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By L. Ron Hubbard Dianetics and Scientology May Be a Century Ahead of Their Times but Still They Are Just in Time Before We All Go up in Smoke THE AUDITORI! THE MONTHLY JOURNAL OF SCIENTOLOGY DIANETICS by L. Ron Hubbard Dianetics and Scientology may be a century ahead of their times but still they are just in time before we all go up in smoke DIANETICS means “through the mind” (Greek: THE “REACTIVE MIND” DISCOVERED was never really applied to the mind. “Dia” — through, “noos” - mind]. In early Dianetic research the human mind and “Researchers” in this field were not fully It is the first fully precise science of the mind. basic human- character were found to have been trained in mathematics, the scientific method or The world before Dianetics had never known a most grossly maligned because Man had not been logic. They were interested mainly in their own precision mental Science. able to distinguish between irrational conduct private ideas and in political targets. derived from another, far more vicious source. Dianetics was first conceived in 1930. A long Man has used mental knowledge in the past research in ancient and modern philosophy The Reactive Mind was discovered. It had man­ mainly for control, politics and propaganda. culminated in 1938 when I discovered that the aged to bury itself from view so thoroughly that OTHER “MENTAL THERAPY" common denominator of all existence was only inductive philosophy, travelling from effect SURVIVE. back to cause, served to uncpyer it. The Reactive Various forms of “mental therapy” were in ex­ Dianetics was first publicly released in 1950 Mind is a portion of a person’s mind which works istence before Dianetics. I with the book Dianetics, the Modem Science of on a totally stimulus-response basis, which is not Psychology and psychiatry were developed Mental Health/ and has been increasingly success­ under his volitional control, and which exerts force chiefly by a Russian veterinarian named Ivan Petro­ ful since that time. •». and the power of command over his awareness, vich Pavlov (1849 - 1936). His basic principle was purposes, thoughts, body and actions. that men were only animals and could be con­ Dianetics was the basic discovery which led to and was the reason for Scientology. In the early AND “ENGRAMS” ditioned and trained much like dancing bears or dogs. ‘50s new discoveries concerning the spirit brought Stored in the Reactive Mind are engrams, and us into Scientology. here we find the single source of aberrations and This work was intended only to CONTROL people and so has found great favor with certain But Dianetics was never lost sight of and every psychosomatic ills. rulers and upper classes. None of the activities of little while I would push it further ahead toward a These engrams are a complete recording, down psychology or psychiatry were designed to help or fast, easy 100% workability. to the last accurate detail, of every perception cure, only to control the masses. The present day release of Standard Dianetics is present in a moment of partial or full uncon­ near final product. sciousness. The Western nations overlooked the fact that this work had already destroyed several countries WHAT DIANETICS DOES The Reactive Mind comprises an unknowing, un­ (including Czarist Russia) and that Stalin had wanted scries of aberrated computations which ‘made Pavlov write up his work in the Kremlin in Physical illness, aches, pains, continual exhaus­ bring about an effect upon the individual and those 1928 in order to permit the control of men. tion, body malfunctions are created or held in an around him. It is an^obsessive strata of unknown, unchanging state by the mind. This is called unseen, uninspected data which are forcing solu­ The West at that time was run by only the “ very psychosomatic ( psycho - spirit, somatic - body ) tions, unknown and unsuspected, on the individ- best people” and possibly it pleased them greatly illness. It has been known about for a century but ual-which tells you why it remained hidden from to think that the masses they controlled were only there has never been a positive remedy before Dia­ man for so many thousands of years. animals after all. That this also made them netics. animals did not occur to them. THE FIRST PUBLIC BOOK The actual source of psychosomatic illness has Using the mental studies of an enemy is a very been located in Dianetics. The isolation and resolution of the Reactive dangerous thing to do. Mind was a major breakthrough for man. Auditing ( it means to listen ) is a term given to Psychoanalysis was developed by an Austrian the application of Dianetics. The exact moment of the breakthrough is re­ Jew, Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). His occasional corded at the public level with the book. DIA- successes served to point out that there was a No drugs, no hypnotism, no mechanical treat­ NETJCS: The Modern Science