Meeting the demand for Scientology materials

While L. Ron Hubbard's lectures had been previously assembled from around the world and stored in archives, the poor quality of the original recordings and deterioration of master tapes seriously impaired mass reproduction. Consequently, the project to restore these lectures only became possible with advances in computer and digital technology. To reclaim Mr. Hubbard’s lectures, the Church established one of the world’s most sophisticated sound restoration studios."

^{"You may have been taught that the mind is a very difficult thing to know about. This is the first principle of Scientology: It is possible to know about the mind, the spirit and life."—L. Ron Hubbard}

Founding Chairman of Challenger Center for Space Education is Keynote Speaker at Writers of the Future Event

June Scobee Rodgers, Founding Chairman of Challenger Center for Space Science Education, will deliver the keynote address to winners of the L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the FutureContest, the Contest judges and several hundred attending guests this Saturday night at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The Challenger Centers have the purpose to carry on the educational mission to utilize the excitement of space to inspire and motivate our nation's school children to take interest in mathematics, science and technology. Scobee Rodgers will address the evening's attendees on the vital role played by writers and illustrators of science fiction as the dreamers of a new tomorrow which will inspire the next generation of scientists.

It is not only as the founding Chairman of the Challenger Space Centers that she will be addressing the audience. She is also a published author. And, as the 25th anniversary approaches of the Challenger 51-L Teacher in Space mission, commanded by her late husband Astronaut Dick Scobee, she says that she is pleased to launch a new project, ''A series of novels that I developed with Writers of the Future judges Rebecca Moesta and Kevin J. Anderson, called Star Challengers.''
The highlight of the ceremony will be the announcement of the year's two Grand Prize winners who will each receive $5,000and release of the annual anthology L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers and Illustrators of the Future, Volume 26 (Galaxy Press, 2010). Also being released is a special coffee table book edition of L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future: The First 25 Years, a photographic retrospective of the 25 years of the contest and containing over 1,000 images.

The Writers of the Future writing contest (www.writersofthefuture.com) was initiated by L. Ron Hubbard in 1983 to provide a means for aspiring writers to get a much-needed break -- its winners have gone on to sell an impressive 31 million copies of their works combined. Due to the success of the Writing Contest, the companion Illustrators of the Future Contest was created in 1988.

^{I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.— ScientologyFounder, L. Ron Hubbard}

Scientology- an Invitation to Freedom

What an incredible video-- Scientology: an Invitation to Freedom

^{I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.— ScientologyFounder, L. Ron Hubbard}

L. Ron Hubbard's Books and Lectures Restored

^{The Scientology News site explains how David Miscavige oversaw the full restoration of all of all the books and lectures of L. Ron Hubbard from 1948 through to 1962. It was a 25-year project, completed at the end of 2009 and announced at the yearly New Years event, televised to all Scientology Churches and Missions. The project, its products and the result of having carried it out has been called the Golden Age of Knowledge, and the driving force behind it, and behind making if fully available and seeing that every Scientologist benefits from its study is David Miscavige, in keeping with the intentions of L. Ron Hubbard.}

^{Here is how this is described on the website:}

Restoring Mr. Hubbard’s lectures from the period was another key phase of the project. In the 1950s, Mr. Hubbard delivered hundreds of lectures to Dianeticists and Scientologists, each expanding on some aspect of the corresponding book. Although recorded, many of these lectures had never been broadly available due to lack of reproduction facilities in the Church’s formative years. An earlier project had scoured the cities where the lectures were delivered—Los Angeles, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Wichita, London, Melbourne, Johannesburg—and rounded up all known original recordings. But mass reproduction was still hindered by the poor quality of many of the originals or by their deterioration over the years. Factually, despite various restoration attempts through the years, many of the lectures had never been heard since the day they were delivered.

By the turn of the 21st century, however, computer and digital technology had advanced dramatically, and the painstaking work was begun anew—this time with result. But even then, to achieve the quality befitting the content, the Church continually pushed boundaries of existing audio technology and thereby established the world’s most sophisticated sound restoration studios. Tens of thousands of hours later, the project had successfully restored hundreds of hours of previously missing, distorted or inaudible recordings. The net result was the recovery of an enormous body of Scientology Scripture for today and forever.

From this monumental undertaking in research, verification, editorial and audio came the most dramatic achievement in the Church’s history: recovery of the very foundations of the Scientology religion. Eighteen books by L. Ron Hubbard, perfect in every detail; the corresponding lecture series for each book, 280 lectures in all, produced in-house on CD; each lecture series including verified transcripts and supplemental references; and each book and lecture series containing a massive glossary, defining words as Mr. Hubbard used them to ensure understanding by any listener; and every book and lecture reproduced and released in the world’s 15 major languages.

