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< BACK TO Fresh Intelligence CSI Actor Finds New Fame in Anti-Scientology Role
BEGHE WHOOP Jason (Photo: IMDb.com) The Village Voice speaks to him for a story today, and Beghe capitalizes on his YouTube and Xenu TV fame, describing how he learned about Scientology from Jenna Elfman's husband (then boyfriend) Bodie Elfman. Elfman gave Beghe a copy of What is Scientology, which hinted at how to achieve super powers and achieve clarity, an idea that appealed to the actor at the time. "Give me some Scientology, man," he says he thought. Beghe's epiphany came during a Scientology ritual that essentially involves holding still for 20 minutes. "I kind of left my body, and realized, in a new sense, who I was. And it was like, 'Oh, shit.'" Beghe says he probably had $60,000 to his name, but he plunked down $50k to move up the "bridge," the Scientology path to enlightenment. After 12 years in the church, he estimates he probably spent $1 million before extricating himself from Scientology seven months ago. The upshot: He was for a while one of its poster boys. He had his own private sauna at the Celebrity Centre in L.A. He shot up the ladder and ended up ranking higher (OT V) than John Travolta. In the long piece, Beghe goes on to unfurl all sorts of insider secrets and travails he went through in his dozen years inside and ends with this nugget: "Scientology seduces you into thinking that it's a process through which you can truly become yourself. But ultimately, what it turns you into is a Scientologist—a brainwashed version of yourself." PREVIOUSLY 
He's lucky he got out. One can only hope that some of his celebrity colleagues follow suit, before the RICO Act investigations begin and the "church" comes crashing down. To learn more, please visit www.enturbulation.org Posted by: JaneyZ on April 16, 2008 4:53 PM I too got out of Scientology like Jason. I too was fed up with their Orwellian secret police. I too was fed up with the way they put money above all else. I too want to see this cult dismantled Posted by: bgodley on April 21, 2008 3:53 AM Regarding your recent article on the actor Jason Beghe. What is he upset about exactly? Maybe it's because of all the people who are allegedly "brainwashed", that he has some sense of responsibility for? That overused hackneyed term can be easily addressed and shown to be false to some one whose only source of information is the Entertainment News page and they are honest and able to discern truth from fiction or... sour grapes. After 14 years Jason Beghe knows that that accusation is a bold face lie. Yes ... simply stated, a lie and he knows it is such. Maybe it's because he spent 14 years learning the philosophy and application of Scientology techniques so to reach the very respectable level of an "OT 5 auditor". But perhaps discovered he was not up to the challenge. Failing to honestly achieve the level he says he did, must mean, of course that everyone else is a "brainwashed, robotic version of ..." themselves. Maybe that is why he is so upset? Maybe it's because his success as a celebrity auditor was in his eyes a sham? And to all those fellow Scientologists, friends and associates who were earnestly and honestly going about their lives. Failed to see this embarrassing truth, that he is not "the poster boy for Scientology". Being almost caught in a lie day in and day out can be quite stressful. Maybe that is why he is so upset? Maybe he is upset because he should have left sooner? Maybe he is so upset because the Church followed thru on his request for a refund? Maybe he is so upset because besides his wife no one followed him out the door? Maybe he is so upset because after 14 years he realized he was never as sincere as he thought he was and that it took him 14 years to figure it out. That's got to be embarrassing or at least it should be if he had some pride. Maybe he is so upset because the Entertainment News reporters who he is telling his story to, don't care a lick about him, his wife or his story beyond how it furthers their own narrow goals of a paycheck. Maybe he is so upset because no matter how resolute, how adamant he is, the more reporters he talks to, the more videos he places on You Tube... he knows that he can only be "right" by diminishing himself. The bigger the media makes him the smaller the man he proves himself to be. Maybe he so upset because his story was placed next to "Ivana Trump Gets Married' ? Next to Katie Couric Exit: A Pile-On." This can go on, I'll stop here with this confession. I'm a 30 year Scientologist and I'm OT 5. My wife and my daughters are Scientologists, we haven't been brainwashed to believe that we were not brainwashed. The lessons I learn in Scientology, the tools I apply to my life have made me and my family happier and willing to help others who honestly desire it. JA Posted by: Joseph Accardo on April 26, 2008 11:32 AM Advertisement |
    
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