LEAKED AUDIO: Scientology leader David Miscavige at the Hubbard birthday event

Once again, Alex Barnes-Ross has been leaked the audio track from a major Scientology event, this time the L. Ron Hubbard Birthday Event that took place on March 14 in Clearwater, Florida.

And we have a full transcript for you. It was machine produced and we did our best to clean it up, but it still has some rough edges.

But we figured you’d want to dive through it as Dave announces yet another Hubbard shrine location, the Birthday Game winners are announced, and the new focus on children is revealed.

Dive in!

DAVID MISCAVIGE: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. [APPLAUSE] Thank you very much. And yes, tonight we celebrate source. And what a night it will be. [APPLAUSE] Because there are nights in the life of a movement, and there are nights in the life of a civilization, when something in the air simply tells you, this will be a night to remember.

A night when the spirit of adventure that began with LRH rises once again. A night when the momentum of a global movement surges forward. A night when the future suddenly seems to open wider than ever before. And if ever there was such a night, this is it, because there is something unmistakable in the air this evening. A sense of possibility, a sense of momentum, a sense that something extraordinary is about to unfold. [APPLAUSE] [MUSIC PLAYING]

But that feeling does not come from chance. It comes from a single source, from the life, the vision, and the work of one man. It is LRH. His legacy, his imprint, his mark on history, and most of all, the man himself. Well, to see where he stands tonight, all you have to do is look at what he created. A body of LRH literature still blazing across the imagination of mankind.

Ninety years ago, he penned his first novel, a sweeping saga of the American frontier. And in an era when the pale face always won, LRH reversed the formula in Buckskin Brigades. And today, the premier journal of the American West hails it, a Landmark of Historical Fiction. From there, writing at a velocity rarely matched in literary history, LRH did not merely enter genres, he created them.

Witness what the world now knows as fantasy, where entire universes rise from imagination alone. It began with LRH and classics like Typewriter in the Sky, still celebrated today as a true masterpiece. Witness his science fiction landmark, Final Blackout, acclaimed again as a towering achievement and timeless classic. Witness his suspense classic, Fear, still cited today for its enduring mastery. And now, on the 90th anniversary of his presidency of New York’s American Fiction Guild, LRH was just proclaimed master of all genres.

But beyond the fiction he authored, his love of words gave humanity study technology. And that’s Applied Scholastics, today reaching more students than any educational network. In fact, more than 3 million in the past year alone, now surpassing every other major learning program in the world five times over.

His technology for drug rehabilitation is another force of unparalleled scale, generating a program step completion every 30 minutes and powering a global movement seven times the scope of other treatment systems. Finally, there’s his technology igniting a world resurgence across 196 lands, where 145 million copies now course to the ends of Earth. And again, it’s the largest network of its kind, bringing a true guide to living and morality for all people.

So it’s no wonder, LRH commands a global chorus of recognitions from academic institutions, religious forums, national dignitaries, government agencies, and federal legislatures, all told not just one for every page on the calendar, but more than 500 in just the past 12 months. So yes, to honor his legacy, we answer his mandate to think big with Scientology TV, broadcasting LRH’s technology across every continent and nation on Earth: The Antisocial Personality, The Third-Party Law, What is Greatness on and on, driving viewers to discover source until now, more than 25 million have tuned in.

But when it comes to going big, and that’s our return to the Super Bowl, where this year we launched our Anthem for the human spirit, driving viewers to LRH’s technology three times more than our last Super Bowl, and marking the highest response ever. And yes, all leading to his greater legacy, LRH in our golden age.

Take the most influential philosophers in history, and their words fill volumes. But when it comes to the mind, the spirit, and like itself, LRH’s body of work eclipses them all right through the roof. And if that scope defies imagination, now look at the reach. Add up his books and lectures now in circulation, and the numbers go astronomical, soaring past 400 million.

But if that’s dissemination, there’s everything else in the name of application, in the name of total freedom. And in this golden age, Scientologists rocketing through the academy to class 5, 10 times over, those advancing from purification to the state of clear, again 10 times over, whereupon we ascend to the realms of OT, with the numbers advancing from clear to new OT 7, but this time no less than 15 times over.

But if that has the legacy of tech he gave us, then we come to what he asked in return, expansion. And that’s our living bridge of Ideal Orgs, the living manifestation of his policies for the delivery of his technology exactly as intended. 78, as of now, 79 before this night is over, and already from hemisphere to hemisphere, still more Ideal Orgs moving into construction, no less than 1.6 million square feet and counting a future rising across the Earth, and yes, that is the everlasting power of source on this LRH birthday celebration 2026.

If only to reiterate the all-embracing theme, tonight is source in fault. As for the agenda, it is fully through race and look at past, present, and future. As befitting this night of nights, the present is represented by what LRH most wished for on his birthday, not only a birthday game that signifies expansion, but also the expansionist destiny fueled by his technology and everything that now stands as the living expression of that technology across the Earth. As for the future, we will nearly celebrate the next ideal word that shed a ribbon, but give it two hours or so, and we will unveil something altogether new, something that signals the next step forward for Scientology itself, a step that carries LRH technology even further into the future.

All of which is to say, what you are about to see tonight is nothing less than the continuing advance of source. And it begins right now. Last year, you witnessed the expansion of a legacy, unlike any other, a legacy preserved not in fragments, not in ruins, but in living physical form. Since then, that legacy has advanced still further. What began as preservation now stands as a map trail marking the precise milestones in the development of Dianetics and Scientology, milestone by milestone, breakthrough by breakthrough. And tonight, you will see exactly where that trail now stands and where it leads next.

To present it from the Church of Spiritual Technology, Mr. Tom Willis. [APPLAUSE]

WILLIS: Thank you very much. Last year, on this very night, we unveiled something unprecedented in the history of religion, not merely preserved scripture, not merely recorded words, but exact physical settings where those words and the discoveries behind them were made. Because while many religions point to ruins or sites long surrendered to time, we stand alone as the only major religion in possession of the complete written and spoken legacy of our founder, and now the very locations in which that legacy was forged. And to be clear, the preservation of LRH’s legacy does not begin and end with buildings. It begins with the totality of this work, the full archive, the technical materials, the recorded lectures, the policies, the research notes, every word safeguarded for eternity, and in parallel, the exact environments in which that research unfolded.

Because when you restore time to place, form, and event, you restore the dimension points of discovery itself, you make it possible literally to walk the research path. And that is what the L. Ron Hubbard landmark sites represent.

They are not memorials. They are milestones, each one marking a specific breakthrough along the developmental trap of kinetics and Scientology. So as of tonight, let us orient ourselves along that physical bridge, step by step, in chronology, to see exactly where the landmark sites stand today.

And we begin where it all began, in 1949, Bayhead, New Jersey. It was here that LRH wrote Dianetics, the Modern Science of Mental Health. Today, this landmark is distinguished with more than 30 recognitions and awards, including its listing on the National Register of Historic Relations. And now, in honor of the 75th anniversary of Book One, the mayor himself has officially proclaimed L. Ron Hubbard as an honorary citizen of Bayhead.

Next, 1950, Elizabeth, New Jersey, 42 Aberdeen Road, home of the first Dianetics Foundation. We opened this landmark site last year. Within these walls, LRH trained the very first Dianetics auditors, recording his lectures and demonstrations as the technology began moving from page to practice. And today, that significant stance formally recognized, with the city of Elizabeth dedicating Aberdeen Road in the name of L. Ron Hubbard, and not to be outdone, the New Jersey State Senate has issued an official commendation honoring his contributions to the state and the nation.

We then head west along the LRH trail to 1952 Phoenix, Arizona, beneath Camelback Mountain. It was here that LRH made the breakthrough of exteriorization, marking the evolution of Dianetics to Scientology. Today, this landmark holds nearly 50 civic and cultural recognitions, including its listing on the National Register of Historic Places. And most recently, the Arizona Historical Society recognized the site for preserving the moment that Scientology was born.

Likewise in Phoenix, 1954, Osborne Road, it was while living here that LRH brought about the historic unification of Dianetics and Scientology. This landmark site opened its doors last year. The unique prairie-style home now restored to its original form. And at its heart, the very office where LRH authored Dianetics. And most recently, Arizona officials raised the state flag over the Capitol in tribute to LRH’s legacy forged on Osborne Road, recognizing his lifelong dedication to creating a better world.

The chronology now continues east, 1955, Washington, D.C., the original founding church of Scientology. From here, LRH served as executive director, guiding Scientology’s expansion across America. Today, this landmark holds more than 120 civic and cultural recognitions, and it too is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. And most recently, a congressional recognition hailed the site as part of the Capitol’s cultural and literary history.

Then across the Atlantic, 1956, London on Fitzroy Street. It was here that LRH established Hubbard Communications Office worldwide, guiding Scientology’s expansion across the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Today, Fitzroy stands as a national heritage site. And most recently, religious leaders recognized LRH for the book he wrote while in London, Scientology, The Fundamentals of Thought.

We then followed LRH’s trail to South Africa, 1960, Johannesburg. It was here that LRH formulated the introductory routes, opening the path to Scientology for millions. This landmark site first opened its doors in 2005, and today is also recognized as a historic site. But not only that, this past November, we returned newly discovered artifacts to their rightful place. Namely, LRH has fully restored 1958 Pontiac Super Chief, and right beside it is 1960 Triumph TR6 motorcycle, now standing exactly where LRH once parked them.

