Nov. 9, 2007 - Wins on the Scientology Basics
I've been having enormous wins on the Scientology Basics
I should probably take notes every day and post them, but a brief summary is that reading these books in sequence has made a big difference to me.
I've read all of the basic books before, and the improvements that were made in this new edition are very striking.
I have always loved the Dianetics book, and when I read it this time, with the full glossary available, I found it so much easier to understand and faster to read. And I learned a lot. I had some hazy points on Dianetics procedure before, and didn't feel totally confident about applying it. This time, reading the book answered any questions I had before.
Then reading Science of Survival as the next book in the chronological sequence was amazing. There was one point in the book where I spotted what I do that causes me a lot of trouble in life, and I realized a very simple thing I can do to not have to suffer the way I usually do when I have to jump into new territory (since I almost always jump in over my head). Ever since then, when the going gets really rough and it seems to me I'm about to go into the "I can't cope with this" range I pull out this one datum and I can pull myself right out again.
What a change this has made in my life!
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Sep. 6, 2007 - Emotion and Life Energy
I live a pretty hectic life, as do most of us these days. One thing I can always use more of is energy. And it just so happened that I learned something important about how to get it when reading the Dianetics book the other day.
I've been reading Dianetics: the Modern Science of Mental Health. Actually I finished reading it and completed a new course that was released in July (David Miscavige released new editions of all Ron's basic books of Scientology and Dianetics, and CDs of all recorded lectures that accompany them, and I was at the front of the line to get mine!)
Every day that I read I find something I need to understand or resolve something in my life. It's not that my life is f****d up. It's more that the world around me is, and I'm always running into someone or something that needs help, and hate it when I don't know what to do to give the person or people a hand. And that is just part of the genius of L. Ron Hubbard -- that his research and writing is so applicable to situations in life.
But in addition to being practical and incredibly useful the books are also so well written that it's just a pleasure to read them.
No matter what I'm doing, no matter how late it is when I finally sit down and relax, I always make time to read. Usually I read novels, but since I got these books and lectures I take the time at night to read or listen, and I'm finding the effort is coming out of my life. Things are just smoothing out and starting to get better almost as if by magic.
Here's a quote I found in Dianetics that I thought I'd share:
Emotion seems to be inextricably connected up with the actual force of life. That there is a life force, no engineer could doubt. Man and medicine usually look at the pitcher and forget that the pitcher is only there to hold milk and that the milk is the important quantity. Life force is the helium which fills the balloon. Out goes the helium, down comes the balloon.
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Feb. 19, 2007 - Jeff Berkwits Sci Fi Music Review
I chanced upon a Locus article today I enjoyed, in which he reviewed, of all things, the Edgar Winter Mission Earth album ("of all things" because the album was released 17 years earlier).
I have to agreem with Berkwits though. Edgar Winter never loses his touch, never gets stale; his is quintessential rock and roll and this album is one of his great ones.
He writes:
L. Ron Hubbard also composed a slew of distinctive tunes, with the Mission Earth CD — performed by famed rock artist Edgar Winter — probably the most prominent of these projects. Penned to commemorate his 10-volume Mission Earth saga, this boisterous work was recorded, with the author's direct participation, just prior to his death in 1986.
"I loved the free, uninhibited spirit that Hubbard exhibited," recalls Winter, adding that the novelist conveyed distinct opinions of how he wanted each composition to sound. "He had lots of ideas about the color and personality of the music. A lot of the songs were reminiscent of very primitive tunes, almost like what you would think of as old folk melodies, while others were more contemporary. It very much depended on what the song called for. Some had an Eastern influence, since a lot of the action in the books centered on Turkey and the heroin trade. Then there was a punk-rock-like song called 'Just a Kid' that was very modern. It wasn't just one style."
