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I love Scientology as a basis for religion, that’s not a lie. I think that L Ron Hubbard was most probably insane and an inconsolable emotionally wrecked junkie. That said, he is probably the greatest genius ever (apart from Crowley). He had a lot of angry, aggresive ways of looking at friendship and trust which I agree with in the most part, but I think these methods can and should be improved. The reason the church of Scientology should be avoided is because of the way they follow Hubbard’s teaching to the word. The extent to which the church looks at Hubbard’s teachings makes them close to neo-naziism.
I have redeveloped Scientology into a religion that is less angry and frustrated, but still retains the main principals. Becoming a clear person is achievable but only through identity and independence. If you want to read my revised Coyote religion, get in touch for the full book.
Tonight I’m talking about the controversial Scientology method of ‘Disconnection’.
In the Scientology handbook, disconnection is described as a situation where a scientologist breaks a relationship or ‘cuts ties’ with a supressive person. A suppresive person in laymans terms is someone who hinders your progress in life. A nemesis if you will. Someone who curbs your dreams or hurts your self esteem. The actual Scientology manual states:
“A Scientologist can become PTS by reason of being connected to someone that is antagonistic to Scientology or its tenets. In order to resolve the PTS condition, he either HANDLES the other person’s antagonism (as covered in the materials on PTS handling) or, as a last resort when all attempts to handle have failed, he disconnects from the person. He is simply exercising his right to communicate or not to communicate with a particular person.”
Basically this means if someone causes you trouble, or makes you unhappy, you cut them off. I have plenty of Scientologist friends who now have no contact with their sons, daughters, mums, dads, cousins etc because they tried to turn them against the church. This is what L Ron Hubbard DID want to sustain the integrity of the church, so nobody could shut it down. It is not practical however. Here is my coyote rewrite of the entire process:
DISCONNECT:
There are 3 methods of disconnection. In the original religion, it says you should disconnect completely all SPs but this is just not morally correct or the right thing in my opinion:
1) COMPLETE DISCONNECT: You remove these SPs from your life entirely
2) SOCIAL DISCONNECT: You remove these SPs from your social group but still converse with them
3) FAMILY DISCONNECT: Family is incredibly important to some people, and not to others. Families that have been torn apart are bound to contain SPs but, even though you may achieve clear by disconnecting your family, it isn’t always morally correct. blood is thicker than water….
COYOTE SCIENTOLOGY: DISCONNECTION
If a suppresive person is in your life, you need to remove the negative influences of this person from your life. You need to realise what it is that makes these people hurt you physically or emotionally. You need to understand that there are true SPs who are just bad and want to destroy you. They don’t have an explanation or reasoning apart from the fact they are bitter towards the world.
1) SOCIAL BULLIES
They may have learned this from an abusive upbringing, relationship or just hate the world for some reason. These people would be classed as social bullies and should be disconnected from your life completely. If they have friends who also suppress you, they should also be disconnected completely. If you have a friend who associates with these kinds of people, they need to be disconnected SOCIALLY or told to keep these people out of your social group. If your friend will not or can not remove these people from your social group, you must disconnect them also as you will not be able to lose your negative self image. A social disconnect means no facebook, bebo, msn. No sharing of facilities or pubs these people use etc. If possible be socially responsive to these people ie say hello and goodbye. You don’t need to completely disconnect them as this is irrational and not necessary. You can’t be a stronger person by avoiding SPs
2) FAIRWEATHER FRIENDS
In my opinion, everyone has a handful of close pals. I mean close pals. You probably think you have a lot of pals but you don’t in reality. Think of the longest pal you’ve had in your life that you never fall out with. Put them as your top priority. You will meet a lot of ‘friends’ in your life, and it may shock you to realise that 90% of them don’t like you or cause trouble for you. It surprises me to find that there are still people out there who are best friends with people they’ve known for a whole month! You need to know who you can trust. Trust your soulmates (to find your soulmates look up the COYOTE SCIENTOLOGY: SOULMATES section). There are so many that will sit with you and tell you you are right and they always believe you etc and then sit and sell you out when you’re absent. If someone was to say “Your mate, SOULMATE A, said “this” about you”, and you believe it. These people are either not your true mates, or you are not a true mate to them.
Another social disconnect here. You should disconnect these fairweather friends socially. There’s no point in a complete disconnect as it will only make you feel worse for having to avoid certain places. If you remain socially active with these people, you don’t have the stress of trusting them or the worry of meeting them in the wrong places.
FAMILY DISCONNECT:
In scientology, you are told to disconnect SPs even if they are family members. This is not exactly morally correct as there are many families torn apart by the religion. They say that many scientologists have become ‘clear’ by disconnecting their family. To me, clear sounds like someone who is devoid of emotion. Who wants to be ‘happy’ if it means cutting of their family. In some situations were a family hates each other implicitely, a complete disconnection may be the only way forward. To most others though, just because your family don’t agree with you doesn’t necessarily make them suppressive people.
You need to try and work your mind around your family.Blood is definitely thicker than water. If you are part of a family that loves you and they disagree with your lifestyle, this does not make them SPs but rather a group of people who want to ensure you do not make bad mistakes in life.
This is a touchy subject and a big deal. Self harm is all around us. There are 3 people to me in this world when it comes to self harm.
1) ATTENTION
There are those who self harm for attention which points out a human flaw present in everyone. As degrading and irritating as it is, all humans need attention. Most humans will harm themselves just so they can point out to people that they self harm. They need people to feel pity for them because they don’t feel popular or feel their friends get more attention than them. As much as I hate to say it but these kinds of people annoy me. The ones who come up to you and show you their arms and boast about their self harming are nothing more than glorified cheerleaders. They want u to think they’re insane or out there. It gives them a sense of purpose and, though it is not the case all the time, they are basically the ones who cry wolf where suicide is concerned.
2) GUILT
The main reason people self harm is out of guilt. These are the ones who need the attention and help. They have usually been in abusive relationships, or been abused as a child. They feel they need to cut themselves as it is sort of a penance for what they feel they’ve done wrong. These people are not necessarily suicidal, they just need to feel that they are punishing themselves for the things they have failed in. Those who self harm in this way do not want people to know they self harm. They usually wear long sleeves and cover their scars as well as they can. These people have low self esteem and hate themselves. They need to be reassured that they are decent people. If possible, they need to disconnect suppresive people, as explained in Scientology’s dianetics.
3) BIPOLAR/MENTAL HEALTH
Some people cut themselves for reasons they don’t understand. They feel the need to cut themselves to either write letters to their brain, or to celebrities, serial killers etc. Bipolar disorder makes u do insane things that only these people can understand. When I self harm i try and talk to myself. It’s hard to explain if u haven’t got bipolar but it’s a way of relaying the way u feel to the way u think. It’s like writing a letter to your brain from your heart.
Anyway thats my spraff for the night. Just got arrested by the pigs for fuck all….