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Volume 14, January 1977, Published Monthly for the Church of Scientology of California.The American Saint Hill Organization, 2723 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, California 90026, (213) 380-0710.
T h e Hope of M a n
When we consider that a great deal of said to be Dharma. That word has meant was given to us by Gautama Buddha. It hope. You do go on living. This life is
what we now know with great exactness "wisdom" ever since. was filtered through the Middle East. not all there is. There is some future life
was already known and lost thousands of Many thousands of years ago in the "Love thy neighbor" was one of the first in which you can do better, succeed
years ago, we begin to see that we are not lessons he taught, and it is that lesson more worthily than you have." That is
highlands of India he handed on informa- all these men said.
dealing with something new when we are tion which was taken up and carried for- which we have received from the Middle
dealing with Scientology. It is not some- ward by someone who might never have East.
thing new. Whatever trappings have been hung
existed, just as they say Christ might never upon their words, we don't care. What-
have existed. That person was Krishna. These people handed on a torch of
What we are doing with this data is wisdom, of information, generation to ever technology they had has certainly
new. The way this material is organized generation. It was handed along geo- been lost. Nevertheless, they did hand
is new. The technologies with which we We go forward from there and we get
to Lao-Tse, who in his Tao again handed graphical routes, and one of those routes on this message to Man. They said,
can bring about a new state of being in "There is hope, you can be better."This
Man are new. But the basic idea, the basic on knowledge and said there was a was the Middle East. And one of the
spiritual side to life. people who handed it on was a man life is not all there is and somehow or
hope of Man as it appears today in another it is all going to come out all
Scientology is thousands of years old. named Moses. And again it was handed
Another one of these great leaders is on to a man named Christ. And he right in the end."
When we call Scientology a religion, Gautama Buddha, who never pretended handed it on. And even the Arab nation Without that hope, I do not think
we are calling it a religion out of a much to be a god. He pretended to be nothing benefited from this through their own Man could have survived this far down
deeper well than the last two thousand but what he was, a man inspired with prophet, Mohammed. the track.
years. the wisdom which he had gained and
which he taught. At one time, one third These men I consider great spiritual It is a fantastic thing that today, in
The great spiritual leaders of the past of the earth's population knew of, and leaders, because they gave to Man, on this twentieth century, thousands of
handed along enough tradition to make was better for, Gautama Buddha. down through the years, the hope that years of belief in the field of religion
us aware of the fact that there was a life could go on, that there was a spiritual have materialized into an actuality
spiritual side to Man. These great spiritual The attraction was, again, wisdom and side to existence, that the business of which can be put into effect rather
leaders have been hanged, reviled, mis- barter and gain was not all there was to easily by the average individual.
hope. People poured out of China for life. Right on down to this time we are
interpreted, badly quoted and have not o«r\t«rioa, over tortuous wnd dangerous
been comprehended at all. Nevertheless, indebted to these men. We have at last brought this material
mountains and snow-filled passes, down i n t o t h e category of practical. The
they are the hands through which a torch into India, just to come close to the area oldest material M a n had — h o p e , t h e
has been handed forwards through the where Gautama Buddha haid taught that These people were saying something spirit — has c o m e i n t o a culmination of
centuries so that we could culminate with there is hope, and that the endless cycle that was much more important than being intensely practical.
a greater ability for Man and some hope of life and death does not have to con- "there is a spiritual side to life". They
for his future. were saying, "There is hope. They can Let me say s o m e t h i n g a b o u t this
tinue, that an individual can be free even
from this. come to you and they can tell you that word religion. Religion has a great m a n y
These great religious leaders begin with all is lost, that you are dead, that you are meanings. Where t h e public at large
a monk, a legendary mythical monk An enormous amount of what we call trapped and that there is no hope for
whose name probably was not but is religion in the Western Hemisphere today you. But this is not true. There is continued on page 2
DIANETICS ON
PARADE
Cheers greeted the huge Dianetics book
float as it passed the 7-story Scientology
building on Hollywood Boulevard in the 45 th
annual Hollywood Santa Claus Lane Parade
of Stars held November 28.
