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  • čas přidán 5. 03. 2019
  • I explain some of what keeps Sea Org members busy all day, every day.
    Aaron Smith-Levin
    Twitter: @GrowingUpInSCN
    Instagram: asmithlevin
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Komentáře • 999

  • @jacobwalls9965
    @jacobwalls9965 Před 5 lety +332

    It sounds like an organization that is trying to keep people so busy they don’t have time to question anything.

  • @nightshadehelis9821
    @nightshadehelis9821 Před 2 lety +68

    I absolutely LOVE how when you search "scientology sea org", this is the second video that comes up. It even beats the "fastest growing religion's" official channel, lol.

  • @gonavy505
    @gonavy505 Před 5 lety +301

    South Park nearly brought Scientology to its knees, ridicule is powerful.

    • @trob1781
      @trob1781 Před 5 lety +4

      I agree.

    • @dewitt3453
      @dewitt3453 Před 3 lety +6

      misssophisicated It put out an episode mocking the shit out of it, just look up “South Park Scientology” you will see what he means.

    • @AlexSGabor
      @AlexSGabor Před 3 lety +1

      #TomCruise #RayBan #SeaOrg #saveyourpennies

    • @AlexSGabor
      @AlexSGabor Před 3 lety +1

      @misssophisicated #TomCruise #RayBan #SeaOrg #saveyourpennies

    • @AZTigerMMA
      @AZTigerMMA Před 3 lety

      Money is power . Any publicity is good publicity I would say the opposite . Their money is wayyyyyyy up. Cray cray

  • @CVNmahdlO
    @CVNmahdlO Před 5 lety +72

    I dealt with division 6...So nice & friendly. I did a free personality test, watched a video & did a seminar before leaving & not going back. I didn't even know I was going to one of the churches. I was asked in the street if I wanted to do a free test & before I knew it, I was in the church. It was a nice building but I felt all eyes on me & felt the kindness was not always genuine. They gave me food & drinks while I was there. Kept trying to sell me things which was a real turn off

    • @MegaasAlexandros
      @MegaasAlexandros Před 3 lety +4

      Did they contact you after you left ? Ie do tgey do follow ups now ?

    • @CVNmahdlO
      @CVNmahdlO Před 3 lety +10

      @@MegaasAlexandros They use to try calling me everyday, but thats only now & again & I sometimes get emails

    • @MegaasAlexandros
      @MegaasAlexandros Před 3 lety +10

      @@CVNmahdlO EVERY DAY ?? 😲 Their persistence would be so annoying! I get a charity contacting me every 2 months asking me to donate and i keep telling them not to contact me - this i find annoying- i cant imagine how frustating daily contact is - not much changes in 24 hours after saying no ! What did they expect would happen ? Day 37 of daily calls No i dont want to buy anything and spend anything with you guys, this is the 37th day i have told you this - day 38 FANTASTIC I BEEN WAITING FOR YOU TO CALL, GIMME THE DELUX PACKAGE !

    • @CVNmahdlO
      @CVNmahdlO Před 3 lety +10

      @@MegaasAlexandros yes everyday for 2 years. Its only been since 2020 that theyve calmed down. They would send letters, but I recently moved so I dont get them very often.....these people are so good at what they do that those even slightly vulnerable could fall into their trap. I met them during a time of struggle & they almost got me, but my mind is so strong & faught against that trap

    • @MegaasAlexandros
      @MegaasAlexandros Před 3 lety +4

      @@CVNmahdlO and thats who the organization is most appealing to, the ones who are struggling that Scientoliegy claims they have all the answers to all their problems. What exactly were they trying to axgieve by the calls ? Sales of books ? More corses ? Donations ? I wonder what their response was when you said that you are always getting calls from them and they need not bother.
      Have you got any of the letters they have sent you ? Id love to see what they are all about. Ive always been intrigued by cults and this one i find more intriguing than any other l.

  • @susangloag4401
    @susangloag4401 Před 5 lety +208

    So basically Scientologist's are doing absolutely nothing useful.

    • @erisd8452
      @erisd8452 Před 5 lety +33

      much worse. they are doing harm to themselves and anybody they recruit, harm to their sea org peers that they inform on and mistrust, harm to society by trying to take control of the media and government, harm to all the kids enslaved in this cult

    • @auntisthenes2754
      @auntisthenes2754 Před 5 lety +2

      @@erisd8452 : Most "cults" are allowed because they primarily harm their own. That's not what cult meant, and so many beliefs harm people that it boggles the mind. Let us not forget that ex-scientologists are the tip of the spear.

    • @myrianrose3619
      @myrianrose3619 Před 4 lety +14

      Scientology is a machine for destroying lives

    • @0rphaneye
      @0rphaneye Před 4 lety +2

      Depends what you consider useful. I think they are great. Good friends and therapists, even at a distance.

    • @myrianrose3619
      @myrianrose3619 Před 4 lety +12

      @@0rphaneye From what I hear of their practice as "therapists" they do far more harm than good.

  • @georgiarose1576
    @georgiarose1576 Před 5 lety +74

    Here's a radical idea! People with no work and nothing to do could volunteer at a soup kitchen, pick up trash, visit shut ins at a nursing home, or provide some community service. I know that is NEVER going to happen because it is not adding to their profits or enrollment numbers. Sad. So many people available to do something good, but the church opposes actual community service work.

    • @georgiarose1576
      @georgiarose1576 Před 5 lety +1

      @Global Atheist I wonder how many Scientologists would go do those things if their auditor told them the church required volunteer work that was actual work. They'd rather give all their money and spend hours talking to an auditor.

    • @georgiarose1576
      @georgiarose1576 Před 5 lety +2

      @Global Atheist According to Leah's show, they show up after a disaster to hand out bottles of water and Scientology literature. They take a photo for publicity, and go home.

    • @GrowingUpInScientology
      @GrowingUpInScientology  Před 5 lety +15

      If David Miscavige said that the new “public relations program” was for all scientologists to work at soup kitchens 10 hours a week, Scientologists would do it.

