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My sister-in-law tried Dianetics on Thanksgiving

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:03:58 -0000

My wife's sister had her first Dianetics session on Thanksgiving. It was a pleasure to see her come out so bright and excited and full of questions and interest.

It reminded me of how exciting it is to discover this subject.

Best,

Alex.

I completed my Dianetics course!

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:26:22 -0000

I completed my Dianetics and Dianetics Lectures and Demonostrations course! I learned a lot about how my mind works, and noticed things about my wife as well. It was quite enlightening.

I've started my next course, Science of Survival.

The use of clay demonstrations

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:44:59 -0000

This is me on study after making a clay demonstration. I had a win on this, first time I handled a lot of clay effortlessly and really enjoyed doing it - this is while studying Dianetics.

free Scientology instruction over the Internet

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:47:17 -0000

Here is a free class in Scientology basics. See and decide for yourself.

L. Ron Hubbard recognized by the Phillipines for anti-drug work

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:33:58 -0000

LRH recognized for his anti-drug activity.

Clay demonstration in Scientology study

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:28:40 -0000

One of the aspects of study technology is the use of clay to make demonstrations while studying.

One can feel crunched up while studying, or squashed - too much significance, no mass.

I was feeling a little that way today - and I made a model (10 figures made out of clay and some other bits, like a car and a trophy cup and flowers) and made 4 scenes composed of that that demonstrated a basic principle - and I felt very bright after that! Bright and happy and alert - not squashed at all.

Alex.

Scientology improved my life

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:01:42 -0000

It is February and I am coming up on my 12 year anniversary in Scientology.

Study and practice in this subject has really improved my overall well-being. I am generally happier and more active in life.

Scientology really works - that is why I recommend it to others. Check it out for yourself.

Clayton Holmes is winning with Scientology

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:01:01 -0000

Lovely article on how Clayton Holmes is turning his life around with Scientology and a little help from his friends. Friends are the best.

Drug Free Australia Day - Saturday 26th January

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:01:25 -0000

Drug Free Australia Day

with the Drug Free Ambassadors and your help!

Let's meet Saturday, 26th January 10am at Sydney Church of Scientology.

30 or more people can easily distribute 30,000 Drug information booklets all over Sydney!

Bring your kids, family, your friends, your sunnies and your enthusiasm!

Let's give kids, youth and teenagers the truth about drugs

and they will make a wise decision.

Yep, you can distribute at a Beach or wherever people are.

To distribute at a formal event you should get the ok, just ask. Normally it is not a problem, everyone likes our campaign.

If it is a problem to get ok to distribute: let me know, the newspapers will be very interested to report who wants to stop this campaign to fly!

What can we do better on Australia Day?

Please confirm you attendance, your family/group and how many booklets you want to distribute to me.

For a Drug Free Australia!
Alex

What Narconon has been up to in 2007

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:27:14 -0000

Here is a year-in-review email from Narconon.

My favorite is that a Narconon Centre now exists in Kiev, my birth town.

Best,
Alex.

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year we like to share some of the highlights of what the Narconon® groups and centers from around the world have done. The Narconon network, spread out over 45 countries, helped save many lives from the ravages of drug use. Some highlights include:

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Narconon Nepal, since its establishment in 2004, has saved the lives of over 200 addicts through their drug rehabilitation program. Realizing that prevention was the key to eliminating abuse in Nepal, the staff began a comprehensive education campaign, enlisting the help of Narconon graduates and students in the local schools. Narconon Nepal has now educated over 500,000 school children in both Nepal and India. They also run a weekly "Say No to Drugs" TV program covering 4.9 million viewers in Nepal and many more in 75 countries around the world.

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Philippines: At the request of the Philippines Dangerous Drugs Board, President Narconon International presented drug education seminars to their staff, along with others from various rehab groups and schools. All of the trainees then went on to deliver a short presentation to students in a local school as part of their apprenticeship. He then went on to train rehab professionals at the Quezon City Drug rehabilitation facility, as well as staff from five other rehab programs in the area. By the end of the one week session, they had put their newly learned skills to use and could see for themselves the very positive results.

