Dianetics is a set of ideas and practices regarding the relationship between the spirit, mind and body that were developed by science fiction writer
L. Ron Hubbard. Hubbard coined
Dianetics from the
Greek stems
dia, meaning through, and
nous, meaning
mind.
Dianetics posits the existence of a mind with three parts: the conscious "analytical mind," the subconscious "reactive mind," and the somatic mind.
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The goal of Dianetics then is to remove the reactive mind that would prevent people from becoming more ethical, more aware, happier and saner. The Dianetics procedure to achieve this is called "auditing".
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Dianetics grew out of Hubbard's personal experiences and experiments and is described as a mix of "Western technology and Oriental philosophy".
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