The real danger is man's uncivilized state...
"The
dangerthe danger here is not radiation, the danger is
man's uncivilized state. Unless something can come along and
cure him of his barbarism, he is not going to survive. He
has many enemies, if you want to pick enemies. The locust
of Africa, the various fevers of Indiathese are enemies;
the hailstorms of Kansasall sorts of enemies.
"Why
focus only on radiation? If man is to survive, he must first
be capable of facing his enemies. And those enemies really
aren't manhe just thinks they are. And until he can
be brought to face his real, true enemies on Earth, he cannot
be really considered to be a civilized being. Why? Because
he's fighting the wrong targets.
"How
man, making such slow progress on every frontier, can waste
time to turn around and fight his brother is a little bit
puzzling."
Bringing about a higher level of civilization
An article by L. Ron Hubbard
excerpted from the London Congress on Nuclear Radiation, Control & Health lectures
Man's inhumanity to man has always been present. And he has
always been able to reach over and put his hand on a deadly
and diabolical weapon. Whether that weapon was a club with
a knot on the end of it, or a tower musket, or a new high-powered,
supervelocity bazooka, or a missile that guided an atomic
bomb in at some tremendous velocity, remember this: it was
handled by a man who was being inhuman to men.
Therefore, a solving of the atomic bomb would not prevent
atomic warfare.
We have to enter this at our own reality, our own level,
in an area that we understand. And that is to say, Man can
be and can be made to be, by our technologies, more civilized
than he is, happier than he is, more capable of advancing
than he has been. That is our target. We're going all
too slowly in that direction. That's because to some degree
we consider ourselves bucking the powers that be. No, we shouldn't
be ever considering that.
You'll find that a government will always accept a helping
hand. But it is so scarce that it takes them a long time to
be convinced it's being held out. Remember that. They will
always accept a helping hand, but so few people help the government
that they don't really know what the hand is out for.
Men use governments to feather their own nests and better
their own ends. But there are sincere men in government and
there are men in government trying to do what is right.
Now, if we wish to go in any direction in the field of politics,
God forbid, let's be sure that we go in the direction of giving
the government, and the powers that be, a hand in bringing
about a higher level of civilization and a better understanding
of things. Otherwise, we will not have struck at these intermediate
tiny problems such as the A-bomb, smallpox, bubonic plague,
and all the rest of the oddities that confront men as his
enemies.
Now, what do we have, then, in Scientology? We have something
which assists man; not something that fights his enemies.
Man will fight his real enemies. He isn't fighting them now.
That means that we are going out and fight his enemies for
him? What are we, a bunch of mercenaries? Are we going to
fight the A-bomb as the only people fighting the A-bomb? Are
we the only people who are going to fight smallpox? Doing
this all for man, and sort of letting him sit there
in the stew pot and do nothing?
No, our job is to buck him up to a point of where he can
confront these things. And if we can do that, on a very broad
level as we are doing it in a smaller sphere, then we will
have brought a better civilization to Earth. And that, I think,
is what we're trying to do. I hope you agree with me.
L. Ron Hubbard
Excerpted from the lecture THE CONTROL
OF HYSTERIA
This lecture is available in the London
Congress on Nuclear Radiation, Control & Health lectures.
Success from listening
to the Congress Lectures
"I am listening to the Congress Lectures daily. Now, I am
on the London Congress on Nuclear Radiation, Control &
Health. I was really impressed to see how LRH took responsibility
for mankind and our planet in finding a solution to the problem
of contamination with atomic radiation. I have so many wins
on the Congress Lectures that I could write a book about it.
"It is fascinating to follow in the steps of LRH's research
and learn step by step how he did this and why. I realized
that I could immediately apply the data I had learned. You
learn it on the right gradient.
"I am really grateful to LRH for having given us this
tech and I want to thank Management and every Sea Org member
who made it available for us."
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