The Happiness Rundown

Reference Booklet: The Way to Happiness

The Way to Happiness booklet by L. Ron Hubbard lays down these 21 common sense precepts in the spirit of the ancient Eight-Fold Path of Buddha or the Ten Commandments revealed to Moses.

Back in 1981, a Happiness Rundown was devised based on these precepts to restore the basic sense of integrity in a person. Wonderful results were achieved in the beginning when a person was put through this rundown, and was able to answer its questions freely without being regulated by the E-meter. Later when this rundown was subjected to E-meter regulations, the same positive results were no longer produced. The organization delivering this rundown had other priorities. So this rundown fell out of use.

Most likely, this rundown fell out of use because its primary purpose was not to make money. It was actually intended to re-energize the society by clearing up its confusions on the subject of morality. The Way to Happiness booklet was written for a grass-roots movement. This purpose could not have been accomplished through an organization that was focused on its own survival.

Here is an attempt to resurrect this powerful rundown by presenting it in a form, which allows a person to run it all by himself. It is the confidence arising from the restored sense of personal integrity that puts a person on the path to success. This gift of Happiness RD is from L Ron Hubbard, who was not quite satisfied with the direction his own Church of Scientology was taking.

Prerequisites

Please study the following. Make sure you understand the concepts outlined here.

Please practice the following exercises until they have become a part of you.

Definitions

These definitions are given as footnotes in the booklet The Way to Happiness with the following caution:

“Words sometimes have several different meanings. The footnote definitions given in this book only give the meaning that the word has as it is used in the text. If you find any words in this book you do not know, look them up in a good dictionary. If you do not, then misunderstandings and possible arguments can arise.”

Glossary: The Way to Happiness

Precepts

NOTE: This document is a work in progress. Each of the following precepts will be linked to related exercises that a person can easily do by himself or herself.

PROLOGUE

1. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF

… 1-1. Get care when you are ill
… 1-2. Keep your body clean
… 1-3. Preserve your teeth
… 1-4. Eat properly
… 1-5. Get rest

2. BE TEMPERATE

… 2-1. Do not take harmful drugs
… 2-2. Do not take alcohol to excess

3. DON’T BE PROMISCUOUS

… 3-1. Be faithful to your sexual partner

4. LOVE AND HELP CHILDREN

5. HONOR AND HELP YOUR PARENTS

6. SET A GOOD EXAMPLE

7. SEEK TO LIVE WITH THE TRUTH

… 7-1. Do not tell harmful lies
… 7-2. Do not bear false witness