Belief Two
This can be best stated as:
Only the Church of Scientology, by way of the materials of L. Ron Hubbard, possesses a workable, effective system and philosophy able to 1) bring true spiritual salvation, 2) bring sanity, and 3) solve all of society's problems.
We have the loftiest goal in the universe. Our goal is to free spirits. We are the ONLY group on the planet capable of truly freeing spirits. No other group has any methods to do what we can do. ONLY WE possess a workable technology able to free spiritual beings. No other group, religious or otherwise, offers a legitimate road to sanity, salvation, hope or success. WE ARE THE ONLY GROUP ON EARTH WITH A WORKABLE PATH LEADING TO SALVATION AND SANITY. We are the ONLY group in the entire universe with a correct and accurate understanding of reality, life, Man and the universe.
Because of this our continued survival and success is vital to every man, woman and child, whether they know it or not. Nothing can or will be allowed to inhibit or stop our progress in freeing beings. Nothing can or will be allowed to inhibit or stop the Church of Scientology, because ONLY we can and are freeing beings. If you doubt this for a moment, then realize what will happen, and refer to Belief One.
Corollary Belief 2a:
Because our goal is senior to anyone else's, and because ONLY we have a workable road to salvation, those with us, and who support us, are deemed honest, ethical and right. Anyone against us IN ANY WAY, whether they know it or not, are endangering the future freedom of all Mankind, and therefore they are deemed dishonest, unethical and wrong.
Corollary Belief 2b:
Any and all actions are justified if they contribute to our continued survival and expansion. Any and all actions are justified if they minimize or destroy our critics and enemies.
Within the official Church of Scientology, morality, ethics and all questions of right and wrong are determined only from this viewpoint. If you support them, they couldn't care less about your past, but if you are against them, they will dig out every fault and use it against you as blackmail to shut you up or to destroy your reputation. Forget about usual or common notions about ethics, morality and justice when dealing with the Church of Scientology. To understand their behavior you must be able to look at the world through the eyes of their belief system. Hubbard teaches that anyone against them MUST have severe crimes in his or her past or present. Hubbard teaches them that only evil people, committing horrible crimes in present time, could possibly be against them in any way. They believe this, despite any facts to the contrary, because Hubbard says so.
Corollary Belief 2c:
My freedom for all eternity can only be guaranteed if I do the training and auditing steps outlined by L. Ron Hubbard and the Church of Scientology. Only they have the true road to freedom and salvation. I must do what they say or else they will prevent me from availing myself of the technology of spiritual freedom. I must not ever do or say anything that might upset or anger Church staff, or else they might bar my path to spiritual freedom. At worse they can expel me from the Church, and I can then never get the spiritual freedom that only they have available for me.
This quote from Hubbard, again in all or most KSW sections of every checksheet makes this point clear:
“In fifty thousand years of history on this planet alone, man never evolved a workable system. It is doubtful if, in foreseeable history, he will ever evolve another.
Man is caught in a huge and complex labyrinth. To get out of it requires that he follow the closely-taped path of Scientology.
Scientology, exactly and correctly followed, takes the person up and out of the mess.
Scientology is a new thing - it is a road out. There has not been one.
Scientology is the only workable system man has. It has already taken people toward higher IQ, better lives and all that. No other system has. So realize that it has no competition.
Don't let your party down. By whatever means, keep them on the route. And they'll be free. If you don't, they won't.”
(HCO PL 14 February 1965 Safeguarding Technology, Keeping Scientology Working Series 4, Page 21 Basic Staff Hat Volume 0)
"Spiritual Freedom" is very much a negotiable commodity to the Church of Scientology and its members. Besides paying for it, it is the elusive carrot on the stick that motivates all to do what they are told and to tow the line. This point is vital. It is the basic motivation used to get members to behave accordingly.
This is the key to understanding how so many seemingly decent and intelligent people can tolerate so much nonsense for so long. It explains why so many do and continue to do things most other people cannot fathom. It is the thing that can be taken away from you if you get out of line. I have talked to many Scientologists over the years. Many have admitted disagreements with the way various Church staff and senior management operate, yet in ALL cases they finally admitted that they conformed to the requests or demands of the Church, even though they honestly disagreed, for only one reason. What was that reason? They compromised what they knew to be true, and minimized their own personal views of reality, solely because they wanted what they believed only the Church of Scientology controlled and possessed: an effective Road to Spiritual Freedom. Belief Two is a key aspect of the control, and its acceptance by Church members is vital to ensure that the members remain loyal and supportive.
