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		<title>Scientology-Cult: Year One in Review</title>
		<description>Discuss Scientology-Cult: Year One in Review</description>
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			<title>A well done and a thank you</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2900</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Steve, I don't know when I first stumbled across Scientology-Cult for the first time. Maybe as little as six months ago. My first impression was that I didn't like the "cult" part - BUT I liked what I read. It finally put me at ease when I read your article "What makes us different" - that was how I felt about it too. My non-Scientologist fellows did not (and still do not FULLY) understand how come I still hold Scientology in such high esteem after all that happened to me .... - just to be clear about it - whatever I went through is nothing compared to what I have read on this site (there's one exception and concerns a person I do not wish to mention at this point for reasons you know from me through other lines). I try to be brief here. Your site became "my site". It is Scientologists with an understanding of Scientology, a wish to see LRH tech applied correctly, freely, widely and with compassion out of a love for man. I spend so much time on this site - just in the last two weeks it has become more and (much) more - through all the stories I piece together so many things I didn't understand while in the SO. As many others, I have tried to fix outnesses (and obviously didn't manage to fix anything other than "being fixed" in an attempt to make me align). Didn't want to make it a story - didn't even want to read your article - as it was so long - and then couldn't stop until finished. Thanks Steve. Really thanks. It is my group - I work on sorting things out so nobody related is badly affected once I show my name - which is what I want to. Something is in PayPal for you. Love, George]]></description>
			<dc:creator>George</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:59:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Thank you George</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2904</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thank you very much for your kind words and deeds. We are restoring real Scientology, and you know LRH says (and I'm para[censored]rasing) that violent cultures are always conquered by more gentle peoples. It's funny that only after many of us thought the game was over for us personally, that the real game began. I was amazed at how quickly my own button on the word "cult" was flattened. I have thought several times about changing the name, but each time I came to the conclusion it was better to keep it, because once a Scientologist gets that button flat, he or she is in a much better place and stronger position. Of course I also kept it for other reason, including that it is 100% accurate in it's description of billionaire Miscavige's corrupt mafia-like empire; and it has also helped to get our message that "Scientology does not equal the Church of Scientology" into prominence and to move this website onto the comm lines of the world. I look forward to meeting you in person, and many others, in 2010. Steve]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Thoughtful</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 10:21:04 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>What doesn\'t kill us makes us stronger</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2451</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You have survived an impossible situation and have lived to tell the tale. Thanks for sharing your incredible discovery and for inspiring the rest of us to develop our own "middle way" between the "haters" and the "cult faithful". My PayPal contribution is on its way.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>David St Lawrence</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 06:48:09 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Brilliant</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2414</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thank you, again, my friend. Your hard work is really appreciated. You are a great mentor for using Scientology as a tool to better oneself and the people and world around one. I'm working on a project and I worked through the dynamics down and up for my project as I was reading your article (I read that part somewhere else some months ago....better the second time around). I strive to be a better person and more productive after I read any of your articles.....off to work! Lots of love from, Me]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Inky</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 18:51:15 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>FOS says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Very good article. In fact one of the best thus far. This is a very valuable write-up. Anyone out there got this LRH issue - where he decided against Int Events?? That should be out there and made well known. FOS]]></description>
			<dc:creator>FOS</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:27:34 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>We Support The Truth</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2286</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We Support The truth CHORUS Truth, We support the truth The good, the bad, the ugly We support the truth VERSE We come back To blow the whistle Reveal the lies In the light of truth Hello we're back And we are legion No place to hide In the light of truth CHORUS Truth, We support the truth The good, the bad, the ugly We support the truth VERSE There's a wolf In the hen house Li'l Davie boy Is on the loose But we can strip Away the false data As-is the entheta By shining the light of truth]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Ex GEM</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:47:29 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Brilliant</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Truly brilliant site and purpose. Thank you for clarifying the difference. In 2000, I bravely did a little bit of an internet search and you are quite right. It was either black or white. The negatives were very ugly and there was no appreciation of the Tech. It was a turn off and not compelling. You have done something revolutionary. You created the middle ground. The ground where the Tech can be appreciated and light shone into the dark corners. After the St. Petersburg articles, I started exploring again. I have found a number of websites where the quality of the writing and expression of purpose is in such an elevated plane, that it is quite exciting. I had no idea you started it all. My hat is off to you.