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| − | ''''' This item is to go on the following item [[http://scientolipedia.org/info/Two_Happiness_Rundowns]] just after the introduction (that is to say before the item First Happiness Rundown).'''''<br />
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| − | ''''' I, Ant, I am doubtful about finding a good heading for this area.'''''
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| − | | + | '''Booklet ''' ''The Way to Happiness ''(main text without the publication data, the little note saying that it is nonreligious or the explanatory footnotes, scanned in with at least one scanning error and extracted from the first Happiness Rundown course checksheet below): [[http://scientolipedia.org/w/images/7/7a/The_Way_to_Happiness_text_only.pdf]]<br /> |
| − | | + | '''First Happiness Rundown course checksheet''' including written material (not books or transcripts): [[http://scientolipedia.org/w/images/4/48/HCOPL_2_Mar_81_Hubbard_Happiness_Rundown_Auditor%27s_Course.pdf]]<br /> |
| − | == Data on Preparation of HRD ==
| + | '''Happiness Rundown Series #8 '''(The 90 page bulletin with some case histories, not repeated in the later Happiness Rundown, extracted from the above scanned in course check sheet): [[http://scientolipedia.org/w/images/0/06/Happiness_Rundown_Additives_%28cancellation%29.pdf]]<br /> |
| − | | + | '''Bulletin cancelling '''first Happiness Rundown: |
| − | === From Janis Grady ===
| + | [[http://scientolipedia.org/w/images/0/06/Happiness_Rundown_Additives_%28cancellation%29.pdf]]<br /> |
| − | | + | '''Second Happiness Rundown course checksheet''', including tape lecture transcripts, book on emeter drills, and a FriScientology Tech Dictionary (2012): [[http://www.antology.info/storage/HRD/HRD-Course-1984-2014.pdf]] |
| − | From: janisgrady@xxx.com ''Janis says of herself: I am Yvonne's [Gillham's [[http://scientolipedia.org/info/Yvonne_Gillham_Jentzsch]]] youngest daughter. I was also in the Sea Org for 22 years, I left in 1990. I am one of the original Commodore's Messengers since May 1968 working with LRH day in and out for about 11 years until he went off the lines in 1980 with Pat and Annie.''<br />
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| − | To: ant.phillips@post8.tele.dk<br />
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| − | Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:33:23 -0400 (EDT)<br />
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| − | Subject: Re: Request: any information about ''The Way to Happiness''?
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| − | Hi Ant,
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| − | When LRH wrote ''The Way to Happiness'' he was in hiding with Pat and Annie Broker, so I was not there. But what I do remember is that when the book was received, the LRH PR had to get it published and do up a campaign around it and the Snr CS Int Office had to work out the rundown of processes. This is what RTRC (LRH Tech and Research Compilations) would do. They would take everything LRH had written or spoken about a subject and put the processes together and write it up in bulletin form under the name of LRH.
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| − | Based on the year ''TWTH'' came out, the rundown would have been compiled by David and Merrill Mayo, Julie Gillespie-Mayo and perhaps Penny Eldredge.
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| − | Hope this helps.
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| − | ===From Russell W===
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| − | ''''' Surname would be also a good idea ;-) ''''' | + | |
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| − | Hi Ant,
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| − | Dan [Koon] is right, I was up to my ears in the HRD evolution - first as a trainee at ASHO when it first came out in '81 (under David Mayo's supervision), then as an auditor and C/S at Phoenix Org, and finally in Senior C/S Int's office in late '82 to '84. I was in charge of RTRC (LRH Technical Research and Compilations) and the one who did nearly all the work on the revision project, eventually submitting the new HCOB drafts to Ray Mithoff and LRH for approval.
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| − | Here's a fast summary of what went on, as I recall it.
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| − | 1. LRH did write ''TWTH''. As far as I know, he wrote it entirely on his own, in late 80 and maybe early 81. I know (from despatches to Snr C/S Int in 82/83) that he was proud of it, and considered it one of his most important legacies.
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| − | 2. The HRD was put together by Mayo and (I believe) Melanie Murray [Melanie Seidler Murray]<ref>She is the daughter of a well-known and respected (at one time) Class VIII named George Seidler. She worked fairly extensively with Ron on technical matters. I believe she did much of the compilation of the original Survival Rundown, and worked on the Happiness Rundown as well. On the DVD "LRH Stories" she answers questions about her time as a messenger, and George Seidler also gives a talk, see [[http://scientolipedia.org/info/LRH_Stories_on_DVD]].</ref>. Others on David’s staff very likely contributed, too. It was based on Ron's notes and instructions, also from late 80 and early 81. In other words, Mayo and Co. did not make this stuff up out of their own heads.
