Dianetics FAQs

Today it is easier than ever to find out about Dianetics—how you can use Dianetics to rid yourself of irrational behavior and then discover your true potential in life.

More about Dianetics:

• View an introductory film on Dianetics
• Find out about the new Dianetics Seminar
• Obtain a copy of the How to Use Dianetics DVD
• Hear personal stories on Dianetics’ success
• Learn about Dianetics around the world
• Find a Dianetics center or auditor near you
• Get your own copy of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health
  
• Visit www.dianetics.org

^{The primary step in resolving the broad activities of man could be considered to be the resolving of the activities of the mind itself.— L. Ron Hubbard} (Founder of Scientology and Dianetics)-- Scientology 0-8

Dainetics in Mexico--a New Era

Scientology opens new National Organization
for Mexico in the City of Palaces

| Mexico City, Mexico • July 10, 2010 |

Led by a 30-man mariachi orchestra and colorful traditional dancers, 7,000 Scientologists and guests hailed the grand opening of the new National Scientology Ideal Organization for Mexico in the heart of Mexico City. Mr. David Miscavige, Chairman of the Board of Religious Technology Center and ecclesiastical leader of the Scientology religion, officiated the historic occasion.

The ceremony marked the conclusion of a full-scale reconstruction and design of Mexico City’s Juarez Building. Directly adjacent to Mexico’s Fine Arts Palace and neighboring the N

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ational Supreme Court, the National Bank and the National Palace, it stands as a six-story contemporary cultural landmark. Fully configured to be a physical embodiment of the religion, the building includes an extensive Public Information Center with 17 multimedia displays that presents and illustrates Scientology beliefs, the life of its Founder, L. Ron Hubbard, and the full array of its many social betterment and community outreach programs. In full, these displays provide a concise but panoramic view of the religion to visitors, students and others desiring to learn more about Scientology.

^{The primary step in resolving the broad activities of man could be considered to be the resolving of the activities of the mind itself.— L. Ron Hubbard (Founder of Scientology and Dianetics)-- Scientology 0-8}

Dianetics

The Scientology Newsroom describes Dianetics in these terms:

Dianetics is a spiritual healing technology that can help alleviate unwanted sensations and emotions, irrational fears and psychosomatic illnesses (illness caused or aggravated by mental stress).

Dianetics is derived from the Greek words dia, meaning through, and nous, mind or soul. The full definition of Dianetics is what the mind (or soul) is doing to the body.

L. Ron Hubbard’s Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health was published May 9, 1950. It has appeared on 600 bestseller lists and is now translated in 50 languages with 22 million copies sold.

Before Dianetics, prevailing scientific thought held that Man's mind was his brain, nothing more than a collection of cells and neurons. IQ and personality were considered fixed and unchanging. With Dianetics, IQ and personality could be improved. Its effectiveness has been documented in a multitude of case histories over more than half a century of application.

^{The primary step in resolving the broad activities of man could be considered to be the resolving of the activities of the mind itself.— L. Ron Hubbard (Founder of Scientology and Dianetics)-- Scientology 0-8}

Dianetics in the 21st Century

In June 2009, Mr. David Miscavige announced the single most momentous advance in Dianetics technology since the day of its original publication on May 9, 1950.

It was a project personally overseen by Mr. Miscavige for the better part of four years and culminating in the release of materials that would make Dianetics universally accessible.

The goal: to provide every group, Mission and Scientology Church with the ability to deliver Dianetics counseling as L. Ron Hubbard originally intended.

Central to the advance was an audiovisual release that propels the subject and study of Dianetics into the 21^st century. Specifically, there are now 32 new films in 15 languages—a total of four and a half hours of visual instruction in the principles and procedures of Dianetics.

As Mr. Miscavige announced to an international audience of Scientologists, “These films are not about Dianetics. Rather, they are films of Dianetics.” To that end, benefiting from the advancements of this visual communications age and computer-generated special effects, the films provide an unprecedented level of comprehension to the viewer.

Like Book One itself (so named as it was the first major work on the subject), the films begin in simplicity and develop into broader application. To ensure full understanding, every facet of Dianetics counseling, called auditing, is described and depicted in several ways, then reintroduced again and again through subsequent films.