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Lady Lancelot</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:31:05 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Back from the brink</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2227</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dear Sergio, Thank god we have each other. After I made up my mind that I was disconnecting from DM, Int Management and the Sea Org a year ago, I haven't been sick since despite running my body into the ground all year. DM's blighting of hope was enough to make anyone consider starting over. No matter what happens you will be fine, and your many many warm friends will always be here just as they have always been. Viktor Frankl said he often questioned why he out millions of people, survied four Nazi death camps during WWII, and finally he realized what gave him immunity from death: He had something important yet to do in his life. Even in the darkest of times, when certain death was only a matter of turning right instead of left, he envisioned himself giving lectures one day about his ordeal. Lacking money, insurance, and everything else but the shirt on my back, knowledge in my head and loyalty in my heart, I depended on that alone many times to get me through after leaving the Sea Org. I saw myself starting a website, writing articles and books, meeting with many warm friends and sharing whatever I've learned from my experiences in Scientology to make it unlikely that this could ever happen again. I see an important role there for you. Mankind needs a good Chaplain. I don't think there is one within the Church of Miscavige.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Thoughtful</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:28:44 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Thanks for the hugs and the years!</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2226</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Your statement about rediscovering yourself reminds me of a headline I wrote for the Admiration lectures when they first came out: "Once upon a time you created your own universe. What makes you think it's not still there?"]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Thoughtful</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:35:34 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>because, barney &amp; Maurice</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thank you very much. On Monday I finally got hold of a set of (most of) the OEC Vols so it will be much easier for me to provide references in future articles.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Thoughtful</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:27:42 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>True</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2224</link>
			<description><![CDATA[None of this would have happened at all without my wife. As a Scientologist, I owe her a tremendous debt of gratitude for helping us solve this riddle. You are tremendously considerate and set a great example of what ARC really means.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Thoughtful</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:24:24 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Looking forward to that</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2223</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Love to compare notes anytime.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Thoughtful</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:17:36 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Thanks so much</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2222</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Honestly, I've never been very pleased with my first draft of anything. But in the interest of speed, I generally write, publish then edit! After I've had a bit of sleep and a little feedback from friends I go back with the scissors and eraser and snip out the ugly bits and unsuitable things and generally polish it up. A little reach and withdraw always helps a lot. Ste[censored]en King says he puts his stuff in the drawer for 6 weeks. Then he comes back and edits. But our train is moving too fast. Hence, there's always the possibility of getting a small bone or two served up in your soup. Please strain your soup before gulping it down. :-D Good, cheap help is hard to get, lol.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Thoughtful</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:16:40 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Yes, you\'re right about that.</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Maybe I was the first one on my street! lol]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Thoughtful</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:59:14 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Yikes!</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Good point MF, you're right about that.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Thoughtful</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:57:52 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>You are a song bird!</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2218</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thanks so much. Of course the real credit goes to LRH.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Thoughtful</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:55:53 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Steve Hall, Certified Genius</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2217</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Being a writer myself, all I can say, is that you, Steve Hall, have certainly hit many points straight on the head. Yes, we are all writing our own life-script. I'm sure you've heard the joke about the writer who went to heaven. He asked God, "Why God, if you're so all-powerful, all-benevolent, would you allow war, famine, suffering and disease?" God said, "Eh, makes for a better story..." And what an interesting story about our church we have here...]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Songbird</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:32:51 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Ed says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dear Steve, Thank you. That post was a great hat write-up. I will attempt to put it to use, myself. The bit about "Every action that results in a product has a certain tech. One finds out about it or develops it." Good job on spotting useful tech.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:16:01 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>War and Peace says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Great memoir Steve. You laid out the time track and it was quite a read. All that lavish funding you are getting for such high end web sites !!! TUT TUT. LOL Okay watch out for a Paypal contribution coming your way. High Fives and Carry on ! love, War and Peace]]></description>
