Article 231067 of alt.religion.scientology: Path: casaba.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news2.harvard.edu!cam-news-feed3.bbnplanet.com!delphi.bc.edu!Pjust From: segger@netlink.com (Sandra Egger) Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: A NEW ERA FOR MANKIND 1/2 Date: 4 Nov 1996 22:17:19 GMT Organization: Boston College Lines: 164 Message-ID: <55lq1f$h9q@delphi.bc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.171.236.34 X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 Many falsehoods and inaccurate statements regarding several aspects of the religion of Scientology have been observed on ars. The purpose of this message is to give you a sample of the true data from the book 'What is Scientology?' and show you where you can look to get the full contents of this book. ------------- The publication of Dianetics ushered in a new era of hope for mankind, and with it a new phase of L. Ron Hubbard's life. Although from this point forward, his life would prove just as adventurous as the previous 39 years, it is not the details that are most important, but the accomplishments which form the subject matter of this book. The first indication that he was to be a public figure came immediately after the release of Dianetics. Although Ron had originally planned yet another expedition following the completion of Dianetics, so great was the popular response to his work that he had to change those plans. Thus, instead of exploring islands off Greece, he soon found himself lecturing on Dianetics to packed halls across the nation. It was also at this time that the first Hubbard Dianetics Research Foundation was formed in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and people began arriving in droves to study the new techniques and find out more about Dianetics. By late fall of 1950, there were 750 groups across the country applying Dianetics techniques, while newspaper headlines proclaimed,"Dianetics Taking US by Storm," and "Fastest Growing Movement in America." Ron's research continued, and in March 1951 he completed his next book, Science of Survival. In this 500-page work, he further explored the nature of thought and life, offering readers an understanding of, and a new means to predict human behavior. The book is oriented around a chart, the Hubbard Chart of Human Evaluation, which explains the various emotional tones of individuals, exactly delineated, and with the precise procedures to bring anyone to the highest level and thus ultimate survival. In 1951 he wrote a total of six books, continuing to research and perfect the technologies of Dianetics with which he had resolved the problems of the human mind. But this still left many unanswered questions, questions which man had been pondering since the beginning of recorded history. "The further one investigated," he wrote, "the more one came to understand that here, in this creature Homo sapiens, were entirely too many unknowns." And so, within a year and a half of the release of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, L. Ron Hubbard had embarked upon another journey of discovery-entering the realm of the human spirit. This track of research, begun so many years earlier as a young man traveling the globe in search of answers to life itself, was to span the next three decades. And as breakthrough after breakthrough was codified, the philosophy of Scientology was born, giving man, for the first time, a route to higher levels of awareness, understanding and ability that anyone could travel. Given the inherently religious nature of Mr. Hubbard's work through these years, it was only natural that those surrounding him would come to see themselves, not only as students of a new philosophy but also as students of a new religion. And so, in 1954, Scientologists in Los Angeles established the first Church of Scientology. L. Ron Hubbard founded the subject early Scientologists began the Church. As more and more people discovered Ron's breakthroughs, Scientology churches sprang up rapidly around the world. Meanwhile, through his writings and lectures, he continued to make his discoveries available to all those seeking answers. In 1959, Mr. Hubbard and his family moved to England, where he purchased the Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead, Sussex. This was to be his home for the next seven years, and the worldwide headquarters of the Church of Scientology. There, in addition to his constant writing and lecturing, he began intensively training Scientologists from around the world so that they, in turn, might return to their homelands and teach others. The mid-1960s saw him develop a step by step route for anyone to reach states of higher awareness. He also codified administrative principles for the operation of Scientology organizations work which brought about the expansion of Scientology into a global network. In September 1, 1966, with Scientology established as a worldwide religion, Mr. Hubbard resigned his position as Executive Director of the Church and stepped down from the boards of all Church corporations in order to fully devote himself to researches into the highest levels of spiritual awareness and ability. On the threshold of breakthroughs that had never before been envisaged, he returned to the sea, in part to continue his work in an undistracted environment. On board ship for the next seven years, he again traveled extensively, while devoting his attention to ever-worsening problems facing society through the late 1960s and early 1970s. Of special note from this period is the drug rehabilitation program he developed, recognized today by government studies around the world as the most effective in existence. It was also during this period that he developed the highest levels of Scientology, refinements of application, new administrative principles, and advances in the field of logic-all of which are explained later in this site. Returning to shore in 1975, Ron continued his travels-first from Florida to Washington, DC and Los Angeles before finally settling in the southern California desert community of La Quinta near Palm Springs, his home until 1979. There, searching for new ways to make Dianetics and Scientology more easily accessible, he wrote dozens of training films on the subjects to visually demonstrate proper application of technical principles. He directed many of these films himself. Long concerned with accelerating social decay, Mr. Hubbard wrote a nonreligious moral code based on common sense in 1980. Published in booklet form, it is entitled The Way to Happiness.In explanation of this work, L. Ron Hubbard said, "Reading the papers and wandering around in the society, it was pretty obvious that honesty and truth were not being held up to the standards they once had. People and even little kids in schools have gotten the idea that high moral standards are a thing of the past. Man has in his hands today a lot of violent weapons. He doesn't have the moral standards to go with them." Loudly applauded by community and civic groups around the world, The Way to Happiness spread across the planet. An entire grass-roots movement formed to disseminate and use the booklet to uplift the decency and integrity of man. To date, 35 million copies have been distributed with millions more being demanded each year. In 1980, he celebrated his 50th anniversary as a professional writer by again turning his prodigious energy to the field of fiction. He wrote Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3,000, an epic science fiction novel, followed by the ten-volume Mission Earth opus a satirical romp through the foibles of our civilization. All eleven books went on to become New York Times and international bestsellers, a consecutive bestseller record unmatched by any writer in history. Returning to his more serious work with continued research into man's spiritual potentials, Mr. Hubbard traveled extensively through California in the early 1980s. In 1983, he finally resided in the town of Creston, near San Luis Obispo. Here he completed his research and finalized the Scientology technical materials he had spent most of his life developing. Today, those materials are recorded in the tens of millions of words on the subject of the human spirit which comprise Dianetics and Scientology philosophy. The over 25 million words of his lectures-just those that are on tape-are enough to fill over 100 volumes of text. In fact, it may well be that L. Ron Hubbard's works include more literature, recorded research and materials than any other single subject of philosophy, the spirit or religion. All of these materials are available to anyone who desires an improvement in his life. Well over 100 million of his books are in circulation today. For more information go to the following URLs: http://www.scientology.org http://www.lronhubbard.org http://www.dianetics.org (c) 1993 Church of Scientology International. All Rights Reserved.