Issue 80

THE AXIOMS OF SCIENTOLOGY

THE PRELOGICS

THE LOGICS

THE AXIOMS OF DIANETICS

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N o w h e r e i n t h e r e c o r d e d h i s t o r y h e r e on E a r t h c a n o n e f in d th e e q u i v a l e n t o f a " S c i e n to l o g y C l e a r " t h a t i s a b l e to b e t a u g h t a n d a c h i e v e d in a m a t t e r of m o n t h s .

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W e , t h e r e f o r e , h a v e f o r o n c e a p r e d i c t e d s t a t e of b e i n g - - w h i c h a n y o n e c a n f i n d in th e L o g i c s , P r e - L o g i c s , a n d A x i o m s of D i a n e t i c s a n d S c i e n t o l o g y a n d i s a c h i e v a b l e b y a n y o n e t h r o u g h g o o d t r a i n i n g a n d p r o c e s s i n g .

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M e n t a l S c i e n c e b y d e f i n i t i o n i s : a s tu d y of t h e s p i r i t o r p s y c h e . A s tu d y w o u ld c o n t a i n a g o a l of a c h i e v e m e n t , a s e t of a x i o m s t h a t p r e d i c t t h e s t a t e of b e i n g , a s c h o o l w h e r e t h i s i s t a u g h t , a n d a p l a c e w h e r e t h e s t a t e o f b e i n g c o u l d b e a c h i e v e d .

T h i s w e h a v e r i g h t h e r e t o d a y . I s t h e r e m o r e ? Y e s . C l e a r i n g i s o n ly t h e b e g i n n in g , b u t i t i s t h e b e g i n n in g . I t i s a l s o t h e b e g in n in g a n d e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f a r e a l m e n t a l s c i e n c e t h a t e a c h a n d e v e r y p e r s o n c a n u s e a s t h e r o a d to a b e t t e r c i v i l i z a t i o n , a n d i t i s o p e n t o e v e r y o n e .

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2THE AXIOMS OF SCIENTOLOGY

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AXIOM 1. LIFE IS BASICALLY A STATIC.

D efin ition : a L ife S ta tic h as no m a s s , no m otion , no w a v e ­len g th , no lo c a tio n in sp a ce or in t im e . It h a s the a b ility to p o stu la te and to p e r c e iv e .

AXIOM 2. THE STATIC IS C A PA B L E OF CONSIDERATIONS , PO ST U L A T E S, A N D OPINIONS.

AXIOM 3. SP A C E , EN ER G Y , O B JEC TS, FO R M , AND TIME ARE THE RESU LT OF CONSIDERATIONS MADE A N D /O R AGREED U PO N lBY THE STA TIC , AND ARE PERCEIVED SO LELY BECAUSE THE STATIC CONSIDERS THAT IT CAN PE R C E IV E THEM .

AXIOM 4 . SPA C E IS A VIEWPOINT OF DIMENSION.

AXIOM 5. ENERGY CONSISTS OF PO STU LA TED PA R TIC LES IN SP A C E .

AXIOM 6. O BJEC TS CONSIST OF G ROUPED PA R TIC LES AND SOLIDS.

AXIOM 7. TIME IS BASICALLY A PO STU LA TE THAT SPACE AND PA R T IC L E S WILL PE R SIST .

AXIOM 8. THE A PPA R E N C Y OF TIME IS THE CHANGE OF POSITION OF PA R TIC LES IN SPA C E .

AXIOM 9. CHANGE IS THE PRIM ARY M ANIFESTATION OF TIM E.

AXIOM 10. THE HIGHEST PURPO SE IN THIS UNIVERSE IS THE CREATION OF AN E F F E C T .

AXIOM 11. THE CONSIDERATIONS RESULTING IN CONDI­TIONS OF EXISTENCE ARE FO U R -F O L D .

a . A S -IS -N E S S i s the con d ition of im m ed ia te c r ea tio n w ith ­out p e r s is t e n c e , and i s the con d ition of e x is te n c e w hich e x is t s at the m om en t of c r e a tio n and the m om en t of d e s tr u c ­tio n , and i s d iffe r e n t fro m oth er c o n s id e r a tio n s in that it d o es not con ta in su r v iv a l.

b. A L T E R -IN -N E S S i s the c o n s i d e r a t io n w h ich in t r o d u c e sc h a n g e , and t h e r e f o r e t i m e and p e r s i s t e n c e in to an A S -IS -NESS to o b ta in p e r s i s t e n c y .

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c . I S -N E S S i s a n a p p a r e n c y o f e x i s t e n c e b r o u g h t a b o u t b y t h e c o n t i n u o u s a l t e r a t i o n of an A S - I S - N E S S . T h i s i s c a l l e d , w h e n a g r e e d u p o n , R e a l i t y .

d . N O T - I S - N E S S i s th e e f f o r t to h a n d l e I S - N E S S b y r e d u c ­in g i t s c o n d i t i o n t h r o u g h th e u s e of f o r c e . I t i s a n a p p a r ­e n c y a n d c a n n o t e n t i r e l y v a n q u i s h a n I S - N E S S .

A X IO M 12. T H E P R IM A R Y C O N D IT IO N O F ANY U N IV E R S E IS T H A T T W O S P A C E S , E N E R G I E S , O R O B J E C T S M U ST N O T O C C U P Y T H E S A M E S P A C E . W H E N TH IS C O N D IT IO N IS V IO L A T E D ( P E R F E C T D U P L I C A T E ) T H E A P P A R E N C Y O F ANY U N IV E R S E OR ANY P A R T T H E R E O F IS N U L L E D .

A X IO M 13. T H E C Y C L E O F A C T IO N O F T H E P H Y S IC A L U N I­V E R S E IS : C R E A T E , S U R V IV E ( P E R S I S T ) , D E S T R O Y .

A X IO M 14. S U R V IV A L IS A C C O M P L IS H E D BY A L T E R - I S - N E S S A N D N O T - I S - N E S S , BY W H IC H IS G A IN E D T H E P E R S I S T - E N C Y K N OW N AS T IM E .

A X IO M 15. C R E A T I O N IS A C C O M P L IS H E D BY T H E P O S T U L A ­T IO N O F AN A S - I S - N E S S .

A X IO M 16. C O M P L E T E D E S T R U C T I O N IS A C C O M P L IS H E D BY T H E P O S T U L A T I O N O F T H E A S - I S - N E S S O F ANY E X IS T - E N C E A N D T H E P A R T S T H E R E O F .

A X IO M 17. T H E S T A T I C , H A V IN G P O S T U L A T E D A S - I S - N E S S , T H E N P R A C T I C E S A L T E R - I S - N E S S , A N D SO A C H IE V E S T H E A P P A R E N C Y O F I S -N E S S AND SO O B T A IN S R E A L I T Y .

A X IO M 18. T H E S T A T I C , IN P R A C T I C I N G N O T - I S - N E S S ,B R IN G S A B O U T T H E P E R S I S T E N C E O F U N W A N T E D E X ­I S T E N C E S , AND SO B R IN G S A B O U T U N R E A L I T Y , W H IC H IN C L U D E S F O R G E T F U L N E S S , U N C O N S C IO U S N E S S , AND O T H E R U N D E S IR A B L E S T A T E S .

A X IO M 19. B R IN G IN G T H E S T A T IC T O V IE W A S -IS ANY C O N D IT IO N D E V A L U A T E S T H A T C O N D IT IO N .

A X IO M 20. B R IN G IN G T H E S T A T I C T O C R E A T E A P E R F E C T D U P L I C A T E C A U S E S T H E V A N IS H M E N T O F ANY E X I S T ­E N C E O R P A R T T H E R E O F .

A p e r f e c t d u p l i c a t e i s a n a d d i t i o n a l c r e a t i o n of th e o b j e c t i t s e n e r g y , a n d s p a c e , in i t s ow n s p a c e , in i t s ow n t i m e

u sin g i t s own e n e r g y . T h is v io la te s the cond ition that tw o o b jec ts m u st not occupy the sam e sp a ce , and c a u se s van ish m en t of the ob ject.

AXIOM 21. UNDERSTANDING IS COMPOSED OF A FFIN ITY , R E A L IT Y , AND COMMUNICATION.

AXIOM 22. THE PRACTICE OF N O T -IS-N E SS REDUCES UNDERSTANDING.

AXIOM 23. THE STATIC HAS THE CAPABILITY OF TOTAL KNOWINGNESS. TOTAL KNOWINGNESS WOULD CON­SIST OF TOTAL ARC.

AXIOM 24. TOTAL ARC WOULD BRING ABOUT THE VANISH­MENT OF A L L M ECHANICAL CONDITIONS OF E X IST ­EN C E.

AXIOM 25. A FFIN ITY IS A SCALE OF ATTITUDES WHICH F A L L S AWAY FROM THE C O -EXISTENCE OF STATIC, THROUGH THE INTERPOSITIONS OF DISTANCE AND ENERG Y, TO CREATE IDENTITY, DOWN TO CLOSE PROXIMITY BUT M YSTERY.

B y the p r a c tic e of I s - n e s s (B e in g n ess) and N o t - is - n e s s (r e fu sa l to B e) ind ividuation p r o g r e s s e s fro m the K now ing­n e s s o f co m p le te id en tifica tio n down through the in tro d u c­tion o f m o re and m o re d ista n ce and le s s and le s s d u p lica ­tio n , through L o o k in g n ess , E m o tin g n e ss , E ffo r tin g n e ss , T h in k in g n ess , S y m b o liz in g n e ss , E a tin g n e ss , S ex in g n ess , and so through to n o t-K n ow in gn ess (M y stery ). U ntil the poin t of M y stery i s rea ch ed , so m e com m u n ication is p o s ­s ib le , but even at M y stery an attem pt to com m u n icate co n tin u es. H ere w e h ave, in the c a se of an ind iv idual, a grad u al fa llin g aw ay fro m the b e lie f that one can a ssu m e a co m p le te A ffin ity down to the co n v ictio n that a ll i s a c o m ­p le te M y stery . A ny ind iv idual i s som ew h ere in th is K now- to M y stery s c a le . T he o r ig in a l C hart of Human E valua - tion w a s the E m otion se c t io n of th is s c a le .

AXIOM 26. REALITY IS THE A G R EED -U PO N APPARENCY OF E X ISTEN C E.

AXIOM 27. AN ACTUALITY CAN EXIST FOR ONE INDIVID­UALLY , BUT WHEN IT IS AGREED WITH BY OTHERS IT CAN THEN BE SAID TO BE A R EALITY.

The anatom y of R e a lity i s conta ined in I s - n e s s , w hich is co m p o sed of A s - i s - n e s s and A lt e r - i s - n e s s . I s - n e s s is an ap p aren cy , i t i s not an A ctu a lity . The A ctu a lity i s A s - i s - n e s s a lte r e d so a s to obtain a p e r s is te n c y .

