Did you come to the conclusion on your own that Hubbard is/was God, or had you reached that level? Isn't that one of the big insights? One person I know thinks he travels on the astral plane, and since it's high Satanism, probably does experience some occult hapenings.
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Isn't that one of the big insights?
So I'm told. When I was in, the real fanatics were called members of the 'Ron is God Club' behind their backs...
One person I know thinks he travels on the astral plane, and since it's high Satanism, probably does experience some occult hapenings.
*shrug* Out of body experiences are not uncommon, although I can't recall ever hearing a scientologist describe it as astral travel.
I wouldn't describe scientology, as 'high Satanism', nor most scientologists as Satanists. That implies a level of evil most of them just don't have. Scientology has a clear code of conduct, which applied in context works to everyone's better interests. So internally at least, the rewards and punishments are fairly equitable.
It's in the relationships with the outside world that scientology 'ethics' start to shade towards amoral (as opposed to immoral) as non-members wants and needs simply don't count as much. Sadly, this is typical of most organizations.
When scientology encounters enemies (and they are quite, quite good at creating enemies) it gets ugly, with overt threats, noisy investigations, whisper campaigns, etc. The attitude is that if you are against us you must have eeeeeevil deep dark secrets in your past, and they will do anything to find it. They will get very desperate and frantic should they not find it easily. At this point. ethics and morals tend to go out the window.
But the real nasty stuff is reserved for people who have left the church and publicly criticize it. Towards them the actions can be virtually indistinguishable from a Satanic.