Students on their Basics are experiencing life-changing wins and discovering that not only has their speed of study increased, but they are gaining full conceptual understanding of the materials. They are learning to know how to know. For those who have completed the Basics, a whole new vista of life has opened up. Graduates are now listening to the next body of knowledge on the Materials Guide Chart—the LRH Congresses—and rapidly moving up the training and processing sides of The Bridge. Thousands of success stories from around the world cross the desks of Success Officers every week from students who know what it means to have made the tech their own, as seen in the stories that follow.

Choose to Be Cause
"I am on my Basics and just completed up through The Route to Infinity Course. The knowledge that I have gained from my studies so far is beyond any expectations I had when I started out on this journey. I can be anything I want to be, and more importantly, those aspects of life that used to affect me do not affect me anymore. Dianetics made me see that the absolute goal of survival, the reward of a survival activity, is pleasure. Self Analysis made me realize that I am not just an "ordinary" person. I didn’t fully realize how efficient I am or what my potentials are and how much I can improve them until I studied this book. I know my capabilities and they are far greater than anything anyone ever led me to believe. I know how to spot people on the Tone Scale and predict their behavior and my affinity for people in general has increased. Each time I start the next course, I have some question, and as I go further into it I get that question, and more, answered. Several times since I’ve been on the Basics, I think to myself, "How did I ever get by without knowing this information?" In daily life I can spot situations more quickly and know what’s happening and how to handle it. Whenever I go in session now I know what to expect from the auditor, how and why the processes are run and it goes so much better than before. Handbook for Preclears made me understand an auditing session in full and what is expected of me as a preclear. Each course just builds on the other. To make the decision in life of "to be or not to be" is totally up to the individual. I definitely choose to be. I choose to be cause and not effect." –J.L.

A New Start
"I completed the Dianetics Book and Lectures Course. This course gave me full understanding of my troubles and the troubles of Man. It has been a new start for me and a new viewpoint in my life. Before this course, I thought that the courses and auditing were applicable only to the First, Second, and Third Dynamics. But now I have expanded my point of view and it is clear to me what I can do about my Fourth Dynamic too. I have a completely different awareness and a strong determination in becoming Clear and clearing the planet. Also, in my sessions I have experienced an increased speed of progress, thanks to the Basics. I just joined staff at my org so I can contribute to planetary clearing. My thanks to LRH who has changed my life." –R.Z.

First Steps to Freedom
"This course was life changing in the extreme! As I read Handbook for Preclears and listened to The Life Continuum lectures, I saw my life in a new light, with a different perspective and phenomenal clarity of understanding. Most of all I saw myself doing the darnedest things and finally I understood why. All these years I thought my low-toned, misemotional behavior was due to being "damaged" by a tough life, even when I never even felt damaged. Now I see how I used my misemotion to control others. It's so simple and so obvious now that I have done this course and understand the mechanism. To see yourself so clearly even if you don’t particularly like what you see is so outrageously valuable because in that clear view lies the first steps to freedom. Thank you, Ron!" –M.B.

Unshakable Certainty
"I am now on the History of Man & Technique 88 Course. The changes and wins I have experienced so far on the Basics are more significant for me than anything I have previously experienced in my 27 years in Scientology. By doing these courses I am connected to Source. These books and lectures are so easy to understand that my speed of study goes faster and faster, the more courses I do. I have put order into all my knowledge and am filling in all the missing pieces as I go along. My level of understanding of life, the mind, the thetan and the body is ten times higher than before. I have the concept of how this all works together and how to solve whatever brought Man to the low level he is at now. I, myself, went up the Tone Scale and stabilized myself there to a degree I never experienced before and with no effort at all. I have unshakable certainty on where I am at and what needs to be done to reach Total Freedom. Not only do I understand the mechanisms of the Tone Scale but I also have the tools to get others up the scale. I am so much more aware of what is going on that it is now very easy for me to decide about something. The zone of "maybe" is cancelled for me. I feel alive and enjoy the simplicity of life. I can feel the effects on all my dynamics. I decide to do something, I do it and I get the expected results; it’s that simple! My daughter and husband are also now on the Basics!" –N.L.