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From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com
Subject: HUBBARD ALLOWS SCIENO
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John Ritson <john@jritson.demon.co.uk> on TRs:

>The non-blinking routine is so far outside most people's normal experience
>that it is disorienting. Margery Wakefield in "The Road to Xenu" describes
>"As I stared into George's eyes, I began to see an aura of colours around
>his head. The colours were flowing in streams around his head. Then the
>colours expanded into the whole room. I watched with awe as the whole room
>became filled with flowing colours.
>Meanwhile the pain was increasing...
>Suddenly I had a rushing feeling of euphoria. I felt as if I was floating,
>looking down at everyone from a thousand points all over the room. This
>was better than anything I had ever experienced on marijuana"
>Alison Braund, who infiltrated the cult for a British television program
>described how her staring partner seemed to change into a lizard.
>Perhaps the euphoria is like that experienced when you stop banging your
>head against the wall. Gary Fry in the UK was so euphoric that he signed
>a blank piece of paper, around which the Scientologists typed a
>letter of authority, enabling them to draw 21,000 pounds out of
>his account.
>
>The bullbaiting routine might almost be called positive. If a person
>is confronted with insults in a controlled environment, and proves
>able to withstand them, it will make the subject feel more confident.
>A 'Big Win'.

    I can't let this one by.  My daughter, who grew up in the
    cult, says her lack of sense of humor dates back to the Comm 
    Course and doing TR0 Bullbait for hours, forcing herself not 
    to laugh.

    Think about why.

>So now we have a subject who has signed up for the 'Communication Course'
>because they have been told they have personality problems (an inevitable
>result of taking the Personality Test) and they have achieved euphoria,
>and confidence, all thanks to the 'tech'. They have also become used
>to following apparently ludicrous orders and spending long hours at the Org.
>They will also be surrounded by people telling them how well they are doing.
>
>Cut off from the outside world (a deliberate cult policy to stop people
>having second thoughts), disoriented, euphoric, and promised more 'Big Wins'
>if they sign up for more courses. Brainwashing sounds a good description.
 
    Perfect discription.
    
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