Sunday, January 15, 2012

Odd

Yesterday I spent the day in Pasadena with a good friend and in our wanderings we talked about some of this and some of that.  Topics that span greater than everyday conversation which is always a fresh breath of air.  As we were walking back to Hubert (the best car ever) we stumbled upon an interesting find. You see, in Pasadena there is a scientology church.  And they have a...... 'show room' we'll call it, where they have all kinds of displays up and information about how scientology started.  I've always wanted to go inside but the doors have always been closed, but yesterday they were open.  So we went!  Which I apologized for later.

We walk in a Mary greets us and asks our names and before we know it we're off to explore in this quiet odd place.  They have displays where you watch videos for information.  So we sit and then this man, Chuck, comes out of nowhere and when the movie is over we get up and he immediately approaches us and wanted to talk.  I think at this point we both knew they wanted us to get hooked.  Too bad for them we already have everything we need.  But we talked for a while asking him questions and trying to not be too disrespectful and point out his mis-connections.

Then he asked if we wanted to watch just a 7 minute video on the basics of scientology.  We said sure and then happened the weirdest part of all.  He led us into a dark room with eight seats and a giant screen.  We sat there both wondering if we were about to be brainwashed, then he left.  We sat in the dark, and watched a seven minute video that was all things we knew on how to relate to people.  After it was over Dana come in and she greeted us with videos (which we didn't leave with because you had to buy them) and she shared a little bit about herself with us and we said we had to leave and walked out.  Both totally baffled.

You see, even though I don't really feel like I had real conversation with these three, I was very struck by their intensity.  They wanted to talk to us so much and wanted people to understand their way of living so much.  I think we all fall under that category sometimes, maybe not so intense, but we all desire to be understood and wish that more people felt like we did or could relate to our way of life.  I hope I dont seem that intense to people, I don't feel as if I want to live life that way. But that is the way they did it and for them it seems to work.  Here's to Mary, Chuck, and Dana...good luck with scientology.

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