AUDIO LEAK: Scientology leader David Miscavige announces ‘Golden Age of Admin’

We have another exclusive for you today at the Underground Bunker: We’ve been leaked audio of David Miscavige’s presentation at the L. Ron Hubbard Birthday Event that was held on Saturday, March 12 at the Fort Harrison Hotel ballroom in Clearwater, Florida.

Our audio recording contains about 33 minutes from a much longer event, but what it does contain is the first recording of Miscavige at a live event in some years.

You will find his boasts about Scientology’s “expansion” (even during a pandemic) familiar, but we are especially excited to get this leak because it contains Miscavige’s announcement of his latest major initiative, “The Golden Age of Admin.”

Here at the Bunker and over at Mike Rinder’s blog, you’ve been hearing for some months that this new initiative is coming. Late last year, our new “Insider” source described it as a desperate move by Miscavige to come up with a new “technology” release in order to counter the tough effects of the pandemic on Scientology.

Throughout Miscavige’s reign since he took over after the death of founder L. Ron Hubbard in 1986, he has repackaged Hubbard’s “technology” in new ways. Hubbard’s millions of words are considered “scripture” by Scientology and aren’t supposed to be altered. But Miscavige has found ways to re-edit and re-publish material in order to require Scientologists to pay huge sums to acquire new libraries and re-take their courses and auditing.

In 1996, Miscavige announced the “Golden Age of Technology” and required major re-training and course do-overs, then in 2007 he republished Hubbard’s Scientology books and lectures and called it “The Basics,” requiring church members to buy multiple sets of material they already owned for about $3,000 per set. Then in 2013 it was the “Golden Age of Tech Phase 2.”

What else could Miscavige reissue? The Insider told us that things have become so bad, with dwindling membership and the restrictions during the pandemic, that Miscavige was desperate enough to repackage the dullest of L. Ron Hubbard’s writings: His policies on business administration.

In this audio of the March 12 announcement, you’ll first hear Miscavige telling his followers that somehow, during all of the lockdowns and empty Ideal Orgs, Scientology “expansion” is going better than ever. Then, he gradually gets ready to announce the initiative by going over his greatest hits: Golden Age of Tech, The Basics, and Golden Age of Tech mach 2.

Then, he does his best to get his audience excited about a whole new issue of business instructions. Imagine your boss trying to thrill you about your employee manual getting a new cover or something, and you’ll see what an uphill battle Dave has ahead of him.

Does he pull it off? Well, we’ve personally never heard Miscavige resort to such turgid prose and wordy examples, and we’ve been watching him for decades. But we’ll let you decide for yourself.

 
This was our favorite line from Miscavige, about why Ideal Orgs need to be so complex: “We’re not a religion with a single preacher preaching to an entire congregation and where all they need is one big room and a microphone. Then again, those other religions can’t Clear anybody either.”

Catty, Dave. Very catty.

We contacted the Insider to let them know that their predictions turned out to be so close, sending them a transcript of the audio. This was the message they sent to us:

Although my prediction was close, truthfully it’s far worse than I thought. In the past, the obvious lies and ridiculous claims of expansion were well concealed in ambiguity, the excitability of the viewers, and the fact that rarely does anyone watch the event more than once; and hardly with a critical eye.

Miscavige’s claim that over the last two years, there were 32 times greater number of new people walking into an org than ever before in history, or any of the other supposed statistics, are so easily disproven by casual observation, that even all the self-imposed thought control mechanisms aren’t going to be enough to stop Scientologists from questioning it.

If he had admitted the protocols caused problems and that the Church – as everyone else on the planet had – suffered and struggled as a result of this pandemic, it would have endeared those public losing certainty, but not yet out, to him further. Then he could have saved face with the release.

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Instead, he claims that Scientology alone, under his leadership of course, was the only organization on the planet not to have been affected. Not only that, but they did better than ever.

Once again, his ego and patent inability to admit wrongdoing is on full display to his own detriment. This will likely result in more people leaving Scientology more quickly than ever. Which fortunately, seems to be a statistic Miscavige is actually capable of making go “straight up and vertical.”

 
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Source Code

“That which men fear, they become. That’s a cinch. That which men resist, they become. Now, you know the Christian idea of turn the other cheek? Well, let’s get a comparable idea in Scientology. Not comparing Scientology to Christianity, but let’s get the comparable idea. The Christian idea of turn the other cheek had a little truth in it. Let’s get the comparable idea, and that is assume the other viewpoint. No more vicious and horrible person could possibly be alive than one who is willing to assume any viewpoint whatsoever. The MEST universe has rigged up more fairy tales to condemn people who would do this….You see, the MEST universe really wouldn’t be here at all unless people didn’t object to shifting viewpoints. People insist continually on a persistent viewpoint. They say you must have the same viewpoint over and over, day after day, year after year, century after century, and if they could enforce it they would put you into solid concrete and give you just the one viewpoint at the center of the solid concrete and say, ‘There you are and you had certainly better stay there or we’ll get impatient with you.’ You can’t control anybody who won’t assume the same viewpoint continuously.” — L. Ron Hubbard, April 26, 1954

 
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Avast, Ye Mateys

“GOOD NEWS: With the return of 3 Missionaires a flood of good news was brought. The US Court of Appeals fired back and refused the FDA petition for a re-hearing in the meter case. So that is definitely ended. John McMasters has been touring with huge successes in the Western US and Hawaii and has been seeing many wigs in higher favourable interviews and has been on many national TV shows in the US all very well done. He has been highly commended and his mission ordered to be reinforced. We have a lovely new base all bought. We have been invited to participate in a beachhead. Plans are afoot from a new active group to open up Latin America. They already have a fine beachhead secured.” — The Commodore, April 26, 1969

 
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Overheard in the FreeZone

“There’s no one on Mars. They’re long gone. This planet isn’t worth the gas it takes to get here. At least, not more than once every few thousand years. (Mars the observation outpost was mostly automated anyway.)”

