Meet a Scientologist Video: My Friend Cindy

There are now over 200 videos in the Meet a Scientologist series. These are short (1 - 2 minutes) videos of everyday Scientologists who tell you a bit about their lives and the difference Scientology has made to them.

There is a new one out featuring a friend of mine: Cindy Gainsforth. Check it out and see what she has to say about Scientology (or in this case Dianetics) and what it has done for her.

It's appropriate that in her video Cindy is talking about Dianetics, because the 61st anniversary of the publication of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health is rapidly approaching.

Church of Scientology: Sending Help to Haiti

Meet a Scientologist: Astra, Dancer

Meet a Scientologist: John, Personal Trainer

Meet a Scientologist: Kenton, Race Car Driver

Meet a Scientologist: Marc, Medical Inventor

This is a pretty cool invention:

Dianetics: Personal Stories

Here is a video of people talking about their experiences with Dianetics:

Scientology Video: What is Greatness?

Embedding has been enabled on the Scientology videos on YouTube! There are tons of them and here is one of my favorites:

New Videos

There are a couple of new videos out about Scientology and its founder L. Ron Hubbard. You can find them on the Scientology Video Channel:

• L. Ron Hubbard Founder
• Inside a Church of Scientology

Or you can see them on YouTube:

• L. Ron Hubbard: Founder
• Inside a Church of Scientology

They are pretty cool. You might learn some things you didn't know before about the religion and the guy who started it.

Death: The Undiscovered Country

Just over a month ago, a good friend of ours was rushed to hospital with what looked like a mild heart attack. He was kept in for a couple of days while the doctor ran various tests. After the results came back he learned that he not only had pancreatic cancer, one of the most virulent sorts, but it had spread to his liver. It must have been there for quite some time and it was surprising that the first sign of it, the mild heart attack, had occurred so late.

That was shock enough, but then the doctor told him that he could be given chemotherapy but the cancer was so far advanced that it was unlikely it would do him any good and and would probably kill him faster. So he would be better off spending his remaining days in what comfort he could. The doctor also gave his wife the contact information for the local hospice.

Can you imagine being in that situation? To suddenly find out that you have only a few weeks left to live? It's a sobering thought.

Our friend is over seventy years old, and he has had a good life. He is also a Scientologist and so has the certainty that the death of his body is not the end for him. He knows that he is a spiritual being and that he will continue to exist when his body is gone.

Still, it isn't easy. My wife and his are very good friends and my wife is giving as much help and support as possible. Other friends are pitching in to help and make his last few weeks as comfortable as possible.

He seems to be reconciled with the death of his body and his biggest concern is not for himself but for his wife. How will she manage without him?

This sad situation caused me to wonder what the prospect of death is like for people of other religions and for atheists?

For me personally, because of Scientology, I don't have a fear of death. After my body dies, I will continue to live as a spiritual entity. My identity will not vanish. My memories will not be erased. My friends and loved ones won't be cut off from me forever. I know I'll be back in another body, living another life. So to me death is not the end of consciousness and awareness. Everything won't suddenly go black and silent. (See: The Parts of Man video for more information.)

People of other religions usually have some idea that they won't just cease to be, but what of the poor atheist? To him death is the "undiscovered country, from whose bourn no traveler returns" (from Hamlet by William Shakespeare). Death must scare the pants off of atheists. Or at least it would me, if I were such.

I'd like to hear from anyone who reads this blog what they think of death and what they think is going to happen to them when their body finally gives out.

Scientology on YouTube

There is a new Church of Scientology Video Channel on YouTube. It has about 3 hours worth of videos on all aspects of Scientology, from what Scientologists think about their religion, to what the Church does to help others in the fields of Human Rights, Disaster Recovery and more.

Check it out and tell me what you think.

Scientology Videos - Telling Others

The new Scientology Video Channel has 3 hours worth of videos and a great menu structure to help you select which video you want to see. But sometimes you want to direct someone to a particular video so what do you do?

There are two solutions.

The first is to go the the video channel page, select the video and then click on "Share Video" just below the video screen. A form will pop up that you can use to email a link to a friend.

The second solution is to go to this page: Scientology Video Channel Site Map and select the video from the list.

Scientology Video Channel

PCMag.com is reporting on the new Scientology Video Channel. You can read the article here: Church of Scientology Launches Video Channel.

I've already blogged about the new channel, but I have to say, it is amazing. It's in 16 languages and there are 3 hours worth of videos!

If you haven't yet seen it then what are you waiting for? Check it out!

Scientology Video Channel

The Church of Scientology home page has been transformed into a video channel. I just watched several of the videos and I'd say that this new site answers the famous "Everything you ever wanted to know about Scientology but were afraid to ask."

It is in several languages and the videos are high quality.

So go watch the new Scientology Video Channel and find out what Scientology is, what Scientologists believe, what they do in the world and much more.