			<dc:creator>War and Peace</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:11:38 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Boyd H says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2195</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I like the script writing analogy, something to think about. Sometimes life's events start to lead me in different directions but if I stick to setting and attaining targets it makes life more fun because I'm steering it. And plotting out a whole script takes some confidence that you'll attain targets along the way.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Boyd H</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:39:57 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Sergio Mora says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2194</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Steve, We have never met. After I left the SO in 2001, years went by with no friends. I became ill, lost in the infinity of it all. Some months ago a friend of yours who is also a friend of mine told me to read articles he wrote for this site. Since then, I got back a part of me that I thought I would never live to see. Today I learned I'm not alone, that my dreams for eternity and freedom are not gone, that there is a good chance I'm not a suppressive being. That the same people that I shared those dreams with are in significant numbers also out here in the world and still true to their aims as Scientologists. This realization had such an impact in my today's existance that the illness I fell trapped in, no longer has the force to take me away like it used to 6 months ago. I feel like that day I realized I was a Scientologist. Sincerely, Sergio Mora]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Sergio Mora</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:29:58 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>A million thanks!!!!</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2193</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Wow, Steve you blow me away! I've been following your site since last July. I PMed you at the early stage of my awakening & you were so "Thoughtful" :-) & encouraging. I really appreciated it. I've come a long way since, thanks to you, Marty, Dan Koon, Amy, Jeff & many others. I have officially resigned since January & I'm still rediscovering myself & my long lost freedom. This write up was incredible & very inspiring! I had a huge button originally on the word cult especially since I had to defend so many times in the past the fact that Scientology was not a cult while I was doing volunteer work in my community. It was really hard for me to finally acknowledge that it was a cult. It's still hard for me to believe that I got sucked in & that I did not see it earlier. I was a true "Bot". I did have incredible wins & I improved my life tremendously but in the last several years I had become less & less self-determined & more & more PTS of the Church. I was very frustrated at the beginning that you had the word cult in the name of your site. Now that you've explained why, it makes total sense. You're a very big being! Sending hugs your way & wishing you years of Flourishing & Prospering on all your dynamics!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Freetothink</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:26:36 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>lunamoth says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2191</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...yeah, dm won't be at the event because he'll be locked in his bedroom with Amy Scobee's new book.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>lunamoth</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:13:55 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Maurice says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2187</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What a wonderful write-up, Steve. I've been following your site since its beginning but now you've given me a more complete view that's really appreciated. I've been out of CoM for 12 years and though I'm thankful for the earlier contributions of independents/freezoners, what's happened in the past year is truly [censored]enomenal. The truth about the real Scientology (and the counterfeit product that bears its name) is getting more broadly known than ever. Kudos to you, Marty and all the others who helped make this happen.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Maurice</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:07:40 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>barney rubble says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Steve, Your blog was outstanding, thank you so much. I have followed you maybe 10 months or so, and I am so respectfull of you.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>barney rubble</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:32:40 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Karen says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2183</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Steve, I have so much admiration for your complete dedication to and application of LRH's technology. Having witnessed so many handlings for wrong whys in Scientology, it is breathtaking to see tech correctly applied, correct whys being found and handlings that address the why found being done. Any Scientologist who has been around from the 70's knows the church is not expanding, is not theta and is not Scientology. The fact that the church has been operating off of wrong whys for so long helps me to understand why Scientology has inherited the stigma of being unworkable. Just knowing the truth has been so helpful, now knowing how the truth was brought into being offers an even greater understanding. Thank you for this. Although I had considerations about the name of the site and took a bit to confront looking at it, understanding why you gave it that name makes sense and I