U n r e a l i t y i s th e c o n s e q u e n c e a n d a p p a r e n c y of t h e p r a c t i c e of N o t - i s - n e s s .

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A X IO M 28. C O M M U N IC A T IO N IS T H E C O N S ID E R A T IO N A N D A C T IO N O F I M P E L L I N G A N I M P U L S E OR P A R T I C L E F R O M S O U R C E - P O I N T A C R O S S A D IS T A N C E T O R E C E I P T - P O I N T , W IT H T H E I N T E N T I O N O F B R IN G IN G IN T O B E IN G A T T H E R E C E I P T - P O I N T A D U P L I C A T I O N O F T H A T W H IC H E M A N A T E D F R O M T H E S O U R C E - P O I N T .

T h e f o r m u l a of C o m m u n i c a t i o n i s : C a u s e , D i s t a n c e , E f f e c t , w i t h A t t e n t i o n a n d D u p l i c a t i o n .

T h e c o m p o n e n t p a r t s of C o m m u n i c a t i o n a r e C o n s i d e r a t i o n , I n t e n t io n , A t t e n t io n , C a u s e , S o u r c e - p o i n t , D i s t a n c e , E f f e c t , R e c e i p t - p o i n t , D u p l i c a t i o n , t h e V e l o c i t y of t h e i m p u l s e o r p a r t i c l e , N o t h i n g n e s s o r S o m e t h i n g n e s s . A n o n - C o m m u n i - c a t i o n c o n s i s t o f B a r r i e r s . B a r r i e r s c o n s i s t o f S p a c e , I n t e r p o s i t i o n s ( s u c h a s w a l l s a n d s c r e e n s of f a s t - m o v i n g p a r t i c l e s ) , a n d T i m e . A c o m m u n i c a t i o n , b y d e f i n i t i o n d o e s n o t n e e d to b e tw o - w a y . W h e n a c o m m u n i c a t i o n i s r e t u r n e d , t h e f o r m u l a i s r e p e a t e d , w i t h t h e r e c e i p t - p o i n t n o w b e c o m ­in g a s o u r c e - p o i n t a n d t h e f o r m e r s o u r c e - p o i n t n o w b e c o m ­in g a r e c e i p t - p o i n t .

AXIOM 29. IN ORDER TO CAUSE AN A S-IS-N E SS TO P E R ­SIST, ONE MUST ASSIGN OTHER AUTHORSHIP TO THE CREATION THAN HIS OWN. OTHERWISE HIS VIEW OF IT WOULD CAUSE ITS VANISHM ENT.

A n y s p a c e , e n e r g y , f o r m , o b j e c t , , i n d i v i d u a l , o r p h y s i c a l u n i v e r s e c o n d i t i o n c a n e x i s t o n ly w h e n a n a l t e r a t i o n h a s o c c u r r e d of th e o r i g i n a l A s - i s - n e s s so a s to p r e v e n t a c a s u a l v ie w f r o m v a n i s h i n g i t . In o t h e r w o r d s , a n y th in g w h ic h i s p e r s i s t i n g m u s t c o n t a i n a " l i e " s o t h a t t h e o r i g i ­n a l c o n s i d e r a t i o n i s n o t c o m p l e t e l y d u p l i c a t e d ,

A X IO M 30 . T H E G E N E R A L R U L E O F A U D IT IN G IS T H A T A N Y ­T H IN G W H IC H IS U N W A N T E D A N D Y E T P E R S I S T S M U ST B E T H O R O U G H L Y V IE W E D , A T W H IC H T IM E IT W I L L V ANISH.

If o n ly p a r t i a l l y v i e w e d , i t s i n t e n s i t y , a t l e a s t , w i l l d e - c r e a s e .

A X IO M 31 . G O O D N E S S A N D B A D N E S S , B E A U T I F U L N E S S A N D U G L IN E S S , A R E A L IK E C O N S ID E R A T IO N S A N D H A V E NO O T H E R B A SIS T H A N O P IN IO N .

A X IO M 32 . A N Y T H IN G W H IC H IS N O T D I R E C T L Y O B S E R V E D T E N D S T O P E R S I S T .

A X IO M 34 . ANY I S - N E S S , W H E N A L T E R E D BY F O R C E , T E N D S T O P E R S I S T .

A X IO M 35 . T H E U L T I M A T E T R U T H IS A S T A T I C .

A S ta t i c h a s no m a s s , m e a n i n g , m o b i l i t y , n o w a v e - l e n g t h , n o t i m e , n o l o c a t i o n in s p a c e , no s p a c e .

T h i s h a s t h e t e c h n i c a l n a m e o f " B a s i c T r u t h . "

A X IO M 36. A L I E IS A S E C O N D P O S T U L A T E , S T A T E M E N T OR C O N D IT IO N D E S IG N E D T O M A S K A P R I M A R Y P O S T U ­L A T E W H IC H IS P E R M I T T E D T O R E M A IN .

E x a m p l e s :

N e i t h e r t r u t h n o r a l i e i s a m o t i o n o r a l t e r a t i o n of a p a r - t i d e f r o m one p o s i t i o n t o a n o t h e r .

A l i e i s a s t a t e m e n t t h a t a p a r t i c l e h a v in g m o v e d d id n o t m o v e , o r a s t a t e m e n t t h a t a p a r t i c l e , n o t h a v i n g m o v e d , d id m o v e .

T h e b a s i c l i e i s t h a t a c o n s i d e r a t i o n w h ic h w a s m a d e w a s n o t m a d e o r t h a t i t w a s d i f f e r e n t .

A X IO M 37 . W H E N A P R IM A R Y C O N S ID E R A T IO N IS A L T E R E D B U T S T I L L E X IS T S , P E R S I S T E N C E IS A C H I E V E D F O R T H E A L T E R I N G C O N S ID E R A T IO N .

A ll p e r s i s t e n c e d e p e n d s on t h e B a s i c T r u t h , b u t t h e p e r ­s i s t e n c e i s o f t h e a l t e r i n g c o n s i d e r a t i o n , f o r th e B a s i c T r u t h h a s n e i t h e r p e r s i s t e n c e n o r i m p e r s i s t e n c e .

A X IO M 38 . 1: S T U P I D I T Y IS T H E U N K N O W N E S S O F C O N -S ID E R A T IO N .

2: M E C H A N IC A L D E F I N I T I O N : S T U P I D I T Y IS U N K N O W N E SS O F T I M E , P L A C E , F O R M AND E V E N T .

T h u s w e s e e t h a t f a i l u r e to d i s c o v e r T r u t h b r i n g s a b o u t s t u p i d i t y .

T h u s w e s e e t h a t t h e d i s c o v e r y o f T r u t h w o u ld b r i n g a b o u t a n A s - i s - n e s s b y a c t u a l e x p e r i m e n t .

AXIOM 33. ANY A S -IS -N E S S WHICH IS A L T E R E D BY N O T -IS-N E SS (BY F O R C E ) TEN D S TO P E R S IS T .

T h u s w e s e e t h a t a n u l t i m a t e t r u t h w o u ld h a v e n o t i m e , p l a c e , f o r m o r e v e n t .

T h u s , t h e n , w e p e r c e i v e t h a t w e c a n a c h i e v e a p e r s i s t e n c e o n ly w h e n w e m a s k a t r u t h .

L y in g i s a n a l t e r a t i o n of t i m e , p l a c e , e v e n t , o r f o r m .

L y in g b e c o m e s A l t e r - i s - n e s s , b e c o m e s S tu p id i ty .

( T h e b l a c k n e s s of c a s e s i s a n a c c u m u l a t i o n of t h e c a s e ' s ow n o r a n o t h e r ' s l i e s . )

A n y th in g w h ic h p e r s i s t s m u s t a v o i d A s - i s - n e s s . T h u s , a n y ­th in g , t o p e r s i s t , m u s t c o n t a i n a l i e .

A X IO M 39 . L I F E P O S E S P R O B L E M S F O R I T S O W N S O L U T IO N .

A X IO M 4 0 . ANY P R O B L E M , T O B E A P R O B L E M , M U S T C O N ­T A IN A L I E . I F IT W E R E T R U T H , IT W O U L D U N M O C K .

A n " u n s o l v a b l e p r o b l e m " w o u ld h a v e th e g r e a t e s t p e r s i s t - e n c e . I t w o u ld a l s o c o n t a i n t h e g r e a t e s t n u m b e r o f a l t e r e d f a c t s . T o m a k e a p r o b l e m , o n e m u s t i n t r o d u c e A l t e r - i s - n e s s .

A X IO M 4 1 . T H A T IN T O W H IC H A L T E R - I S - N E S S IS IN T R O - D U C E D B E C O M E S A P R O B L E M .

A X IO M 4 2 . M E S T ( M A T T E R , E N E R G Y , S P A C E , T IM E ) P E R ­S IS T S B E C A U S E IT IS A P R O B L E M .

I t i s a p r o b l e m b e c a u s e i t c o n t a i n s A l t e r - i s - n e s s .

A X IO M 43 . T I M E IS T H E P R I M A R Y S O U R C E O F U N T R U T H .

T i m e s t a t e s t h e u n t r u t h o f c o n s e c u t i v e c o n s i d e r a t i o n s .

A X IO M 4 4 . T H E T A ( T H E S T A T I C ) H AS NO L O C A T IO N INM A T T E R , E N E R G Y , S P A C E OR T I M E . IT IS C A P A B L E O F C O N S ID E R A T IO N .

A X IO M 45 . T H E T A C A N C O N S ID E R I T S E L F T O B E P L A C E D , A T W H IC H M O M E N T IT B E C O M E S P L A C E D , A N D TO T H A T D E G R E E A P R O B L E M .

A X IO M 46 . T H E T A C A N B E C O M E A P R O B L E M BY IT S C O N ­S ID E R A T IO N S , B U T T H E N B E C O M E S M E S T .

A p r o b l e m i s to s o m e d e g r e e M E S T . M E S T i s a p r o b l e m .

A X IO M 47 . T H E T A C A N R E S O L V E P R O B L E M S .

A X IO M 48 . L I F E IS A G A M E W H E R E I N T H E T A A S T H E

8STATIC SOLVES THE PRO BLEM S OF THETA AS ME ST.

AXIOM 49. TO SOLVE ANY PRO BLEM IT IS ONLY N E C E S­SARY TO BECOM E TH ETA , THE SO LVER, RATHER THAN T H E T A , THE PRO BLEM .

AXIOM 50. THETA AS MEST MUST CONTAIN CONSIDER A - TIONS WHICH ARE LIES.

AXIOM 51. PO STU LA TES AND LIVE COMMUNICATION NOT BEING MEST AND BEING SENIOR TO MEST CAN ACCOM ­PLISH CHANGE IN MEST WITHOUT BRINGING ABOUT A PER SISTEN C E OF M EST. THUS AUDITING CAN OCCUR.

AXIOM 52. MEST PERSISTS AND SOLIDIFIES TO THE DE - GREE THAT IT IS NOT G RANTED L IF E .

