Beliefnet is a large religious website. They have this article which I have taken the liberty of correcting.

This is on the subject of Scientology and Dianetics:

Founder: Scientology was founded in 1952 by L. Ron Hubbard, an American science fiction writer and author of the best-selling book "Dianetics" (1950), which launched a popular self-enhancement movement out of which the Church of Scientology emerged.

Main Tenets: The name Scientology means "knowing how to know," and it maintains that it "constitutes man's first real application of scientific methodology to spiritual questions." Scientology asserts it is not merely a belief system but a mode of action, and it has a complicated vocabulary of its own. Its basic postulate is that experience, in this or in previous lives, is recorded in the brain as a series of "engrams." These engrams are revived and reinforced by recurring similar situations and always cause inappropriate and self-defeating behavior. One's goal of Scientology is to "process" or clear these engrams and become more self-determining. By erasing these accretions from one's present and past lives, one releases the essential, spiritual self or soul called the "thetan." Scientology has ministers who perform some religious rites and sacraments, but their main function is individual counseling. Scientology is tightly organized from the top down, with a close-knit inner circle and many highly committed adherents, including such celebrities as John Travolta



and Tom Cruise.



The church has impressive property holdings as well as a history of conflict with the German and French government, while fully recognized as a religion by the American, Australian, Swedish and many other governments.

Main Sacred Text: L. Ron Hubbard's best-selling book "Dianetics" is probably the closest thing to sacred scriptures for the Church of Scientology. It is a self-help book that helps people understand and eradicate unwanted feelings and reactions.

Dianetics workshops are conducted in Indonesia. The workshops, run by Scientology Volunteer Ministers, teach the attendees how to effectively help tsunami survivors deal with their trauma.

From one of the Scientology VMs of the Medan relief team in Indonesia:

“Apart from those who had suffered physically, we saw so many people left shaken, unable to sleep, experiencing heavy grief from their loss and with no will to carry on. We knew we had something that would help and that something could be done about it.

“Therefore, we started giving Dianetics spiritual counseling, one-on-one. The relief people experienced soon spread by word of mouth and before we knew it, people were coming to us at a greater rate than we could deal with.

“The solution to this was to train people in this technique and get them helping us to help others. This has been a great success and people from all walks of life got involved. We have trained local members of the community who just want to help, doctors, nurses, people from the military and other volunteer groups who saw for themselves what a simple, but effective remedy Dianetics counseling is.

“I believe the total number of people we have trained is around three hundred, that means a lot of people can now be helped.”

Comments from some people who completed the Dianetics workshop:

“This seminar was very good. It made me feel better. Here we have learned how we can help others to be better. I realized that even by just being patient and listening that you can help someone a lot.” - Djamin

“I have always wanted to know about Scientology and what they do because I saw the yellow t-shirts. I heard there was this workshop today and I came. I think it’s really good. Before Dianetics I felt like there was a lot of weight on my shoulders but now it has been lifted and I feel lighter and more comfortable and happier.” - Ikhsan

“I learn a lot today. I think we are all burdened in some way with emotions and many people just cannot deal with them. But with the Dianetics workshop we learned how to relieve these emotions and get rid of the burden.” -A.T.

“I have learned more in this afternoon than from three years of professional training. I want to thank the Scientologists who give their time and energy to come here and help the Aceh people.” - R.H.

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For more information call the VM Hotline 1-800-435-7498 (US & Canada) or from outside North America call 1-323-960-1949 or e-mail to vm@volunteerministers.org

Dianetics Hotline

When I was first introduced to Scientology it was through the book Dianetics the Modern Science of Mental Health which I've read many times since.

As workable as it was in 1950 when it was first published, it is that effective today. Of course L. Ron Hubbard did a great deal of research after than and in the late 1970's he developed what he called "Net Era Dianetics", but the original procedure outlined in what Scientologists often refer to as "Book 1" (in other words the first Dianetics book) still works.

What's great, though , is now there is a Dianetics hotline. If you start exchanging Dianetics auditing (counseling) with your husband or wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, neighbor etc. and you run into something you aren't sure about, you have help at the other end of a phone line. There is even an online feature at the Dianetics web site that allows you to log on and get the help you need.

I met someone from Pakistan who is using the online help line to set up the first Dianetics group in his area.

It's a great combination of a really workable mental and spiritual technology with 21st century high-speed communication lines.

Dianetics counseling has been around for a number of years. There are many people that have been applying these techniques for 30 years or more.

These are caring people who have been helping others for a long time and using Dianetics procedures have been able to genuinely help people.

