“Hubbard’s bestseller has helped millions, and it should be read and used by all who are searching for a true understanding of the mind and a solution to such problems as self-doubt, stress, anxiety and depression.” (World Reporter)

“[Dianetics is] a new science which works with the invariability of physical science in the field of the human mind. From all indications it will prove to be as revolutionary for humanity as the first caveman’s discovery and utilization of fire.” (Daily Mirror)

Here is L. Ron Hubbard’s landmark book presenting his discovery of the reactive mind that underlies and enslaves Man. It’s the source of nightmares, unreasonable fears, upsets and insecurity. And here is the way to get rid of it and achieve the long sought goal of Clear. This is the complete handbook of Dianetics procedure and, with it, any two reasonably intelligent people can break the chains that have held them prisoner to the upsets and trauma of the past. A bestseller for more than half a century and with tens of millions of copies in print, translated in more than fifty languages and used in more than 100 countries of Earth, Dianetics is indisputably the most widely read and influential book about the human mind ever written. And for that reason, it will forever be known as Book One.

Among the discoveries herein:

• The Goal of Man
• The Dynamic Principle of Existence—the one word that motivates all living things
• The Four Dynamics—the drives upon which all of life is compartmented
• The Descriptic Graph of Survival—revealing one’s true potential and how to achieve it
• The discovery of and complete anatomy of the reactive mind
• The painful experiences—engrams—contained in the reactive mind which command one to act irrationally against their own wishes and goals
• The impact of prenatal engrams—what took place before you were born and how it’s influenced you ever since
• The complete Dianetics procedure to discover and eradicate these harmful experiences so they never affect you again, revealing the one person you’ve always wanted to know—you.

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More About Scientology: The Fundamentals of Thought

For thousands of years Man has searched, pondered and speculated about the true “meaning of life.” But, in Scientology, that search has culminated—for the secret has now been discovered. Based on precision Axioms (self-evident truths), these are the answers—answers you’ve been looking for, answers that work.

Here, then, is the Basic Book on the Theory and Practice of Scientology, with discoveries embracing every aspect of life, including:

• The Cycle-of-Action, revealing what underlies the continuous cycle of creation, survival and destruction—a cycle that seems inevitable in life, but which is only an apparency
• The Conditions-of-Existence that comprise all life and livingness—and by which one can truly Be
• The Eight Dynamics upon which all life is compartmented and by which one can resolve the puzzle of their own existence
• The Affinity, Reality and Communication Triangle, revealing and explaining the underlying principles of true human relations
• The Parts of Man, the comprehensive explanation of Spirit, Mind and Body, their anatomy and interrelationship in every being
• The Reason Why, answering the questions of “what it’s all about” and giving the very elements of survival, happiness and life itself
• Scientology Processes that unlock the life force that is you

And, with this book, you won’t just “learn”—you’ll discover these principles for yourself. Because this is Scientology—the knowledge of you.

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More About Handbook for Preclears

Handbook for Preclears is the legendary self-processing manual that marks the transition from the subject of Dianetics to Scientology. Here are the breakthroughs that revealed the phenomenon of the LIFE CONTINUUM—a mechanism by which every individual takes on the disabilities of the deceased or departed, until they are no longer living their own life. Here, then, are the answers to getting rid of all those parts of “you” that aren’t really YOU. The book includes:

• Expansive essays providing the most complete description of The Ideal State of Man
• The Goals of Man, and why his survival depends upon the conquest of the physical universe
• The Human Mind, how it operates and its underlying purpose
• The Control Center, the “awareness of awareness” unit of the mind, and how it is CAUSE of the body and environment
• The Hubbard Chart of Attitudes, a milestone breakthrough that complements the Hubbard Chart of Human Evaluation, which explains one’s reactions to life
• The Fifteen Acts of self-processing that move an individual from EFFECT to CAUSE—processes so powerful that this book is now known as the book of miracles
• And, the Definitions, Logics and Axioms providing the very basis of the study of knowledge and the underlying truths of what life itself is doing

In self-processing, “Handbook for Preclears” is used in conjunction with “Self Analysis.”