AXIOM 53. A ST A B L E DATUM IS NECESSARY TO THE ALIGNM ENT OF DATA.

AXIOM 54. A TO LERANCE OF CONFUSION AND AN A G R EED - UPON STA BLE DATUM ON WHICH TO ALIGN THE DATA IN A CONFUSION ARE AT ONCE NECESSARY FOR A SANE REACTION ON THE EIGHT DYNAMICS. THIS D EFIN E S SANITY.

AXIOM 55. THE CYCLE OF ACTION IS A CONSIDERATION. C R E A T E , SURVIVE, DESTROY, THE CYCLE OF ACTION A C C E PT E D BY THE G . E . , IS ONLY A CONSIDERATION WHICH CAN BE CHANGED BY THE TH ETAN MAKING A NEW CONSIDERATION OR D IFFE R E N T ACTION CYCLES.

AXIOM 56. THETA BRINGS ORDER TO CHAOS.

C o ro llary : C haos b r in g s d iso r d e r to th eta .

AXIOM 57. ORDER M ANIFESTS WHEN COM M UNICATION, CONTROL AND HAVINGNESS ARE AVAILABLE TO TH ETA.

D efin ition:

C om m unication: the in terch a n g e of id e a s a c r o s s sp a ce .

C ontrol: p o s it iv e p o stu la tin g , w h ich i s in ten tion , and the ex ecu tio n th ereo f.

H avin gn ess: that w hich p e r m its the e x p e r ie n c e of m a ss and p r e s s u r e .

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THE PRELOGICS9

Q. 1. SELF-D ETER M IN ISM IS THE COMMON DENOMINATOR OF A LL LIFE IM PULSES.

Q. 2. DEFINITION OF SELF-D ETER M IN ISM : THE ABILITYTO LOCATE IN SPACE AND TIME ENERGY AND M A T ­TER , ALSO THE ABILITY TO CREATE SPACE AND TIME IN WHICH TO CREATE AND LOCATE ENERGY AND M ATTER.

Q. 3. THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE SOURCE OF THAT WHICH PLA C ES M ATTER AND ENERGY AND ORIGI­NATES SPACE AND TIME IS NOT NECESSARY TO THE RESOLUTION OF THIS PRO BLEM AT THIS TIM E.

Q. 4 . THETA CREATES SPA C E , ENERGY AND O BJECTS BY PO STU LA TES.

Q. 5. UNIVERSES ARE CREATED BY THE A PPLICATIO N OF SELF-D ETER M IN ISM ON EIGHT DYNAMICS.

Q. 6. SEL F-D E T E R M IN ISM , A P P L IE D , WILL C R E A T E , A L ­TER , CONSERVE AND POSSIBLY DESTROY UNIVER­SES.

Q. 7. THE ACTION CYCLE IS ONE OF THE ABILITIES OF A TH ETAN. AN ACTION CYCLE GOES FROM 40 . Q TO0 .0 ON THE TONE SC A LE. AN ACTION CYCLE IS THE CREATION, GROWTH, CONSERVATION, DECAY AND DEATH OR DESTRUCTION OF ENERGY AND M A T­TER IN A SPA C E . ACTION CYCLES PRODUCE TIM E.

THE LOGICS

LOGIC 1. KNOWLEDGE IS A WHOLE GROUP OR SU B -D IV IS­ION OF A GROUP OF DATA OR SPECULATIONS OR CON­CLUSIONS ON DATA OR METHODS OF GAINING DATA.

LOGIC 2. A BODY OF KNOWLEDGE IS A BODY OF DATA , ALIGNED OR UNALIGNED, OR METHODS OF GAINING DATA.

LOGIC 3. ANY KNOWLEDGE WHICH CAN BE SENSED, M EAS­URED OR EX PER IEN C ED BY ANY ENTITY IS C A PA BLE OF INFLUENCING THAT EN TITY .

COROLLARY - THAT KNOWLEDGE WHICH CANNOT BESENSED, MEASURED OR EX PER IEN C ED BY ANY ENTITY

OR TY PE OF ENTITY CANNOT INFLUENCE THAT EN - TITY OR TYPE OF ENTITY.

LOGIC 4. A DATUM IS A FACSIM ILE OF STATES OF BEING, STATES OF NOT BEING, ACTIONS OR INACTIONS, CO N­CLUSIONS, OR SUPPOSITIONS IN THE PHYSICAL OR ANY OTHER UNIVERSE.

LOGIC 5. A DEFINITION OF TERMS IS NECESSARY TO THE ALIGNM ENT, STATEM ENT AND RESOLUTION OF S U P ­POSITIONS, OBSERVATIONS, PROBLEM S AND SOLU - TIONS AND THEIR COMMUNICATION.

DEFINITION - DESCRIPTIVE DEFINITION: ONE WHICH CLASSIFIES BY CHARACTERISTICS, BY DESCRIBING EXISTING STATES OF BEING.

DEFINITION - D IFFER EN TIA TIV E DEFINITIO N: ONE WHICH COMPARES UNLIKENESS TO EXISTING STATES OF B E ­ING OR NOT BEING.

DEFINITION - ASSOCIATIVE DEFINITION: ONE WHICHDECLARES LIKENESS TO EXISTING STATES OF BEING OR NOT BEING.

DEFINITION - ACTION DEFINITION: ONE WHICH DELINE - ATES CAUSE AND PO TENTIAL CHANGE OF STATE OF BEING BY CAUSE OF EX ISTEN C E, INEXISTENCE, AC - TION, INACTION, PURPOSE OR LACK OR PU R PO SE .

LOGIC 6. ABSOLUTES ARE UNO BTAINABLE.

LOGIC 7. GRADIENT SCALES ARE NECESSARY TO THE EVALUATION OF PROBLEM S AND THEIR DATA.

T h is i s the to o l of in fin ity valued lo g ic : A b so lu tes are un­obta inab le. T e r m s such as good and bad, a liv e and dead, right and w rong a re u sed only in conjunction w ith grad ien t s c a le s . On the sc a le of right and w rong, every th in g above z ero or cen ter w ould be m ore and m ore r igh t, ap p roach ­ing an in fin ite r ig h tn e ss , and everyth in g below cen ter would be m ore and m o re w rong approaching in fin ite w ro n g ­n e s s . A ll th ings a s s is t in g the su rv iv a l of the su rv iv o r are c o n sid ered to be right for the su rv iv o r . A ll th ings in h ib it­ing su rv iv a l fro m the v iew poin t of the su rv iv o r can be co n ­s id e r e d w rong for the su rv iv o r . The m o re a thing a s s i s t s su rv iv a l, the m o re it can be c o n s id e r e d r igh t for the s u r ­v iv o r , the m ore a thing or action in h ib its su rv iv a l, the m o re it i s w rong from the v iew poin t of the in tended s u r ­v iv o r .

COROLLARY - ANY DATUM HAS ONLY RELATIVE TRUTH.

COROLLARY - TRUTH IS RELATIVE TO ENVIRONM ENTS, EX PER IEN C E AND TRUTH.

LOGIC 8. A DATUM CAN BE EV A LU A TED ONLY BY A D A ­TUM OF COM PARABLE M AGNITUDE.

LOGIC 9. A DATUM IS AS VALUABLE AS IT HAS B E E N E V A LU A TED .

LOGIC 10. THE VALUE OF A DATUM IS ESTABLISH ED BY THE AMOUNT OF ALIGNMENT (RELATIONSHIP) IT IM ­PA R TS TO OTHER DATA.

LOGIC 11. THE VALUE OF A DATUM OR FIE L D OF DATA CAN BE ESTABLISH ED BY ITS DEGREE OF ASSISTANCE IN SURVIVAL OR ITS INHIBITION TO SURVIVAL.

LOGIC 12. THE VALUE OF A DATUM OR A F IE L D OF DATA IS M ODIFIED BY THE VIEWPOINT OF THE OBSERVER.

LOGIC 13. PROBLEM S ARE RESOLVED BY COM PARTM ENT- ING THEM INTO AREAS OF SIMILAR MAGNITUDE AND DATA, COMPARING THEM TO DATA ALREADY KNOWN OR PARTIALLY KNOWN, AND RESOLVING EACH AREA. DATA WHICH CANNOT BE KNOWN IMM EDIATELY MAY BE RESOLVED BY ADDRESSING WHAT IS KNOWN AND USING ITS SOLUTION TO RESOLVE THE REM AINDER.

LOGIC 14. FACTORS INTRODUCED INTO A PRO BLEM OR SOLUTION WHICH DO NOT DERIVE FROM NATURAL LAW BUT ONLY AUTHORITARIAN COMMAND, ABER - RATE THAT PRO BLEM OR SOLUTION.

LOGIC 15. THE INTRODUCTION OF AN ARBITRARY INTO A PRO BLEM OR SOLUTION INVITES THE FURTH ER INTRO­DUCTION OF ARBITRARIES INTO PROBLEM S AND SOLU­TIONS.

LOGIC 16. AN ABSTRACT PO STULATE MUST BE COM PARED TO THE UNIVERSE TO WHICH IT A P P L IE S AND BROUGHT INTO THE CATEGORY OF THINGS WHICH CAN BE SENSED, M EASURED OR EX PER IEN C ED IN THAT U N I­VERSE BEFO R E SUCH PO STU LA TE CAN BE CONSIDERED W ORKABLE.

LOGIC 17. THOSE FIELD S WHICH MOST DEPEN D UPON A U ­THORITATIVE OPINION FOR THEIR DATA LEAST CON - TAIN KNOWN NATURAL LAW.

LOGIC 18. A PO STU LA TE IS AS VALUABLE AS IT IS WO R K ­A B L E .

LOGIC 19. THE WORKABILITY OF A PO STULATE IS E S T A B ­LISHED BY THE DEGREE TO WHICH IT EXPLAINS E X IST ­ING PHENOM ENA ALREADY KNOWN, BY THE DEGREE THAT IT PR ED IC TS NEW PHENOM ENA WHICH WHEN LOOKED FOR W ILL BE FOUND TO EXIST, AND BY THE DEG REE THAT IT DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT PH ENO M ­ENA WHICH DO NOT EXIST IN FACT BE C A LLED INTO EXISTENCE FOR ITS EXPLANATIO N.

LOGIC 20. A SCIENCE MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE ALARGE BODY OF ALIGNED DATA WHICH HAS SIM ILAR­ITY IN A PPL IC A T IO N AND WHICH HAS B E E N DEDUCED OR INDUCED FROM BASIC PO STU LA TES.

LOGIC 21. MATHEM ATICS ARE METHODS O F P O ST U L A T ­ING OR RESOLVING R EAL OR ABSTRACT DATA IN ANY UNIVERSE AND INTEGRATING BY SYMBOLIZATION OF D A T A , PO ST U L A T E S AND RESOLUTIONS.

LOGIC 22. THE HUMAN MIND* IS AN OBSERVER, PO ST U L A - TOR, CREATOR AND STORAGE PLA C E OF KNOW LEDGE.