Then, the trail advances across Africa, 1966, Salisbury, Rhodesia, today, Pahrari, Zimbabwe. It was here that LRH drafted his historic constitution, calling for one man, one vote. This landmark site opened its doors just last year, preserving the very rooms where that milestone occurred. And most recently, the University of Zimbabwe entered into a formal collaboration, making tours of this landmark site part of its humanities curriculum, and recognizing LRH’s legacy, transforming Zimbabwean lives for the better.

And finally, that same year, we follow LRH’s trail to Saint Hill Manor, United Kingdom, Ron’s Hall until 1966, and for working guidance Scientology into a global movement. It was here you released the classification and gradation chart, precisely mapping, training, and auditing to the state of clear. And with that breakthrough, the path he forged would soon reach far beyond these grounds.

Today, LRH is honored for opening the way to new heights for mankind, and that recognition now reaches around the world because the LRH and landmark sites now stand honored with more than 300 awards and recognitions, not only as milestones in our history, but as enduring markers along the trail he lays for all mankind.

At Saint Hill, LRH had carried Scientology into a defining threshold, the grade chart complete, mapping a precise route to clear. And with that foundation firmly established in late 1966, LRH resigned his post as Executive Director International, freeing himself to pursue the next stage of research, research into the upper stance of the Bridge. And so, from Saint Hill, LRH moved to the next decisive milestone, a place few have seen, but one that would shape the future of Scientology. And for the opening word on what happened there, I give you LRH. (dramatic music) -

HUBBARD’s VOICE: This is a tape of 20 September, 1967, made on an island in the sea. And it is addressed to all staff and students of Scientology organizations. The background noise that you hear is not an actual fact. Tape noise, there is the wind calling up a cliff and a over the area where I am sitting out here is the white blue sea, with hips passing by a few greasy clouds overhead and the bright sun shining down. I am giving you this short talk because you might’ve wondered what I was doing. When my lines are not very reliable, to say the least, and not likely to even approach truth, I do not like to create a mystery with regard to our activities. You have heard mention of the Sea Organization, and you are likely to hear other mentions of it as time goes on. This is in reality just another Scientology organization with the difference that it handles extremely advanced work and materials and its personnel, OTs. Its mission is to bring clears through the upper levels, safely and certainly and with speed. And it also has the mission of getting in and things. I’ve already made an experiment. I went off by myself in this other Africa to see whether or not NOT would make good, singly and all alone, without any assistance, against the environment around him. And I found out that he would not do too much good, but that you have OTs with the entirely irresistible that are necessary to carry on with type of operation. So OTs invest with OTs. And last December of 1966, I concluded that I had gone as far as I could go without taking further forthright action with our technology. And I used an oral principle of Scientology, which consists of putting the injured members exactly on and in the place it was injured. If you were to bump your head on a certain door a little bit later, if you go back and touch your head against that door, it of course will suffer the full somatic or any moment of the impact. And so I decided that I had better go out and contact an exact point or two. And I have been able to bring off and bring forward to its total conclusion, the research and so on, up from clear to OT. (upbeat music) (audience applauding) (audience applauding)

WILLIS: That message came from Ron’s journal, 1967. The technical advance he announced OT 3. And the place from which it was delivered, what he called an island in the sea, Las Palmas. And LRH’s cliffside villa. From Saint Hill, LRH had traveled south via Morocco to this Atlantic outpost in the Canary Islands. But to see the full picture of what was happening here at that time, we turned to the archives from this period.

Firsthand accounts from those who worked directly with LRH, photographs from the time many taken by LRH himself, and artifacts preserved exactly as they were. Among them, LRH’s original British Mark V A-meter maintained in its precise condition, the very meter he used in his advanced research culminating in OT3. Also preserved, LRH’s Iowa recorder, the machine on which he recorded Ron’s journal ‘67. And with the full archival record before us, we can trace how it all began.

At Saint Hill in late 1966, LRH issued a call to Scientologists asking for anyone with sea, yachting, or maritime experience to join him. Thus began what he called the Sea Project. And the next step soon followed. LRH acquired two vessels for the Sea Project, the Enchanter, a 60-foot, two-masted yacht, and the Avon River, a North Sea trawler built for open water.

The ship’s logs record LRH taking Enchanter to sea on a series of local missions, testing their performance on their sail and power. And in those same archival records, we uncovered something remarkable, original 16-millimeter motion picture footage filmed by LRH himself on those Canary Island missions. The Atlantic in motion served driving against volcanic rock and waves breaking along the Canary Shores.

Upon return from those missions, LRH ordered Enchanter into refit in Los Palmas Harbor. And preserved in the archives is his own hand-drawn sketch for a revised sail configuration to improve her stability at sea. At the same time, he directed the refit of Avon River, including yet another LRH hand-drawn sketch for a rudder extension. Then came a massive overhaul. Avon River stripped of bare metal, sandblasted stem to stern.

So much sand filled the air and deck that LRH named the entire evolution the Sahara Campaign. (audience laughing) Those sea project members who carried it through were later awarded the very first campaign ribbon. But beyond hulls and engines, LRH required a crew capable of operating those ships at sea. So he trained at Drill Loop himself. As recorded in this note of the day, I will be aboard mid-afternoon to train crew a bit in an all-hands evolution. In fact, LRH’s emergency drills became so realistic that a local Los Palmas newspaper recorded they were breathtaking.

Yet LRH did more than conduct drills. He codified them for every emergency at sea, from fire to collision and every other contingency a vessel might face. Because as he wrote, it is the ship’s company and their state of drill that foretells a long life or a short one. And then came the watershed moment. On 12 August 1967, in flight order number one titled Reorganization, LRH transformed what had begun as a project into something else entirely. The sea project will hereafter be known as the Sea Organization. Its purpose set down, its character defined.

Also preserved in the archives, in LRH’s own hand, the original design for the Sea Org symbol. A five-pointed star surrounded by a gold wreath of two stems, each varying 13 leaves, and the flag which bore that symbol flown on the first Sea Org vessels. We traced even the earliest traditions of the Sea Org back to Los Palmas. Among the records, an October 1967 letter from LRH commissioning two dozen Spanish naval ceremonial mines from the legendary blademaking city of Toledo, Spain.

And from that heritage came the Sea Org naval dirk, bearing the OT symbol on its hilt. These dirks were presented to officers whose missions had attained the condition of affluence, a mark of Sea Org honor. But beyond symbols and ceremony, LRH also set down the Sea Org’s defining commitment, a commitment that spans lifetimes, and its motto, “We Come Back.” And yes, that is the full story of what unfolded here from the first conception of the Sea Project to the very birth of the Sea Organization. (audience applauding) (audience cheering)

And from that moment of formation, we narrow in on LRH’s exact location at this time, eight miles south of Los Palmas Harbor, in the cliff top community of La Estrella. Spanish for the star. Here, LRH took a residence in a villa he thus named Estrella. But to facilitate his supervision of the ships in the harbor, he required transportation, specifically a station wagon with a commodious back area for transport of gear. The solution? A 1967 Ford Country Squire.

When LRH later departed European waters for the Caribbean in 1974, he left that car as a care of a marine supplier in Portugal, Manuel Ferrero. Nearly 50 years later, Manuel still had it. (audience laughing) But more on that in a moment. When we took possession of this LRH’s landmark site, comparison with LRH’s 1967 photographs revealed the villa had been dramatically altered from its original appearance. So we set about removing those alterations.

The first major change was the front open patio, which had been enclosed, glass sliding doors installed, a roof added overhead, and even a new wing constructed, all of which we removed. Re-opening the patio to the sky and reinstating the breeze block wall, restoring its original open air designs. The terrace floor had also been covered with modern tile.

A test opening revealed successive layers beneath. So we removed them one by one, tile cement, another tile layer, until the original terrace floor was finally revealed, volcanic basalt with hand-laying inset stone detailing. On the ocean-facing side of the house, the alterations were equally extensive. The original vale window removed and replaced, flagstone walkways added, and a terrace wall raised blocking the Atlantic view. Once again, we removed the additions, restored the facade to its original form, and lowered the wall to its proper height. And today, fully restored, Estrella once again overlooks the Atlantic, just as LRH saw it when the Sea Organization was born. (audience applauding) (audience cheering)

And with every historical detail returning to its original form, the full picture now comes into view. Overlooking the white blue Atlantic, perched high upon the cliffs Ella Rach himself destroyed, where the winds howled upward from the sea stands Estrella today, exactly as it stood in 1967. The build reflects mid-century European modern design built by a Dutch developer of the period working with a local Canary Island architect, giving the home its distinctive blend of European modernism and island character. From this site, LRH established his base of operations, starting just inside the entrance with the communication center.

To coordinate the rapid refits of the Enchanter and Avon River, folders and dispatches moved constantly between Estrella, the base office near the harbor, and both Sea Project vessels. All traffic cleared and delivered twice daily by LRH order. Beyond its ordinary function, this room served a second purpose. The kitchen became the point for which LRH directed instantaneous communication with the crews. Using a sharp CBT7 base station and pony handheld radios, he maintained direct communication with personnel aboard both vessels as well as the staff ashore.

