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What is life? Life is a game. In this lecture, Ron explains why life is best understood by likening it to a game. For regardless of what, where, or how an individual plays the games of existence - and regardless of whether he consented to play - the rules of the game are always the same. And with everything Ron puts on the board, he provides a completely new understanding of all that comprises human behavior. Here, then, is not only the knowledge to play and win at a game of one’s own choosing, but how to help others play a better game too.

Released on May 9, 1950, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health became an overnight publishing sensation. So came his lecture to a packed Municipal Auditorium in Oakland, California. It stands today as the first recorded spoken word on the breakthrough technology of Dianetics. As Ron said in Dianetics: "You are beginning an adventure. Treat it as an adventure. And may you never be the same again." Here, then, is where that adventure began, an exploration into Terra Incognita - the mind.

It betrays the brightest hopes of individuals, drives families apart, incites organizational turmoil and pitches nations into chaos. What malignant seed grows in the human mind that not only prevents individuals from "thinking straight", but forces them to act out their irrationalities? Man’s failure over many millennia to find the cause of aberration has exacted an incalculable toll in personal unhappiness and ruined lives. But were the answer found, the horizons would be unlimited. Individuals could achieve the lasting success they desire....

How can a single individual control his own fate? How can he safeguard the well-being of his family, the prosperity of his group, and the security of his nation Should he endeavor by whatever means, through whatever plan, to secure the future for those he cherishes and the society in which he lives? Here is Ron’s unforgettable answer to such questions. What he reveals is a fundamental truth by which we can guarantee our future survival as individuals, groups, nations, and Mankind as a whole.

In interpreting the remarkable story of Man's search for, "the other fellow," Ron not only explains why Man’s epic search met with failure for so long, he reveals the missing element that has finally brought success and solved the mystery of "the other fellow." For today, one can indeed know the truth about one’s fellow human beings and, hence, come to understand oneself. And what that knowledge foretells for both the individual and Mankind is not only the recovery of respect, honor, and purpose, but a level of success that exceeds anything previously attainable.

From his youth in a rough-and-tumble American West to his far-flung trek across a still-mysterious Asia; from his two-decade search for the essence of life to the triumph of Dianetics and Scientology - such is the story Ron recounts in a lecture so legendary, it has been heard by millions. How could one man discover the source of all human aberration and provide an actual technology by which man could rise to greater heights of honesty, decency, and personal freedom? The answer is here, in Ron’s personal account of his long journey to bring about a new state of being.

It has no mass or location. Yet it is alive. And it gives life. Such are the characteristics of "a life-giving unit" - the source all thought, and of all that is decent, ethical, and noble. Based on axioms as precise as any in science, it has been determined that the life-giving unit preceded matter, energy, space and time. Here are the infinite ways an individual endows his environment with life. From physical well-being to the state of civilization, these principles are in continuous operation. Understood and applied by a single individual, they lead to a far better life.

For the first time in history, Man has come into possession of an "operation manual" that details the full anatomy of the mind and precisely how it functions. By studying this "manual", anyone can understand the underlying causes behind the endless variety of human behavior and use this knowledge to resolve any situation he encounters in life. Here, then, is the adventure of discovering the workings of the most valuable commodity any individual will ever possess.

Here is the story of how the Athenian statesman Pericles envisioned a better future for Mankind - a future free from tyranny. Thus developed a principle at the heart of modern civilization - that the individual has a right to participate in government. As new tyrannies emerge to threaten those rights, here is a crucial message for all times. Here also is Ron’s personal story of how he kept his discoveries about the human mind out of the harness of a modern tyranny. And, in consequence, how individuals today can achieve a level of personal freedom never before possible.

Money is, of course, something with which everyone is familiar. But few people are aware of the real purpose and function of money. Here Ron delineates its proper role in assisting the survival of individuals, groups and cultures. And what becomes clear is that money owes its unsavory reputation not to its use, but to its abuse. Once understood for what it is, money assumes its correct place as but one element - albeit an important one - contributing to survival. Here, then, is an entirely new look, demystifying a subject and commodity that everyone depends upon.

Everyone performs certain routine tasks automatically. Driving a carw ould be awkward indeed if one had to think newly of every tiny procedure. But what happens when someone puts a whole field of thought and action "on automatic"? His education, for example? Or his work? Or even his entire life? The answers are here and they open a completely new perspective on the mind. And one can gain control of the machinery of the mind and, by so doing, actually take charge of one’s own life.