Well that was a very concise treaties on the SO.

I was in the SO for around 10 years going from the bottom to the top and returning to the bottom again and then coming up a bit.

I saw some of what you say but am sorry to say i justified it and adopted hidden standards at that time and I am sure this is what many SO members do.

michael
aussiefreezone


----- Original Message -----
From: wizardofcauz <wizardofcauz@yahoo.com>
Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 7:31 am
Subject: [fzaoint] Understanding the Sea Org climate better

> I am putting forth this post as I think it may enable people to
> have
> a clearer view of the Sea Org members. I spent time in the Sea Org
> in
> many locations , been in touch with the Sea Org from Europe up to
> the
> Flag command Bureau and South to the Freewinds. I went through
> many
> confusions with the staff (due to hidden standards and false
> data). I
> think at this point in time I have a clearer view than I ever did,
> and I hope my ideas here impart a better understanding for some.
>
> L. Ron Hubbard was a man of the world. He was wide read and
> educated.
> He read the classics, he read Durant, he read practically
> everything.
> He traveled widely and shouldered many burdens prior to the
> Church.
> He had wives and children and friends. He met and associated with
> people from all walks of life, most importantly, he had friends of
> similar magnitude in various circles. He knew more about people
> and
> places than many.
>
> Now we had a period here when someone new had to take guard of the
> Church. The applicants were slim. There were a handful of people
> around there. There is a minute percentage of the population in
> the
> Sea Org. Most of the people available to even reach for the post
> were
> people that had never read book on thier own outside the CofS. You
> had people running justice posts that had never read Victor Hugo.
> If
> you get my drift. The view was limited. You had people commanding
> large groups of staff that didn't know how to drive a car or fill
> out
> an application to rent an apartment. If you get my drift, because
> it
> was the CMO that moved over there and took charge. People that
> didn't
> have any family to speak of, had never had to support a wife or
> children or never even had to arrange a ticket to fly somewhere.
>
> What could they do? With little or no ideas of thier own, they
> could "copy" L.R.H..  They became copiers. The ones that could
> copy
> well managed to stand a bit. But they were all bad copies of
> L.R.H..
> But for the kids that took over, this was about all available.
> "read
> this and do that" were life.  When L.R.H raised his voice at
> someone
> it went over because it was carried by words of truth. When a CMO
> or
> int exec raised his voice it looked (to me), like a kid throwing a
> temper tantrum and the words (as I heard them yelled), carried ser
> facs and untruths.
>
> I had a lot of charge on a lot of things I saw and heard during my
> time, until I realized one day, and I know this is very
> unscientology
> but it's the truth, they didn't know any better.
>
> I thought they knew better so, I would get charged up then with
> other
> explainations...you know, He was evil or destructive or this and that.
> Nope. Some people have very limited experience with social
> intercourse themselves and are only confident with "copying". It's
> just an Earthdweller thing and it's everywhere. even in the Sea Org.
>
> And who can remember everything anyway? "To command is to serve"
> (LRH), being on the top of the list of important things forgotten.
>
> I was at the top. And I can tell you this is what it amounted to.
> The
> people there are handicapped in many ways, just as they are
> competent
> and blessed in many ways.
>
> And it's pretty much that simple.
>
> And that is all you are looking at. And the bumbleing mistakes
> wouldn't violate anyone much if one doesn't assume in the
> beginning
> that these people know everything, and are capable of anything.
> They
> know very little against the backdrop of reality and society, and
> they are not capable of anything.
>
> Many, are not capable of much. What you see is what you see and
> that's all.
>
>
> The Wiz