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Glen,
Very well said! Your words are like a breath of fresh air and light in a stale, musty and dark room. You are one of the very few people on this list who are intellectually and perceptually honest and competent and give an honest, accurate and fair assessment of TROM. The ones that are don't even post. Welcome to the list. David > Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 10:08:20 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TROM1] needed TROM materials without 'Scientologese' > > ************* > The following message is relayed to you by [email protected] > ************ > Hello, > > I am new to Trom and this list, but I'd like to make a suggestion. > > If Trom is to ever take off, it needs to be presented in a much more > accessible form, something the average person will get excited about. > > That might mean creating a popular self-help book, like The Power of Now. > > Such a book should... > > 1. Include examples that explain the terminology. For instance, let's > have some examples of what "to make known" means, because the postulates > are just gobbledygook to the average person. > 2. Explain Trom in language everyone can understand and relate to. > Sure, Trom may seem simple to someone who has spent many years studying > the philosophy of Scientology and has studied Trom in-depth. You could > make the same argument about Taoism or Zen. But it's not simple at all > to an outsider. > 3. State the real, tangible benefits upfront, so people know why they > should spent hundreds of hours on this activity. That doesn't mean > exaggerating or misrepresenting benefits the way Scientology does, but > it might mean using case studies or testimonials. It also means stating > them in a believable way - not by claiming it will give you godlike powers. > 4. You might consider liaising with experts in psychology and mental > health who can give perspectives on why Trom works that are in line with > what science knows about the mind. (Some forms of therapy are doing > work similar to Trom already.) People trust science. You want science > on your side. > 5. Do something about Dennis's recommendation that some people should go > to a Scientology org and have the CCHs run. No informed person today > would set foot in a Scientology org. There needs to be an alternative. > 6. Remember too that very few people can do this sort of work on their > own without social support. Workshops, courses, that bring people > together would help a lot. > > Let's also remember that "Sources" are not sacred. Dennis isn't god > anymore than LRH was. Disciplines (e.g. Tai Chi, Pilates, > psychotherapy, meditation) evolve over time because not everyone is > going to copy the source exactly - nor should they. There is no > absolute right and wrong way to use these methods. Everyone must find > their own way that works for them. Many people will find better ways of > doing things than what they are taught. It is only through a variety of > approaches and perspectives and a growing body of evidence that any > discipline or science evolves. Hubbard got all his followers paranoid > about doing anything other than what he said because it was his way of > maintaining control. He feared people's creativity, so he made them > afraid terrible things would happen if they deviated at all. Of course > some techniques could be harmful, but in an open, non-paranoid > environment those become obvious quickly and can be dropped. > > I apologize if I sound critical. But so many people on this list feel > Trom has much to offer the world, so you need to get it into the world > to confirm what it can do for people. If Trom is so good, why shouldn't > it get on a show like Oprah? But I doubt it will if it remains so > inaccessible. > >
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