eyes. That was her main interest. In her view, I was the problem in the marriage, so it was good that I was getting the auditing. I suppose she was just going through the motions. Still, the family dynamics changed. We developed a common purpose, to learn more about Scientology. The boys were more interested than the girls, Iâd say, but everyone was now involved.
My own life continued to improve as I did more Scientology. I read every book Hubbard wrote and listened to many, many of his lectures. I received Scientology auditing, and from what I learned of the philosophy in my studies and what I experienced subjectively from auditing, I gained a certainty that there was a lot of value in the subject.
In studying what LRH wrote and said, I found he was making many valid points about life, how it worked and what to do to improve things. The more I absorbed, the more I became tolerant of others around me, and to that degree my life improved. To my way of thinking, your ability to tolerate things around you has a lot to do with your ability to deal with them effectively.
The auditing also helped me a lot. I look at it this way: if something is going on in your life that may not be positive but you arenât really aware of it, you canât do anything about it because of your lack of awareness. In auditing, you begin to uncover these things, so you can do something about them. The major sour area of my life for years had been my arguments and fights with Loretta. Through the auditing, my attitude about the arguments shifted, and you could say that a lot of the wind went out of the sails. We still argued, but our arguments were never again as loud as before Scientology, and I never again even had the urge to strike her. I realized that facets of my personality made me react irrationally and were out of my control, and just that realization helped me deal with them better.
I was good at explaining Scientology to people. I used to keep a box with copies of Hubbardâs book Dianetics in the trunk of my car and sold one to practically everybody I met. One day, I went into an Arthur Treacherâs Fish and Chips restaurant and started talking to a guy. The next day, he showed up at a Scientology center in town, told the registrar that he wanted to do the Communication Course (a basic introductory course) and pulled out a check already made out for the $50 fee. The registrar later wrote a report saying that she suspected the man was an infiltrator since he already knew how much his course cost. I had told him the day before!
Years later, as I became more involved with the organization, I learned that in addition to the positive things I found in Scientology, other aspects, particularly in the way the organization was run, seemed absolutely worthless to me. Many of these I personally experienced and they were terrible. But thatâs getting ahead of the story. Those early weeks and months were a revelation.
By early 1971, I had finished all the courses and actions I could do at Normâs center, so I began making arrangements to travel to the Scientology headquarters, called St. Hill, in East Grinstead, south of London, for more advanced courses. Many people from the United States went to the Los Angeles center, but Norm Muller advised me, âRon, go to St. Hill. Donât go to LA. Youâll love England. Theyâve got all kinds of quaint shops in town. Youâll love it there.â
So that is why I went to England. And Norm was right, I loved St. Hill. That, by the way, is where I first met the great pianist Chick Corea, who was there at the time. Chick had become interested in Scientology about a year earlier than I, and we wound up in England at the same time. One day I went into the Qualifications Division of the organization, where people went to be certified after completing a course or a level of their auditing, and Chick happened to be there.
âMan,â he said to me, all bright and
My own life continued to improve as I did more Scientology. I read every book Hubbard wrote and listened to many, many of his lectures. I received Scientology auditing, and from what I learned of the philosophy in my studies and what I experienced subjectively from auditing, I gained a certainty that there was a lot of value in the subject.
In studying what LRH wrote and said, I found he was making many valid points about life, how it worked and what to do to improve things. The more I absorbed, the more I became tolerant of others around me, and to that degree my life improved. To my way of thinking, your ability to tolerate things around you has a lot to do with your ability to deal with them effectively.
The auditing also helped me a lot. I look at it this way: if something is going on in your life that may not be positive but you arenât really aware of it, you canât do anything about it because of your lack of awareness. In auditing, you begin to uncover these things, so you can do something about them. The major sour area of my life for years had been my arguments and fights with Loretta. Through the auditing, my attitude about the arguments shifted, and you could say that a lot of the wind went out of the sails. We still argued, but our arguments were never again as loud as before Scientology, and I never again even had the urge to strike her. I realized that facets of my personality made me react irrationally and were out of my control, and just that realization helped me deal with them better.
I was good at explaining Scientology to people. I used to keep a box with copies of Hubbardâs book Dianetics in the trunk of my car and sold one to practically everybody I met. One day, I went into an Arthur Treacherâs Fish and Chips restaurant and started talking to a guy. The next day, he showed up at a Scientology center in town, told the registrar that he wanted to do the Communication Course (a basic introductory course) and pulled out a check already made out for the $50 fee. The registrar later wrote a report saying that she suspected the man was an infiltrator since he already knew how much his course cost. I had told him the day before!
Years later, as I became more involved with the organization, I learned that in addition to the positive things I found in Scientology, other aspects, particularly in the way the organization was run, seemed absolutely worthless to me. Many of these I personally experienced and they were terrible. But thatâs getting ahead of the story. Those early weeks and months were a revelation.
By early 1971, I had finished all the courses and actions I could do at Normâs center, so I began making arrangements to travel to the Scientology headquarters, called St. Hill, in East Grinstead, south of London, for more advanced courses. Many people from the United States went to the Los Angeles center, but Norm Muller advised me, âRon, go to St. Hill. Donât go to LA. Youâll love England. Theyâve got all kinds of quaint shops in town. Youâll love it there.â
So that is why I went to England. And Norm was right, I loved St. Hill. That, by the way, is where I first met the great pianist Chick Corea, who was there at the time. Chick had become interested in Scientology about a year earlier than I, and we wound up in England at the same time. One day I went into the Qualifications Division of the organization, where people went to be certified after completing a course or a level of their auditing, and Chick happened to be there.
âMan,â he said to me, all bright and
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