Currently the Church of Scientology maintains a monopoly on the materials and methods of Scientology through the Religious Technology Center's (RTC's) control of the trademarks and copyrights. If and when they lose that control, there will no longer be any motivation for the pubic to deny what they often observe to be true about the negative aspects of the Church's functioning. A mass exodus may well occur when RTC finally loses its control of the trademarks and copyrights.
Staff members of the Church of Scientology don't hold back on this at all. I have a friend who was discovered viewing anti-Scientology information on the Internet. He was taken into a room and three OSA (Office of Special Affairs) staff members screamed and yelled at him, violently and with lots of “force” (impingement) for fifteen minutes, accusing him of supporting "the horrible enemy", and threatening to take his chance for eternal freedom away. This is not an uncommon occurrence. Your possible future "spiritual freedom", and its threatened loss, is their ace up their sleeve that they will resort to when necessary to exact compliance to their demands. It can be tremendously intimidating, and smacks strongly of coercion and duress. But the large majority of Scientology church members tolerate it. Why? Again, so they can "get" their "spiritual freedom". It is extremely pitiful that the group that actually owns and controls a subject that may be able to give at least some small degree of spiritual freedom, no matter how slight that might be, behaves like such brutes, dullards and totalitarians. But then, that is easily explained by going back up to the top, and reading Belief One again.
Belief One pretty much explains and justifies everything. It really need not be that way, with so much ruthlessness and force, but that is how the current senior members of the Church choose to play the game. And, really, it would be difficult for them to behave in any other way since Hubbard spelled the severity out quite clearly in his policies.
This is partially why RTC works so hard to maintain a rock solid monopoly on the copyrights and trademarks. If they lost a tight hold on that then people could go anywhere to do Scientology services - they would then no longer have that tool of enforcement and control at their disposal.
“Do what we say or else you will be expelled and lose your sole chance for Spiritual Freedom.”
This is a looming and constant threat in the current environment of the Church of Scientology. It probably always has been. It might not be spoken about much, surely never mentioned out loud in polite Scientology company, but the idea and threat is never far away. It is a constant undercurrent, it is extremely pervasive, and though somewhat subtle, it is crystal clear to just about anyone who has been around the Church of Scientology awhile. If you could actually get a Scientology public or staff member to answer honestly, without fear of intimidation, threats of severe ethics actions, or expulsion, and they do discuss these things at times amongst themselves when they are sure nobody is listening, many and even most would confirm the above description of what makes Scientology tick, and why they tow the line as they do. The fear and intimidation factor is substantial. IT is not minor or accidental.
But, for the most part, current Scientology staff and public members won't ever talk about it, because they know what will happen if they say anything derogatory (even if true) about the Church of Scientology or Scientology church leaders. The only place to locate people who will speak honestly is among ex-members who no longer have a reason to behave as required. When you speak with ex-members you are talking to people 1) who have been there, 2) who have real experiences usually over extensive periods of time, but most importantly, 3) who are no longer intimidated into compromising or hiding their honest views and true opinions about the behavior of the Church of Scientology. This description of reality within the Church of Scientology, sadly, is amazingly accurate.
As far as promoting the idea that ONLY Scientology can deliver real salvation and solve the world's troubles, here are a few more quotes from L. Ron Hubbard's writings:
"The Product of an org is well-taught students and thoroughly audited pcs. When the product vanishes, so does the org. The orgs must survive for the sake of this planet". (HCOPL 17 June 1970B Issue I TECHNICAL DEGRADES)
"We have some time since passed the point of achieving uniformly workable technology. The only thing now is getting the technology applied.
(HCO PL 7 February 1965 KSW Series 1)
"Orgs are in the very new, for this universe, business of setting people free. So, just do it, man, do it!" (HCO PL 13 January 1983 THE BUSINESS OF ORGS)
"THE OBJECT IS TOTALLY FREED BEINGS.
You see, we are not dealing with "just another self-help subject" or a "make people feel better".
For the first time ever - and this is confirmed with careful historical research - the tech exists to reverse the chaos. Where we are this instant in time is at the reverse point of the universe. You are the one who will make it happen.
