The Unfunny Truth about Scientology

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/782396/the_un_funny_truth_about_scientology/

The Police Force and Scientology.

In 2007 just a few short months after I had an experience I should like to forget but can't, I watched  an opening ceremoney of a new Scientology Center in the center of London, one of the people that opened this Scientrology Center with open arms was none other than the Chief Inspector of the Metropolitan Police, Chief Superintendant Kevin Hurley.

Here is the Scientology film of that opening. Notice the high propaganda :

http://www.scientology.org/videos/category/churches/church-of-scientology-london-grand-opening,html#/videos/category/churches/church-of-scientology-london-grand-opening

I really want anyone who reads this to watch this, and keep watching because Mr. Hubbard really, really wanted a world without insanity, criminality and war.Didn't He?

http://www.clickpress.com/releases/Detailed/2058005cp.shtml

I am doing this for all those whom say look at both sides, well, we have LRHs side, Mr. Miscaviges side and also Graham Wilsons' side.

Spectacular Grand Opening of the Church of Scientology

Darcy House at 146 Queen Victoria Street becomes London's new Church of Scientology


[ClickPress, Thu Oct 26 2006] More than 3,000 members and friends of the Church of Scientology packed Queen Victoria Street in the heart of the City for the sensational grand opening of the church’s new home in London.

Steps away from the Tate Gallery and St. Paul’s Cathedral, the opening of the beautifully restored historic building at 146 Queen Victoria Street will serve the growing membership of Scientologists from the capital city. It marks the largest expansion for Scientology in its 50-year history in London.

Guest of Honour Mr. David Miscavige, Chairman of the Board of the Religious Technology Center and leader of the Scientology religion, stressed the historical importance of London. “This is the city L. Ron Hubbard [Founder of Scientology] himself selected as home to the first Scientology organisation. This is also the city wherein he first defined the human spirit as an immortal being possessed of capabilites beyond anything predicted and so arrived at the axiomatic truths on which the whole of Scientology is founded. Your early London organisations were also the original proving ground for the bulk of Mr Hubbard’s social betterment programmes which are used to uplift neighbourhoods just like this one.”

The London Church on Tottenham Court Road, which served the community for the past 38 years, was also completely refurbished and re-opened on Sunday as a Scientology Life Improvement Centre. It now features a full public information exhibition including audio-visual presentations of the Church’s work across society, and introductory films showings, live lectures and materials for anyone to learn more about Scientology for themselves.

To add to the import of the day was the announcement that the Church had acquired and renovated the very building where, in 1957, Mr. Hubbard established that first Scientology organisation at 35-37 Fitzroy Street.

The Church of Scientology was welcomed in its new premises on Queen Victoria Street by Alderman Ian Luder, representing the Lord Mayor of the City of London. He spoke of the effective help the Church provides to get people off drugs and its successful programmes to reduce crime.

Mr. Kevin Hurley, Divisional Commander of London’s Snow Hill Police Station called upon the Scientologists to “tenaciously focus on bettering this world,” and said that he knows with “complete personal certainty” that the members are “raising the spiritual wealth of society” with their charitable works. He presented a special recognition for their valuable assistance and support following the tragic events of July 2005.

Dr. Iftikhar Ahmed Ayaz, OBE, United Nations Peace Envoy, spoke of his personal insight into the work done by Scientology around the world. “It is my personal belief this Church can restore what this world has lately lost – namely, much of the dignity and respect with which it was created,” he said.

Situated within the Square Mile of the City of London, the 1866 Italian-styled Victorian landmark, new home to the Church of Scientology of London, was designed by architect Edward l’Anson for the British and Foreign Bible Society. The redevelopment in the mid ‘80s transformed it into a fully functioning modern office facility which served British Petroleum for two decades. The stunning period staircase and double-height entrance hall have been restored to create a welcoming and elegant atmosphere for parishioners and visitors.

Beyond the aesthetics of the building itself, Mr Miscavige spoke of the role of the programmes that will roll out from within these walls:

“Our gift of literacy to disadvantaged children; restoring self-respect to those who’ve gone astray; easing suffering; eradicating racial prejudice; and, repairing the bonds that bind man together,” he said.

“This new church packs the full body of L Ron Hubbard’s technologies as derived from the greater well of Scientology knowledge. And, as such, it provides the full gamut of Scientology activities for the betterment of mankind.”


The Church of Scientology welcomes visitors and tours seven days a week from 9am – 10pm.

The Church of Scientology of London
146 Queen Victoria Street
London
EC4V 4BY

www.scientology-london.org


For more information, contact:

Graeme Wilson
Public Affairs Director
Church of Scientology
Saint Hill Manor
East Grinstead
West Sussex
RH19 4JY

Phone: +44 (0)1342 318 229
Mobile: +44 (0)7950 968 351
Skype: graemereidwilson
E-mail: g.wilson@scientology.org.uk
Web: http://www.scientology.org.uk/

Mr. Miscavige, I am giving you first watch here, so don't give me me the bigOT identity here.

