I heard a 3rd hand story that LRH once commented while taking an evening walk at La Quinta, with some staff, and the subject of other civilizations came up.
LRH was asked about contact, and he looked up at some stars for a few quiet minutes, and then said "they'll be here in about 200 years." This was late 70's.
This intrigued me while I was in the Sea Org and in the Scientology movement. I figured this type of story was absolutely true, that LRH did in fact make these types of personal revelations of his opinions about the long future wholetrack visiting of aliens to earth.
I figured when I got to the OT levels (which I never did), that in the writings for the OT level courses would be LRH's opinions about aliens and their future coming back to earth, etc.
These opinions certainly had behind the scenes serious weight in my mind, regarding the "truth" of mankind's supposed predicament.
On these little rumors, of LRH's opinions like of aliens returning to earth, these ideas about the vastness of mankind's long range settling here on earth, all blended in my mind into my concept of what all "we" in the Sea Org (with our billion year contracts, with the Sea Org symbol being a representation of a wholetrack, space confederacy), all the "science fiction" predictions blended right into my overall concept of my life in the Sea Org, and the monumental role us Sea Org members were playing in this unacknowledged "game" that mere earthlings and normal people fathomed little.
This type of small rumor or LRH's comments about alien civilizations visiting in 200 years, gives the time frame that the Sea Org and Scientology movement has within which to accomplish its goals of raising people up to the level of causative "exteriorization" abilities, so that they are impervious of body death, and as "OT" supermen and women, people are able to withstand the future space battles when the aliens inevitably return.
That is the behind the scenes vision and rationale that even drove me, a mere "Grade 0" Sea Org, decades long staffer.
These are strange clearly science fiction views, blended with the long held past and future lives concepts, from a man who's impacted a lot of people lives with these historically as yet unprovable myth/fantasies.
Chuck Beatty
Ex-Sea Org (lifetime staffer, 1975-2003)
Flag Dec 1975-Jun 1983 (TTC, Sup, Word Clearer, D
of T, etc.)
Int Base 1983-1984 (Routing Forms Pjt)
Snr HCO Int in the FB in LA 1984-87
Re-Training (Int and LA) 87-88
Int Training Org, LA 88 (Sec Checker Sup)
LRH Tech Research and Comps, CMO Int, (Sept 88-Feb 89)
Int RPF (Feb-Mar 89)
PAC RPF (Mar-May 89)
Int Training Org (May-Sept 89) (Admin Sup)
INCOMM Sep 89-Sept 90 (Routing Forms Pjt)
INCOMM Sept 90-May92 (Computer Room LA & Int)
ASI May 92-Dec95 (Computer Room, In-Training Esto)
Decks Int (Dec 95-Jun 96)
Int RPF (Jun 96-Nov 2000)
PAC RPF (Nov 2000-Mar2003)
Routed out March 29, 2003.
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