.In Scientology no one is asked to accept anything as belief or on faith. That which is true for you is what you have observed to be true. An individual discovers for himself that Scientology works by personally applying its principles and observing or experiencing results.(I emphasized that last bit.)I think that's a pretty good start. I'll continue with more tomorrow.Posted byGrahameat10:25 AM9commentsLabels:Basic Scientology,Scientology BeliefsWhy Aliens?This is the second article on this subject. The first is here: Aliens and Counting PlanetsHere are some questions and answers regarding Scientology and aliens:Do Scientologists worship aliens? No. Do Scientologists believe that someone in the religion is in contact with aliens? No. Do Scientologist believe we are descended from aliens? No. Do books on Scientology mention aliens? No. Are aliens contained in the beliefs of Scientology? No. When religious scholars have examined Scientology have they found that Scientology contains a belief in aliens? No. So why do you find descriptions of Scientology on the Internet that insist that we do believe such things?The two simplest explanations I have come up with are Religious Bigotry and the thing the media seems to worship called "Controversy."BigotryPeople who, for whatever reason, hate Scientology and Scientologists are the ones who started this whole "they believe in aliens" thing. It's an old technique: you make the target of your hatred look weird, strange or dangerous so that people won't object when you attack them.One of the most famous uses of this technique was in the creation of the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion", a fabricated document that was claimed to be the Jewish plan for world domination. Despite being proven over and over and over and over again to be a complete fake, it is still being used to this day, a hundred years after its first publication, by anti-Semitic groups to attack Jews.So I guess Scientologists have to expect that the same old lies about us will still be circulating in a hundred years. It seems to be part of human nature to hold onto false data to justify hatred or bad acts.ControversyThe media seems to think that controversy is essential to a news story. Forget such unimportant things as facts or truth. Controversy, Conflict, Big Names, Harm, Sex, Money - these are the things the media believes attracts eyeballs or sells newspapers. So if some bigot says "they believe in aliens" then that is far more attractive to the news hounds than "they believe man is a spiritual being."TruthFrom the article "Doctrine of the Scientology Religion"Scientology religious doctrine includes certain fundamental truths. Prime among them are that man is a spiritual being whose existence spans more than one life and who is endowed with abilities well beyond those which he normally considers he possesses. He is not only able to solve his own problems, accomplish his goals and gain lasting happiness, but also to achieve new states of spiritual awareness he may never have dreamed possible.Because we believe we have lived before (something we share with most Eastern religions), because we believe we've been around for a very, very long time, because we believe that we (as spiritual beings) existed before this planet did and because we can recall existences prior to this planet, the bigots twist this to mean we believe in aliens and try to position us with the "UFO Religions" who believe they are currently in contact with aliens. I hope my post yesterday and this one show how false that is.Bigots don't care about truth. They will twist it to suit their own ends (Just look at how "Jeff" twisted the beliefs of Christianity to make it look like a UFO Religion). The order of magnitude of the attacks on Scientology is nothing compared to what the Jews have had to deal with for thousands of years or the Mormons for 150 years, but the same methodology of misinformation, twisted facts and outright lies is being used.So the moral of the story is "don't believe everything you read: think for yourself".Posted byGrahameat5:33 PM5commentsLabels:Controversy,Scientology Beliefs,Scientology SecretsAliens and Counting PlanetsIn the last couple of months I've been challenged in anonymous comments (from their style I think they're all from the same guy) regarding Scientology and "Aliens".I've already said a couple of times that Scientologists don't believe in "Aliens" but this doesn't seem to satisfy Mr. (or Ms.) Anonymous. So let me try for a definitive answer.Let's start by examining the scientific view of aliens. In our galaxy there are an estimated 100 billion stars and 30 billion Earth-like planets. There are an estimated 200 billion galaxies in the observable universe. So that means there are about 6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Earth-like planets in just the observable universe. (That is 6 sextillion, if my arithmetic is right and I didn't mistype any zeros.) Even if the odds of life forming on such a planet are one in a billion that still leaves a lot of Earth-like planets with life on them out there. So I think the chances of there being life on other planets are pretty good. Someone else did a similar calculation here: Is there any other life in the Universe?, and, using the Drake Equation, Frank Drake came up with an estimate of 10,000 technological civilizations in our galaxy alone.So, do I believe in that sort of alien? Sure and I'm in good company: The SETI Institute.Now let's move on to the "space alien" theories that you can find around the Internet. I'm not very familiar with them, but I did read a book a couple of years ago that was supposed to be historical but by the end it was telling me all about the "Twelfth Planet". It was very entertaining and would make a great sci-fi story but there are such obvious gaping holes in the theory that I am amazed that so many people take it seriously.So, do I believe in that sort of alien? No.Now what about the "UFO Religions" which cover such movements as Raelism, Zetatalk and the Aetherius Society. Such movements have belief in the existence of extraterrestrials and/or UFOs as a central component of their belief system. In order to write this article I took a quick look at those three so that I could answer the question:So, do I believe in that sort of alien? 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