Hubbard's clear vision was perhaps enhanced by the fact that Mission Earth was not the first time he had used song to supplement his literary output. His debut science-fiction musical venture, Space Jazz, was specifically designed to accompany his novel Battlefield Earth (as a matter of fact, a couple of years later the LP was simply renamed Battlefield Earth). The eclectic 1982 album is reportedly the first soundtrack ever written for a book, and highlights performances from jazz greats Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke, along with one of the earliest professional uses of the Fairlight CMI (computer musical instrument) synthesizer.
"A song can racket down the ages," Hubbard presciently declared during a lecture delivered in December 1952. "It doesn't corrode. It doesn't have to be polished, maintained, oiled, shelved or put in a vault. It happens that a song is far more powerful than any blaster ever invented."
And just last week Chick Corea won two grammies for his musical tone poem, The Ultimate Adventure based on the book by the same title by L. Ron Hubbard.
Ron certainly inspires the best of some of the icons of music.
How a man who could develope all of the Scientology religion (and if you've ever read a Scientology book, or been in to visit a Scientology church you may have an inkling of how extensive and prodigious that work was and the extnet of its impact on society), but he managed to fit in writing great novels in his "spare time."
God, when I think of his creating output compared to mine!
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Feb. 17, 2007 - Psychiatric Watch Out Night
Tonight is the CCHR annual benefit in Beverly Hills.
Watch out psychs.
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Feb. 2, 2007 - Pfizer Layoffs
I can't say I'm happy that Pfizer is laying off thousands of employees. They are blaming generic drugs as the reason they can't make their business profitable enough to keep these people employed.
I am so sick of Big Pharma fraud and incompetence (I wish it were just incompetence and not sheer criminality).
For an excellent overview of incompetence and chicanery of the pharmaceutical industry, here's a great article.
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Jan. 23, 2007 - Volunteerism on the Net
I found Jayn Craven's blog on forumer.com and she is making great use of the Internet to further volunteerism -- such a worthy activity.
From her profile: I have lived in Germany (and hope to continue to do so until some
time in 2007). Until Feb. 2005, I managed the United Nations' Online
Volunteering service (www.onlinevolunteering.org), and for four years
before that, I directed the Virtual Volunteering Project
(www.serviceleader.org/old/vv).
She also has a myspace blog on volunteering:
She also has a page about her own volunteer work at *** where she says:
"I don't volunteer primarily out of a sense of duty to my country,
because I think I have to, or because I think it's 'nice'; I volunteer
to make a difference in the causes I believe in, and for what I
personally gain out of doing so."
Well, I'm no Gen Xer (and I'm closer to the 90-year-old age Jane posts on her web site, saying one should never post one's real age or birthday on the Net), but my life has been focused around my volunteer work for all my working years -ever since I left school in fact - and I think I've made the right choices.
Here are some of my favorite volunteer activities (most of them centered around the Scientology religion, as I find that by forwarding Scientology programs I get the most done to help people, as Scientology assists in so many ways, since it provides a basic understanding of life).
Scientology Volunteer Ministers: I frequently volunteer my time as a Scientology Volunteer Minister, both in doing hands on work and in promoting the cause on the Net.
Foundation for a Drug-Free World: Drugs are at the root of so much that is bad about our modern society. And it wrecks the lives of those who abuse them. I believe in getting to kids before they experiment.
Youth for Human Rights International: A great program. Dedicated to implementing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Criminon: With recidivism unchecked and prison populations at an all-time high, isn't it about time we implemented programs that actually rehabilitate offenders and get them back into society living useful, productive lives rather than preying on the rest of us? And isn't it worth the world to get to someone who completely lost his/her self esteem and restore to him his own self respect and his happiness as well?
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Jan. 21, 2007 - Scientology Berlin
I was so totally happy to see the new Scientology church in Berlin.
When David Miscavige announced it at the New Years Event a few weeks ago the crowd (me included) just went wild!
I don't know about you, but for me Berlin has a special significance. Maybe it was because of JFK's "Ich Bin Ein Berliner" speech. Or from months of watching kids trying to escape and seeing them shot down by the Russian policy or army.