of Mental Health. possibility of solving psychosomatic illness through ment is used. This book burst on the western world in May addressing the mind. His concentration on sex gave The end product of Dianetics is a well, happy, 1950, shot to the top of the leading “best seller” psychoanalysis considerable popularity. high IQ human being. It does not attempt and lists and stayed there, and stayed there. It still sells THE COLD TRUTH should not be confused with the end product of more copies around the world than the average Scientology which is spiritual freedom. best seller in any given year. The results of psychiatry are physically damaging, DIANETICS vs SCIENTOLOGY consisting of various brutalities and often BEFORE 1950 injure the patient for life or kill him outright. Though they hold in common certain basic In thousands of years before 1950 there were There have never been any cures listed or claimed tools, Dianetics and Scientology are not identical many philosophers and much knowledge was for psychiatric treatment as its interest lies only in subjects and their technologies are not the same. gathered in the field of mathematics, electronics control. The cost is about $2000 a month often But the early days of Dianetics were the early and the material sciences. for years in America. beginnings of Scientology. Dianetics is the route However, due to ideologies and political con­ Psychology is mainly used for testing aptitude from aberrated ( or aberrated and ill ) human to a flicts, little of this prior knowledge was ever or intelligence. It has counseling as part of its well, happy, high-1 .Q. human being. This break­ applied to the field of the human mind. activities but it is more concerned with and through had never before been achieved in Man’s financed for warfare. history. Scientology is the route from there to The scientific idea of regarding as a truth only that which could be demonstrated with a result Psychoanalysis requires up to five years for an total freedom and ability as a spiritual being. continued on page 2 IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THIS BOOK YOU’VE MISSED THE MOST IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT REGARDING THE HUMAN MIND IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ! DIANETICS T M k HOOCIM SCIENCE OF MENTAL* »¿¿AV™ DIANETICS, The Modern Science of Mental Health by L Ron Hubbard * Dianetics reveals the Dianetics produces a condition of greatly in­ dynamic principle of creased ability and rationality for Man, en­ existence and the basic hancing his vigor and personality. nature of Man. Dianetics provides methods for protection of Dianetics presents proven scientific evidence mental health. as to the basic nature and functions of the Dianetics reveals inherent mental abilities human mind. previously hidden. Dianetics provides procedures by which Study and training in Dianetics prepares one neuroses, compulsions, repressions, social for the further attainment of higher states of derangements and psychosomatic ills can be existence in Scientology. eradicated. O R D E R f r o m : A S H O 2723 West Temple St., Los Angeles, California 90026 While every effort will be made to fill your order, if you have a prepaid book order and delivery has not occured ( $4.00 for H.A.S.l. Members ) within a reasonable time, upon receipt of your invoice and at your request for cancellation of said order, your payment r i l C v i 4> O a U U POSTPAID will be fully refunded. BUY YOUR COPIES NOW will not set a broken leg or deliver a baby. But it Men are not animals. can help get the leg healed in two weeks instead of Well men are sane meji. D ianetics the usual six and after effects of childbirth do not Dianetics, if applied to individuals in the society, continued from page l exist when Dianetic auditing is also used. uncertain result and costs about $20,000. brings hope, and well and sane beings. MAN’S STRUGGLE These well and sane beings, sent on to Scien­ Dianetics requires only a matter of hours [about Man is being subjected to fantastic and violent tology, than become brilliant and very able beings. 100], and only helps and does not injure anyone. efforts to lure or crush him into docility. This is We are evolving Man to a higher state. It costs about $25 an hour in the U.S. [The the obvious end product of Russian and East In this state he can better handle his problems. Hubbard Standard Dianetics Course, which in­ European technologies now heavily financed and cludes all the Dianetic auditing a student wants supported, unwittingly, by Western governments. We are not trying to overthrow anyone. We are from other competent students at no additional not revolting against anyone. In truth we can even charge, costs only $500 total in the U.S.) Man’s response to this is riots and civil disorder make the fancied “very best people” into actual in universities, unions and streets.
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