I am especially enarmoured with this quote by Grahaeme Wilson:

“Our gift of literacy to disadvantaged children; restoring self-respect to those who’ve gone astray; easing suffering; eradicating racial prejudice; and, repairing the bonds that bind man together,” he said.

Who said? Was it you, Mr. Miscavige.

The only disadvantaged children in the world in Scientology terms are scientology children and YOU are one of them, remember that, only YOU are NOT disadvantaged are you? YOU have the money, the power and the know how.what a legacy YOU have begotten.ALL on YOUR founders crass ideology.

I am guessing at this point you want to see me dead or behind bars,I am laughing out loud at this point because I guess you have your wish.I am behind bars.

My guess is you would rather have them more metal in substance.

John Sweeney did not like being termed a bigot, and neither do I, because I am not, religious or otherwise.In fact, unlike you I am fairly open minded

In Scientology, you are not allowed that option, are you, unless of course you are the leader, in which of course anything goes on a whim.

Now we are going to see the other side and it is not pretty, is it?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-417782/Police-officers-accepted-gifts-Church-Scientology.html

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/commentandanalysis/1422841.0/
http://www.lermanet.com/scientologynews/england/eveningargus-brighton.htm

http://www.lermanet.com/scientologynews/


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/23/religion

I was there the day this young man stood up for what he believed was right, and I personally hope his parents are really proud of him, because he was and is one epic young man.

This is brought to you by someone who is indeed aware of the facts and of course they do not add up, but then of course nothing does where the  pseudo church of scientology is concerned, one could be forgiven for thinking this is totally coincidental, a mere coincidence, but after Saturday night I sincerely have my doubts.

Always will do.

'Church' that yearns for respectability.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article1975105.ece

This 'church' can yearn all it likes, it's about as respectable as the holocaust, and I don't use that term lightly.

Here is an 'about.com' Holocaust facts;

http://history1900s.about.com/od/holocaust/a/holocaustfacts.htm

In addition to Jews, the Nazis targeted Gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, and the disabled for persecution. Anyone who resisted the Nazis was sent to forced labor or murdered.

The term "Nazi" is an acronym for "Nationalsozialistishe Deutsche Arbeiterpartei" ("National Socialist German Worker's Party").

In Scientology it is all about making the able more able, there is no reference to the disabled, other than if you happen to have enough money they will try and convince you they have a cure.

I am totally against the Jehovah Wittness 'faith' also, but have a funny story to go with that.

A friend of mine whom shall remain anonymous,happened to be approached by a JW and the young JW would not leave her alone, so remembering everything I had told her about Scientology, she said "I am a scientologist", the young JW looked horrified and ran off, even retrieving her pamplet, before hurrying off in disgust.

They will even try and cure homosexuals of their 'illness', again if you have sufficient funds to partake in the pleasures of auditing and courses that are deemed pro survival.

http://www.lermanet.com/michaelpattinson/

http://www.lermanet.com/persecution/pattinson.html

I am now going to quote a post that was put on the BBC Panorama website after ' The Secrets of Scientology' were aired, just so as you know that quoting scientology critics is frowned upon as them being the degraded beings and Suppressive persons that according to Scientology indoctrination they are deemed to be. I have no doubt that I am classed as one of them.If not then, most certainly now.

128. At 21:14pm on 4th Oct 2010, Sharone Stainforth wrote:

@DanF. I don't think you get the point. The point is, I was never and am not a scientologist.I just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. I was a young child who just wanted to be with her Dad, and he was a scientologist. A normal, average scientologist, just like everyone else who originally joined the sea org.

You may not think the training routines are anything out of the ordinary, perhaps that is all you have ever known. I personally think they are totalliterean,mind controlling devices that warp peoples sence of normality and strive to make and turn people into automatons that are coherced into believing a false sence of security and life.

I think they shape people into becoming extreme in their devotion of L. Ron Hubbard and scientology and turn peoples mental perceptions into a foggy mental soup,which can take years to come out the other side,if ever in some cases. I think instead of being the authorities of the mind, scientologists whether knowingly or not, cause people to have mental illnesses through their use of the 'tech'

I think their use of forced and coherced use of disconnection is appalling and abhorrent and is the total opposite of what they preach. See Tommy Davis say how wonderful it is to get families back together, how children are the building blocks of life.

I think their policy on forced and coerced abortions is disgusting, I think their policy on keeping families, parents, husbands, wifes apart, children from their relatives and parents is unconscionable. I think the forcing of children to work extreme and long hours is disgusting.