    • @Piotr.Wysocki
      @Piotr.Wysocki Před 5 lety

      You know, for each action you take on staff and say spend 2 hours say... making a sec-check on someone. You will then spend at leats 1 hour to update the files, excel tracters and other "ongoing documentation". Then you spend 1 more hour preparing a report about that sec-check.
      So for each "productive" hour, you have at LEAST one "unproductive" administrative hour.
      As Aaron said, orgs have a lot of responsibilities, but often very few staff. So everyone is overworked beause they are understaffed. So you never have people with "no work" except maybe underaged members.

    • @evanabbott2737
      @evanabbott2737 Před 3 lety

      Ohhhh yeah, all they care about is $$$$.

  • @brianshaffneraclc
    @brianshaffneraclc Před 5 lety +52

    I was in scientology for some years. The sea org used to horrify me.... the way they lived, or rather *didn't* live! It was a constant guilt trip to sign on with them, but there was no way in hell. The "org board" was absurd. Huge numbers of administrative positions that generated no revenue, and just a small amount of technical people producing the product. It was so obviously flawed. And yet thrust at you like "this is *the* perfect model for *any* enterprise."

    • @ChrisAthanas
      @ChrisAthanas Před rokem +1

      It’s astounding when you look at the details of what actually is going on
      Wow

    • @deejames1st
      @deejames1st Před rokem +2

      It would seem DM is a very incapable leader on multiple levels

  • @anthonyshope8408
    @anthonyshope8408 Před 5 lety +35

    Scientology is like an intricate game that is amusing at first,but soon grows tedious and tiresome .

  • @stephaniesunderland1974
    @stephaniesunderland1974 Před 5 lety +235

    I'm an exJehovahs Witness. When my Dad remarried after he was Disfellowshipped his new wife was reading Dianetics. I found the book after they married and asked her about it. My Dad found out and put an end to it. I love your channel, it helps us exjws too.

    • @MrSamadolfo
      @MrSamadolfo Před 5 lety +31

      😏 thats interesting 📚 theres a channel call Telltale, hes an exsjw that makes videos just like here 😊

    • @jewell92
      @jewell92 Před 5 lety +26

      I'm an ex-JW, too. Glad I never fell for CoS.

    • @RobinPillage.
      @RobinPillage. Před 5 lety +23

      glad you ladies made it out

    • @stephaniesunderland1974
      @stephaniesunderland1974 Před 5 lety +10

      @@RobinPillage. Thank You for your kind words.

    • @Neville60001
      @Neville60001 Před 5 lety +24

      That should be spelt Co$.

  • @MitchellWiggs
    @MitchellWiggs Před 5 lety +265

    “I’ve been involved in a number of cults both as a leader and a follower. You have more fun as a follower but make more money as a leader”
    - Creed Bratton

    • @christophermullaley1597
      @christophermullaley1597 Před 5 lety +3

      OK creed

    • @mispelling
      @mispelling Před 5 lety +10

      'fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice..... the point is you won't fool me again'.

    • @curtisdalton8080
      @curtisdalton8080 Před 5 lety +6

      You sound like your full of shit to me

    • @violet32makingit64
      @violet32makingit64 Před 4 lety

      You sound like you msking shit up lol. There are plenty of wats to be cool& to be a good persin, or whatever you want, WITHOUT DOING BAD THINGS... Like cults and stuff. Id rather see you fill your pocjets with stolen candy, then be a scientology member... Sounds dumb, but its true. Your better off.

    • @harmonymomentofbeing5753
      @harmonymomentofbeing5753 Před 4 lety +1

      Did u really just repeat that lmao

  • @gutterisatool4489
    @gutterisatool4489 Před 4 lety +53

    It's ironic that division 6 is the one with three divisions. 666.

    • @MABMGuitar
      @MABMGuitar Před 3 lety +11

      Knowing Hubbard that’s probably not a coincidence.

    • @izang5800
      @izang5800 Před 3 lety +8

      Hubbard was a Satanist

    • @h.w.6563
      @h.w.6563 Před 3 lety +3

      ​@@izang5800 Hubbard scammed a satanist for his assets would probably be a better description, though.

    • @izang5800
      @izang5800 Před 3 lety +6

      @@h.w.6563 He also was a Satanist. Parts of the OT Levels are a defamation of Christianity. You should read the original OT 8 that they have been trying to hide in which LRH defames Jesus insinuating he was a pedophile, etc. LRH was a Satanist. The activities of this cult are witchcraft. :Postulating" is casting spirits and demons.

    • @h.w.6563
      @h.w.6563 Před 3 lety +2

      @@izang5800 Since when does "being a satanist" mean "saying bad stuff about Jesus"? I thought it meant worshipping Satan.

  • @nickhersheys2706
    @nickhersheys2706 Před 5 lety +62

    Which department keeps records of paying the Police Department ???

    • @GrowingUpInScientology
      @GrowingUpInScientology  Před 5 lety +3

      Allegations of bribery are only made by people who have no personal experience being in or working for Scientology. Scientology does not bribe police or officials.

    • @johnnosiennek7066
      @johnnosiennek7066 Před 4 lety +3

      The tax avoidance department....where else ?

    • @ilovejesus6762
      @ilovejesus6762 Před 4 lety +8

      Yeah. You don’t have to “bribe” willing participants. Clever wording there. Lol.

    • @trojanette8345
      @trojanette8345 Před 4 lety +4

      @@GrowingUpInScientology Checks are written to the PD EVERY YEAR.
      That's what keeps them 'loyal' to CofS. They are paid annually towards the end of the year.

    • @wolfumz
      @wolfumz Před 4 lety +7

      @@GrowingUpInScientology Didn't Marty Rathbun talk about how David Miscavige gave the Lisa McPherson prosecutor (or was it the judge?) $100k cufflinks? That's a far cry from a designated dept. to bribe local police, but still.

  • @merdelune9
    @merdelune9 Před 4 lety +114

    Now that we know what the Sea Org “does” all day. What does Miscavige do all day, everyday?

    • @mattkaustickomments
      @mattkaustickomments Před 3 lety +62

      Count his money and LAUGH!!! Plus write love letters to Tom.

