Traveling east in 1948, Ron spent three months helping deeply disturbed inmates in a Savannah, Georgia mental hospital. "I worked with some of these," he recalled, "interviewing and helping out as what they call a lay practitioner, which means a volunteer. This gave me some insight into the social problems of insanity and gave me further data in my own researches." It also restored sanity to a score of previously hopeless cases and once again proved that his discoveries were applicable to all, … [Read more...] about Web article: In Pursuit of the Answers to the Mind (continued) (n.d.)
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Lecture: Case Analysis – Rock Hunting (continued 1) (1958)
One time I was so amazed in session I could have fainted with humiliation, a long time ago. Poor old George Wichelow was running me on subjective don't-know, which is the lousiest process there is; he knew it was a lousy process. I was just about to give a lecture, he didn't have any business running a beefy process like this, but he was going to make me feel better. And he came over and the London fog had penetrated my beingness. And he came over to the hotel and just before I was going to give … [Read more...] about Lecture: Case Analysis – Rock Hunting (continued 1) (1958)
Lecture: Technique 88: Overts Acts Motivators & DEDs (continued) (1952)
Now, perhaps you think I am being very unsympathetic with human beings and human aberrations by speaking in this gross, even disrespectful tone of voice with regard to the poor pitiful plight of people. Well, I am. Because the moment you understand a level of something, and understand it well, see it operating under your hands; you don't have to worry about it anymore, for it stops being serious. Why does it stop being serious? Because you can do something about it. If you can take a case, run … [Read more...] about Lecture: Technique 88: Overts Acts Motivators & DEDs (continued) (1952)
Lecture: Institutional Dianetics (2) (1950)
An obsessive compulsive could be classified as psychotic. Trying to hypnotize such a person would be the first mistake. Mistake number two would be to try to assume any state with the man which was even suggestive of taking command or control of him. Never give a psychotic the idea that you are taking over control of him when it agitates him in any way. Make it out to some degree as though you are merely playing with him a little bit. Sometimes you will find that he is accessible to your … [Read more...] about Lecture: Institutional Dianetics (2) (1950)
Lecture: Dianetics: First Lecture of Saturday Course (6)
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