Tom Cruise… The side you don’t know

By Steve Wolf

For many, “Tom Cruise” invokes ideas concerning his faith or marriages. People care because he’s famous. But why is he famous? What makes him great at his craft? There’s a side of Tom you don’t know if you haven’t worked with him.

I worked with Tom on a movie called “The Firm.” He led a cast that included Gene Hackman, Hal Holbrook and Holly Hunter, and I was special effects coordinator. We spoke often and I got to watch him work. What I saw was life-changing. Continue reading →

I read this in the NY Times on Sunday 6th of December – Bono (U2) was getting an interview about Paris and at the end of the article he said the following:

“When you get bleak about things and think, Gosh, is there an end to this? Yeah, there is, it just takes lots of work, lots of time.  I was never a hippie – I’m punk rock, really.  I was never into:  ‘Let’s hold hands, and peace will come just because we’ll dream it into the world’.  No.  Peace is the opposite of dreaming. It’s built slowly and surely through brutal compromises and tiny victories that you don’t even see.  It’s a messy business, bringing peace into the world. But it can be done, I’m sure of that.”

“Reclaiming the Heart of Our Humanity—Working Together For a World of Compassion, Peace, Justice and Sustainability.”

Despite the divisiveness and religious conflict so regularly promoted in the mainstream media, here, some 10,000 members of 50 different religious traditions representing 80 countries joined in the common goals of improving society and promoting peace.

Read more about the Parliament of the World’s Religions here.

The new Narconon Suncoast was made possible by generous contributions from members of the International Association of Scientologists (IAS).

The fifth such model center to open in the past two months, follows the dedication of the Continental Narconon of Europe on the idyllic Lake Arresø in Denmark September 5; the model Narconon United Kingdom on a country estate in East Sussex September 5; the Continental Narconon for Latin America on a hacienda in Villa Victoria, Mexico,September 12; and a Narconon to serve artists and leaders of society atop a mountain in Ojai, California, September 13.

Narconon centers operate today in some 23 countries on six continents. For more information, visit www.narconon.org.