I think their worldwide determination to obliterate psychiatry is a disgrace, I think celebrities like Tom Cruise and John Travolta should be ashamed of their selves for using their celebrity status to get publicity and L. Ron Hubbards 'tech'into schools world wide. I think their promotion of a drug free world is a sham. I think the volunteer ministers whether known or unwittingly using disaster areas like hurricane catrina and the London bombings as a way to get publicity is about as disgusting as it gets, using 'touch assists' and 'way to happiness' booklets.

Try googling - Paulette Cooper, Lisa McPherson, Susan Meister, Hana Eltingham/Whitfield, Jerry Armstrong,Lawrence Wollersheim, Larry Brennan, Nancy Many,Jeff Hawkins,Tory Christman, Jeremy Perkins, Bonnie Woods,Tommy and Jennifer Gorman,John McMasters,Cyril Vosper,Jenna Miscavige-Hill,Tanya Burden,Creed Pearson,Jeff Jacobson,Astra Woodcraft,Maureen Bolstad,Mo Alexander,Ida Cambourne, Arnie Lerma, Gary Weber,Quentin Hubbard,Uwe Stuckenbrock, the list is endless and these are just a few off of the top of my head, some have spoken out, some have died a needless death,some grew up in scientology, others joined as adults,some lost their children to scientology, others lost their parents,all of them have sad, sorry tales to tell. This is but the tip of the iceburg.

When you have read, listened to or talked to all of these people and more, tell me, where is the 'way to happiness' as depicted by the lying Messiah, L. Ron Hubbard?

http://www.bbc.uk/blogs/panorama/2010/09/the_secrets_of_scientology_-_j,html#comments



 This was posted after I posted this:

130. At 22:19pm on 4th Oct 2010, SignsOfSuccess wrote:

Pointing out well known religious extremists doesn't make your point,
dear Sharone.

Insulting people devoted in helping others less fortunate, like
SCN volunteer ministers and anti-drugs and human rights campaigners,
doesn't make your point either.

BBCfanforlife and you are springing out too much hatred on this forum
that could be easily smelled out from miles away.

Victims (real victims) of Islamic terrorism or Christian priests child abuses ARE NOT, and I repeat, ARE NOT blaming Islam or Christianity
Religions and their churches.
So, don't play the "victim's card" here in order to justify your hate
and bigotry. That will not work.
Inciting and promoting hate toward a Religion it's an hate crime.
PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
Some "investigative journalists" should know that.

I'm a Scientologists. How dare you calling me "brainwashed", "criminal"
"child abuser", when you actuaqlly don't know anything about me.
Shame on both of you.
are not

Now, you have to bear in mind I spent part of my youth on board the ship known as the 'Royal Scotsman/Apollo', this ship was L. Ron Hubbard's stronghold and I was privy to some of LRHs conspiracy theories about the world. It is because of this that I have an extremely suspicious mind.

LRH was convinced that the world bank, the Psychiatrists and any media were out to get him. In part, this is true, the media were definitely out to get him, but I think mainly because he was out to get the media. He could not stand any form of critisism and applied his 'Fair Game' policy with a vengence on any party that tried to critisize him.

http://www.xenu-directory.net/practices/fairgame.html

It is because of this that I find it extremely strange that on the night of the 2nd of April 2011, running into the 3rd of April 2011 I was followed home by a helicopter, after I had finished work just before midnight. Now, unbeknownst to me there had been an intruder in a close neighbors garden, a good 5 mins walk from me. When they complained to the Police, they gave specific directions as to where this intruder was entering their property. Yet they chose to home in on me, a half a mile away from the property and not walking away from the incident but going directly to it.

I was under the mistaken impression that the Police helicopters had advanced technology and were pretty accurate. It seems either I am mistaken in that theory or as a few of the people I have told about this incident have said, they were bored and on a joy ride, homed in on the first person they saw within a mile radius, which just by pure coincidence happened to be me.

So now, yet again I am left wondering?Or is it possible that I just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, yet again?
Here are some tactics used by the 'church' that yearns respectability;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQYBI8xASHo
http://www.youtube.com/?watch?v=kUu5dLuTgJg

http://home.snafu.de/tilman/krasel/cooper/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97eamKbln-M

http://www.lermanet.com/paulette-cooper/

This video excerpt is of very poor quality, however the sound is good. This is an interview with Mike McClaughry, he talks about how Scientology went about breaking into offices to obtain information about Scientology and or remove it.

http://www,youtube.com/watch?v=xNCGkrat6gE

The full 9 part interview is on the front page of Operation Clambake, which can be seen here:
http://www.xenu.net/

Operation Snow White.

http://www.xenutv.com/blog/?page_id=18

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Snow_White

http://www.xenu-directory.net/practices/infiltration.html

BBC Panorama and the aftermath.

