an Art of Dying fragment
A friend of mine who years ago spent an extended period (nine or so months, if memory serves) one-on-one with Our Prince — and consequently got to observe Him in all kinds of situations, including while writing — told me that based on LRH’s behavior and countenance he suspected that Our Prince at times channeled some celestial being when he wrote.
No, seriously, that’s what he thought.
Now, I don’t know whether He channeled anyone or not, but what I have come to realize over the years is that whether the source of His writings was Our very Prince or some Celestial Ditto, some of what He wrote and said was and remains, in many aspects, amazingly true.
The document called “The Factors” is one example.
I guess as good a definition as any of the word “factors” would be those things or events that contribute to what now is. The New Oxford American Dictionary sums up a factor as: “A circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result or outcome.” Nicely put, I think.
Our Prince wrote (or took down) these Factors on April 23, 1953, and signed the document:
“Humbly tendered as a gift to Man by L. Ron Hubbard.”
Both classy and sweet, methinks; though almost over-played.
