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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| the nature of oppression | 2/9/2012 | Laurie Hamilton |
| Q: Laurie, Thanks for answering my previous questions about desire and the code of honor. I started to ... A: Seeking admiration and affection is human. Wanting to be well thought of by others is human. It's ... | ||
| Returning | 2/5/2012 | Debbie Collins |
| Q: Whenever I "return", nothing happens. I'm not sure I'm doing it right. It says in Dianetics that ... A: There is a newer version than the DVD you mention called How To Use Dianetics and it shows much ... | ||
| Returning | 2/2/2012 | Debbie Collins |
| Q: Whenever I "return", nothing happens. I'm not sure I'm doing it right. It says in Dianetics that ... A: Have you watched the newest version of the Dianetics DVD? In this DVD there are several examples of ... | ||
| desire | 1/26/2012 | Laurie Hamilton |
| Q: Laurie, Why the code of honor "don't desire to be liked or admired". It's perfectly healthy to want ... A: Word play? Not really. A thetan that requires the admiration of other thetans is trapped. ... | ||
| desire | 1/24/2012 | Laurie Hamilton |
| Q: Laurie, Why the code of honor "don't desire to be liked or admired". It's perfectly healthy to want ... A: Really, it's not. It IS perfectly healthy to want your interactions with others and your effect on ... | ||
| research paper | 1/15/2012 | Mick Wenlock |
| Q: i am attending college and need to do a paper regarding common healthcare beliefs that scientology ... A: There are two underlying beliefs that govern scientology practices regarding healthcare. The first ... | ||
| Working relationships | 1/15/2012 | Laurie Hamilton |
| Q: Working with and around people is a fact of life, and undoubtedly, everyone works with someone or a ... A: Anything that reduces your case content eases that burden. I personally found the Grades 0-4, the ... | ||
| Many paths, same destination | 1/4/2012 | Laurie Hamilton |
| Q: Lately I've been pondering about the physical universe game and how there is such a wide variety of ... A: I agree with you, of course, but it's a tough sell to those whose viewpoint is entirely invested in ... | ||
| moral values | 12/30/2011 | Laurie Hamilton |
| Q: Does Scientology philosophy support the idea that objective moral values exist? Doesn't greatest ... A: "From (such and such) viewpoint" is irrelevant to the calculation. All eight dynamics are ... | ||
| Careers for Scientologists | 12/30/2011 | Laurie Hamilton |
| Q: I'm wondering what are good career choices for someone who loves Scientology? I have been thinking ... A: "Or by the arts did you mean like acting or something else?" All creative pursuits are included in ... | ||
| Careers for Scientologists | 12/29/2011 | Laurie Hamilton |
| Q: I'm wondering what are good career choices for someone who loves Scientology? I have been thinking ... A: Hm. The three that come most readily to mind are business consulting, the arts, and teaching. ... | ||
| libertarian/socialsm | 12/27/2011 | Laurie Hamilton |
| Q: .... i was very interested in your reply to a question on libertarianism/'the state' back in feb ... A: OK - "War and Peace," here... Yes, production is the basis of morale and education/competence are ... | ||
| libertarian/socialsm | 12/26/2011 | Laurie Hamilton |
| Q: .... i was very interested in your reply to a question on libertarianism/'the state' back in feb ... A: Economies and markets are created by DEMAND. Any strategy to increase economic activity has to be ... | ||
| Jesus, Thetan, Eighth Dynamic | 12/23/2011 | Laurie Hamilton |
| Q: in John 16:28 "I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, ... A: I'm not sure what distinction you are trying to draw, here. Jesus, as all of us, was a thetan with ... | ||
| The year 2012 | 12/22/2011 | Laurie Hamilton |
| Q: I've heard two interpretations of the 2012 Mayan calendar "end times" prediction: One is physical ... A: From my viewpoint, 2012 on the Mayan calendar was similar to 2000 on ours, or to 10 when you are ... | ||
| Communication | 11/30/2011 | Laurie Hamilton |
| Q: What is the solution to another person "cutting" communication? Reason I ask is because it seems not ... A: There's no single solution. AND, there's probably nothing you can do other than to fall silent ... | ||
| Rons Tone and exterorization | 11/23/2011 | Laurie Hamilton |
| Q: Well just what it says basically- what was Rons tone on the Tone Scale? That is a pretty interesting ... A: Wow. Really too much to explain here. Suffice it to say that a person fully, voluntarily, stably, ... | ||
| ethics | 11/23/2011 | Chuck Beatty |
| Q: i'm so sick to death about ethics this and ethics that ..many in this cult would say if ethics is ... A: I highly urge you and anyone who later views your questions and my answers, to PLEASE avail ... | ||
| sex | 11/21/2011 | Chuck Beatty |
| Q: chuck lrh said that the second dynamic is for survival through rearing of children and the sex act ... A: Hubbard talks about the family/sex/children part of life in numerous places, and as a category, yes, ... | ||
| Rons Tone and exterorization | 11/19/2011 | Laurie Hamilton |
| Q: Well just what it says basically- what was Rons tone on the Tone Scale? That is a pretty interesting ... A: I takes a high tone to see the entire tone scale. That's right. As to a person being exterior to ... | ||
| power | 11/15/2011 | Chuck Beatty |
| Q: chuck tell me somthing ..this is very scientology related ..can a low toned person handle raw power ... A: Per Hubbard, a "low toned" person can absolutely handle raw power like a high toned person can, in ... | ||
| who's law was it? | 11/8/2011 | Chuck Beatty |
| Q: female sea org members are not allowed to have children? ...who's stupid rule was that ..the ... A: No one's done a proper article on this. The history is detailed. Hubbard indeed did not allow ... | ||
| handbook for preclears | 11/1/2011 | Chuck Beatty |
