This month’s issue of Minnesota Architecture Magazine uses the Church of Scientology of Twin Cities in St Paul, Minnesota as an example of the creative use of tile in design. The dedication of the Church took place Saturday October 22, 2011. The Church stands at 505 Wabasha Street and was formerly home to the Science Museum of Minnesota. The acquisition of the 82,000-square-foot facility in the heart of St. Paul. It is now the largest Scientology facility in the American Midwest... Read more
John Travolta’s Mothers’ Day Message to Kelly Preston. So beautiful it just had to be shared. Read more
There was excellent coverage this week on the problem with the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual and the proposed revision, known as DSM V, following a protest at the APA convention in Philadelphia. As described by the Philly Post: This weekend, there’s going to be an Occupy day of protest and rallies in Philadelphia—but not by Occupy Philly. On Saturday, activists will come from all over the country for Occupy the APA, a peaceful day of action to protest the new edition of... Read more
Bernie Lowenstein of Melbourne, Australia is one of the Scientologists featured on the Scientology Video Channel. The section, titled “Meet a Scientologist” is one of the most popular sections of the website. He was featured in a local newspapter, the Stonnington Leader. Lowenstein , raised Catholic, grew up with a Jewish father and Catholic mother and the article describes how he first learned about Scientology and became a Scientologist. “Struggling with his father’s death and a broken engagement, Mr Lowenstein found... Read more
One of the holidays of the Scientology religion is May 9th, the day ins 1950 when the first book of Scientology and Dianetics, Dianetics: the Modern Science f Mental Health, was published in 1950. It signifies the birth of the movement. It is still the book recommended for most people to begin their studies of the subject. L. Ron Hubbard discovered the single source of nightmares, unreasonable fears, upsets, insecurities and psychosomatic illness—the reactive mind. In Dianetics: The Modern Science of... Read more
Don’t you dare drug my daughter. If there’s something that should have been abundantly clear by now, it’s the fact that I’m 100% opposed to the practice of labeling and subsequent psychotropic drugging of children. At its core, it is the world’s most-effective marketing sham, and too many parents fall for it. The American Psychiatric Association held their annual marketing pitch to “doctors” in Philadelphia this year, and my family lent their voices to the many up there that came to... Read more
To me, Cinco de Mayo has always represented the right to live free. So I thought I’d post a video that expresses that concept far better than I could blog about it. Read more
Here is a video explaining the basic Scientology principle called “the dynamics” describing the overriding purpose that motivates all life. This video introduces a free only course available on the Scientology website. For millennia, Man has attempted to assess his place in this material world. How should he relate to the rest of life, and to his fellows? What are his true responsibilities, and to whom? Definitive answers were not forthcoming, not from the ancient Greeks, nor from the materialist... Read more
According to Dianetics, no. This video explains why. Read more
This is the third in a series of posts on the subject of using Dianetics as a parent. The first andsecond posts focused around how I use Dianetics as a parent, with my kids. But there’s that other part of being a parent – taking care of oneself so that parenting doesn’t drive you crazy. ADDRESSING YOURSELF With my Husband, Russ Time after time I have seen or heard about a relatively minor situation that was made so much worse simply... Read more
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