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"The most desirable state in an individual is complete self-determinism. Such self-determinism may be altered and shaped to some degree by education and environment, but so long as the individual is not aberrated, he is in possession of self-determinism. So long as he is self-determined in his actions he adjusts himself successfully to the degree that his environment will permit such an adjustment. He will be more forceful, effective and happier in that environment than when aberrated.... The basic individual is not a buried unknown or a different person, but an intensity of all that is best and most able in the person.

—L. Ron Hubbard

L. Ron Hubbard
This excerpt was taken from the book, The Dynamics of Life by L. Ron Hubbard.

 

"BACK TO SCHOOL" BRINGS STUDENTS "BACK TO STRESS"

Many students over these past few months have enjoyed a relatively leisurely summer. Soon they will again begin their schooling season. Unfortunately, instead of experiencing a purely focused learning environment, many students' stress levels will ramp up quickly. It's that time of year again when students begin to prepare all semester long only to once again be enveloped in the stressful ritual of cramming for exams. Too many students can't take the pressure and drop out.

According to a recent study, the percentage of college students experiencing anxiety over their academic performance has grown significantly over the last two decades. The Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) found that over 30 percent of college freshmen feel "frequently overwhelmed by all I have to do," compared with 16 percent in 1985.

When students see their education as a challenge, stress can bring them an increased capacity to learn. But when it becomes a threat, stress creates feelings of helplessness and a foreboding sense of loss.

Stress is very subjective. What is too much for one is just right for another. Recurrent physical and psychological stress can diminish self-esteem, decrease interpersonal and academic effectiveness, create a cycle of self-blame and self-doubt and may cause physical illness.

In the New York Times best-selling book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, author L. Ron Hubbard explains how these stressful situations affect our drive towards happiness, achievement and survival. And how these stressful mental states can even affect our physical health.

Dianetics describes just how the reactive or subconscious part of the mind can overwhelm the analytical mind—and why this causes stress. This mechanism in the mind managed to bury itself from view so thoroughly that only many years of exact research and careful testing uncovered it.

"This is the mind which makes a man suppress his hopes, which holds his apathies, which gives him irresolution when he should act and kills him before he has begun to live," writes Hubbard in Dianetics.

It is also the part of the mind that causes illnesses which have been described as psychosomatic—like headaches, allergies, asthma, high blood pressure and a host of other stress-induced 'syndromes' and ailments.

Brent Wisner was studying at UCLA when he felt his stress levels spiraling out of control, "I remember sitting in a lecture, shivering. I was nervous about a test that was going to happen in three weeks! It was like I was possessed," remarks Wisner. "One philosophy class became so upsetting, I actually starting thinking college was a waste of my time. Everything bothered me: my mom, my friends and even my girlfriend. There was this haze over everything—I couldn't think straight."

Then he read Dianetics. "After I read Dianetics, I truly understood what was causing it all and what I could do to fix it. Then, after using the simple procedure, I started being able to control the cause of this stress myself. The stress melted away, class became enjoyable and my girlfriend and I stopped fighting. It made college, and life, fun again."

Before stressful education further attacks the future leaders of our nation, it is vital that we truly educate them on how to overcome such anxiety and stress. Visit www.dianeticsDOTORG for more information.

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My relationship just blossomed and we've become closer than we've ever come before.

"I had this really wonderful relationship with this girl. She was beautiful. She was everything that I wanted to have. But I was, for whatever reason, constantly depressed. I would get into these emotional situations where nothing would really occur but I would just feel like she was going to leave. And I felt very insecure with her being around other guys. If she was talking to some guy it would completely ruin me.

"I would sit in my bedroom crying and thinking, 'There's just something going to go wrong. She's leaving me. Oh my goodness! This relationship is not happening.'

"This was how I was feeling in life. I felt like there was no way I could actually go on with this relationship. I couldn't do this. And as a guy, I was trying to push it away. I thought I had to be all macho about it. It was really affecting me.

"And then Dianetics came along. I thought, 'This has to work!'

"In my first Dianetics session, we addressed those issues and that loss just completely disappeared. And later, during the moments that I would think that I was going to react that way, it didn't occur. It was just gone. It was absolutely beautiful. My relationship just blossomed and we've become closer than we've ever come before. It was just amazing!"

—K.G., Los Angeles, CA

After one Dianetics session the feelings of loss of her brother were gone.

"She was always having this problem about a brother, about losing him. He died. She was always griefy about it and crying.

"Then I took her to receive a Dianetics session. Afterwards she said, 'I can't believe it! I can't believe it! It's not there any more! I can have life again! I don't have that problem any more! I understand where all this is coming from!'

"That's great because it's my family. When you see someone from your family winning like that. She had the problem for so many years and now it's not there. It was just amazing!"

—J.A., Los Angeles

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Self-determinism...
"BACK TO SCHOOL" BRINGS STUDENTS "BACK TO STRESS"
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There is a hidden part of your mind that affects the way you think, feel and act. It’s called the reactive mind because it reacts irrationally—manipulating your thoughts, controlling your emotions, and making you lose confidence and trust in yourself.

Dianetics® technology provides you with the technology to GET RID of your reactive mind and take control of your life. With Dianetics you can achieve:

  • Higher intelligence
  • Creative imagination
  • Amazing vitality
  • Deep relaxation
  • Good memory
  • Strong will-power
  • Radiant health
  • Magnetic personality
  • Good self-control

The Dianetics Self-Improvement Package has everything you need to start using Dianetics to handle your reactive mind, including:

Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, which gives the complete anatomy of the reactive mind and the technology to erase it.

DVD VIDEODianetics: A Visual Guidebook to the Mind DVD, shows a step-by-step demonstration of Dianetics auditing that makes it easy to get started.

Dianetics Lectures and Demonstrations, four one-hour recorded lectures by L. Ron Hubbard, in which you’ll hear him explain and demonstrate the breakthroughs of Dianetics.

Dianetics Self-Improvement Home Study Course, an easy-to-do course that takes you through all of the above and greatly increases your understanding of Dianetics. Do your lessons on-line!

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On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you describe your competence at work?

Before Dianetics After Dianetics
6.5 8.5

75% said Dianetics improved their income-making ability, while on average Dianetics improved competence at work by 131% and users increased their income by an average of 306% — proving the point that investing in yourself with Dianetics is the wisest investment you can make.

Join the millions who have used Dianetics to become truly well and happy. Take your next step towards getting rid of your reactive mind!

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