Scientology was a large part of my life as a child and by 1974 I finally thought I had managed to get this absurd mafia type organization out of my life once and for all. Easier said than done.

In 2006 Scientology re entered my life in the most profound way, and in a way that was to disrupt any semblance of the life I had managed to make for myself by totally destroying my equalibrium for the second time around.

The Sea org motto is "we come back" and by god they do. The disruption is beyond anything you can imagine.

I'm coming forward to 2006 now as a chance encounter whilst out with my family was to see a load of people on the side walk outside of the shopping center on North Street in Brighton. The scientologists were out there with their E-meters. I had not seen an E-meter since I was 14 years old, when my second step mother had tried to get me one. I blew my top and refused. They were not going to sec check me ever again.

Two years previously I had a sec check whilst leaving Scientology to go on a leave of absense. I had to lie in order to break away from them and I would not do so again.

When I had seen the E-meters in Brighton something snapped in my head, these people were still going strong, how could that be? I had seen the newspapers where Marysue Hubbard and other Scientologists were taken to court for infiltrating Government offices. I had stupidly thought that was the end of it. All these years later and these bastards were still ruining peoples lives.

I watched the first Panorama on Scientology and was hopeful that at last maybe some justice would follow. But NO!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuJlZ_f1594

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_and_Me

I watched the second Panorama, two years later, and something about it infuriated me.
Ok, so we all watched how Scientology follows people including the BBC, but the thing that got to me the most was the publicity stunt pulled by the so called former heads of Scientology, Mike Rinder and Marty Rathbun.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00v1ykr/Panorama_The_Secrets_of_Scientology

I'm trying so hard to look at all of this rationally, and I can't.There is nothing rational inside Scientology, especially in the Sea Org and that is why I can see more than is being portrayed. It's almost like the BBC have been 'handled', Scientology is good at this, they have been doing it for 50 years. If they were not good at it, they would not still be around.
But, they are.

It's not that I think the BBC have not done a good job, trying to show Scientology for what it really is, but there is so much more.

Mike Rinder as the head of the Office Of Special Affairs (OSA) which used to be the Guardians Office (GO) is responsible for the coverups of  major operations against some of the ex scientologists and others who spoke out or wrote about Scientology and also in the cover up of the death of Lisa McPherson. So how is it that this guy gets TV coverage on prime time TV showing just how creepy this organization is. "Leave us alone and we'll leave you alone" comes to mind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAfrWfnxx2E

You are seeing what they want YOU to see. They want YOU to see that they follow and investigate people , so YOU are afraid to go near any Scientology Organization, YOU are afraid to investigate, and by showing how they will even follow and investigate the BBC, it is making it very Clear, leave us alone or else.

http://www.xenu-directory.net/accounts/youngr199311.html

To me, this is how Scientology operate and it is very reminiscent of how I was 'handled' as a 12 year old child, 42 years ago.It comes straight from Hubbard, even though he is dead.

Mike Rinder gets prime tv coverage as a bloody celebrity, just like Tom Cruise and John Travolta, all of them are Vulture Ministers for Scientology.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-ileocErrs

Then you watch something like the above video and it makes you wonder. How much abuse do you take before you defect, and having been in for so many years, you are still convinced it's the new management. It wasn't like this in L. Ron Hubbards day many more recent defectors think, they couldn't be more wrong.

To be continued with more links..........

Beliefs.

There is much contraversy about whether or not the belief system of Scientology is harmful or not. I know it is harmful, but there are those that say that if an adult wants to practise Scientology outside of the church then they are quite within their rights to do so, if they are not harming anyone.One could argue this point forever and never get anywhere.Loosing engrained Scientology principles takes a long, hard and arduous look at oneself and it is difficult to give up the beliefs one has had for a lifetime in some cases.

When most people protest against the doctrines of Scientology they say, "we are only protesting the abuses, not the beliefs". When I protest against Scientology I am protesting against ALL Scientology, the abuse, the beliefs, the indoctrination, the disconnection, the slave labour, the belief system that is imposed on young children by their parents.

Engrained into the Scientology doctrine are little bits of truth mixed in amongst ALL of the lies, of which they are  the core principles that keep the faithful indoctrinated.


So where is the line between harm  or not?

One of the beliefs of Scientologists is that you will be reincarnated lifetime after lifetime. If you are a Sea Org member it is said you have 21 years between death and being reborn to find your way back into the fold again. This misnomer is all too apparent to the non believers, for if it was so, L. Ron Hubbard himself is long overdue.

Back when I had only been protesting a short while I was overcome with  sorrow when I watched this young womans story of what happened to her Father.

