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...the wave of interest in the subject Dianetics which has swept the country.
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Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health
by L. Ron Hubbard
Narrated by Lloyd Sherr
L. Ron HubbardUnabridged — 17 hours, 23 minutes
Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health
by L. Ron Hubbard
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L. Ron HubbardUnabridged — 17 hours, 23 minutes
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Overview
The #1 New York Times bestseller
With over 22,000,000 copies sold in 50 languages, and used in more than 176 nations, Dianetics brings dramatic and permanent improvement to people all over the world.
“While it's true that Dianetics has become the self-improvement classic, there can be little doubt that what it has to offer is just what people are now looking for in ever increasing numbers. Reducing stress, achieving goals, improving relationships and striving to live up to one's full potential is definitely the in thing.” (New York Post)
“Hubbard's bestseller has helped millions, and it should be read and used by all who are searching for a true understanding of the mind and a solution to such problems as self-doubt, stress, anxiety and depression.” (World Reporter)
“[Dianetics is] a new science which works with the invariability of physical science in the field of the human mind. From all indications it will prove to be as revolutionary for humanity as the first caveman's discovery and utilization of fire.” (Daily Mirror)
If you've ever felt there was something holding you back in life, ruining your plans and stopping you from being who you want to be, you were right.
The fact is, there is a single source of all your problems, stress, unhappiness and self-doubt. It's called the reactive mind-the hidden part of your mind that stores all painful experiences, then uses them against you.
With Dianetics, you can learn to control your reactive mind-freeing you to live an extraordinary life and be your true self.
Don't live with insecurity, negative thoughts, depression and irrational behavior. Use Dianetics to take control of your future.
Key discoveries contained in Dianetics:
- Why do we give up on our dreams?
- What is the real cause of depression?
- Is there a cure for stress?
- How do you reach your full potential?
- Why do we hurt the ones we love?
- Why are some people prone to illness?
- How can you improve your mental health?
- Can you conquer your fears?
Start the adventure-of you. Buy and read Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health.
About the author:
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.
Editorial Reviews
Walter Winchell
Dianetics..... A new science which works with the invariability of physical science in the field of the human mind. From all indications it will prove to be as revolutionary for humanity as the first caveman's discovery and utilization of fire.
— Daily Mirror Jan. 31, 1950
Daily News Los Angeles
It Dianetics can remove the aberrations which make man a selfish and anti-social creature.... It holds hope that man may at last dispense with the ugly institution of war, because wars are the end product of social aberrations at the national level... Dianetics can rectify the mental short circuits which bring accidental death, can increase longevity, minimize the pain of child-bearing and present Mankind with vast new intellectual vistas...
New York Post
The growing interest in mental self-improvement is quickly evident when one looks at the major best-seller lists across the country. Week after week, for example Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health by L. Ron Hubbard hits most of these lists with steadfast regularity. First published in 1950, when it quickly rose high onto The New York Times and other best-seller lists, the book has actually made publishing history by again returning to The New York Times list 36 years later.
While it is true that Dianetics has become the self-improvement classic, with over 8 million copies sold internationally, there can be little doubt what it has to offer is just what people are now looking for in ever increasing numbers. Reducing stress, achieving goals, improving relationships and striving to live up to one's full potential is definitely the in thing.
—February 11, 1987
Los Angeles Daily News
It Dianetics can remove the aberrations which make man a selfish and anti-social creature.... It holds hope that man may at last dispense with the ugly institution of war, because wars are the end product of social aberrations at the national level... Dianetics can rectify the mental short circuits which bring accidental death, can increase longevity, minimize the pain of child-bearing and present Mankind with vast new intellectual vistas...
Erich Fromm
Hubbard's book can hardly be taken seriously as a scientific contribution to the science of Man but it must be taken seriously as a symptom of a dangerous trend. Were it only an oversimplified popularization of early Freudian theories it would be harmless. But Dianetics is expressive of a spirit which is exactly the opposite of Freud's teachings.... But perhaps the most unfortunate element in Dianetics is the way it is written. The mixture of some oversimplified truths, half truths and plain absurdities, the propagandistic technique of impressing the reader with the greatness, infallibility and newness of the author's system, the promise of unheard of results attained by the simple means of following Dianetics is a technique which has had most unfortunate results in the fields of patent medicines and politics; applied to psychology and psychiatry it will not be less harmful.
—The New York Herald Tribune Book Review, July 1950
Scientific American
This volume probably contains more promises and less evidence per page than has any publication since the invention of printing. Briefly, its thesis is that man is intrinsically good, has a perfect memory for every event of his life, and is a good deal more intelligent than he appears to be. However, something called the engram prevents these characteristics from being realized in man's behavior.... By a process called dianetic revery, which resembles hypnosis and which may apparently be practiced by anyone trained in dianetics, these engrams may be recalled. Once thoroughly recalled, they are "refiled," and the patient becomes a "clear".... The system is presented without qualification and without evidence.
Rollo May
The importance of Dianetics, in this reviewer's judgement, is that it so clearly illustrates the most common fallacy of our time in regard to psychological ills. This is the fallacy of trying to construct a simple science of human behavior based upon mathematics and using for its models the physical sciences and the machine...
...Books like this do harm by their grandiose promises to troubled persons and by their oversimplification of human psychological problems.
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The New York Times, July 1950
From the Publisher
Dianetics has always been ahead of its time. More and more people are realizing that Dianetics technology is a vital survival tool for living in the world today. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Hubbard holds the distinction of being the world's most translated author, according to the Guinness World Records. Publishers Weekly
Dianetics can remove the aberrations which make man a selfish and anti-social creature. ... It holds hope that man may at last dispense with the ugly institution of war, because wars are the end product of social aberrations at the national level. Daily News Los Angeles
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940171497002 |
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| Publisher: | Bridge Publications, Inc. |
| Publication date: | 01/01/2010 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
| Sales rank: | 1,222,548 |
Read an Excerpt
Dianetics is an adventure. It is an exploration into terra incognita, the human mind, that vast and hitherto unknown realm half an inch back of our foreheads.
"The discoveries and developments which made the formulation of Dianetics possible occupied many years of exact research and careful testing. This was 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.
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