You have the tech now; you have the policy. It is you who are applying it. And by applying it, you have the power to reverse the dwindling spiral that has gone on without pause for more years than you can get into an Earth calculator.
For the first time ever you have this chance. And it is you who, just by knowing and using relentlessly the policy and tech, will make it happen.
It may seem large and awesome but it is a fact. You are not engaged in anything superficial.
And no objective worth obtaining was ever achieved without some barriers arising or industrious dedication.
So: Make it happen! The stars wait!" (HCO PL 31 January 1983 THE REASON FOR ORGS)
"Only a Scientology Organization has an unlimited horizon". (HCO PL4 December 1966 EXPANSION: THEORY OF POLICY)
"Auditors have since the first session of Scientology been the only individuals on this planet, in this universe capable of freeing man."
(HCO PL 31 May 1968 Issue II AUDITORS)
"Throughout the ages, man has struggled with the subjects of right and wrong and ethics and justice.
Unfortunately, until now, there has been no workable solution, as evidenced by the declining ethical level of society.
The breakthrough in Scientology is that we do have the basic technology of ethics.
This is a brand new discovery.; before Scientology it had never before seen the light of day, anywhere." (HCO PL 12 July 1980R THE BASICS OF ETHICS)
"You are a clear. This state has not previously been attained in this universe and we must work towards getting more people - many more people - up to this level.
I expect and need your help to carry out the broad mission of de-contaminating this area of the universe". (An Open Letter to all Clears by L. Ron Hubbard)
"In this minute particle of time we have the opportunity to reverse the downward spiral of life.
There is no longer any question if it is the right road.
It is no longer a question of whether standard ethics and policy work.
It is only a question of whether or not YOU apply them." (LRH ED 347 INT 31 December 1982)
". . . Dianetics and Scientology are the most valuable service on the planet” . (HCO PL 26 September 1979 Issue III COPYWRITING)
"If the Captain does not KNOW that Advanced Courses are the most valuable service on the planet he will not be able to understand HARD SELL. THEREFORE HE MUST REALIZE: That life insurance, houses, cars, stocks, bonds, college savings, are all transitory and impermanent and based on things not surviving, or on things that are in fact being destroyed.
Advanced Courses rehabilitate the Thetan to his OT abilities and last forever and give immortality.
'Hard Sell' is based on knowing and promoting in this line (TRUTH!) and not being reasonable about people who want 'other things' or 'other practices'. There is nothing to compare with Advanced Courses. They are infinitely valuable and transcend time itself." (Flag Mission Order 375, 14 August 1970)
"You see, despite inferences to the contrary, this tech has not been available before anywhere and was not even known.
It is the route, which if purely used, uncorrupted and unperverted, will bring you at last to the vast free vistas of freedom and truth and the glory of being really you. (LRH ED 348 INT Ron's Journal 37, 13 March 1983)
"The business of Scientology involves the future of this population and planet and only the very insane would tamper with that.
I have been researching upper OT levels and I can tell you this very plainly: If Scn doesn't make it worldwide you've had it - yes, I mean YOU.
One is not working for just this life. He is working for any future life AT ALL". (HCO PL 14 March 1982, FINANCIAL IRREGULARITIES)
"No such knowledge has ever existed and no such results have ever before been attainable by Man as those which can be reached by a study of this brief volume.
This book is a summation, if brief, of the results of 50,000 years of thinking men. Their materials, researched and capped by a quarter century of original search by L. Ron Hubbard, have brought the humanities, so long outdistanced by the "exact sciences", into a state of equality, if not superiority, to physics, chemistry and mathematics.
What has been attempted by a thousand universities and foundations at a cost of billions has been completed quietly here.
This IS how life works.
The use or neglect of this material may well determine the use or neglect of the atomic bomb by Man.
To a Scientologist, the real barbarism of Earth is STUPIDITY.
There is not much Earth time. We must work.
The criminal is ignorant and stupid. Ignorance and stupidity may therefore be called criminal.
There is not much Earth time in which to distribute this knowledge. This is THE solution to our barbarism out of which we would lose all. Scientology works. WE must work, all of us.” (Fundamentals of Thought, 1975 printing, Introduction)
"With Scientology man can prevent insanity, criminality and war. It is for the betterment of man.
