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NARRATOR: Every living thing has one single goal in common,
survival.
You are trying to achieve the highest level of
survival possible for as long as possible.
As one looks out across the confusion
which is life to most people,
you will find that life can actually be subdivided
into eight parts or eight urges toward survival.
In Scientology these are called
The 1st Dynamic can be called
the Self Dynamic.
This is the effort to survive
as an individual,
to be an individual.
It includes one's own body and one's own mind.
It is the effort to attain the highest level of survival
for the longest possible time for self.
The 2nd Dynamic can be called
the Sex Dynamic.
This dynamic actually has
two divisions.
It is the urge toward survival through
(1) the sexual act itself.
And (2) through the family unit,
including the care and raising of children.
The 3rd Dynamic can be called
the Group Dynamic.
This is the urge to survive
through a group of individuals
or as a group.
The 4th Dynamic can be called
the Mankind Dynamic.
This is the urge toward survival
through all Mankind
and as all Mankind.
The 5th Dynamic is Life Forms.
This is the urge to survive
as life forms
and with the help of all life forms.
It is the effort to survive for any and every form of life.
It is the interest in life as such.
The 6th Dynamic
is the Physical Universe
or MEST.
MEST stands for Matter, Energy, Space and Time.
Which are the component parts of the physical universe.
It is the urge to survive as the physical universe
and with the help of the physical universe
and each one of its component parts.
The 7th Dynamic
is the Spiritual Dynamic.
It is the urge to survive
as spiritual beings
or the urge for life itself to survive.
The 8th Dynamic is the urge
toward existence as Infinity.
The 8th Dynamic
is commonly supposed
to be a Supreme Being or Creator.
Correctly defined as infinity,
it actually embraces the allness of all.
It is represented here by the symbol for infinity.
The dynamics could best be represented
as a series of concentric circles
wherein the 1st Dynamic would be the center
and each new dynamic
would be successively a circle outside it.
The basic characteristic of the individual
includes his ability
to expand into the other dynamics
but only when the 7th Dynamic,
the Spiritual Dynamic,
is reached in its entirety,
will one discover the true 8th Dynamic:
the Creator.
A person is at his best and is happiest
when he is surviving well in every area of his life.
Scientology is for use
and has workable technology
for you to increase your survival across all dynamics.
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