What is Dianetics?

The word Dianetics comes from the Greek dia, meaning “through” and nous, meaning “soul”, and is defined as “what the soul is doing to the body.”

Dianetics is a manual to the human mind, with a methodology that helps you discover the exact source of unwanted feelings such as phobias, depression, unhappiness, etc., as well as psychosomatic illnesses, neuroses, psychoses and insanities. It has a specific end result which is called “Clear.” (This is all explained in full in the book)

I am a Clear myself and it is awesome! For me it’s made life simpler, easier and calmer. I don’t panic or have irrational worries, and I am rarely sick. I used to get sad sometimes for no reason and feel depresed. I was both bulemic and anorexic when I found out about Dianetics. I am a pretty thin person now, but I actually weighed *thirty five* pounds less than I do now! (If you knew me and saw me, you’d swear this could not be possible–but it’s true.) I remember waking up and hoping I could just make it through breakfast without making myself throw up. And I couldn’t do it, and the same cycle of the day would start up again. It was truly hellish.

I was seeing a psychologist for this, going to Overeaters Anonomous meetings and reading as many books as I could find on how to handle this problem. Once I did my first “session” with Dianetics, I knew I’d found the answer. This was the only thing that actually got to the very root of the problem and eliminated–FOR GOOD–the insane compulsions and thoughts that were running through my head.

I often use this analogy to explain Dianetics to others: If you think of something in yourself right now that you don’t like–something that makes you unhappy, etc–think of it as a thorn in your foot. The difference between Dianetics and other studies of the mind is this: you could see a psychologist and learn how to cope with and adapt your life around having the pain of the thorn in your foot. Or you could use some self-help approaches that get you psyched up about ignoring the pain in your foot. Or you could also take a drug which makes you numb to the pain of the thorn. Where Dianetics is different is this: it is a precise technology that you can use with another to discover for yourself the exact source of the thorn and pull it out of your foot, never to be bothered by it again.

When I first read Dianetics and really got the concept that this was possible–that I could actually eliminate unwanted feelings, etc.–I thought it seemed too good to be true. As mentioned, I was seeing a psychologist at the time and I asked her if she knew anything about it. She said that from what she knew of it, it was an unrealistic approach to life–that it made you think that you could get rid of your problems and issues, and this was not possible. I left that day and thought to myself, well, if there’s one chance in a million that this IS true and it could work, I have to at least try. So I read Dianetics and did the technique as outlined in the book. I was totally blown away because this was finally something that WORKED.

I discovered that Dianetics truly is a science of the mind. It’s really odd if you think of it, but when has there ever been a scientific approach the mind that has accomplished the goal of making us happy and sane and unburdened by fears, doubts and insecurities? This is what Dianetics is. It’s not something to psych you up and give a temporary boost in energy or confidence. It essentially helps you find and locate the very source of the things keeping you down, and by doing so, the true you comes out–happy and full of your innate abilities.

The beauty of Dianetics is you can read the book or watch the DVD and pair up with a friend and do it in your living room. It’s really simple and easy to do.

Here’s a quote I really like from the beginning of the book which I feel sums it up well:

“The discoveries and developments which made the formulation of Dianetics possible occupied many years of exact research and careful testing. This was an exploration, it was also consolidation. The trail is blazed, the routes are sufficiently mapped for you to voyage in safety into your own mind and recover there your full inherent potential, which is not, we now know, low but very, very high.” L Ron Hubbard