| Q: chuck what is the difference between dianetics auditing and 'lock scanning' from the hand book for ... A: Lock scanning is a loose form of talk therapy, asking the patient to remember less traumatic ... | ||
| Scientology Questions | 10/31/2011 | Laurie Hamilton |
| Q: I am doing a research paper for my Afterlife class on Scientology and the afterlife. I am looking ... A: Scientology views the person as a timeless, limitless, deathless spiritual being, existing ... | ||
| lock scanning/handbook for preclears | 10/31/2011 | Debbie Collins |
| Q: debbie is lock scanning the same as dianetics auditing if not then what are the differences between ... A: Lock scanning is not the same as Dianetics. Dianetics is the running through of engrams and ... | ||
| Recall and return | 10/28/2011 | Laurie Hamilton |
| Q: I'm a bit confused about the difference between recall and return. Recall is sort of like ... A: Recall is to look at the past from the viewpoint of the present. Return is to go to the past time ... | ||
| sea org ;way of life and the rules | 10/27/2011 | Chuck Beatty |
| Q: chuck tell me everything about your experiences good and bad about the sea org ...i also understand ... A: You are asking for me to somehow summarize the downsides and upsides to my 27 years of adult life in ... | ||
| church of scientology | 10/26/2011 | Chuck Beatty |
| Q: chuck the birmingham org is diminshing in england ..it was the most successfull in growth and ... A: From my limited understanding, since I was not a staff member in England, but in general, the staff ... | ||
| the brain | 10/25/2011 | Laurie Hamilton |
| Q: I read that when that part of the brain that deals with empathy is damaged the person displays a ... A: It shows that the brain mediates our experience in the physical universe. Everything passing from ... | ||
| Hubbard's Books | 10/21/2011 | Laurie Hamilton |
| Q: I have been fascinated with UFOs and related material ever since I was a teenager in the 1960s. I ... A: There really is no such thing as cosmic subject matter per se. "Cosmic subject matter" is not ... | ||
| Waiver Forms | 10/21/2011 | Debbie Collins |
| Q: I have some interest in becoming a church member, but after reading the consent forms that are ... A: I will have to go into a Church and read the waivers newly because I haven't read them in a long ... | ||
| Sea Org Service | 10/21/2011 | Laurie Hamilton |
| Q: Laurie, thank you for your time and resources to make all of your personal data about Scientology ... A: 2 1/2 and 5 year contracts are for regular staff, not S/O. The billion-year contract means that the ... | ||
| Waiver Forms and Auditing as a Career | 10/21/2011 | Debbie Collins |
| Q: I have some interest in becoming a church member, but after reading the consent forms that are ... A: Sure, I would like to help you get a clearer understanding. When you say you would like a clearer ... | ||
| Sea Org Service | 10/21/2011 | Laurie Hamilton |
| Q: Laurie, thank you for your time and resources to make all of your personal data about Scientology ... A: When I signed my first staff contract, the org I was at had been incorrectly designated "Sea Org" ... | ||
| david miscavige | 10/20/2011 | Chuck Beatty |
| Q: one of my close associates ..a very able minded and talented man has been recently mistreated very ... A: Hubbard had his top clique of people he trusted to carry on the movement. Hubbard wrote policy ... | ||
| purification course and tr abjectives | 10/19/2011 | Chuck Beatty |
| Q: i was not going to ask this particular question since you are not a believer in past lives but i ... A: In my opinion, one's inclination to believe in past lives, one's intuitive feeling that past lives ... | ||
| ethics | 10/18/2011 | Chuck Beatty |
| Q: l.ron hubbard said if ethics are in then scientology tech is in ....why is ethics so important for ... A: I think if you remember that Dianetics is a therapy. People are even interested in Scientology at ... | ||
| Past lives and computers | 10/12/2011 | Laurie Hamilton |
| Q: sometimes while being on my computer, I get a faint idea of doing something on a computer that is ... A: Relative to computers, no I have not. Most people I know who bring knowledge with them "just know ... | ||
| honour | 10/11/2011 | Chuck Beatty |
| Q: the reason tom cruise did the movie 'the last sumarai' is because the sumarai ethics mirrored ... A: I think if you look at Hubbard's own behavior, he retreated in life, made himself quite inaccessible ... | ||
| child SP | 10/10/2011 | Laurie Hamilton |
| Q: If you had a young child who you knew or strongly suspected was an SP how you would handle that ... A: That's a question I've actually agonized over, more than once. I can think of two occasions when I ... | ||
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Laurie Hamilton
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Expertise
I am able to answer questions regarding Scientology practices and procedures, religious philosophy, donations, religious rites, management, administrative and staff matters.
Experience
I am a second generation Scientologist whose parents began in Dianetics in 1950 and studied directly with L. Ron Hubbard. I have been personally active in the church for 42 years, have eleven years former staff experience in both technical and administrative areas, and extensive technical and administative training and counseling. I am "clear" and "OT." I come from an extended family of many religions, but my spouse and children are Scientologists, as are my siblings and their spouses, several cousins, nieces, nephews, an aunt, and an uncle. Between us we have had every good and bad experience one might go through in the church at every level.
Education/Credentials
Over six thousand hours of Scientology technical and administrative training. Fully qualified/certified for fourteen different organizational job descriptions. Ordained minister. Independent study of numerous religions.
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