The only race that matters at this moment is the one being run between Scientology and the atomic bomb. The history of man, as has been said by well-known authorities, may well depend upon which one wins". (Fundamentals of Thought, 1975 printing, Chapter 12 Exact Processes)
"Scientology is the most vital movement on Earth today". (Fundamentals of Thought, 1975 printing, The Aims of Scientology)
Hubbard constantly stresses the idea that Scientology is the ONLY group on the planet or even in the universe that has solutions and workable methods to solve the most important problems confronting Mankind. All Scientologists read and accept these ideas early on. These ideas become part of their belief system. Belief Two is the second primary belief in the foundation of the Scientology edifice.
The question is not even whether they have workable solutions. Many of their methods can be useful and helpful to at least some people. Some of their methods can be useful and helpful. The point here is that they USE these beliefs to control other Scientology members, and to justify their often severe, nasty and shady actions.
A fanatic, among other things, is a person who believes that his or her belief system is far above, more accurate than, and more valid than all others, and the fanatic acts "religiously" (with overbearing, inappropriate zeal and fervor), dedicatedly, forcefully, unwaveringly and often simplistically, to realize his or her goals. Fanatics behave this way because they conceive that ONLY these ideas, plans, views of reality, and solutions are valid. They also often look down upon the views of others, and especially any views that contradict or invalidate their own. This description is true for the 14th-century torturing priest of the Spanish Inquisition, the Nazi SS executioner, the door-knocking Jehovah's Witness, the psychiatric Electro-Shock apologist, and the party-allegiant Russian Communist KGB agent.
It is also true, in many ways, for the member of the Church of Scientology.
Belief One and Belief Two create the ideas of a horrible future, unless the path is strictly followed. The goal, in exact alignment with these beliefs, is to follow the Path exactly and to allow nothing else. These two beliefs make up the "ends" in the following sentence:
"The ends justify the means".
To the person who accepts and believes Belief One and Two, there is ONLY one answer. This answer is to do anything and everything possible, without restrictions or boundaries, without compromise or tolerance, to reach the goal. In fact, the entire concept is brutally simple. Win, or else, and take no prisoners. That is the uncompromising “unreasonable” attitude of the well-indoctrinated Scientologist.
Continue reading: Belief Three
This can be best stated as:
Only the Church of Scientology, by way of the materials of L. Ron Hubbard, possesses a workable, effective system and philosophy able to 1) bring true spiritual salvation, 2) bring sanity, and 3) solve all of society's problems.
We have the loftiest goal in the universe. Our goal is to free spirits. We are the ONLY group on the planet capable of truly freeing spirits. No other group has any methods to do what we can do. ONLY WE possess a workable technology able to free spiritual beings. No other group, religious or otherwise, offers a legitimate road to sanity, salvation, hope or success. WE ARE THE ONLY GROUP ON EARTH WITH A WORKABLE PATH LEADING TO SALVATION AND SANITY. We are the ONLY group in the entire universe with a correct and accurate understanding of reality, life, Man and the universe.
Because of this our continued survival and success is vital to every man, woman and child, whether they know it or not. Nothing can or will be allowed to inhibit or stop our progress in freeing beings. Nothing can or will be allowed to inhibit or stop the Church of Scientology, because ONLY we can and are freeing beings. If you doubt this for a moment, then realize what will happen, and refer to Belief One.
Corollary Belief 2a:
Because our goal is senior to anyone else's, and because ONLY we have a workable road to salvation, those with us, and who support us, are deemed honest, ethical and right. Anyone against us IN ANY WAY, whether they know it or not, are endangering the future freedom of all Mankind, and therefore they are deemed dishonest, unethical and wrong.
Corollary Belief 2b:
Any and all actions are justified if they contribute to our continued survival and expansion. Any and all actions are justified if they minimize or destroy our critics and enemies.
Within the official Church of Scientology, morality, ethics and all questions of right and wrong are determined only from this viewpoint. If you support them, they couldn't care less about your past, but if you are against them, they will dig out every fault and use it against you as blackmail to shut you up or to destroy your reputation. Forget about usual or common notions about ethics, morality and justice when dealing with the Church of Scientology. To understand their behavior you must be able to look at the world through the eyes of their belief system. Hubbard teaches that anyone against them MUST have severe crimes in his or her past or present. Hubbard teaches them that only evil people, committing horrible crimes in present time, could possibly be against them in any way. They believe this, despite any facts to the contrary, because Hubbard says so.