    • @kristaw2686
      @kristaw2686 Před 3 lety +18

      Rage

    • @mitsim
      @mitsim Před 3 lety +12

      and try to find ways to bully those (like Aaron and the City of Clearwater) who get in the way of his self-serving, power-mongering ways.

    • @debbieweahkee3820
      @debbieweahkee3820 Před 3 lety +18

      Well he probably was flying on the lolita express

    • @lowe-nm2yd
      @lowe-nm2yd Před 3 lety +27

      Search for shoes that make him taller than Tom

  • @woodywoodlstein9519
    @woodywoodlstein9519 Před 5 lety +111

    Cults are make work projects.
    It’s funny I NEVER hear about them actually helping anyone anywhere.
    They take good care of nice empty buildings.

    • @usa4287
      @usa4287 Před 5 lety

      They leave more space at Forest Lawn.

    • @MegaasAlexandros
      @MegaasAlexandros Před 3 lety

      They have various organizations that help people stay off drugs and help criminals not to reoffend as well as providing unpaid assistance to those in need at major disaster sites.

    • @SheikhStevesChannel
      @SheikhStevesChannel Před 3 lety +1

      cults = tax evasion and slavery

  • @retrobob3802
    @retrobob3802 Před 5 lety +107

    The short single topic vids are a great idea.

  • @anthonyshope8408
    @anthonyshope8408 Před 5 lety +37

    As an ex-Sea Org.member who was drummed out for pranks and for telling a higher rank asshole to back off or I would "go medieval"in 1975 when I was 22,I still do pretty much what I did back then.........WHATEVER I WANT !!!

  • @andre0baskin
    @andre0baskin Před 5 lety +111

    To sum up the video, 'What do Sea Org Members Do All Day?", look busy but accomplish little.

  • @montyollie
    @montyollie Před 5 lety +20

    This was phenomenally informative. Thank you so much for taking the time to make it.

  • @EricHurner
    @EricHurner Před 5 lety +31

    Thanks a lot for explaining that! An organisation with around 35,000 members cannot, simply cannot, require a staff of in excess of 8000 people including Sea Org members. That is a staff that ordinarily would serve miillions of customers, depending on the sector. So what you're saying is that they basically make work for one another, with a few people actually dealing with "customers" in the real sense. All the rest are chasing their tails trying to keep up with the many ridiculous policies and the scrapes into which the organisation gets itself. And in the process they are gradually bankrupting their loyal customers till they have none left. Fine prospect.

  • @erickrcisneros
    @erickrcisneros Před 5 lety +37

    Sounds miserable. No wonder why they are moody.

  • @janeherman7055
    @janeherman7055 Před 3 lety +4

    I am so happy you have started this CZcams channel, I feel like if more ex- Scientology people did a CZcams channel, that would help take this cult down. We just have to remember we need to dismantle this cult, 1 brick from flag at a time. Just my thoughts..

  • @planojag595
    @planojag595 Před 5 lety +13

    Senior: Explain why your stats are down!
    Staff member: I don’t know, I’ve been postulating really hard.
    Senior: You’re a down stat and I’m writing you up, you’re in a lower condition.
    Staff member: It’s not my fault! It’s Christmas, zero foot traffic, and no one returns my calls even after 10 voice mail messages.
    Senior: Your f’n bad stats are your fault and stop giving me justifications on why you suck at your post.
    Staff member: Okay, but why write me up?! I don’t deserve this!
    Senior: Again, stop with the excuses. You pulled this in and you know it! Now get the f out of my sight and go do your f’n job!
    Senior to E.O.: I’m reporting a staff member to you for handling and I don’t want to see that staff member again until she completes the Personal Integrity course with flying colors.
    E.O. to PCO: We need a replacement staff member to be reassigned to said Senior and no quicksilvers this time.
    PCO to said Senior: I have three new EPFers that might be a good fit. I’ll send them over to you after course so you can interview them.
    Senior to PCO: I don’t care who you send me as long as they know how to Make it Go Right!!! If not, just send the prettiest one. The last down stat I just got rid of was so fugly she made it hard to keep my TRs in.

  • @PETERLINNAH
    @PETERLINNAH Před 5 lety +24

    Well, when I was on the class 8 course after going into the Sea Org, I would go get a cup of coffee at the local Denny's after muster, then come back, late for class, study all day and then go watch TV in the evening in my Sea Org apartment which I had fixed up myself from its former disgusting condition. I basically told all my "seniors" to fuck off. I was a rebel who wanted an actual life, and of course did not last long in the regimented Sea Org.

  • @aurorawolfe6060
    @aurorawolfe6060 Před 5 lety +69

    Sounds like they just keep them busy so the members don't have time to critically think about what the hell they're doing and why the hell they're doing it. It's just so sad. I especially feel bad for the children that were born into the cult of scientology.

    • @adamrawn2063
      @adamrawn2063 Před 5 lety +4

      Think about the concept of 'arbitrary'. Getting someone to do something arbitrary is the goal, the content is actually irrelevant. In fact, if you want to establish a program of control than the MORE arbitrary, seemingly purposeless, or illogical an activity is ...the BETTER. Think about the very beginning, things like the seemingly harmless TRs, from the point of view of a human conditioner: the content of the Training Routines is actually unimportant; its getting people used to carrying out arbitrary commands that is the point.

    • @GrowingUpInScientology
      @GrowingUpInScientology  Před 5 lety +2

      Yeah, that's is pretty much the reason.

    • @gorillaau
      @gorillaau Před 5 lety +1

      A bit of sleep deprivation doesn't hurt the cause either.

    • @krystalrainbow2391
      @krystalrainbow2391 Před 4 lety

      It's all about money and children are doctrinated and controlled by people who said that's their life where supposed to be.

    • @diegoivanpescadorpadilla5142
      @diegoivanpescadorpadilla5142 Před 3 lety

      I have this fantasy in which a lot of members, while being driving to recruit somebody or doing any other activity unsupervised, suddenly receive a hit of consciousness -like if a lost tenis ball or something hits them- and they see what they're doing at the moment and think "WTF?". Then they go away and never turn back.

