BANK
A colloquial name for the Reactive Mind. (This is what the procedures of Scientology are devoted to disposing of, for it is only a burden to an individual and he is much better off without it.) : A term which means that a person is being influenced by his bank and is displaying bad temper, irritability, lack of co-operation and the signs of dramatization. He is being irrational.
From the AOGP Abridged Scientology Dictionary — based on original LRH source materials, updated through 1982.
Usage
When someone is described as being 'in his bank,' he is being influenced by his reactive mind and may display bad temper, irritability, or irrational behavior. The procedures of Scientology are devoted to disposing of the bank so the individual is free of its burden.
Why It Matters
The bank is the reactive mind, and its removal is the central goal of Scientology processing. A person weighed down by his bank acts irrationally, while a person freed from it can think and act clearly.
Related Concepts
- DRAMATIZATION — Thinking or acting in a manner that is dictated by masses or significances contained in the Reactive Mind.
- REACTIVE MIND — That portion of a person's mind which works on a stimulus-response basis (given a certain stimulus, it gives a certain response) which is not under his volitional control and which exerts force and the power of command…
- SCIENTOLOGY — An applied religious philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge, which, through the application of its technology can bring about desirable changes in the conditions of life.
- REACTIVE — Irrational, reacting instead of acting- behavior dictated by the Reactive Mind rather than the individual's own present-time determinism.
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