The reactive mind is the portion of a person's mind which works on a totally stimulus-response basis, which is not under his volitional (willing) control, and which exerts force and the power of command over his awareness, purposes, thoughts, body and actions.

Can Dianetics® Technology Help Me Overcome Feelings of Grief and Loss?

Yes. Dianetics® technology contains the discovery of the source of any negative emotion, attitude or feeling. These feelings are embedded in the reactive mind and their source is hidden from a person's awareness. An unpleasant experience is recorded in the reactive mind and can reactivate without the person being aware of it.

As an example, the world was shocked and horrified by the September 11th terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. Each of us was deeply affected by what happened. Each of us recorded the experiences in our minds. In essence, what happened is that events which occurred in the world exterior to us have become, to a greater or lesser degree, part of our own interior worlds. No two of these interior worlds are alike since no two people are completely alike. Many people find themselves still grieving for those who lost family and friends in the tragedies. Many find it hard to get going again. They can't turn their thoughts to more productive activities; instead they find themselves dwelling on what happened. This is the reactive mind at work.

Dianetics technology guides a person through his or her reactive mind to the actual source of the upset. The mental image picture recordings one made of the disasters in New York, for example, relate to similar experiences also recorded in the reactive mind, about which the person is not aware. Without Dianetics, he would never become aware of these other experiences and their particular relationships to the terrorist attacks. But with Dianetics, one gets rid of the painful emotion and upset associated with the episodes. In a very real sense, he becomes able to live in the present again, without his attention stuck on past incidents.

How Can Dianetics® Help Me Understand What is Going on in the World?

Because it contains the description of what aberrates the individual, Dianetics also offers an understanding and resolution of man's social problems. As L. Ron Hubbard wrote, "Dianetics addresses war because there is in fact a race between the science of mind and the atom bomb. There may be no future generation to know which won.

"Rationality alone can guide man past these threats to his extinction."

Who is L. Ron Hubbard?

L. Ron Hubbard is the founder of Dianetics technology. His research on the mind and life comprise millions of words. His works cover subjects as diverse as drug rehabilitation, education, marriage and family, success at work, administration, art and many other aspects of life.

Mr. Hubbard dedicated his life to helping others. He saw that this world had to change drastically, and he created a workable technology so that needed changes could occur.

Testimony to the effectiveness of his discoveries are the millions of happy and successful people and the hundreds of Dianetics organizations and groups internationally.

How Did Dianetics® Start?

L. Ron Hubbard began his studies of the mind in 1923, resulting in a manuscript entitled "Excalibur" in 1938. He decided against publishing the book, saying, "Excalibur did not contain any therapy of any kind but was simply a discussion of the composition of life." And, he added, "I decided to go further."

The "going further" resulted in Dianetics and a therapy that could be easily utilized by the man in the street. In 1947, he wrote a manuscript detailing some of these discoveries. It too was not published at the time, but circulated among friends, who copied it and passed it on to others.

As copies circulated, Mr. Hubbard began to receive a flood of letters requesting further information and more applications of his new subject. He soon found all his time being used in answering letters and decided to write a comprehensive text on the subject. Today, that thesis is published as The Dynamics of Life. The work was followed, in late 1949, with an article written expressly for The Explorers Journal entitled "Terra Incognita: The Mind."

To meet the veritable flood of inquiries from readers, Ron was next urged to author a definitive text on the subject. Accordingly in early 1950, he began work on Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. Concurrently, by the way of a broad public introduction to Dianetics, and as a prelude to publication, Ron further authored a book-length article for a national American magazine. That article, detailing his developmental trail and providing an overview of universal application, was Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science. It appeared on newsstands in April of 1950, and was promptly read by virtually every leading engineer and physicist. To be sure, Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science effectively galvanized the whole of a United States scientific community.

This was followed by the book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, published in May 1950. It became a nationwide bestseller almost overnight. By late summer, people across the country were not only reading the book, but were also organizing groups for the purpose of applying Dianetics® techniques. The book has remained a bestseller ever since, becoming number one on the New York Times bestseller list almost four decades after its initial publication. It continues to appear on bestseller lists around the world.

Is Dianetics® All Based on One Man's Work?

Although Dianetics® technology was discovered by L. Ron Hubbard, he wrote: "Acknowledgment is made to fifty thousand years of thinking men without whose speculations and observations the creation and construction of Dianetics would not have been possible. Credit in particular is due to:

"Anaxagoras, Thomas Paine, Aristotle, Thomas Jefferson, Socrates, René Descartes, Plato, James Clerk Maxwell, Euclid, Charcot, Lucretius, Herbert Spencer, Roger Bacon, William James, Francis Bacon, Sigmund Freud, Isaac Newton, van Leeuwenhoek, Cmdr. Joseph Thompson (MC) USN, William A. White, Voltaire, Will Durant, Count Alfred Korzybski, and my instructors in atomic and molecular phenomena, mathematics and the humanities at George Washington University and at Princeton."

