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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 08:57 AM
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Scientology Nearly Ready To Unveil "Super Power"
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CLEARWATER - Matt Feshbach believes he has super powers. He senses danger faster than most people. He appreciates beauty more deeply than he used to. He says he outperforms his peers in the money management industry.

He heightened his powers of perception in 1995 when he went to Los Angeles and became the first and so far only "public" Scientologist to take a highly classified Scientology program called Super Power.

Where in L.A. did he do this?

"Just in Los Angeles," is all Feshbach will say. Super Power is that secret.

Under wraps for decades, Super Power now is being prepped for its eventual rollout in Scientology's massive building in downtown Clearwater. That will be the only place worldwide where the program, much anticipated by Scientologists, will be offered.

A key aim of Super Power is to enhance one's perceptions - and not just the five senses we all know - hearing, sight, touch, taste and smell.

Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard taught that people have 57 "perceptics." They include an ability to discern relative sizes, blood circulation, balance, compass direction, temperature, gravity and an "awareness of importance, unimportance."

Church officials won't discuss specifics of Super Power. But Feshbach and another prominent Clearwater Scientologist who, like Feshbach, is a major donor to Super Power's building fund, provided some details in interviews with the St. Petersburg Times. A group of former Scientologists who worked for the church on a campus in California where the program was in development also described elements of it.

Super Power uses machines, apparatus and specially designed rooms to exercise and enhance a person's so-called perceptics. Those machines include an antigravity simulator and a gyroscope-like apparatus that spins a person around while blindfolded to improve perception of compass direction, said the former Scientologists.

A video screen that moves forward and backward while flashing images is used to hone a viewer's ability to identify subliminal messages, they said.

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http://www.sptimes.com/2006/05/06/Tampabay/Scientology_nearly_re.shtml
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noonwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 09:28 AM
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1. Yet another case that proves PT Barnum was right
I anticipate another Scientology themed "South Park" episode in the making.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 09:37 AM
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2. a kinder, gentler Clockwork Orange.
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onager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 09:38 AM
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3. Yawn. Meet the new Super Power, same as the old Super Power...
The well-known film director, Cy Endfield...found it all a bit unconvincing, but when it was announced that shortly the founder himself would be lecturing and presenting the world's first Clear to a public meeting he decided that this was too good an opportunity to miss.

The venue was the famous Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, a huge hall capable of accommodating six thousand. This was packed to capacity, for good - or at least interesting - news travels fast.

Endfield recalls that a stir of excitement ran through the audience when Hubbard, after speaking at some length on various matters, called out on to the stage a pretty college student called Sonia Bianca, whom he introduced to the audience as the world's first Clear.

Miss Bianca, who seemed somewhat overcome by it all, answered a few routine questions from Hubbard without revealing any spectacular powers, and it is possible that Hubbard thought that no more formal demonstration than this was necessary.

But it was not to be, for Mr Endfield, remembering that Clears were currently supposed to have perfect recall of all sense perceptions and knowing Miss Bianca was a major in physics, decided to ask her some simple questions in her own topic.

Amazingly she seemed unable to remember even rudimentary formulae, such as Boyle's Law, and fell down completely when asked to give the colour of Hubbard's tie when his back was turned.

It was an awful moment. There was improper laughter and sections of the audience got up and left.


Scientology Rare Book Library

http://www.whyaretheydead.net/krasel/books/evans/teeth.html

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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 09:40 AM
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4. I thought I had me some of that super power once.
Turns out it was a bad burrito.
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varkam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-09-06 06:40 AM
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5. Oh oh oh! Do we get capes if we sign up?
Scientology is just sounding better all the time.

Ugh.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-09-06 07:22 AM
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6. I was once told that I could use some "Super Vision"
Really they need a special room and equipment to train people to get their heads out of their asses and pay attention huh?

Gee and how was it they got hooked up with this organization to start with?
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WillParkinson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-09-06 07:44 AM
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7. Um....sorry....
I'm pretty sure they meant you needed Supervision....
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-09-06 07:47 AM
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8. Cindy Brady claimed she "had a secret' too. Of course,
she often got busted for tattletaling too... :D
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-11-06 12:37 AM
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9. Heinz 57 "Perceptics"
Sounds delicious :9
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-11-06 12:39 AM
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10. Man, I love those guys!
Keep on keepin on!
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-11-06 06:04 PM
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11. Who can wait?
"...a gyroscope-like apparatus that spins a person around while blindfolded..."

The power of positive puking...:puke:

--IMM
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REDKING Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-11-06 06:09 PM
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12. Hubbard must be laughing his ass off......
Scientology is a load of crap.I read the first book......Hahahahahahahahahahahahahah
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-11-06 06:16 PM
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13. Oh good. I've been waiting for this.
:D
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Bombtrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-11-06 07:55 PM
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14. Christianity and Islam's actual mass-destructiveness need the attention
and the mocking.
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