would not change it at all. It is too successful. I managed to flatten my button on it and it seems many others have as well. Beautiful breakdown of the application of the dynamics to life. I am most appreciative of the fact that you chose the middle path as I would not have spent any amount of time investigating the truth if it did not also include the truth about the workability of the tech. It is simply the stable datum in my life. As I have been able to rid my life of false stable data set in by the church, I have gained even more certainty that the tech does work when applied correctly. The middle path has allowed me to interchange with other like minded beings which up until I found the SP Times was non-exsistent. As a result, I have been free to create as a spiritual being again, no longer alone in my ideas. That alone has blown incredible amounts of charge for me. You are an awesome and powerful being and I am so pleased to have had the opportunity to communicate with you. I would also like to validate your wife and express my gratitude to her as this could not have been accomplished without her support...thank you for sharing your husband with us so that we may all have the opportunity to investigate Scientology on its true merits.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:58:59 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Thanks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Steve, thanks for telling your story, thanks for blazing a trail, creating this Web site, and for all that you do to help. I, too, had a huge button on the word "cult", but the fact of the matter is the church has become one. The way out is the way through and the sooner more people wake up to this fact, the sooner thing can be put back on track. I loved the part of your story about ramping up your Web development skills. I had a similar experience. Someday we'll have to compare notes.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Freedom Fighter</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:32:20 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Independents</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2181</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Having been out of the organized church for a long time I've followed much of the schism, studied many forbidden works, read in horror accounts from those who had left the church. Reading unauthorized biogra[censored]ies about LRH was an eye opener. And reading works from others who have sought spiritual freedom has put LRH's work in perspective. Voltaire said something like, "If you are to argue with me, define your terms." And here I wonder about the definition of "independent." For a long time, individuals have studied the works of LRH and went their own path. Their independence was freedom from dependence on. They were not tied to the works of LRH. They saw the merit in his works, but also saw the flaws and the inconsistencies. They saw him as a man who had a mission, but also saw him as a charismatic individual with glaring flaws. These individuals uniformly came to the conclusion that not all of LRH could be trusted even though much of what he discovered had tremendous merit. Others who studied LRH and left the church (or were kicked out) revered him as infallible. The were anti-church but pro LRH. To this group, the words of LRH were sacred text not to be questioned. This group operated independent of the church but demanded LRH be scrupulously followed. This group included those who fought tooth and nail to have periodic sec checks be removed from the NOTs auditing schedule. They were independent Scientologists of the KSW variety. And of course you had those who left the church wanting Scientology wiped off the planet. The were no longer Scientologists at all. When your ad campaigns hit the market, I was anti-Scientology/pro-tech. If I had known that the source of these ads had died in a car crash I would not have grieved. Anything or anyone that supported the evils that had been carried out in the name of a church had simply lost my respect. And for those of us searching the internet at that time, the evil was glaring. So, this is a compliment. At the time I regarded the CofS as an enemy of spiritual freedom. And you were doing a frighteningly good job of spreading it. Since you left the church, you've done a remarkable job of analysis and marketing of your new position. Pretty impressive. And a job that needed doing. However, I've been watching a long time. I've watched a lot of challengers get in the ring. I've seen aging champions who once seemed unbeatable get pummeled by very good upstarts who would have been knocked out in the first round when the champion was in his prime. Being brash can give one a competitive edge, but wisdom takes one above the game. Brashness may provide focus, but it also serves as blinders. Wisdom removes the blinders and provides a panorama of focus. And though LRH was the founder and source of a subject called Scientology, he was not the source of any of the truths he described. And much of the "tech" existed long ago. But, that is for another time. What you have accomplished, Steve, is admirable. You're a pretty sharp guy. And I think you try to keep things in perspective for the most part. And I think that this movement has a dramatically different flavor than what has been going on previously. But the "middle path" has such a wide range of individuals from those of the KSW variety to those of the anything goes variety that one has to wonder what would happen if we all didn't have a common enemy. History shows that disparate conglomerates will turn on one another once a common enemy is dispatched. Tolerance of disagreement is a good thing, but unfortunately a fragile thing. Much love, Michael ps. though I don't always agree with you, I support what you do. You mentioned paypal. I think your efforts deserve some contribution.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>OnceUponaTime</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:46:19 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Yeah</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2184</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thanks for your works Thanks for your dedication Thanks for your creativity Thanks for your viewpoint Thanks for your help Thanks for your confront Thanks and great success with year 2!