Or how stirring it was when the wall finally came down.
Well on top of that 1) I'm Jewish and 2) I'm a Scientologist.
I haven't have the best luck with Germany on either count.
So to see this gorgeous new church, with its prominent signs, proud and beautiful. Well for me it was a two Kleenex (box of) moment.
I've seen the pictures of the church and the 5000 people who showed up to celebrate the grand opening, and to me this is a beginning of a new era.
Scientology has done so much for me. And for my husband and so many of my friends, their kids, their friends.... It is really important to me for anyone to be able to be able to have a church like this and the services it offers.
So this has been a really wonderful occasion for me. And I thought I'd share it with you.
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Jan. 21, 2007 - Shopping at IKEA
I have to say I really love IKEA.
I went to Bed Bath and Beyond today looking for a new duvet and duvet cover and didn't find what I wanted. So tonight I logged on and found exactly the right thing on the IKEA site.
And I didn't have to shlep it around with me -- it gets mailed here.
Sweet.
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Jan. 7, 2007 - And Time Flies
Time is bizarre.
Does time go by as fast for you as for me?
It's playing tricks on me a bit right now. For example, last August seems just a few weeks ago, but New Years Eve seems about a month ago.
Telescoped both ways.
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Dec. 30, 2006 - Fantastic Event
I attended the New Years Event on Wed. at the Shrine Auditorium in LA.
Wow. What an incredible event!
David Miscavige is always an impressive speaker, but I've never seen him better.
The event will be shown in most Scientology churches and missions around the world on New Years Eve (tomorrow night). It is REALLY worth seeing!
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Dec. 19, 2006 - Not forgotten
I've been away from my blog so long, I was shocked when I saw when my last posting was.
I've been busy with other aspects of my life, but here's some news I thought was really interesting, from the Scientology Press Office:
Scientology Volunteer Ministers — Committed to the Children of Kolkata
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As 2006 comes to a close, one stark fact of life in India has drawn the attention of the world community.
Where we have all but eliminated polio in the
Americas, Europe and the western Pacific, there was a ten fold increase
in new polio cases in India this year — the country that accounts for
half of all new polio cases in the world.
Scientists are puzzled, since an active
polio vaccination program exists in the country. Is the vaccine not
getting to the children who are being crippled for life by this
disease? Or are terrible sanitary conditions to blame? Doctors warn
that other infections, such as diarrheal illnesses, can overtax the
immune system to the point that the vaccine doesn't take effect.
But whatever the final answer, one thing
is clear — the safety of the children is at stake, and fast action is
needed to address all possible causes.
The Scientology Volunteer Ministers
of West Bengal, committed to giving these youngsters every possible
chance to survive, are assisting government health professional this
week. They have made their center a distribution point for this
government polio prevention program, and are rounding up children from
the Kolkata slums, to make sure they get their vaccine.
As L. Ron Hubbard wrote in The Way to Happiness
— a common-sense moral code that the West Bengal Volunteer Ministers
distribute throughout the community — "Today's children will become
tomorrow's civilization. Bringing a child into the world today is a
little bit like dropping one into a tiger's cage. Children can't handle
their environment and they have no real resources. They need love and
help to make it."
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Nov. 5, 2006 - Hollywood Halloween
I guess I should have posted about this last week, but Hollywood Halloween is a real phenomenon.
I've never seen this kind of celebration of Halloween anywhere else.
Gouls and witches mix with pirates and movie stars in a never-ending procession up and down the boulevard, both sides of the street -- the street is packed with them.
Great costumes, people of all ages, parents wheel their todlers in carriages, teens, the nightclub twenty somethings and all the way up to 50 and 60-year olds.
It's the funniest event, because there's no entertainment except for one another's costumes -- no music, no refreshments except for the Latina hotdog stands, grilling their onion and bacon hotdogs on the corners.
And it goes on for hours!
I drove through at 11:30 pm and they were still going strong.