Corollary Belief 2c:
My freedom for all eternity can only be guaranteed if I do the training and auditing steps outlined by L. Ron Hubbard and the Church of Scientology. Only they have the true road to freedom and salvation. I must do what they say or else they will prevent me from availing myself of the technology of spiritual freedom. I must not ever do or say anything that might upset or anger Church staff, or else they might bar my path to spiritual freedom. At worse they can expel me from the Church, and I can then never get the spiritual freedom that only they have available for me.
This quote from Hubbard, again in all or most KSW sections of every checksheet makes this point clear:
“In fifty thousand years of history on this planet alone, man never evolved a workable system. It is doubtful if, in foreseeable history, he will ever evolve another.
Man is caught in a huge and complex labyrinth. To get out of it requires that he follow the closely-taped path of Scientology.
Scientology, exactly and correctly followed, takes the person up and out of the mess.
Scientology is a new thing - it is a road out. There has not been one.
Scientology is the only workable system man has. It has already taken people toward higher IQ, better lives and all that. No other system has. So realize that it has no competition.
Don't let your party down. By whatever means, keep them on the route. And they'll be free. If you don't, they won't.”
(HCO PL 14 February 1965 Safeguarding Technology, Keeping Scientology Working Series 4, Page 21 Basic Staff Hat Volume 0)
"Spiritual Freedom" is very much a negotiable commodity to the Church of Scientology and its members. Besides paying for it, it is the elusive carrot on the stick that motivates all to do what they are told and to tow the line. This point is vital. It is the basic motivation used to get members to behave accordingly.
This is the key to understanding how so many seemingly decent and intelligent people can tolerate so much nonsense for so long. It explains why so many do and continue to do things most other people cannot fathom. It is the thing that can be taken away from you if you get out of line. I have talked to many Scientologists over the years. Many have admitted disagreements with the way various Church staff and senior management operate, yet in ALL cases they finally admitted that they conformed to the requests or demands of the Church, even though they honestly disagreed, for only one reason. What was that reason? They compromised what they knew to be true, and minimized their own personal views of reality, solely because they wanted what they believed only the Church of Scientology controlled and possessed: an effective Road to Spiritual Freedom. Belief Two is a key aspect of the control, and its acceptance by Church members is vital to ensure that the members remain loyal and supportive.
Currently the Church of Scientology maintains a monopoly on the materials and methods of Scientology through the Religious Technology Center's (RTC's) control of the trademarks and copyrights. If and when they lose that control, there will no longer be any motivation for the pubic to deny what they often observe to be true about the negative aspects of the Church's functioning. A mass exodus may well occur when RTC finally loses its control of the trademarks and copyrights.
Staff members of the Church of Scientology don't hold back on this at all. I have a friend who was discovered viewing anti-Scientology information on the Internet. He was taken into a room and three OSA (Office of Special Affairs) staff members screamed and yelled at him, violently and with lots of “force” (impingement) for fifteen minutes, accusing him of supporting "the horrible enemy", and threatening to take his chance for eternal freedom away. This is not an uncommon occurrence. Your possible future "spiritual freedom", and its threatened loss, is their ace up their sleeve that they will resort to when necessary to exact compliance to their demands. It can be tremendously intimidating, and smacks strongly of coercion and duress. But the large majority of Scientology church members tolerate it. Why? Again, so they can "get" their "spiritual freedom". It is extremely pitiful that the group that actually owns and controls a subject that may be able to give at least some small degree of spiritual freedom, no matter how slight that might be, behaves like such brutes, dullards and totalitarians. But then, that is easily explained by going back up to the top, and reading Belief One again.
Belief One pretty much explains and justifies everything. It really need not be that way, with so much ruthlessness and force, but that is how the current senior members of the Church choose to play the game. And, really, it would be difficult for them to behave in any other way since Hubbard spelled the severity out quite clearly in his policies.
This is partially why RTC works so hard to maintain a rock solid monopoly on the copyrights and trademarks. If they lost a tight hold on that then people could go anywhere to do Scientology services - they would then no longer have that tool of enforcement and control at their disposal.
“Do what we say or else you will be expelled and lose your sole chance for Spiritual Freedom.”
