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What members of the organisation calling itself the church of scientology believe is passive confrontation isn't confrontation at all; at best it is ignoring what ever it is they are meant to be confronting.
I've already covered the "TRs" (Training Routines) and how they suppress critical thinking while members of the organisation calling itself "The church of scientology" believe it is teaching them how to confront things passively.
Basically the various TR exercises condition the subject to go in to a disassociated state, where the brain goes in to quiet mode, when confronted with extreme stimuli like someone really getting in your face shouting abuse, maybe even making threatening gestures.
During this passive state scientologists are aware of the stimuli but they experience it as though it were happening to someone else, or in the distance, or as though they were observing it from outside their body or a number of other ways descriptive of them being isolated from the stimulii.
This scientologists believe is great because it means they are confronting the aggressive behaviour directed at them passively; they remain, they believe, in control and are unaffected by it. The "out of body" feelings some experience are also quite profound leading them to believe they may really have experienced something quite metaphysical.
In reality their brain has been conditioned to not respond at all to the stimuli, instead becoming completely passive. Indeed through repetition the brain will learn to readily go in to this state when confronted with aggression.
In this passive state the brain is not responding to the alert signals coming from the limbic system (freeze, flight or fight). This means it is turned off to danger both physical and mental; the brain goes in to suggestive mode during which all manner of suggestions can be put in to it. As already stated in another rant the TRs employed liberally within the organisation calling itself the church of scientology are a form of hypnosis technique.
So what is passive confrontation if it isn't ignoring you're meant to be confronting like members of the organisation calling itself the church of scientology do?
Passive confrontation, dubbed "Gandhi Tech" by Anonymous critics of the organisation, isn't about ignoring the baiting by the organisations' handlers, who try to heckle and goad protesters in to responding aggressively, is keeping your cool and making your points heard calmly. It's about doing what you can to be heard within the law while others are trying to get you to break the law.
It's about not getting side tracked in to defending yourself or debating some fine nuance of meaning rather than making the points that need to be made; "keeping on target" as Anonymous critics would say.
It's about calling out the organisation's detractors for what they are an attempt to distract from people addressing the real issues regarding the cult.
Passive confrontation isn't as easy as becoming disassociated from what is happening like members of the organisation do during TR exercises because you cannot allow that to happen. You not only have to be aware but also be responsive so you don't get caught out. It's about taking on the chin (metaphorically) and saying "No U".
Anonymous critics of the organisation calling itself the church of scientology passively confront the organisation on a daily basis.