Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Now isn't this nice! Such a great description of Scientology and Dianetics from the Times of India:
"Dianetics is the science of the mind or Scientology: the word or outward form by which the inward thought is expressed and made known. Thus, Scientology means knowing about knowing.
"Scientology is a twentieth-century religion. It comprises a vast body of knowledge extending from certain fundamental truths, prime among those being: Man is a spiritual being endowed with abilities well beyond those he normally envisages. He is not only able to solve his own problems, accomplish his goals and gain lasting happiness, but also to achieve new states of awareness he may never have dreamed possible.
"In one form or another, all great religions have held the hope of spiritual freedom - a condition free of material limitations and misery. The question has always been, however, how does one reach such a state, particularly while still living amidst a frantic and often overwhelming society? Scientology offers a pathway to greater freedom. While the hope for such freedom is ancient, what Scientology is doing is new. The technologies with which it can bring about a new state of being in man are likewise new."
For the full article: Dianetics - Times Foundation - Indiatimes
"Dianetics is the science of the mind or Scientology: the word or outward form by which the inward thought is expressed and made known. Thus, Scientology means knowing about knowing.
"Scientology is a twentieth-century religion. It comprises a vast body of knowledge extending from certain fundamental truths, prime among those being: Man is a spiritual being endowed with abilities well beyond those he normally envisages. He is not only able to solve his own problems, accomplish his goals and gain lasting happiness, but also to achieve new states of awareness he may never have dreamed possible.
"In one form or another, all great religions have held the hope of spiritual freedom - a condition free of material limitations and misery. The question has always been, however, how does one reach such a state, particularly while still living amidst a frantic and often overwhelming society? Scientology offers a pathway to greater freedom. While the hope for such freedom is ancient, what Scientology is doing is new. The technologies with which it can bring about a new state of being in man are likewise new."
For the full article: Dianetics - Times Foundation - Indiatimes
Here's a great little story about a fellow in Albion, Michigan who breaks the mold. A music-store owner, inventor-of-sorts, who helped deliver his 8 kids at home. Gar and his wife tell why they are Scientologists and what they gain from Scientology in this story
Music store owner offers instruments, conversation
Music store owner offers instruments, conversation
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
This press release went out from Agence France Press today. I think it bears repeating here. What a fabulous thing for Tom Cruise to be doing!
HEADLINE: Tom Cruise raises 1.2 million dollars for Sept 11 rescuers
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES, April 12
US movie star Tom Cruise helped raise 1.2 million dollars to treat emergency workers exposed to toxic materials following the September 11 terror strikes in New York, organisers said Monday.
Cruise, 41, pitched in to help raise cash for the alternative treatment for rescuers suffering debilitating effects from toxic exposure in the recovery and clean-up effort following the 2001 attacks in New York, according to publishers of a book detailing the treatment.
The heart-throb actor, who is a keen member of the Church of Scientology, backed the drive to provide a detox regimen designed by church founder L Ron Hubbard and outlined in his book "Clear Body Clear Mind."
The regimen consists of "exercise, sauna sweat-out, vitamins and minerals to help rescue workers cleanse their bodies of toxic residues" and has helped about 200 emergency workers, according to Los Angeles-based Bridge Publications that releases Hubbard's non-fiction works.
"Once the (World Trade Center) towers had gone down and we were faced with the aftermath of their collapse, I could not get out of my mind that huge cloud billowing across Manhattan," Cruise was quoted as telling a fundraiser dinner for the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project in New York on March 25.
"I worried about those who had survived and been exposed. Shortly thereafter I visited Ground Zero and knew immediately that not only would people be getting ill, very ill, but that it would be sooner rather than later," he said.
The cash raised will go towards treating around 400 firefighters and emergency workers at a detox center on New York's Long Island.
"It's very exciting and will help us open the facility on Long Island," Cruise's sister and publicist Lee Anne DeVette told AFP.
HEADLINE: Tom Cruise raises 1.2 million dollars for Sept 11 rescuers
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES, April 12
US movie star Tom Cruise helped raise 1.2 million dollars to treat emergency workers exposed to toxic materials following the September 11 terror strikes in New York, organisers said Monday.
Cruise, 41, pitched in to help raise cash for the alternative treatment for rescuers suffering debilitating effects from toxic exposure in the recovery and clean-up effort following the 2001 attacks in New York, according to publishers of a book detailing the treatment.
The heart-throb actor, who is a keen member of the Church of Scientology, backed the drive to provide a detox regimen designed by church founder L Ron Hubbard and outlined in his book "Clear Body Clear Mind."
The regimen consists of "exercise, sauna sweat-out, vitamins and minerals to help rescue workers cleanse their bodies of toxic residues" and has helped about 200 emergency workers, according to Los Angeles-based Bridge Publications that releases Hubbard's non-fiction works.
"Once the (World Trade Center) towers had gone down and we were faced with the aftermath of their collapse, I could not get out of my mind that huge cloud billowing across Manhattan," Cruise was quoted as telling a fundraiser dinner for the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project in New York on March 25.
"I worried about those who had survived and been exposed. Shortly thereafter I visited Ground Zero and knew immediately that not only would people be getting ill, very ill, but that it would be sooner rather than later," he said.
The cash raised will go towards treating around 400 firefighters and emergency workers at a detox center on New York's Long Island.
"It's very exciting and will help us open the facility on Long Island," Cruise's sister and publicist Lee Anne DeVette told AFP.
Tuesday, April 06, 2004
Getting people involved in drug prevention is an important activity to help improve our communities. The The Ad Council has a section of their site that has good ideas on this. Another great one is The Drug Prevention Network of the Americas
Here's a new site on drug prevention from my church: Scientology Effective Solutions - Drug Abuse Information
Here's a new site on drug prevention from my church: Scientology Effective Solutions - Drug Abuse Information
