A man is as alive as he can communicate,” L. Ron Hubbard wrote. And communication is a facet of life which he explored very deeply indeed, ultimately writing hundreds of thousands of words about this vital subject. Communication skills are essential in any sphere of human interaction. In fact, when all is said and done, on whatever level, communication is the sole activity all people share.

The benefits of effective communication are too numerous to list, for they enhance all aspects of life from the personal to the professional. The ability to communicate is vital to the success of any endeavor.

In this course you will learn what good communication consists of and how to recognize the bad, what the component parts of communication are and how to utilize them, and why more communication, not less, brings the individual greater freedom.

Also included in this course are numerous drills that Mr. Hubbard developed which improve one’s communication level and have great practical application to life. A thorough understanding of this data will provide you with tools you can use forever.

(Source: scientology.org)

I italicized points which I personally drop out the most.

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“No one expects the Code of Honor to be closely and tightly followed.

“An ethical code cannot be enforced. Any effort to enforce the Code of Honor would bring it into the level of a moral code. It cannot be enforced simply because it is a way of life which can exist as a way of life only as long as it is not enforced. Any other use but self-determined use of the Code of Honor would, as any Scientologist could quickly see, produce a considerable deterioration in a person. Therefore its use is a luxury use, and which is done solely on self-determined action, providing one sees eye to eye with the Code of Honor.”

                               ~.:The Code of Honor:.~

• 1. Never desert a comrade in need, in danger or in trouble.
• 2. Never withdraw allegiance once granted.
• 3. Never desert a group to which you owe your support.
• 4. Never disparage yourself or minimize your strength or power.
• 5. Never need praise, approval or sympathy.
• 6. Never compromise with your own reality.
• 7. Never permit your affinity to be alloyed.
• 8. Do not give or receive communication unless you yourself desire it.
• 9. Your self-determinism and your honor are more important than your immediate life.
• 10. Your integrity to yourself is more important than your body.
• 11. Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow.
• 12. Never fear to hurt another in a just cause.
• 13. Don’t desire to be liked or admired.
• 14. Be your own adviser, keep your own counsel and select your own decisions.
• 15. Be true to your own goals.

This is the ethical code of Scientology, the code one uses not because he has to but because he can afford such a luxury.”

(A read definitely worth reading)

(θ THETA, 1. theta is thought, life force, élan vital, the spirit, the soul, or any other of the numerous definitions it has had for some thousands of years.)

(a being composed of theta; spiritual being; people; you)

(1. The results of having assumed an identity. example: she has an interesting beingness, an interesting personality.) 

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The Composition of the Physical Universe

If life-or theta, as it is called in Scientology-is a mirror and creator of motion which can be mirrored, it follows then that mirror-wise, the whole of the laws of motion, magnetism, energy, matter, space and time can be found in thought, and behavior and even thinking partake of the physical universe laws regarding matter, energy, space and time.

The physical universe consists of four parts:

Matter

Energy

Space 

Time

MEST stands for matter, energy, space and time, and is composite of the first letter of each. The word MEST appearing all by itself denotes the physical universe.

The origin of MEST lies with theta^ itself, and MEST, as we know the physical universe, is a product of theta.

SPACE

The workable definition of space is “viewpoint of dimension”: there is no space without viewpoint, there is no space without points of view.

Space is not nothingness. Space is the viewpoint of dimension. It is how far one looks. If one did not look, one would not have any space. Space is caused by looking out from a point. The only actuality of space is the agreed-upon consideration that one perceives through something, and this we call space.

A dimension point is any point in a space or at the boundaries of space.

a dimension point can be of different kinds and substances. It can combine in various ways, it can take on forms, become objects.

The purpose of a deminsion point is space and a point of view.

As a specialized case, those dimension points which mark the outermost boundaries of space or its corners are called, in Scientology, “anchor points,” and these, with the viewpoint, alone are responsible for space. An anchor point is a dimension point that stays rather still, to keep the space created.

In order to have space, it is necessary to have a viewpoint and the potention in the viewpoint of creating anchor points. Viewpoints are not visible, but viewpoints can have dimension points which are themselves visible. Space is creatable by a thetan^ and he may also conserve alter and destroy space.

A material of the universe cannot exist in any universe without something which to exist. The something in which it exists is space, and this is made by the attitude of a viewpoint which marks an area with anchor points.

The creation of anchor points, then is the creation of space, which is, in itself, the creation of beingness^. The essential in any object is the space which it occupies. Thus, the ability to be an object first depends upon the ability to be the space which it occupies.

-L. Ron Hubbard

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In other words, a person can only be as free and as big as his anchor points are! The bigger the space around you, the better you feel because the better and bigger you can have beingness, the more space you are able to “be” in.

It is the reason why gorgeous views of the ocean, the sky and vast landscapes make you feel so good! By looking you are assigining an anchor point which results in your space to grow!

It is the reason people are afraid in the dark, They cant see things and cant see space to create anchor points, so they are small, and the smaller you’re space, the worse you feel.

It is the reason being on the computer or watching tv all day makes you feel all worn out and headachy. You’re space is only maybe about a foot in front of you, and that doesnt feel too good at all.

It is the reason people say then need to “get some fresh air” after being inside a room for a while. What they are really saying it “I need to go create some space. I need more elbow room and a place to streach out. ahh thats better.”

Try it out! Go out and look at distant things! consciously decide to assign an anchor point. There is no trick to it, people do it unknowingly all the time. You just decide to place one in any given place and you’ve done it. See how much better you feel!

Go for a walk!

In practicing Scientology one addresses oneself—not your mind, not your body, but you. Scientologists have found that the spirit is potentially superior to material things, and that the spirit (you), if cleansed of past traumas, transgressions and aberrations, can make miraculous changes in the physical universe that would not otherwise be possible.

(Source: scientology.org)