  • @VioletJoy
    @VioletJoy Před 5 lety +9

    Great videos. When I watch other videos, I find myself asking questions in my head or out loud to my husband. You explain a lot of the details as well as basics that have been missed in documentaries. Thank you!

  • @Michael_in_Vt
    @Michael_in_Vt Před 5 lety +26

    Scientologists came to my door once, I turned the garden hose on them.

  • @548vikings
    @548vikings Před 5 lety +82

    When they have management meetings discussing near zero new enrollment, do they ever say, “What the f~%k did we do with our lives?”
    Also, do they acknowledge the internet role in outing the bizzare cult beliefs?
    Thanks for the informative video.

    • @George50809
      @George50809 Před 4 lety +2

      No, they would not acknowledge that.

    • @mitsim
      @mitsim Před 3 lety +9

      They have strict rules about followers going into the Internet. Ignorance is bliss. It's those with a small portion of functioning brain that go into the Internet and eventually try to break out.

  • @toucansam3
    @toucansam3 Před 3 lety +5

    The more I hear about the inner workings of Scientology, the more it reminds me of how the Air Force operates.

  • @geraldleclair3135
    @geraldleclair3135 Před 5 lety +23

    Psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton, who once taught at Harvard Medical School, wrote a paper titled Cult Formation in the early 1980s. He delineated three primary characteristics, which are the most common features shared by destructive cults.
    1. A charismatic leader, who increasingly becomes an object of worship as the general principles that may have originally sustained the group lose power. That is a living leader, who has no meaningful accountability and becomes the single most defining element of the group and its source of power and authority.
    2. A process [of indoctrination or education is in use that can be seen as] coercive persuasion or thought reform [commonly called "brainwashing"].
    The culmination of this process can be seen by members of the group often doing things that are not in their own best interest, but consistently in the best interest of the group and its leader.
    Lifton's seminal book Thought Reform and Psychology of Totalism explains this process in considerable detail.
    3. Economic, sexual, and other exploitation of group members by the leader and the ruling coterie.
    The destructiveness of groups called cults varies by degree, from labour violations, child abuse, medical neglect to, in some extreme and isolated situations, calls for violence or mass suicide.
    Some groups that were once seen as "cults" have historically evolved to become generally regarded as religions. Power devolved from a single leader to a broader church government and such groups ceased to be seen as simply personality-driven and defined by a single individual. For example the Seventh-day Adventists, once led by Ellen White, or the Mormons church founded by Joseph Smith.
    Some groups may not fit the definition of a cult, but may pose potential risks for participants. Here are 10 warning signs of a potentially unsafe group or leader.
    • Absolute authoritarianism without meaningful accountability.
    • No tolerance for questions or critical inquiry.
    • No meaningful financial disclosure regarding budget or expenses, such as an independently audited financial statement.
    • Unreasonable fear about the outside world, such as impending catastrophe, evil conspiracies and persecutions.
    • There is no legitimate reason to leave, former followers are always wrong in leaving, negative or even evil.
    • Former members often relate the same stories of abuse and reflect a similar pattern of grievances.
    • There are records, books, news articles, or broadcast reports that document the abuses of the group/leader.
    • Followers feel they can never be "good enough".
    • The group/leader is always right.
    • The group/leader is the exclusive means of knowing "truth" or receiving validation, no other process of discovery is really acceptable or credible.

    • @dylanheadrick3789
      @dylanheadrick3789 Před 5 lety +4

      I didn't know our current president is a cult leader...

    • @CadillacBunner
      @CadillacBunner Před 5 lety +1

      @@dylanheadrick3789 And all previous presidents.

    • @PatrickBaptist
      @PatrickBaptist Před 5 lety +2

      Sound like public schools as well, but turds roll down hill speaking of the president.

    • @marypatton1122
      @marypatton1122 Před 5 lety +2

      Sounds like every religion ever invented.

    • @PatrickBaptist
      @PatrickBaptist Před 5 lety +2

      @@marypatton1122 I'd have to agree. Look at the catholic cult, you can trace every false religion today back to her.
      Religion defined as "Religion is a cultural system of designated behaviors and practices".
      Then again the united states has it's own cult following, they all worship and swear alligance to it's flag and perverse "god" in which the image stands. Most are clueless that it's a religion but it is what it is, reprobates worshiping a filthy cloth that isn't fit to clean up after swine...

  • @antbear13
    @antbear13 Před 2 lety +8

    Wow, this is an interesting corporate study! In my experience, the more metrics an organization collects, with few exceptions, the less value it produces, so this makes sense to me.

  • @lisaspikes4291
    @lisaspikes4291 Před 5 lety +45

    I worked at a Scientology Mission for a few years. I started at reception, then I was put on writing letters to everyone in their files. Offering them services. I remember once a lady came in with a friend and asked me about the Xenu story. At the time I didn’t know anything about it. This was when pc’s were not common. A few people had them, but most regular folks didn’t. A year or so later I did get an early pc. The anti Scientology stuff was already there. It didn’t take long for me to see the ridiculousness of it!

    • @Neville60001
      @Neville60001 Před 5 lety +5

      Good to see that you woke up due to having the Internet.

    • @woodywoodlstein9519
      @woodywoodlstein9519 Před 5 lety +4

      Lisa Spikes id like to see the percentage of members who have at least mild dementia . (Persuaded to make the cult poa and beneficiary of their estates , assets. Etc. )

    • @vondahe
      @vondahe Před 5 lety +8

      Neville6000 That’s precisely why SeaOrg members are not allowed to go online and educate themselves. You can get the entire science fiction story for free and decide right there if that tickles your fancy.
      If you’re a schizophrenic sci-fi fan you’ll love it.

    • @usa4287
      @usa4287 Před 5 lety +3

      So happy you were able to escape

    • @marypatton1122
      @marypatton1122 Před 5 lety +4

      Computers are knocking sense into all religions.

