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Scientology 0-8: The Book of Basics





The Basic Scientology Picture Book


Scientology: A New Slant on Life
Scientology: The Fundamentals of Thought
The Creed of the Church of Scientology expresses the most basic principles and beliefs of the religion.
Scientology is a religion which recognizes that man is basically good and offers tools anyone can use to become happier and more able as a person and to improve conditions in life for himself and others. Developed by L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology® technology provides exact principles and a practical technology for improving spiritual awareness, self-confidence, intelligence and ability.

The aims of Scientology are a world without insanity, without criminals, without war, where the able can prosper and where Man is free to rise to greater heights. The ultimate goal of Scientology is true spiritual enlightenment and freedom for the individual.

The word Scientology comes from the Latin word scio, which means “knowing” in the fullest sense  of the word, and the Greek word logos, meaning “study”; thus, Scientology is "knowing how to know" or "the study of wisdom".

And if you were to ask any Scientologist they would tell you it is a practical religion, with practical answers “tools that can be applied to achieve greater awareness and purpose in the here and now.” or 
“there is virtually no part of existence it cannot be applied to for the betterment of life itself.”

What people need are real solutions, real tools to deal with and effectively overcome human problems. Every one of us has experienced it.
Think back yourself and you'll remember when you tried to help a grieving loved one, a struggling child, a friend overcome by addiction.
And where you have failed, it's only because you lacked effective answers to accomplish what you desired.

Scientology can help you with...

Unhappiness, Stress, Anxiety, Depression
Trouble Thinking Clearly
Personal Well-being
Marriage
Children
Helping Others
Integrity, Honesty, Right and Wrong
Communication
Job Productivity, Achieving Goals, Financial Success
Living in a Dangerous Environment
Drug and Alcohol Problems
Education and Learning
Personalities, Emotions and How to Deal with Others

Nothing in Scientology, however, need be taken on faith. Its truths are self-evident, its principles are easily demonstrable and its technology can be seen to work. 

Scientology is a twentieth-century religion. It comprises a vast body of knowledge extending from certain fundamental truths, and prime among those truths: Man is a spiritual being endowed with abilities well beyond those which 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?

Although modern life seems to pose an infinitely complex array of problems, Scientology maintains that the solutions to those problems are basically simple and within every man’s reach. Difficulties with communication and interpersonal relationships, nagging insecurities, self-doubt and despair — each man innately possesses the potential to be free of these and many other concerns.

Scientology offers a pathway to greater freedom.

While the hope for such freedom is ancient, what Scientology is doing is new. The way it is organized is new. The technologies with which it can bring about a new state of being in man are likewise new.

Scientology is the study and handling of the spirit in relationship to itself, universes and other life. Based upon the tradition of ten thousand years of searching for wisdom in Asta and in Western civilization, it is built upon the fundamental truths of life. From these principles, exact methods by which one can improve conditions were derived; and unlike other efforts of improvement, which offered only rules by which men should live, Scientology offers real tools for use in everyday life. Thus, it does not depend upon a system of beliefs or faith. The emphasis is squarely on an exact application of its principles toward the improvement of one’s life and the world in which we live.

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