Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com Subject: RE: Me and the Sea Org Message-ID: <9510212146.0ULDS01@support.com> References: <467r2d$4ot0@tigger.cc.uic.edu> Organization: L.A. Valley College Public BBS (818)985-7150 X-Mailer: TBBS/PIMP v3.35 Distribution: world Date: Sat, 21 Oct 95 21:46:39 -0700 Lines: 102 u59791@uicvm.uic.edu (Shane D. Vincent) >Hello all, Hello, Shane. >Well I finally felt like writing about my experiences in Scientology, >not because they were incredibly terrible but because I think it shows >that a lot of disorganization and dissent exists in the Sea Org. Same as it ever was. >In approx May 1990 I bought Dianetics, read it and decided to find a >Hubbard Guidance center. I dd (in Berkeley, Ca) I then proceeded to >buy (and read) every (and I mean every) Scientology book (sans the OEC >and HCOPL vols). Now before anyone accuses me of having incredible >MU's from this, two of the first books I bought were the Dianetics >dictionary and the Modern Management dictionary. Since I managed to >read at least two books/week before Scientology the Scientology books >in themselves presented no real challenge since they were much less >verbose than many of the books I usually read. The only real drawback >to my reading so many Scientology books was that I entered the head >space of a Scientologist. This may or may not have been a bad thing. >I then proceeded to do some courses, the Purif, and eventually joined >the Sea Org (at this point I had spent approx $10k). When I joined >the Sea Org I was in the middle of Clay table processes for the Key to >Life (a course proported to clear the MU's about basic common English >words). I joined the Sea Org to work on the Freewinds (I like ships), >but since the person who Sec checked me had some confusion about the >fact that as a child I had said boy people would be sorry if I were to >die (they must really have crappy memories or a GREAT childhood) I was >told that I couldn't be on the Freewinds. As soon as the person from >the FSSO said that, the flag recruiter said, come on staff at Flag. >A senior to the person who said I couldn't go to the Freewinds then >said I could go there but at that point I thought the FSSO was messed >up so I joined Flag. The first week was ok. I finished my basic Sea >Org hat (rather simple course teaches you how to clean windows and >some basic staff things) right after finishing the course though >things went crazy. First I got my Sea Org uniform, the pants were >ripped (ok maybe there is some financial problems but don't have >people clothes with big holes in them to fix). One change of clothes >just does not cut it. Then I was packed off to San Francisco. When I >arrived in San Francisco, the Sea Org members there, while polite, >were unhappy to see me, since someone at Flag was trying to force a >transfer on someone by sending me. So the next day I'm packed on a >plane to L.A.. Now at AOLA they wonder who the heck am I and what am >I doing there (and so am I, plus I am feeling like I am not at cause >anymore, but heck I'm here to help anyway I can), but they are nice >about it and put me to work doing some mail outs and moving things. >Then from Flag comes a person who routed onto the Flag staff, she says >I'm supposed to be in her department, shows me the HCOPL that applies >to department recruiting and has me go back to Clearwater. > >I arrive back in Clearwater, and then someone comes and says I'm >supposed to work for her, since I'm sick of not working I go and work >with her. Big mistake (or maybe not since this job provided the >impetus to Blow). The job was trying to keep people who spoke only >French and Italian (and I don't even speak Spanish) ready for auditing >and schedule them so the auditors don't have to look for them. Ok so >I'm trying hard at this job (which is big pain in the butt), and then >I'm told, sorry we're so understaffed that you (meaning me) can't have >your half day off this week but you an have it next week. The next >week I'm told too bad you didn't get it in writing so it doesn't >count. Now I'm getting ticked. I get a letter saying I can have the >coming Sat. off, but my study hours get moved to before the Org opens >and cut down to 2 hours/day (should be four, but heck I hadn't read >that far in the Basic Staff volume). So now I'm feeling like I'm ARC >broken, but when I try talking to the Chaplin about it (per HCOPL >re:ARC breaks), she says something about everyone feeling a little >disorientated at first. That was B.S.. I then went to HCO to try and >clear this up, but all those OT 7 and 8's did was talk to me and then >I had to go back to work since my lunch hour was over. Ok I trying to >do a job that should be done by someone who has some knowledge of >French and/or Italian (which I don't), other new Sea Org members who >should still be in Non-Existence are getting book bonuses and some >slap happy old Sea Org guy tells me it's wrong for me to fraternize >with a girl in civies (but she was in the Sea Org) who I had worked >with. I'm pretty p.o.ed at this point so I blow (since I can't do the >job right anyway and don't want to be covering a hole in the Org board >for some person who messed up somewhere). You made the right decision. >After leaving it took me 6 months to meet my current wife, who has an >AND,. BA, and DDS (and some other degrees and certificates) and is >working on her ND and a Ph.D. I was accepted at a University and >given a cash award to go there. I've written a database program that >has allowed my wife to double her income and reduce her work hours by >approximately 20%. In short I'm more at cause now that I've left >Scientology than at any time I was in Scientology. The sense of freedom and power over oneself one has when leaving an oppressive group like scientology is overwelming. Nice to have you here. +--------------------------------------+ Rev. Dennis L Erlich * * the inFormer * * dennis.l.erlich@support.com + inForm@primenet.com "tar baby"