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The President of Narconon International visited Kazakhstan and delivered a two day training to staff and volunteers, including members of the Businessmen Against Drugs. As part of the training, staff delivered a special workshop at a local orphanage school, which included drug education, communication skills and achieving one's goals in life. Altogether, Narconon Almaty and the business volunteers are now reaching some 5,000 school children per week.

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At the request of the Blackfeet leaders, Narconon drug education and First Step workshops were delivered to tribal members and rehab professionals. The Narconon exhibit was also visited by many of the thousands gathered for the 56th North American Indian Days.

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Honduras: Narconon of Georgia worked with a humanitarian organization that is helping street children who have turned to drugs and violence. Amazing results occurred when the kids did the Narconon New Life Detoxification Program which cleans drug residuals from their bodies.

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After acquiring a beautiful facility on the Red Sea, Narconon Egypt began delivery of the full Narconon program and is now promoting throughout the Middle East.
Three new Narconon rehab centers opened during the first week of December 2007: Narconon Joshua Hills opened south of Palm Springs, giving the network a third center in southern California.
Narconon Alberta opened in the city of Calgary in Canada. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by staff, students, and friends. They are already at work saving lives!
The ribbon cutting ceremony for Narconon Kiev in the Ukraine was attended by city officials, local Parliament government officials and numerous other guests. Many of the attendees offered help to work in or contribute to the center.

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In September Narconon Eslov in Sweden celebrated their 25th Anniversary. Over 200 guests and officials attended from Sweden and Denmark. Awards were presented to the first student who graduated the program, as well as the most recent graduate.

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Drug Education Conference: Attendees came from the U.S., Canada, and Australia. Narconon International's top Drug Prevention Specialist conducted several seminars covering the standardized Narconon science-based curriculum for both elementary and high school students, as well as drug awareness programs for businesses.

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Narconon New England has reached over 1.75 million households on cable TV throughout the year with a program that uses non-scare tactics while giving essential data about addiction. People regularly call in to Narconon as a result. For instance, a former addict called to report that, thanks to the program, he realized why he still was experiencing cravings four years after he had stopped using.

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Narconon Hungary conducted a three week bicycle tour during which they educated over 2,100 people along the way. Also, Narconon Zutphen (Holland) held a "Drugs Never Take a Holiday" marathon from their center in Holland to Narconon Hastings in England.

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Narconon Trois Rivieres conducted a tour named "A Quebec without Drugs" to 10 different cities, educating over 2500 people and distributing 5000 "Ten Things Your Friends May Not Know About Drugs" booklets.

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Narconon Ufa in Russia has delivered drug education to over 150,000 people in their area since they began just a few years ago. In recognition, the Executive Director was awarded a certificate from the city's "Face to Face" project for being "One of the Best Persons in the City."

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Narconon Mexico again this year delivered a major drug education program in the Pedro Escobedo district. This program was conducted in coordination with the National System for the Integral Development of the Family (DIF). In total they reached 7,757 students in 55 schools.

Two graduates, trained as Drug Prevention Specialists in Narconon Mexico, delivered a series of drug education programs in the state of Tabasco, at the University of Guadalajara, University del Valle de Mexico, Olmeda University, and the Police Academy. In total, they reached 1280 students and enlightened thousands more through radio and TV programs.

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Red Ribbon Week was another big success this year for the Narconon drug education programs in the U.S. Narconon of Georgia held their annual concert in Atlanta's main city park. Narconon Arrowhead staff travelled throughout Oklahoma and Arkansas to reach thousands of kids; and in Los Angeles, Tony Bylsma delivered 30 presentations to 2924 students in 7 cities--all in one week.

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The Narconon Miracles volunteer hockey team played two games against the Los Angeles Kings Alumni this past year, the first one at the Staples Center in support of the Women's Veterans Association. This game was one of several events participated in during the Martin Luther King Jr. Season of Service.

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Creative Art of Hip Hop: Narconon International joined forces with other groups and businesses, such as Cease Fire (a violence prevention and intervention group), the Hip Hop Hall of Fame, and a local property developer, and produced a VIP hip hop party whose theme was "The Positive Art of Hip Hop."

Narconon International has many resources to help someone overcome drug addiction. We offer educational materials to help prevent drug abuse. For more information, visit our websites at www.narconon-news.org and www.narconon.org. For our published materials, visit the Narconon bookstore.

