THE ORDER OF THE ESSENES

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THIS LOVE THY NEIGHBOR

BUSINESS -

Here is Instruction Number 108. We are not endeavoring to manufacture

psycho-analysts. We give it to you that you may be informed upon a
subject that is receiving more and more attention by press and the
public. The thing we trust you will be impressed with is that missteps
in thinking can cause havoc and that emotional reactions often overrate
the importance of the matter at the time, and such overvaluation can
and does influence the subsequent life - physical and mental.

Perhaps in your lif e - way back in childhood - there were errors made by
parents, teachers or others - and you need some rationalizing of your
reactions to those errors.

From every pulpit in the land there has been echoed "Love thy neighbor
as thyself" and perhaps not once has there been a pause to question
the rightness, the soundness, and the wisdom of the admonition.

If a man hates himself - what kind of love is it if he loves his

neighbor "as himself". We would teach first, "Love thyself" and your
foreign relations with your neighbor will bear the imprint of love.

If you mistrust yourself - your love of neighbor would be flavored

with mistrust if you loved him as you "love yourself".

If you judge harshly of yourBelf - as against a standard of perfection

(to which no man has attained) your love of neighbor will bear the
taint of harshness if you followed the age-old admonition.

Let’s let this "love of neighbor" business rest until such time as it
flows naturally and as a sequence of proper love of self — and it will.

Be good to yourself — don’t be a self nagger. It is later than you

think. — "To thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night
the day, thou cannot be false to any man."

Then will you give to your neighbor love and service and a helping
hand, and from it receive inexpressible joy.

Sincerely,

Enc. 108
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poration not for profit, and always remains the property of the Order,

Copyright 1946, by The Order of The Essenes

Instruction Headquarters - Tampa, Florida

INSTRUCTION 108 Assuring to the Acceptable and Accepted

HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS.

"I SOUGHT MY SOUL,

BUT MY SOUL I COULD NOT SEE;

I SOUGHT MY GOD

BUT MY GOD ELUDED ME;

I SOUGHT MY BROTHER

AND I FOUND ALL THREE.”

 PSYCHO-ANALYSIS ASSOCIATION TEST

In the last Instruction we promised that in this instruction

would be an outline of an association test*

In the use of this the patient or subject must not have a copy
of it in advance of the test* He must not be instructed or
told what the ultimate object of it is, and particularly he or
she must not get an intimation that it is designed to discover
any secret he is withholding or that it is meant to pry into
his private affairs.

A happy introduction to the use of it might go something like

this: "My friend - I am confident I can be helpful to you with
your problems - and I am not one who would want to treat your
symptoms. You are aware that every ailment has a cause, and the
scientific and sensible thing to do is to try to find that
cause - and when that is found and properly attended to - then
the difficulty is forever banished. You know some people take
aspirin to relieve the pain of a headache - and when the pain is
gone they think everything is alright* They don’t stop to think
that the headache had a cause. It might be one of many things *
such as an upset stomach."

"In this little test I must have your strict attention, and your
confidence that I am not doing anything out of mere curiosity -
nor am I trying to pry into your private affairs to satisfy
the curiosity of any other person."

"The little test I am going to give you is nothing difficult,

but it is scientific and it has taken years of experimenting to ,
develop it and some of the outstanding characters of the scientific
world have contributed to make it useful in the alleviation of
suffering both mental and physical*"

"This will take quite a bit of your time and ny time - so I want
you to take this comfortable chair, faoing me. Relax and get
as comfortable as you oan - You can take your shoes off - or
unbutton your collar or unloosen your belt - if that will make
you more at ease*"

"I am not going to touch you* There is nothing to fear* Biis

is going to be the most pleasant and least painful of any operation
you ever heard of."