The DVD package consists of two discs: The first, How to Use Dianetics, comprises 14 chapters. It opens with the basics and, step by step, presents every concept needed to begin Dianetics therapy.

Once an individual is auditing, Disc Two, Aspects of Auditing, comes into play. Each of its 18 chapters (3 hours total) is a self-contained film expanding upon a single aspect of Dianetics and providing total comprehension relative to auditing.

This tour de force presentation delivers a mastery of Book One never before possible.

^{The primary step in resolving the broad activities of man could be considered to be the resolving of the activities of the mind itself.— L. Ron Hubbard (Founder of Scientology and Dianetics)-- Scientology 0-8}

Dianetics Seminars

Scientology Churches and Missions deliver Dianetics seminars every week. The kinds of personal change and improvement people feel by the end of the weekend is astounding. If you have read the book, even if it was a long time ago, even if you only read a couple chapters, going to a Scientology org (organization -- i.e. Church) and devoting a full weekend to you, you will go back to work or school Monday with a new perspective, more energetic, more optimistic, and having some fundamental understanding of things that had you confused before--especially about yourself.




^{The primary step in resolving the broad activities of man could be considered to be the resolving of the activities of the mind itself.— L. Ron Hubbard (Founder of Scientology and Dianetics)-- Scientology 0-8}

The history of Scientology

An interesting article on Helium on Scientology and Dianetics:

by Charles Ray

Scientology, which means the "study of knowledge and truth," is a religion founded in the 1950s by the noted science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard.

Hubbard, born March 13, 1911, in Tilden, Nebraska, traveled widely as a youth, including several trips to Asia. His observation of misery and poverty, especially during his Asia visits, caused him to question the very nature of man.

During the 30s and 40s, he wrote extensively on the subject, but it wasn't until May 1950 that he published Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, which formed the basis for Scientology. Hubbard defined Dianetics as "what the soul is doing to the body." He promoted it as a methodology to help alleviated unwanted emotions, irrational fears, and psychosomatic illness.

Although the initial press run of Dianetics was only 6,000 copies, it became an instant sensation and, to date, has sold over 21 million copies.

Scientology has gained many converts in just over half a century (estimates range from 100 thousand to 10 million adherents worldwide), but it remains one of the most controversial of the 'new' religions. Some of the controversy has been fueled by public actions and statements by high-profile celebrities like Tom Cruise, who are Scientologists.

Scientology holds that man is basically good, but it's their experiences that cause people to do evil. People who think only of their own interests, and ignore how their acts affect others, create interpersonal strife. Individuals achieve enlightenment, according to the basic tenets of the religion, by preserving their spiritual integrity and values, and remaining honest and decent.

While many religions try to solve people's problems for them, Scientology believes in elevating the individual to improve his or her own life. In doing so, the Scientologist naturally reaches out to others.

According to Hubbard's philosophy, the individual is not a body but a spirit. Hubbard called this spirit or soul 'thetan,' from the Greek letter theta, a traditional symbol for thought and life. The thetan, Hubbard maintained, was the person himself, not his name or title - that which is aware of being aware.

The main religious practice of Scientology is a form of spiritual counseling called 'auditing.' It is a precisely codified set of questions used to help the individual become more self aware and thus improve his own condition. The goal of Scientology is to make the individual more spiritually aware and in touch with his thetan, and less dependent on the material universe.

One of those days

Ever have "one of those days"? This video may just explain why and what you can do about it (them).



^{The primary step in resolving the broad activities of man could be considered to be the resolving of the activities of the mind itself.— L. Ron Hubbard (Founder of Scientology and Dianetics)-- Scientology 0-8}

Dianetics win

I was talking to a friend yesterday. He just went Clear. It was utterly inspiring! That is what Scientology is all about. He had just been to Flag after hearing David Miscavige cover a program being done there at a recent event.

^{The primary step in resolving the broad activities of man could be considered to be the resolving of the activities of the mind itself.— L. Ron Hubbard (Founder of Scientology and Dianetics)-- Scientology 0-8}

Dianetics 60th Anniversary

May 9th is the 60th anniversary of Dianetics. Still an incredible book. Just reading it is enough to change your life.