And that is why this is truly a Golden Age of Knowledge for every Scientologist.

As Mr. Miscavige summed it up: “And just in case you missed it—we are not speaking of ‘corrected’ manuscripts. Not ‘newly verified’ manuscripts. And definitely not just ‘repackaged.’ What we are speaking of is 100 percent unadulterated SOURCE.”

To know that they are receiving the actual material from the source of the Scientology religion, L. Ron Hubbard, is the primary goal of every Scientologist. And Mr. Miscavige made it possible.

I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.— ScientologyFounder, L. Ron Hubbard

International Writers of the Future 26th Anniversary Set for Live Internet Broadcast Worldwide -- HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ --

International Writers of the Future 26th Anniversary Set for Live Internet Broadcast Worldwide -- HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ --

Part of L. Ron Hubbard's legacy is the encouragement he gave to writers of speculative fiction through the Writers of the Future contests and anthologies.

This article explains:

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards ceremony celebrating the 26th anniversary of the internationally-acclaimed Writers of the Future Contest and its companion Illustrators of the Future Contest will be broadcast on Saturday, August 28th, 7:30 pm (Pacific), to a worldwide audience via Internet, it was announced today. Streaming will be live from www.writersofthefuture.com where a special link will be set up.

"This annual ceremony for new writers and illustrators of science fiction and fantasy is such a moving experience that we wanted all speculative fiction fans everywhere and the friends and families of this year's winners to witness it," said Joni Labaqui, Contests' director.

The actual evening ceremony will be held before hundreds of invited guests, celebrities, and many of speculative fiction's most popular writers and illustrators at the famous Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, in the very room that the first Academy Awards were held.

"We've got quite a show planned. Not only are we releasing volume 26, but a 25 year retrospective coffee table book of the Writers of the Future program with over 1,000 photos in 270 pages will also be released," Labaqui added.

Every quarter, three writers and three illustrators are selected by a panel of leading authors and artists of science fiction and fantasy. With no entry fee and judging done on an anonymous basis, the criterion is strictly merit. Beside first time publication, benefits include over $30,000 in cash prizes and royalties, a week-long workshop with top professionals of the genre as well as book signings, radio and TV interviews organized by the contest administrators to assist the winners in launching their careers.

For more information, on the Contests, go to www.writersofthefuture.com. You can see last year's awards ceremony a twww.youtube.com/writersofthefuture and click on "2009 Awards Ceremony-Vol XXV."

Please note, this is a live broadcast, so check your time zone for when it will be showing in your location.

A culture is only as great as its dreams, and its dreams are dreamed by artists. — Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard

Clearing Congress DVD

Clearing Congress (DVD)

I first watched the Clearing Congress films on 16 mm film. Then I saw it when it was on video cassette. The professionalism in the mastering of this DVD is amazing.

I remember watching the event when David Miscavige showed the difference in the before and after shots. Man. What a huge difference. And I found when I watched it the this improved quality made it so much easier to watch the film and appreciate the information.

Really remarkable.

^{Happiness and strength endure only in the absence of hate. To hate alone is the road to disaster. To love is the road to strength. To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness. And may very well be the greatest secret in this universe.~~L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Scientology religion}

Books on Film by L. Ron Hubbard

In June, David Miscavige released The Problems of Work as a book on film. It is available from Bridge Publications or any Scientology Church or Mission.

The book itself helps you deal with the kinds of stress nearly everyone is experiencing today with an unstable economy and lack of job security and all the stress this puts on other aspects of your life.

^{I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.— ScientologyFounder, L. Ron Hubbard}

Beautiful new LRH web site

There's a beautiful new web site for L. Ron Hubbard.

One, www.lronhubbard.org, is a flash site with gorgeous photos really beautifully presented. There's also a site for people who don't care for a flash site, at http://www.lronhubbard.org/home.html

"There are only two tests of a life well lived L. Ron Hubbard once remarked: Did one do as one intended? And were people glad one lived? In testament to the first stands the full body of his life’s work, including some 12,000 writings and 3,000 tape-recorded lectures of Dianetics and Scientology. In evidence of the second are the hundreds of millions of individuals whose lives have been demonstrably bettered because he lived. They are the more than 28 million students now reading superlatively owing to L. Ron Hubbard’s educational discoveries; they are the millions of men and women freed from substance abuse through L. Ron Hubbard’s breakthroughs in drug rehabilitation; they are the near 100 million who have been touched by his nonreligious moral code; and they are the many millions more who hold his work to be the spiritual cornerstone of their lives.