From every firsthand account preserved from that time, one fact becomes unmistakably clear. Nothing in this build was incidental. Every room served a precise function. One case in point, the living room. Here LRH personally met with staff and ships crews, holding briefings preserved on this Telefunken Magneto-Foam 302 recorder. With traffic moving swiftly and constantly, LRH converted the dining area into an administrative command post. From here, LRH directed the early sea organization, issuing the flight orders and directives that set its course.

But this room also bears witness to another historic moment. This is the exact location where LRH recorded Ron’s Journal 67, describing the wind howling up the cliffs and the white blue scene before him with fleecy clouds overhead and the bright sun shining down.

Alongside that history are LRH’s personal possessions, each a direct link to his time in Las Palmas. From his first missions aboard and chanter, the film camera LRH used to capture the ocean footage you saw earlier and his captain's binoculars buried his name. Also preserved here are the earliest artifacts of the sea organization, the naval dirt, the original sea org symbol, and the flag that first flew at sea, foundations of sea org tradition. And here is where LRH audited, his solo auditing desk overlooking the Atlantic.

And now to complete the story I told you earlier about the former country’s fire left untouched in Portugal for half a century, here it is today, LRH’s own station wagon with its component room for gear, now fully restored and returned to Australia. (audience applauding)

So there you have it, Estrella Villa, LRH’s home on an island in the sea where he broke through the wall of fire and where he established the sea organization as the custodians have conceived for all eternity, opening this spring for Scientologists everywhere. (audience applauding)

And with that, our time at Estrella draws to its close, yet this is no mere conclusion because this house was not simply a place in time, it was a point of advance, a threshold cross, a new course set. And tonight, that moment is no longer something distant in history because now you too can stand upon the very ground where LRH worked, where he confronted those exact points along his research and where he carried that research through the wall of fire. And if we had stood at that turning point tonight, then the direction ahead is unmistakable. But what LRH recorded here was more than history, it was the breakthrough secured and the charge to carry it forward. And so, in closing, I give you LRH with his closing words from Ron’s journal, 67. (dramatic music) (dramatic music)

HUBBARD’S VOICE: In the [garbled], one is mainly concerned with himself and his own case, or his immediate family, but as one moves up the line, one becomes more concerned with the environment and the world in which he lives, and with this concern comes the realization that all has not been well. As one’s ability to confront increases, this level of responsibility increases, and an OT cannot be an OT in a world which is insane or a universe which is mad. Although the age folk of the work is almost unimaginably extensive, it is nevertheless true that we are making that an attempt to be bit known upon this as we will bring it on. We’re no longer dealing with the time span of man which is 70 years, we are dealing with the centuries. We have enough time at the upper levels to bring it on, providing we work quickly at the lower levels and within the framework of the society itself to prevent it from destroying itself before we attain our purposes and goals. The time here on the world will change, but if it changes at all and then it recovers, it will be because of the Scientologist, it will be because of the auditors’ technical skill, it will be because of the organization and the organization’s staff member and his dedication. In all of our universe, there is no more hope for man than ourselves. This is a tremendous responsibility I have brought to long alone. You share it with me now. (audience applauding)

MISCAVIGE: And as you just heard, LRH, “this is a tremendous responsibility I have borne it too long alone. You share it with me now.” And that, of course, brings us directly to the point because if that responsibility is now shared, then it must also be organized.

And that is precisely what stands behind the next chapter of this evening’s event. For when we speak of answering LRH’s legacy of technology with our gift of expansion, what we are really speaking of is the full and practical expression of Scientology on this planet. Meaning, not simply the technology itself, but the organizations required to deliver it. Because take the word expansion, break it down, follow it through to its full organizational expression, and what do you arrive at? An ideal org.

Not merely an org in name, but an organization fully equipped to deliver the entirety of LRH’s legacy. Which is to say, an organization where every component of Scientology stands in place, the Golden Age of Knowledge, the Golden Age of Technology, and the Golden Age of Administration. All aligned to deliver Scientology exactly as LRH intended. Or, stated simply and plainly, expressly and explicitly, an ideal org. And that, of course, brings us to the final component required to make that ideal org a reality. Because while the Golden Age of Knowledge and the Golden Age of Technology place the materials of Scientology fully in hand, it is the Golden Age of Administration that brings those other Golden Ages to full fruition. And making that possible is the program we refer to as the Flag Executive Briefing Course Program, training the executives who return to their orgs to put that ideal scene into operation.

Now, as I have previously shown and described that program in full, let me simply give you a brief recap, if only to refresh you on the particulars. The program operates on a night shift schedule, simply to accommodate the size of the student body. And that student body currently numbers more than 600 executives representing over 50 orgs worldwide. The program begins with the Organization Executive Course, the OEC, comprising a study of every policy of every post on the org org. More than 1,600 policy letters in total, and yes, with a required 100% pass on examination.

Those who pass advance to the Flag Executive Briefing Course, the FEBC, the full course is studied three times through. Part one, metered word clearing on every issue and every lecture. Part two, star ring check out again on every issue and every lecture. Part three, fast flow, yet still a full study of the entire course from beginning to end. And once more with the required 100% pass on examination. Beyond that, executives responsible for grade chart delivery train as auditors and core supervisors. While those responsible for public division services train on the delivery of introductory services, including book one seminars and co-audits, personal efficiency and public TRs.

Then there are the auditing requirements, all based on the LRH mandate. We don’t let FEBC students go unless their cases are flying. Accordingly, the program includes a false purpose rundown for executive qualification beyond that general case advance. Now, while many executives arrive as clear and OT, for those who are not, flag moves them up the bridge to the net case completion or clear. In fact, nearly 30 executives have attained the state of clear just this year, making for accumulative 180 clear since program launch. (audience applauding)

Finally, capping the program superpower with more than five prior completions and counting. And even more than the point of this program, 145 executives have graduated the full program just since January, making for accumulative 447 FEBC graduates now at the forefront of the golden age of administration. (audience applauding) (audience cheering)

Needless to say, and as has been said before, we’re talking about a new breed of executives. The highest technically trained, the highest administratively trained, and the highest case level executives in Scientology history. Now, if you attended past events where I have described the FEBC program, you will well remember hearing excerpts from the confidential flag executive briefing course lectures. In fact, over these past years, you have heard several of those lectures.

But there is one excerpt you have not yet heard, certainly because the time for it had not yet come. While those earlier excerpts had LRH lecturing FEBC students on the technology of the course itself, this one is something different. Indeed, LRH gathering those first graduates in his research office aboard the Apollo and delivering their final briefing before firing back to their orders.

And now, with so many FEBC teams already back on post around the world, the question naturally becomes, what did LRH expect would happen next? And so, from the confidential flag executive briefing course lecture entitled, “As You Return to Your Org,” I give you LRH. (dramatic music)

HUBBARD’s VOICE: This briefing is convened here tonight in this range because this is the set of directions which will be given to, and is being given to the departing FEBC graduates to take back to their orgs. Now, my way to go back is to say, you’re busy with bringing the down and how the show is going to go on the road. And so forth, and you guys have been doing great. And we’re going to extend everything you’ve been doing and back you up and you will find it’s a long workout and no on run, because that’s the truth. So, your first action is a survey in your new, a survey of what they’ve got right there that can be delivered now. Now, once you start this, the machine will start running. If you know your business at all, if you talk through your business lately, the 12 mil will start running. And you know the story of this whole thing that was involved with this horrible thing of fear. And it started turning out so. They put 100 mattresses and they put it in the attic and they did it with hammers and it just kept on turning out so. And it turned out more and more so and there were tremendous piles of salt all over the place. And they finally in disgust and monitor through this thing into the sea. And of course, that’s why the sea is salty when we have to buy water. Such medicine spends in these parts. So, you have started something new. Now the test is to keep running ahead of the storm from there on out. (upbeat music) (audience applauding)

MISCAVIGE: And so yes, just as LRH said, that is the storm these executives must keep running ahead of. Because once the machine begins to turn, it does not slow, it does not stop, it keeps producing. Exactly as LRH said, this salt mill simply keeps running. And today, that machine is running in Scientology orgs around the world with FEBC teams now on post across 20 ideal orgs on five continents. (audience applauding)

Now at this point, I could describe to you what has been happening in those orgs. Or I could show you the statistics. Indeed, I could show you a wall of statistics. But tonight, let’s do it differently because nothing speaks more clearly than the voices of the executives themselves. The executives now leaving those orgs and applying the full measure of LRH administrative technology. So rather than hear it from me, let us hear it from them and here they are. (audience applauding)

