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21 " Before the beginning was a Cause and the entire purpose of the Cause was the creation of effect. "
― , Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
22 " Dianetics "
23 " having one life also allows me to see the beauty of it, what a miracle it is that we can live, and how important it is to be an individual. "
24 " Scientology was moving away from its mission to help people and becoming more about getting money from the public. "
25 " At the time, I simply accepted the change for what it was—a welcome relief—but looking back, it represents as clear an indication as anything about just how much sway Uncle Dave and Aunt Shelly had over people. For months, I’d been tormented and insulted. I’d been embarrassed and harassed. I’d been put in my place and told that I was the lowest of the low. Yet, in spite of all that, it took just one conversation with Aunt Shelly to put things on a path to improvement. "