^{The primary step in resolving the broad activities of man could be considered to be the resolving of the activities of the mind itself.— L. Ron Hubbard (Founder of Scientology and Dianetics)-- Scientology 0-8}

Dianetics Seminar at New Scientology Church in Los Angeles

Last June when David Miscavige released the new Dianetics DVD and Dianetics Seminar aboard the Freewinds I'm sure he had the Los Angeles Org in mind. The Dianetics Seminar room there is perfect. And the results coming from the service are what you would expect of this miracle technology.


If you know someone who is hung up in the loss of a relationship, the death of a loved one, suffering from psychosomatic illness, someone who broods, is anxious, easily annoyed, prone to road rage, invite them to come to the Dianetics seminar at the Church of Scientology of Los Angeles--make their lives a bit (or a lot) easier (and yours as well)!


^{The primary step in resolving the broad activities of man could be considered to be the resolving of the activities of the mind itself.— L. Ron Hubbard (Founder of Scientology and Dianetics)-- Scientology 0-8}

Grand Opening of the Church of Scientology of Los Angeles

What an incredible event--the Grand Opening of the Church of Scientology of Los Angeles. The speeches were incredible and it was especially a treat to see David Miscavige. His speech was so inspirational.

It is the most beautiful and well designed Scientology church I've even seen outside of the Flag Service Org in Clearwater.

Everything has been anticipated, for the best possible service to the public, both Scientologists and non-Scientologists. The course rooms, seminar rooms, film rooms, multi media displays--everything!

If you can make it, go and tour the church.

<sup>The primary step in resolving the broad activities of man could be considered to be the resolving of the activities of the mind itself.— L. Ron Hubbard (Founder of Scientology and Dianetics)-- Scientology 0-8

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Dianetics the Evolution of a Science

One of the best books on Dianetics is Dianetics: the Evolution of a Science, by L. Ron Hubbard. Here's a quote that shows a lot about the philosophy of Dianetics:

"This is the story of how Dianetics was bu8ild. This, at least, was the approach made to the problem. Dianetics works, which is what an engineer asks, and it works all the time, which is what nature demands of an engineer."

^{The primary step in resolving the broad activities of man could be considered to be the resolving of the activities of the mind itself.— L. Ron Hubbard (Founder of Scientology and Dianetics)-- Scientology 0-8}

Dianetics: the Originial Thesis

Did you know that Dianetics (Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health) was not the first book L. Ron Hubbard wrote on the subject? In 1948 he actually wrote Dianetics: The Original Thesis. This was a hand-typed manuscript he sent out to some of his friends and they copied it and sent it out and they copies it and sent it out, and by the time this was done people from all over the world were demanding more information on Dianetics. So much so that Ron decided to write a handbook on the subject.

You can find out more of the history of the subject on the Scientology web site, where you can watch a video of David Miscavige on the subject.



^{The primary step in resolving the broad activities of man could be considered to be the resolving of the activities of the mind itself.— L. Ron Hubbard (Founder of Scientology and Dianetics)-- Scientology 0-8}

Golden Age of Knowledge

Following on from my post yesterday, I've been studying the LRH Basic Books and Lectures (the ones covered in the speech I mentioned given in June 2007 by David Miscavige).

Now I've been a Scientologist for a long time and I've studied books before, listened to lectures, done a fair bit of training. But first of all these editions of the books are special. If you love books like I do you will really appreciate the quality of the printing and binding. They are gorgeous. But then inside -- the typesetting -- perfect. And the event shows how each book was take back to the original records and any editorial changes or mistakes were eradicated. And when you read them you know it's true. What a delight to read. Plus the glossaries make reading these books so easy.

But the real win for me, if that weren't enough, is the lectures. I am having tremendous gains from studying them. The amount of understanding I have now from reading and listening in chronological order I am telling you it is outrageous.

Check out the new Scientology web site--there is a lot of information there on Dianetics and Scientology books and lectures.


^{The primary step in resolving the broad activities of man could be considered to be the resolving of the activities of the mind itself.— L. Ron Hubbard -- Scientology 0-8}

Dianetics and Scientology Books

<sup>In 2007 all the basic Dianetics and Scientology books and lectures of L. Ron Hubbard were re-published in beautiful new editions. It was discovered the material had been altered in many cases, and this has now all been put straight, and the books are easier to read than ever. The story of how this happened, how the books were corrected and excerpts from many of the lectures is all available online now on the new Scientology web site, which has several international Scientology events including the 2007 event where David Miscavage announces the Golden Age of Knowledge.