EXECS: We have unlocked such a potent force. (dramatic music) That’s what the Golden Age of Administration needs. Expansion like we’ve never seen before. The FEBC teams can work all around the world with everything that we have now. There’s no stopping us. This is the gift LRH most wished for in epic proportions. The first time we have ever had a chance to use everything that LRH ever said or wrote about organizations to build feet booming orgs. Or is it echo out into eternity? (dramatic music) We have everything. You have the Golden Age of Knowledge. You have the Golden Age of Tech. Everything is policy. And then we have the administrative tech for the first time in history. It’s like literally the sea has been parted for us and we’re just walking. That’s how simple it is. I’m a class five auditor. I’m a supervisor. I’m a word clearer. Doing the FEBC has given me the keys to the universe. I can handle anything. Everyone’s coordinated. You know what they’re doing. It’s almost like having all the best soccer team players into a single team. And I’m telling you right now, we got the tools. Everything that Ron told us would happen in the FEBC lectures is happening. So there’s no surprise. And for the first time we have the LRH report that is 100% on Source with all the different functions. So we actually have the correct ideal scene to work on. At first it was a little shocking to me. Like I would go into an area and I’m instantly trying to lie and I’m going to close right. The trick is just to get everywhere because anywhere I go I can go to the area and get it going. But what’s that really what I was doing, I went and did a big analysis on this whole thing. What I was thinking about. And it was almost unbelievable. Like the staff and those things actually were like how could a team of these folks sit long? It’s kind of like having a race car. You know, you got the right pedals. You know how to operate those pedals which are different in race car. Our location is the best on the planet. We have so many people that walk by every day. They see something in the window. They see the words, and I thought it was that they walk in. We’ve had highest number of raw books multiple times now. We’re talking Dianetics, and then getting out in Austin like a wildfire. But all these just pass day in, day out. And they route in and they go straight into the Dianetic seminar. And our Dianetic seminar, this has got highest off the highest off the highest. We’ve done literally hundreds of first service starts literally nine X any previous level of production that we ever had before. Like when people come in here, they can feel like they’re up-honed, like they’re happy people working and visiting and it’s like a magnificent feeling people in. The biggest event we put out, 10,000 people showed up. People see their site, so it’s open for everyone. And they see the place is really alive and then want to be part of it. In the divided last year, we have 40,000 people coming through our doors. They just have people coming into the info center and they’re reaching out to video and they’re just like, “I want that, I want that, I want that, I want the service, I want the book.” There’s a lot of energy in general and everybody’s running for the same production, production. We see all these people going on quiz with their facts and with their arts and just being excited to, you know, give someone else means that they also themselves experience. But we’re also feeling the impact of how it works too. I have people walking in daily saying, “Oh, I saw this video on San Francisco or I heard about you guys from Minnesota. We have created a symbiosis between the words that I’ve never experienced before.” So they’re just coming through the door like, “I want a drink.” And we were like, “Oh, I think that’s what I got.” We had tremendous expansion of academy. Like, there’s been times even on the weekends where we’re like, “You can’t even find a seat practically.” We hit five year high after five year high and we hit power conditions that keep like thinking, “Oh, is this it? And we hit the ceiling.” And going, we’re like quite literally changing the civilization and bringing the entire city up down. - It is a day coincident from the land of the WBC team into New York. - The change was instantaneous. Overnight, it went from this to like this. It became a factory. You’re just pumping them out. Let’s jam them. Boom, jam, jam, jam. - We made the same fears and come here. - How cool is this religion? That we get to do that every single day. What is happening on the planet with all the WBC orders is stable thermal being put there, generating power. - What I’m doing in Milano from what else is doing the San Francisco or the Bayan. - The WBC team’s parents are actually making islands of sanity. - And it feels like history and the right thing. - The world is not the same as before. It has this, this, this, the planet. - Like they blow my mind as to what the future looks like. Like it really is just beautiful. - We will have the cheapest all way. We’ll look back to this moment right now. This is our new point and we’re pulling it off. Unlike ever before, we have never been closer to the planet’s clearing them right now. (dramatic music) (audience applauding)

MISCAVIGE: And now the next FEBC teams are already on their way. Because once the engine begins to turn, it keeps going. And now new teams are hitting the ground one after another, fully trained, fully empowered, and returning to their ideal orders that drive the next surge of expansion.

We begin with the team from the crossroads of America. The FEBC executives of Kansas City, standing 11 strong with 10 of them now classed auditors. They return to their historic ideal org in the cradle of American jazz, but they’re not just following the beat. They set it, driving the tempo for expansion across the Great Plains. So yes, Kansas City, here they come with an FEBC executive team done. (audience applauding) (audience cheering)

Next, from the far corner of the Pacific Northwest of the FEBC executives of Seattle, standing 11 strong with eight clears and OTs among them. They return to their ideal org on Puget Sound, where LRH once cut those waters with a sailboat keel. But they’re not just charting, of course. They command it, driving expansion across the Evergreen State. So yes, that’s Seattle with an FEBC executive team done. (audience applauding)

Then to a team from the western rim of the Rockies, the FEBC executives of Salt Lake City, a band of a dozen, bringing more than 230 years of combined staff experience. They return to their ideal org on Church Row at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains. But they’re not just climbing higher, they own the summit, driving expansion across the Mountain West. So yes, that’s Salt Lake City with an FEBC executive team done. (audience applauding)

Next, from Southern California’s Harbor City, the FEBC executives of San Diego, standing 12 strong with nine of them classed auditors. They return to the city LRH once called home, where he lived, wrote, and sailed the Pacific waters. But this team is not just riding the tide, they are the tide, driving expansion all along the Southern California coast. So yes, that’s San Diego with an FEBC executive team done. (audience applauding)

Then from the epicenter of global entertainment, the FEBC executives of Valley, their credits roll with 12 graduates with nine clears and OTs among them. They return to the largest ideal org in America, right in the heart of the San Fernando Valley. But they’re not just rolling credits, they’re calling action, driving expansion across the entertainment capital of the world. So yes, that’s Valley with an FEBC executive team done. (audience applauding)

Now from Southern California’s city of Roses, the FEBC executives of Pasadena, standing 12 strong, bringing with them nearly 230 years of combined staff experience. They return to their historic ideal org in Old Town Pasadena, in the same city that hosts the world famous Rose Bowl. But they’re not just marching in the parade, they’re leaving it, driving expansion across the San Gabriel Valley. So yes, that’s Pasadena with an FEBC executive team done. (audience applauding)

Next, from the gateway to the Northwest, the FEBC executives of Portland, standing 13 strong with 12 of them classed auditors. They return to their historic ideal org in downtown Portland, the very city where we launched our original religious freedom crusade. But they’re not just carrying that banner, they’re raising it higher, driving expansion across the Pacific Northwest. So yes, that’s Portland with an FEBC executive team done. (audience applauding)

Then halfway around the planet to the Southern Hemisphere’s city of light, the FEBC executives of Perth, standing 11 strong, bringing with them 270 years of combined staff experience. They return to their ideal org on the banks of the Swan River, but they’re not just casting light, they’re sending it to a horizon, driving expansion across Western Australia. So yes, that’s Perth with an FEBC executive team done. (audience applauding) (audience applauding)

Next, from the Renaissance Center of Learning, the FEBC executives of Padova, standing 16 strong with 14 clears and OTs among them. They return to their ideal org in the historic city of Padova, where Galileo once turned his gaze to the stars. But they’re not just looking upward, they’re bringing a new age of enlightenment, driving expansion across Northern Italy. So yes, that’s Padova with an FEBC executive team done. (audience applauding)

And finally, from a city long defined by its fight for freedom, the FEBC executives of Budapest, standing 17 strong with 16 of them classed auditors. They return to their ideal org in the heart of the Hungarian capital, where East meets West. They’re not just holding that ground, they’re expanding it, driving expansion across Central Europe. So yes, that’s Budapest with an FEBC executive team done. (audience applauding)

And with that, 10 teams newly launched, 10 teams returned across 35,000 miles, 10 ideal orgs primed for limitless expansion. Before we call this run complete, we turn to shores where ideal has never landed before and where we now mark the next all Golden Age org done. That she rises on an enchanted isle, forever stamped with LRH’s presence. Well, that makes it all the more fitting tonight because this is the land long remembered for his famed 1932 mineralogical expedition and in debt with that not only shaped the development of the island’s resources, but where he also conducted research that would expand his understanding of man.

And today, that legacy comes full circle on what LRH himself called, my dearest island, Puerto Rico. Spirit heading her new tomorrow as her 11 man FEBC executive team, counting seven clears and OTs, infused with green on white certainty. They marched to a Latin rhythm now commending the gateway to the Caribbean. And this is where it happens. In the island’s capital, the oldest city under US jurisdiction, just follow a main thoroughfare to the cultural heart of San Juan and there stands the new ideal church of Scientology, Puerto Rico. She rises four colorful stories at nearly 50,000 square feet with a bold facade declaring her presence.

Right from reception, this ideal work embodies Puerto Rican pride and Puerto Rican passion. Her public information center is just as vibrant, presenting Scientology and every solution born from LRH’s discoveries. Right off the displays, the street level public bookstore provides all fundamentals and naturally flows to the array of introductory routes from book one to life improvement courses. Just beyond, the main bookstore offers all LRH’s works from the materials guide chart in both Spanish and English and leads directly to the golden age of knowledge course room configured for some two dozen students at a city.

Puerto Rico is known as a party island. So her purification center is built for ample delivery. And just steps away, her objectives co-audit accommodates better than a dozen twin ships at a time. One story above, her Saint Hill-sized Hubbard Guidance Center encompasses half a floor with more than 20 auditing rooms for those navigating full speed to clear.

Meanwhile, her academy course rooms are equipped to train more than 160 students at a time generating groups and missions coast to coast and across the Caribbean. Then there’s her cafe honoring the island’s original name and of course brewing locally sourced coffee. It’s perfectly appointed for both visitors and Scientologists on session and course breaks.

