Featured Dianetics story: Can
your past memories dictate your life?
"He
suddenly erupted in a bloodcurdling cry
that sent me jumping into the air and throwing
my papers and notes everywhere!"
During
my time in the U.S. Army, while stationed
in Germany, I had a lot of free time on
my hands. After work each day, I needed
to find something to help wile away the
idle hours, and normally I did this through
reading books. On the base there was a bookstore
that only carried bestsellers, and it was
there I first saw Dianetics: The Modern
Science of Mental Health.
I
thought the title sounded interesting and
because it was a good-sized book, it gave
me something to read for a while. That's
when I started my journey into truly discovering
and learning about the human mind. After
the first read through, I thought this was
really something and even if only a fraction
of it was true, it would mean a great deal
for mankind. I then began reading
it over again, this time with even more
attention and curiosity.
Soon
the paperback book became worn from my intensive
reading and slowly the book began falling
apart. However, this was fortunate for my
roommate who began picking up the fallen
pages and reading along with me. Pretty
soon he was just as curious as I was about
the subject of Dianetics.
The
Adventure Begins
One
day Bill (my roommate) suggested I try using
the procedure on him as laid out in the
book. I told him that I wasn't sure it was
a good idea and didn't know what would happen.
He persisted and pointed out in the book
where it states you can't hurt anyone with
the procedure and that some of the procedure,
even if done badly, was far better than
doing nothing. Well, he had me on that one.
Bill
settled himself down on one of the bunks
and with a book on one knee and a notepad
on the other, I began the procedure. I meticulously
followed the commands and made notes as
best I could. For a short while I didn't
notice any changes and began to get nervous.
I kept following the procedure, just as
Mr. Hubbard wrote, and then came across
a section where the book said, "if
nothing else works, try this". So I
did.
The
Hidden Memory
A
blood curdling cry erupted from Bill and had me jumping out of my chair, falling
on the floor and throwing the book and papers
all over the room. I was frightened half
to death. Uneasily, I climbed back up
to my chair and arranged the papers and
the book again to continue the process.
Looking closely at Bill, I could see a tear
streaming down his face while his eyes were
still closed. What had just happened?
The
next step was to address the area of emotional
and physical pain we had contacted and I
set out to do this, following the procedure
in the book exactly, and in a short time
had Bill back up to present time and no
longer in any pain or discomfort.
Afterwards, Bill
commented, "Boy I must have quite an imagination. After all, there's no way
this could be true. I was a one year old kid when this happened and my parents
for sure would have told me about this." Bill had uncovered a previous unknown
injuryone that he had never been told about.
A
few days passed and he was still wondering
about whether or not this was for real or
just his imagination. I suggested he write
his mother and ask. After all, she would
surely know about a major injury that happened
to him at such an age. He agreed and promptly
sent off a letter to his mother casually
asking about this newly discovered injury.
Reading Between the Lines
Three weeks later
I entered our room after work and Bill was sitting on his bed, face white as
a sheet, staring at a letter in his hand. I asked what was wrong and he handed
me the letter. It was the answer from his mother. She was interrogating him as
to how he could have possibly found this out and asking questions like "where
did you hear this from?", "have you been talking to Aunt Martha?", etc. From this
letter it was evident that the injury we had uncovered was real, even though she
refused to confirm it directly.
Both
of us were in complete shock. We surmised
from his mother's letter and the details
of the incident that his family had covered
this up and made a pact never to tell him.
They were ashamed and embarrassed. You see,
when he was only a year old, on Christmas
Eve, all his relatives were visiting and
had been drinking a little too much. His
father was holding him next to the Christmas
tree and they had real candles on the tree,
which were of course all lit. He was fascinated
by the flame and reached out with one finger
to touch it but as he realized it was hot
and it began to burn, he tried to withdraw,
but his father accidentally turned him into
the flame and he was burned severely! As he cried, everyone was so intoxicated
they did not realize what had happened and
continued socializing and laughing. In fact no one in the family noticed the
burn marks until the next day and then they
quickly took him to a doctor.
The
Result
After
getting over the initial shock, Bill had
a sudden realization that he had been afraid
of candles his whole life and never knew
why. Everything having to do with candles
and even fire just made him feel uneasy.
It was one of those feelings he had just
grown to accept as normal and just the way
he was. But after addressing this with
Dianetics, he was no longer afraid of this as the physical and emotional pain had been
erased and was no longer subconsciously
affecting him.
Needless
to say, I had found something that really
worked and I was very impressed. It
was not a matter of how smart or clever
I was as a person, as just by following
the simple procedure in the book I had produced
incredible results.
Over
the next two years, I devoted much of my
time to helping other people with Dianetics
and also increasing my knowledge of the
subject by studying more of what L. Ron
Hubbard wrote. There is a state in
the book called Clear where you have gotten
rid of the negative effects of every one
of these moments in your past; a few years
later I achieved this state myself!
Because
of this, I am now in control of my life;
happy, stable, and overall I am living the
way I want to live and enjoying every bit
of it!
Warren R. Schneringer,
Dianeticist and Clear
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