Another New
Book from
RON!
MODERN MANAGEMEN
TECHNOLOGY DEFINE
IS HERE
"Better Communication and Understanding in the family" read the front of the huge DIANETICS float in this year's nationally televised Santa Claus
SEE PAGE 4 Lane Parade of Stars down Hollywood Boulevard in California.
volunteer ministers help others
turns away from religion, they are turning This individual you is today threat-
away from its impracticality, and that's ened by one of the greatest cataclysms
all they're turning away from. Man has been called upon to face. He is
threatened by a lot of bodies running
around evidently on total automatic
If you asked some avowed atheist, doing and planning interesting things
"Why are you mad-dogging on the subject for the demise of the race. And the
USING THE TECH IN LIFE how to apply Ron's assist technology I was of God?", this man says, "Well, it started next few years are going to be nerve
The driver of a delivery truck pulled into able to calmly confront a mangled body and off when I was a little boy. I asked Him
our warehouse a lew weeks ago. As he walked a chaotic accident scene. It was then simple racking years.
up to me, I noticed him limping, and asked
for a new bicycle and He didn't give me
to bring order. The assist came off fine thanks
what was wrong. He said he didn't know but to the excellent training I had received at one. And my father beat me with a bible."
that it had been bothering him for 3 or 4 ASHO. He's telling you - what? He's telling you If we understand what we know (and
days. I am really pleased with the results I'm it didn 't work. it's interesting that you do have to under-
I thought about the touch assists I had getting with people I counsel regularly too.
been reading about in The Volunteer Minister's It's such a pleasure to work with the broad stand what you know), we can go a long
Handbook and decided to try one. Well, 1 did it understanding of the mind and life that I got
Where religion is used for the self- way in mitigating the effect and on-
and after about half an hour of it he realized from my training at ASHO. I got more out of slaught on a society of weapons which
his leg wasn't bothering him anymore! it than I ever dreamed I would. centered and selfish control of other
He asked where 1 learned to do that, so I Jerry Dufour, Jr. human beings, it has been defamed. exceed the imagination of any of us in
showed him the book. He was really enthusi- When papa came home and said, "If their destructive power, and which are
astic about that and bought a copy for himself
you're not a good boy, you're going to going to cause, on every hand, a decline
the next day! of the state of Man unless some of us
Bob Jaillett hell" - in other words, threat and
punishment that's awfully bad control. know what we are talking about. And
KNOWING HOW TO LISTEN And where something has been used as fortunately right now we do know what
While working on my selling job I saw one bad control we can then expect that a we're talking about.
of my customers was very depressed.
On communicating with him I found he had great many people in the society are
been through a divorce with his wife two going to rebel against it. It will depend upon us, to a very
months ago and was still stuck in the loss of it. large degree, whether Man will become an
I took him in his office and had him go
through the incident using what 1 had learned When we say religion, we're talking animal in earnest or will continue to be a
of the counseling technology developed by
about the spiritual side of existence, and spiritual being. Man is today threatened
L. Ron Hubbard. Soon he realized he had had by men who have become animals and
good times in the past and became happier and we're talking about the strange fact that
more extroverted in his environment. if the awareness of awareness unit is not who have no thought of any other thing
As I left he shook my hand and said, "Come in itself in control of the body, the body than this.
back anytime you want!"
