Members of Scientology are audited to rid themselves of these emotional blockades by talking through them while using an E-meter (a device that tracks electrical resistance) to measure precisely where the engrams live. The Church believes people are stricken by engrams, mental images akin to memories that cause pain and confusion. An interrogation meant to peel back the layers of the emotionally damaged sailor, it’s a riff on Scientology’s practice of auditing. One of the most powerful moments in 2012’s The Master is when Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman) “processes” Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix). Will “Audits” Jaden Over the Course of the Movie He must regain control over the physical world through management of his fear. Kitai’s journey over the course of the film is that pursuit. Hubbard’s writing has indicated that Scientology’s goal is to rehabilitate a thetan’s control over MEST (matter, energy, space, and time). His choices are guided by what he thinks are his father’s demands. He has a desire to be a hero, but it’s not instinctual. In Church terms, he is a misguided thetan - full of rage, haunted by memories, and terrified when out of his comfort zone. As Cypher puts it in the film, “fear is imaginary,” and if a person is able to see past that illusion, they can be maximally effective. ![]() ![]() He’s calm and collected, empowered without having to demonstrate that power. In Scientology terms, Cypher is a properly cleansed “thetan,” the Church’s version of a soul. Luckily they have Cypher - he’s known as a “ghost,” a human who can suppress his emotions and the accompanying pheromones that allow the aliens to sniff people out. There is only one problem: Their new planet, Nova Prime, hosts a vicious alien race that feeds on fear. Mankind is asserting itself as an intergalactic military presence on the outskirts of the universe. The film is set 1,000 years after humans have departed an ecologically devastated Earth. That’s the main hurdle for Jaden’s character Kitai Raige, who finds himself failing to measure up to his commander father, Cypher. Its vast cosmology aside, at its core, Scientology is about setting doubts and conflict aside in order to value the self. Fear Is a Choice,” reads the tagline on the After Earth posters. Here’s how the film parallels the faith’s teachings: Surprisingly, what’s been advertised as an Avatar remix plays out more like Battlefield Earth, another film that hews to the tropes of a science-fiction epic - just like Hubbard’s doctrines for Scientology. Together, they traverse the dangerous landscapes of a creature-ridden future Earth. Night Shyamalan), the film is a father-son adventure that teams the superstar with his wunderkind offspring Jaden. Based on a story by Smith (and a script by Gary Whitta and director M. The clearest evidence of Smith’s investment in Scientology might be his newest blockbuster film - this weekend’s After Earth. He’s simply a “student of world religion.” Yet to this day, when asked about his own involvement, Smith suggests close friend Tom Cruise introduced him to the practices of Scientology, but that he’s not a member. Two years later, he and wife Jada Pinkett Smith opened California’s New Village Leadership Academy, a private school founded on the teachings of Scientology creator L. ![]() In 2007, he donated $122,500 to several Scientology rehabilitation organizations. Whether or not Smith is a devout member or simply curious about this Hollywood faith, he has visible ties to the group. Will Smith has never spoken openly of his connections to the Church of Scientology, but they are well documented. ![]() She filed a "knowledge report" against David and other senior church member and was subsequently subjected to years of interrogations and "thought modification" before being blacklisted by the church.Jaden Smith stars in Columbia Pictures’ “After Earth,” also starring Will Smith. The decline in the church happened after she attended fellow Scientologist Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' wedding in 2006, where she asked why David's wife wasn't present at the wedding, only to be shut down by David. She stayed in the church for over 32 years before leaving after she questioned the management of the church leader, David Miscavige. She joined the church in 1979 at the age of nine when her mother joined. Remini felt compelled to speak out against this organization due to her own experience and when she decided to leave the famous organization in 2013. It is the end of this Emmy-winning docuseries, which has revealed some of the deepest and darkest secrets about one of the most controversial organizations in America. Actress and activist Leah Remini explains why she is wrapping up Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath after just 3 seasons.
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