"Resistance is Futile"
- The 'Borg' Star Trek
There is a basic principle which we are all acquainted with. "What you resist you become". This principle can be clearly seen throughout history. The Romans resisting Christianity so much Rome becomes the seat of the Catholic Empire. The Americans wearing German Helmets just after the war. The US Government adopting the Communist Manifesto in principle if not in name. The Russias becoming more 'capitalistic' every day. And now the rife misuse and alterising of tech, ethics and finance policies by the Church of Sientology. The Church of Sientology has resisted alterised and out tech, out ethics and destructive finance policies so much they have now become the seat of it.
In a 1954 PDC Tape (Tape 20) Ron predicted that the technology of scientology would be used destructively against the scientology organisation and it's basic goals and principles. 50 years later, we have lived to see this prophecy come true. The Church has resisted alterised tech and misapplied ethics to the point where they now practice it themselves. Squirrel tech and haphazard Sec Checks have subsequently resulted in a bridge altered so many times and processes dropped and changed so much that no one quite knows, at first glance, what the truth is anymore within the church. Basic principles have been changed. Tapes and books altered and vital data missing. The blanket use of ethics to stop and used as a punishment rather than getting tech in. The finance polices perverted to price the services out of reach of all but the wealthy or those willing to violate the exchange principles and dive into debt in a desperate attempt to go free (an alter is and a contradiction in terms if ever there was one).
So it seems the Church has resisted misuse of the technology to such a marked degree that they themselves have now ended up misusing the technology in precisely the same way they were resisting it in the first place.
Be aware however, this basic principle hold no allegiance and so could quite easily apply in the freezone just as much as it has done in the Church.
How do we ensure we do not 'resist' that, I hear you ask. How do we ensure we do NOT fall into the same trap. How do we ensure we handle effectively altered technology, ethics and policy without resisting it?
The answer is very simple and is contained within the technology itself. Not only did Ron discuss the problem but he also gave us the answer as well.
The Church would have been resoundingly successful if, instead of rejecting those it considered out-ethics, out-tech, off policy and issuing streams of SP orders to cut comm and absolve responsibility, it had actually instituted a project of handling the individual. Not with punishment and declaring anyone and everyone but using the basic technology such as study tech, auditing, correct ethics handlings with a view to getting the technology in where it was not. Also instituting a measure of self correction, particularly at the upper levels of Management.
If they had admired the individuality of people and put that to good use rather than resist it with all their might. If they had, instead of lashing out with legal suits in all directions, instead communicated with those they disagreed with. They just might have salvaged the church.
As it stands, the Freezone is resisted to such a degree that church adherents are not allowed to look in the direction of the freezone. A sure guarantee of 'you get what you resist'. as they have satisfactorily (to my mind) placed the Freezone out of their area of responsibility and therefore control.
Well ... you might say. For the Church ... resist away! But how do we resists the urge to resist?
It is a matter of what one puts ones attention on.
One gets that which one places one's attention on. If one's attention is placed on the negative aspects of the issue then of course that is what one is going to get. If the emphasis is placed more on the positive accent then that is what one will get. In practical terms this means promoting the Freezone as the answer to mans problems. As the route to freedom. Not on harping on the problems or the poor media or the legal issues the Church has. It means pouring the hot coals on the purpose of the Freezone. Getting more people in and moving up the bridge. Going Clear and OT. Doing that which has been successful. Promoting the bridge Ron originally issued and getting people up it.
We can take advantage of the resistance of the Church for this will give us more people. The more the Freezone is resisted the more it will encroach upon that which resists it. Not because we desire so but because it is one of the laws of this particular universe.
In that sense we will win provided we get everything else right.
