Many of my friends and I have had the pleasure of sailing on the motor vessel "Freewinds." We attended a conference on board; the ship hosts many conventions, concerts and the like.

For some more information about the Freewinds you can check out these links:

Freewinds

I also found photos of the Freewinds on Russian domains, a bit slow loading and it depends how good your Russian is, but here they are - amazing how many Russian sites there are:

Freewinds
More Freewinds Photos

Now the vessel "Freewinds" cruises the Carribean and one of the ports it frequents is Curacao. They contribute to the colorful flavor of this area of the world, see here:

Freewinds Jazz

Freewinds Jazz Concert

Freewinds Curacao Jazz

They also visit Bonaire Freewinds in Bonaire

and Barbados Freewinds in Barbados

Freewinds in Bridgetown

Here are pages giving info on the Freewinds, detailing how the Freewinds, operates out of her home port in the Caribbean, far from the turbulent crossroads of the world and offers Scientologists the highest levels of spiritual advancement.

Freewinds

The Freewinds, the Flag Ship Service Organization

Okay, now there is also another beautiful yacht that carries the name "Freewinds" with pride:

Freewinds
The Freewinds
Freewinds Virtual Tour

Here's a Scientologist from the Los Angeles area who has quite a story about how she got into Scientology and the way she has used Scientology applied religious philosophy to improve her life:

Scientology - Patty O'Neill Schwartz a Scientologist - find out what I have gained from Scientology...

Patty tells how she came to find Scientology when she was looking for better solutions to handle drug addicts - which was her profession at the time.

Here is a site which goes into Scientology drug programs and activities, and how they are used by people in all walks of life:

Scientology Effective Solutions - Drug Abuse Information

I have many Scientology friends all over the world. Even over in Europe. One of our Churches is called AOSH EU (this is stands for Advance Organization Saint Hill Europe - or AOSHEU for short).

They offer many services and even have a more information page, which I am putting here just on the odd chance someone from Europe is seeing this.


AOSHEU More Info

AOSH EU More Info

I am very lucky to have so many true friends. People who I know will look out for me.

There are many people who have written about friendship in literature, poetry and in song.

I found this wonderful page by many people who found a real friend in L. Ron Hubbard, there are many acknowledgements from many people from many walks of life:

L. Ron Hubbard's Friends

There's another person I can't really count as a personal friend, but because of everything he has done to ensure Scientology is kept pure and to help individual Scientologists and churches he is a great friend, not just to me but to every Scientologist. In fact, since Scientology can help anyone do better in life, he is a friend to countless people all over the world, because he has made sure it is being delivered in a standard manner that will work 100% of the time.

That is Mr. David Miscavige. Here are some pages in various foreign languages that describe Mr. Miscavige, for persons who are not primarily English speaking:

David Miscavige(Danish)
David Miscavige (Dutch)
David Miscavige (Greek)
David Miscavige (Hebrew)
David Miscavige (Hungarian)
David Miscavige (Japanese)
David Miscavige (Norwegian)
David Miscavige (Portuguese)
David Miscavige (Russian)
David Miscavige (Swedish)

Here are some of my friends' Scientology blogs:

My Scientology Blog
My Eclectic Blog
Educational Quotes
Good News, Not That Hard to Find
Welcome to My World

Friends come in many forms, sometimes people help you simply by telling the truth.

Here are some sites that I found interesting, I really like this one and I am probably going to put it up on all of my blogs.


Scientology by Selectsmart

According to the SelectSmart.com Belief System Selector, my #1 belief match is Scientology. What do you believe? Visit SelectSmart.com/RELIGION

Also, here's a couple of other interesting ones:

Religious Tolerance

Jack Nation Talks about Scientology

A Short Piece on Scientology Founder

The Cesnur Web Site's Scientology Page

Many of my friends in Scientology are very active on the Net. Some of them have businesses, others are artists but all of them are successful in their fields.
Using Scientology technology has given them tools that can be applied to their everyday life and improve their inherent abilities.