  • @whichkatami
    @whichkatami Před 3 lety +3

    My neighbor is a low level TCOS member, 30+ yrs.,), he’s near losing his house now, 5 hrs ago they had him refi his paid off house, to give them the proceeds, for all those programs/courses. He’s 75 and all his assets, time & retirement money, they take by terrible tactics. He still works 7 days and about 60 hours a week for them, (manual labor), is exhausted, broke and now bad health. He left, for 1 year, they ruined his life and sucked him back in by stalking him 24/7, ruining his little, (retired), handy man biz, alienating his friends too. It’s a CULT, needs to be dismantled by the US GOV., it’s not a church, helps so no one, (except D. Miscarriage), IT HARMS PEOPLE, period. We’ve tried to get him to leave over and over again, but he’s brainwashed, more like in brain fear of them. He is in the NOVA area group, his wife n kids are not in it and he’s not been allowed to see them, 25;+ yrs., a tragic & sad situation.

  • @Lorre982
    @Lorre982 Před 4 lety +11

    It sounds like a mix between mlm and telemarketing.

  • @geoffdearth7360
    @geoffdearth7360 Před 5 lety +7

    I had Scientologists attempt to recruit me in Santa Barbara in 1974. I was interviewed for what seemed an eternity. I remember they wanted to have a meeting at my house (I was a renter). Eventually I escaped from them.

    • @BillBiggs1
      @BillBiggs1 Před 5 lety +2

      geoff dearth Scientology has since moved on, I would like to invite you to an auditing session

  • @roxannduran1561
    @roxannduran1561 Před 3 lety +10

    Ex Mormon here, I never had a choice, born into it...I imagine we all suffered the same level of emotional/physical abuse, thankfully we’ve all escaped sort of, I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m hounded by these drones, why won’t they leave us alone?
    Thank you for these videos 🦋

    • @Lovinlife1234
      @Lovinlife1234 Před 3 lety +1

      Roxann..you are ridiculously lying and you know it!!mormons do NOT do that...and you are faking like you used to be a Mormon...troll!!!

    • @roxannduran1561
      @roxannduran1561 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Lovinlife1234 Born (in Utah) and raised, primary, mutual, seminary...Bible chase, Saturday night dances, babtized for the dead...that wasn’t fun, tithing..I send my mom money, she gives it and more to the f*cking church, let’s see...5 days a week seminary, before school, twice on Wednesday mutual & seminary, twice on Sunday, Sunday school & sacrament...
      Unless there was a conference, then you got to stay home & watch it on TV...the head of the ward was your bishop, we had a great one for awhile, course the next one was a piece of work, I think I was threatened with excommunication at least once a month, sometimes more...is girls used to have a little game we played, see who had to wear a maxi dress on Sunday cause they got the back of their legs beat for something/or nothing during the week.
      Now some things might have changed, I haven’t been to a church since I turned 18, and that was some time ago.. of course that doesn’t stop the missionaries from knocking on my door (I think they know I’m not gonna yell at those poor little boys), or my mailbox from being filled with propaganda, they don’t call cause, as my husband likes to say, I got a mouth like a sailer...so don’t you tell me I’m lying bitch, I grew up in that cesspool of a cult, and I have earned my rage and hate!

    • @pameladwyer2244
      @pameladwyer2244 Před 3 lety +1

      @@roxannduran1561 Glad you got out, RoxAnn. Hope you have some wonderful friends and family that support your freedom! Take care of yourself.

    • @mitsim
      @mitsim Před 3 lety +4

      Been watching a lot of ExMo videos, and I'm so glad you made it out. That is one crazy cult! So, so crazy. I was saddened when I recently watched a video of a young man who left "The Other" cult (Kingston brothers), and after leaving he tried some different churches and chose Mormonism. From the kettle into the fire!!! Heartbreaking.

    • @mrdutson
      @mrdutson Před 3 lety +2

      I'm sorry if you were emotionally or physically abused. I never experienced any of that. I've found the church to be a major blessing in my life and helps me get closer to my Savior.

  • @bmwusn
    @bmwusn Před 3 lety +6

    You are doing a great job, thank you, Aaron.

  • @Texasbama2
    @Texasbama2 Před 5 lety +8

    Well said A lot of wheels spinning and nothing getting done. I'm exhausted mentally just hearing it. That's enough to drive someone crazy.

  • @tblightningbolt8902
    @tblightningbolt8902 Před 2 lety +4

    I don’t think I’d join Scientology but if I did I’d like to be on SeaOrg. I love being on the sea

  • @wakeupgreece
    @wakeupgreece Před 5 lety +18

    37 scientologists didn't like this video

    • @gorillaau
      @gorillaau Před 5 lety +3

      57... numbers are increasing but not by as much as I'd have expected.

    • @Anonymous-bv2dd
      @Anonymous-bv2dd Před 5 lety

      @@gorillaau 77

  • @Syncopator
    @Syncopator Před 5 lety +5

    The reason for this is pretty clear-- in a cult it's important that people not think for themselves, and in order to insure that, people have to have things to do all the time-- they are not allowed to sit around and possibly do some independent thinking. That it's a bureaucratic, inefficient bunch of BS of do-nothing operations, more the better-- inefficiency is a plus. Busy, busy, busy, doing anything but sitting around and thinking.

  • @calinasagilitypartner4444

    I don't understand how people can be a Scientologist and work. It's expensive to be a Scientologist.

  • @mreppen1
    @mreppen1 Před 5 lety +15

    I was in Middle Management in the 80s it was total chaos. Great video

    • @brad3
      @brad3 Před 4 lety +1

      Any stories to share?

  • @joshuapatrick682
    @joshuapatrick682 Před rokem +2

    Step 1: start a “new religion”
    Step 2: attract people to it
    Step3:…..
    Step 4: profit.

  • @degenerateWA
    @degenerateWA Před 5 lety +4

    so what happens if you decided to just not do anything? What can the Sea Org do legally? I find it hard to believe that the Sea Org could actually enforce anyone to do a job.