LOGIC 23. THE HUMAN MIND IS A SERVOMECHANISM TO ANY M ATHEM ATICS EVO LVED OR EM PLO YED BY THE HUMAN MIND.

*T he hum an m in d b y d efin itio n in c lu d es the a w a r e n e ss unit of the liv in g o r g a n ism , the o b se r v e r , the com p u ter of data, the s p ir it , the m e m o r y s to r a g e , the l ife fo r c e and the in d i­v id u al m o tiv a to r o f the liv in g o r g a n ism s . It i s u sed as d is t in c t fr o m the b ra in w hich can be c o n sid ered to be m o ­tiv a ted by the m ind .

NOTE: T he p r im a r y step in r e so lv in g the broad a c t iv it ie s of m an cou ld be c o n s id e r e d to be the r e so lv in g of the a c t iv ­i t ie s o f the m ind i t s e l f . H en ce, the lo g ic s c a r r y to th is point and then p r o c e e d a s a x io m s co n cern in g the hum an m ind, su ch ax io m s b eing su b stan tia ted a s r e la t iv e truths by m uch n ew ly d is c o v e r e d phenom ena. The en su in g a x io m s, fro m L o g ic 24, apply no l e s s to the v a r io u s " o log ies" than th ey do to d e -a b e r r a tin g or im p rov in g the op eration of the m ind . It shou ld not be thought that the fo llow in g ax io m s a re d ev o ted to the co n stru c tio n of anything a s lim ite d as a th erap y , w h ich i s on ly in c id en ta l to the r e so lu tio n of human a b erra tio n and su ch th in gs a s p sy ch o so m a tic i l ln e s s e s . T h ese a x io m s a r e cap ab le of such so lu tion , a s has been d em o n stra ted , but such a n arrow ap p lica tion w ould in d ica te a v ery n arrow sco p e of v iew .

PO STULATE - THE HUMAN MIND AND INVENTIONS OF THE HUMAN MIND ARE C A PA BLE OF RESOLVING ANY AND A L L PROBLEM S WHICH CAN BE SEN SED , M EASURED OR E X PER IEN C ED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY.

COROLLARY - THE HUMAN MIND IS C A PA BLE OF R ESO LV ­ING THE PRO BLEM OF THE HUMAN MIND.

The b o rd er lin e of so lu tion o f th is s c ie n c e l ie s betw een WHY life i s su rv iv in g and HOW life i s su rv iv in g . It is p o ss ib le to r e s o lv e HOW life i s su rv iv in g w ithout r e s o lv - ing WHY life i s su rv iv in g .

LOGIC 24. THE RESOLUTION OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL SC I­ENTIFIC AND HUMAN STUDIES (SUCH AS ECONOMICS, PO LITICS, SOCIOLOGY, M EDICINE, CRIMINOLOGY, E T C . ) D EPEN D S PRIM ARILY UPON THE RESOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM S OF THE HUMAN MIND.

THE AXIOMS OF DIANETICS

AXIOM 1. THE SOURCE OF LIFE IS A STATIC OF PECULIAR AND PARTICULAR PR O PE R T IE S.

AXIOM 2. AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE STATIC C A LLED LIFE IS IM PINGED UPON THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE.

AXIOM 3. THAT PORTION OF THE STATIC OF LIFE WHICH IS IM PINGED UPON THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE HAS FOR ITS DYNAMIC GOAL, SURVIVAL AND ONLY SURVIVAL.

AXIOM 4. THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE IS REDUCIBLE TOMOTION OF ENERGY OPERATING IN SPACE THROUGH T IM E .

AXIOM 5. THAT PORTION OF THE STATIC OF LIFE CO N­CERNED WITH THE LIFE ORGANISMS OF THE PHYSI - CAL UNIVERSE IS CONCERNED WHOLLY WITH MOTION.

AXIOM 6. THE LIFE STATIC HAS AS ONE OF ITS PR O PE R - TIES THE ABILITY TO M OBILIZE AND ANIMATE M A T ­TER INTO LIVING ORGANISMS.

AXIOM 7. THE LIFE STATIC IS ENGAGED IN A CONQUEST OF THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE.

AXIOM 8. THE L IFE STATIC CONQUERS THE M ATERIAL UNIVERSE BY LEARNING AND A PPLY IN G THE PH Y SI­CAL LAWS OF THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE.

SYMBOL: The sy m b o l for the LIFE STATIC in u se h e r e ­a fter i s the G reek le t te r T heta.

AXIOM 9. A FU N D A M EN TA L OPERATION O F THETA IN SURVIVING IS BRINGING ORDER INTO THE CHAOS OF THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE.

AXIOM 10. THETA BRINGS ORDER INTO CHAOS BY C O N ­QUERING W HATEVER IN MEST MAY BY PRO -SU R V IV A L AND DESTROYING W HATEVER IN MEST MAY BE C O NTRA-SURVIVAL, AT LEAST THROUGH THE M E D ­IUM OF LIFE ORGANISMS.

SYMBOL: The sym b ol for the PHYSICAL UNIVERSE in u se h e r e a fte r is M EST, fro m the f ir s t le t te r s of the w ord s , M atter, E n erg y , Space and T im e , or the G reek le t te r P h i.

AXIOM 11. A L IFE ORGANISM IS COMPOSED OF M ATTER AND ENERGY IN SPACE AND TIM E, ANIM ATED BY TH ETA .

SYMBOL: L iv in g o rg a n ism or o r g a n ism s w ill h e r e a fte r be r e p r e se n te d by the G reek le t te r LAM BDA.

AXIOM 12. THE MEST PART OF THE ORGANISM FOLLOW S THE LAWS OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES. A L L LAMBDA IS CONCERNED WITH M PTION.

AXIOM 13. THETA OPERATING THROUGH LAM BDA CO N­VERTS THE FO RCES OF THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE IN ­TO FORCES TO CONQUER THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE.

AXIOM 14. THETA WORKING UPON PHYSICAL UNIVERSE MOTION, MUST MAINTAIN A HARMONIOUS RATE OF MOTION.

The l im its of LAMBDA are n arrow , both a s to th erm a l and m ech a n ica l m otion .

AXIOM 15. LAMBDA IS THE INTERM EDIATE ST E P IN THE CONQUEST OF THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE.

AXIOM 16. THE BASIC FOOD OF ANY ORGANISM CONSISTS OF LIGHT AND CHEM ICALS.

O rg a n ism s can e x is t only a s h igh er le v e ls of c o m p le x it ie s b eca u se lo w er le v e ls of c o n v e r te r s e x is t .

T heta e v o lv e s o r g a n ism s fro m lo w er to h igh er fo r m s and su p p orts them by the e x is te n c e of lo w er co n v e r te r fo r m s .

15AXIOM 17. TH ETA , VIA LAMBDA E F F E C T S AN EVOLUTION

OF M EST.

In th is w e have the w a ste prod u cts of o r g a n ism s on the one hand as th o se v e r y co m p lex c h e m ic a ls w hich b a c te r ia m ake, and, on the other hand, w e have the p h y s ic a l fa c e of the ea rth being changed by a n im a ls and m en , such ch an ges as g r a s s holding m ountains fro m erod in g or ro o ts cau sin g b o u ld ers to b reak , b u ild in gs b ein g b u ilt, and r iv e r s being d am m ed. T h ere i s ob v io u sly an evo lu tion in MEST in p r o g ­r e s s under the in cu rs io n of TH ETA .

AXIOM 18. LAM BDA, E V E N WITHIN A SPE C IE S, VARIES IN ITS ENDOWMENT OF TH ETA .

AXIOM 19. THE EFFO R T OF LAM BDA IS TOWARD SURVIVAL.

The g o a l of L am bda i s su r v iv a l.The p en alty of fa ilu r e to advance tow ard that g o a l i s to su ccu m b .

DEFINITION: PERSISTENCE IS THE ABILITY TO EXERT CONTINUANCE OF E F FO R T TOWARD SURVIVAL GOALS.

AXIOM 20. LAM BDA C R EA TES, CONSERVES, MAINTAINS, REQUIRES, DESTROYS, CHANGES, O CCUPIES, GROUPS AND DISPERSES M EST. LAM BDA SURVIVES BY ANIM AT­ING AND MOBILIZING OR DESTROYING M ATTER AND ENERGY IN SPACE AND TIM E.

AXIOM 21. LAM BDA IS D EPE N D E N T UPON OPTIM UM MO - TION. MOTION WHICH IS TOO SWIFT AND MOTION WHICH IS TOO SLOW ARE EQUALLY CONTRA-SURVIVAL.

AXIOM 22. THETA AND THOUGHT ARE SIMILAR ORDERS OF STATIC.

AXIOM 23. A LL THOUGHT IS CONCERNED WITH MOTION.

AXIOM 24. THE ESTABLISHM ENT OF AN OPTIM UM MOTION IS A BASIC GOAL OF REASON.

DEFINITION: LAMBDA IS A CHEMICAL HEAT ENGINE E X ­ISTING IN SPACE AND TIME MOTIVATED BY THE LIFE STATIC AND D IRECTED BY THOUGHT.

AXIOM 25. THE BASIC PURPO SE OF REASON IS THE C A L ­CULATION OR ESTIM ATION OF E F F O R T .

AXIOM 26. THOUGHT IS ACCOM PLISHED BY THETA F A C ­SIMILES OF PHYSICAL UNIVERSE, ENTITIES OR

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AXIOM 27. THETA IS SATISFIED ONLY WITH HARMONIOUS ACTION OR OPTIM UM MOTION AND R EJEC TS OR D E ­STROYS ACTION OR MOTION ABOVE OR BELOW ITS TOLERANCE BA N D .

AXIOM 28. THE MIND IS CONCERNED WHOLLY WITH THE ESTIM ATION OF E F F O R T .

DEFINITION: MIND IS THE THETA COMMAND POST OF ANY ORGANISM OR ORGANISMS.

AXIOM 29. THE BASIC ERRORS OF REASON ARE FAILURE TO D IFFE R E N T IA T E AMONGST M A TTER , ENERG Y, SPACE AND TIM E.

AXIOM 30. RIGHTNESS IS PR O PER CALCULATION OF E F ­FO R T.

AXIOM 3 1. WRONGNESS IS ALWAYS M ISCALCULATION OF E F F O R T .

AXIOM 32. THETA CAN EX ER T IT SE L F DIRECTLY OR EX - TENSIONALLY „

T heta can d ir e c t p h y s ic a l a p p lica tion of the o rg a n ism to the en v iron m en t or through the m ind, can f ir s t ca lcu la te the action or exten d , a s in lan gu age, id e a s .

AXIOM 33. CONCLUSIONS ARE DIRECTED TOWARD THE IN ­HIBITION, M AINTENANCE OR ACCELERATIONS OF E F F O R T S.

AXIOM 34. THE COMMON DENOMINATOR OF A LL L IFE OR­GANISMS IS MOTION.

