An interesting article by By Michelle Kuehlhorn – Staff Writer for the North Eastern Illinois University Independent In 1952, Hubbard used the Dianetics framework and published a new set of teachings as Scientology, a religious philosophy. In 1953, Hubbard incorporated the Church of American Science, Church of Scientology, and Church of Spiritual Engineering in Camden, New Jersey. On February 18, 1954, Hubbard gave his blessing to his followers to set up the first local Church of … [Read more...]
What Does Scientology Believe to be the Goal of Man
September 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This video on Dianetics: the Modern Science of Mental Health answers a question most of us have sought the answer to for a very long time … [Read more...]
The Basic Individual
August 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Here's a quote I really like from the book Dianetics: The Original Thesis. "The basic individual is not a buried, unknown or different person, but an intensity of all that is best and most able in the person." This is not just an opinion, but is what was actually discovered during the early days of Dianetics research. The basic individual is you once the traumas, large and small, have been released from your life. That's something you can achieve through Dianetics and … [Read more...]
Ribbon Falls on Ideal Center of Scientology for the Middle East
August 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
On August 21, national and city dignitaries as well as religious leaders joined Scientologists from Israel and 27 nations to celebrate the opening of the new Center of Scientology in Tel Aviv. The Center is the first Ideal Scientology Organization (Ideal Org) in the Middle East and designed to both serve the growing membership and provide Scientology-sponsored humanitarian programs throughout the region. Located on Jerusalem Boulevard in Tel Aviv’s ancient port city of Jaffa, the Center’s … [Read more...]
Hubbard Dianetics Foundation Offers Way to Erase the Pain from Your Past
August 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This press release, posted by Church of Scientology & Celebrity Centre Nashville, explains how Dianetics helps persons who are suffering from the loss of loved ones and other traumatic incidents. The Dianetics Seminar, described here, is available through any Scientology Church of Mission. Pain, painful emotions, sadness and grief can last a lifetime. But do they have to? Why does an event that took place in 1982 still affect a person in 2012? Isn’t there something that can be done … [Read more...]
My Mother & Scientology – The Story I Never Knew
July 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
With all of the media attention now being given the subject of Scientology & parenting, I thought it pertinent to post this – an article I originally put together for BlogCritics, but more pertinent here. How did my mom come upon Scientology? What was in it for her? I asked her if she might write a sentence or two describing such for me. What I got instead was the following, an account that totally made my own religious path make sense. Her story: I was a teenager during the … [Read more...]
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