The idea of a silent birth was a concept presented in Dianetics, The Modern Science of Mental Health, based on the premise that words spoken during pain or unconsciousness could have adverse effects on a person later in life. I’ve observed it to be true myself, both from my own personal recall and from applying Dianetics techniques to others. However, there are those who can’t quite wrap their wits around the idea that information IS recorded during pain or unconsciousness.
Dr. Allan J. Hamilton, author of The Scalpel and the Soul, was the subject of an interesting video interview. In the video and in the book he talks about a patient who was not just unconscious but completely brain-dead and still remembered things that happened in the operating room. He is a brave man to buck the system and publicly say what many doctors and nurses have personally observed but which goes against the “official position” of the medical community.
There really IS a difference between the mind, the body (which includes the brain) and the person him/herself (the soul or spirit).
Last night (Saturday) was one of the major events within the Church of Scientology - the celebration of L. Ron Hubbard’s birthday. There is an international event in Clearwater, Florida which is video’ed and then shipped out to all the out-lying Churches so the parishioners there can watch it. I went to the event in Portland.
It’s a 5 hour drive each way, so we generally go for an extra day and take that time to visit with the grandbaby, shop or go on course at the Church. This trip I spent time with my grandson and my daughter took me to a local spa for a birthday treat (it was wonderful).
The LRH Birthday event was quite spectacular. I particularly liked the presentation by the LRH biographer which chronicled LRH’s early years traveling through the orient, as documented by his journal, later recorded lectures that mentioned his adventures and letters from people received at the time.
I was also very impressed with the new iteration of the Church of Scientology’s main website, www.Scientology.org. It’s now video-based, with short videos covering all different aspects of Scientology and Scientologists, including interviews, reviews of basic tenets and beliefs, information on outreach programs into human rights, drug rehabilitation, criminal rehabilitation, study and literacy outreach, disaster response and much more. Personally, I’m really proud of what my church and my friends within it have been accomplishing at home and around the world to help improve conditions.
Anyway, the website is really great and I invite you to take a look at it.
If, for some reason, you can’t access the site or it takes to long to load on your internet connection, please let me know (you can email me personally). Our church has also made DVD’s of the videos available for free, so I have copies that I can send to you if you can’t see it on the web.
