Hello all. here is a new article about scientology, this couple, featured in the New York Times left scientology recently.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/us/07scientology.html?scp=2&sq=scientology&st=cse
Mrs. Collbran was on the Today show talking about it this morning.
Tommy Davis, the current spokesperson, said that she and her husband were banned from the church and are bitter while the Collbrans said they went through an extensive process to leave, Mrs. Collbran needed to get pregnant to get out of their 'Elite organization' the SEA org.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Katie Holmes and Scientology
While looking through articles in PEOPLE (my Mom's subscription---really), I was drawn to an article about the actress Katie Holmes and the speculation that she was thinking of having another child because she had been spending a lot of time at the Scientology center "auditing," to see whether she was indeed worthy to have another child. The article went on to give a quick explanation of "auditing." It said it was somewhat like therapy, but a person is hooked up to a weird machine called an e-meter. The article said Katie had been getting "reprogrammed," to be the perfect Scientology wife. The whole process intrigued me and I spent time researching more about auditing and its role in a woman's decision to have another child.
According to a website run by the Church of Scientology, followers believe the "health and the sanity of the child begin long before birth." Scientology auditing is "used to restore confidence, happiness and spiritual freedom and involves answering questions or following directions with the aim of being freed from unwanted barriers that inhibit natural ability." (www.auditing.org)
The definition of auditing from the site is: auditing: Scientology counseling, taken from the Latin word audire which means “to hear or listen.” Auditing is a very unique form of personal counseling which helps an individual look at his own existence and improves his ability to confront what he is and where he is.
An auditor is: a minister or minister-in-training of the Church of Scientology. Auditor means one who listens, from the Latin audire meaning “to hear or listen.” An auditor is a person trained and qualified in applying auditing to individuals for their betterment. An auditor does not do anything to a preclear, he works together with the preclear to help the preclear defeat his reactive mind.
A testimony from an audited person claims, "“Scientology auditing cleared away the cobwebs that were standing in my way. In other words, my intelligence had always been there, but it was dormant. Auditing totally expanded my viewpoint in terms of what I want for my life and the people around me.”— S. R.
Whew.
This is not the first time Katie has undergone a special treatment at the Scientology Center.
Last year, it was written that she had had a Scientology Sparkle Makeover. (PEOPLE, June 19, 2009). Katie followed the Purification Rundown. It involves a heavy-duty detox. High doses of vitamins are taken and a person spends many hours in a sauna. One person on the Church's website said of the Purification process: "After the Purification Process, I was more aware of my environment around me and I felt more alive, with much more energy. "
As I read and learned more about the auditing and the sparkle makeover process, I wondered what "state of mind," auditing and the makeover left Katie in and what controlling influences they had on her and her existence and her life decisions. It's intriguing to me.
According to a website run by the Church of Scientology, followers believe the "health and the sanity of the child begin long before birth." Scientology auditing is "used to restore confidence, happiness and spiritual freedom and involves answering questions or following directions with the aim of being freed from unwanted barriers that inhibit natural ability." (www.auditing.org)
The definition of auditing from the site is: auditing: Scientology counseling, taken from the Latin word audire which means “to hear or listen.” Auditing is a very unique form of personal counseling which helps an individual look at his own existence and improves his ability to confront what he is and where he is.
An auditor is: a minister or minister-in-training of the Church of Scientology. Auditor means one who listens, from the Latin audire meaning “to hear or listen.” An auditor is a person trained and qualified in applying auditing to individuals for their betterment. An auditor does not do anything to a preclear, he works together with the preclear to help the preclear defeat his reactive mind.
A testimony from an audited person claims, "“Scientology auditing cleared away the cobwebs that were standing in my way. In other words, my intelligence had always been there, but it was dormant. Auditing totally expanded my viewpoint in terms of what I want for my life and the people around me.”— S. R.
Whew.
This is not the first time Katie has undergone a special treatment at the Scientology Center.
Last year, it was written that she had had a Scientology Sparkle Makeover. (PEOPLE, June 19, 2009). Katie followed the Purification Rundown. It involves a heavy-duty detox. High doses of vitamins are taken and a person spends many hours in a sauna. One person on the Church's website said of the Purification process: "After the Purification Process, I was more aware of my environment around me and I felt more alive, with much more energy. "
As I read and learned more about the auditing and the sparkle makeover process, I wondered what "state of mind," auditing and the makeover left Katie in and what controlling influences they had on her and her existence and her life decisions. It's intriguing to me.
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