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Scientologists can be meticulously honest

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:40:12 -0000

One of the first Scientologists I met, Don, impressed me by how meticulously honest he was. He would take care that he wouldn't take a company pen home, just for example.

Last week, I forgot a one dollar coin on the lunch table outside my church, at about 11 AM. At 2 PM I remembered, came back, and there it was. This is after the lunch period, when many of the students go outside.

Best of all, this didn't surprise me - I sort of expected nobody would take it.

Makes me proud to be a Scientologist.

I gave my father-in-law an assist today for the first time

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 06:30:59 -0000

I gave my wife's father an assist today - it was his first assist.

I used the Nerve Assist.

He said it was very relaxing. I feel good that he had a win with it. Getting an assist gives one personal reality on workability of Scientology.

Bringing psychiatry back under the law

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:20:27 -0000

Citizen's Commision on Human Rights 2007 highlights video - psych busting at it's best

South Africa grants tax exemption to the Church of Scientology

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:43:58 -0000

Yet another country, South Africa, grants tax exemption to the Church of Scientology, recognizing it as a Public Benefit Organization.

It's exciting being part of a new religion. It's quite a privilege watching it spread and get established and acknowledged throughout the world - it's kind of like watching a child grow up and mature - an experience like no other.

Utah sending police officers through the Hubbard detox program

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:41:24 -0000

Here is a lovely story about the government in Utah putting police officers exposed to meth lab toxins through the Hubbard detox program; and the great relief they are getting from it.

I did the Hubbard detox in 2000 and it helped me tremendously. Highly recommended.

There is a storm coming... the true intentions of psychiatrists.

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:31:34 -0000

[Reposted from my friend Tiarre Ferrari's blog.]

It's funny how things work out.

Understand how very important this WORLD CRISIS is and please learn more about it

This may surprise you ... you need to know the true intentions of these folks. It's scary stuff. The first step in doing something about it is finding out about it. So here you are.

These are quotes by prominent psychiatrists (including the co-founder of the World Federation of Mental Health). This is how Psychiatry views the subject of Education (even to this day, as proven by their own current documentation).
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"Every child in America entering school at the age of five is insane because he comes to school with certain allegiances to our founding fathers, toward our elected officials, toward his parents, toward a belief in a supernatural being, and toward the sovereignty of this nation as a separate entity. It's up to you as teachers to make all these sick children well – by creating the international child of the future."

-- Psychiatrist Chester M. Pierce, Address to the Childhood International Education Seminar, 1973

"We have swallowed all manner of poisonous certainties fed us by our parents, our Sunday and day school teachers, our politicians, our priests, our newspapers, and others with a vested interest in controlling us. 'Thou shalt become as gods, knowing good and evil,' good and evil with which to keep children under control, with which to impose local and familial and national loyalties and with which to blind children to their glorious intellectual heritage... The results, the inevitable results, are frustration, inferiority, neurosis and inability to enjoy living, to reason clearly or to make a world fit to live in."

--G. Brock Chisholm, President, World Federation of Mental Health

Teaching school children to read was a "perversion" and high literacy rate bred "the sustaining force behind individualism."

--John Dewey, Educational Psychologist

The school curriculum should "...be designed to bend the student to the realities of society, especially by way of vocational education… the curriculum should be designed to promote mental health as an instrument for social progress and a means of altering culture..."

--Report: Action for Mental Health, 1961

"Education should aim at destroying free will so that after pupils are thus schooled they will be incapable throughout the rest of their lives of thinking or acting otherwise than as their school masters would have wished ... The social psychologist of the future will have a number of classes of school children on whom they will try different methods of producing an unshakable conviction that snow is black. Various results will soon be arrived at: first, that influences of the home are 'obstructive' and verses set to music and repeatedly intoned are very effective ... It is for the future scientist to make these maxims precise and discover exactly how much it costs per head to make children believe that snow is black. When the technique has been perfected, every government that has been in charge of education for more than one generation will be able to control its subjects securely without the need of armies or policemen."

--Bertrand Russell quoting Johann Gottlieb Fichte

"We can therefore justifiably stress our particular point of view with regard to the proper development of the human psyche, even though our knowledge be incomplete. We must aim to make it permeate every educational activity in our national life.... We have made a useful attack upon a number of professions. The two easiest of them naturally are the teaching profession and the Church: the two most difficult are law and medicine."

