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While it is true that Dianetics has become the self-improvement classic, there can be little doubt what it has to offer is just what people are now looking for in ever-increasing numbers. Reducing stress, achieving goals, improving relationships and striving to live up to one's full potential is definitely the 'in' thing. New York Post, Dianetics has always been ahead of its time. More and more people are realizing that Dianetics technology is a vital survival tool for living in the world today. Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Review " Dianetics can remove the aberrations which make man a selfish and anti-social creature.... It holds hope that man may at last dispense with the ugly institution of war, because wars are the end product of social aberrations at the national level... Dianetics can rectify the mental short circuits which bring accidental death, can increase longevity, minimize the pain of child-bearing and present Mankind with vast new intellectual vistas..." Los Angeles Daily News , TREATING CHRONIC PAIN Science has explored a number of ways to help people deal with pain. Some developments - such as those involving drugs or physical therapy - may be the type of treatments most people would expect. Others, however, may surprise you. For example, in 1997 Elvis Winterbottom was accidentally shot in the hip with a .45 caliber gun. After surgery, he was released from the hospital in a wheelchair, unable to walk. Recovery was slow and the pain was intense - to the point where simple actions such as taking a shower were difficult for him. Winterbottom was a chronic pain sufferer. Chronic pain is a condition that affects an estimated 86 million people in the US. It''s defined as pain that continues for a month or more beyond the usual recovery period for an injury, or pain that goes on for months or years as a result of a chronic condition. Winterbottom experienced pain for years, until he attended a career seminar that did more than help his job outlook. While at a lecture on success in the acting industry, Winterbottom learned about a course on the book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health . He signed up immediately. During the course he received Dianetics Therapy - a technique developed by L. Ron Hubbard in which one looks at incidents in the past that may be causing physical and emotional pain in the present. Hubbard said there are two parts of the mind: the analytical and the reactive. The analytical mind records mental images and pictures, except for in times of extreme mental or physical pain, at which point memory is stored in the reactive section. Hubbard maintained the reason people experience chronic emotional or physical pain is that the memories of their injuring events are "locked up" in their reactive minds. "I spoke about the shooting and went through the incident with my counselor," says Winterbottom. "I came home and told my wife about it, but didn''t think it was that big of a deal." The next morning, Winterbottom and his wife set out to do their weekly shopping - a chore which Winterbottom generally needed an ample supply of pain killers to perform. "After an hour my wife said to me, ''slow down,''" says Winterbottom. "Then it hit me: I have no pain. I am not limping. I have no pain!" The next day he put his hip to the test. Winterbottom climbed the longest set of stairs in the world at Universal Studios - twice - and still, no pain. Today, Winterbottom''s hip is completely pain-free. "It''s a miracle to me," he says. "That course gave me my life back." For more information, visit www.dianetics.org. Transcript-Bulletin March 19, 2002, [Dianetics is] a new science which works with the invariability of physical science in the field of the human mind. From all indications it will prove to be as revolutionary for humanity as the first caveman's discovery and utilization of fire. Daily Mirror, Hubbard's bestseller has helped millions, and it should be read and used by all who are searching for a true understanding of the mind and a solution to such problems as self-doubt, stress, anxiety and depression. World Reporter Newspaper, Review "...the wave of interest in the subject Dianetics which has swept the country." Publisher's Weekly, Review "...the wave of interest in the subject Dianetics which has swept the country." Publisher's Weekly, FAMILY FINDS HOPE WITH DIANETICS Families with handicapped children have new hope for solving the problems of emotional stress and strain that come to a family following the birth of a handicapped child. Los Angeles parents Shirley and Steve Young say they found the solution to raising a handicapped son in the book "Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health." "Our son was born with deformity of his lower limbs," says Shirley. "It was necessary for the doctors to amputate both legs just below the knees so that Eric could later be fitted with artificial limbs that would give him a chance for a normal life." Their son''s condition proved a shock to both mother and father. "Eric was our first child," she says. "I think every mother faces the fear that her child may be born with a handicap, but you think it will never happen to you." "When it does it puts enormous stress on the family. Corrective surgery is very costly. You have to see that your child gets the special attention that he needs, not only professional attention, but additional caring from the parents," she says. The couple''s relationship as husband and wife also suffered for a while, says Shirley and Steve. "We would find ourselves arguing with one another about what was the best thing to do for Eric," says Steve. "Everyone says they have the answer, but they all tell you that your baby will never really grow up to be a normal, well adjusted child because of his handicap. When you hear that, it hurts you as a parent." Both parents, however, refused to accept what they called "a lot of misinformation about children and about the mind." "We had both read the book ''Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health'' and we knew that a person''s physical condition did not in any way influence his mental condition," says Mrs. Young. "It is quite the other way around." Throughout the time her son was being fitted with artificial limbs, the couple applied Dianetics technology both to the baby and to themselves as a family. "It made our relationship with one another even stronger. It helped us raise our son so that he was free from all the false considerations that counselors and psychologists try to force on handicapped children and their parents." As a result, Eric is happy, healthy, well adjusted boy today. He runs, swims and plays baseball. "He even climbs trees," says his somewhat chagrined mother. "I have the same worries that any mother has over a rambunctious six year old." "Dianetics was really the solution," she says. "I tell any mother with a handicapped child to read the book. It opens the door to solving all the problems that psychologists don''t have answers for." Black Voice February 19, 1987, Hubbard holds the distinction of being the world's most translated author, according to the Guinness World Records. Publishers Weekly, Review "...the wave of interest in the subject Dianetics which has swept the country." Publisher's Weekly, Dianetics can remove the aberrations which make man a selfish and anti-social creature. ... It holds hope that man may at last dispense with the ugly institution of war, because wars are the end product of social aberrations at the national level. Daily News Los Angeles, Review "Dianetics can remove the aberrations which make man a selfish and anti-social creature.... It holds hope that man may at last dispense with the ugly institution of war, because wars are the end product of social aberrations at the national level... Dianetics can rectify the mental short circuits which bring accidental death, can increase longevity, minimize the pain of child-bearing and present Mankind with vast new intellectual vistas..." Los Angeles Daily News, Review " Dianetics can remove the aberrations which make man a selfish and anti-social creature.... It holds hope that man may at last dispense with the ugly institution of war, because wars are the end product of social aberrations at the national level... Dianetics can rectify the mental short circuits which bring accidental death, can increase longevity, minimize the pain of child-bearing and present Mankind with vast new intellectual vistas..." Los Angeles Daily News