To know more about the traditional side of Dianetics, there is a web site that depicts this aspect of it.




Traditional Dianetics

Dianetics and Scientology in Bulgaria

This is a country where Dianetics and Scientology are brand new. Anyone wishing to find a Dianetics or Scientology group in Bulgaria should go to https://www.dianetics.org/html/en_US/feature/contact/communicate.html. There is someone there who can put you in touch with other Bulgarians who are interested in Dianetics and Scientology.

Here are some facts on Bulgaria:

The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in the late 7th century to form the first Bulgarian state. In succeeding centuries, Bulgaria struggled with the Byzantine Empire to assert its place in the Balkans, but by the end of the 14th century the country was overrun by the Ottoman Turks. Northern Bulgaria attained autonomy in 1878 and all of Bulgaria became independent in 1908. Having fought on the losing side in both World Wars, Bulgaria fell within the Soviet sphere of influence and became a People's Republic in 1946. Communist domination ended in 1990, when Bulgaria held its first multiparty election since World War II and began the contentious process of moving toward political democracy and a market economy while combating inflation, unemployment, corruption, and crime. Today, reforms and democratization keep Bulgaria on a path toward eventual integration into the EU. The country joined NATO in 2004.

Dianetics and Scientology in Italy

Dianetics and Scientology in Italy, on the other hand, are thriving and we are proud that some of our most established Scientology churches such as Milano and Padova are Italian.

Some facts about Italy:

Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI established a Fascist dictatorship. His disastrous alliance with Nazi Germany led to Italy's defeat in World War II. A democratic republic replaced the monarchy in 1946 and economic revival followed. Italy was a charter member of NATO and the European Economic Community (EEC). It has been at the forefront of European economic and political unification, joining the European Monetary Union in 1999.

Dianetics and Scientology in the Country of Georgia

Dianetics and Scientology in Georgia (the country - not the state).

Here's some information about the country of Georgia:
Georgia was absorbed into the Russian Empire in the 19th century. Independent for three years (1918-1921) following the Russian revolution, it was forcibly incorporated into the USSR until the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991. Ethnic separation in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, poor governance, and Russian military bases deny the government effective control over the entirety of the state's internationally recognized territory. Despite myriad problems, some progress on market reforms and democratization has been made. An attempt by the government to manipulate legislative elections in November 2003 touched off widespread protests that led to the resignation of Eduard SHEVARDNADZE, president since 1995. New elections in early 2004 swept Mikheil SAAKASHVILI into power along with his National Movement Party.

La Asociación Civil de Dianética de Madrid

Como usted probablemente sabe, Tom Cruise va a estar en la apertura de la nueva Sede de la Iglesia de Cienciología en España en Madrid que será el próximo 18 de septiembre de 2004 a las 4:30 de la tarde.

La Metas de Cienciología por L. Ronald Hubbard


Una civilización sin demencia, sin criminales y sin guerra, donde el capaz pueda prosperar y los seres honestos puedan tener derechos, y en donde el hombre sea libre para elevarse a mayores alturas, son las metas de Cienciología.

Recursos de Web Sites de Cienciología

Filosofía Religiosa Aplicada de Cienciología
Cienciología soluciones eficaces - Enseñando confianza, honestidad y amor propio
Scientology Spain: A New Era
Asociación Civil de Dianética de Madrid Scientology Spain
Cienciología soluciones eficaces - Ayudando a la sociedad con eficacia
Organización de Dianética de Barcelona Scientology Spain
Index page for Spanish articles on Scientology

More Information on Mr. Tom Cruise and his Support of the Scientology Religion

Tom Cruise Addresses the Crowds at the Grand Opening of Scientology Church in Madrid

Tom Cruise Says Scientology Helped with Learning Disability

Tom Cruise: Scientology Ambassador

Tom Cruise News Blog (Fan Site) covering Movie and Scientology News

Dianetics at AOSH EU (AOSHEU)

Did you know that Dianetics has been translated into over 50 different languages?

This is particularly important in Europe where over than 40 different languages are spoken.

AOSH EU (The Church of Scientology Advanced Organization and Saint Hill of Europe) is a very special Scientology church. Not only does it minister the advanced spiritual counseling in their Advanced organization, and the Saint Hill Special Briefing Course (advanced counselor training for Scientology ministers) but they have staff from all over Europe, many of whom speak several different languages.

AOSHEU is also a very beatiful church, in the heart of Copenhagen. The architecture and decor are uniquely Skandinavian. It is an active, warm, exciting place where something is always happening.

