Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief Page #5

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And use them as pitchmen

for the religion.

In an industry

like hollywood,

Where stardom is such--

such an illusive quality,

Scientology would offer

a route to maybe feel

a little bit more secure.

And when you're

trying to break in,

you're also dealing with

Relentless rejection.

And something

that helps you stay focused

And feel that

you're improving yourself

And becoming more clear,

you can see the appeal of that.

The beliefs and practices

that i have studied

in scientology

Have been invaluable to me.

Have you ever met

ron hubbard?

I'd love to.

I'd be honored, because

i think he's so brilliant.

So when i worked

at the celebrity centre,

I would just, you know,

recruit various people.

Like priscilla presley

and of course john travolta.

Johnny-- he came,

he started on course,

And he was so fun

and outrageous.

And he just made a party

wherever he was.

John travolta

was a young actor

In his very first movie.

He was a troubled young man,

And he was looking

for help.

A fellow actor gave him

a little bit of scientology

counseling.

She gave him a copy

of "dianetics,"

And he was transported

by this.

He would go out

on his auditions,

And no matter

what he went out for,

He would get it.

A band-aid commercial,

right away he booked that.

Now the army starts you...

He was booking everything,

And then he went up

for a series.

Of course, he books it.

And it's a big series--

"welcome back, kotter."

Up your nose

with a rubber hose!

In the late '70s

and early '80s,

John travolta

was scientology's

biggest star.

Spanky was assigned to be

travolta's key contact

with the church,

And she helped out

with producers, fans,

and the press.

They became close,

and when spanky got married,

Travolta was there.

When johnny first

got into scientology,

He didn't even believe in

himself that much.

But he got injected

with a lot of confidence,

And then you get

this phobia inducement

That "if i leave,

it's all going to go

down the tubes."

When you're in

the organization,

All the good

that happens to you

Is because of scientology,

And everything that doesn't,

that isn't good, is your fault.

They sell it all

in the beginning as something

quite logical.

Everything makes sense.

And you're going up

what they call the bridge,

You're dong this auditing,

and this is good.

And the next one,

well, it's not quite as good.

It didn't quite make sense

to you, but...

You know, you've already

paid for the next one,

so you'll do that one.

The bridge--

it's a metaphor.

You start here

at the bottom of the bridge

And then you go to the top,

so where it is--

It's an awareness scale.

You start down here

and you're not aware

of anything,

Then you go up here

and you're a lot more aware

Of who you are,

Your spirituality,

your relationship to others.

A person is supposed to

become more able

As they go up the bridge.

And then there are

the ot levels--

Operating thetan.

And a thetan

is a spiritual being.

That's the soul

of the person.

And what level, over time,

did you achieve?

Ot eight.

That's the highest there is.

You can't get any higher

than ot eight.

From the beginning,

you hear these stories

People tell of these abilities

they've been able to gain.

It was always talked about,

the people who were ot

could read your mind,

And they could

move objects at will,

And they could--

they were cause over matter,

energy, space, and time,

So it sounded

damn good to me.

I mean, i thought,

"wow, this is great."

I finally get to ot three,

And they give me

the secret materials,

Which i've been hearing about

all this time.

They're handwritten

by hubbard.

You have to keep them

in a locked briefcase,

Be very cautious,

because they always said,

"if this gets out,

it's dangerous to people.

"it could actually

do them harm if they

are not adequately prepared."

And i read it.

And...

It doesn't make any sense.

This gobbled story

that didn't make sense.

I remember for

one fleeting second thinking,

"maybe it's an insanity test.

"maybe if you believe this,

they kick you out.

"you know, maybe that's it."

that, of course,

is not the case.

They talk about, you know,

the fact that the earth

was created

In such-and-such trillions

of years ago,

And this guy--

space guy--

Galactic overlord--

this was a prison planet,

And people being

caught, captured,

And being brought

to planet earth...

And put them in volcanoes

and blowing them up

with a-bombs.

Whoa!

I studied geography

in school.

Those volcanoes didn't exist

75 million years ago.

And we have these lost souls

all over us

And we have

to get rid of them,

and i'm going,

"what... The f***

are you talking about?

"i mean, i'm down

for the self-help stuff.

"i'm down for--

okay, i can be clear.

"i can get rid of

the negative emotions.

"but what the f*** is this?"

When you get

to the upper levels

of scientology,

The creation myth

is explained to you.

The story is that

75 million years ago,

People lived in a world

very much like the world

Of america

in the 1950s.

People, at that particular

time and space,

Were walking around

in clothes which looked

Very remarkably like

the clothes they wear

in this very minute.

And the cars they drove

looked exactly the same,

And they walked down streets

that looked like these streets.

It was a very similar world

And similar problems,

One of which

was overpopulation.

They had elected a fellow

By the name of xenu

to the supreme ruler.

There was a tyrannical overlord

Of the galactic confederacy

named xenu.

In order

to resolve this problem

of overpopulation,

He called people in,

Ostensibly for tax audits,

And had them frozen

with injections

Of glycol to their heart.

Boxed them up in boxes,

threw 'em into space planes--

Dc-8 airplane

is the exact copy

Of the space plane

of that day.

They were flown to

the prison planet, teegeeack--

It's actually

the planet earth--

And these frozen bodies

were then dropped

into volcanoes.

And then they set off

hydrogen bombs

On the top of each volcano.

And their

disembodied spirits--

These are called thetans--

Floated out,

and they were captured

And forced to sit

in front of movie screens.

With a 3d, super colossal,

motion picture.

They were shown images--

Implants,

as hubbard would have it.

Every man is shown crucified,

So is the psychiatrist

shown crucified.

And that's how he gets away

with what he gets away with.

He electric-shocks people.

And when a child is born,

A thetan will leap inside

the child's body

At that very instant,

and it becomes like

the child's soul.

More than one thetan

might crowd into the body--

Hundreds,

or thousands, might.

They're the source

of all of our neurosis,

Fears, and anxieties.

Then you are

on the e-meter,

By yourself, now.

You're soloing.

You're supposed

to scan, mentally,

From your top of your head

to your toes,

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