Her chapel will serve as a gathering place for graduations and events of every kind, including seminars empowering the island with our humanitarian campaigns. You need to disorg the LRH exhibit featuring his photographs from that historic expedition alongside a congressional recognition honoring his discoveries signed by the island’s current governor, the very official who now leads Puerto Rico and all naturally leading to LRH’s office, standing in testament to the legacy he forged in this island he so cherished and ready to fulfill that legacy, her staff team across day and foundation.

So there you have it, your new ideal org, the Church of Scientology, Puerto Rico. (audience applauding) (audience cheering)

Just as steady as the trade winds gracing Puerto Rico’s coastline, we arrive at a tropical February afternoon when she sailed the final nautical mile to ideal. In addition to international executives, those taking the podium spend at the island’s civil and social landscape, Mr. Anibal Naredia Burgos, faith-based coordinator for the city of San Juan, supremely committed to making Puerto Rico a model of interfaith and government partnership. Ms. Zoramar Betancourt, president of a San Juan violence prevention network, her passion uplifting her people with a way to happiness. Lieutenant Hector Ayala, director of the island’s police athletic league, championing the truth about drugs to change the course of the next generation. Ms. Mary Dacosta, president of an island-wide human rights coalition, long flying the flag for universal rights, in person and on the airwaves.

Then there are those who have set the pace and never let it fade, leading the way to Puerto Rico ideal. Prominent among them, the formidable Grand O.T. Alliance helmed by flag and their statewide orgs. Humanitarian and Puerto Rican original, Eddie Hernandez. New civilization builder, the show stopping Amanda Kylie. New civilization builders, the relentless Paul and Renee Chilubsky. New civilization builders with honors, the incomparable Steve Fabos and Peggy Oppenheim Fabos. New civilization builder with honors and ideal or titan, the difference making Jim Bridgeforth. Silver civilization builders, the audacious Steven and Ronita Duque. Two war at silver, the jet powered Gabriel Fernandez and Miranda Nureyaga De Fernandez. Ideal civilization builders, the beyond legendary Tom and Victoria Cummins. Gold civilization builders, the supercharged Timothy and Sarah Baxter. And finally, gold civilization builders and eternal icons of Puerto Rico, the Suarez family.

Whereupon a rising tide crossed the threshold to ideal reality as headlines proclaimed, Puerto Rican pride shines with ideal church of Scientology in the islands. And so, the final postcard, I give you that day when the Isle of Enchantment cut awake to eternity as the first all-golden age war in Caribbean history. (upbeat music) (crowd cheering)

LOCAL SPEAKER: The moment was beyond sublime. The moment of life. One time there had been over a thousand people in front of us. It was just magical moments. - LRH had a dream to put an award here and this is his dream. - It embodies the richness of the culture of Puerto Rico. It’s vibrant, it’s impactful, it’s alive. - You walk into reception and you’re already having peace. - It’s a pretty good situation. You know, you’re the one living. You’re like, yes, I’m proud. - It’s the beautiful art world here, Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico. This art is like a huge lighthouse. And all these individuals who are sailing towards freedom, they’re gonna find it. - We will be able to do our jobs in Puerto Rico and we can generate our art from here. - Every time I look at Ron’s picture and I see his smile, I think that his mind, because his tears are in his direction. (upbeat music) (audience applauding)

MISCAVIGE: And that’s expansion in motion. Ideal Orgs rising, executive teams returning to post, and Scientology advancing across continents and oceans. But expansion like that doesn’t happen by accident. It happens because LRH created a race. A race defined by thinking big, thinking in futures, and above all, expansion. That race is LRH’s birthday game, the race where every word runs to expand faster than ever before, all in the name of a clear planet.

So before we announce this year’s champions, let’s take a look at how the game is played. And for that, here is a video presentation of the rules of the race. (dramatic music)

VIDEO: Oh, the results are in. Oh, and you’re here. You know what that means. It’s game time. (dramatic music) (dramatic music) Ladies and gentlemen, the moment you’ve all been waiting for, the LRH currently giving him a race. But before we call the winners, we have got to review the rules of the birthday game. You see, LRH was asked what he wanted for his birthday. He said he didn’t want a new tie. Whoa, whoa, he didn’t want a chocolate cake. The only gift LRH asked for was expansion. (dramatic music) And let me show you how we give him that gift. Remember, the birthday game truly is a race for expansion. And an org’s expansion is measured by its statistics. Every week, birthday game points are awarded based on the upward trend of an org’s stats. The steeper the graph, the higher the points. Each week, the points for each division are added together to get the org’s total score. Week by week, lap by lap, the points add up. And up. And the prime thing about this game is, it’s any horse’s race. Because it’s not a matter of how small or large an org is at the starting line, but how great its relative rate of expansion. Every year, four classes of riders make a run for the winner’s circle. Missions versus missions. Orbs against orgs. Sheet or boards compete. And continental offices go head to head. Now, every team on the track follows the strategy from LRH himself. Think big. Think in futures. And it’s all in the name of expansion. Whoa! Because it’s upon expansion that victory depends. And the winning horse will come looking split down the track to the big horseshoe rink. The winner’s cup. The flashing lights of TV crews. And the grinning, cheering. Now it’s time to meet today’s competitors. (dramatic music) Okay, let’s get to the exit. They’re back at the zone. They’re shopping at the pitch. And off. And the winner goes. The only question in the brand stands is, who’s gonna gallop to greatness tonight? (dramatic music) (crowd cheering) And now to present the grandstand view of this year’s birthday game champions from the International Management Public Relations Office, Mr. Nicholas Banks.

BANKS: Thank you very much. This year’ race is run at a breakneck speed on the track. From the starting gate to the final strides of the wire. Indeed, you’re about to witness the top jockeys go head to head like never before. And all to drive unparalleled expansion in the greatest race on earth. So for your international breakdown track by track, let us proceed to our 2026 champions commencing with our League of Missions.

They represent the front lines holding wide the entrance gates to the bridge. Missions compete in every continental zone for their con championship. And the continental champion with the highest points is crowned with a worldwide trophy. And so sprinting up the 2026 standings, I give you this year’s winners.

The first is a perennial front runner from the Great White North. She welcomes a multi-ethnic mix of students and rising executives, thereby doubling individuals now introduced to LRH technology. And so gliding in as a champion, their Toronto’s mission of Riverdale.

Next is a veteran contender on the African circuit. They serve a local field speaking English and Zulu, and altogether multiplied individuals moving up the bridge two times over. So taking home Africa’s continental prize, the South Africa’s mission from Norwood.

Claiming the UK crown is a seasoned challenger from England’s ancient coast. Driving first delivery of introductory courses, leading a steady advance up the great chart, she doubled the number of releases through the past 12 months. So yes, next, Dorset Mission, taking top honors in the UK.

Next is an ideal mission in the equatorial belt of this planet. Their hallmark is introductory routes, channeling a youthful mix of more than 900 onto the bridge in their nation’s capital. And in turn, they propelled over 1,100 total completions through the past year. So yes, gliding up the track, there’s the ideal mission of Quito.

Whereupon we enter the realm of the East US victors, otherwise known as the Emperors. And here's how they mark their 25th year in the saddle. An individual discovering LRH Tech every five hours. Add to that an unrelenting stream of Scientologists soaring up the great chart, and they tally another release or clear every day. So yes, that’s the power finish of the East US Continental Number One, the ideal mission of Belleair.

And those call winter embodies strength and resilience as the Chinese warriors. And they do whatever it takes to usher local residents through their doors. Which is how they wrapped up another course completion every day. And accelerated overall mission delivery to reach highest error levels. So yes, that’s how the ideal mission of Xian charged in to take third place in the worldwide game.

Tearing up the West US circuit for a surprise victory on the Trailblazers. And after opening ideal premises in the second quarter, they took it all the way home. Doubling those stepping onto the great chart and tripling completions on beginning courses. Now add their new Purification Center streamlining delivery potential. And you’re looking at mission production multiplying three times over. And so sprinting in for a first ever Continental Championship and second place in the world in the ideal Mission of the Foothills.

Finally we come to this year’s international champion who race in Bergamo style. And their winning ride begins with Italian style strategy. As in book one dissemination in their city central square placing an LRH book into new public hands every 20 minutes. Meanwhile driven by a force of epic ems they introduce a new person to LRH technology every three hours. And with more than 400 individuals ascending the bridge every week they propel another service completion every two hours. And that is expansion in full stride rolling forward with unmistakable momentum powering your 2026 world champion the ideal mission of Bergamo, Italy. (audience applauding)

BERGAMO SPEECH: In Bergamo, we have a word that adds emphasis to everything we say, pota. So I start by saying pota, we are here again. (audience applauding) After becoming grand champions in 2023 and then doubling our delivery space last year, we knew this year the game would be tough. We have to achieve a statistics never achieved before. So we begin working hard, Bergamo style of course. Following LRH advice for the birthday game, step by step, we raised our production while having fun. Yet the real prize is not statistics. It is the many careers made. Our public rising to OT and families, teenagers and children saved with LRH tech. (audience applauding) Thank you to my family who share my wild expansion ideas and helped make them reality. To my staff, my best friends. Your Caribbean fighting spirit and creativity inspire me every day. (audience applauding) And what about my FSM and OT groups? We are pirates, brave and loyal. (audience applauding) Thank you to the pioneers of Scientology in Italy and to Milano Art, OTL Italy and Just My Network. Cucilbi and RTC for the Golden Age of Tech Phase Two and the Golden Age of Administration. Having this standard tech is the key to clearing our zone. Thank you, sir. (audience applauding) (audience applauding) Finally, we deliver our gifts to Ron. I best ever statistics and expansion. Your birthday card reads to our eternal friend. Best wishes from Belgium. We are here and we will be here until the end of time. Happy birthday, sir. (audience applauding)

BANKS: We next advance to the league about Class Five organizations. It’s a worldwide circuit where FEBC executive teams are setting the pace and expansion is now hitting unprecedented heights. So in keeping with time on a tradition, we will again move up the worldwide standings, revealing each champion continent by continent until we crown a Class Five international victor.