Scientology courses differ from courses taught elsewhere in that you don't have to wait for the semester to start to enroll and begin your training. You can walk into a Scientology course and start a course any day - that is literally 365 days a year at any Scientology church in the world.

Since people start courses every day, of course they complete them throughout the year too.

So we have graduation ceremonies at our Scientology churches every week.

The AOSH EU graduation is held on Friday nights. It is a lively affair. Usually starts off with some kind of entertainment. Those who have completed Scientology training or spiritual counseling services for the week are invited onto the stage to receive their certificates and share their wins with the rest of the church members.

The last time I attended a graduation at AOSHEU I was impressed by the incredible diversity of the evening. There were parishioners from Italy, Russia, Spain, France, Sweden and of course Denmark who came up to share what they had gained from the services they had just completed.

There was an AOSH EU staff member standing by to translate into English - the language spoken in common by most of those present. She was an AOSH EU executive staff member who does simultaneous translation on the side!

I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to this unique Scientology church.

Here are links to each of the many languages in which the Dianetics book is available:

English Dianetics | Afrikaans Dianetics | Albanian Dianetika | Arabic Dianetics | Belorussian Dianetics | Bengali Dianetics | Brazialian Dianética | Bulgarian Dianetics | Croatian Dijanetika | Czech Dianetika | Danish Dianetik | Dutch Dianetics | Farsi Dianetics | Finnish Dianetiikka | French Dianétique | Georgian Dianetics | German Dianetik | Greek Dianetics | Hebrew Dianetics | Hungarian Dianetika | Indonesian Dianetik | Italian Dianetics | Japanese Dianetics | Korean Dianetics | Macedonian Dianetics | Nepalese Dianetics | Norwegian Dianetikk | Polish Dianetyka | Portuguese Dianética | Romanian Dianetica | Russian Dianetics | Serbian Dianetics | Sinhalese Dianetics | Slovakian Dianetika | Slovenian Dianetika | Spanish Dianética | Swahili Dianetics | Swedish Dianetik | Taiwanese Dianetics | Thai Dianetics | Turkish Dianetik | Ukrainian Dianetics | Urdu Dianetics | Uzbek Dianetics | Vietnamese Dianetics | Xhosa IDianetics | Zulu I-Diyanethiki |

I have been asked on numerous occasions what the difference is between the Scientology religion and the Dianetics technology.

Here's the best way I know to describe the difference:

• Dianetic techniques address what the spirit is doing to the body. It deals with such things as pains, emotional problems such as antagonism, grief, feeling stressed-out, anxious, depressed. It can handle the feeling of loss one experiences at the death of a loved on or the end of a relationship. That is why Dianetics is so perfectly suited to trauma relief, especially since it is very easy to learn the simplest Dianetics techniques. In fact it is common for people to simply read the Dianetics book and then find a partner to work with. Scientology churches, missions and groups offer Dianetics workshops
• Scientology, on the other hand, deals with the being - the person himself or herself - helping the individual increase ability and intelligence and

There are good descriptions of both Scientology and Dianetics here:

What is Scientology?

What is Dianetics?

Catherine Bell is one of my favorite performers, and she's also an outspoken human rights advocate and Scientologist.

She recently went to Washington to lobby for real reform programs to reduce recidivism in our prisons. The program she endorses is called "Criminon" and here is an interesting story on what this program does:

Reducing Crime Through Criminon - utilizing the research discoveries made by L. Ron Hubbard

She also promotes Dianetics - the Modern Science of Mental Health as shown here:
Jag's Catherine Bell Signs L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics Book Packages For Troops At The Book Expo America

Dianetics is such a simple and effective therapy, and anyone can learn to use it.

There is a 24-hour help line for anyone using Dianetics techniques, to direct them to what to do if they run into any questions or difficulty while using Dianetics with a partner.

There's also a new feature on the Dianetics web site - a free extension course for anyone who has purchased the Dianetics book.

Check it out!

In celebration of the 54th annivesary of the publication of Dianetics the Modern Science of Mental Health a new web site was launched where people can take an Emotional Tone Stress Testdetermine what their emotional tone is.
The subject of emotion is studied and greatly clarified in Dianetics. The book, Science of Survival, the next book Mr. Hubbard wrote after Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, goes in great detail into emotions, what causes them, how they are affected by communication, how a person can raise himself and others in emotional tone, and the way you can predict a whole host of different behaviors based on a person's emotional level.

