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Scientology Answers
Unquestionably man is a troubled being in very troubled times. Since the start of the twentieth century, an endless parade of convoluted ideas have been proposed to account for our lot: Left brain/right brain theories, chemical imbalances, genetic flaws, pop-psychology pronouncements and New Age secrets and speculations.
Such theories left only questions: What is the real source of our problems? Why do past upsets continue to haunt us? Why is it difficult to understand others, and why do we end up regretting so much? Why are we so afraid of old age, illness and death, and why is our happiness so frail?
What is so unique about Scientology is the way in which these matters are addressed--and the fact they are resolved only by recognising man's essential nature. For if the human spirit is the source of all man's innate wisdom, capabilities, goodness and strength, it is also the source of his failings--and thus only by directly addressing it can one right what is wrong.
This, then, is what Scientology is all about and why it is defined as the study and handling of the spirit in relationship to itself, universes and other life.
In such terms, Scientology may be seen as the culmination of a long and noble religious tradition, one that extends back at least ten-thousand years through the Buddhist, Hindu and Vedic scriptures. One may draw further parallels to Celtic, Greek and early Christian teachings, which also saw man as an eternal spirit who accepted responsibility for future lives.
Of course the Scientology technology is wholly new, and the way in which it addresses the spirit is new. But the tradition is an ancient one. Indeed, it was only within the last hundred years that men began to lose all sight of themselves with the advent of materialistic theory.
Whereas society today has spent literally billions of dollars in fruitless pursuit of solutions to symptoms, only Scientology addresses the true source--the spiritual realm.
And therein lies the path to miracles.
Scientology is a vast subject, very probably the largest body of work on the mind and spirit ever produced. As its applications are as extensive as life itself, all of its tools cannot be mastered in a single day, but there are benefits to be had from the very first step.
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