You are not just responsible for everything bad that ever happens to
you. According to Hubbard, you are responsible for everything bad that happens along all 8 dynamics. If a person you never met who lived 5000 miles away got bitten by a dog you didn't own or train, YOU are responsible. If a hurricane devastates Haiti, YOU are responsible.
Here is a quote from
Advanced Procedures and Axioms. It is the definition of "responsibility":
DEFINITION: Responsibility is the ability and willingness to assume the status of full source and cause for all efforts and counter-efforts on all dynamics. There is no compromise with full responsibility. It lies above 20.0 on the tone scale and is descended from in order to effect randomity but is descended from with the full knowledge of its assumptions. It means responsibility for all acts, all emotions, on every dynamic and in every sphere as one's own. It includes such "disrelated" data as the death of an individual one has never met on a highway on which one has never travelled at the hands of a stranger, no matter how culpable.
Outstanding catch on the cult's doctrine of "total responsibility"!
TL;DR COURTESY WARNING! (I feel a rant coming on, lol)
Your breakdown of Scientology's position on responsibility reveals that:
EVERYONE IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR EVERYTHING THAT
HAPPENS ANY TIME
TO ANYONE
ANYWHERE
That's got to be the best example of a "GENERALITY" on the entire wholetrack! And it's arguably the most
diabolically ingenious marketing campaign ever devised—because of this:
SCIENTOLOGY SALESMAN
(in his office on the phone)
Hi Billy, I'm so glad I caught you. I wanted
to congratulate you again on attesting to OT 17
last month. You are so amazing, how is it going?
BILLY BLOWDOWN
(relaxing poolside at luxury resort)
Oh hi, I am doing unbelievably great, I've
never felt happier and healthier in my life. It's the
first time ever that i felt stress free where I could
just kick back and enjoy life for the very first time!
SCIENTOLOGY SALESMAN
That's amazing Billy! It must be unbelievable
to be the world's first OT 17, I can't even imagine
what it must be like to attain the OT ability of
"TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY ON ALL DYNAMICS"!!!
BILLY BLOWDOWN
Thanks for the validation flow! It's everything I ever
dreamed of and trillions of light years beyond my imagination!
Hey, thanks so much for flowing power to me today, but I've
got to run because I've got to make it to the car dealership today
before they close because I am picking up my new Lamborghini.
SCIENTOLOGY SALESMAN
Wait!! Billy, before you go I could really use your help
on a cycle. Listen, Billy, there has been an unfortunate
incident in a remote village in Burkina Fasino. We just
received a report a few minutes ago that a goat herder
there fell into a well and then some local terrorists
stole all 5 of his goats and are holding them hostage
if he doesn't pay the ransom. This is why the org
needs the help of an OT 17, because if we don't
get those goats back to the villagers, I hate to
tell you this---but they all could get sick and die
from malnourishment. You wouldn't let
them die, now would you Billy?
BILLY BLOWDOWN
But why are you calling me instead of one
of the orgs in Africa? I mean there have
got to be some OTs or Clears in
that part of the world, right?
SCIENTOLOGY SALESMAN
No Billy, I am afraid only an OT 17 completion
can make this go right. Because as an OT 17, you have
the OT ability to take full responsibility for everything, right?
BILLY BLOWDOWN
But isn't that like a total terrorist war zone over there? There's
like serious travel advisories for Americans to never go
there so I don't think I can help you on this cycle.
SCIENTOLOGY SALESMAN
That's the beauty of being an OT 17, Billy! You can just
use your new powers to take full responsibility for those
kidnapped goats! Ron states that when a being takes
full responsibility for something so much theta flows
into the area that all problems and entheta disappear,
kind of like a firehose showering water on a fire, Billy.
BILLY BLOWDOWN
Um, can we talk about this later, I've really got to
get going before the dealership closes today.
SCIENTOLOGY SALESMAN
No Billy, this can't want. We only need $125,000 on
this cycle so we can save the villagers, Billy. It's urgent
Billy, just give me your charge card number right
now and we'll buy new goats and fly them there on
a chartered jet, Billy. We need to do this now,
don't let this spin out of control where someone
ends up writing a KR on you for not taking
full responsibility, that would result in you
getting recalled to Flag to do the OT 17
Expanded Rundown for people who
didn't get the full EP of
Total Responsibility.
BILLY BLOWDOWN
Holy hell, $125,000!?!? Are you serious?
SCIENTOLOGY SALESMAN
Well actually it's $140,000 because we need
an extra $15,000 to hire photographers and
videographers to film the OT miracle you will perform!
BILLY BLOWDOWN
Shit! And I thought i was done donating now
that I reached the top of the Bridge...I thought I
could finally relax and enjoy life!
SCIENTOLOGY SALESMAN
You CAN relax and enjoy life Billy, just give me your
charge card number. And don't worry, this kind
of emergency donation cycle probably won't ever
come up again. Unless of course there are some
some unhandled outpoints somewhere in
the world that we find out about.
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