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More About Clear Body, Clear Mind

Following is an article by L. Ron Hubbard entitled Our Biochemical Society.

“We live in a chemical-oriented society. One would be hard put to find someone in the present-day civilization who is not affected by this fact. Every day, the vast majority of the public is subjected to the intake of food preservatives and other chemical poisons including atmospheric poisons and pesticides. Added to this are the pain pills, tranquilizers, psychiatric and other medical drugs and prescribed by doctors. Additionally, the widespread use of marijuana, LSD, cocaine and other street drugs contribute heavily to the scene. …

“An enormous volume of material has been written on the subject of toxic substances, their reported effects and the prospects for their handling. Examples abound in publications and news reports.

“The current environment is permeated with life-hostile elements. Drugs, radioactive waste, pollutants and chemical agents of all types are not only everywhere, but are becoming even more prevalent as time goes on. In fact, they are so commonplace they are almost impossible to avoid.

“For example, some of the things put in canned vegetables or soup could be considered toxic. They are preservatives and the action of a preservative is to impede decay. Yet digestion and cellular action are based on decay. In other words, those things might be great for the manufacturer, as they preserve the product, but they could be very bad for the consumer. It is not that I am on a food faddism kick or a kick against preservatives. The point is that Man is surrounded by toxins.

“This example alone of preservatives in foods illustrates the degree to which one can encounter toxic substances in daily living.

“But combine that with the enemies of various countries using widespread drug addiction as a defeatist mechanism and nations vying with each other in the manufacture and testing of nuclear weapons (and so increasing the amount of radioactive material free in the environment). Then add the ready availability of painkillers and sedatives, the increased use of industrial and agricultural chemicals, and toxic substances developed for chemical warfare. In short (and putting it bluntly), this society, at this time, is riddled with toxic substances.

“It is to this situation that the Purification Program is addressed.”

— L. Ron Hubbard

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More About Dianetics: The Original Thesis

Here is Mr. Hubbard’s first description of Dianetics. Originally circulated in manuscript form to a few friends, it was soon copied and passed hand-to-hand until it literally circled the globe. But the resultant word of mouth only fueled the fire. With thousands of letters requesting more information, he concluded the only way to answer all inquiries was with a book. That book was Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, now the all-time bestseller on the mind. Find out what started it all. For here are the bedrock discoveries and equations of Dianetics, including:

• The Primary Axioms of Dianetics—axioms upon which the entire subject is built
• The discovery of the Dynamic Principle of Existence that drives all life forms—SURVIVE!
• The Four Dynamics by which life is compartmented and which determine one’s survival
• The discovery and anatomy of the Reactive Mind
• Engrams, the single source of all irrational behavior
• The powerful command in every engram which prevented their discovery and handling before Dianetics
• The Analytical Mind, its function and operation
• The first description of the state of Clear, its attributes and potentials
• And, most important, the Laws of Returning—containing the explanation of both how and why auditing works

Here, then, are the fundamental breakthroughs Mr. Hubbard used to make the first Clears—breakthroughs which made possible the development of technology for use by every individual to begin the clearing of a planet, breakthroughs only contained in Dianetics: The Original Thesis.

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More About Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science

Originally written and published in national magazines to coincide with the release of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, here is L. Ron Hubbard’s own story of his developmental trail and two-decade journey to the discovery of the Reactive Mind.

Evolution of a Science contains the only account of:

• How the optimum computing machine—the mind—works
• How Mr. Hubbard discovered Basic Personality
• How the Dynamic Principle of Existence—SURVIVE!—was first isolated
• How wrong answers enter into the mind and are held down, giving further wrong answers
• How there seem to be “Demons” of the mind
• How the engram was discovered
• How Dianetics techniques were developed

That’s why Evolution of a Science is the story of the greatest adventure of all—the exploration that discovered the Reactive Mind and the technology to conquer it. He wrote it so you would know.

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