ello, my name is Marji Bang, and here is a little bit about myself:

     As a child, I knew there had to be more to life than growing up, growing older and then to eventually expect to die. I would ask myself, "Is that all there is?" I would ask myself, "What made that body move when it was alive?" I would watch my family suffer heartache, emotional upsets, life's disappointments and losses and I would wonder why they had to suffer like that. I was nothing that seemed to ease their pain. I wanted to find out a way to get out of the trap. I did see it as a trap and I was in it too. I would lie awake at night and wonder if I was born too early. I grew up during the time when we were able to put a man on the moon, so I thought maybe in the years to come science would find a way to help us live a better life. Somehow or another I figured out on my own that it wasn't the physical sciences that could change what was going on within us. I grew up seeking answers to my questions and I wanted to help others be free of their burdens.

     I was working in Washington, D.C. and I was given the book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health by someone who came in to work with me. I was raising my son alone and searching for answers. I read the book, and went to hear a lecture on the subject. That really did it for me. I realized that this was the way out of the condition I had gotten myself into, and felt hope at last. That was 1976. Scientology has never let me down. Scientology has given me the ability to be happy - a very precious thing in life and the good news is that by studying the subject I can give these abilities and gains to my family and friends too.