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>because</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:28:52 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Moving Forward says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2178</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Wow, seriously? That's a pretty amazing change! The next great step would be to nix a few of these events. I'd say the first to go will be the Maiden Voyage events because so many OT VIIs and VIIIs have left or at least aren't on board anymore.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Moving Forward</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:33:21 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Thank you for everything</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2177</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thanks LiPo, You are a fantastically strong person yourself and a big being. I can't wait to hear your plans! We are "the ones" who are ending the suppression and create a Scientology that actually is in alignment with it's fundamentals such as the Creed, Code of Honor, the Auditor's Code, and so many more.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Thoughtful</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:10:16 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Thoughtful says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2175</link>
			<description><![CDATA["We seek him here, we seek him there" Those Culties seek him everywhere! Will Dave go to jail or land in a pickle? That damned Elusive Pumpernickel!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Thoughtful</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:43:09 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Jack, Sinar, Misha</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2174</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thanks very much. It's great to have a friendly and free group again, perhaps like Scientology was back in the 70s. Back then staff and public liked to hang out together because everyone was a Scientologists. Today, no one dares to go into an org because they're going to get regged to death. LRH's "islands of sanity" have turned into "shakedown stations" and a "protection racket." Pay up or you won't be protected. Protected from who? The Ethics Officers. I hear the upcoming May 9th event will NOT be hosted by COB, but will be hosted by local org EDs. Woo-hoo... we are impinging. Can you say "ethics presence"?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Thoughtful</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:20:26 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Admiration and sleep</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2173</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thanks Brad, I slept great last night as per usual. Erica and I just moved into a new house and it's so peaceful. We love it. All our neighbors know to watch out for PIs. I told them what I'm doing. I don't pull 36-hr days all the time, just when the need arises. I find it easier just to stay up till the next night, otherwise my whole schedule gets thrown off. [censored]one calls make it hard to sleep during the day, so I don't recommend that.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Thoughtful</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:12:15 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>TheBiggerPicture says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2180</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Wonderfully done, well appreciated, I had some cogs. However, you are not the first. Perhaps your marketing knowledge brought new visibility, but many here have been speaking for decades. Mike of IFA, for one. Ken Ogger, was, as far as I know, the actual first. Every voice is important. New voices, newly said viewpoints, each make the whole bigger, better. Keep up the good work.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>TheBiggerPicture</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:45:32 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Metoo</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2179</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Great one-year summary. Thanks for providing the platform we needed to emanate from.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>plainoldthetan</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:44:29 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Understanding, intelligence, helpfullness, courage</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2176</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Steve, Fantastic write-up, wonderful use of this [censored]iloso[censored]ic machine! (BTW, a similar machine can be found in The Factors, a users manual for Creators of Universes that we all are). I can also testify first hand this new f.... so-called religious practice in the little church of Mestyvology: labeling "squirrel" anybody who is using the tech in a creative and standard way. It's quite something to experience this kind of suppression. Anyway, you are emanating a lot of theta and admiration, as well as some unnamed and aesthetic particles one can only find high on the scale. And some others I will name: Understanding, intelligence, helpfulness, courage and compassion. Thanks :-) I decided to take more responsibility in this Indie game. I will e-mail you separately on that.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>LI PO</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:06:26 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Brad Hagemo says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2172</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Steve, It has been said that the most valuable particle in the universe is admiration. You certainly have my admiration and I dare say that of all self determined beings who have ever contributed to the help line. I might add that the most important acknowledgement you will ever receive for a job well done is the one you give yourself. You have set an example of courage and dedication for all independants to follow as we endeavor to save LRH's legacy for mankind. I hope you will take at least a few minutes of each 36 hour day to appreciate the affinity which is flowing back to you from your dynamics and to acknowledge the amazing screenplay which is your life.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Brad Hagemo</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:55:23 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Thank you, Steve!