Some may think this is a one off, it is not, it is all too prevalent within the Scientology belief system.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnQtiLz8ubI&feature=related

There is a long list of people who either took their own lives or were convinced that auditing would cure them of  cancer.

http://www.xenu-directory.net/mirrors/www.whyaretheydead.net/


http://www.lermanet.com/cos/newhana.html


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RqQmK8k4uA&feature=player_embedded#at=61

Medicine and Scientology

It starts with reading Dianetics and buying into the fact that you have a 'reactive mind'.It then goes on to tell you how we need to obtain 'clears' Initially 'Clear' was the optimum goal, then came the OT levels which I talk about later.

When reading Dianetics, pages 19 and 20, you could be convinced that Dianetics via auditing could cure you of the need to wear glasses if your eyesight was not optimum.

page 20 - Dianetics;

The eyesight was reduced in the aberree on an organic basis by his aberrations so that the perceptic organ itself was reduced from optimum operating function. With the removal of aberrations, repeated tests have proven that the body makes a valient effort to reconstruct back to optimum.

Now what is 'aberration:

page 599 - Glossary - Dianetics:

Aberration: a departure from rational thought or behaviour. From the Latin, aberrare, to wander from; Latin,ab,away, errare, to wander. It means basically to err, to make mistakes, or more specifically to have fixed ideas which are not true.The word is also used init's scientic sense. It means departure from a straight line. If a line should go from A to B, then if it is "aberrated" it would go from A to some other point, to some other point, to some other point and finally arrive at B. Taken in it's scientific sense it would also mean the lack of straightness or to see crookedly as, in example, a man sees a horse but thinks he sees an elephant.Aberrated conduct would be wrong conduct, or conduct not supported by reason. When a person has engrams, these tend to deflect what would be his normal ability to percieve truth and bring about an aberrated view of situations which would then cause an aberrated reaction to them.Aberration is opposed to sanity, which would be it's opposite. This is the most fundamental level of aberration: "If the food smells good, go away from it!" This is directly against the survival intention of the organism.

An 'aberree' is an aberrated person.

What is an 'engram'?

page 613 - Dianetics - Glossary.

Engram: a mental image picture which is a recording of an experience containing pain, unconciousness, and a real or fancied threat to survival. It is a recording in the reactive mind of something which actually happened to an individual in the past and which contained pain and unconciousness, both of which are recorded in the mental image picture called an engram. It must, by definition, have impact or injury as part of it's content. These engrams are a complete recording, down to the last accurate detail, of every perception present in a moment of partial or full unconciousness.

I have put these two definitions here for two reasons, one so that anyone who reads this knows what I am talking about and two because they are a very big part of Mr. Hubbards made up language.

Yet another big irony for me at least, is that had I never been a scientologists' child, and had not gone to join the Sea Org with my Father I would most likely not have had the 'engrams' that Mr. Hubbard so knowledgeably talks about in his book Dianetics.

He created those 'engrams'.

There are many accounts of mal practise of medical conditions in Scientology and if YOU believe Scientology can help YOU via auditing and doing Scientology courses to cure YOU of these ailments, when in fact even though the medical proffession outside of this so called religion, has moved on in leaps and bounds in what they can treat now, has still a long way to go in curing certain illnesses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeGvlulctwE

In the Real World

http://wn.com/Category:Deaths_from_epilepsy

Tory Magoo in Scientology

http://www.torymagoo.org/itorydec.htm

http://wn.com/Tory_Magoo_Christman_on_Scientology_,Tv_Interview

Jason Beghe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytm54Rzc-s8&feature=player_embedded

I'm going to get into the CCHR - Citizens Commission of Human Rights. This was set up in 1969 and brought into being to handle Psychiatry. In laymans terms to make Psychiatry wrong and Scientology right.

For now, I'll leave this here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krKgXn4o7LI&feature=player_embedded

East. Grinstead 1967 - Continued.

I could no longer get on with my step Mother, I didn't know why. I wasn't even her daughter, yet my Father had left me there with her. Why?

I didn't know.

One day, he came to me and said, "I am going away for a long time, and I don't know when I'll be back" I was devastated.

I cried and cried and eventually he said " I will try and arrange for you to come with me".

And so it was, we went to Tunisia and joined the Sea org. Scientology's stronghold to keep L. Ron Hubbard away from the law, away from governments that thought he was a threat to human society, and he was,but I was only 10 and I did not know it, my Father was 29 and he did not know it and the governments of the world for all the power and might that they seem to hold over civilisation did not know what the train wreck that Scientology was could reep on civilisation, but they were about to find out.

The hard way, like we were all about to find out.

It started with the billion year contract, a BILLION years, a BILLION years. Imagine that. I could not even envisage 5 years and yet L. Ron Hubbard insisted we sign a billion year contract or we had to get off of the ship.

