Science of Survival Hot

Know who to trust. Read it.

A must read!

In my mind, Science of Survival is the "owner's manual" for anyone who wants to successfully survive on this planet. It can be read as a first book, but I would also recommend intro books on Scientology and Dianetics like Fundamentals of Thought and Dianetics: Evolution of a Science.

I have read this book cover to cover at least a dozen times and used sections of it many more times as a guide to survival and understanding the intricacies of communications and human relations. It is one of those books that you will find new revelation(s) each time you read it as it relates to your current circumstances.

Although I am personally no longer a Scientologist, I have to confess that I still refer to this book when the need to evaluate people, groups or organizations arises. It is THE best guide to assessing people ever, and despite much research into this area, the chart of human evaluation remains one of the most accurate tools to assess people and situations. The scale of characteristics allows one to plot a number of different factors to reach an overall rating of where a person is at. Many people find some of it contentious - for example, when one has identified a dangerous person, who seems "oh so nice", but the fact remains that the guide is always spot on.

The parts describing the theta-mest theory are also essential to understanding the life and anti-life forces that pervade this universe, and it is a very helpful guide to understanding what one is navigating in life.

This was the first book I read and for me it was a good introduction to the topic of the tonescale. I think it is a good starting point, since the tonescale is a basic principle in auditing. Reading this book made me think optimistic about my environment.

I also think the theta mest theory is an important concept to understand. Reach and withdraw with the physical universe is also well covered.

This book has always been to me the 'Scientology Bible'. Not only does it expand significantly on what LRH had uncovered in DMSMH, but it goes well beyond into what was to become the subject of Scientology; indeed, to me, it is the basis on which Scientology as a subject evolved.

The book has two parts;

One is the exploration by LRH of various survival potentials of individuals and groups and how to find where on a 'chart' of those potentials a person or group can be located, and once located, prediction on how that person or group will respond to various situations they find themselves in. This book contains perhaps the most valuable of all of LRH's basic discoveries; it is not only enlightening, but it gives a tool which maybe the most vital tool one can have as one navigates the shoals of life; namely, how to accurately read and understand another individual or group and not be 'fooled' by PR.

The other part of the book is the exploration of the relationship between a spiritual Being and the physical universe; how they interact with one another; the cause/effect of their relationship; so many other treasures too numerous to list out here. To me, this part of Science of Survival is pure spirituality, who and what we are, why we are here, what we are doing here, and so forth. Enjoy.