</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2159</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi Steve, VWD! What an awesome article, what an awesome hat write-up, what an awesome job you did on auditing the 3D engram, what an awesome web site and movement you congealed and what an awesome year! And you are a great guy and thank you very much! Your use of the data series and the eval, the dynamics application and your courage are very much appreciated. My contribution is forthcoming. Please let me know what else is needed from me. By the way, I am a little surprised that you seem at all affected by the Black PR from the enemy camp. No need to defend yourself or explain anything to anybody. You put them on a defensive. Great! They keep saying, basically, "Steve is not like us, Steve is very different from us". Great! It is a complement! DM is an asshole and you are different. It is a final COB approval of your script! Send DM a thank you note and take an evening off to relax with your family with a smug smile on your face, you did GOOD! Best, Misha]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Misha</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:46:16 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Moving Forward says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2171</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I definitely agree that the word 'cult' was a button that needed to be flattened. Confronting that the church has actually become a cult is definitely something that I needed to do. It's funny because I was talking with my sister, a non-Scientologist, about this whole thing. I've always been straight with her that the church wasn't perfect -- I always felt that was a ridiculous stance to take. No organization is perfect, no person is perfect, not even LRH. But I never let her in on the whole enchilada, the really bad stuff that I wasn't even confronting, for the same reason none of us did. What's interesting is when I started talking with her about some of the corruption, she got right away that it wasn't Scientology that was the problem, it was corrupted leadership. She even said that DM is making Scientology look bad!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Moving Forward</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:19:09 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Half Million</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2169</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Steve, Congratulations for surpassing half a million hits on your website in less than a year! Thanks very much for the story and doing what you do to improve ourselves and our world exposing crimes, abuse and injustice. Your middle path venue is priceless as well as the multi viewpoint which has enabled many to get charge off on various dynamics.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Sinar</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:06:41 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>What a shame</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2168</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Steve, What a shame you didn't also give your brilliant tag line for the Nixon Library campaign assignment. It was/is a stroke of genius.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Joe Howard</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:04:56 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>No, not a bridge, but a lovely compliment</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2165</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I just solved it as a problem in positioning (marketing). It's my real specialty. I am somewhat gifted perhaps with "creative strategy," positioning and reposition. I learn copywriting from a non-Scientologist in 1995, whom I respect as the greatest Copywriting teacher in the world. His name was Mike Whitlow. Knowing about my situation writing for the Church, Mike assigned me some very challenging campaigns to solve, like doing a campaign for the Richard Nixon Library, Museum and Birthplace in Loma Linda, CA. I told him I couldn't do it because I thought Richard Nixon was a crook. He told me he had his reasons for assigning me that campaign and wanted me to do it. I did. And I found a way to promote the place without being false to my own ideals regarding Nixon. It opened me to the idea that virtually any marketing situation could be solved if you had all the tools, and I do have the tools. I am certain, with all I know, without DM around Scientology and Dianetics could be just like any long-time Scientologist, loved and well-respected in the community. Doesn't it fit? Like father like son? So the very fact that the Church is despised while individual Scientologists are respected and valued is a huge contrary fact. All I've done, really, is take the first step toward normalizing Scientology in the eyes of the world. There are more steps and one way or another, we will get there.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Thoughtful</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:40:36 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Thoughtful says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2161</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Lunamoth, it's been hard work, but with friends like you out there it's never been lonely. Not even for one hour. After trying to hard in the "can't win" situation of the Int base, working for people like you and the rest of the field is pure wonderful joy.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Thoughtful</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:57:06 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Thanks v much</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2160</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I used to have a HUGE button on the word cult. But actually having done this website, the word was flattened and it's made me far comfortable no longer touchy. I have several times considered changing it, but each time I come back to the conclusion we would all do well to get the button flattened. Do you agree? Plus I know it's FAR easier for non-Scientologists to click on a website that admits there is a problem or two.