Lecture: MEST Processing

Let’s go into the history of what they laughingly used to call psychotherapy. The first thing that man came up with in this line that was really effective was shock treatment and hypnotism. These are the oldest varieties —sedation, narcosynthesis, shock and, at about the same time, brain operations. These are about two thousand years [...]

Article: Associate Newsletter No. 5

I came down to Spain for a rest and to organize the material for the doctorate degrees. Living is better here than in many other places and it is certainly beautiful enough to encourage anybody.
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I had two important things to do in Europe. One of them concerns doctorate degrees. You may have heard of Milan [...]

Lecture: Study of the Particle

Take this thing called “freedom.” Take this thing called “democracy.” Today they – you – everybody practices democracy. It isn’t democracy, it’s some kind of socialism. I don’t know what kind of a socialism, it’s invented all the time. But we’re fondly believing that our forefathers fought for democracy. They didn’t, they fought for rugged [...]

Lecture: Formative State of Scientology: Definition of Logic

It is all very well to say, “One equals one,” until you ask, “One what?” It’s very nice to have an abstract datum: one,  and this abstract datum is a symbol  that  will   represent  another  one,   and   that  is   a   symbol  which represents—but let’s  say,  “One what?” And we say, “One  apple.” And if we [...]

Lecture: Agree and Disagree: Have, Not Have

What is space? Space is a viewpoint of dimension. Is it an actuality? No, it’s not an actuality. It’s just viewpoint of dimension. Therefore, many things can  exist  concurrently  with  many  other  things  in  the  same  space.  Why? Because the space isn’t there. Does this call Korzybski a liar? Yes, it does, but he didn’t [...]

DMSMH Appendix II: The Scientific Method

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The Scientific Method
The Scientific Method is based solidly on definite rules, but is none the less, like the American Way of Life, something that must be lived to be fully understood. The United States has a Constitution, but the American Way of Life is far more than that; so the Scientific [...]

Article: Terra Incognita: The Mind

The comanome1, a period of unconsciousness which contained physical pain and apparent antagonism to the survival of the individual, has been isolated as the sole source of mental aberration. A certain part of the mind seems to be devoted to their reception and retention. In Dianetics, this part of the mind is called the [...]

Lecture: Scientology Zero

Well, it works out this way: Having completed the entire span of Scientology research at all of the upper levels and rounded it all out, I never thought I’d be called upon to suddenly undercut the lot, find a brand-new series of processes, and a processing theory and philosophy on which to build the edifice. [...]

Lecture: The Key Words (Buttons) of Scientology Clearing – Question and Answer Period

Oh, there’s a brand-new rule I’d better tell you. It’s a brand-new rule: The first incident – this is one of the oldest rules we have, this part of it – the prior incident, the earlier incident, always should receive the greater attention for lasting and final results, you see? That’s back to getting basic-basic [...]

Article: The True Story of Scientology

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THE TRUE STORY of Scientology is simple, concise and direct. It is quickly told:
1. A philosopher developed a philosophy about life and death.
2. People find it interesting.
3. People find it works.
4. People pass it along to others.
5. It grows.
When we examine this extremely accurate and very brief account, we see that there must be in [...]

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