The Ability C ongress held at the Shoreham Hotel Decem ber 29 to 31, was a reco rd breaker for winter C ongresses.

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" The C ongress opened on a note of comedy. Ron "launched1 a Ffftnik which rose to the top of the stage and exploded into a shower of ping pong balls.

Getting into the swing of it, the program continued with a com plete run-down on the history of organizations showing that a steady increase in volume

1 The Ability C ongress held at the Shoreham Hotel Decem ber 29 to 31, was a reco rd breaker for winter C ongresses. Attended by m ore than 3 00 people, all seem ed delighted, with the lectu res and sem in ars. The program was a real "sm ash er. " The C ongress opened on a note of comedy. Ron "launched1 a Ffftnik which rose to the top of the stage and exploded into a shower of ping pong balls. Im m ediately after, a round sphere circled the stage emitting sputnik-like beeps. Getting into the swing of it, the program continued with a com plete run-down on the history of organizations showing that a steady increase in volume shows Scientology to be of g reater scope than D ianetics ever was at its highest peak. Ron gave a full description of the state of C lear and gave full details of the techniques n ecessary for producing clears. C o p y r i g h t by L. Ron Hubbard World Rights Reserved

2 Free l/alicktim Co-OAkitw! T h e A c a d e m y, f o r a l i m i t e d t i m e, o f f e r s a n y C e r t i f i e d A u d it o r a o n e - w e e k C O M M U N IC A T IO N C O U R S E and a o n e - w e e k U P P E R IN D O C T R IN A T IO N C O U R S E - - f r e e o f a n y c h a r g e. T h e r e i s a c h a r g e o f $ f o r a V A L ID A T IO N S T A M P f r o m th e H C O w h ic h m u s t b e p a id w h e r e v e r th e a u d it o r i s V a lid a t e d. W r ite t h e R e g i s t r a r o r a p p e a r a n y M o n d a y m o r n in g. R e g i s t r a r A c a d e m y o f S c ie n t o lo g y th S t r e e t, N. W. W a s h in g to n 9, D. C.