I knew it had cost my Dad a lot to get us out there and I knew it would be very difficult for him to get us back home. He even questioned " a billion years, she's ony 10", but it still did not register, because L. Ron Hubbard was the most important man in the world in my Fathers eyes. He strongly believed L. Ron Hubbard was going to save mankind. They all believed he was going to save the world, I didn't, I just wanted to be with my Dad.

Of ALL the ironies in the world, that last has to be the funniest, at least in my eyes.

On board the Royal Scotsman I was learning even more weird and strange words and concepts, never had anything like it at home or in school.

First I am going to start with the word "WOG". I had already been made aware what this meant and it was a derogatory word for someone of a different colour. It was not a word I used or found acceptable. This was different though, it was used in Scientology to refer to anyone who was not a scientologist.Unbeknownst to them I didn't class myself as a scientologist, so that in effect made me a wog in their eyes. This was my very first WTF moment, if they had known how I did not class myself as a scientologist child, I would have been a derogatory term to them. Imagine being 10 years old and trying to work that one out.

The next one was 'Clearing the Planet'. Initially I latched onto the word 'clear' as I knew that becoming a 'clear' was meant to be of great importance, and previously I had met the young girl at St. Hill that had just become 'clear' and was so happy, I thought I should like to be like that one day.Latching onto the word 'clear' wasn't far off the mark, as 'clearing the planet' meant getting every man, woman and child on earth to become scientologists. What do scientologists strive for? ' to become clear' .

The trouble was  it soon became apparent that we were not just trying to clear this planet, we were eventually going up into space and we were going to clear other planets too. This was something I had a hard time trying to envisage.At the time, I did not know LRH was a science fiction writer, I also had not really any knowledge of science fiction other than Batman, and Dr. Who and the Daleks. I knew these were not real, at the time man had not made it to the moon, so I found these concepts hard to digest, even though they came from LRH, whom the adults of the Royal Scotsman thought was the saviour to mankind. Being 10 years old was proving to be a difficult experience.

When I wasn't wondering about these strange dilemmas, I found amusement in watching the arabic traders on the dock, trying desperately to coax the inhabitants down from the ship to buy their wares.They were there from sun up till dusk most days. 

East. Grinstead 1966/67.

The annexe at Coopers Wood consisted of a living room, one bedroom and a long kitchen with a bath in it that had a work surface on top. I had my own bed but my brothers shared a bed with my Mother, as there was so little room. i don't know what rent we paid, but my Mother looked after my brothers during the day and then in the evening she went to St. hill to do cleaning and also courses. It meant we spent little time together.In the evenings it was my job to look after my brothers. I was on my own a lot and so was allowed to go next door to the big house where all the scientology boarders lived.

When we first moved there, my Dad collected me in a taxi to go to school but after a short while it was too expensive and I had to walk to school which was approximately 2 miles. I did not understand why my Dad did not live with us, and it was something my Mother was reluctant to talk about.

There was a huge man who boarded at Coopers Wood called Uncle Bob, and after Uncle Ernie disappeared I latched onto Uncle Bob, I missed my Dad a great deal and I suppose on reflection Uncle Bob became a substitute. I remember curling up on his knee and falling asleep many times. It was comforting. I used to check on my brothers frequently and fortunately they were good sleepers and did not wake too often.

The night I stayed at home and was told not to move the carasene oil fire, I got bored, the fire was in the way and I wanted to do cartwheels, so I moved it. The next thing I knew the rug was alight and I was terrified, knowing my brothers were both asleep in the next room. Fortunately I had my wits about me and was able to put the fire out quickly, I felt terrible for my Mother had said "Do not move the fire" and I had, puttting my brothers lives at risk.

When my little sister Theresa Marie was born, she was so beautiful and so tiny and one could be forgiven for thinking we were the perfect family, but we didn't have a Dad. It was some time before I realized my Dad was living with another woman, I did not understand this, I saw less and less of him.

The Christmas of 66 was when I was taken to visit him with his new wife, I did not know at the time how hard this must have been for my Mother, sitting there drinking tea and eating cake and playing at being nice, like it was the most natural thing in the world. Years later finding myself in a similar situation, it hit me hard. There I was that day in my lovely glittery dress that I had for Christmas with my very grown up glittery tights feeling like I was on top of the world because I was with my Dad and yet there was my Mother, heavily pregnant, doing right by me and the boys, playing nice and my Dad was messing around with another woman.

Messing, is probably not the right word, he actually married her, which is more than he did for my Mother. I found out only a few years ago, 2006, he was never married to my 1st step Mother. This is just another one of those things that really gets to you, because I remember when my Dad and Mother had told me they had gotten married, I was only about 5 years old, I was upset because I had not been invited, I wanted to be a bridesmaid, but at the time, the way it was put to me, I was just happy that we were a family.