To begin, we head the Canada’s northern frontier, racing with all pistons firing as a team known as the Power Machine. Traversing a snow-covered track, they drive the dissemination advanced across the heart of their city, resulting in new people introduced to Scientology hitting high several levels, which is how they drove the curious through their doors, fueling a surge of individuals up the bridge, tripling survival rundown completions, and multiplying org delivery two times over. So skating in for Canada’s top prize to the idol org of Quebec. (audience applauding)

We next advance to that regal racecourse traversing the British Isles, and a team who runs with the precision of royal rebels. Their idol org stands front and center in the capital of the English-speaking world, perfectly positioned to usher the multitude through their doors. So it is they introduced over 13,000 to LRH technology just this year, all of which translates into an introductory course completion every four hours. As for what else sets their racing form of heart, they run an ever-expanding London Lions training club. Well, through the last 12 months, they generated a great chart completion every two days. So yes, taking the UK crown, then the idol org of London. (audience applauding)

Next, we cross to the course where passions ride high for the Latin American Cup. This year’s victor reigns supreme as the kings of the mountain. They’re all about ushering their fellow Colombians across their threshold, whereupon they take their first steps of their book one adventure. Introductory lectures include Freedom Medal winner and local, Andres Lopez, helping spark a tripling of individuals discovering LRH Tech, all of which drove a further tripling of dynamic auditing delivery and propelled even more expansion with three times the number of individuals attesting to the state of clear. So yes, that’s the unstoppable ascent of LATAM’s champion, the ideal org of Bogota. (audience applauding)

And with that, we move to the rough riding track with the West US. These birthday game warriors continued their winning stride starting hard out of the gate with OCA distribution. In fact, as their city hosted Super Bowl 60, they were on the spot to stoke even greater curiosity. Then coupled that with online outreach generating demand across the digital landscape, and their dissemination drive has ushered local residents inside and onto the great chart with numbers expanding three times over. Their San Francisco trained movement further accelerated bridge flow in the Golden Gate City, whereupon the ranks of releases and clears have now swelled three times over. So yes, charging in for the continental number one, that the ideal org of San Francisco. (audience applauding)

And with that, we come to the fast breaking track with the East US. It’s the domain of the DC force commanding her field from their global center of power. Accordingly, they draw DC residents who service the seat of the federal government, channeling individuals onto the great chart at three times the radius levels. That momentum carried straight into introductory seminars, thereby tripling book one hours through the past year, add in ever increasing numbers up the great chart, not to mention their DC trained movement inspiring a tripling of completions. And overall org delivery expanded four times over. So yes, moving into claim continental number one, they’re the founding church of Washington DC. (audience applauding)

Then there’s that formidable track circling the Pacific Rim. It’s the realm of the dragons and from their ideal org in Taiwan’s economic engine, they ignited expansion across every division. Beginning with new people introduced to LRH tech multiplying four times over. Meanwhile, their academy fuels Taiwan’s renowned mission network, giving rise to a training completions every day. And propelled by their hard driving HTC, you were looking at a clearing powerhouse with another individual ascending to the state of clear every other week. So yes, roaring in for Anzo’s continental championship and third place in the world in the ideal org dragons of Kaohsiung. (audience applauding)

We now turn to a down to the wire battle for the world champion trophy. Indeed, across every week of the birthday game, these two contenders ran neck and neck, the league changing hands six times over. One grabbed the early advantage, the other closed hard down the stretch. And when they hit the line, less than 100 points stood between them. So here is who can proudly take their place in history as second place in the world. They’re revered as the lightning fast cheetahs bursting onto the track as a tense story ideal org. They set their pace from the city’s cultural square welcoming a rising wave of university students and young professionals. And resulting in high seven numbers discovering the answers of Scientology. Well, here’s how they turned on the speed down the straightaway. From first steps onto the great chart multiplying six times over to individuals ascending the bridge with well done auditing hours likewise expanded six times over. As to that, their tailor made training club driving an academy boom in the land of legends until overall org delivery accelerated to no less than five times previous heights. So yes sprinting in to earn a first ever continental championship and second place in the world, the ideal org cheetahs of the Eastern Cape. (audience applauding)

And now we arrive at your class five org international champion. As I said, the race was fought at full stride the margin separated first and second barely more than a breath. But as the finish line came into view they found the lead and would not surrender crossing the wire 81 points ahead. And so I give you your undeniable 2026 world champions. They’re a veteran contender otherwise known as the Nordic Gods. And their winning ride begins with a racing formation delivering Dianetics across their city altogether introducing COVID agent residents to LRH Tech every 15 minutes. From there the pace quickened as they expanded introductory service completions eight times over. That momentum powered right into a six fold increase on introductory course completions. This org likewise runs a well-muscled academy led by their Biking Elite training movement and which set in motion a five fold increase of new academy completions. While in total individuals at testing to release org clear rose no less than seven times over. And so this is their moment at the summit not only your year of man-caught champion but your 2026 world champion the ideal or Nordic Gods of Denmark. (upbeat music) (audience applauding)

DENMARK SPEECH: Thank you so much. We are incredibly honored to accept this trophy on behalf of our amazing FEBC team and staff and our powerhouse field and OG committee. We did it! (audience CHEERING) In LHED, three-turn on our ends, LHED tells us to think big and think in futures. And that’s exactly what sparked the biggest boom in our history. A boom that will make even the Nordic gods of Thor and Odin proud. (audience CHEERING) From the outset of the game, we knew that ultimate victory depended on expansion. Applying the policies of the magic of good management and planetary dissemination, we drove dissemination to reach our field like never before. All year, we played the game at the top of the Tom scale with Viking and insouciance and flippancy. (audience CHEERING) And every single week, we applied the LRH datum 99% of what’s wrong with people is not enough excitement. (audience CHEERING) In fact, for every point, every affluence across every department and every division, we passionately fought like it was the last second of the World Cup final. And united, we became world champions! (audience CHEERING) Our FEBC training made us formidable executives, wearing the class A administrative hat about our age. As a result, we’ve been operating at OT cause on the third dynamic, creating total results and total success. There’s really nothing we cannot overcome, nothing we cannot conquer. In this coming year, we will continue our Viking heritage to expand and claim victory once again. (audience CHEERING) We want to thank our wonderful public and field. You were a major part of our triumph, and we love playing with you. To our staff, to become world champions requires extraordinary teammates. And you are a world champion team. (audience CHEERING) To the Eastern Cape, for playing a fierce game and fighting with every fiber of your being. You share the spotlight with us tonight. (audience CHEERING) To CUBRTC, thank you for your inspirational leadership and for creating this golden age of administration. This victory stands as the unmistakable result. (audience CHEERING) Finally, our immense gratitude to LRH for his legacy of administrative technology. We will honor you by now going St. Hill size and beyond. Happy birthday, sir. (audience CHEERING)

BANKS: Next, we enter that racetrack running straight to eternity, the league of Advanced Orgs. And here’s how they cross the finish line, pulling in its seventh place, AOSH end zone. Then a 155-point surge puts Celebrity Center International into sixth, just five points up the rail for fifth, the American St. Hill organization, and a mere 11 points ahead into fourth, AOSH Europe. While sprinting into claim show position is a contender commanding universal respect as a legion of knights. And given their enduring legacy as LRH’s home, they uphold his tradition of service in the community, hosting events now woven into the fabric of local life.

