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DECONSTRUCTING HUBBARD'S HOAX
AXIOM: Like the MEST universe, every Scientology course, level and auditing rundown shall infinitely expand in price, set-ups, eligibility requirements, orientation steps (before and after) as well as "expanded" versions of what was purchased that are "discovered" as missing at a later date.
EXAMPLE: The state of Clear.
HOW IT STARTED: In 1950 the book Dianetics The Modern Science of Mental Health was sold with all the technology to become a full fledged "Clear" in under 20 hours. This could be done at no cost at home by simply "twinning" with another who read the book. So, let's review--
FREE and
20 HOURS.
WHAT HAPPENED WHEN A PERSON WENT CLEAR? Lots of things. Without noting the various dates that the inviolable tech was violated with countless changes, here is how that free 20 hour miracle "expanded".
BEFORE GOING CLEAR:
HAS Course
HQS Course
Student Hat Course
Purification Rundown
ARC Straightwire Rundown
Grade 0 Rundown
Grade I Rundown
Grade II Rundown
Grade III Rundown
Grade IV Rundown
Grade V Rundown
Grade VI Rundown
IF ONE THINKS ONE MAY HAVE GONE CLEAR:
Clear Certainty Rundown (To be sure one is clear)
IF ONE ATTESTS TO CLEAR:
Sunshine Rundown (to orient the Clear)
Solo Auditing Course
This is when it
really gets expensive (after Clear)
IF ONE IS NOW CLEAR
OT Preparations Rundown(s)
OT Eligibility Auditing Rundown
OT I (to orient the Clear,
again)
Beyond that lies the OT Levels that all have their own "set-up" auditing requirements and "eligibility" auditing requirements and there are also requirements after finishing LEVEL III OT (the "Wall of Fire") that one must pay for a booster level to "increase one's intention" (OT VII) in order to pay for re-doing OT III which is impressively called the "EXPANDED WALL OF FIRE". Same level, new tech estimate.
Then, after really really finishing OT III and OT III expanded and attesting for the second time that one has no other Body Thetans, the exact same conveyor belt is still running and one has to pay for many more "new" OT levels (OT IV, OT V, OT VI, OT VII, OT VIII) that all are the same as OT III, getting rid of Body Thetans.
And one must pay to go to Flag every six months and purchase more "eligibility rundown auditing" and pay for room Scientology's hotel accommodations and eating in Scientology's restaurants.
And to even get onto one of those OT levels one must donate another $50,000 to the IAS to show that their ethics are really in.
The list of new tricks to squeeze Scientologists out of their last dime goes on for many pages. But think you've got the idea and probably have the canceled checks to prove it, lol.
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