AXIOM 35. E FFO R T OF AN ORGANISM TO SURVIVE ORSUCCUMB IS PHYSICAL MOTION OF A LIFE ORGANISM AT A GIVEN MOMENT IN TIM E THROUGH SPA C E.

DEFINITION: MOTION IS ANY CHANGE IN ORIENTATION IN SPA C E .

DEFINITION: FO RCE IS RANDOM E F F O R T .

DEFINITION: E FFO R T IS DIRECTED FO R C E.

AXIOM 36. AN ORGANISM'S EFFO R T CAN BE TO REMAIN AT REST OR PERSIST IN A GIVEN MOTION.

Static s ta te h as p o sitio n in t im e , but an o rg a n ism w h ich is rem ain in g p o s it io n a lly in a sta tic sta te if a liv e i s s t i l l c o n ­tinuing a h igh ly co m p lex p attern of m otion , such a s the h ea rt b eat, d ig estio n , e tc .

The e ffo r ts of o r g a n ism s to su rv iv e or succum b a re as - s is te d , co m p e lled or opposed by the e ffo r ts of o ther organ­is m s , m a tter , en erg y , sp a ce and t im e .

DEFINITION: ATTENTIO N IS A MOTION WHICH MUST RE - MAIN AT AN OPTIMUM E F F O R T .

A ttention i s ab erra ted by b ecom in g unfixed and sw eeping at random or becom in g too fix ed w ithout sw eep in g .

Unknown th r e a ts to su rv iv a l w hen se n se d ca u se atten tion to sw eep w ithout fix in g .

Known th r e a ts to su rv iv a l w hen se n se d ca u se a tten tion to fix .

AXIOM 37. THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF LAMBDA IS INFINITE SURVIVAL.

AXIOM 38. DEATH IS ABANDONM ENT BY THETA OF A LIFE ORGANISM OR RACE OR SPECIES WHERE THESE CAN NO LONGER SERVE THETA IN ITS GOALS OF INFINITE SURVIVAL.

AXIOM 39. THE REWARD OF AN ORGANISM ENGAGING U P ­ON SURVIVAL ACTIVITY IS PL E A SU R E .

AXIOM 40. THE PEN A LTY OF AN ORGANISM FAILING TO ENGAGE UPON SURVIVAL ACTIVITY, OR ENGAGING ON NON-SURVIVAL ACTIVITY IS PAIN.

AXIOM 41. THE C ELL AND VIRUS ARE THE PRIMARY B U IL D ­ING BLOCKS OF LIFE ORGANISMS.

AXIOM 42. THE VIRUS AND C E L L ARE M ATTER AND ENERGY ANIM ATED AND M OTIVATED IN SPACE AND TIME BY TH ETA.

AXIOM 43. THETA MOBILIZES THE VIRUS AND C E L L IN COLONIAL AGGREGATIONS TO INCREASE PO TENTIAL MOTION AND ACCOMPLISH E F F O R T .

AXIOM 44. THE GOAL OF VIRUSES AND CELLS IS SURVIV­AL IN SPACE THROUGH TIM E.

AXIOM 45. THE TOTAL MISSION OF HIGHER ORGANISMS ,

VIRUSES AND C E L L S IS THE SAME AS THAT OF THE VIRUS AND C E L L .

A X IO M 4 6 . C O L O N IA L A G G R E G A T IO N S O F V IR U S E S AND C E L L S C A N B E I M B U E D W IT H M O R E T H E T A T H A N T H E Y I N H E R E N T L Y C O N T A IN E D .

L ife E n erg y jo in s any group w h eth er a group of o rg a n ism s or group of c e l l s co m p o sin g an o rg a n ism . H ere we have p e r so n a l en tity , in d iv id u ation , e tc .

AXIOM 47 . E FFO R T CAN BE ACCOM PLISHED BY LAMBDA ONLY THROUGH THE CO-ORDINATION OF ITS PARTS TOWARD GOALS.

AXIOM 48. AN ORGANISM IS E Q U IPPED TO BE GOVERNED AND CO NTRO LLED BY A MIND.

A X IO M 4 9 . T H E P U R P O S E O F T H E M IN D IS T O P O S E AND R E S O L V E P R O B L E M S R E L A T I N G T O S U R V IV A L AND T O D I R E C T T H E E F F O R T O F T H E O R G A N IS M A C C O R D ­ING T O T H E S E S O L U T IO N S .

AXIOM 50. A L L PRO BLEM S ARE POSED AND RESOLVED THROUGH ESTIM ATIONS OF E F F O R T .

AXIOM 51. THE MIND CAN CONFUSE POSITION IN SPACE WITH POSITION IN TIME (C O U N T E R -E FFO R T S PR O D U C ­ING ACTION PH RASES).

AXIOM 52. AN ORGANISM PROCEEDING TOWARD SURVIVAL IS DIRECTED BY THE MIND OF THAT ORGANISM IN THE ACCOM PLISHM ENT OF SURVIVAL E F F O R T .

AXIOM 53. AN ORGANISM PROCEEDING TOWARD SUCCUMB IS DIRECTED BY THE MIND OF THAT ORGANISM IN THE ACCOM PLISHM ENT OF DEATH.

AXIOM 54. SURVIVAL OF AN ORGANISM IS ACCOM PLISHED BY THE OVERCOMING OF EFFO R T S OPPOSING ITS SU R ­VIVAL. (NOTE: COROLLARY FOR OTHER DYNAMICS . )

DEFINITION: DYNAMIC IS THE ABILITY TO TRANSLATE SO ­LUTIONS INTO ACTION.

AXIOM 55. SURVIVAL E FFO R T FOR AN ORGANISM INCLUDES THE DYNAMIC THRUST BY THAT ORGANISM FOR THE SURVIVAL OF IT SE L F , ITS PROCREATIONS, ITS GROUP, ITS SU B -SP E C IE S, ITS SPE C IE S, ALL LIFE ORGANISMS, M ATERIAL UNIVERSE, THE LIFE STATIC AND, POSSIBLY, A SUPREM E BEING . (NOTE: LIST OF DYNAMICS. )

19AXIOM 56. THE CYCLE OF AN ORGANISM, A GROUP OF

ORGANISMS OR A SPECIE IS INCEPTIO N, GROWTH, R E -C R E A T IO N , DECAY AND DEATH .

AXIOM 57. THE E FFO R T OF AN ORGANISM IS DIRECTED TOWARD THE CONTROL OF THE ENVIRONM ENT FOR A LL THE DYNAMICS.

AXIOM 58. CONTROL OF AN ENVIRONM ENT IS A C C O M ­PLISH ED BY THE SUPPO RT OF PR O -SU R V IV A L FACTORS ALONG ANY DYNAMIC.

AXIOM 59. ANY TYPE OF HIGHER ORGANISM IS ACCOM - PLISH ED BY THE EVOLUTION OF VIRUSES AND CELLS INTO FORMS C A PA BLE OF BE T T E R E FFO R T S TO CON­TROL OR LIVE IN AN ENVIRONM ENT.

AXIOM 60. THE USEFU LN ESS OF AN ORGANISM IS D E T E R ­MINED BY ITS ABILITY TO CONTROL THE E N V IR O N ­MENT OR TO SUPPO RT ORGANISMS WHICH CONTROL THE ENVIRONM ENT.

AXIOM 61. AN ORGANISM IS R E JE C T E D BY THETA TO THE DEGREE THAT IT FA ILS IN ITS GOALS.

AXIOM 62. HIGHER ORGANISMS CAN EXIST ONLY IN THE DEGREE THAT THEY ARE SU PPO R TED BY THE LOWER ORGANISMS.

AXIOM 63. THE USEFU LN ESS OF AN ORGANISM IS D E T E R ­MINED BY THE ALIGNM ENT OF ITS E FFO R T S TOWARD SURVIVAL.

AXIOM 64. THE MIND PER C EIV ES AND STORES A LL DATA O F THE ENVIRONM ENT AND ALIGNS OR FA ILS TO ALIGN THESE ACCORDING TO THE TIME THEY WERE PE R C EIV ED .

DEFINITION: A CONCLUSION IS THE THETA FACSIM ILESOF A GROUP OF COM BINED DATA.

DEFINITION: A DATUM IS A THETA FACSIM ILE OF PHYSI­CAL ACTION.

4XIOM 65. THE PROCESS OF THOUGHT IS THE PER C EPTIO N OF THE PR E SE N T AND THE COMPARISON OF IT TO THE PER C EPTIO N S AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE PAST IN ORDER TO DIRECT ACTION IN THE IMMEDIATE OR DIS­TANT FU T U R E .

COROLLARY: THE A T T E M PT OF THOUGHT IS TO P E R -

AXIOM 66. THE PROCESS BY WHICH LIFE E F F E C T S ITS CONQUEST OF THE M ATERIAL UNIVERSE CONSISTS IN THE CONVERSION OF THE PO TENTIAL E FFO R T OF M ATTER AND ENERGY IN SPACE AND THROUGH TIME TO E F F E C T WITH IT THE CONVERSION OF FURTHER M ATTER AND ENERGY IN SPACE AND THROUGH TIM E.

AXIOM 67. THETA CONTAINS ITS OWN THETA UNIVERSE EFFO R T WHICH TRANSLATES INTO MEST E F F O R T .

A X IO M 68. T H E S IN G L E A R B IT R A R Y IN ANY O R G A N IS M IS T I M E .

AXIOM 69. PHYSICAL UNIVERSE PERCEPTIO NS AND E F - FORTS ARE RECEIVED BY AN ORGANISM AS FORCE WAVES, CONVERT BY FACSIM ILE INTO THETA AND ARE THUS STORED.

DEFINITION: RANDOMITY IS THE M IS-ALIGNM ENT THROUGH THE INTERNAL OR EX TER N A L E FFO R TS BY OTHER FORMS OF LIFE OR THE M ATERIAL UNIVERSE OF THE E FFO R TS OF AN ORGANISM, AND IS IMPOSED ON THE PHYSICAL ORGANISM BY C O U N T E R -E FFO R T S IN THE ENVIRONM ENT.

CEIVE REALITIES OF T H E P A S T A N D P R E S E N T INO R D E R T O P R E D I C T O R P O S T U L A T E REALITIES O F T H EF U T U R E .

A X IO M 70. ANY C Y C L E O F ANY L I F E O R G A N IS M IS F R O M S T A T IC T O M O T IO N T O S T A T I C .

A X IO M 71. T H E C Y C L E O F R A N D O M IT Y IS F R O M S T A T I C , T H R O U G H O P T I M U M , T H R O U G H R A N D O M IT Y S U F F I - C I E N T L Y R E P E T I T I O U S OR S IM IL A R T O C O N S T I T U T E A N O T H E R S T A T I C .

A X IO M 72. T H E R E A R E T W O S U B -D IV IS IO N S T O R A N D O M ­IT Y : D A T A R A N D O M IT Y AND F O R C E R A N D O M IT Y .

