His research into the mind and life culminated in 1950 with the publication of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, Presenting a unique and revolutionary view of the human mind and human ability, the book became an immediate bestseller and has remained a bestseller for five decades. With over 18 million copies sold, Dianetics is the most widely read book on the human mind ever published.

     Following the publication of Dianetics, L. Ron Hubbard continued his research into what he called the “awareness of awareness unit” - the human spirit. His discoveries of the true nature and potential of the human spirit became the subject of Scientology Today Scientology is used by millions in all walks of life, who consider that they have no better friend than L. Ron Hubbard.