The primary step in resolving the broad activities of man could be considered to be the resolving of the activities of the mind itself.— L. Ron Hubbard -- Scientology 0-8</sup>

DIANETICS: UNDERSTANDING THE MIND

From Scientology.org

The Dianetics symbol uses the Greek letter delta as its basic form. The green stripes stand for growth, the yellow stripes are for life.

The four green stripes represent the four subdivisions of Man's urge to survive which are delineated in Dianetics.

Dianetics: dia (Greek) through, nous (Greek) mind or soul.

To understand exactly how Scientology is used, something should be known of the track of research L. Ron Hubbard traveled and the antecedent of Scientology—Dianetics.

Dianetics is a methodology which can help alleviate unwanted sensations and emotions, irrational fears and psychosomatic illnesses (illnesses caused or aggravated by mental stress).

It is most accurately described as what the soul is doing to the body through the mind.

Prior to 1950, prevailing scientific thought had concluded Man’s mind to be his brain, i.e., a collection of cells and neurons and nothing more. Not only was it considered that Man’s ability could not be improved, but it also was believed that with the formation of his cerebral cortex, his personality was likewise irrevocably established. These theories were, however, inaccurate and as a consequence science has never evolved a workable theory of the mind nor a means to resolve problems of the mind.

L. Ron Hubbard changed all that with Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. Its publication in 1950 marks a watershed in the history of Man’s quest for a true understanding of himself.

Like Scientology, Dianetics rests on basic principles, easily learned, clearly demonstrated as true and every bit as valid today as when they were first released in 1950.

In this portion of the website, you will become familiar with the basic concepts of Dianetics and how it works, the goal of Dianetics, and an understanding of the state of “Clear.”

The primary step in resolving the broad activities of man could be considered to be the resolving of the activities of the mind itself.— L. Ron Hubbard -- Scientology 0-8

Dianetics in Hualien, Taiwan: the Navigator Dianetics Group

Along the east coast of Taiwan lies the port of Hualien, a city of concealed contrasts. On the surface, it’s a fertile plain bounded by the Chungyang Mountains and reminiscent of a China of ancient and imperial composure. But look deeper and there stands a post-industrial Taiwan, which has paid the price of material gain with broken lives and crushed spirits.

In his book, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, L. Ron Hubbard wrote, You are beginning an adventure. Treat is as an adventure. And may you never be the same again.

Entering the workforce straight from high school, Yu-Wen Hsu was fast on the road to occupational burnout. Then she discovered Dianetics and instinctively knew she’d found her true career calling.

Yu-Wen immediately trained as an auditor. Auditor means one who listens, from the Latin audire meaning “to hear or listen.” An auditor is a person trained and qualified in applying auditing, Scientology and Dianetics counseling, to individuals for their betterment. She then started her own Dianetics Group, calling it “Navigator,” a word conveying her purpose to help guide the Taiwanese people through the din of Hualien’s workaday world.

Her living room served as headquarters where she reached out to friends and former colleagues. Then came books to new readers and personality tests (Oxford Capacity Analysis, or OCA Tests) filled out right on her coffee table. That’s also where she held Hualien’s first Dianetics seminar and co-audit. A co-audit is “cooperative auditing,” in which two people learn how to audit, and audit each other.

Those who stepped on board became the backbone of the navigator staff, and with her team in place they advanced into the heart of Hualien’s business district. They placed posters in shop windows along Jung Yuan Road and distributed handbills up and down Suyida Jai and Chi Sin Tan Streets. They sold books along every side street from the Yenpin Temple to Beibin Park. Yu-Wen also printed open invitations for OCA testing in the pages of the Gun-Sun Daily News to 50,000 more.

The result was a flood of people that quickly outstretched her living room. That’s when the Navigator team opened their New Knowledge of Life Center, where they could accommodate better than 50 people at a time.

Offering a weekly Dianetics seminar filled to capacity public went right into auditing each other using Dianetics—from the bank teller who’d suffered a series of losses, now able to move beyond her grief, to the salesman who rid himself of chronic terror crippling his career, word spread farther by the week.