It's the oddest Hollywood celebrations I've ever seen and it happens every year, the same way.
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Nov. 2, 2006 - Scientology Expansion
After attending the IAS event at the Shrine last Saturday and the seminar on Sunday on L. Ron Hubbard Way I am astounded by the work that has been done to make our social programs available to society at large.
First of all, the quality of these publications, videos, brochures and how they are put together in kits -- if ONE had been released I would have been impressed. But SIX?
I KNOW what it takes to do this kind of thing and I am, as I said, in awe of the work that was done.
David Miscavige was in rare form at the event.
I don't think I've EVER heard him give a more hard-hitting speech (and that's SAYING a LOT).
I am personally very embarrased about the human rights violations that my country is perpetrating on Afghans and Iraquis, and the disregard for human rights conventions. To hear Mr. Miscavige state exactly what I felt (and a lot better than I could put it) was fantastic.
If you are a Scientologist and are visiting my blog and your org is showing the event this weekend, you MUST see it. You need to get in the loop and work out how you are going to push these campaigns forward: Human Rights, Anti-drug, bringing the Psychs back under the law and the Way to Happiness. And if you are not a Volunteer Minister yet, you need to figure out how to get on course and become one.
Anyway, what the event showed is the scope of what Scientology is doing in society at it really inspired me to do a lot more than I have been.
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Oct. 24, 2006 - More on London
I remember when I first got into Scientology, even though it was at a very small Scientology mission, the thing I noticed first was how friendly and genuine the people were. They really cared about me and I needed some help at that time and it was very welcome.
I've been to some of the new Scientology churches - the one in San Francisco, San Jose, Los Gatos and Mountain View. And they are really bustling, exciting places. But the thing that still stands out the most about all of them is their friendliness and helpfulness.
I am so exciting about the London org. I think it was two years ago that David Miscavige announced that the Victoria Street building had been purchased, and now, here it is.
So cool!
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Oct. 22, 2006 - Church of Scientology opens new London HQ
I found this article on the Improving Society blog
The Church of Scientology unveiled its new London headquarters today with a grand opening ceremony.
The religion, which counts Hollywood stars Tom Cruise and John Travolta among its followers, is expanding its British operation.
It
has bought and refurbished the former home of the British and Foreign
Bible Society, latterly the offices of BP, for its new HQ.
The
five-storey Victorian building in the City of London is a stone's throw
from St Paul's Cathedral and stands next door to an Anglican church,
from where parishioners emerged after their Sunday service to watch the
proceedings with some bemusement.
Several hundred Scientologists, including church dignitaries and assorted VIPs, braved the driving rain for the outdoor ceremony.
They listened to an address by Scientology leader David Miscavige, whose arrival was greeted with whoops and cheers from the crowd.
Mr Miscavige described the occasion as "momentous".
Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard chose London as home to the organisation's first offices. Mr Miscavige said: "This day will go down in history. Of all the foreign lands where LRH lived and worked, he called England home.
"This
is the city wherein he first defined the human spirit as an immortal
being possessed of capabilities beyond anything predicted and so
arrived at the axiomatic truths on which the whole of Scientology is founded."
Other
speakers at the event included United Nations peace envoy Dr Iftikhar
Ahmed Ayaz, who praised the faith and told the crowd: "It is my
personal belief that this church can restore what this world has lately
lost."
Kevin Hurley, divisional commander of the local Snow Hill
police station welcomed the church to the City and said its members
were "raising the spiritual wealth of society".
The ceremony
began with a procession by the London Scottish Regimental Pipe and Drum
Band and ended with an explosion of red, white and blue tickertape.
Afterwards the public were invited inside to discover more about the work of the Scientologists.
One
room is devoted to the accomplishments of Hubbard - described as an
explorer, writer, naval officer, humanitarian, artist and philosopher.
Video screens and exhibitions explain the various Scientology programmes, which include anti-drugs courses and a campaign against the perceived evils of psychiatry.