Theresa Marie only lived for about 3 months, she had breathing difficulties and died. I was at school and walking home, Auntie Betty came by in a taxi and broke the news to me, I was very upset and my Mother was not there when I got home. It was a very difficult time, my Mother was devastated by this and for some time after was different. Grieving.

The funeral was held at St. Hill in the Chappel. I remember this tiny little white coffin with a gold plaque with her name on it, it was hard to imagine that beautiful little baby inside that box, up on a plinth. The Chappel was packed with people but I can not tell who was there other than my Mother, Father, Auntie Betty and Auntie Mary. I was more concerned with whose body Theresa would find to inhabit.It bothered me a great deal, the only person I could have talked to about it was my Dad but he was rarely around. So I was left wondering just what growing baby she would latch on to.

On my tenth birthday, my Mother was home for the evening and let me have a half of a beer shandy. We sat and chatted, like never before and it was a wonderful evening. For the first time in a long time, she laughed and I was happy. It had been a rough year so far.

It was difficult because I missed my Dad so much, after an arguement with my Mother about I don't know what, I decided to run away and go to my Dad. The stupid thing is I didn't even know where he lived, I had only been there once but thought I could find it.

That afternoon, I had been out with a friend, we had gone down to the woods near where I had previously lived and wondered down by the stream. I loved that stream, it had a life force all of it's own and meandered down way deep into the wood. I almost felt like I could live there if needed be, until I found my Dad.

I had some money that I was supposed to get some shopping with for my Mother, but instead chose to buy things I thought I needed to survive until I found my way to my Dad's. I hid the shopping bags down the track that led to a lake down by the side of the entrance to Coopers Wood. When I went to collect them later, someone had stolen them. Undeterred, I packed a suitcase and only telling a boy that lived at Coopers Wood what my plans were, I set off in the dead of night before my Mothers return from St. Hill, and into the woods beyond the house.

The suitcase was heavier than I had imagined, and I struggled along for quite a while, eventually probably only a mile from the house, and settled down for the night on the leafy, wood floor.

I was awakened by a tracker dog licking my face. The Policeman was calling my name and telling me to wake up. I was determined I was not going to wake up. I feined being asleep for ages.When you are ony 10, and you've had enough, you can convince yourself that you will not wake up. For some stupid reason I actually thought that if I appeared to not wake up, he would go away. He didn't.

He said "I know you can hear me", but I did not want to hear him. It was some time before I finally had to admit defeat and was coaxed to go back to Coopers Wood.
To be continued.............

East. Grinstead in 2011.

The East. Grinstead Courier and Observer proudly presents an advert for L. Ron Hubbard's Centennial. The advert reads "Live entertainment followed by a video presentation celebrating L. Ron Hubbard's life and application of his humaniterian programmes".

This is a stark reminder of the propaganda that the science fiction navy of a pseudo "church" like to forward in the pretense of being good, kind and just.

I didn't go to L, Ron Hubbard's birthday bash as who would want to celebrate the life of a man that sold a science fiction life to his followers, took all their money from them and stole their children and families for his own gain.

Instead I visited St. Swithun's Church, It has not changed in all these years, still a magnificent building and hosts three slabs as a stark reminder of what having certain   beliefs can do to you.

The inscription reads: Beneath these stones are interred the ashes of Thomas Dungate, Anne Tree and John Foreman, who were burned to death in the High Street, East Grinstead in 1556, for adherance to the reformed faith.Fideles Usque Ad mortem; "Faithful even until Death".

These three protestant martyrs were burnt at the stake during the reign of Queen Mary tudor.Mary was the daughter of King Henry V111 and Queen Kathrine of Aragon, Mary was a staunch Catholic and actively persecuted Protestants. Her reign saw the burnings of heritics, more than any of the other Tudors, an estimated 248 people burnt to death in less than 5 years.It is thought the burnings of the East. Grinstead martyrs took place on the 18th of July 1556. Traditionally a market day and crowded with people. Burning these martyrs on this day would have had the most impact on the local people.

It is highly unlikely that the ashes are under the stone slabs as "heritics" are not supposed to be buried on sacred land.

One can't help but wonder, who decides what is sacred?

I visited East. Grinstead library and found more books by L. Ron Hubbard than I have ever seen in a library before.

Science of Survival, Introduction to Scientology Ethics, Dianetics, Dianetics 55 -  the Complete Manual of Human Communication, What is scientology, Dianetics -The Original Thesis and a copy of the St. Hill magazine, Foundation Issue 398.

There are pictures of LRH giving lectures and a whole diatribe on Margaret Neil, class V111 auditor, Power C/S, new OT V111, original Flag executive on the Apollo with LRH. She went on to be a Power C/S and Power Plus for a further 20 years.

