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Dianetics The Original Thesis Paperback – October 31, 2007

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From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, with over 22 million copies sold

Discover the first breakthroughs unlocking the unlimited potential of your mind.

"The basic individual is not a buried, unknown or different person, but an intensity of all that is best and most able in the person." ―L. Ron Hubbard

In this book you will:

  • Find out what drives life
  • Discover the four “compartments” of life
  • Discover what basic personality really is
  • Learn about the mind, its function and operation
  • Learn about the primary laws of how and why Dianetics therapy works

Read it and start on the road to reaching your full potential.

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With over two hundred million copies of his works in circulation and dozens of international bestsellers, L. Ron Hubbard has inspired a movement spanning every continent on earth. All told, those works comprise some 5,000 writings and 3,000 recorded lectures and, as such, stand as the single most embracive statement on the human mind and spirit. His breakthroughs have helped millions lead more successful lives and achieve true happiness.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bridge Publications, Inc.; November 2007 edition (October 31, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 292 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1403151032
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1403151032
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.18 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.27 x 0.75 x 9.19 inches
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With 19 New York Times bestsellers and more than 350 million copies of his works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard is among the most enduring and widely read authors of our time. As a leading light of American Pulp Fiction through the 1930s and '40s, he is further among the most influential authors of the modern age. Indeed, from Ray Bradbury to Stephen King, there is scarcely a master of imaginative tales who has not paid tribute to L. Ron Hubbard.

Then too, of course, there is all L. Ron Hubbard represents as the Founder of Dianetics and Scientology and thus the only major religion born in the 20th century.

While, as such, he presents the culmination of science and spiritual technology as embodied in the religion of Scientology.

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Sara Ableson
5.0 out of 5 stars A great addition to Dianetics
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2020
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This is a really nice side companion book to the book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. It was released around the same time and was meant for people in the medical field. Really interesting and simple information on the human mind and why people act the way they do. I love how the info is the same for everyone and is scientifically proved. Hubbard being a trained engineer takes an engineering approach to a science of the mind. A great read.
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Pen Name
5.0 out of 5 stars Why didn't I read this 10 years ago??
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2014
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I've heard, read and studied a lot about the mind, how it works,
and why it plagues us with negativity from time to time.
The information in this book made sense of it all.
It's easy to read and boils it down to undeniable terms that anyone can understand and benefit from so doing.

It explains the otherwise unexplainable and I can't believe this information is not common place the author so obviously hits the nail on the head.
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Christine Scarbrough
5.0 out of 5 stars Fast Shipping & Competitive Price
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2020
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I received the book really fast via USPS. The price was competitive and the book arrived undamaged.
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kenneth r morse
1.0 out of 5 stars A cleaver process to indoctrinate intelligent people
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2013
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I have been a hypnotherapist for over 35 years, so when L. Ron Hubbard writes in this book "it is not hypnosis and has nothing to do with hypnosis" he is, in my opinion, either lying or in denial, and cleverly fooling the intelligent people who fall for this system he has created. Smart people do fall for it, my family members included, because they think they are among the few intelligent elite who can understand it and they dont realize that they are systematically being indoctrinated. Now,John Travolta and Tom Cruise may vehemently disagree along with Hubbard, but their organazation, like the catholic church takes in an alwful lot of money based on indoctrination. The whole process of having an "auditor" and a "preclear" is interchangeable with having a hypnosis counselor and a subject. Hubbard is a fiction writer, right?

Hubbard has a clever way of creating new terms or recoining old terms and then giving them strict limitations to how they can be interpreted. Anyway, you don't have to believe my opinion, just keep this in mind. If you want to be hypnotized to improve your present go to a specialist. If you are curious about my opinion,buy the book and look into it. See if what I am saying is true.

Remember this about hypnosis. Hypnosis is not sleep. It has to do with a qualified practitioner, or not, talking to you while your eyes are either open or closed. It works better if you are relaxed with your eyes closed, but they don't have to be.
It is like day dreaming with another person presenting the ideas. Your clergy does it, your politicians do it, your teachers do it, your parents do it and you are being indoctrinated and you don't even know it.

Your unconscious mind does the rest, it acts out what you are listening to just like in a movie. In a movie you feel the fear or the sadness or the adventure
and it's not real, but you feel it. The unconscious mind role plays through your body. All language involves suggestion of some kind, whether it is your own thoughts or somebody else's talk.
Always ask yourself "does this sound right, feel right", is this real?, to everything and let your unconscious be your guide not your indoctrination. By the way,the unconscious doesn't talk to you and answers usually take time to come and they come in the form of insight. Keep asking your self the questions until you get your answers. Beware of all indoctrination. It always involves money.
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R. Pickering
5.0 out of 5 stars Very well worth the read
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2014
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I would actually have to rate this as possibly my favorite Hubbard book after Creation of Human Ability.
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michael armstrong
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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Definitely an interesting book.
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Terry L. West
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2014
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fine
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Martin C.
1.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious Illustrations
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2019
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Love the illustrations depicting Dianetics concepts. Worth having just to cut those out and frame them to have as something to amuse your guests. Throw out the rest of it; it's irredeemable trash. Worth a read-through if you ever felt you needed absolute proof that L. Ron Hubbard was a raving lunatic and charlatan. I love how he denigrates psychoanalysis and behaviorism, and then proceeds to steal their core concepts. I guess it's suddenly OK when he reframes it with his goofy invented vocabulary? One of the most egregious language vandals of the modern era.
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Ms. D. L. Robinson
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 14, 2017
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This book is awesome. I would highly recommend this book. As I would any L Ron Hubbard book. His books have helped me a lot. Great author and great book. Even his science fiction stuff is incredible. Highly recommended
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William mark Gibson
5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 24, 2019
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Most informative book learned a lot
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Big Bill
4.0 out of 5 stars Worth a read if you read Dianetics
Reviewed in Canada on May 16, 2014
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The book Dianetics is a book that all should read. It contains much useful info that all can incorporate into their world picture.
Many are afraid of it because of it's association with a well known so-called Cult , but surely you can read an informative book without danger of your mind imploding! If you have read Dianetics you may find this book , which appears to be a precursor to the
book itself , illuminating. Here we have the same subject treatment , but presented differently , and I find that useful in my
effort to grasp the subject matter. Recommended to all.
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Clive Whittaker
5.0 out of 5 stars Lost materials found. Thaknk you.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 19, 2018
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Bought this book 50 years ago. This revised and updated edition is startling.
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Revlock
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 11, 2015
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Arrived promptly and as described. Interesting read.
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