Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health PDF
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BRIDGEPUBLICATIONS,INC. 4751 FountainAvenue LosAngeles,California9°029 © 195°,20°7L.RonHubbardLibrary. Artwork:©2007L.RonHubbardLibrary.AllRightsReserved. Anyunauthorizedcopying,translation,duplication,importation ordistribution,inwholeorinpart,byanymeans,includingelectronic copying,storageortransmission,isaviolationofapplicablelaws. ISBN978-1-4°31-4484-3 Dinnet;cs,Hubbard, OT, Purifientian, Scientology,TheBridge, BookOne, L. RonHllbbnrd, Dinnetkn,SnintHill, E-MeterandLRHaretrademarks andservicemarksownedbyReligiousTechnologyCenter andareusedwithitspermission. ScientoJogistisacollectivemembershipmarkdesignatingmembers oftheaffiliatedchurchesandmissionsofScientology. BridgePllblicntians,Inc. isatrademarkandservicemarkin CaliforniaanditisownedbyBridgePublications,Inc. l"IEWERAisatrademarkandservicemark. Printedinthe UnitedStlltesofA'me1-icn DEDICATEDTO OOitt $Z)U1:ant IMPORTANT NOTE Inreadingthis book, beverycertainyou nevergo pastawordyoudo notfullyunderstand.Theonly reasonapersongivesupastudyorbecomesconfused orunabletolearnisbecauseheorshehasgonepast awordthatwasnotunderstood. Theconfusionorinabilitytograsporlearncomes AFTER aword the person did not have defined and understood. It may not onlybe the new and unusualwordsyouhavetolookup.Somecommonly used words can often be misdefined andso cause confusion. This datumaboutnotgoingpastan undefined wordisthemostimportantfactinthewholesubjectof stud}r.Everysubjectyouhavetakenupandabandoned haditswordswhichyoufailedtogetdefmed. Therefore, in studyingthis bookbevery, very certainyou nevergo pastawordyou do notfully understand. Ifthe material becomes confusingor youcan'tseemtograspit,therewillbeawordjust earlierthatyou have notunderstood. Don'tgoany further, butgobacktoBEFOREyougotintotrouble, find the misunderstood word and getitdefined. GLOSSARY AglossaryofDianeticsTermsisprovided attheend ofthisbook.Further,toaidreadercomprehension, L. RonHubbard directedthe editors to provide a glossaryforotherwordsandphrases.Thisisincluded intheAppendix,Editor'sG/oSStl11o/Words, Termsand Ph,·ases. Wordssometimes have several meanings. TheEditor'sGlossaryonlycontainsthedefinitionsof wordsastheyareusedinthistext.Otherdefinitions canbefoundinstandardlanguageorDianeticsand Scientologydictionaries. Ifyou find any other words you do not know, lookthemupinagooddictionary. SYNOPSIS Dianetics (Greekdia, through, and nous, mind or soul)isthescienceofmind. Farsimplerthanphysics orchemistry,itcompareswiththemintheexactness ofitsaxiomsandisonaconsiderablyhigherechelon ofusefulness. Thehiddensou.rceofallpsychosomaticills andhumanaberrationhasbeendiscoveredandskillshave beendevelopedfortheirinvariablecure. D IANETICS IS ACTUALLY afamily ofsciencesembracingthe various humanities and translating them into usefully precise definitions. The presentvolume deals with Individual Dianetics and is a handbook containing the necessary skills both for the handlingofinterpersonal relationsandthe treatmentofthe mind. With the techniques presented in this handbook, the intelligent layman cansuccessfullytreatall psychosomaticills and inorganic aberrations.Moreimportantly;theskillsofferedinthishandbookwill producetheDianeticClear, anoptimumindividualwithintelligence considerably greater than the current normal, or the Dianetic Rekase, anindividualwho has beenfreed from his majoranxieties or illnesses. The Release can be done in less than twenty hours ofworkandis astate superior to anyproduced byseveralyearsof psychoanalysis, since the Releasewillnotrelapse. Dianeticsis an exactscienceand its application is on theorder of,butsimplerthan, engineering.Itsaxiomsshouldnotbeconfused withtheoriessincetheydemonstrablyexistasnaturallawshitherto undiscovered. Man has known many portions ofDianetics in the past thousands ofyears, but the data was not evaluated for importance,was notorganizedinto abodyofprecise knowledge. In addition to things known ifnot evaluated, Dianetics includes a large number ofnew discoveries ofits own about thoughtand the mind. The axioms may be found on the end sheets ofthis volume. Understoodandapplied,theyembracethefieldofhumanendeavor andthoughtandyieldprecisionresults. The first contribution ofDianetics is the discovery that the problems ofthought and mental function can be resolved within the bounds ofthe finite universe, which is to say that all data needfulto thesolutionofmentalactionandMan'sendeavorcanbe measured,sensedandexperiencedasscientifictruthsindependentof mysticismormetaphysics.Thevariousaxiomsare notassumptions ortheories-thecaseofpastideasaboutthemind- butarelawswhich can besubjected to the mostvigorouslaboratoryandclinicaltests. ThefirstlawofDianeticsisastatementoftheDynamicPrinciple ofExistence. THEDYNAMICPRINCIPLEOF EXISTENCEIS: SURVIVE! No behavior or activityhas been found to existwithout this principle. Itis notnewthatlifeis surviving. Itis newthatlife has asitsentire dynamicurgeonlysurvival. Survivalisdividedintofourdynamics.Survivalcanbeunderstood tolieinanyoneofthedynamicsandbyfaultylogiccanbeexplained intermsofanyone dynamic.Amancanbesaid to survive forself aloneandbythisallbehaviorcanbeformulated. He canbesaid to surviveforsexaloneandbysexaloneallbehaviorcanbefonnulated. He canbesaid to survive for the group onlyorforMankind only, and in either ofthese the entire endeavor and behavior ofthe ii
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