    • @GrowingUpInScientology
      @GrowingUpInScientology  Před 5 lety +1

      The SO doesn't have to worry about "legally", they only have to worry about internal policy. If an SO member just does nothing they will be removed from post and assigned to the "Category B Estates Project Force", which is basically just having to re-do Sea Org boot camp, with some extra steps. If the person refuses to do this, or fails to successfully complete the Cat B EPF they will simply be offloaded from the Sea Org, which just means, kicked out and sent home. They will be given a bill for any courses or auditing they did in the Sea Org. The bill has to be paid before they will be allowed to do any further Scientology auditing or courses. They will also be given a list of auditing and training they have to complete before being allowed to ever re-join the Sea Org. And that's pretty much it.

  • @christianh4723
    @christianh4723 Před 5 lety +26

    All that work and their numbers are dwindling...it's comical

    • @gorillaau
      @gorillaau Před 5 lety +4

      I don't think Tom Cruise jumping up and down on Oprah's sofa helped their creds.

    • @cylon5741
      @cylon5741 Před 5 lety +2

      @@gorillaau Tom Cruise taking Jame Corden skydiving was brilliant.

    • @Piotr.Wysocki
      @Piotr.Wysocki Před 5 lety +3

      . The sales team might be talented and work hard. But scientology, to use a technical sales term, is a "bad product".

    • @mitsim
      @mitsim Před 3 lety +1

      @@gorillaau Well, I guess he was really happy he finally found someone that would buy into his crazy beliefs. ;-) But, alas, she came to her senses fairly soon,, and brilliantly left to save herself and their child from the craziness.

  • @klsb75
    @klsb75 Před 5 lety +4

    You’re SO GREAT at explaining this insane *thing*! 😂 Just amazing.

  • @suzannefernandez470
    @suzannefernandez470 Před rokem +1

    In 1969 at 16yrs old I signed a billion year contract. Xenu was still a secret to all but a handful of OT'S who walked around very smug! Like super beings. We walked VERY far to our post. Back far for lunch and back till 9 pm. I lost interest in 4 days and split. It's still slavery?? OMG!

  • @andreadiamond7115
    @andreadiamond7115 Před 5 lety +2

    So thrilled for more Aaron podcasts....my original FAVE CZcams podcaster! ❤️ Yo Aaron.

  • @TheIndependentLens
    @TheIndependentLens Před 5 lety +28

    What I've seen, they just stand around talking to each other because nobody wants Scientology. L. Ron Hubbard was a terrible writer anyway. I swear I think his books are all published first drafts.

    • @mafiadabest
      @mafiadabest Před 5 lety +1

      I loved when Joe Rogan said that.

  • @alicia.3740
    @alicia.3740 Před 5 lety +10

    Thanks for the clear explanation. I've already watched several videos of the scientology members and I've always thought there was something strange about their body language. they walk around as if they are very busy but in a kind of zombie way.

  • @susieq5075
    @susieq5075 Před 3 lety +2

    So, in essence, the SO members are busy doing a whole lot of JACK SQUAT! Hahaha I knew it!

  • @vondahe
    @vondahe Před 5 lety +2

    I actually wondered about that so thanks for replying. And congratulations of breaking out while you still could!

  • @erickrcisneros
    @erickrcisneros Před 5 lety +10

    Maybe I’m weird, but most people I know from Scientology are well spoken

    • @adamrawn2063
      @adamrawn2063 Před 5 lety

      They'd better be, or zombie like public might have a MU! :)

    • @GrowingUpInScientology
      @GrowingUpInScientology  Před 5 lety

      People always ask me about that. I'd be curious to know what other people assume the answer would be.

    • @TheSilentFool
      @TheSilentFool Před 5 lety +2

      ​@@GrowingUpInScientology Isn't a huge part of the basic curriculum various communication exercises (if rather extreme ones)? You're also encouraged to look up pretty much every single word that comes up in the dictionary. Also you have to study tons of lengthy texts, which even if they are filled with nonsense the skill of studying itself is fairly transferable.

    • @ryanpaaz
      @ryanpaaz Před 5 lety

      Isn’t that an extension of the communication and persuasion skills Scientologists are taught?

  • @jeffreyval9665
    @jeffreyval9665 Před 4 lety +11

    I still dont understand what these people actually do when they work.

    • @ATeaNTea
      @ATeaNTea Před 3 lety

      At the schools got to be colleges at the apartments and communities we live at but I dont believe they not paid

  • @helpyourcattodrive
    @helpyourcattodrive Před 2 lety +2

    Exactly! it’s 70 percent smaller now than it was in the 70s/80s. That says it all about their efforting for registrations! That is hilarious and telling.

  • @CozyCreationsYT
    @CozyCreationsYT Před 5 měsíci +1

    Viewer of your newer content and this was recommended to me by YT. Fantastic video, AAron. Very informative!

  • @MakerInMotion
    @MakerInMotion Před 5 lety +4

    I get a real kick out of all the dumb Scientology acronyms and lingo. When my buddy at work and I both watched COING CLEAR, we started calling people who were being difficult at work an "SP" or a "PTS".

    • @GrowingUpInScientology
      @GrowingUpInScientology  Před 5 lety +3

      You can also start calling them "ethics bait". That means someone who is always getting in trouble.

    • @turnip5359
      @turnip5359 Před 4 lety +1

      Give em the old R2-45

  • @franciskhoury4288
    @franciskhoury4288 Před 5 lety +4

    I would think that anyone who has enough sense to just relax unapologetically when there's no work to do would probably be well on their way out of Scientology.

  • @julianyc422
    @julianyc422 Před 5 měsíci +1

    It's torture. Moving rocks and endless paper work in between saying the worst insults at someone and having them do the same thing to you over and over again, then tell on each other so they can get insulted non stop, and tell them never to look outside their little tiny racist bigoted scary box.

  • @robertthompson1254
    @robertthompson1254 Před 2 lety +2

    How did dianetics book stay
    On the best seller list for so long? It is a hard book to read.

  • @user-yj3kn4fe7h
    @user-yj3kn4fe7h Před 3 lety +5

    Honest question: Does the 'Church' of Scientology predominantly try to recruit the wealth and does your level of wealth determine how high you can rise within the organization?