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| − | 3. A big training and export evolution was done at ASHO in spring - summer 81. The idea was to haul in an auditor and a C/S from as many orgs as possible, train and intern them on delivering the rundown, and send them back to their orgs to deliver tons of it. Mayo was there (at ASHO) at the start of the evolution. I arrived (from Phoenix Org, where I was the Snr C/S at the time) shortly after Mayo left - but the evolution was still in full swing, and David came by to check up on progress a time or two. I never saw Melanie, though I believe she took part in setting up and starting the training program.
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| − | As a side note, the subject of auditing basics was a major element of the HRD courses and training program. The courses included 8 or 10 LRH lectures on auditing basics, along with numerous issues, lots of drills and so on. I believe the rationale was dual. First, HRD worked best when auditor basics were solidly in. Of course that’s true of any auditing, but it's particularly applicable in the case of HRD, due to the nature of what it addressed and that fact that for many preclears it was some of the earliest auditing they received (so that they may have been a bit more "fragile" as pcs). Second, since the rundown was to be pushed as “the next big thing,” with orgs and missions training lots of people to deliver it (new auditors and old hands, too) – it offered an opportunity to improve auditor basics broadly.
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| − | 4. HRD was marketed and pushed heavily, mid-81 and into 82. As I recall, it was extremely popular and a big success. Fairly easy to deliver, got lots of rave results, okay to deliver on people at many points on the grade chart, relatively affordable, etc. Good stuff.
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| − | 5. Mayo was removed from post in late August/early Sept 82. Ray went on post as Snr C/S Int. I was the first tech person added to his new office, Sept 82. One of the earliest projects I was given was overhaul of the HRD (Ron had asked Ray to get this done, and Ray assigned it to me). Over the next several months (into the summer of 83? - I don't recall exactly) the HCOBs for the rundown were all revised, and the "new" rundown was piloted to ensure it worked. It did work, and the revised rundown was submitted to LRH for approval, along with a program to implement it internationally. LRH approved the issues and program, and the rundown was "re-released." It continued to be delivered, but never had the same popularity (or marketing attention) as when it first came out.
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| − | Opinion, big time: First, after Mayo’s removal, the rundown may have been somewhat "tainted" in the eyes of some public and staff because of its association with Mayo, who had been thoroughly, loudly discredited and disgraced. When it came out in its revised "purified" form, it was viewed with suspicion by some, because it came from LRH Tech Research and Compilations, not directly from LRH (and at that point anything not 1000% Ron was viewed with suspicion). I remember seeing and receiving letters to this effect from tech staff around the world, as RTRC Director. Also, the revised rundown changed some things in a rundown that had been working very well for people. Most notably the checking for reads point, which made it more complex and difficulty-prone. Finally, HRD was almost completely eclipsed by the next Next Big Thing, which I believe was FPRD. (That’s another whole story in itself, OMG.)
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| − | Anyway, since HRD was no longer pushed and wasn't a mandatory Grade Chart step, it faded into obscurity in most places. By the time I went on post as Services Executive International many years later (mid-95), there was zero management attention on it. The push was all sec checking/FPRD, all the time (except for the big-money services at AOs and Flag and Freewinds). I did receive a few letters and reports from tech terminals here and there, saying they were still delivering HRD with great results and wondering why it wasn't being promoted.
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| − | I hope that's of some use to you. Again (and in the interest of the precept "Seek to live with the truth") it is just what I recall of events that took place 30+ years ago. It includes opinions, and some of the data is probably a bit off (though not intentionally so). Unfortunately, aside from Dan [Koon], I don't know anyone else to refer you to for more info about the whole thing. Maybe if you could reach Melanie or David, they'd have some useful input. (If you do, please tell them I said hello!)
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| − | [In a later email Russ adds:] You're right, the revised bulletins are not enormously different from the originals. The big case histories issue was dropped because it was considered (a) not really necessary (b) not asked for or approved by Ron, and (c) liable to be full of outpoints and "twists," put there by the "suppressive" Mayo and Murray.
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| − | [And in another email:] I had a quick look at the pages you linked to in the message below - very interesting, even on just a fast scan-through. I'd forgotten about that cancellation HCOB. I wrote that one, with some help from Ray. It was also seen and okayed by LRH, though I don't know how closely he actually reviewed it. Nor do I know that all of what it said was actually correct. The main thing that jumped out at me as possibly being horse shit is, once again, the point about checking for reads on HRD questions. Reads weren’t checked in auditing the original rundown, and in my experience as an auditor and C/S, it worked extremely well that way - probably for the exact reasons mentioned (and the LRH data referred to) in one of the write-ups you linked to. | + | |
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