6.14 Does Scientology engage in brainwashing or mind control?
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This article is from the Scientology Catechism, by scninfo@pcnet.com (Scientology Information Server) with numerous contributions by others.
6.14 Does Scientology engage in brainwashing or mind control?
No. In fact, what we do is exactly the opposite. We free
people and enable them to think for themselves.
Millions of Church members from literally all walks of
life have attested to the positive benefits received from
Scientology. A common theme to their personal success
stories is that they are now more in control of their
lives than they ever have been.
In fact, Mr. Hubbard was one of the first to discover and
expose *actual* mind control and brainwashing
experimentation conducted by United States military and
intelligence agencies during and after World War II. He
called these techniques "pain-drug-hypnosis" or PDH.
In his 1951 book, _Science of Survival_, Mr. Hubbard
wrote: "There is another form of hypnotism . . . This
form of hypnotism has been a carefully guarded secret of
certain military and intelligence organizations. It is a
vicious war weapon and may be of considerably more use in
conquering a society than the atomic bomb. This is no
exaggeration. The extensiveness of the use of this form
of hypnotism in espionage work is so wide today that it
is long past the time when people should have become
alarmed about it. It required Dianetic processing to
uncover pain-drug-hypnosis. Otherwise, pain-drug-hypnosis
was out of sight, unsuspected and unknown."
Not only did he uncover such blatantly destructive
experimentation, but the technology he developed,
Dianetics, could *undo* the effects of PDH and free a
person from the grip of mind control.
Years after Mr. Hubbard learned about these government-
sponsored psychiatric mind control experiments, documents
released under the Freedom of Information Act detailed
the extent to which these techniques were being used.
Over the years, the Church of Scientology has exposed
numerous instances of brain-washing or mind control
practices, such as those involved in so-called
"deprogramming." In this case, individuals are taken
captive and forced to renounce their chosen religious or
political group, generally using some form of coercion,
food or sleep deprivation and sometimes drugs.
Such practices are diametrically opposed to the aims of
Scientology, which are to free man and return to him his
ability to control his own life.
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