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Thoughtful</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:52:47 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Not the middle grounder</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2158</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I know I'm not by any means the first "middle-grounder;" that distinction probably goes back through a long succession of predecessors as far back as 1950! But I think I was the first with access to the World Wide Web who also had the marketing ability to put it all together in a high-profile website so that it quickly expanded from a small handful (myself and Dan Koon) to many of Scientology's most experienced, productive and powerful; i.e., a verified movement. And not that others who came after "followed" me. I know for a fact, Marty was independently on the same path before we even met. Funny story: I had posted my first article on St Pete Times and ended by saying Miscavige was the Tony Montana of Scientology. I didn't even know Marty R was alive yet. Independently, he went out to St Pete Times in preparation for the first article. And in the cab, he all on his own told Tom Tobin that Miscavige was the "Tony Montana of Scientology." Whereupon Tom asked him if he was "Thoughtful." Marty had never heard of Thoughtful but Tom happened to have my posting in his pocket. He gave it to Marty to read. At that point, Marty knew somewhere in cyperspace there was at least one other like mind to his. I hope I didn't offend anyone by making that small but important to me at least, claim. :-)]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Thoughtful</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:45:01 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Yours</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2154</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thank you WH. I'm trying to cut way back on my 36-hour days. I do prefer the 24 hr schedule! :-)]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Thoughtful</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:51:15 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>relationship marketing</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2166</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm very thankful you have the tools and the ethics and integrity to use them for good. I've been in sales and marketing for the past 18 years - relationship marketing to help build communities. When you facilitate a connection between two, or more, points or people, you do form, or act as a bridge. A translator creates a bridge, an interpreter creates a bridge. I stand by what I said, pops. And, you're welcome, you earned it!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Marta</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:26:08 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>A simple thank you</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Steve; Wise words you write. Thank you for the history. Your take on creating a script is off the charts original. Having written two screenplays with one offer and one option to my credit I will be re-reading your write up when I have had less wine in the belly. So you're the father of the Independent Movement. Thank you for starting this needed movement to help others discover their integrity. I was struck by your unselfish humanity as I read this post. You are a great and noble person. I'm so proud to be part of this group and to be a regular reader of this website. Donations will be on the way soon. LOL and admiration for what you have done and continue to do.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Jack Airey</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:42:28 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Marta says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2163</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The name on this site helped me confront the cult that the CoS has become. Helped me differentiate the cult organization from the [censored]iloso[censored]y, principles, tech. It needed to be said. You built a bridge, man. Teary-eyed again, gotta go.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Marta</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:24:35 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>I hear ya</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2162</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ha! Great story. I doubt anyone is going to be offended by anything you said in this article. You've done a masterful job - and sharing the "how" and your intentions here, is at least for me, a gift. I love how in this environment, the edges of us evaporate as we communicate. I love it! We are like-minded, like-theta. Enriched. You planted the "marker" so we could find each other, so just keep saying like it is, father. Just don't be surprised if we start giving you nicknames - like pops, or pappy :-)]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Marta</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:24:11 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Moving Forward says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2156</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I knew Steve Young and he was a wonderful guy. Do you know if he's still in?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Moving Forward</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:45:30 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Moving Forward says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/scientology-cult-year-one-in-review.html#comment-2155</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Wow, great article. So much to digest, I'll have to read this one again I think! It was good to learn the genesis of this site and the why behind the name (I was reticent to click on the link in Marty's blog in the beginning). But what I found here was pure gold. Hopefully, more Scientologists continue to find this great place and realize that they don't have to 'give up their eternity' if they leave the church. I've read nearly everything you've posted on this site and always find your articles very insightful. Thanks again for all of your hard work here. It means so much. I've been a fan of the 'middle path' for many years. It became hard to reconcile this with the extremism of the Church and I found myself withdrawing, partially because I was not happy, was not helping people and partially because I saw my disagreements stacking up. I didn't want to end up coming to a point where I 'threw the baby out with the bathwater'. I had to admit to myself that I felt FAR better the longer I stayed away. It was a conundrum to me, but now makes so much sense.