3 T h e s e m in a r s th e f i r s t e v e n in g and on s u c c e e d in g d a y s f e a t u r e d a c tu a l a u d itin g. T h e r e w a s n o g r o u p p r o c e s s in g t h is C o n g r e s s. T h e a u d ie n c e d id it t h e m s e lv e s w ith c o - a u d it in g. M an y c a s e c h a n g e s w e r e r e m a r k e d an d th e d e le g a t e s w e r e d e lig h t e d to s e e w h a t th e y c o u ld m a k e h a p p en on e a c h o th e r w ith th e n e w p r o c e s s e s. It w a s h ig h ly a d v e n tu r o u s tu r n in g a w h o le a u d ie n c e in to c o -a u d itin g t e a m s b u t it w a s e n t ir e ly s u c c e s s f u l. S o m e p e o p le w e r e a u d itin g w h o h a d n e v e r d o n e s o b e f o r e. T h ey c a m e ou t of it w ith th e id e a th a t th e w a te r w a s fin e a n d th e y w a n te d to s w im so m e m o r e. T h is e x p e r im e n t p r o v e d R o n 's fr e q u e n t r e m a r k, " A u d itin g i s w h a t y o u c a n g e t a w a y w ith. J u s t m a k e s u r e y o u g e t a w a y w ith it. " T h e C o n g r e s s g o t a w a y w ith it. T h e C o n g r e s s h a d a n o th e r s u r p r is e on th e s e c o n d d a y. R o n a n n o u n c e d th a t a n y a u d ito r c o u ld n ow f o r m a S u r v iv a l C lub in h is a r e a, b a s e d on th e id e a th a t if th e c o u n tr y i s to s u r v iv e it w ill h a v e to b e b r ig h t e r. T h e g o a l o f th e S u r v iv a l C lu b i s to r a i s e th e I. Q. o f e v e r y c it iz e n a fe w p o in ts. A d d itio n a l S c ie n to lo g y d a ta w a s p r e s e n t e d on b o th th e s e c o n d and th ir d d a y s and fo u n d im m e d ia t e i n t e r e s t. A m n e s ia w a s e x p la in e d and R o n g a v e te c h n iq u e s to c o r r e c t it. A w e a lth o f d a ta w a s g iv e n. d a ta. M u ch o f it s u m m a te d o ld e r T h e th ir d d a y b e g a n w ith m o r e c o - a u d it in g. T h e f i r s t l e c tu r e o f th e d a y c o n c e r n e d f la w s in th e A m e r ic a n n a tio n a l c h a r a c t e r. T h e s e c o n d le c t u r e of th e l a s t d a y w a s a b o m b - s h e ll th a t s t a r t e d a s ta m p e d e f o r a c t io n. In t h is le c t u r e R o n a n n o u n c e d th e fo u n d in g o f th e N a tio n a l A c a d e m y o f A m e r ic a n P s y c h o lo g y. R o n s a id th a t th e e x is t in g s t a t e o f p s y c h o th e r a p y in th e U. S. w a s p o o r and th a t i t s f a ilu r e s a n d b a r b a r it ie s la y a c r o s s o u r p a th and th r e w d is c r e d it on a n y o n e w o r k in g in th e f ie ld of th e m in d. H e s t a t e d it w a s n e c e s s a r y to c le a n up p s y c h o lo g y, p s y c h i a tr y and p s y c h o a n a ly s is and p r o p o s e d a s im p le p r o g r a m to d o s o. T h e e n t ir e b o d y of th e C o n g r e s s a lm o s t w ith o u t e x c e p tio n s ig n e d up a t o n c e w ith th e N. A. A. P. R e g io n a l D ir e c t o r s w e r e n o m in a te d. T h e O ath o f p r a c t ic e w a s s lig h t ly a m e n d e d b y th e C o n g r e s s to in c lu d e th e c la u s e th a t e v e r y m e n ta l p r a c t it io n e r sh o u ld b e w illin g to r e c e i v e a n y ty p e o f tr e a tm e n t h e g i v e s. S u c h a w a v e o f e n t h u s i a s m h a s s e ld o m b e e n s e e n b e f o r e a n d i t w a s c e r t a i n t h a t i t w o u ld n o t a b a t e w ith th e c l o s e of th e C o n g r e s s b u t w o u ld s w e e p o n a n d g e t th e jo b d o n e.

4 Ron g ets the C o n g re ss going w ith a BANG as he r e le a s e s "F ffnik" - it went "F fft" (as planned), then re le a s e d ping pong b alls on the d e leg ate s in the fro n t ro w s. LRH J r. (Nibs) gives the S e m in a r a r u n down on the p ro c e s s about to be d e m o n s tra te d by tw o HCA stu d en ts.

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5 A t the H ubbard G uidance C e n te r Booth, D ire c to r of P ro c e s s in g M ary Sue H ubbard and two of the C o n g re ss d e leg ate s d is c u s s c u r r e n t p ro c e ssin g te ch n iq u es. Ron at the F i r s t L e c tu re p re s e n ts to the C o n g re ss a fin an c ial account, show ing th at S cientology fin an ces a r e risin g stead ily and stab ly y e a r by y e a r. ( P h o t o s b y R i c h a r d F. S t e v e s )

The final lecture was a technical one and at its end the entire Congress rose to its feet

As promised, the Ability Congress m arked the beginning of a new era, not only for

# # # # In this sem inar the co-auditing team s found that running the process "You make

6 The final lecture was a technical one and at its end the entire Congress rose to its feet and gave Ron a standing ovation. As promised, the Ability Congress m arked the beginning of a new era, not only for Scientology but for m ental practice in the United States. # # # # In this sem inar the co-auditing team s found that running the process "You make that body sit in that chair" increased their control of their body. A b ility C on gress T A P E S A R E AVAILABLE FOR $ A SET FROM DISTRIBUTION CEN TER, INC. BOX 242 SILVER SPRING, MD.

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