Maybe I've been a little 'Unfair' (you might call it 'Too Honest') about @Scientology - Their 'Hoped-for #ideals' are Good, but their Actions are Not #ideal | @ScientologyYT @BridgePubBooks @NewEraPub
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The word “Ideal ( #idealism #Ideally #Idealist #Idealistic #Ideality #Idealization)” is built on ancient words that mean "Existing only in Idea, Conceived as Perfect."
That's why the preamble to the U.S. Constitution declares that its aim is to
get us started toward "a more-perfect union"---it's writers knew the union
would never be as-"perfect"-as-we-can-conceive.
Like the U.S. Constitution, Scientology's YouTube-channel (like
their website &
books &
other publications
&
other media) present 'the way they want the world to think they try to operate.'
(that's also kinda like Christianity does with its Commandments
& doctrines-etc. in its Bible---the rules they ... not-so-much
"stick-to" as "guide their behavior/misbehavior-by" (like the
painted lane-lines in the middle of the road ... it's a good "idea"
to stay in-between them, but sometimes you need to 'get out
of line' (tho there often WILL be a price to pay)))
But--where the U.S. Constitution's 'ideals' are more-achievable--Scientology's
... well ...
- They've Got
- Their Perception of 'The Parts of Your Being'
- sounds true, but it might lead to the idea that 'you can tear your body apart, because it doesn't really matter (as it doesn't make you "who you are").' I wonder if they remind their congregants to be careful (because you don't get 'another body or -body-part to replace the ones you lose'; and--if you can get replacement parts--you're not getting the old parts again!)
- Their Outline of Your Reasoning - one/both of the triangles in their logo
- The Eight 'Dynamics' (their word for 'efforts to maintain existence'), represented by the bars- or points of in Scientology's 'Prow' (it's shaped like- and even called-a Cross, but it is not a Cross!)
- They simplify emotional-interaction with a tone/color scale
- They CLEAR mind-trouble through Auditing
- This is another thing Leah Remini- & Mike Rinder-complained about in SCIENTOLOGY & the Aftermath---that these auditing sessions (unlike Roman Catholic Confession/Reconciliation) 1) cost a lot of money & 2) involve a heavy 'grilling' by the Auditor, who asks you accusatory questions until your response accompanies the E-meter reading they're looking-for.
- They refer to your subconscious mind (if it reacts to things your conscious mind SHOULD be handling---traumatic memories) as the Reactive Mind, which makes your respond to things in unreasonable ways.
- It calls these 'areas of brain that contain traumatic memories' "Engrams"---a word I first heard in STAR TREK: VOYAGER, when The Doctor analyzed people's brains and found 'memories that were implanted in them (of events that did not actually take place)'
- Their Creed (Credo? Declaration?)---parts of which make it crucial to know Scientology's concept of 'god' ... more 'another impossible ideal' than "an actual being"
- Their 'Golden Rule' (how they imagine all can achieve Greatness)
- an almost-"Nichiren Buddhist" idea---that we can become great by understanding 'what others have been through' and treat them accordingly
- Their 'Scripture' The Fundamentals of Thought - an hour-and-a-half long video (depiction of LRH's "The Fundamentals of Thought") that I'll take some notes-on later.
Impressive stuff, yes? But it fails to consider 'the necessarily "evils"'
that mortals must 'manage' (as the evils cannot be "destroyed" without undue
suffering). That failure is the main point of Leah Remini's- &
Mike Rinder's-A&E docuseries
SCIENTOLOGY & the Aftermath---most-often pointing out how
Scientology often encouraged people to
throw away family & -fellowship
in order to serve Scientology and/or -themselves.
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