DYNAMIC(S)

The urge, thrust and purpose of life - SURVIVE! - in its eight manifestations. - THE FIRST DYNAMIC IVWKHXUJHWRZDUGH[LVWHQFHDVRQHVVHOI+HUHZHKDYH individuality expressed fully. This can be called the SELF DYNAMIC. - THE SECOND DYNAMIC is the urge toward survival through sex, or children. This dynamic actually has two divisions. Second Dynamic (a) is the sexual act itself and Second Dynamic (b) is the family unit, including the rearing of children. - THE THIRD DYNAMIC is the urge toward survival through a group of individuals or as a group. Any group or part of an entire class could be considered to be a part of the Third Dynamic. The school, the club, the team, the town, the nation are examples of groups. - THE FOURTH DYNAMIC is the urge toward survival through all mankind and as all mankind. - THE FIFTH DYNAMIC is the urge toward survival through life forms such as animals, birds, insects, fish and vegetation, and is the urge to survive as these. - THE SIXTH DYNAMIC is the urge toward survival as the physical universe and has as its components Matter, Energy, Space and Time, from which we derive the word MEST. - THE SEVENTH DYNAMIC is the urge toward survival through spirits or as a spirit. Anything spiritual, with or without identity, would come under the Seventh Dynamic. A sub-heading of this Dynamic is ideas and concepts such as beauty, and the desire to survive through these. - THE EIGHTH DYNAMIC is the urge toward existence as Infinity. This is also identified as the Supreme Being. It is carefully observed here that the science of Scientology does not intrude into the Dynamic of the Supreme Being. This is called the Eighth Dynamic because the symbol of /E&/E/dz or GOD DYNAMIC.

From the AOGP Abridged Scientology Dictionary — based on original LRH source materials, updated through 1982.

Usage

In Scientology, a person examines their life across all eight dynamics — from self-survival, through family, group, mankind, life forms, the physical universe, spirits, to infinity — to understand where they are thriving and where they need improvement. An ethics handling might involve looking at which dynamics are being neglected or harmed by a particular course of action.

Why It Matters

The dynamics provide a framework for understanding the full scope of survival. Balancing all eight dynamics rather than favoring one at the expense of others leads to greater overall survival and well-being.

Related Concepts

  • SCIENTOLOGYAn 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.
  • VISIOAbility to see in facsimile form something one has seen earlier so that one sees it again in the same color, dimension scale, brightness and detail as it was originally viewed.
  • ALLYA person who sympathized with or appeared to aid the survival of an individual when he or she was ill, injured or unconscious, and whom the individual now reactively regards as necessary to his or her continued…
  • MESTThe physical universe.

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