"I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days."— Scientology Founder, L. Ron Hubbard.

Writers of the Future XXV

This video of Sci Fi Great, Orson Scott Card, tells the importance of the Writers of the Future contest.

Galaxy Press has created a video channel for Writers of the Future on YouTube.

The Writers of the Future website describes the concept of the contest, why L. Ron Hubbard created it, and why it has been carried on as part of his legacy to writers of speculative fiction. It was in keeping with Mr. Hubbard's philosophy of empowering people to accomplish their dreams, and breaking through the inertia and closed-door mentality that only allows published authors to publish, eliminating any chance for new talent to come to the fore.

Established and sponsored by L. Ron Hubbard in 1983, the "Writers Award Contest" was a budding competition aimed at discovering, and eventually publishing, deserving amateur and aspiring writers. The field of speculative fiction and fantasy, was chosen not only for Mr. Hubbard's love of and success within the genre-but for the freedom of imagination and expression it provided as what he described as the "herald of possibility."

At the time of its inception, the very idea of a contest of this scope and of a book filled with first-time fiction by beginning writers was seen in many literary venues as "untried" and "challenging," but at the same time as something both desirable and "long needed." Expert opinions contended it couldn't be done.

Algis Budrys was the first Coordinating Judge of the Writers' Contest and Editor of the L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future anthology, two positions-among others-he would go on to hold for many years. To garner their professional expertise in the judging of the entries, he initially brought together such stellar names as Gregory Benford, C.L. Moore, Robert Silverberg, Theodore Sturgeon, Jack Williamson and Roger Zelazny. Other notable names that have contributed to the judging since then include: Kevin J. Anderson, Doug Beason, Ben Bova, Ramsey Campbell, Orson Scott Card,Hal Clement, Stephen Goldin, Frank Herbert, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Eric Kotani, Anne McCaffrey, Larry Nevin, Andre Norton, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, Tim Powers, Charles Sheffield, John Varley, K.D. Wentworth and Gene Wolfe.

The eligible entrant was any novice writer who had not professionally published more than three short stories or more than one novelette, or who had not yet professionally published a novel. The rules were simple. The quarterly prizes were handsome: 1st Place-$1000, 2nd Place-$750, 3rd Place-$500. There was no entry fee and the entrant retained all rights to his story.

The guiding principles and high standards of competition, defined by Mr. Hubbard at the Contest's inception, have been stringently observed since the first quarter began on October 1, 1983. The very nature of the competition established both the Contest and resultant anthology as the premiere showcase for beginning writers in the speculative fiction genre. No less important is the encouragement and acknowledgment of aspiring writers everywhere.

Significant ideas never remain static. And so it is with the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest. Word of the Contest spread from writer to writer, instructor to student, father to son, reporter to reader, friend to friend, professional to amateur. Based on the success of the first year-which ended on September 30, 1984-the Contest was renewed for another year and became the Writers of the Future Contest.

The first L. Ron Hubbard Awards ceremony, honoring the winners of the first Contest year, was held at Chasen's famous restaurant in Beverly Hills in February 1985. Algis Budry recalls, "We invited all of our winners from all over the country . . . . It was our SF family party for the writers. It was a delight to meet them; to find that behind the good work were good people . . . as various and striking as their stories, and promising exciting new work in the future."

^{I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.— ScientologyFounder, L. Ron Hubbard}

Scientology Philosophy in "A New Slant on Life"

"Who are you anyway? Where do you come from? What will happen to you? Are you a product of the mud as you have been told, to exist for a few years and then wither away and fertilize the earth from which they said you came? Or are you something better, something finer?"

That is the beginning of the book Scientology: A New Slant on Life. It's a great read and every chapter (most of them no more than a page of two long) contains something you can take and use. I doubt there's a person alive today who has everything in their life together. People have conflicts, upsets, disappointments, they fail, they lose, they make mistakes. Aren't we all looking for a way to fix these things and do better by ourselves and each other? I like to think so. and that 's what this book contains—a way to accomplish those aims.


^{I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.— ScientologyFounder, L. Ron Hubbard}

Thought I'd share one of the favorite LRH poems:


SHINING WINDOWS


Shining windows
In
The sun
Tall,
Tall buildings
Staring.

Sell
And buy
And
Sell
And buy.

Monuments
Those buildings.
Eyes
Those windows
Watching.

Prisons, too,
Have
Windows



^{I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.— ScientologyFounder, L. Ron Hubbard}

Scientology Basics

One of the best things I've ever done has been reading the basic books and Scientology and Dianetics and listening to the lectures that go along with them. I have learned more over the past couple of years since beginning this study than in anything I've done in Scientology in the past.