And in so doing, they welcomed nearly 50,000 through their gates this past year. While on a parallel track, they sprint at full stride, driving delivery of both sides of the great sharks. Accordingly, through training inside the legendary St. Hill Academy, co-auditing hours doubled over the past year, as their ever-expanding training movement generated another course completion every day. Now combine that with a packed-out solo HTC, talking even over 60,000 solo hours, not to mention unparalleled numbers rising to the upper realms, and you’re looking at another great chart of completion every two hours. So yes, closing in fast for a third-place show finish at the advanced Org Saint Hill United Kingdom. [Applause]

Then as your advanced org realizing an OT civilization in the cradle of humankind, they call themselves the Leopards. And living up to their reputation, they launched into the race at record pace, welcoming Scientologists from all over South Africa and from nations spanning Nigeria to Sierra Leone. All of which powered unyielding momentum in their academy, propelling a doubling of auditors made. And as the continents gateway to OT, they charge across the savannah at historic speed, unleashing our pride of solo auditors, now highest ever, and descending another solo OT level every day. Combine that with Scientologists soaring still higher in their HTC, and behold OT-level completions attaining unprecedented heights, whereupon with that relentless advance, they doubled the number of releases, clears, and OTs. So yes, surging home to claim second place at the advanced Org- Saint Hill Africa. [Applause]

With that, we come to your 2026 champions. From start to finish, they led, oh, 52 weeks, powering through every quarter, never-relenting, securing victory with undeniable authority. They’re the supersonic contender known as the Top Guns, commanding the skies from the summit of the Pacific Bridge. In fact, from their stronghold on our covered way, they tally solo course completions every single day. And marshal a fleet of more than 170 solo auditors every week. Well, together, that formidable formation logs over 2,500 solo hours each and every week. And with more than 30 class 9 auditors in full flight, this is how they push full throttle toward OT. 200,000 well-done auditing hours, and an OT-level completion every five hours. But if you want their winning maneuver under the California sky, how about tallying over 1,300 releases clears in OTs? So yes, that’s how they powered through to take first place as repeat champions for 2026, your World Champions, the Advanced Org of Los Angeles. [Music]

AOLA SPEECH: Thank you very much. It’s my honor to receive this championship trophy once more on the behalf of the official and co-op of the Advanced Organization Los Angeles. [Applause] After the celebration last year, we decided to do what has never been done in the history of AOLA, back-to-back championship. [Applause] That is exactly what we did. Another mission accomplished. [Applause] At AOLA, our job is to usher public at the bridge from across all of the region. It is our duty, our purpose. As we say, we will get you to OT. All you have to do is arrive. And with every crew member on the post, applying a letter of stake and policy, we expanded yet again, delivering new orders of magnitude. Of course, this mission and this victory were won by perfecting work. There are many to acknowledge. To our top-gone team of AOLA Public Advance OT Committee, you stay in formation and hit the heart of the winner. And this victory is your victory too. [Applause] We are joined on one purpose, with the all-ceo member of Pacifica Cavalry to host and Salute with the Sender International. And we share this with you. But, of course, my highest thanks to the executive and crew of AOLA. It is an honor to be part of this initiative. You did it. You are the repeat world champions tonight. [Applause] To Chairman of the Board RTC, our gratitude is boundless. Under your guidance, we are now in all golden age. Every being can rise to total freedom, and every organization can expand full speed ahead. Thank you, sir. [Applause] And finally, to LRH, our Commodore. You laid the course and gave us a job of moving every being to clear energy. This year, we’ve kept our eyes on the horizon to give you the gift of expansion. We are proud to tell you we did it again. [Applause] And next year, we are coming back for three championship in a row. [Applause] The repeat to LRH. [Applause]

BANKS: Finally, we arrive at the League Continental Liaison Offices. Their purpose is to coordinate and execute international strategic planning in their geographic zone across every sector of LRH technology, from organizations to missions, and I help groups, not to mention ABLE and WISE. And here’s how the CLO field rounds the turn. Pulling in at 8th, CLO Latin America. Then a huge leap off the track, 854 points ahead for 7th, CLO Canada. Another strong stride carries CLO EUS into 6th. Now the pack titans just 61 points up for 5th, the United Kingdom. And suddenly daylight on the track, 276 points cleared into 4th, CLO and his own. But now, we’re into the top three. Sprinting into show position is a perennial powerhouse known as the Wind Splitters. And when ideal orcs is their unshakable backbone, they boast no less than 22 across their zone.

You already witnessed their Continental Champion at San Francisco. Now add to that the Valley, holding an open house or event every two days. Pasadena, where they tripled those discovering LRH Tech. Inglewood, where introductory course completions doubled. San Diego, with a doubling of academy completions. Orange County, where new people introduced a Scientology triple. Ventura, with a three-fold increase in public moving up the bridge. Up the California coast to Sacramento, where they expanded survival rundown completions two times over. Silicon Valley, with a two-fold increase in people discovering Scientology. Stevens Creek, where they quadrupled LRH books into public hands. Los Gatos, where they multiplied those stepping onto the bridge five times over. Portland, with a five-fold expansion of art it has made. Seattle, where LRH books into public hands multiplied six times over. Then this Denver, with a golden age of knowledge completion every three days. St Lake City, where they doubled new people crossing their threshold. Las Vegas, with a two- fold expansion of those taking first steps on the bridge. Phoenix, with a doubling of survival rundown completions. Kansas City, where they multiplied individuals attesting to the state of clear by seven times. Dallas, where they doubled those embarking onto the great chart. Austin, with an academy completion every three days. And Twin Cities, where they staged over 150 open houses and events. Now combine that with 15 FEBC executive teams in training, more than any other continent. And yes, that’s how they took this year’s third place prize, the Continental Liaison Office of the West US.

Next we advance to our number two finalists. They oversee a multi-label domain of 15 Ideal Orgs spanning 12 time zones. You already saw their international champion, the ideal org of Denmark, racing away with a trophy. Now add to that Malmo, where they quadrupled academy completions. Amsterdam, with a doubling of completions on the survival rundown. Brussels, with a two-fold increase of new people stepping onto the bridge. Basel, where individuals finding LRH technology expanded two times over. Hamburg, where survival rundown completions likewise expanded two times over. Berlin, with a quadrupling of academy coaudit hours. And Stuttgart, hosting more than 100 events. There’s more in Madrid, with a quadrupling of introductory course completions. Tel Aviv, where they drew three times as many individuals to open houses and events. Budapest, with another academy completion every two days. Padua, where they expanded purification rundown completions two times over. Rome, where they welcomed the two-fold increase in individuals attending events and Scientology ceremonies. Milano, with another individual, introduced Scientology to every two hours. And Paris, staging over 200 open houses and events. Of course, that expansion extends to advancing European Scientologists to the upper levels of the bridge. With another OT-level completion every day. Then add to that their FEBC executive teams on the runway to even broader expansion. And yes, that’s how they stormed home to take second place, the Vikings of the Continental Liaison Office of Europe.

And with that, we come to our 2026 world champions for the CLO League. This was no photo finish. They broke away from the field, opening up more than 400 points on the nearest competitors, and ran away with the trophy. You previously saw their Continental winner in the Eastern Cape. Now add to that Johannesburg, the first ideal org on Earth, where they multiplied individuals, introduced LRH Tech, two times over. Johannesburg North, with a quadruple in purification rundowns completions, and Pretoria, where another person discovers LRH Tech every hour. They further drive expansion across their continent, beginning with WISE, disseminating LRH Admin Teck with the first ever Hubbard College of Administration in Rwanda. But nothing tops their legendary VM force, now surpassing and astonishing 40,000 volunteer ministers. And beyond that, everything they set in motion across the social landscape. A Tools for Life seminar introducing both community and government organizations to the Scientology Handbook, used for human rights seminars, still more in drug-free world seminars, and freedom of religion events. They’re by forging more than 400 civic and government partnerships. And with that ripple effect extending ever further, they have directly impacted no fewer than 24 million people with humanitarian solutions in the last year alone. So yes, combine it all, and that’s how they drove a three-fold Continental expansion to race their way to victory as world champions, the Continental Liaison Office of Africa. [Applause] [Music]

CLO SPEECH: Thank you very much. This year, we played hard. And to earn this win against impressive rivals makes it even more meaningful. It is an honor to run this race with all of you. [Applause] At CLO Africa, every action we take is to forward LRH’s vision for Africa. And as he stated, to make the winds of change blow the right way. So, we align all forces to expand and bring LRH technology across our zone. We continue to open new lands from Morocco to Ghana and Mauritius. And the demand for his tech is unrelenting all over the continent and throughout South Africa. From grassroots efforts in hospitals and townships to the corporate sector and government. Yet, with the Golden Age of Admin and our ideal orgs, we know we can meet that demand. Of course, we couldn’t do so without our Africa team. Our OT committees, FSM’s and ideal Africa contributors. And together, we have our next target in sight to make South Africa the first all ideal country. [Applause] Thank you to our friends, allies and partners across Africa. And to our volunteer ministers bringing LRH Tech to society. Thank you to our org teams, especially the FEBC-led Eastern Cape Ideal Org. To both AOSH Africa and CLO Africa, we are one base, one team. And your competence and spirit made this victory possible. [Applause] To Chairman of the Board RTC, your dedication and commitment to Africa is felt every single day. You keep us focused on LRH’s purpose and moving steadily toward the realization of his dreams. Thank you, sir. [Applause] And lastly, to LRH, you said that Southern Africa will become a new civilization which can then salvage the injured old civilization. Sir, you saw Africa’s beauty and its immense potential. And your vision has ignited a movement beyond imagination. Thank you and happy birthday. [Applause]

MISCAVIGE: And now we come to the culminating moment of this birthday event. [Applause] Because tonight marks the beginning of yet another Golden Age. [Applause] After all, today we stand upon the firm foundation of a Golden Age of knowledge. Every word of LRH recovered and restored. A Golden Age of tech, where Scientologists can move up the bridge exactly as LRH intended. And now a Golden Age of administration, where organizations themselves are built and expanded on pure LRH policy.

But even with all those Golden Ages, let us never lose sight of the overriding purpose. And that is to move every being onto and up the bridge to total freedom all the way to the top. And if that is the purpose, what yet remains is a barrier to its accomplishment. Well, the answer does not lie with those already on the bridge.