There is a picture of Margaret Hodkin, which if memory serves me well is that of Hodkin and Co who are a group of Scientology solicitors and send out cease and desist letters to those who would protest scientology.

http://cosmedia.freewinds.be/media/articles/arg100694.html

The fact that these people wore masks to hide their identity because of Scientology's habit of sending private investigators out to track people down is totally besides the point, Scientology have only proven that they still do this, as it is difficult to photograph a masked face. How do you find out who a masked face is? Follow them to their home and then find out who lives there.

How unethical is that?

The anonymous group who wear masks for protection from scientology's army of investigators, have no protection at all from the pseudo naval church.L. Ron Hubbard's land navy have some notion they are the law of the land.

I never saw a single mask yesterday, but I know anonymous were there. A comforting thought.

I could be forgiven for thinking that the St. Hill magazine had been placed there especially for me. There was much about Power Processing and how wonderful it is in furthering one's progress up the bridge.

Joanna Brooks says:

On Power one discovers and resolves those things that pin one to the reactive mind, leaving the person able to move out of it - and once he's done on Power, he's not so likely to go back to it again.

After the new plateau reached on Power, the very next day you do Power Plus and go on up to an even bigger level of release, you didn't think was possible.On Power Plus a person tackles the beings places and subjects he has long detested. These processes visibly increase one's abilities, potentials, intelligence and awareness and free one from major and long standing problems to restore previously hidden powers.

The Power Processes are delivered by highly trained Class V111 auditors who are specifically chosen for their TRs. You are in very safe hands when you do Power and Power Plus at St. Hill Foundation.

It is noted that The green volume of  Introduction to Scientology Ethics was last borrowed on the 12/4/2010. Other Scientology volumes had no date stamp in them at all.

And I quote from "What is Ethics"

The basic travail of man is that he is divided into those who build and those who demolish and , in this conflict of intentions, his fight(whichever side he is on) is always lost.

Or was lost until the Scientologist came along.

At the back of the magazine there was a list of Scientology completions of courses. I went through every name and only recognized one.Out of all those names, just one, that of  Derek Field, long time Scientology accountant, whom I was shocked to find last year, his signiture attached to the accounts for Narconon St. Leonards - on - sea.

It is interesting to note that since I was last in East. Grinstead, the name plaque for Derek Field accountant has gone. I am wondering wether he has retired or been sent to the RPF. No doubt that my writing about him has most definitely put him in some form of Ethics cycle. Whatever the consequences of this, I feel quite bad if that is the case as I know he must be a very old man now, however, one must take responsibility for one's actions and I want to know when the pseudo naval church is going to start taking responsibility for all the harm done to people in the name of science fiction?

http://ocmb.xenu.net/ocmb/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=32823

http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/by-name/d/derek-field.html

There's a couple of things about going into the Lions den of Scientology, East. Grinstead. There is a strange uneasiness of who's watching you, this could be said to be paranoia, but where Scientology is concerned there is much to be paranoid about. It's quite odd, and probably nothing, but on entering the library , going upstairs to the religious section, all was still, the librarian was settled in her chair at the desk, but oddly I enter and she heads straight for the religious section and spends about 15 minutes trying to find the right spot to put one book.It's a curious thing really because I would not even think like that in any other library.

I met someone whilst there who told me a story of man who had been 'with' LRH in the beginning. The man lost all of his money, his wife didn't want to know about scientology and tried hard to stop him spending all their funds on Scientology, he died with nothing, in a DHS hospice and the wife had a hard time trying to recoup some of the money that he had paid courses for but never completed. Yet one more sorry tale of  the world's fastest growing religion while sending it's adherents to the gutter. There is more to the story, but for now at least, I'll keep that to myself to protect the innocent.

Another odd little thing, at least for me. There's a cinema in East Grinstead, that I frequented a few times as a little girl, most bizarre, it's now called "The Crows Nest".

This time I did not meet up with my masked friends, and for the first time in a while going to East. Grinstead, I was not met by the Police wanting to know what my plans were. I still did not make it to Coopers Wood, but passed very close by on the bus to Three Bridges. The scientology education center was deserted, as too was the Montesauri  School next door, sitting there so brightly painted and child friendly, yet so eerily uninviting.

I was told by a lady that Scientology's past was not known by the youth of East. Grinstead today and that the scientologists put on shows for charity and appear child friendly, buying their way into the hearts of unsuspecting good people. "The scientologists are all so lovely" to the uninspecting eye. This isn't the first time an elderly person of East. Grinstead has told me this.

Whilst wandering around the town, you could be forgiven for thinking that East. Grinstead is just an ordinary little old town where not a lot goes on,unfortunately you'd be wrong. There is still an overwhelming fear in East. Grinstead that history must not be forgotten.