A X IO M 73. T H E T H R E E D E G R E E S O F R A N D O M IT Y C O N SIS T O F M IN US R A N D O M IT Y , O P T I M U M R A N D O M IT Y AND P L U S R A N D O M IT Y .

A X IO M 74. O P T I M U M R A N D O M IT Y IS N E C E S S A R Y T O L E A R N ­IN G .

A X IO M 75. T H E I M P O R T A N T F A C T O R S IN ANY A R E A O F R A N D O M IT Y A R E E F F O R T A N D C O U N T E R - E F F O R T . (N O T E : AS D IS T IN G U IS H E D F R O M N E A R - P E R C E P T I O N S

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AXIOM 76. RANDOMITY AMONGST ORGANISMS IS VITAL TO CONTINUOUS SURVIVAL OF A LL ORGANISMS.

AXIOM 77. THETA A F F E C T S THE ORGANISM, OTHER O R­GANISMS AND THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE BY T R A N S­LATING THETA FACSIM ILES INTO PHYSICAL EFFO R TS OR RANDOMITY OF E F F O R T S.

DEFINITION: THE DEGREE OF RANDOMITY IS M EASURED BY THE RANDOMNESS OF E FFO R T VECTORS WITHIN THE ORGANISM, AMONGST ORGANISMS, AMONGST RACES OR SPEC IES OF ORGANISMS OR BETW EEN ORGANISMS AND THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE.

AXIOM 78. RANDOMITY BECOM ES INTENSE IN INDIRECT RATIO TO THE TIME IN WHICH IT TAKES P L A C E , M OD­IFIED BY THE TO TAL E F F O R T IN THE A R EA . '

AXIOM 79. INITIAL RANDOMITY CAN BE REINFORCED BY RANDOM ITIES OF G REATER OR LESSER M AGNITUDE.

AXIOM 80. AREAS OF RANDOMITY EXIST IN CHAINS OF SIMILARITY PL O T T E D AGAINST TIM E. THIS CAN BE TRUE OF WORDS AND ACTIONS CONTAINED IN RA N - DOM ITIES. EACH MAY HAVE ITS OWN CHAIN PL O T T E D AGAINST TIM E.

AXIOM 81. SANITY CONSISTS OF OPTIM UM RANDOM ­ITY.

AXIOM 82. ABERRATION EXISTS TO THE DEGREE THAT PL U S OR MINUS RANDOMITY EXISTS IN THE ENVIRO N­MENT OR PAST DATA OF AN ORGANISM, GROUP OR SPEC IES M ODIFIED BY THE ENDOW ED S E L F -D E T E R ­MINISM OF THAT ORGANISM, GROUP OR SPE C IE S.

AXIOM 83. THE SE L F-D E T E R M IN ISM OF AN ORGANISM IS DETERM INED BY ITS THETA ENDOW M ENT, MODIFIED BY MINUS OR PLU S RANDOMITY IN ITS ENVIRONM ENT OR ITS EX ISTEN C E.

AXIOM 84. THE SE L F-D E T E R M IN ISM OF AN ORGANISM IS INCREASED BY OPTIM UM RANDOMITY OF C O U N TER - E F F O R T S.

AXIOM 85. THE SE L F-D E T E R M IN ISM OF AN ORGANISM IS REDUCED BY PLU S OR MINUS RANDOMITY OF C O U N T E R -E FFO R T S IN THE ENVIRONM ENT.

AXIOM 86. RANDOMITY CONTAINS BOTH THE RANDOM ­NESS OF E F F O R T S AND THE VOLUME OF E FFO R T S. (NOTE: AN AREA OF RANDOMITY CAN HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF CONFUSION BUT WITHOUT VOLUME OF EN ER G Y , THE CONFUSION ITSELF IS NEG LIG IBLE. )

AXIOM 87. THAT C O U N T E R -E FFO R T IS MOST A C C EPTA BLE TO AN ORGANISM WHICH MOST CLOSELY A P PE A R S TO ASSIST ITS ACCOM PLISHM ENT OF ITS GOAL.

AXIOM 88. AN AREA OF SEVERE PLUS OR MINUS RAN - DOMITY CAN OCCLUDE DATA ON ANY OF THE S U B ­JE C T S OF THAT PL U S OR MINUS RANDOMITY WHICH TOOK PL A C E IN A PRIOR TIM E. (NOTE: S H U T -O F FMECHANISMS OF EARLIER LIV ES, P E R C E PT IC S, S P E ­CIFIC INCIDENTS, E T C .)

AXIOM 89. R E S T IM U L A T IO N O F P L U S , M INUS OR O P T I­MUM RANDOM ITY CAN P R O D U C E IN C R EA SED P L U S , MINUS OR O PT IM U M RANDOM ITY R E S P E C T IV E L Y IN T H E ORG A N ISM .

AXIOM 90. AN AREA OF RANDOMITY CAN ASSUME S U F ­FIC IEN T M AGNITUDE SO AS TO A PPE A R TO THE OR­GANISM AS P A IN , ACCORDING TO ITS GOALS.

AXIOM 91. PA ST RAN D O M ITY CAN IM PO SE IT S E L F U PO N T H E P R E S E N T ORGANISM AS T H E T A F A C S IM IL E S .

AXIOM 92. THE ENGRAM IS A SEVERE AREA OF PLUS OR MINUS RANDOMITY OF SU FFIC IEN T VOLUME TO CAUSE UNCONSCIOUSNESS.

AXIOM 93. UNCONSCIOUSNESS IS AN EXCESS OF RANDOM - ITY IM POSED BY A C O U N T E R -E FFO R T OF SUFFICIENT FO RCE TO CLOUD THE AW ARENESS AND DIRECT F U N C ­TION OF THE ORGANISM THROUGH THE MIND'S CO N­TROL C E N T E R .

AXIOM 94. ANY C O U N T E R -E FFO R T WHICH MIS-ALIGNS THE ORGANISM'S COMMAND OF IT SE L F OR ITS EN - VIRONMENT ESTABLISH ES PLU S OR MINUS RANDOMITY OR, IF OF SU FFIC IEN T M AGNITUDE, IS AN ENGRAM .

AXIOM 95. PAST ENGRAMS ARE RESTIM ULATED BY THE CONTROL C E N T E R 'S PER C EPTIO N OF CIRCUMSTANCES SIMILAR TO THAT ENGRAM IN THE PR ESEN T ENVIRON­M ENT.

AXIOM 96. AN ENGRAM IS A THETA FACSIM ILE OF ATOMS AND M OLECULES IN M ISALIGNM ENT.

23AXIOM 97. ENGRAMS F IX EM OTIONAL RESPONSE AS THAT EM OTIONAL RESPONSE OF THE ORGANISM DURING THE R EC EIPT OF THE C O U N T E R -E F F O R T .

AXIOM 98. F R E E EM OTIONAL RESPONSE D E PE N D S ON O P ­TIMUM RANDOM ITY. IT D EPEN D S UPON ABSENCE OF OR NO N-RESTIM ULATIO N OF ENGRAM S.

AXIOM 99. THETA FACSIM ILES CAN RECOM BINE INTO NEW SYM BOLS.

AXIOM 100. LANGUAGE IS THE SYM BOLIZATION OF E F ­FO R T .

AXIOM 101. LANGUAGE D E PE N D S FOR ITS FORCE UPON THE FO RCE WHICH ACCOM PANIED ITS D E FIN IT IO N . (NOTE: C O U N T E R -E F F O R T , NOT LANGUAGE, IS A B E R R A T IV E .)

AXIOM 102. THE ENVIRONM ENT CAN OCCLUDE THE C E N ­TRAL CONTROL OF ANY ORGANISM AND ASSUME CON­TROL OF THE MOTOR CONTROLS OF THAT ORGANISM. (ENGRAM , RESTIM ULATION, LOCKS, H Y PNO TISM .)

AXIOM 103. INTELLIG ENCE D EPEN D S ON THE ABILITY TO SELECT ALIGNED OR MISALIGNED DATA FROM AN AREA OF RANDOMITY AND SO DISCOVER A SO LU­TION TO REDUCE A L L RANDOMITY IN THAT AR EA .

AXIOM 104. PERSISTENCE OBTAINS IN THE ABILITY OF THE MIND TO PU T SOLUTIONS INTO PHYSICAL ACTION TOWARD THE REALIZATION OF GOALS.

AXIOM 105. AN UNKNOWN DATUM CAN PRODUCE DATA OF PL U S OR MINUS RANDOMITY.

AXIOM 106. THE INTRODUCTION OF AN ARBITRARY F A C ­TOR OR FO RCE WITHOUT RECOURSE TO NATURAL LAWS OF THE BODY OR THE AREA INTO WHICH THE ARBITRARY IS INTRODUCED BRINGS ABOUT PL U S OR MINUS RANDOMITY.

AXIOM 107. DATA OF PL U S OR MINUS RANDOMITY D E ­PE N D S FOR ITS CONFUSION ON FORM ER PLU S OR MINUS RANDOMITY OR ABSENT DATA.

AXIOM 108. E F FO R T S WHICH ARE INHIBITED OR COM ­P E L L E D BY EXTERIOR E FFO R T S E F F E C T A PL U S OR MINUS RANDOMITY OF E F F O R T S.

AXIOM 109. B EH A V IO R IS M O D IFIE D BY C O U N T E R -E F F O R T S W HICH HAVE IM PIN G E D ON TH E ORGANISM .

AXIOM 110. THE COM PONENT PA R TS OF THETA ARE A F ­F IN IT Y , REALITY AND COMMUNICATION.

AXIOM 111. SEL F-D E T E R M IN ISM CONSISTS OF MAXIMAL A F F IN IT Y , REALITY AND COMMUNICATION.

AXIOM 112. A FFIN ITY IS THE COHESION OF T H ETA .

A ffin ity m a n ife s ts i t s e l f a s the reco g n itio n of s im ila r ity of e ffo r ts and g o a ls am on gst o r g a n ism s by th o se o r g a n ism s .

AXIOM 113. REALITY IS THE AGREEM ENT UPON P E R C E P ­TIONS AND DATA IN THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE.

A ll that w e can be su re i s r e a l i s that on w hich w e have a g reed i s r e a l. A g reem en t i s the e s s e n c e of r e a lity .

AXIOM 114. COMMUNICATION IS THE INTERCHANGE OF PE R C E PT IO N THROUGH THE M ATERIAL UNIVERSE BETW EEN ORGANISMS OR THE PE R C E PT IO N OF THE M ATERIAL UNIVERSE BY SENSE CHANNELS.

AXIOM 115. SE L F-D E T E R M IN ISM IS THE THETA CONTROL OF THE ORGANISM.

AXIOM 116. A SE L F -D E T E R M IN E D E FFO R T IS THAT C O U N T E R -E FFO R T WHICH HAS B E E N RECEIVED INTO THE ORGANISM IN THE PAST AND INTEGRATED INTO THE ORGANISM FOR ITS CONSCIOUS USE.

