This may be because some doctrine is reserved for the knowledge of higher-level initiates. Scientology was invented by a man named Lafayette Ron Hubbard, better known as L. Born in Montana in , Hubbard attended George Washington University in , but dropped out to pursue other interests. He married and became a writer, writing in genres from western to horror to science fiction. In , Hubbard introduced his ideas definitively to the world in the form of his book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health.
Hubbard believed the basic principle of human existence is survival. Things that lead to survival are good and pleasurable, while things that are counter-survival will be negative. A normal, analytical mind, he believed, will make good survival decisions. However, Hubbard contends, when a mind is not working properly, the reactive mind will take over and create negative images called engrams.
Bad engrams can even be left over from past lives. Hubbard believed people need to confront and eliminate these engrams to return to the way a mind should work, and he created Scientology for this purpose. In an interview with Business Insider , former Scientologist Steve Hall shared that much of the allure of Scientology is the focus on self-inquiry:. It's done in a safe environment and the counselor has a code of conduct.
The auditor does not tell the person what to think and does not tell them what to say. He just guides them on a path of self-discovery. And once you've experienced it you want more, because it helps you become a better person. You're able to open up new lines of communications with people you were afraid to talk to before.
The shy kids who can't talk to girls can suddenly get up the nerve, that's the good side. The idea of Scientology is that by undergoing certain counseling sessions, rituals, and pursuing self-discovery, people can improve themselves. Scientology is particularly attractive to those who feel that they are mentally or emotionally being held back from realizing their full potential.
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Deal icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Tom Cruise. Photos: L. Ron Hubbard and the Church of Scientology. Ron Hubbard published a series of articles and then a book on what he described as a new approach to mental health. In , Hubbard founded the Church of Scientology. Hide Caption. Hubbard and his children in December They are testing a device called an E-meter, which Scientologists say measures the body's electric flow as an auditor asks a series of questions that they say reveals sources of trauma.
Hubbard works in his greenhouse in December Hubbard in the south of France in May Hubbard talks with reporters in his office in Many groups and individuals have challenged Scientology's legitimacy as a religion. Scientologists have faced opposition from the medical community over the religion's claims about mental health, from the scientific community over its claims about its E-meters and from other religious groups about its status as a religion. Hubbard poses for a portrait in New York in January He died in The entrance to the Los Angeles headquarters of the church in March Confetti rains down as actor Tom Cruise, left, embraces David Miscavige, the leader of the Church of Scientology, at the opening of a new church in Madrid in September Cruise is one of the world's most prominent Scientologists.
Miscavige speaks during the inauguration of the Madrid church in September Scientology made headlines in June when Cruise got into a heated debate with "Today" host Matt Lauer over psychiatric drugs. The Church of Scientology's website says that "the effects of medical and psychiatric drugs, whether painkillers, tranquilizers or 'antidepressants,' are as disastrous" as illicit drugs.
A volunteer from the Church of Scientology touches an injured woman in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after the devastating earthquake there in January In November , Miscavige dedicates the massive Clearwater building as the church's new spiritual headquarters. After serving in World War II, Hubbard published a series of articles and then a book on a what he described as a new approach to mental health, which he called Dianetics.
His book by the same name quickly became a best-seller. The success provoked Hubbard to establish a foundation that began to train people in his auditing techniques.
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