Australia was one of the first places where Dianetics was practiced, after the release of the book Dianetics, the Modern Science of Mental Health.

Here are some good sites on Dianetics and L. Ron Hubbard from Australia.

Dianetics: Understanding the Mind
Dianetics and Scientology Stories From Founding Scientologists
L. Ron Hubbard, A Profile
L. Ron Hubbard: Study Technology
L. Ron Hubbard: Founder of Scientology
Dianetics

How about this one

Dianetics in Moldova!

I love hearing how people first found out about Dianetics, and what they got out of it. Here's an article from a dentist who uses Dianetics in his practice and even opened a Dianetics center in his home town:

How to Meet Your Own Expectations

by Dr. David Cutts, DDS

I was already a pretty successful dentist when I found out about Dianetics. Being a successful dentist was not enough for me, however: I wanted the world. Have my cake and eat it! I dreamt not only of being very successful in my career, but also of having a happy family life (I have four teenage daughters) and making a difference to the people of my community.

To give you a little background on Dianetics: Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health was written in 1950 by L. Ron Hubbard. It was an immediate hit and many groups opened up using the technology of Dianetics. It is now used in more than 150 nations and Dianetics the book is the all-time self-help bestseller, with over 20 million copies sold.

If you've ever felt there was something holding you back in life, ruining your plans and stopping you from being who you want to be, you were right. After many years of research, L. Ron Hubbard discovered that there is a single source to all your problems, stress, unhappiness and self-doubt. It's called the reactive mind. It's the hidden part of your mind that stores painful experiences and uses them against you. This phenomena is explained exactly in the book. Dianetics gets rid of the reactive mind and the book gives the precise technology of how to.

Dianetics did help me fulfill my goals. I now have the practice I have always dreamt of; Dianetics definitely helped me build the marriage I have now and my teenagers are flourishing. I have been able to help the nearby Nuevo community with their children's dental needs; I sponsor youth sports and run the Good Sportsmanship contest and I run the local Temecula Dianetics Center. And there are hundreds of thousands of business people like myself who have benefited from using Dianetics.

Read the whole article at The Valley Business Journal

I always get a kick out of finding Dianetics groups operating in far-off places (far-off to me, being in the USA). Here's one - Calcutta Dianetics Center and this article on theScientology Mission of Calcutta from Scientology Missions International tells some of the background on how the mission and its Dianetics center was started.

Here is news of another Dianetics center - not anywhere near as exotic (except Silicon Valley can have its moments...)

Dianetics Center Opens in Mountain View and here's a Dianetics group at Dianetics Center at The Better Life Center

Here's what John Travolta says about Dianetics: "Dianetics put me into the big time. I always had the ability to be somewhat successful, but Dianetics freed me up to the point where something really big could happen, without interference"

Chic Corea said

"he battle with my reactive mind is over. I can look, understand, decide and act. No more 'inner conflict.' Thanks to Dianetics, I am achieving my goals."

Dianetics certainly changed my life for the better. It is so simple, so easy to understand and use, and so helpful I just want everyone to know about it!

Dianetics Lnks

Mobipocket.com - eBooks for your PDA and Smartphone, Palm PocketPC Symbian
Jag,s Catherine Bell Signs L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics Book Packages For Troops At The Book Expo America
Professional Dianetics auditing in Los Angeles - Santa Clarita
DIANETICS Information Online
Scientology and Dianetics Legacy of L. Ron Hubbard church of Scientology

Scientology Missions offer basic Dianetics and Scientology servicesall over the world. Here's information on new Dianetics Groups.

I just found two new Dianetics related sited for Australia.

See for yourself:

Dianetics and Scientology Stories
Dianetics: Understanding the Mind

Dianetics Help Line

The Dianetics site has a great feature where you can just log on and chat with Dianetics specialists, they are always there to help you with anything you need in regards to the application and understanding of Dianetics.

Check it out for yourself: Dianetics Users

There is also a telephone service that you can call 24 hrs a day and talk to someone who can answer your questions about Dianetics. Call 1-800-367-8788

There are Dianetics centers all around the world

I found sites about Dianetics activities in some really interesting places. I didn't know about them before so I figured I'd share the news:

Culcutta Dianetics in India

Dianetics Centers in Kazakhstan

Eastern European Dianetics Centers

Mountain View Dianetics Center Opens

Today I spoke to someone had experienced a lot of relief from Dianetics counseling. The book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health explains so much about where people are coming from and offers a real solution to unwanted stresses and problems we all have to live with.

This book is available here:

The Dianetics book is available at amazon