Taiwan’s shaman healers were more than a little interested in how to handle psychosomatic ills when they were introduced to Book One at the Wung Gu Temple.

Response to a lecture for executives and staff of the nation’s largest insurance company was so positive that the human resources manager called for follow-up training.

With word of mouth also spreading along the academic grapevine, You-Wen was the guest of honor at Tzu-Chi Buddhist College for a workshop and lecture at the nursing college on Preventive Dianetics.

Future guidance counselors at National Taitung University were taught Dianetics theory, followed by a student-to-student co-audit. Yu-Wen then took Dianetics to the famed Hualien Tourism and Hospitality College, where she addressed 600 members of the student body.

Then for one more zone of Hualien society in dire need of Dianetics, at Hualien’s district Detention Center Yu-Wen laid out the fundamentals of Dianetics to the Director of Corrections, who opened the doors for a Dianetics seminar and inmate co-audit.

On the flip side of the law enforcement equation, Dianetics wasn’t just a hit with the Shin-Cheng District Police, it was front-page news in the Eastern Daily Newspaper, which proclaimed, “Dianetics reduces police pressures.”

Yu-Wen Hsu and her ‘Navigator’ Group are bringing Dianetics to every sector of Hualien society.

With Navigator now guiding whole sectors of the regional population, Yu-Wen saturated the rest of her city with word about Dianetics through the media—on the “Wisdom Treasure Box Show” on Happy Radio FM 98.3, the “Fashion Top Party” show on Top Radio 89.7, and the popular morning television program, “Hotline Talking Show” on CATV.

What began with one Dianetics auditor has swelled to a full-fledged grassroots movement in Hualien, benefiting the 203,490 people now introduced to Dianetics.

In his book, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, L. Ron Hubbard wrote, “You are beginning an adventure. Treat is as an adventure. And may you never be the same again.” Yu-Wen Hsu and her Navigator Dianetics Group are bringing this adventure to the people of their city.

^{The primary step in resolving the broad activities of man could be considered to be the resolving of the activities of the mind itself.— L. Ron Hubbard -- Scientology 0-8}

Frankfurt Book Fair: Scientology and Dianetics Publisher Announces Books Now in 50 Languages

Scientology books now available to 90 percent of global book market.

Frankfurt, Germany, October 2009—Bridge Publications dominates its category at the Frankfurt Book Fair opening Oct. 14, as it releases eight popular non-fiction titles by L. Ron Hubbard in 50 languages. Los Angeles-based Bridge Publications Inc. is the publishing arm of the Scientology religion and one of the world’s largest all-digital printers. In the announcement to the trade, Nicole Shell, Director of Public Relations of Bridge Publications, said this means the most popular basic Scientology books are now available to 90 percent of the global book market.

The numbers are impressive: The translations took five years and consisted of 103,350 pages containing 21.1 million words. A corps of 928 translators and 84 staff supervisors put in 139,580 hours so readers in 188 countries now have these books in their native languages, many for the first time.

L. Ron Hubbard is named in the Guinness World Records as Most Translated Author (71 languages). One of the most prolific writers of the 20th century, L. Ron Hubbard has appeared on the New York Times bestseller list with 19 separate titles. His works have sold 230 million copies in 150 countries including 22 million copies of Dianetics: the Modern Science of Mental Health alone. The Guinness Book of Records recognized Mr. Hubbard for the most published works by one author (1,084) in Oct. 2006, and in April 2009 for the most published audio books (185).

The eight newly translated Hubbard works are: Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health; Dianetics: The Original Thesis; Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science; Self Analysis; Scientology The Fundamentals of Thought; The Problems of Work: Scientology Applied to the Workaday World; Scientology: A New Slant on Life; and The Way to Happiness. They are now available in their original English and the following 50 languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Chinese (simplified), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Farsi, Filipino, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Nepali, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Castilian), Spanish (Latin American), Swahili, Swedish, Taiwanese, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu and Vietnamese.

Those attending the Fair can find the Bridge Publications booth in Hall 8.0 at stand A978.