Highly recommended!

You can find out more about this project on the Scientology web site where the speech by David Miscavige is presented in full. He released the project in 2007.

^{I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.— Scientology Founder, L. Ron Hubbard}

L. Ron Hubbard -- 60 Years Ago

Sixty years ago, the book Dianetics was published. It's as important and workable today as it was then, and there are new Dianetics group popping up in every corner of the world.

Scientology Churches Celebrate Dianetics 60th Anniversary

May 7, 2010

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Churches of Scientology around the world celebrate the original release of the religion’s first book this weekend. Published May 9, 1950, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health became an overnight success and has been a continuing bestseller for 60 years. The work is the anatomy and full description of a portion of the mind that is the source of nightmares, unreasonable fears, upsets and insecurities. More than 20 million copies have been sold.

Based on author L. Ron Hubbard’s researches into the mind and human behavior prior to 1950, its release brought on the spontaneous formation of 750 Dianetics groups around the U.S. and establishment of the Hubbard Dianetics Foundation in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Mr. Hubbard lectured, instructed and otherwise met a staggering demand, while continuing research into the fundamental nature of man culminating in the founding of the Scientology religion in 1952.>>

^{I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.— ScientologyFounder, L. Ron Hubbard}

Scientology Churches Celebrate Dianetics 60th Anniversary

Churches of Scientology around the world celebrate the original release of the religion’s first book this weekend.

Published May 9, 1950, “Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health” became an overnight success and has been a continuing bestseller for 60 years. May 7, 2010 -- Churches of Scientology around the world celebrate the original release of the religion’s first book this weekend. Published May 9, 1950, “Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health” became an overnight success and has been a continuing bestseller for 60 years. The work is the anatomy and full description of a portion of the mind that is the source of nightmares, unreasonable fears, upsets and insecurities. More than 20 million copies have been sold.

Based on author L. Ron Hubbard’s researches into the mind and human behavior prior to 1950, its release brought on the spontaneous formation of 750 Dianetics groups around the U.S. and establishment of the Hubbard Dianetics Foundation in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Mr. Hubbard lectured, instructed and otherwise met a staggering demand, while continuing research into the fundamental nature of man culminating in the founding of the Scientology religion in 1952.

Today, Dianetics remains a key substudy of the greater body of Scientology Scripture, its perennial popularity sustained by its workability. Before Dianetics, prevailing scientific thought held that Man's mind was his brain, nothing more than a collection of cells and neurons, and IQ and personality were considered fixed and unchanging. With Dianetics, IQ and personality improved, its effectiveness documented in a multitude of case histories over more than half a century of application.

In 2009, Mr. David Miscavige, Chairman of the Board of Religious Technology Center, announced the completion of translation in 50 languages of Dianetics and seven other basic Scientology books. Mr. Miscavige also released 32 new films of visual instruction in Dianetics procedures on DVD, part of a special Hubbard Dianetics Seminar now offered at Churches of Scientology, which include turnabout application of Dianetics procedure.

“Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health” is published by Bridge Publications and is available in 125,000 libraries in over 180 countries as well as public bookstores and Churches of Scientology. Dianetics Anniversary celebrations are open to the public.

^{I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.— Scientology Founder, L. Ron Hubbard}

Incredible Lectures

I am having tremendous wins from studying the Scientology Basics. I'm on a set of lectures right now called Technique 88. Wow. Incredible.


^{I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.— ScientologyFounder, L. Ron Hubbard}

L. Ron Hubbard's Office at the New Los Angeles Scientology Church

When he visited the Church of Scientology of Los Angeles yesterday, KCAL’s Dave Malkoff stopped by the office set aside for L. Ron Hubbard. He asked the question--do Scientologists expect Mr. Hubbard to come back. Is this office for when that happens. Scientology spokesman Tommy Davis explained that no, the office is there out of respect for the man who did so much for so many. It is simply a symbol of that respect.

The video is on line on Youtube.


^{I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.— ScientologyFounder, L. Ron Hubbard}

Church of Scientology of Los Angeles--A Real Tribute to L. Ron Hubbard

You can see genius in the planning and execution of the remodeled Church of Scientology of Los Angeles.

L. Ron Hubbard had a vision for the Church of Scientology of Los Angeles. At the complex called the Pacifica Bridge, this is the entrance gates to Scientology for the greater LA area, and Ron planned that a person could walk through that door and travel all the way up to Clear there, walk down the block to train to audit the advanced levels of Scientology at the American Saint Hill Organization and cross the street to the Advanced Org of LA and go all the way up the Bridge to a level called OT V.

