I would posit that the trap is based on lies about communication.
specifically:
"Communication is the universal solvent" - LRH
This statement is a partial truth. A more correct statement
would be:
"Truth is the universal solvent"
The difference may appear minor at first, but it is a key
factor. Communication is an action (verb), Truth is an
item (noun).
The issue here is that communication by itself does
not dissolve anything. You need both Truth (the
solvent) and communication (the act of applying a
"liquid") to get proper dissolution. Truth can be
viewed as a solvent that does nothing without
communication. Lets also assume, for discussion
sake, that there is only one "truth" (fact) and many
"non=truths". "the apple is red" - "red" is a single
true color, all other colors are non-true.
Now we get to the trap set by LRH. He placed the
emphasis on communication. A great deal of effort
is concentrated in this single doingness area (TRs,
cycle of communication, how we control a session,
on and on ... )
But lets look at the permutations:
communicate truth -> positive result
communicate non-truth -> nagative result
non-communicate truth -> nothing happens
non-communicate non-truth -> nothing happens
>From this abstraction the difference between a positive
and a negative result is the use of truth. communication
only alters having/not-having a result. From this we get:
"Truth is more important than communication."
>From this we can try the following, what if we replace
the emphasis on communication (what we reffer to as
the "tech") with an emphasis on truth.
KSW#1 then becomes:
1. Having the Truth.
2. Knowing the Truth.
3. Knowing that the Truth is true.
4. ...
Now we have a totaly different "religion", you apply any
little bit of it and it will not only have a result - it will be
a positive result, always. It almost does not matter how
it is applied. You can slop, goop, paint or print truth on
any surface and you will get some dissolution.
THAT is the problem with Scientology, its emphasis is
on communication, process, application. Truth is relegated
to "what is true for you", perception of reality is perverted.
Shore stories are acceptable. Justice fails, process and
hearsay (communication) becomes senior to facts (truth)
... and lies (communication without truth) bloms.
The mantra of the critics (realists) becomes:
"Scientology is nothing but lies lies lies ... "
But a single truth, just one, pushed home, is enough to start
the dissolution of scientology.
Z
We keep going around and around on this one point.
What is Scientology?
LRH was a dishonest con man
Scientology (clams) lie lie and then lie some more.
What are they doing? Clams are doing what they
know. They are communicating - that is what the
"tech" is all about. But the tech does not put any
value on truth.
Truth is the thing that clams up the clams. It's not
the word "xenu" - its the fact that you can say "xenu"
but you are not dead from some nasty illness - that
is truth.
Truth - not communication - is the universal solvent.
So what happened.
Gerry reads some LRH papers, finds truth, and he
gets another "religion" - fighting Scientology.
Arnie gets an SRA, sees truth, and he fights.
tooth and nail, for decades.
Torry, 30 years in scientology, trusted by OSA,
hits one itsy-bitsy truth, she is gone within days.
Goes on to fight OSA, hard.
Creed Parson, hits a single truth, pulls the string,
BOOM he is out.
People get on the internet and what do they find,
some crumbs of truth and what does the CoS do.
It tries to cut comm lines, swamp comm lines,
spread more lies - lots of "communicating". That
is all clams know, they know how to communicate
lies, they learned how to be disingenuous by the
master communications manipulator - LRH.
The "tech" is not about Truth, it never was.
The "snow white" project was not about injecting
truth, it was about manipulating PR, control of
communications ...
SP declares are not about statements of fact,
It is about "keeping session control", its control
of communication.
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Excellent post, zeeorger. I'm saving this one. Definitely a keeper.
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Thanks ... I am still working on it (the blowdown is not over)
There are shadows of this idea in a number of places.
One of the items that comes up early in trying to deal
with cult brainwash is the ability to engage in false data
stripping.
Obviously in scientology "false data stripping" is redefined
as a process of finding out "who" gave you the data, and
then using the 'Superior Hubbard Communication Tech' to
nail that "who". It never enters into the equation to evaluate
data on its merits, irrespective of "who" it comes from.
Z
Well stated. Keep posting on this subject as you can because it is
truth which sets mankind free.