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Moving Forward</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:35:39 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>lunamoth says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Steve, Thank you very much for all the hard work and long hours, and for all you've had to put up with in order to put a website here for this field to form around. You should be(justifiably) proud of the result. Where there might otherwise be confused, wounded and isolated beings, there now exists a loose but high-affinty association of happy, in-comm and flourishing beings with expanding dynamics. To that I should add "well-informed." Between this site, Jeff's and Marty's I have had quite an education in the past several months. I hadn't realized that this was the first "middle path" website of the Indie/Ex scientology field. That does make you "the Father of the Independent Movement, Steve Hall." Hope you get to see that in print lots of times. As an artist myself, I have often thought about the extent of the artist's role in society. The idea that my job would be to simply turn out pretty paintings is just crushingly depressing. Obviously, there have to be new dreams dreamed, new realities created, and it's the artist's job to figure out and execute that. I'd say you have it taped. I find you to be an inspiring example of an artist, fully wearing his hat across the dynamics. Thanks so much for your abundant and sterling contributions. I plan to be here, learning and participating, into the future with you. lunamoth]]></description>
			<dc:creator>lunamoth</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:34:17 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Thanks so much</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Jeez - that was so terrific. I appreciate your having written it, having done it. What a year. So, you're the father of this playground, eh? Seriously, thank you. For over 20 years my husband and I were middle-pathers, alone. Off-lines reading and applying Scientology [censored]iloso[censored]y and principles - alone. Pro-LRH but twice-shy on organized "church". Then, a toxic eight years of DMology had us stuck and stymied (understatement), hopeless. This site helped me (and many others, I'm sure) take a good hard look at what I knew was there - at the core of the CoS, and helped me step away. Thank you. You've helped build the platform for us to bring our voices together to create community - and have FUN doing it! Thank you. And thank you for taking the time to put this all to words - gracious! Thank you. Oh, and one more thing. Just for the exercise and the lolz, every time CoS (DM, voice of) makes an accusation, we can swap out the accused's name(s) for DM/CoS without changing anything else. He is not describing you/us. He doesn't know you/us. He is only crying out his own mis-deeds and laying bare his own strategies and motivations. He describes himself to a Tee. With love, Marta]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Marta</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:49:02 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Thank you Alex</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[You are very kind! In 1992, [censored]otogra[censored]er CMU, Steve Young, cast me to play the part of Jesus in the old What Is Scientology book. Perhaps that started the rumor, I don't know. But it was apparently fueled by David Miscavige (who else) who could "tell just by looking at the [censored]otogra[censored]" that I didn't know who I was. He later spread this to WDC members as I learned only recently from Amy Scobee. But because Miscavige originally said it and spread it, that explains why the CoS is using it even though it is non-sequitur. Again it's safe to echo what DM says. Thanks again for your really caring posts. Your thanks and participation as an Indie is more than ample exchange. As the old rule says, "Virtue is it's own reward."]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Thoughtful</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 10:44:08 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Scriptwriting ... a life</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dear Steve, I hung on every word. And as I did, I could see a movie with the pivot point as scientology-cult and the ending, when dm drives away ... to the well wishes (because we are not evil) of all of us -- to live out his life in exile. With thanks, tremendous respect and a little bit of worry -- you should try to get more sleep -- it's considered important :-) WH]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:47:40 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>AlexMetheny says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Steve...WOW..what a masterpiece!! First off you are a genius and it is ok with me if you are a god like being, I can have that. Secondly, you are a great leader and a very humble one at that. I think humility makes it easier for someone else to follow the lead of someone. Thirdly, the use of the dynamics was the best I have ever read. I never got the "create" part of the 2-d until this write-up of yours. I had personally used and told people that your life is like a painting and you are the artist. So what you say here is TOTALLY real to me. Another thing that I thought was that you were working the dynamics up and down somewhat like LRH says to do on an admin scale. The idea that you would be declared for writing up your hat is SO SICK!! That is another thing I don't like about the C of M is that you can't use what you know, without being so DAMN CAREFUL all the time. The reference on ethics and aesthetics being above the eighth is in the Tech Dictionary for easy reference."Ninth Dynamic, aethetics. (PDC 2)" LRH and "Tenth Dynamic, would probably be ethics. (PDC 2)" LRH Thank you so much for what you do Steve, it is greatly appreciated. I will be donating to your pay pal service here real soon. Oh! One other thing I thought of. You know the definition of games condition right? Take a look at it in a new unit of time. It could make for a good article as EVERY definition applies to DM and the aberrated game he is mocking up. definition 3 is :"have for self and can't have for others; now that is a true games condition." ~LRH ARC, Alex]]></description>
			<dc:creator>AlexMetheny</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:27:45 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>BRAVO.</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Steve, I am so proud of you and all you have done and are continuing to do. Hard to believe it's been a little over a year since you first mentioned your concept for this site to me, and look at your creation now. Incredible. And I'm immensely proud and grateful to call you my friend. You continue to inspire me to write the next chapter of my life, and the next. Now get some sleep! Your next 36-hour day will soon be upon you. Love you, Scarlet]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Scarlet Pumpernickel</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:25:16 -0600</pubDate>
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