For more information about L. Ron Hubbard and his works, watch a short biographical video at the Scientology web site or visit www.lronhubbard.org. For more information on the books of L. Ron Hubbard visit www.bridgepub.com or contact Nicole Shell, Director of Public Affairs, Bridge Publications, Inc., (323) 888-6200 nshell@bridgepub.com

^{The primary step in resolving the broad activities of man could be considered to be the resolving of the activities of the mind itself.— L. Ron Hubbard -- Scientology 0-8}

Frankfurt Book Fair: Scientology and Dianetics Publisher Announces Books Now in 50 Languages

Scientology books now available to 90 percent of global book market.

Frankfurt, Germany, October 2009—Bridge Publications dominates its category at the Frankfurt Book Fair opening Oct. 14, as it releases eight popular non-fiction titles by L. Ron Hubbard in 50 languages. Los Angeles-based Bridge Publications Inc. is the publishing arm of the Scientology religion and one of the world’s largest all-digital printers. In the announcement to the trade, Nicole Shell, Director of Public Relations of Bridge Publications, said this means the most popular basic Scientology books are now available to 90 percent of the global book market.

The numbers are impressive: The translations took five years and consisted of 103,350 pages containing 21.1 million words. A corps of 928 translators and 84 staff supervisors put in 139,580 hours so readers in 188 countries now have these books in their native languages, many for the first time.

L. Ron Hubbard is named in the Guinness World Records as Most Translated Author (71 languages). One of the most prolific writers of the 20th century, L. Ron Hubbard has appeared on the New York Times bestseller list with 19 separate titles. His works have sold 230 million copies in 150 countries including 22 million copies of Dianetics: the Modern Science of Mental Health alone. The Guinness Book of Records recognized Mr. Hubbard for the most published works by one author (1,084) in Oct. 2006, and in April 2009 for the most published audio books (185).

The eight newly translated Hubbard works are: Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health; Dianetics: The Original Thesis; Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science; Self Analysis; Scientology The Fundamentals of Thought; The Problems of Work: Scientology Applied to the Workaday World; Scientology: A New Slant on Life; and The Way to Happiness. They are now available in their original English and the following 50 languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Chinese (simplified), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Farsi, Filipino, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Nepali, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Castilian), Spanish (Latin American), Swahili, Swedish, Taiwanese, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu and Vietnamese.

Those attending the Fair can find the Bridge Publications booth in Hall 8.0 at stand A978.

For more information about L. Ron Hubbard and his works, watch a short biographical video at the Scientology web site or visit www.lronhubbard.org. For more information on the books of L. Ron Hubbard visit www.bridgepub.com or contact Nicole Shell, Director of Public Affairs, Bridge Publications, Inc., (323) 888-6200 nshell@bridgepub.com

^{The primary step in resolving the broad activities of man could be considered to be the resolving of the activities of the mind itself.— L. Ron Hubbard -- Scientology 0-8}

Dianetics in Mali, Making Life Better

A Dianetics group in the West African nation of Mali uses Dianetics: the Modern Science of Mental Health to make a real difference in peoples lives

With Dianetics now translated into 50 languages, people in every corner of the globe are reading the book and using it, to help themselves and others. A Dianetics group in the West African nation of Mali is making good use of the book in French.

“Dianetics” means “what the soul is doing to the body through the mind,” and the book, Dianetics: the Modern Science of Mental Health is a handbook of Dianetics procedure.

Using that book as a text, the Mali Dianetics Group sets up seminars, workshops and study groups in Bamako and Timbuktu, and trains people from all walks of life. The group reaches out with this technology, developed by L. Ron Hubbard. And it really changes lives.

In their seminars and workshops, people gain first hand experience with Dianetics. Those attending these training sessions team up with each other and use what they learn to help one another. And their gains are often spectacular.

One example is the story of a man who came to the group for help. Someone had robbed him at gunpoint, stealing his money, papers and phone. Since that time he could hardly sleep at night. He became nervous and depressed, which cut across his ability to live and work. As time went by and he continued to suffer from this, he became despondent. He came to the Dianetics group hoping for some relief. After one Dianetics session, he was no longer afraid. He could walk through the streets where this robbery happened without fear. He could talk about the experience without getting upset, which he could not do at all before.

For more information on Dianetics or to find a Dianetics group near you visit the Dianetics site.

^{The primary step in resolving the broad activities of man could be considered to be the resolving of the activities of the mind itself.— L. Ron Hubbard -- Scientology 0-8}