How Do I Find Out More About Dianetics® Technology?

Contact the Hubbard Dianetics Foundation nearest you. There are hundreds of Hubbard Dianetics Foundations all over the world.

They offer a variety of Dianetics services from free introductory lectures and films, to playing recordings of L. Ron Hubbard's most popular lectures on the subject. You can also have your personality and IQ tested free of charge.

Hubbard Dianetics Foundations also offer Dianetics extension courses and seminars and courses where you can join others like yourself to learn and apply Dianetics to help themselves and others. You can also experience Dianetics auditing from an experienced Dianetics auditor at a Dianetics Foundation.

To find the location of the Hubbard Dianetics Foundation nearest you, click here.

What Happens in a Dianetics® Center?

At a Hubbard Dianetics Foundation, people like yourself, able people who are interested in becoming more able, are using Dianetics to find out more about themselves and get rid of their reactive mind.

The foundation is a busy place. You'll find an atmosphere of hope and confidence and of improving one's life. Here you'll find the solution to the iron grip the reactive mind has on your life.

Many activities take place in a Dianetics center. If you were to tour one in a large city you'd find people receiving introductory lectures about Dianetics. You'd see people taking personality and IQ tests, finding out their strong points and learning what to do to improve themselves with Dianetics. You'd see people watching films about Dianetics, learning about its enduring impact on society and millions upon millions of lives across every continent. You'd find seminars and courses where people were learning how to apply Dianetics® technology to others under supervision of experts. And you'd find people experiencing Dianetics auditing for themselves, exploring the reactive mind and eradicating the source of their stress, unreasonable fears, problems in relationships, any barrier holding them back in life.

How Do I Find Someone to Audit Dianetics® Procedures With?

There are several ways. The best way is to come into a Hubbard Dianetics Foundation and enroll on the Hubbard Dianetics Seminar. In only a few hours you'll be trained to audit Dianetics processes and paired with another student. Together, under the supervision of an experienced Dianetics auditor, you'll begin the greatest adventure of your life, the adventure of discovering the real you.

If you live too far from a Dianetics center, don't despair. More than 20 million copies of Dianetics have been sold and there undoubtedly are people in your area who have read the book and who also want to receive auditing. The Hubbard Dianetics Foundation International operates a referral service for people like you and they put you in touch with someone in your area who has read the book. Call them at 1-(800)-FOR-TRUTH and ask for the name of other Dianetics auditors in your area.

Another way is to get someone to read the book and then begin auditing with them. Dianetics procedures are simple to understand and simple to apply. Any two reasonably intelligent people can learn Dianetics and begin ridding themselves of the reactive mind.

How Expert Do I Have to Be to Audit Dianetics®?
Dianetics is the modern science of mental health. Before Dianetics there was only superstition and vague guesses about the mind. Complexities and many false ideas arose about what the mind is and how it works.

Dianetics ended the age of superstition about the mind. It raised man's understanding of his mind comparable to the level enjoyed by the physical sciences such as chemistry and physics.

Because Dianetics is a precise subject, its principles are easy to grasp and easy to apply. If you are reasonably intelligent you'll have no trouble at all understanding Dianetics or learning to apply it.

The thing to do is start. Read the book. Contact a Hubbard Dianetics Foundation near you and enroll on the Hubbard Dianetics Seminar. In hours you'll be started on the greatest adventure of your life.

What Will Dianetics® Do For Me?

Dianetics technology will take you on the greatest adventure of your life, a voyage into your mind and the discovery of your true potentials (which are a great deal more than anyone permitted you to believe!). Dianetics will give you the first understanding of your mind, what it is composed of and how it works. It will explain the source of the barriers that keep you from experiencing life the way you know it should be. You'll learn the cause of stress, anxieties, insecurities and unreasonable fears.

You'll discover how the mind can influence your body and even cause you to be ill. Psychosomatic ills (those caused by the mind) account for 70% of man's illnesses. Dianetics clearly explains for the first time the mind-body connection.

But more than that, Dianetics will give you the technology so you can get rid of your reactive mind. Millions of people have used the Dianetics principles and technology to rid themselves of stress, fears, self-doubts and unwanted feelings. They've rid themselves of psychosomatic ills and improved their well-being, miraculously so in many, many cases.

As L. Ron Hubbard once wrote in Dianetics, "You are beginning an adventure. Treat it as an adventure. And may you never be the same again."