    • @GrowingUpInScientology
      @GrowingUpInScientology  Před 3 lety +2

      Generally speaking I would say the answer to both of those questions is yes but not quite as intentionally as one might think.
      Also what it means to rise high in the organization means different things to different people
      It’s not like you’re literally not allowed to advance either on the bridge or within the organization without money it’s just that it’s harder to do so

  • @richardsmith748
    @richardsmith748 Před 5 lety +7

    This structure is very 60's - for sure its the old school company structure - making us shuffle between offices to get the mortgage or the product - it's also a way of keeping people busy preventing critical thought.

  • @banglajobs
    @banglajobs Před 3 lety +2

    I had some experience with Scientology in London head quarters , was a epic experience. After 6 months I left because my family needed me

    • @marilynkennedy8236
      @marilynkennedy8236 Před 3 lety

      There is not a lot of information about the British Headquarters in East Grinstead. How important is the place? All I seem to hear about is Scientology in the US.

  • @thiesenf
    @thiesenf Před 5 lety +11

    So in other Words... in the "normal" World all "ordinary" telemarketers would be the perfekt Div-6 material?

    • @MrSamadolfo
      @MrSamadolfo Před 5 lety +1

      ✌😏 basically yeah, pretty much

  • @Xavier_Diabolu
    @Xavier_Diabolu Před 5 lety +35

    Three Division Sixes: Anti-Christ confirmed!

  • @cer1056
    @cer1056 Před 2 lety +4

    Hi, FYI - PART 2
    - It took me over 20 years to discover how Hubbard was effecting
    his Subliminal Mind Control.
    - The technique was absolutely brilliant, and effective, let alone so devious, and subtle !
    - This discovery led to my real definition of a True Cult: All True Cults utilize methods of Subliminal Mind Control to covertly steal the Wealth, Power, Work, Fame, Position, and Influence of their Member Victims.
    - The Largest oldest religions in history and current existence do utilize Subliminal Mind Control on their Members from birth !!!

  • @cijmo
    @cijmo Před 3 lety +1

    To me, it sounds like a bunch of people in a circle digging holes. A guy throws his dirt to the right, into the hole of the person on his right, who throws it into the hole of the person to HIS right, who throws it into the hole of the person to THIS right and round and round the circle it goes.

  • @roverdover4449
    @roverdover4449 Před 3 lety +1

    This video is worth watching again 2 years later.

  • @jennwall812
    @jennwall812 Před 5 lety +5

    Love your videos and the work you all do....I was in Philly today for flower show and ran into Philadelphia center near the PA Convention Center....strange to see in person...

    • @Seeker0fTruth
      @Seeker0fTruth Před 5 lety

      Jenn Wallace wow I’m in the Philly burbs and didn’t realize they had one there?

    • @deborahbaltimore9151
      @deborahbaltimore9151 Před 5 lety

      Just recently found out about the one in Pittsburgh. How long has the Philly one been there?

    • @GrowingUpInScientology
      @GrowingUpInScientology  Před 5 lety +2

      1315 Race Street. Been there since the ‘80s.

    • @hlindellmina
      @hlindellmina Před 5 lety

      I thought the Pittsburgh one shut down? I used to drive by it all the time! Has it moved locations?

  • @skydogstudio
    @skydogstudio Před 4 lety +3

    1st priority remove their tax exempt status. If they had to pay property tax and tax on all the "donations" the organization would self destruct. Secondly it's a pyramid scheme with no pay off which is illegal. Lastly you can't pay someone $50 a week it's actually illegal and if they lose their tax exempt status I don't believe they would be able to do that....

  • @bluevol1976
    @bluevol1976 Před 3 lety +2

    Good Lord! The bureaucracy! I can’t imagine trying to call them and get to the right person. It would be as bad as calling the cable company or Social Security.

  • @trevorrol7930
    @trevorrol7930 Před 3 lety +1

    They spend all day thinking just like Warren Buffet.

  • @democritus4793
    @democritus4793 Před 5 lety +5

    I dont know exactly why, but this gives me the creeps

  • @jamesarmstrong3600
    @jamesarmstrong3600 Před 5 lety +5

    I would love to see a video that describes what a non-scientologist person will experience the moment they walk into the door to the time they depart. I understand they have to take a personality test, and the objective is to get the person on course? So, if they walk in, take the test, then go on course, what is that process like. What if they don't go on course or buy anything? What is the experience like? And what if they have not gone on course or bought anything and return? What's that experience like?

    • @nicovandeventer3120
      @nicovandeventer3120 Před 5 lety +1

      stay away if your mind is troubled, clear thinking required in all important deciouns

    • @ChrisAthanas
      @ChrisAthanas Před rokem

      The indoctrination is embedded in all the materials and processes, designed to capture and entice a certain type of person

  • @BlackuLaLa
    @BlackuLaLa Před 5 lety +2

    I've really been enjoying listening to your podcast on Spotify. Great video too! Thanks!

  • @MsAmberSunshine
    @MsAmberSunshine Před 6 měsíci

    Keep scientology working is keeping wheels/people spinning in chaos combined with lack of sleep and proper nutrition. What a nightmare of a no win situation. I hope more people become aware of just how horrible they’re being treated. Trafficked, malnourished and sleep deprivation. Very sad. I hope they come out or are rescued soon and DM is brought to justice along with his henchmen. Horrific 😢

  • @ruthgatorbinzburg1876
    @ruthgatorbinzburg1876 Před 5 lety +24

    Sounds like the Navy, dude. Seriously.
    Same idea
    Infinite tax payer money, why be efficient?

    • @Gaylafay
      @Gaylafay Před 5 lety +5

      Well, the Sea Org is designed after the Navy :-)

  • @evchesser
    @evchesser Před 4 lety +3

    Scientology sounds exactly like the military!

  • @beaupeterson188
    @beaupeterson188 Před 2 lety +2

    You don’t wanna know what they do out at sea for so long. It’s unspeakable.

  • @brockman562
    @brockman562 Před 3 lety +1

    I was born catholic, but didn't really practice it. then when I was 17 I just didn't want to have a religion. I can tell you that when I was in church, with other catholics, attending catechism, NEVER once did we try to recruit, threaten, or ask for money from others. we also didn't disown family members if they didn't want to practice the religion. I'm sure same goes for all the other main well known religions.