--Dr. John Rawlings Rees, "Strategic Planning for Mental Health", June 18, 1940

"---through schools of the world we shall disseminate a new conception of government – one that will embrace all of the collective activities of men; one that will postulate the need for scientific control and operation of economic activities in the interests of all people."

--Harold Rugg, A John Dewey disciple

"Education does not mean teaching people to know what they do not know – it means teaching them to behave as they do not behave."

--National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) sponsored report: The Role of Schools in Mental Health

"This is the idea where we drop subject matter and we drop Carnegie Unites (grading from A-F) and we just let students find their way, keeping them in school until they manifest the politically correct attitudes. You see, one of the effects of self-esteem (Values Clarification) programs is that you are no longer obliged to tell the truth if you don't feel like it. You don't have to tell the truth because if the truth you have to tell is about your own failure then your self-esteem will go down and that is unthinkable."

--William Coulson, explaining Outcome Based Education (OBE)

"Men are built, not born.... Give me the baby, and I'll make it climb and use its hands in constructing buildings of stone or wood.... I'll make it a thief, a gunman or a dope fiend. The possibilities of shaping in any direction are almost endless...."

--John B. Watson, psychologist, founder of "Behaviorism"

"Of course, Behaviorism 'works.' So does torture. Give me a no-nonsense, down-to-earth behaviorist, a few drugs, and simple electrical appliances, and in six months I will have him reciting the Athanasian Creed in public".

--W.H. Auden

"Despite rapid progress in the right direction, the program of the average elementary school has been primarily devoted to teaching the fundamental subjects, the three R's, and closely related disciplines... Artificial exercises, like drills on phonetics, multiplication tables, and formal writing movements, are used to a wasteful degree. Subjects such as arithmetic, language, and history include content that is intrinsically of little value. Nearly every subject is enlarged unwisely to satisfy the academic ideal of thoroughness... Elimination of the unessential by scientific study, then, is one step in improving the curriculum."

--Edward Lee Thorndike, Pioneer of "animal psychology"

"Psychology, and child-study stand first in order among the required subjects of technical nature… The course of child-study is supplementary to the prescribed courses in systematic and applied psychology."

--1899 Teachers College Course

"The educational system should be a sieve, through which all the children of a country are passed. It is highly desirable that no child escape inspection."

--Paul Popenoe, Behavioral Eugenist
Asked whether the resignation of Rumsfeld signaled a new direction in the war that has claimed the lives of more than 2,800 U.S. troops, Bush said, "Well, there's certainly going to be new leadership at the Pentagon."

My wife has a blog about using Scientology with our baby

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:40:24 -0000

Hi. I opened a blog for my wife about our Scientology wins in helping our baby.

The 9/11 Rescue Workers Detox Program Works!

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:19:16 -0000

There is a touching article about the effectiveness of the The 9/11 Rescue Workers Detox Program -
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/health_science/daily/20071007_Clinics_results_make_9_11_responders_believe.html

Basically scientists say the program works but they don't know why. Shows just how much L. Ron Hubbard was ahead of his time.

I have done the Hubbard detoxification program myself and can vouch for its effectiveness - I got smarter, more alert and more intelligent after completing the program.

Success: I helped my wife go into labor with an assist.

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:19:50 -0000

My wife was a week overdue so we did the assist for a woman who is having trouble delivering, from the Assists Handbook, and in the middle of the 2nd session, Natasha's "show" (the mucusy/bloody plug) started coming out, and it was fast sailing from then on - two days later, at the Birth Centre, the baby came out within 5 minutes of our arrival and with 2 pushes.

The staff had never seen such a thing with a first baby. My wife was astonished as she expected to spend some time there in labor, and even packed a "delivery bag" complete with water spray bottle, fan, aromatherapy oils, etc. We didn't use ANY of it the baby came out so quickly.

Several days later, checking the baby, a midwife was surprised, she said often the newborns' skin goes yellow after several days with jaundice as liver isn't working fully but little Zhenya stayed nice and pink - she said we were lucky to have such a healthy baby.

We know it was not luck but application of Scientology.

What do Scientologists believe?

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:48:52 -0000

Here is the Creed of the Church of Scientology.