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Is it Really Just a Dream?

Do you know anyone who seems to be "stuck" in a dream?

What I mean is, have you ever known anyone who seems to live in an illusion that some day he/she will accomplish great things or fond hopes, when there is little to back this up in truth?

In fact, it is such a common thing for people to give up on accomplishing their dreams that it almost gives dreaming a bad name. But what would life be without a dream? Hardly worth living, really.

The Scientology Handbook has a chapter on Targets and Goals. It describes the subject in these terms:

In examining the subject of organization, L. Ron Hubbard developed an enormous body of technology to ensure the success of any group. In doing so, he also provided a solution to the most common of failings: the lack of ability to execute plans.

The information in this chapter of the Handbook is very simple, but it is so effective.

In his presentations at Scientology events Mr. David Miscavige generally begins with an overview of the accomplishments of Scientologists over the last few months in their work to help their communities and society, and it is pretty remarkable how much gets done.

It is often just a small handful of people, and what they accomplish is completely out of proportion to their resources, as shown in the tremendous work of the Scientology Volunteer Ministers who helped hundreds of thousands of people after the Indian Ocean tsunami and hundreds of other disasters.

Their ability to do this is based on the application of the technology covered in this chapter of the Scientology Handbook, a portion of which is online for anyone to study and use.

But as "practical" as this is (and it is intensely practical) it is nonetheless true that helping a person accomplish his goals and purposes has a strong spiritual component. It is enabling a spiritual being to translate his dreams into the physical universe. Magic!

posted by: jbasoon at 05:07 | link | |
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Scientology Handbook

I loved this article from the Scientology Press Office. The Scientology Handbook contains such a wealth of information you can use to help people (and to get help yourself), and I love that it's on line. I share it with people all the time when I find someone who needs help with their partner, or if someone has a parent or friend or child who is ill and suffering. I have used it to help people get through their exams in one piece. And there is one chapter I've used to help someone who probably would have given up on life entirely, and I got her through it and back on the rails again.

So here's the story. Enjoy!

"Nothing could be done about it.

"I knew the brain, a mechanism created by cosmic chance, decayed and died. And that was it. Nothing followed or preceded life. I wanted to have faith, but every time I asked, 'Is there something more out there?' all I heard back was silence.

"Worse, I didn't feel like I had any control over what was in front of me right now. Nothing in this purposeless existence could be bettered or significantly changed.

"Then a few months ago, I discovered my neglected copy of the book, Scientology: The Fundamentals of Thought. Hubbard's words re-ignited in me an awareness of myself, where before I had gone numb.

"Energized, I looked online for more at Scientology.org, which lead me to the Scientology Volunteer Ministers website.

"From there, I started reading the Scientology Handbook online, still cynical and skeptical—until I applied an assist* to my wife and it miraculously worked!

"Purchasing and then studying the Handbook several times, cove-to-cover, I incorporated its teachings into my life. Nothing but success occurred with every application.

"Previously a cynic and a blossoming atheist, I found myself a hesitant believer in the idea that there is more to life than the physical, and that something can be done about both spiritual and material problems. >>

posted by: jbasoon at 05:08 | link | |
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