Artie Stein
is sick. In other words, if we neglect the
Minister Artie Stein furthers his knowledge spiritual side of existence and we do not Our work does not represent a revolt.
of L. Ron Hubbard's technology at the recognize the existence of a spirit and the
" M Y BACK A I N ' T B R O K E ! " American Saint Hill Organization. It doesn't even vaguely represent a desire
I didn't have far to run to the scene where part which this plays in life, we are for the demise of any of these things. All
a 19-year old cyclist was lying entangled with making an open armed bid for all the
nis motorcycle in a pool of shattered glass. END O F D R I N K I N G - it represents is the hope that Man again
The first person there was an elderly man START OF HAPPINESS evils which escape from Pandora's Box. can find his own feet, that he can find
who kept repeating in a loud voice to the For seven years, drinking was a way of life We're just asking for it. himself in a very confused, mechanistic-
semi-conscious lad "Don't move, your back's with me. The last two, I had bottles everywhere society, and can recover to himself some
probably broken." - under the bed, in the car, in the closet, in my
After others helped extricate the victim purse. If I was out of reach of a bottle I felt Scientology is knowledge. That's all of the happiness, some of the sincerity,
from his motorcycle I checked him for injuries panic. Scientology is. The word Scientology some of the love and kindness with which
and noted his eyes were dull and glassy but in I was like a robot on my job. Life revolved means knowledge. Scio means "knowing he was created. And if Man can do this,
focus so I immediately started a touch assist. around alcohol, where to get the next bottle, and if we can help in any way to accom-
After a short time, the young man's eyes how to get the next drink. Every evening I in the fullest sense of the word". This is
cleared up a great deal and his responses were would be out as soon as I got the children to the same word as dharma, which means plish this, then all the years of my life
clear and quick. He suddenly said "My back bed. Attempts to quit "cold turkey" ended up "knowledge", tao, which means "the way and all the years of yours will have been
ain't broke, I can move everything," which twice in convulsions. Halfhearted attempts to to knowledge" and buddhism, which well paid for, and none of us will have
I was VERY glad to acknowledge. quit using anti-convulsant drugs resulted in lived in vain.
Then the ambulance arrived. Feeling the nothing. Always back to the bottle. means "the way to spiritual knowledge".
movement in the young man's body, I helped Then I discovered the technology of L. Ron It's an old word, a very old word. It
him to sit up and he then insisted on WALK- Hubbard. Without drugs, without being "dried happens to contain within it today
ING to the ambulance still delightedly re- out", without convulsions, no more drinking. possibly the bulk of what is knowable We have a practical religion. And
peating "My back ain't broke!" Nine months later, I have completed nine before you say, "Religion - grrr!",
I was delighted too, not only that his back hours of college (night school) requiring hours
in terms of theory, that is immediately think of that - it's a practical religion.
wasn't broken but that with what little study of homework and made A's. I've completed And religion Is the oldest heritage Man
I've done, I could make him aware of it! five parts of the examination for Professional has.
Annie Smith Legal Secretary and will complete the other
two parts next month. I've lost weight, learned But it contains in itself something
ABILITY T O COPE to ride a motorcycle, have confidence and laugh
Three days ago I witnessed a pedestrian a lot. I'm willing to give and receive communi- else. It contains a positive direction, a Many, many of us are ministers. The
getting struck by a car and hurled 50 feet in cation. People I haven't seen for a year don't positive goal. And the goal is simply a fact is that we do not fit at all or
the air. He was badly injured and lying in the even recognize me. greater freedom for the individual. And influence or have any real contact with
center of a busy boulevard. I was the first to I won! With a little help from my friends!
get to him and because of my certainty on when we say "an individual", we're medicine, certainly not with psychiatry.
Nancy Tausch
talking about something as precise as We do not exist in the tradition of
an apple. We're not talking about a psychology. We can only exist in the
collection of behavior patterns which we field of religion.
learned about from studying rats. We're
talking about something that is finite.
We're talking about somebody, the It is up to us to make religion a much
somethingness that you are and the better thing than it has been and to use
capabilities that you can be. We're it to help our fellow man.
not talking about the color of your hair
or the length of your feet. We're talking
about you, and we know what we're
talking about when we talk about you.
ASHO
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