ONLY ONE

A person who is playing on his own behalf alone and on no other team. He is out to have no effect on himself and total effect on everyone else, and because he is one against everything else, he is certain to lose.

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

Usage

The person who is always upsetting those around him or getting people into trouble is usually in this condition; he has no real sense that other people exist. Criminals are in this bracket almost without exception.

Why It Matters

It looks like strength and is in fact a very low condition, sitting just above the bottom of the Tone Scale. To enjoy life at all, a person has to be willing to be part of it.

Related Concepts

  • DYNAMIC(S)The urge, thrust and purpose of life - SURVIVE! - in its eight manifestations. - THE FIRST DYNAMIC IVWKHXUJHWRZDUGH[LVWHQFHDVRQHVVHOI+HUHZHKDYH individuality expressed fully.
  • PAN-DETERMINISMBroad determinism: The action of determining not only one's own actions, but the actions of others as well, especially to determine the activities of two or more sides of a game simultaneously.
  • TONE SCALEA scale measuring and relating the various factors of behavior, emotion and thought to levels on the scale.
  • OTHER-DETERMINISMThe condition of having one's actions or conclusions determined by something or someone other than oneself.

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