Growing up in the sleepy little hollow of Waihi in the late 1930s was very basic and peaceful. However with the death of his father, Ron's life and that of his three siblings was about to be shattered. His mother was to remarry and have nine children to his stepfather, an alcoholic who lorded over the household with brutality. Through extreme abuse Ron and his siblings eventually leave to pursue their own lives. One becomes a politician, another a businessman, whilst others fall into crime and murder. What makes one person overcome the past whilst another goes on to repeat it? Through his memories Ron explores the reasons he believes we choose the path we take. This is a hard-hitting account of survival in a family culture of violence.
SYNOPSIS The choice of actions and decisions requires skill and wisdom, not just self-interest or just group interest. Containing 21 precepts, The Way to Happiness helps guide one in those choices encountered in life. This might be the first nonreligious moral code based wholly on common sense. FULL DESCRIPTION True joy and happiness are valuable. If one does not survive, no joy and no happiness are obtainable. Trying to survive in a chaotic, dishonest and generally immoral society is difficult. Any individual or group seeks to obtain from life what pleasure and freedom from pain that they can. Your own survival can be threatened by the bad actions of others around you. Your own happiness can be turned to tragedy and sorrow by the dishonesty and misconduct of others. I am sure you can think of instances of this actually happening. Such wrongs reduce one's survival and impair one's happiness. You are important to other people. You are listened to. You can influence others. The happiness or unhappiness of others you could name is important to you. Without too much trouble, using this book, you can help them survive and lead happier lives. While no one can guarantee that anyone else can be happy, their chances of survival and happiness can be improved. And with theirs, yours will be. It is in your power to point the way to a less dangerous and happier life.
Solutions for a Dangerous Environment We live in a perilous world, a dangerous environment. Watch television news or read your daily newspaper and you are subjected to a daily diet of robberies, rapes, riots, murders, fires, earthquakes, floods and famines. Do you find yourself becoming disturbed by what is happening around you? Do you feel helpless, unable to control these events? Do you even sometimes feel afraid? In this booklet, L. Ron Hubbard dissects this phenomenon of the dangerous environment, providing methods that will not only help you overcome your fears, but allow you to help others. Applied on a broad scale, this information brings about an enormous calming influence and enables people to lead happier lives. Used on an individual scale--by you--it will enhance the lives of your family, friends and associates. * Do you find yourself getting anxious over world conditions? * Do you feel helpless, unable to control these events? * Do you even sometimes feel afraid? For the solutions and answers to these situations, buy and read this booklet.
Contents: Take care of yourself -- Be temperate -- Don't be promiscuous -- Love and help children -- Honor and help your parents -- Set a good example -- Seek to live with the truth -- Do not murder -- Don't do anything illegal -- Support a government designed and run for all the people -- Do not harm a person of good will -- Safeguard and improve your environment -- Do not steal -- Be worthy of trust -- Fulfill your obligations -- Be industrious -- Be competent -- Respect the religious beliefs of others -- Try not to do things to others that you would not like them to do to you -- Try to treat others as you would want them to treat you -- Flourish and prosper.
Ethics and the Conditions Man has long found ethics to be a confusing subject. In recent decades it has become more so. How does a person know if what he is doing is right or wrong? When he sees dishonest men hold power, criminals go free and traditional values cast aside, maybe he feels he should take the easy way out. “Others cheat on their taxes, why shouldn't I?” “Other kids shoplift, what's the harm?” But, regardless of anything else, a person has to live with himself. With many pressures pushing and pulling at a person, how can he be sure his choices will be best for himself, his family and every aspect of his life and his future? L. Ron Hubbard achieved a remarkable breakthrough in the field of ethics which included not only simplification and codification of the subject, but development of a workable technology with applicability to our daily lives, one which brings about increased happiness, prosperity and survival. * Do you leave your future up to fate? * Do you feel like your success or failure in life is just a matter of luck? * Feeling helpless about improving your lot in life? For the solutions and answers to these situations, buy and read this booklet.
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