This is a looming and constant threat in the current environment of the Church of Scientology. It probably always has been. It might not be spoken about much, surely never mentioned out loud in polite Scientology company, but the idea and threat is never far away. It is a constant undercurrent, it is extremely pervasive, and though somewhat subtle, it is crystal clear to just about anyone who has been around the Church of Scientology awhile. If you could actually get a Scientology public or staff member to answer honestly, without fear of intimidation, threats of severe ethics actions, or expulsion, and they do discuss these things at times amongst themselves when they are sure nobody is listening, many and even most would confirm the above description of what makes Scientology tick, and why they tow the line as they do. The fear and intimidation factor is substantial. IT is not minor or accidental.
But, for the most part, current Scientology staff and public members won't ever talk about it, because they know what will happen if they say anything derogatory (even if true) about the Church of Scientology or Scientology church leaders. The only place to locate people who will speak honestly is among ex-members who no longer have a reason to behave as required. When you speak with ex-members you are talking to people 1) who have been there, 2) who have real experiences usually over extensive periods of time, but most importantly, 3) who are no longer intimidated into compromising or hiding their honest views and true opinions about the behavior of the Church of Scientology. This description of reality within the Church of Scientology, sadly, is amazingly accurate.
As far as promoting the idea that ONLY Scientology can deliver real salvation and solve the world's troubles, here are a few more quotes from L. Ron Hubbard's writings:
"The Product of an org is well-taught students and thoroughly audited pcs. When the product vanishes, so does the org. The orgs must survive for the sake of this planet". (HCOPL 17 June 1970B Issue I TECHNICAL DEGRADES)
"We have some time since passed the point of achieving uniformly workable technology. The only thing now is getting the technology applied.
(HCO PL 7 February 1965 KSW Series 1)
"Orgs are in the very new, for this universe, business of setting people free. So, just do it, man, do it!" (HCO PL 13 January 1983 THE BUSINESS OF ORGS)
"THE OBJECT IS TOTALLY FREED BEINGS.
You see, we are not dealing with "just another self-help subject" or a "make people feel better".
For the first time ever - and this is confirmed with careful historical research - the tech exists to reverse the chaos. Where we are this instant in time is at the reverse point of the universe. You are the one who will make it happen.
You have the tech now; you have the policy. It is you who are applying it. And by applying it, you have the power to reverse the dwindling spiral that has gone on without pause for more years than you can get into an Earth calculator.
For the first time ever you have this chance. And it is you who, just by knowing and using relentlessly the policy and tech, will make it happen.
It may seem large and awesome but it is a fact. You are not engaged in anything superficial.
And no objective worth obtaining was ever achieved without some barriers arising or industrious dedication.
So: Make it happen! The stars wait!" (HCO PL 31 January 1983 THE REASON FOR ORGS)
"Only a Scientology Organization has an unlimited horizon". (HCO PL4 December 1966 EXPANSION: THEORY OF POLICY)
"Auditors have since the first session of Scientology been the only individuals on this planet, in this universe capable of freeing man."
(HCO PL 31 May 1968 Issue II AUDITORS)
"Throughout the ages, man has struggled with the subjects of right and wrong and ethics and justice.
Unfortunately, until now, there has been no workable solution, as evidenced by the declining ethical level of society.
The breakthrough in Scientology is that we do have the basic technology of ethics.
This is a brand new discovery.; before Scientology it had never before seen the light of day, anywhere." (HCO PL 12 July 1980R THE BASICS OF ETHICS)
"You are a clear. This state has not previously been attained in this universe and we must work towards getting more people - many more people - up to this level.
I expect and need your help to carry out the broad mission of de-contaminating this area of the universe". (An Open Letter to all Clears by L. Ron Hubbard)
"In this minute particle of time we have the opportunity to reverse the downward spiral of life.
There is no longer any question if it is the right road.
It is no longer a question of whether standard ethics and policy work.
It is only a question of whether or not YOU apply them." (LRH ED 347 INT 31 December 1982)
". . . Dianetics and Scientology are the most valuable service on the planet” . (HCO PL 26 September 1979 Issue III COPYWRITING)
"If the Captain does not KNOW that Advanced Courses are the most valuable service on the planet he will not be able to understand HARD SELL. THEREFORE HE MUST REALIZE: That life insurance, houses, cars, stocks, bonds, college savings, are all transitory and impermanent and based on things not surviving, or on things that are in fact being destroyed.
