World Famous Jazz Musician Chick Corea in Brussels to present non-religious moral code, The Way to Happiness
28th May 2004
World famous jazz musician Chick Corea appeared at the Church of Scientology International’s office in Brussels, presenting his own personalized version of a booklet called the Way To Happiness — a non religious moral code by philosopher and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard. Multi Grammy awards winner, Chick Corea played to a packed enthusiastic audience at the Flagey theatre in Brussels last night, where they were also treated to an impromptu performance with Belgian harmonica great, Toots Thielemans.
Mr. Corea has always promoted human rights and other social improvement causes and his current support for
The Way to Happiness campaign is another step in this direction. “I support
The Way to Happiness because it provides a common sense assistance and direction for people who are looking for an honest and fair approach to life, Mr. Corea said. “Because it promotes no particular religion or philosophy and conflicts with the extreme, it can be used by anyone.”
During the presentation, the booklet “Teaching Trust, Honesty and Self-Respect ” was released, the fifth in a series of 12 publications to make the Scientology religion and its social betterment activities better known in Europe. The booklet, which has been sent to some 56,000 decision makers in Europe, describes the European and worldwide use of The Way To Happiness: what started as a grassroots movement to restore tolerance and decency in individual communities has, within the last decade, moved forward to encompass entire European nations.
The Way to Happiness is a non-religious common-sense guide to happier living. What is different about it is that it not only presents the precepts by which one may live a better life, but it also explains why. Each precept is accompanied with an essay detailing concrete reasons why such behaviour translates into better survival and greater happiness. It demonstrates the real correlation between virtue and joy.
The central theme of the book is a common sense appeal to one and all to respect one another and to help each other find happiness.
To preserve and ensure unbiased political administration, nations must maintain the separation of church and state. Whilst there are a number of areas in which the boundaries of such separation have a tendency to overlap, perhaps none is more prominent than the debate on religious teachings in our schools.
No religion should be enforced upon a school’s students, but the removal of religious influence in schools can nullify the moral guidance that religious teachings often provide. Mr. Hubbard wrote The Way to Happiness not as a religious work, but as a means to fill the void left by the lack of moral guidance in the schools. It promotes no religion or faith, rather it helps one decide the manner in which one lives, especially during times of moral dilemma.
Many of the points are fundamental in promoting and preserving democracy and ensuring unbiased political administration.
This presentation of The Way to Happiness will show how it has already contributed to resolving social conflict and personal problems around the world.
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