No. L. Ron Hubbard passed away on January 24, 1986, but he remains with us in spirit and through the legacy of his technology and its continual application around the globe.

 L. Ron Hubbard is the Founder of Dianetics and Scientology and the author of its scriptures. His research on the mind and life is recorded in the tens of millions of words on the subject of the human spirit which comprise Dianetics and Scientology philosophy. His works cover subjects as diverse as drug rehabilitation, education, marriage and family, success at work, administration, art and many other aspects of life.

 His best-selling self-help book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health alone has sold millions and millions of copies and has continued to appear on the New York Times and other bestseller lists around the world over four decades after its original publication.

 Testimony to the applicability and workability of his discoveries are the millions of happy and successful people and the hundreds of Dianetics and Scientology churches, missions and groups internationally.

 L. Ron Hubbard dedicated his life to helping others. He saw that times needed to change, and he created a workable technology so that needed changes could occur for millions of people. He departed his body on January 24, 1986 leaving with us his life's work which is continued today through the application of his discoveries which help millions around the world.

 L. Ron Hubbard founded the Scientology philosophy. A group of Scientologists then formed the first Church of Scientology in Los Angeles in 1954.

 Mr. Hubbard ran the early Dianetics and Scientology organizations until 1966, when he retired from running them on a day-to-day basis and turned this function over to Scientology Church executives. He continued to take an interest in the Church's expansion and advised on administrative matters when specifically asked for advice, but he mainly spent his time researching the upper levels of Scientology and codifying the technology.

 L. Ron Hubbard recorded the results of all his research in writing, on film or in taped lectures so that the technology would be preserved. As a result, Scientology has continued to expand, and its future survival is assured.

 All great religious leaders of the past have died. Their work flourishes. Men die. Wisdom and ideas do not.

 He applied to himself the principles he had found.

 No. He received no royalties from the fees paid to Scientology organizations for training and processing. In fact, L. Ron Hubbard forgave Scientology churches a thirteen-million-dollar debt in 1966 when he retired as Executive Director.

 He made his money from the royalties on his books. One book alone, Dianetics, has sold millions of copies, and his total book sales of both fiction and nonfiction are in excess of one hundred million copies around the world, including more than twenty national bestsellers in the 1980s.

 In fact, Mr. Hubbard's books still sell by the millions each year and the royalties from the sale of these books and his life's fortune were willed to the Church to help ensure the future application of his technology to the betterment of mankind.

 L. Ron Hubbard was one of those fortunate people who never made problems over money. He inherited some wealth at an early age, but in the early 1930s became one of the highest paid writers in America long before Dianetics.

 He was a millionaire several times over from his book royalties. His public book sales continue to be astronomical.

 He simply cared enough to want it and had the intelligence and persistence to research and find it.

 Few men have been trained in all the Eastern philosophies and in the highest levels of Western science as well.

 Knowing that his research was only as valuable as it provided workable solutions to man's problems, he tested all of his discoveries and found the most effective methods for applying the results of his research. His workable methods enabled him to continue research into higher and higher realms of spiritual awareness.

 No. L. Ron Hubbard personally stated he was a man as others are men. He was a much-loved friend and teacher and continues to be respected and loved.

 Yes. In order to map the route for others he had to make it himself.