Advanced Courses rehabilitate the Thetan to his OT abilities and last forever and give immortality.
'Hard Sell' is based on knowing and promoting in this line (TRUTH!) and not being reasonable about people who want 'other things' or 'other practices'. There is nothing to compare with Advanced Courses. They are infinitely valuable and transcend time itself." (Flag Mission Order 375, 14 August 1970)
"You see, despite inferences to the contrary, this tech has not been available before anywhere and was not even known.
It is the route, which if purely used, uncorrupted and unperverted, will bring you at last to the vast free vistas of freedom and truth and the glory of being really you. (LRH ED 348 INT Ron's Journal 37, 13 March 1983)
"The business of Scientology involves the future of this population and planet and only the very insane would tamper with that.
I have been researching upper OT levels and I can tell you this very plainly: If Scn doesn't make it worldwide you've had it - yes, I mean YOU.
One is not working for just this life. He is working for any future life AT ALL". (HCO PL 14 March 1982, FINANCIAL IRREGULARITIES)
"No such knowledge has ever existed and no such results have ever before been attainable by Man as those which can be reached by a study of this brief volume.
This book is a summation, if brief, of the results of 50,000 years of thinking men. Their materials, researched and capped by a quarter century of original search by L. Ron Hubbard, have brought the humanities, so long outdistanced by the "exact sciences", into a state of equality, if not superiority, to physics, chemistry and mathematics.
What has been attempted by a thousand universities and foundations at a cost of billions has been completed quietly here.
This IS how life works.
The use or neglect of this material may well determine the use or neglect of the atomic bomb by Man.
To a Scientologist, the real barbarism of Earth is STUPIDITY.
There is not much Earth time. We must work.
The criminal is ignorant and stupid. Ignorance and stupidity may therefore be called criminal.
There is not much Earth time in which to distribute this knowledge. This is THE solution to our barbarism out of which we would lose all. Scientology works. WE must work, all of us.” (Fundamentals of Thought, 1975 printing, Introduction)
"With Scientology man can prevent insanity, criminality and war. It is for the betterment of man.
The only race that matters at this moment is the one being run between Scientology and the atomic bomb. The history of man, as has been said by well-known authorities, may well depend upon which one wins". (Fundamentals of Thought, 1975 printing, Chapter 12 Exact Processes)
"Scientology is the most vital movement on Earth today". (Fundamentals of Thought, 1975 printing, The Aims of Scientology)
Hubbard constantly stresses the idea that Scientology is the ONLY group on the planet or even in the universe that has solutions and workable methods to solve the most important problems confronting Mankind. All Scientologists read and accept these ideas early on. These ideas become part of their belief system. Belief Two is the second primary belief in the foundation of the Scientology edifice.
The question is not even whether they have workable solutions. Many of their methods can be useful and helpful to at least some people. Some of their methods can be useful and helpful. The point here is that they USE these beliefs to control other Scientology members, and to justify their often severe, nasty and shady actions.
A fanatic, among other things, is a person who believes that his or her belief system is far above, more accurate than, and more valid than all others, and the fanatic acts "religiously" (with overbearing, inappropriate zeal and fervor), dedicatedly, forcefully, unwaveringly and often simplistically, to realize his or her goals. Fanatics behave this way because they conceive that ONLY these ideas, plans, views of reality, and solutions are valid. They also often look down upon the views of others, and especially any views that contradict or invalidate their own. This description is true for the 14th-century torturing priest of the Spanish Inquisition, the Nazi SS executioner, the door-knocking Jehovah's Witness, the psychiatric Electro-Shock apologist, and the party-allegiant Russian Communist KGB agent.
It is also true, in many ways, for the member of the Church of Scientology.
Belief One and Belief Two create the ideas of a horrible future, unless the path is strictly followed. The goal, in exact alignment with these beliefs, is to follow the Path exactly and to allow nothing else. These two beliefs make up the "ends" in the following sentence:
"The ends justify the means".
To the person who accepts and believes Belief One and Two, there is ONLY one answer. This answer is to do anything and everything possible, without restrictions or boundaries, without compromise or tolerance, to reach the goal. In fact, the entire concept is brutally simple. Win, or else, and take no prisoners. That is the uncompromising “unreasonable” attitude of the well-indoctrinated Scientologist.
Continue reading: Belief Three
