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The thing that made me squirm in the training exercises Andrew posted is a similar philosophy in a personal excellence seminar I took once. The idea was that if someone throws negative comments your way, you just completely deflect them, not bringing them into your mind. The imagery was taking a negative rock, crushing it and dropping it. The affect of these people was the same as Cruise and Travolta - crazy eyes, a smirky smile, an attitude that they've got it all figured out they're THE answer ... THE helpers.
The idea was that you create positive changes in your life and thereby affect others, you don't accept negativity, you self-program, you diffuse other people who attempt to rattle you.
But I think there is a line Scientology has crossed here; the difference between behavior modification for positive self-management and brainwashing.
Where do you folks draw the line?
I think the lawsuits are indicative of a systemic ill - a manifest mental illness in these people. They are taking honest criticism and turning it into negativity, defamation, etcetera.
But what about the individual prep?
The idea was that you create positive changes in your life and thereby affect others, you don't accept negativity, you self-program, you diffuse other people who attempt to rattle you.
But I think there is a line Scientology has crossed here; the difference between behavior modification for positive self-management and brainwashing.
Where do you folks draw the line?
I think the lawsuits are indicative of a systemic ill - a manifest mental illness in these people. They are taking honest criticism and turning it into negativity, defamation, etcetera.
But what about the individual prep?
