Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
From: davidb@caen.engin.umich.edu (David Bonnell)
Subject: BY THEIR ACTIONS ...
Message-ID: <+wc_vRA@engin.umich.edu>
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 91 15:45:59 EST
Organization: The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

First the definition of a few Scientology words:

HCO:Hubbard Communications Office

tone scale: a scale which shows the emotional tones of a person.  These,
ranged from highest to the lowest, are, in part, serenity, enthusiasm,
(as we proceed downward), conservatism, boredom, antagonism, anger, covert
hostility, fear, grief, apathy.

dynamics: there could be said to be eight urges (drives, impulses) in life.
These we call dynamics.  These are motives or motivations.  These are
urges for survival as or through (1) self, (2) sex and family, (3) groups,
(4) all mankind, (5) living things (plants and animals), (6) the material
universe, (7) spirits, and (8) infinity or the Supreme Being.

                     HCO BULLETIN OF 28 MAY 1960

                         BY THEIR ACTIONS ...

    By their actions you shall know them, whether bad or good, whether on
another's side or ours.

    And what in their actions gives us the keenest insight?  Their ability to
HELP.

    Some think that help cannot be done.  Shun them.  Some think that help is
always an effort to betray.  Process them, for here you have the criminals of
Earth.

    Some people cannot help.  They can only injure and destroy.  And if in the
name of help they only injure and destroy, then know them carefully, for they
are criminals.

    Some people cannot help.  They can only injure and destroy.  And if in the
name of help they only injure and destroy, then know them carefully, for they
are criminals.

    What is a criminal?  One who thinks help cannot be on any dynamic or uses
help on anyone to injure and destroy.

    Who are these men with covert ways who bring Earth its pain?  They are
the men who cannot help.  Who are the women who must be helped but who can
only maim?  They say, these men and women, that they'll help and then they
make a thorough shambles of it all.

    From where did Earth conceive her traps and aspects that are grim?  Earth
would be a lovely place if all men helped to help, not to destroy.

    Think heavily on this point.  Judge men from what they think of help. Judge
women too and find the good ones from the bad.

    The good can help.  The bad will not, or if they do, they "help" only to
betray.

    The good of Earth comes from above the point of make and break, where help
is help and honesty.  The pain of Earth comes from the tones where help does
not exist or where it's used to pull us into agony.

    Know your friends.  It's strange that those who argue with us against our
goals and Scientology cannot conceive of honest help.  Discuss help with them
and you'll find their tone and whether they are worth a lot as friends.

    This is the test that you can use to separate the good from the bad and
then, clear-eyed, begin to make a world in which we all can live.

                                             L. RON HUBBARD
                                             Founder