Magazine article: News from AOLA (2008)

What time is it at AOLA? It’s time to go OT now!

Events and seminars are held every week, covering a wide range of tools that you can use to bust through any barriers that may stand in your way to going OT. The most popular subjects we address concern financial management, the Admin Scale, postulates, ethics and PTSness. Call 323-953-xxxx for more information.

OT Acceleration Service

AOLA is now offering the OT Acceleration Service. It consists of a free case analysis to adjudicate what your next action is so we can help you progress rapidly up The Bridge. There are a number of technical actions that could be taken, such as: a Trouble Area Questionnaire, metered debug, ARC break session, cramming, as well as Chaplain and ethics services. The purpose is to find out what the blocks are and apply the correct tech to eradicate them so that you can then DO it.

The Neighborhood Campaign

Fifteen of out of the forty-six neighborhood zones in Los Angeles are now completed. That means that all Scientologists living in these neighborhoods have started on The Basics! The purpose of the Neighborhood Campaign is “To establish in your neighborhood a community of Scientologists who are on course getting through The Basics, and who apply Dianetics and Scientology to improve conditions and move people up The Bridge in greater volume than ever.” Are all Scientologists in your neighborhood on The Basics? If not, join in on the campaign and get it started in your neighborhood too.

Graduation—every Friday !

Every Friday evening at 8:30 P.M. we hold graduation in the beautiful new Pacifica Base Amphitheater. It kicks off with live entertainment and then goes right into an information-packed evening with wins and successes from course graduates and auditing completions, followed by the latest expansion news. In the last few weeks we’ve had briefings on Ideal Orgs,
the Fourth Dynamic Global Salvage Campaigns, Volunteer Ministers, the Neighborhood Basics Campaign, Criminon International and the Library Campaign.

Afterwards there’s more live entertainment, refreshments and time to meet with friends and enjoy the evening. Bring your friends and family—all are welcome.

[Image captions: Jill Higgins, New OT V, and IAS Patron with Honors, gives her wins at the Pacifica Base graduation.

Our Neighborhood Basics Campaign In-Charges received commendations for getting all Scientologists in their neighborhoods started on The Basics. Which neighborhoods are next?

(above left) Don Saito, recent New OT V completion at Friday night graduation. (above right) Scientologists in Neighborhood 10 South are all on The Basics! (below) Captain AOLA acknowledges the many completions. Graduation is every Friday at 8:30 P.M. in the Pacifica Base Amphitheater.]

FSM Awards Dinner

Four times a year we hold an FSM Awards Dinner at AOLA to acknowledge our top FSMs for stellar quarterly production. The FSM game is divided into five different leagues: Full-time FSM League, Part-time FSM League, FSM Team, Org FSM Team and Mission FSM Team. At our recent quarterly awards dinner, winners were each given beautiful framed  commendations.

Every Scientologist wears an FSM hat, as designated by LRH, to help contact, handle, salvage and bring to understanding the individual and thus the peoples of Earth.

If you are not an FSM, contact the FSM In-Charge at AOLA and join an FSM League today.

The Basics at AOLA

The Basics continue to be big news as more and more students complete courses. Success stories from graduates of Basics Courses exemplify the powerful combination of the books together with the companion lectures.

“Studying A History of Man Course and then going in session made my wins five hundred times better. The course gave me such a clear understanding of my track and I was able to look at incidents easier and with better perception. It was absolutely amazing.” J.S.

“Having just completed my full Books and Lectures lineup, I have such stability! The knowledge has given me certainty. Life isn’t as formidable as I thought it was before. It can actually be quite funny! Duplication of others has increased—an understanding that I wouldn’t have had if it weren’t for The Basics Books and Lectures.” -K.F.¹

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