Because when someone embarks upon the Golden Age of knowledge, they do gain the fundamentals of mind, spirit, and life. When someone enters the Golden Age of tech, they can become a perfect auditor and ascend all the way to the top of the bridge. And with the Golden Age of administration, we now have organizations capable of making it so. And let us go one step further. Because we even have Golden Age introductory routes. So that when someone enters one of our organizations, no matter their ruin, we have a service that addresses it directly, immediately.

Yet there has always remained one entire segment of those entering Scientology. One we see every day. One that has always been right before our eyes. And yet never addressed. Until now. And as for what it is and how we handle it, take a look. [cheering] [music]

That is only the beginning because every one of these books is also available in 25 languages. Meaning this release marks the beginning of a whole new era for Scientology translations. Now the reason for that is something quite extraordinary because in the course of preparing translations we uncovered lost technology from LRH on the subject of translations. Namely how you translate Scientology itself.

And that begins with something LRH explained long ago. Because when developing the terminology of Dianetics and Scientology, LRH did something very deliberate. He created new words. Why? Because the phenomena he was describing had never before been precisely defined. And therefore there were no existing words that communicated them exactly. Which led LRH to state the rule for translations. And I quote, “The Scientology words themselves are not translated. There is no equivalent word in each other language because there is no equivalent word in English.” [APPLAUSE]

In other words, if the word itself is a technical term of Scientology, it remains in English and the student learns it. Beyond that, we have also made many major breakthroughs on quality of translations. And suffice it to say that absolutes may be unobtainable that these translations are as close to caps-a-loop as possible. Now let me show you how it works.

First, at the beginning of every book is this notice. Some words in this book are Scientology words. Scientology words are kept in English so that everyone who learns Scientology uses the same words and can understand each other. You can find these words in the glossary at the back of this book. Of course, that notice appears in the foreign books in their language, as in what you can see here in Spanish. Now, here is the first example of the Scientology term not translated. ARC. ARC stands for Affinity, Reality, and Communication. But ARC itself is also its own word. So it always remains ARC. And in Scientology, those three points together are known as the ARC Triangle.

Now, if you attempted to translate the word triangle, it might well say ARC Triangle. But the farmer would not know that it refers to a specific thing in Scientology, the ARC Triangle. So the term ARC Triangle remains exactly as it is, and the definition appears in the glossary at the back of the book.

Next example, Reactive Mind. LRH discovered the previously unknown reactive mind. Now, if you translated the word reactive and translated the word mind, you would end up with a generic phrase, a mind that reacts. But you would have no idea that this refers to a very specific mind discovered in Dianetics. So again, the term reactive mind remains in English, while the definition appears in the glossary.

And one more example, Thetan. Body translates easily. Mind translates easily. But Thetan remains exactly as LRH defined it because it names something that had never before been precisely described. And so, students across the world will all be studying Scientology terminology exactly the same, which means something remarkable.

People in France, Germany, Italy, or America will soon be speaking the same language of Scientology, and that marks the beginning of a whole new era for Dianetics and Scientology across this planet. [Applause]

Now, as impressive as that library is, 20 books in 25 languages, there is still one final element to this release. Because these books are not merely meant to be read, they’re meant to be applied. And that is why every one of these books also has a corresponding course, meaning the principles contained in these books can now be studied step by step as practical Scientology. And as for what that will look like, I give you the next element of this release. [Music]

Now, as you just saw, those rooms exist for one purpose, the courses themselves. And in terms of course length, they range from five hours for body, mind, thetan, start, change, stop, and honesty, 10 hours for ARC, the tone levels, the eight parts of life, how the mind works and assists, and up to 15 hours for the confront drills. Next, there does come a point when a young person quite literally outgrows the children’s course room.

And at that stage, those same courses are studied in the standard public division course room, which is also where adults study these books, because the children’s course room is reserved for children. [Laughter] Children of the stature of the room was specifically designed for. And that way, as the child grows, they simply continue their study in the public division course room, or more likely in the academy course room. [Applause]

And finally, while the books themselves can mostly be read in any order, there is a suggested sequence of study. A chart at the back of every book guides the book reader step by step, which means this is not merely a collection of books. It is a complete curriculum for the next generation of Scientologists. And indeed, it is a complete curriculum on the principles of Scientology for every Scientologist. Because while I have mainly spoken of these books for the next generation, take hold of what you now possess. Fully illustrated books explaining the fundamental principles of Scientology. And no, we have never had that before.

And that tells you something else. I would not consider any Scientologist library complete without these books. So, get them, read them, and once you do, you will be the one telling the world about them. And with that, consider yourself briefed. [Applause] Because in the end, as there is only one thing that truly matters, results. And that is a story best told by those other than me. So instead, let us hear it from those who truly matter, the very public for whom this release was created, and here they are. [Music]

KIDS: My name is Tyler. I am eight. Nine-nine years old. Nine-three quarters until I’m yourself. This is my first film interview. Are you ready? [Music] These new courses, it’s like there is the golden age of knowledge. But this is like the golden age for children. It is so exciting that we kids have our own courses, so that we can be smarter, as I told you earlier on in life. And I didn’t know what Scientology meant until I did this pack. This pack made me love, love, sorry about it. And I was looking at the picture, and it just made my mind like a billow. I was like, “Oh my God, I’m so much from there,” and it just felt like a totally new person. I feel so much smarter. I’m probably even smarter than some adult. One of my ultimate years. Now I’m going to see everything changed, like, you know, like what you’re learning. The biggest win on my tone scale course was observing what they’re doing, how they’re acting, how their eyes are. Because I can see that my looking at their face completely. But now I’m going to have to wear a technical costume. There you go. If they want it to be at the top, I’ll help them get it. On the bottom I’m being a course. I wouldn’t think that I’m not a body. I am a thing. And my mind just made up of pictures, like, millions of them. And I use them to make choices. It’s like you’re a little urban reader. I think I’m a picture of a cat and a seabag. But my eyes are close, so who’s looking? Me, honestly, I just feel like I’m excited all the time when I say “state.” And the most interesting thing that I’ve learned so far is how all of the eight dynamics are connected. And then you’re learning about the mind of those because if you get hurt really bad, your inner little just shuts off. And your reactive mind turns on. It’s like, “Let’s, let’s, let’s, let’s, let someone get hurt and be quiet because you can be recorded in their reactive mind.” If you be quiet, it has nothing to record. So it can’t bring you back. It doesn’t matter who it is. If someone gets hurt, I can help them.. If you’re feeling sad, you have to look at things until you feel a little happy. I learned how to do locational with another student, and I started to feel better and happier too. Look, this is how you do a touch assist. I knew where to put my fingers, and I knew a touch assist or anyone. And at these courses will help me in my life because it teaches me how to be able to communicate with other people. I got to a point where I was super comfortable, and I was just being there. I learned that I can talk to someone who can’t be too loud with their fingers screaming at them. The analogy is probably something sad, happy, or stale properly. Like someone says, “I’m not wearing a cap.” You know what I’m saying? That’s perfect. But if I said, “I’m sorry to hear that,” that would be a true culture. So someone made an origination, and says, “Oh my goodness, I love that coat so much.” And you’re like, “Yeah, it’s a nice coat.” And then you can go back to whatever you were talking about. I felt really excited when I got a pass. And I’m like, “Yeah.” It felt very rewarding when the suit passed us because I really felt like I had done it. The kids, older kids, little bit of a challenge too. And that’s what older kids like. They like a bit of a challenge. I know that control is made of three points. Start change stuff. My biggest point of start change stuff is that I really felt like I could just control everything now. I did the honest request. I did the honest time for the nine. That’s it. It’s just in card number. And the over-end is when you do something bad. If you don’t have to choose a moment over, it can become a withhold. When you have a withhold, you will feel bad and not good. But when you tell, the whistle can be vanished. And then you may feel good again. Even when you feel like you’re in the deepest pit of ice, you can just wake up for all those laps and still go back to the surface. Since I always have to be happy, I can be responsible, respect everyone, and help everyone. I can recover them now if I want to stay sober, looking, learning, and I have to breath the shaking through the other side. If they’ll do badly, they’ll treat you badly. And if you treat them good, then they’ll treat you. Really respect your parents and your growing. And if parents were watching, you tried to show your kids too. Now they’re close enough. And that can keep going instead of a whole chain reaction. I’ve seen this before. Now that I know all the 21 steps, now I can be happy for the rest of my life. Once I’ve finished, I’m so proud. Imagine how much great warm wonders there can be. There is so much more to give. My bridge below, in low for air. Be clear by the time I’m 16. My voice is here! And I want to go up the bridge. Right now. [Music] [Applause]

MISCAVIGE: And so, after everything you’ve seen tonight, after everything now rising across this planet, one truth stands above all others. That the power of source shines brighter than ever. Look at what we now possess. Technology that works. Champions who prove it. And now, a new generation stepping forward onto the bridge. [Applause]

What you have just seen is more than a success story. It is the future of Scientology. It is the next chapter of LRH’s legacy. And it means only one thing. The most meaningful race on Earth has only just begun. And with it, the next golden age of Scientology.

Not Sunday, not years from now, but here and now. Because tonight, you did not simply witness the future of Scientology. You witnessed the moment it began. And that is the birthday gift we give to the men. You made it all possible. Happy birthday, sir, to LRH! [Applause] [Music]

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