Reviews written by Robert Almblad

This is a book everyone should read just to get a education on the subject. As a child and a young adult I always wanted to have a clear understanding of any subject I ran into. If you read this book, you will get a clear understanding of the...

It was the first decent explanation of the human mind I had read... I studied psychology in high school and at a couple Universities, so I knew all the basic theories regarding man's mind. But, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health was the best and made the most sense...

This was one of the first training drills in my Scientology career. At first I was uncomfortable but after awhile I gained some certainty about being in control.... in the end, it was mainly about understanding that I could be in control.... of my own life... and that was new....

The Clearing course handled some basic incidents on the track... it's amazing to see how identically each bank is tied down... it's hard to explain, but suffice to say that you get rid of something you sure don't need and ties you down.

I got my Power at AOSHEU in 1973 and then I did R6EW and the Clearing course 73 to 75. Power gave me certainty about myself.. it gave me the kind of certainty you wish you had when running for your life in a nightmare and not going anywhere.......

In 1972 I was co-auding Dianetics at Celebrity Center on the HSDC at CC in LA (Hubbard Standard Dianetics Course). This was the first auditing I ever received (besides running R1 and R2 processes on myself while reading all of LRH's books, which I did before I ever entered a...

On this level I had lots of terrific life improvement wins but when I got towards the end of the Grade IV level my auditor asked me for a very specific item and I couldn't find it... I looked and looked and nothing indicated or was the wrong item and...

In 1972 I hated all organizations and I thought the Viet Nam war was the epitome of what organization could do...and so I decided I would not have ANYTHING to do with any organization. I hated them all, including the local grade school and the organizations of Scientology. In...

By the time I did this level in 1972 I could communicate and I was willing to be helped and I had no real nagging problems in my life.... so I went into this level ready to really look at myself and my case and tell the auditor about it.......

I really could communicate to anyone about anything when I finished... it was absolutely incredible! Still incredible today 40 years later.

Grade 1 was very intense because it addressed "help" issues and problems... afterwards, I could help others and the big problems in my life just disappeared because I was now able to handle them..

In my mind, Science of Survival is the "owner's manual" for anyone who wants to successfully survive on this planet. It can be read as a first book, but I would also recommend intro books on Scientology and Dianetics like Fundamentals of Thought and Dianetics: Evolution of a Science. ...

History of Man is a cold blooded history... It is "cold blooded" because LRH did not hold back any punches with this book. In it he gives you a 1950's 1st glimpse inside the whole track unfettered by "confidential bulletins" or edited later by LRH to give us clearer explanations...

I didn't particularly like this book. It was not very informative and much or all was not (to my recollection) written by LRH... It didn't answer anything for me about past lives. It was about stories from other people's past lives..... In terms of past lives, I learned...

This was an odd book to me. (read it in 1972) The practical part of the book was complicated and much of the written parts did not seem like LRH's wrote it. It seemed more like a "compiled from the works of LRH" type book??? I don't know, but I...

This was the 1st book I read and now I have read all the books. In my mind, this is the first book to start with. You will get a clear understanding of the mechanics of the mind and how this whole movement started. The second book to read is...

“What is Scientology” should be removed as a book because it shares shelf space with real "books" like Science of Survival, History of Man 8-8008, etc... Why are we degrading LRH's books??? This book should be placed on the heap of glossy promotional mail we are inundated with and unceremoniously...

I must admit that I only signed up for this course in 1973 because it was a per-requisite for my next major course, which was Academy levels. Anyway, I started the course at CC LA in late 1972, continued it at the Flag Ship Apollo in 1973 and finished it...

Let me share a short story about when I was at Flag getting auditing on New OT V: In 2005 I routed myself from New OT V into Flag Qual because my understanding of auditing had suddenly turned upside down… instead of having a wonderful, enlightening time in session, (as...