I'd like to tell you today, here at this first lecture, I'd like to tell you something of the story of Dianetics and Scientology. Some things I've never confided to anyone before. Would you like to hear that? Audience: Yes. Well, the start of this story is probably a long, long time ago. And those who don't believe in past lives will not be offended, because we won't go that far back. We'll just take this lifetime. The story actually starts back when I was about twelve years old and … [Read more...] about Lecture: Story of Dianetics and Scientology (1) (1958)
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Lecture: The Purpose of Human Evaluation (3) (1951)
In 1930 I knew a fellow by the name of Commander Thompson. I had known him before, actually; he was a friend of the family. He had studied under Freud in Vienna. Old Commander Thompson trained cats. He had a cat named Psycho, a black cat with a crooked tail, and he had Psycho trained to sit up and do other things. He taught me how to train cats—I have never had any luck with it, but he taught me how. He got me very interested in the subject of the human mind. He taught me why it is that … [Read more...] about Lecture: The Purpose of Human Evaluation (3) (1951)