 
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Past is Prologue

1995: Mojo Nixon has included a song ridiculing L. Ron Hubbard on his latest album, Whereabouts Unknown, on the Ripe & Ready label.

 
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Random Howdy

“If it weren’t for the celebrities, David Miscavige would have less name recognition than Marshall Applewhite or whoever is running the Raelians.”

 
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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

Criminal prosecutions:
— Danny Masterson charged for raping three women: Next pretrial conference May 31. Trial scheduled for August 29.
— ‘Lafayette Ronald Hubbard’ (a/k/a Justin Craig), aggravated assault, plus drug charges: Last hearing was on January 18, referred to grand jury. Additional charges also referred to grand jury after January 5 assault while in jail.
— Jay and Jeff Spina, Medicare fraud: Jay sentenced to 9 years in prison. Jeff’s sentencing to be scheduled.
— Rizza Islam and other family members, Medi-Cal fraud: Pretrial conference May 20 in Los Angeles
— David Gentile, GPB Capital, fraud: Next pretrial conference set for May 5.
— Joseph ‘Ben’ Barton, Medicare fraud: Pleaded guilty, awaiting sentencing.
— Yanti Mike Greene, Scientology private eye accused of contempt of court: Found guilty of criminal and civil contempt.

Civil litigation:
— Luis and Rocio Garcia v. Scientology: Eleventh Circuit affirmed ruling granting Scientology’s motion for arbitration. Garcias considering next move.
— Valerie Haney v. Scientology: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’ Valerie’s motion for reconsideration denied on March 15.
— Chrissie Bixler et al. v. Scientology and Danny Masterson: Appellate court removes requirement of arbitration on January 19, case remanded back to Superior Court. Next hearing scheduled for June 29.
— Brian Statler Sr v. City of Inglewood: Third amended complaint filed, trial set for June 28.
— Author Steve Cannane defamation trial: Trial concluded, Cannane victorious, awarded court costs. Appeal hearing held Aug 23-27. Awaiting a ruling.
— Chiropractors Steve Peyroux and Brent Detelich, stem cell fraud: Lawsuit filed by the FTC and state of Georgia in August, now in discovery phase.

 
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THE PROSECUTION OF DANNY MASTERSON

We first broke the news of the LAPD’s investigation of Scientology celebrity Danny Masterson on rape allegations in 2017, and we’ve been covering the story every step of the way since then. At this page we’ve collected our most important links, including our four days in Los Angeles covering the preliminary hearing and its ruling, which has Danny facing trial and the potential sentence of 45 years to life in prison.

SCIENTOLOGY: FAIR GAME

After the success of their double-Emmy-winning, three-season A&E series ‘Scientology and the Aftermath,’ Leah Remini and Mike Rinder continue the conversation on their podcast, ‘Scientology: Fair Game.’ We’ve created a landing page where you can hear all of the episodes so far.

LEAH REMINI: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE AFTERMATH

An episode-by-episode guide to Leah Remini’s three-season, double-Emmy winning series that changed everything for Scientology watching. Originally aired from 2016 to 2019 on the A&E network, and now on Netflix.

SCIENTOLOGY’S CELEBRITIES, from A to Z

Find your favorite Hubbardite celeb at this index page — or suggest someone to add to the list!

 
Other links: SCIENTOLOGY BLACK OPS: Tom Cruise and dirty tricks. Scientology’s Ideal Orgs, from one end of the planet to the other. Scientology’s sneaky front groups, spreading the good news about L. Ron Hubbard while pretending to benefit society. Scientology Lit: Books reviewed or excerpted in a weekly series. How many have you read?

 
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THE WHOLE TRACK

[ONE year ago] Scientology is not a cult: The reasoning of an OT 3 Scientologist
[TWO years ago] Scientology shows that if government gives it even an inch, it tries to take over like a virus
[THREE years ago] Scientology, breaking bad: Signs of desperation here and abroad
[FOUR years ago] Kim Poff, finally free to speak: ‘I want this story out. I want people to know what Narconon did.’
[FIVE years ago] Scientology retaliates against Clearwater land deal by trying to shiv a beloved dolphin
[SIX years ago] SCIENTOLOGY LEADER DAVID MISCAVIGE THREATENS TO SUE FATHER OVER BOOK
[SEVEN years ago] EXCLUSIVE: Secretly taped briefing uncovers precarious state of Scientology right now
[EIGHT years ago] Selling out, and other strange side-effects of Scientology watching
[NINE years ago] Dianetics is Not Hypnosis — Well, Except For That “You Are Feeling Sleepy” Part
[ELEVEN years ago] Is Tom Cruise Worthy of a Simon Wiesenthal Award? Also: Scientology’s Building Spree

 
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Posted by Tony Ortega on April 26, 2022 at 07:00

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