AXIOM 117. THE COM PONENTS OF SE LF-D ETER M IN ISM ARE A F F IN IT Y , COMMUNICATION AND R E A LITY .

S e lf -d e te r m in ism is m a n ife s ted along each d yn am ic.

AXIOM 118. AN ORGANISM CANNOT BECOM E A BER R A TED UNLESS IT HAS AGREED UPON THAT A BERRATIO N, HAS B E E N IN COMMUNICATION WITH A SOURCE OF A B E R R A ­TION AND HAS HAD A FFIN ITY FOR THE A BER R A TO R .

AXIOM 119. AGREEM ENT WITH ANY SOURCE C O N TR A - OR P R O -SU R V IV A L PO STU LA TES A NEW REALITY FOR THE ORGANISM.

AXIOM 120. NON-SURVIVAL COURSES, THOUGHTS AND A C ­TIONS REQUIRE NON-OPTIM UM E F F O R T .

AXIOM 121. EVERY THOUGHT HAS B E E N PR E C E D E D BY

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AXIOM 122. THE MIND DOES WITH THOUGHT AS IT HAS DONE WITH ENTITIES IN THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE.

AXIOM 123. A L L E FFO R T CONCERNED WITH PAIN IS CON­CERNED WITH LOSS.

O rg a n ism s hold pain and en g ra m s to th em as a la ten t e ffort to p rev en t lo s s of so m e p ortion of the o rg a n ism .A ll lo s s i s a lo s s of m otion .

AXIOM 124. THE AMOUNT OF C O U N T E R -E FFO R T THE OR­GANISM CAN OVERCOME IS PROPORTIONAL TO THE THETA ENDOWMENT OF THE ORGANISM, MODIFIED BY THE PHYSIQUE OF THAT ORGANISM.

AXIOM 125. EXCESSIVE C O U N T E R -E FFO R T TO THE E F ­FORT OF A LIFE ORGANISM PRODUCES UNCONSCIOUS­NESS.

COROLLARY: UNCONSCIOUSNESS GIVES THE SUPPRESSION O F AN ORGANISM'S CONTROL CENTER BY C O U N TER - E F F O R T .

DEFINITION: THE CONTROL CENTER OF THE ORGANISM CAN B E D EFIN ED AS THE CONTACT POINT BETW EEN THETA AND THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE AND IS THAT CENTER WHICH IS AWARE OF BEING AWARE AND WHICH HAS CHARGE OF AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ORGANISM ALONG A LL ITS DYNAMICS.

AXIOM 126. PER C EPTIO N S ARE ALWAYS RECEIVED IN THE CONTROL CENTER OF AN ORGANISM WHETHER THE CONTROL C ENTER IS IN CONTROL OF THE ORGANISM AT THE TIME OR NOT.

T h is i s an exp lan ation fo r the a ssu m p tio n of v a le n c e s .

AXIOM 127. A L L PER C EPTIO N S REACHING THE O R G A N ­ISM'S SENSE CHANNELS ARE RECORDED AND STORED BY THETA FACSIM ILE.

DEFINITION: PE R C E PT IO N IS THE PROCESS OF RECORD­ING DATA FROM THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE AND STOR­ING IT AS A THETA FACSIM ILE.

DEFINITION: R EC A LL IS THE PROCESS OF REGAINING P E R C E PT IO N S.

AXIOM 128. ANY ORGANISM CAN R EC A LL EVERYTHING WHICH IT HAS PE R C EIV ED .

AXIOM 129. AN ORGANISM D ISPL A C E D BY P L U S OR MINUS RANDOM ITY IS T H E R E A F T E R R E M O T E FR O M TH E P E R C E P T IO N RECO RD IN G C E N T E R .

In crea sed r e m o te n e ss b r in g s about o c c lu s io n s of p e r c e p - t io n s . One can p e r c e iv e th in gs in p r e se n t t im e and then, b eca u se th ey a r e b ein g reco rd ed after th ey p a sse d THETA p ercep tio n of the a w a r e n e ss unit, they a re r e - co rd ed but cannot be r e c a lle d .

AXIOM 130. THETA FACSIM ILES OF COUNTER - EFFO R T ARE A LL THAT INTERPOSE BETW EEN THE C O N ­TROL CENTER AND ITS REC A LLS.

AXIOM 131. ANY C O U N T E R -E FFO R T RECEIVED INTO A CONTROL CENTER IS ALWAYS ACCOM PANIED BY ALL PE R C E PT IC S.

AXIOM 132. THE RANDOM C O U N T E R -E FFO R T S TO ANORGANISM AND THE INTERM INGLED PER C EPTIO N S IN THE RANDOMITY CAN R E -E X E R T THAT FORCE UPON AN ORGANISM WHEN RE STIM ULATED.

DEFINITION: RESTIM ULATION IS THE REACTIVATION OF A PAST COUNTER -E F F O R T BY A PPEA R A N C E IN THE ORGANISM'S ENVIRONM ENT OF A SIMILARITY TOWARD THE CONTENT OF THE PAST RANDOMITY AREA.

AXIOM 133. SE L F-D ETER M IN ISM ALONE BRINGS ABOUT THE MECHANISM OF RESTIM ULATION.

AXIOM 134. A REACTIVATED AREA OF THE PAST RANDOM ­ITY IMPINGES THE EFFO R T AND THE PER C EPTIO N S UPON THE ORGANISM.

AXIOM 13 5. ACTIVATION OF A RANDOMITY AREA IS A C ­COMPLISHED FIRST BY THE PE R C E PT IO N S, THEN BY THE PA IN , FINALLY BY THE E F F O R T .

AXIOM 136. THE MIND IS PLASTICALLY C A PA BLE OF R E ­CORDING A LL E FFO R T S AND C O U N T E R -E FFO R T S.

AXIOM 137. A C O U N T E R -E FFO R T ACCOM PANIED BY S U F ­FICIENT (ENRANDOM ED) FORCE IM PRESSES THE F A C ­SIMILE OF THE C O U N T E R -E FFO R T PERSONALITY INTO THE MIND OF AN ORGANISM.

27AXIOM 138. ABERRATION IS THE DEGREE OF RESIDUAL

PLU S OR MINUS RANDOMITY ACCUM ULATED BY COM ­PELLIN G , INHIBITING, OR UNW ARRENTED ASSISTING OF E FFO R T S ON THE PART OF OTHER ORGANISMS OR THE PHYSICAL (M ATERIAL) UNIVERSE.

A b erra tion i s ca u sed by what i s done to the in d iv id u a l, not w hat the ind iv id u al d o e s , p lus h is s e lf -d e te r m in is m about w hat h as b een done to h im .

A X IO M 139. A B E R R A T E D B E H A V IO U R C O N S IS T S O F D E - S T R U C T I V E E F F O R T T O W A R D P R O - S U R V I V A L D A T A OR E N T I T I E S ON ANY D Y N A M IC , O R E F F O R T T O W A R D T H E S U R V IV A L OF C O N T R A - S U R V I V A L D A T A O R E N ­T I T I E S F O R ANY D Y N A M IC .

AXIOM 140. A VALENCE IS A FACSIM ILE PERSONALITYMADE C A PA BLE OF FORCE BY THE CO U N TER - EFFO R T OF THE MOMENT OR R EC EIPT INTO THE PLUS OR M I­NUS RANDOMITY OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS.

V a len ces a re a s s i s t iv e , co m p u ls iv e or in h ib itive to the o rg a n ism .

A CONTROL CENTER IS NOT A V A LEN C E.

AXIOM 141. A CONTROL CENTER EFFO R T IS ALIGNED TOWARD A GOAL THROUGH DEFINITE SPACE AS A RECOGNIZED INCIDENT IN TIM E.

AXIOM 142. AN ORGANISM IS AS HEALTHY AND SANE AS IT IS SE L F -D E T E R M IN E D .

The en v iron m en ta l co n tro l of the o rg a n ism m otor co n tro l in h ib its the o r g a n ism 's a b ility to change w ith the ch an gin g- en v iron m en t, s in c e the o rg a n ism w ill attem pt to c a r r y forw ard w ith one se t o f r e s p o n s e s w hen it n eed s by s e l f - d e te r m in ism to c r e a te another to su rv iv e in another en - v iron m en t.

AXIOM 143. A LL LEARNING IS ACCOM PLISHED BY RANDOM E F F O R T .

AXIOM 144. A C O U N T E R -E FFO R T PRODUCING SUFFICIENT PLU S OR MINUS RANDOMITY TO RECORD IS RECORDED WITH AN INDEX OF SPACE AND TIME AS HIDDEN AS THE REMAINDER OF ITS CONTENT.

AXIOM 145. A C O U N T E R -E FFO R T PRODUCING SU FFIC IEN T PLU S OR MINUS RANDOMITY WHEN ACTIVATED BY R E - STIM ULATION EX ER TS ITSELF AGAINST THE ENVIRON-

AXIOM 146. C O U N T E R -E FFO R T S ARE DIRECTED OUTFROM THE ORGANISM UNTIL THEY ARE FURTH ER E N - RANDOMED BY THE ENVIRON AT WHICH TIME THEY AGAIN ACTIVATE AGAINST THE CONTROL C EN TER .

AXIOM 147. AN ORGANISM'S MIND EM PLOYS COUNTER - E FFO R T S E F F E C T IV E L Y ONLY SO LONG AS INSUF - FICIENT PLUS OR MINUS RANDOMITY EXISTS TO HIDE DIFFERENTIATIO N OF THE FACSIM ILES C R EA TED .

AXIOM 148. PHYSICAL LAWS ARE LEARNED BY LIFE ENERGY ONLY BY IM PINGEM ENT OF THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE PRODUCING RANDOM ITY, AND A WITH - DRAWAL FROM THAT IM PINGEM ENT.

AXIOM 149. LIFE D EPE N D S UPON AN ALIGNMENT OF FORCE VECTORS IN THE DIRECTION OF SURVIVAL AND THE NULLIFICATION OF FORCE VECTORS IN THE DIRECTION OF SUCCUMB IN ORDER TO SUR­VIVE.

COROLLARY: LIFE D EPEN D S UPON AN ALIGNM ENT OFFORCE VECTORS IN THE DIRECTION OF SUCCUMB AND THE NULLIFICATION OF FORCE VECTORS IN THE DIRECTION OF S UR VIVE IN ORDER TO SUCCUM B.

M E N T O R T H E O R G A N I S M W I T H O U T R E G A R D T O S P A C EA N D TIME, E X C E P T R E A C T I V A T E D PERCEPTIONS.

AXIOM 150. ANY AREA OF RANDOMITY GATHERS TO IT SITUATIONS SIMILAR TO IT WHICH DO NOT CONTAIN ACTUAL E FFO R T S BUT ONLY PER C EPTIO N .