Among
the guests who did attend was Hollywood actress Anne Archer, whose
roles include Michael Douglas's wife in Fatal Attraction.
Archer
was raised a Christian Scientist but joined the Church of Scientology
in 1976 and credits it with turning her life around.
She said:
"I met some people who I observed to be very sane and who said some
very interesting things. I later found out they were Scientologists.
"At that time I had some problems in my life and I went for my first auditing. "The change was so remarkable and so quick. I went from feeling utter despair to positivity within two weeks."
Archer conceded that Scientology has received a bad press but said: "All new ideas are criticised but we are doing remarkable things."
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Oct. 20, 2006 - Courage and Compassion
I was just reading a Rosie's Rest Stop blog
I'm impressed with how she has maintained her own standards despite having been subjected to a lot of crap over the years.
We all have the choice, I think, on how we will react to people who try to take us down.
My favorite quote on the suject is by L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Scientology religion.
The hardest task one can have is to continue to love his fellows despite all reasons he should not.
And the true sign of sanity and greatness is to so continue.
For the one who can achieve this, there is abundant hope.
For those who cannot, there is only sorrow, hatred and despair. And
these are not the things of which greatness or sanity or happiness are
made.
Continued>>
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Oct. 18, 2006 - "Modern" Pschiatry -- He Got THAT Right!
It would be even funnier if it weren't completely true! Read on...
Big Pharma and psychiatry are quite an evil duo. The
drug companies concoct drugs to treat so-called "brain chemistry
disorders," and then psychiatrists engage in rampant disease mongering
combined with "screening" and "treatment" to push those drugs onto
children, adults and even senior citizens. The result? Nearly half our
population is now on at least one prescription drug, and yet the people
are more diseased, less mentally stable and more depressed than ever
before in the history of our nation.
Modern psychiatry has been bought out by Big Pharma, you
see, and as visually described in this cartoon, psychiatry is the
funnel through which countless children are diagnosed with utterly
fictitious diseases like ADHD, then put on dangerous drugs sold under a
monopoly market at profiteering markups. The real victims in all this
are, of course, the children who suffer serious long-term harm from the
ongoing consumption of such drugs. Most of the popular psychotropic
drugs used on children, for example, also cause blood sugar metabolism
disorders that can promote type-2 diabetes. Ever wonder why diabetes is
skyrocketing among teens? It's not just the food; it's also the meds.
And that's not to mention the fact that antidepressants
can actually cause children to lose their minds and go crazy,
committing acts of extreme violence like gunning down their classmates
with automatic weapons. Virtually every school shooting in the last
decade (including the infamous Colombine High shooting) was carried out
by children on antidepressant drugs or some other psychotropic
medication.
That's why many of these medications have now been
banned in the U.K. for use on children. But here in the good ol' USA,
the FDA keeps 'em legal for use on anyone, including 3-year-old
toddlers who are now being diagnosed by ignorant doctors as "suffering
from depression" or "exhibiting attention deficit disorders." Absurd?
Yes. But darn profitable for drug companies, which care nothing about
toddlers, or teens, or anybody as long as they just keep popping those
expensive pills.
The true history of psychiatry and the chemical
treatment of so-called mental disorders goes straight back to Nazi
Germany, where scientists from IG Farben (which spawned Bayer and other
drug firms) were using war prisoners as guinea pigs in Nazi-controlled
medical experiments. This isn't some wild conspiracy theory, either:
It's part of the historical record. Read Human medical experimentation in the United States: The shocking true history of modern medicine and psychiatry (1833-1965) to catch a glimpse (if you dare).
Want to learn more shocking facts about modern psychiatry? Visit the Citizens Commission on Human Rights.
It's a grassroots organization that fights against the evils of
psychiatry and Big Pharma. It was originally set up by the Church of
Scientology. I'm not a member of the church, but on this issue I agree
with them completely: Psychiatry has gone mad, and it must be stopped.
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