That healthy dose of Scepticism
Twas an interesting turn of events, how I ended up at a Scientology induction on a balmy Monday evening.
Of course, there was a woman involved in seducing me to the event. Although I must admit she didn't really need to egg me on too much. Curiosity had gotten the better of me. Like my readers every time they click on the JJF bookmark.
Naturally the event had no mention of said religion, and as me and you know that is exactly how they reel in the cash and masses. It was all for free, don't get me wrong, all four gruelling hours of it. Although I managed to squeeze out after the first quarter citing work related reasons.
The aformentioned female friend had called it a talk on motivational psychology, and I was warned by a superfriend (read: travel consultant) that such a meeting being free and/or not paid for by an employer sounded very suspicious. She also told me I'd get lost in the back streets of Venice but hey, I'm still here.
Still the seed of scepticism had been planted, and with a spot of research (read: various search engines) I came to realise what I was in for.
And how interesting it was, to see these fans of the X-Files try to convince us to give them money in return for education (read: indoctrination). They were really quite good at the whole body language, tonal inflexion, plain english and room setup that are commonly used by counsellors trying to calm the mentally uneasy.
Of course, it came to be the most mentally uneasy amongst us who signed up for more of said indoctrination. God bless his soul
The experience was further evidence of how far you should take yourself when saying 'Yes' to everything. I stopped at the introductions, when I realised the 'education' looked alot more like a classroom dictatorship. When people start to rise above you, that is the time to question them. Whether in your relatively low standing in society or the workplace, or standing over you in the classroom.
Thats when we start to not be so agreeable.
Of course, there was a woman involved in seducing me to the event. Although I must admit she didn't really need to egg me on too much. Curiosity had gotten the better of me. Like my readers every time they click on the JJF bookmark.
Naturally the event had no mention of said religion, and as me and you know that is exactly how they reel in the cash and masses. It was all for free, don't get me wrong, all four gruelling hours of it. Although I managed to squeeze out after the first quarter citing work related reasons.
The aformentioned female friend had called it a talk on motivational psychology, and I was warned by a superfriend (read: travel consultant) that such a meeting being free and/or not paid for by an employer sounded very suspicious. She also told me I'd get lost in the back streets of Venice but hey, I'm still here.
Still the seed of scepticism had been planted, and with a spot of research (read: various search engines) I came to realise what I was in for.
And how interesting it was, to see these fans of the X-Files try to convince us to give them money in return for education (read: indoctrination). They were really quite good at the whole body language, tonal inflexion, plain english and room setup that are commonly used by counsellors trying to calm the mentally uneasy.
Of course, it came to be the most mentally uneasy amongst us who signed up for more of said indoctrination. God bless his soul
The experience was further evidence of how far you should take yourself when saying 'Yes' to everything. I stopped at the introductions, when I realised the 'education' looked alot more like a classroom dictatorship. When people start to rise above you, that is the time to question them. Whether in your relatively low standing in society or the workplace, or standing over you in the classroom.
Thats when we start to not be so agreeable.