AXIOM 151. WHETHER AN ORGANISM HAS THE GOAL OF SURVIVING OR SUCCUMBING D EPEN D S UPON THE AMOUNT OF PL U S OR MINUS RANDOMITY IT HAS R E ­ACTIV A TED . (N O T RESIDUAL)

AXIOM 152. SURVIVAL IS ACCOM PLISHED ONLY BY MO­TION.

AXIOM 153. IN THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE THE ABSENCE OF MOTION IS VANISHM ENT.

AXIOM 154. DEATH IS THE EQUIVALENT TO LIFE OF TOTAL LACK OF LIFE-M O TIV A TED MOTION.

AXIOM 155. ACQUISITION OF PR O -SURVIVAL M ATTER AND ENERGY OR ORGANISMS IN SPACE AND TIME MEANS INCREASED MOTION.

AXIOM 156. LOSS OF PRO-SURVIVAL M ATTER AND ENERGY OR ORGANISMS IN SPA C E AND TIME MEANS DECREASED MOTION.

AXIOM 157. ACQUISITION OR PROXIM ITY OF M A TTER ,ENERGY OR ORGANISMS WHICH ASSIST THE SURVIVAL OF AN ORGANISM INCREASE THE SURVIVAL P O T E N ­TIALS OF AN ORGANISM.

AXIOM 158. ACQUISITION OR PROXIM ITY OF M A TTER ,ENERGY OR ORGANISMS WHICH INHIBIT THE SURVIVAL OF AN ORGANISM DEC R EA SE ITS SURVIVAL PO T E N T IA L .

AXIOM 159. GAIN OF SURVIVAL EN ER G Y , M ATTER ORORGANISMS INCREASE THE FR EED O M OF AN ORGANISM.

AXIOM 160. R E C E IPT OR PROXIM ITY OF N O N - SURVIVAL EN ER G Y , M A TTER OR TIME DECREASE THE FREEDO M OF MOTION OF AN ORGANISM.

AXIOM 161. THE CONTROL C ENTER A T T E M P T S THE H A L T ­ING OR LENGTHENING OF TIM E, THE EXPANSION OR CONTRACTION OF SPA C E AND THE DECREASE OR IN ­CREASE OF ENERGY AND M A TTER .

T h is i s a p r im a r y so u r c e of in v a lid a tio n , and it i s a ls o a p r im a r y so u r c e of a b erra tio n .

AXIOM 162. PA IN IS THE BA LK OF E FFO R T BY C O U N TER - E FFO R T IN GREAT IN TEN SITY , WHETHER THAT EFFO R T IS TO REM AIN AT REST OR IN MOTION.

AXIOM 163. P E R C E P T IO N , INCLUDING PA IN , CAN B EEXH AUSTED FRO M AN AREA OF PL U S OR MINUS R A N - DOMITY STILL LEAVING THE E F FO R T AND CO U N TER - E F F O R T OF THAT PL U S OR MINUS RANDOM ITY.

AXIOM 164. THE RATIONALITY OF THE MIND D E PE N D S UPON A N OPTIM UM REACTION TOWARD TIM E.

DEFINITION: SANITY, THE COM PUTATION OF FU T U R E S.

DEFINITION: NEURO TIC, THE COM PUTATION OF PR ESEN T TIME ONLY.

DEFINITION: PSYCHOTIC, COM PUTATION ONLY OF PAST SITUATIONS.

AXIOM 165. SURVIVAL PER TA IN S ONLY TO THE F U T U R E .

COROLLARY: SUCCUMB PER TA IN S ONLY TO THE PR ESEN T

AND PAST

AXIOM 166. AN INDIVIDUAL IS AS H APPY AS HE CAN P E R ­CEIVE SURVIVAL PO TEN TIA LS IN THE F U T U R E .

AXIOM 167. AS THE N EED S OF ANY ORGANISM ARE MET IT RISES HIGHER AND HIGHER IN ITS E FFO R T S ALONG THE DYNAM ICS.

An o rg a n ism w h ich a c h ie v e s ARC w ith i t s e l f can b etter a c h iev e ARC w ith s e x in the future; having a ch iev ed th is i t can a ch iev e ARC w ith groups; having a ch iev ed th is , it can a ch iev e ARC w ith m ankind, e tc .

AXIOM 168. A F F IN IT Y , REALITY AND COMMUNICATION CO­EXIST IN AN INEX TR IC A BLE RELATIONSHIP.

T he c o - e x is t e n t r e la tio n sh ip b etw een a ffin ity , r e a lity and co m m u n ica tio n i s su ch that none can be in c r e a s e d w ithout in c r e a s in g the o th er tw o and none can be d e c r e a se d w ith ­out d e c r e a s in g the other tw o.

AXIOM 169. ANY A E S T H E T IC PR O D U C T IS A SYM BOLIC F A C S IM IL E OR C O M B IN A TIO N O F F A C S IM IL E S OF T H E T A OR PH Y SIC A L U N IV ER SES IN V A RIED RA N D O M I- T IE S AND V O LU M ES O F R A N D O M ITIES W ITH TH E IN T E R ­P L A Y O F T O N E S.

AXIOM 170. AN AESTH ETIC PRODUCT IS AN IN T E R P R E T A ­TION OF THE UNIVERSES BY AN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP MIND.

AXIOM 171. DELUSION IS THE PO STULATIO N BY THE IMAG­INATION OF OCCURANCES IN AREAS OF PL U S OR MINUS RANDOM ITY.

AXIOM 172. DREAM S ARE THE IMAGINATIVE RECONSTRUC­TION OF AREAS OF RANDOMITY OR THE R E -SY M B O L I­ZATION OF THE E F F O R T S OF TH ETA.

AXIOM 173. A MOTION IS C REATED BY THE DEGREE OFOPTIM UM RANDOMITY INTRODUCED BY THE CO U N TER ­E F F O R T TO AN ORGANISM'S E F F O R T .

AXIOM 174. M EST, WHICH HAS B E E N M OBILIZED BY L IFE FO RM S, IS IN MORE A FFIN ITY WITH LIFE ORGANISMS THAN N O N -M O BILIZED M EST.

AXIOM 175. A L L PA ST PE R C E PT IO N , CONCLUSION AND EXISTENCE M OM ENTS, INCLUDING THOSE OF PLU S OR MINUS RANDOM ITY, ARE RECO VERABLE TO THE

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AXIOM 176. THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE SURVIVAL E F FO R T ON THE PA R T OF AN ORGANISM IS A F F E C T E D BY THE DEG REES OF RANDOMITY EXISTING IN ITS PA ST .(THIS INCLUDES L E A R N IN G .)

AXIOM 177. AREAS OF PAST PLU S OR MINUS RANDOMITY CAN BE READDRESSED BY THE CONTROL C EN TER OF AN ORGANISM AND THE PL U S OR MINUS RANDOMITY EXH AUSTED.

AXIOM 178. THE EXHAUSTION OF PAST PL U S OR MINUS RANDOMITIES PERM ITS THE CONTROL C EN TER OF AN ORGANISM TO E F F E C T ITS OWN E F F O R T S TOWARD SURVIVAL GOALS.

AXIOM 179. THE EXHAUSTION OF SE L F -D E T E R M IN E D E F ­FO RT FROM A PAST AREA OF PL U S OR MINUS RAN - DOMITY N U LLIFIES THE E F F E C T IV E N E SS OF THAT A R EA .

AXIOM 180. PAIN IS THE RANDOMITY PRODUCED BY SU D ­DEN OR STRONG C O U N T E R -E F F O R T S.

AXIOM 181. PA IN IS STORED AS PL U S OR MINUS RANDOM ­ITY.

AXIOM 182. P A IN , AS AN AREA OF PL U S OR MINUS R A N ­DOM ITY, CAN R E -IN F L IC T IT SE L F UPON THE ORGAN­ISM.

AXIOM 183. PA ST PAIN BECOM ES IN E FFE C T IV E UPON THE ORGANISM WHEN THE RANDOMITY OF ITS AREA IS A D ­DRESSED AND ALIGNED.

AXIOM 184. THE EA R LIER THE AREA OF PL U S OR MINUS RANDOM ITY, THE G R EA TER SE L F -P R O D U C E D EFFO R T EXISTED TO R E P E L IT .

AXIOM 185. LA TER AREAS OF PL U S OR MINUS RANDOMITY CANNOT B E R E -A LIG N ED EASILY UNTIL EA R LIER AREAS ARE R E -A L IG N E D .

AXIOM 186. AREAS OF PL U S OR MINUS RANDOMITY BECOM E INCREASED IN ACTIVITY WHEN PER C EPTIO N S OF SIM I­LARITY ARE INTRODUCED INTO THEM .

AXIOM 187. PAST AREAS OF PL U S OR MINUS RANDOMITY CAN BE REDUCED AND ALIGNED BY ADDRESS TO THEM IN PR ESEN T TIM E.

32AXIOM 188. ABSO LUTE GOOD AND ABSO LUTE EVIL DO NOT

EXIST IN THE MEST UNIVERSE.

AXIOM 189. TH A T W HICH IS GOOD F O R AN ORGANISM MAY B E D E F IN E D AS TH A T W HICH P R O M O T E S T H E SUR - VIV A L O F TH A T ORGANISM .

COROLLARY: EVIL MAY BE D EFIN ED AS THAT WHICH IN ­HIBITS OR BRINGS PL U S OR MINUS RANDOMITY INTO THE ORGANISM, WHICH IS CONTRARY TO THE SUR - VIVAL MOTIVES OF THE ORGANISM.

AXIOM 190. H APPINESS CONSISTS IN THE ACT OF BRING ­ING ALIGNM ENT INTO HITHERTO RESISTING PL U S OR MINUS RANDOM ITY. NEITHER THE ACT OR ACTION OF ATTAINING SURVIVAL, NOR THE ACCOM PLISHM ENT OF THIS ACT IT S E L F , BRINGS ABOUT H A PPIN ESS.

AXIOM 191. C O N STR U C TIO N IS AN A L IG N M EN T O F D A TA .

COROLLARY: DESTRUCTION IS A PL U S OR MINUS RANDOM ­ITY OF DATA.

The e ffo r t of co n stru c tio n i s the a lign m en t tow ard the s u r ­v iv a l of the a lign in g o rg a n ism .

D estru c tio n i s the e ffo r t of b rin g in g ran d om ity in to an a rea .

AXIOM 192. OPTIM UM SURVIVAL BEHAVIOUR CONSISTS OF E FFO R T IN THE MAXIMUM SURVIVAL INTEREST IN EVERYTHING CONCERNED IN THE DYNAM ICS.

AXIOM 193. THE OPTIM UM SURVIVAL SOLUTION OF ANY PRO BLEM WOULD CONSIST OF THE HIGHEST A T T A IN ­A BLE SURVIVAL FOR EVERY DYNAMIC CONCERNED.

AXIOM 194. THE WORTH OF ANY ORGANISM CONSISTS OF ITS VALUE TO THE SURVIVAL OF ITS OWN THETA ALONG ANY DYNAMIC.

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