Dan Mullen turns 40 today.
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Scientologyis defined as a set of beliefs written by founderL. Ron Hubbard.Scientologydescribes itself as the study and handling of thespiritin relationship to itself, others, and all of life. One purpose of Scientology, as stated by the Church of Scientology, is to become certain of one's spiritual existence and one's relationship to God, or the "Supreme Being."<sup id="cite_ref-black_0-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; ">[1]One belief of Scientology is that a human is an immortal alien, i.e.extraterrestrial, spiritual being, termed athetan, that is trapped on Earth in a physical body. Hubbard described these "thetans" in a "Space Opera" cosmogony. The thetan has had innumerable past lives and it is accepted in Scientology that lives preceding the thetan's arrival on Earth lived in extraterrestrial cultures. Descriptions of these space opera incidents are seen as true events by Scientologists.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; ">[2]</p><p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Scientologists believe that an individual should discover for himself/herself that Scientology works by personally applying its principles and observing or experiencing desirable results. Scientology claims that its practices provide methods by which a person can achieve greater spiritual awareness.<sup id="cite_ref-dogma_2-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; ">[3]Two primary methods of increasing spiritual awareness are referred to in Scientology as"Auditing"and "Training".<sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap; ">[<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from November 2008">citation needed</span>]Within Scientology, progression from level to level is often calledThe Bridge to Total Freedom. Scientologists progress from "Preclear", to "Clear", and ultimately "Operating Thetan".</p><p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Scientologists are taught that a series of events, orincidents, occurred before life on earth.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; ">[4]Scientologists also believe that humans have hidden abilities which can be unlocked.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; ">[5]<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; ">[6]</p><table id="toc" class="toc" style="font-size: 12px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-image: initial; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px; "><tbody><tr><td><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center; "><h2 style="background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 12px; display: inline; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-image: initial; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; ">Contents</h2></div></td></tr></tbody></table>