The word SCIENTOLOGY means literally “knowing how to know.” SCIENTOLOGY contains knowledge and practical technology for improving life. And life is more than just the cells and tissues of the body. Man is a spiritual being, and SCIENTOLOGY is the study and handling of the spirit in relationship to itself, the physical universe and other life.

In today’s troubled world, man has problems. It is often difficult and heartbreaking to deal with other people, carry on relationships, keep a marriage together, raise children, maintain a career and find enough money to survive. What good is a philosophy if it does not help people deal with these things and better their lives?

You do not have to “adjust” to bad conditions in your life. You are not the pawn or puppet of forces that are beyond your control. You are a spiritual being, and your potential abilities and intelligence are far in excess of what you have dared to believe.

Using SCIENTOLOGY knowledge and technology, you can improve your life and gain the joy, happiness and love of life that is inherent in all of us.

SCIENTOLOGY is not ivory-tower speculation about life. It contains practical, workable knowledge and principles that you can use to live a better life and achieve the things that you most want. The application of SCIENTOLOGY principles can improve a person’s confidence, intelligence, abilities, and skills - which adds up to a happier and more capable individual.

Here are links to some of my friends and what they can do:

outflow.net

Jane's Family

Live and Grow

The interesting thing about knowing as many people as I do is that I learn so much.
I have some incredible people who are so very helpful. I met with some of them last night and I find it so refreshing that they are willing to share their time with me in a very unselfish manner.

Today I spoke to a friend of mine who is also in to blogging. He is a very smart dude and knows his way around the techie world. He has a web site that is way over my head but has many more that are interesting too.

The Lab


As for me well I spoke to a lot of people today that helped me and had a pretty good day all in all. The weekend is upon us and there are a million and one things to do.
So being the busy person that I am. Thats it for today.

Tim is someone I've known from a very early age, this is his success:

While reading the book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health I had body pains and the more I read the book the pains began to lessen.

By the time I finished the book the pains had totally disappeared.

If a book can do that just by reading it what a great success for Scientology and for the Dianetics book, but especially for ME!!


Tim Saunders from NZ

In Bob Imhoff's own words:

"About the time I got into high school, I started to wonder what life was really all about. I began a rather casual search for answers, but the more I looked the more it appeared that the truth about life was very obscure and very difficult to find. This all changed when I read Dianetics: The Modern Science Of Mental Health and other Scientology books. Now instead of life being a mystery...I'm in on the secret.

As a result my life has changed--it has improved and much of the improvement has been in totally unexpected areas.

I've decided to illustrate the direction these changes have taken with a rather silly and insignificant example: Earlier in life I would occasionally have upsetting dreams--pretty normal stuff I understand, sometimes referred to as nightmares. After I had been in Scientology for awhile I discovered that instead of being chased in fear by some villain, etc. like before, I found I could kick the villain's butt and I found this to be quite enjoyable. After awhile I realized that I was able to control my dreams. Well more time went by and my dreams changed again. I began dreaming about situations that were very funny, so much so that I would start laughing and wake myself up.

And in real life? Yes--I find the things that go on around me to be very funny most of the time.

When I started looking for the truth about life, I wasn't looking for happiness. I wanted to know the truth even if it hurt. And what did I wind up with? Happiness (and I'm in on the secret of life).

If I were to choose between truth and happiness new, what do you suppose my answer would be? I would laugh because I now know that it's impossible to make that choice since truth and happiness are inseparable."

From My Friend Tom Hall:

Hello, my name is Tom Hall, and here is a little bit about myself:

I am a general contractor. I’ve been in the business for 25 years. I do building and remodeling. I’ve been in Scientology since 1971. I am 50 years old, and married. My wife’s name is Dotte. We have three children.

I like to build things and draw and paint. I like to audit and plan to become a professional auditor. I like to play golf and read.

I got into Scientology because I decided to change my life. I needed to find out what was going on so I went out and found Scientology.