Now, the way the LA org is set up, anyone wanting spiritual freedom can walk through those doors and learn the wisdom he or she has been searching for, for eons.

You can also see David Miscavige's hand in this Church in the attention to detail and the care. For example, the furniture is ergonomically perfect. The chairs are absolutely the most comfortable chairs I've ever sat in. The color scheme is so comfortable and aesthetic.

It is absolutely open to the public and there are tours and open houses so it is totally worth fitting it into your schedule. You will be able to find out to your satisfaction the answer to the question, "What is Scientology?" And if you have a group you can call and book the use of one of their conference rooms or seminar rooms.

Come in and check it out!

^{I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.— Scientology Founder, L. Ron Hubbard}

Russia's Ban (spelled censorship) of Scientology Materials

WARNING--YOU COULD LEARN SOMETHING IMPORTANT FROM THESE LECTURES!!

Want to know what it says in the Unification Congress by L. Ron Hubbard, claimed to be "extremist" by the Soviet...I mean Russian (in Siberia no less) prosecutor ? Maybe this will explain the ruling.

"Let's find out how able a fellow can be and how free he can be. And if we discover this, we will discover immediately why research and investigation in the field of Dianetics and Scientology will continue to expand--because the direction toward ability is the only direction it has ever really had. The more able we can make a person the freer he is." L. Ron Hubbard.

Quick--burn those Scientology books!

Publish Post

^{I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.— ScientologyFounder, L. Ron Hubbard}

60th Anniversary of Dianetics

<sup>May 9th is the 60th anniversary of the publication of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. This was the book that launched a wildfire movement that has continued to this day.

Now Dianetics is experiencing a huge revival, with Dianetics groups popping up all over the world--in Africa, Bangladesh, the Philippines, all over Latin America--all over the world. Thanks to the work of David Miscavige in making sure the Dianetics book was completely restored, translated and made available, and for the new Dianetics DVD was released last summer that makes it even easier to to learn and use Dianetics.

I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.— Scientology Founder, L. Ron Hubbard</sup>

L. Ron Hubbard Video on Scientology Site

There's a really good video/slide show of L. Ron Hubbard on the Scientology site. The entire site
has been revamped and I found things there I'd never seen online before, like videos of recent events with David Miscavige and graphics of Scientology churches that are in the planning or under construction.

Worth taking a few hours (really) to explore it.

^{I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.— ScientologyFounder, L. Ron Hubbard}

Scientology Books by L. Ron Hubbard

<sup>The new Scientology web site has videos of recent events, including the release of all the books and lectures of L. Ron Hubbard. You can find out what a breakthrough achievement is was to correct the books and what it took to do so. David Miscavige does the presentation. It is really worth watching. I've been reading the books and listening to the lectures and the quality of presentation of both is just the best.

I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.— ScientologyFounder, L. Ron Hubbard</sup>

L. RON HUBBARD FOUNDER OF DIANETICS AND SCIENTOLOGY

“For nearly a quarter of a century, I have been engaged in the investigation of the fundamentals of life, the material universe and human behavior. Such an adventure leads one down many highways, through many byroads, into many back alleys of uncertainty, through many strata of life…” - L. Ron Hubbard

Such an adventure is also what ultimately led L. Ron Hubbard to the founding of Dianetics and Scientology and thus, a route to previously unimagined spiritual heights. Among other landmark events of the journey: In July of 1952, L. Ron Hubbard became the first to scientifically isolate, measure and describe the human spirit, while objectively demonstrating spiritual potentials well in advance of scientific thought. Moreover, those potentials were found to be possessed by every human being and just as universally attainable. Thus developed his description of Scientology as accomplishing the goal of every great religion: Freeing the soul by wisdom.

All told, L. Ron Hubbard’s works on Dianetics and Scientology comprise the largest cohesive statement on the human mind and spirit—more than 5,000 writings and 3,000 recorded lectures. Contained therein are answers to life’s most profound mysteries: the enigma of existence, the riddle of death, the realization of states not even described in earlier literature. Also from these works come Scientology technologies to rear children, repair families, educate, organize and provide relief in times of illness or suffering.

So that all may avail themselves of these technologies, L. Ron Hubbard directed the rise of Scientology Churches all over the world and thus, the birth of a worldwide religion. It is a practical religion. It is applicable to every aspect of human existence and it is religion for the here and now. But at its core and within every Church of Scientology lies this enduring invitation from its Founder: “We are extending to you the precious gift of freedom and immortality— factually, honestly.”