I blew scn around 1978 and joined the mass exodus of scios in Los Angeles caused by Hubbard resuming the monthly price increases. Several ex scio get together groups sprang up and I joined one. There were about fifteen of us and we met weekly at someone's house and discussed scn and other practices and listened to a lot of channeling tapes. The people in the group were all public with no blown staff members. The main motivation for people in the group was FINANCIAL with the hope that the promised abilities of scn like having postulates come true, applying scn scales and so on would lead to an easy life of financial and personal well being.
Some years after I left scn I received an unsolicited letter from some group saying I had been chosen to join a special society of individuals who were achieving all of their dreams. From general curiosity and from my past experience in scn I couldn't resist buying their expensive introductory book. It turns out it was an objectivism type philosophy (what's real is real and a total rejection of mysticism) and I found it worthwhile with some very interesting viewpoints and a contrast to scn.
Here's the writing on the cover of the 700 page manuscript I received. About 200 pages of it were "Unedited Testimonials".
Some years after I left scn I received an unsolicited letter from some group saying I had been chosen to join a special society of individuals who were achieving all of their dreams. From general curiosity and from my past experience in scn I couldn't resist buying their expensive introductory book. It turns out it was an objectivism type philosophy (what's real is real and a total rejection of mysticism) and I found it worthwhile with some very interesting viewpoints and a contrast to scn.
Here's the writing on the cover of the 700 page manuscript I received. About 200 pages of it were "Unedited Testimonials".
The
Neo-Tech Discovery
Manuscript
Neo-Tech Power
and the
Neo-Tech Advantages
for unlimited
Prosperity, Happiness, and Romantic Love
Frank R. Wallace
Frank didn't find much use for scn, writing, "Other benefits touted by groups such as Scientologists include various mystical routes to 'Freedom' and 'Happiness' through self-awareness via clearing hang-ups or engrams. But beneath all such jargon and claimed benefits, existentialism is nothing more than a wimpish irrationality that promotes stupidity. Indeed, existentialism promotes the negation of reality."
Laughter
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ETA: Off Topic but here's an interesting read and overview of Neo-Tech and Objectivism written by a follower of Objectivism and Neo-Tech critic.
Neo-Tech Discovery
Manuscript
Neo-Tech Power
and the
Neo-Tech Advantages
for unlimited
Prosperity, Happiness, and Romantic Love
Frank R. Wallace
Frank didn't find much use for scn, writing, "Other benefits touted by groups such as Scientologists include various mystical routes to 'Freedom' and 'Happiness' through self-awareness via clearing hang-ups or engrams. But beneath all such jargon and claimed benefits, existentialism is nothing more than a wimpish irrationality that promotes stupidity. Indeed, existentialism promotes the negation of reality."
Laughter
....................................................................
ETA: Off Topic but here's an interesting read and overview of Neo-Tech and Objectivism written by a follower of Objectivism and Neo-Tech critic.
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