  • @jewell92
    @jewell92 Před 5 lety +3

    Aaron, you should have seen Mpls, MN in1960's. Thank goodness we didn't have computers and cell phones. They didn't get me with the want ad for a job. Not when they wanted me to buy something. Not many credit cards back then.

  • @atanasiogreene8493
    @atanasiogreene8493 Před 4 lety +7

    Tom cruise is the embodiment of a div6 staffer

    • @drake.707
      @drake.707 Před 3 lety

      He's also stuck in the closet

  • @novacor4157
    @novacor4157 Před 2 lety +1

    We’ve lost to many Scientologist are in high positions of power which in turn keeps Scientology from being responsible for their consequences

  • @DJAnthrocide
    @DJAnthrocide Před 5 lety +2

    You have a really good, personable, and likeable style to your video presentations...this is tough stuff to comprehend, let alone tolerate, and it needs to be presented in a way people can find believable- because CO$ is so nuts, I know years ago I didn't believe it all at first...

  • @carolbrazil1508
    @carolbrazil1508 Před 5 lety +4

    So what do they do for the community and the world? What is their plan for making the world a better place? Is it just making people better by going clear?

  • @gloriatg100
    @gloriatg100 Před 5 lety +5

    A commitment for a billion years? Sorry I`ll be busy a million years from now.

  • @rickrowell8465
    @rickrowell8465 Před 3 lety +2

    The bookstore should be called the BULL SHIT Library!

  • @oopsibrokethecow
    @oopsibrokethecow Před 3 lety +2

    Catholic priests and nuns DO make a yearly income. It is called a "stipend" but basically it is income. It depends on what diocese they work for, and what parish they are at, how long they have been doing it....just like any other job. It isn't true they take a vow of poverty. Sometimes, they make a pretty decent income if they do work outside of the church! Such as in prisons, school, or hospitals, they can make a good yearly income. There was a time they didn't make money at all, but that was a very long time ago. So, Scientology needs to stop using Catholic clergy as a comparison to how they pay their Sea Org.

  • @user-sd7qt3hy8l
    @user-sd7qt3hy8l Před 5 lety +3

    I'm a Scientologist. Currently in the sea org. It's a tough job.

  • @ericfranke542
    @ericfranke542 Před 5 lety +5

    So are there full time people that do the cooking and cleaning,ect for the staff?

    • @GrowingUpInScientology
      @GrowingUpInScientology  Před 5 lety +4

      Yup. I meant to mention that too. Full time cleaners. Etc.

    • @ericfranke542
      @ericfranke542 Před 5 lety +3

      @@GrowingUpInScientology ....thanks. My name is really Amber, I'm borrowing my friend's phone. I've been doing a ton of research on scientology lately. I appreciate your channel and the way you explain things. Thanks again. 😀

  • @wthomas7955
    @wthomas7955 Před 3 lety +1

    I was going to say, if they're spending 100 hours a week "working" they're getting close to nothing done. Hanging around at your place of work and actually being productive are two different things. There is an optimum window for human productivity and it falls well short of 100 hours per week.

  • @merp9211
    @merp9211 Před rokem +1

    I would suck if I worked in Division six. I can’t handle that much rejection every day.

  • @dimplesd8931
    @dimplesd8931 Před 3 lety +3

    As a pharma rep... why thank you. We are all beautiful 🤣 IF ONLY. Or maybe me and most of my team and my pharma friends are the exception to your rule 🤔😳😂

  • @Melissa0774
    @Melissa0774 Před 5 lety +8

    They're like the Bethelites in Jehova's Wittnesses. They live the same way at the headquarters buildings all over the world, the main one being in New York City.

    • @Melissa0774
      @Melissa0774 Před 5 lety +4

      @Klaa2 Check out Marcus Vaughn's channel. He was a Bethelite for several years before he realized it was all bullshit and got out. He makes videos where he talks about what it was like living at the JW headquarters in New York.

    • @Melissa0774
      @Melissa0774 Před 5 lety

      @Anna Cottle Cottle I think the guy left there right before they sold it, or he went to a different location in New York, or something. I think they have a couple different New York locations.

    • @jorgenvonstrangle9201
      @jorgenvonstrangle9201 Před 5 lety

      Bethelites are only paid up to $90 a month while making millions for the organisation 😡

  • @TheeLifted-Bodhisattva
    @TheeLifted-Bodhisattva Před 5 lety +2

    No joke everytime I visit 1/2 price Book stores there are shelves and shelves of Dianetics everywhere. That could end in one of two ways ..let's thumbs up these videos so it will end up in favor of the World ,and not in a thetan kinda way.Thanks for making such great material..👍🏾

  • @wakeupgreece
    @wakeupgreece Před 5 lety +2

    The internet freed many people.

  • @Waltham1892
    @Waltham1892 Před 5 lety +3

    The inefficiency in organizational design isn't an accident or error. Its almost certainly intentional.
    The constant stress to preform and the focus on performance statics sucks up the time and mental effort that would otherwise be spent wondering why in the hell you are doing these things at all.
    Think of those elaborate North Korean parades and civic demonstrations they are constantly rehearsing. Its all just make work projects to waste the time you'd otherwise spend on being human.

  • @eric_in_florida
    @eric_in_florida Před 5 lety +4

    120 hour work weeks with no time off? Sounds awesome.

  • @TimothyOBrien1958
    @TimothyOBrien1958 Před rokem

    I just got my catalog of L.R. Hubbard books, novels, etc. Since I began receiving them over 10 years ago, I've never once bought a book. I'm not now, nor have I ever been, a Scientologist.

  • @danielscholey9199
    @danielscholey9199 Před 2 lety +2

    How come Tom Cruise hasn’t joined the sea org? He seems to love Scientology 🤔

    • @GrowingUpInScientology
      @GrowingUpInScientology  Před 2 lety +2

      Celebs aren’t allowed to join the sea org usually since they are more valuable as public celebs

    • @danielscholey9199
      @danielscholey9199 Před 2 lety

      @@GrowingUpInScientology I’m sure Tom would be up for that billion year contract though 😂 great channel by the way 👍🏻