"Now, before me I have a list of words - also a stop watch and

a pencil and paper. Pay strict attention* I am going to pronounce
one word - plainly and distinctly* The minute I say that word
you tell me the first word that canes into your mind* Thus if
I should say ’wood’ - and the first thing that came into your
mind should be ’fire1 - you say the word fire* You can say a
proper name* - Thus, if I should say ’handsome* - and ’John’ came
to mind, say it*"

"Understand, 1 do not want you to repeat the word I say - but I

want you to say the one word that first pops into your mind (which
you associate with the word I pronounce)* Now don’t think of one
word and feel embarrassment and then try to think of another*
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We are working with a very definite law - called the law of

association and that I may be helpful to you, you must be helpful
to me - and sp»eak right out.”

"Remember - I am going to say one word and you are going to say
another - the first one you think of. This word you give is not
to be a definition of the word I speak. I am not asking for
definitions. I just want what spontaneously comes to mind."

"I am going to speak distinctly - You must not repeat the word
I say - which in this science is known as the stimulus word. You
must not ask me to repeat the word I say - if you do not understand
it just guess at it and say the word that comes to your mi nA."

"Ihe words I say are just simple everyday words - and the word
you say - in this science is called the reaction word. "When I
write down something after you say your word - don’t let that
make you nervous, and don’t be thinking about what I am doing.
I am just writing down your word opposite mine and making a
mathematical notation - This is an exact science - mathematically
correct."

"You understand? I say a word - and you say the word that spon­
taneously comes into your mind — Don’t try to conceal anything
and try to think of some other word. Say the word as quickly as
possible."

"It is quiet here*. We are not going to be interrupted and we

are not to carry on a conversation. I say a word - and you say
a word. No one else is going to hear your answer•"

List of Words

Stimulus Reaction Word Reaction Time Reproduction

Auto
Sad
Book
■Anger
Custom
Chair
Heart
PTide
Blue
Cook
Box
Lake
Jealous
Art
Fall
Despise
Big
Cold
Fought
Mirror
Quit
Bride
Pencil
Friend
House
Kiss

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Reaction Word Reaction Time Reproduction

Abuse
Choose
Bread
Consent
Fear
Dance
Blood
Fly
Lamp
Pure
Shade
Brother
Narrow
Bible
Salt
Village
Bath
Part
Bed
Paint
Clothes
Dead
Ridicule
Stem
Dream
Family
Day
Feel
Enemy
Child
False
Die
Pay
Needle
Bad
White
Unjust
Wall
Fun
Hair
Window
Foolish
Long
Quick
Indignant
Glass
Pity
Nev
Sing
Yellow
Rich
Night
Tree
Gun
Me
Month
Girl

WESSBNES
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Stimulus Reaction Word Reaction Time Reproduction

Want
Green
Trouble
Sweet
Knife
Joy
Hungry
Play
Quarrel
Protect
Sin
Foot
Marry
Head
Father
Luck
Sleep
Voyage
Shake
Wash
Money
Stork
Poor
Wild
Swim
Mother
Reject
Slick
Old
Water
Sick
Resist
Secret
Man
Teeth
Love
Ship
Sister
Prick
Trip
Woman

The examiner will have -this list before him - on sheets of paper -
and it will be noted there are three spaces after each word. He
calls out a word and immediately starts the stop watch# The patient
responds with a word. The stop watch is stopped. The operator
writes in the first column (under reaction word) the word, that the
patient speaks. In the next column the examiner writes the time
consumed by the subject in giving the reaction word —— thus 3.4
indicating three and four tenths seconds. It will be found that
the time varies - and this is highly important to note.

After all words have been called and the reaction word given and
recorded and the time of each response noted - the patient should

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be instructed to get up - stretch a little and take a few minutes

rest* Then he takes his seat again, facing the examiner, but
never close enough to see and read the examination sheet*

The examiner then tells the subjects - "Now I am going to give

you those same words in the same order that I gave them to you
before, and all I want you to do is to repeat to me the word you
said before* If you cannot remember it - guess at it - say
sane word — just what you thought you said before•"

"As before, do not ask me to repeat a word* If you cannot think

of the word and cannot even guess what you said, and no word
comes to mind - do not say, ’I forgot1 or start a conversation*
Do not try to inject humor into this examination* It is a
serious problem to handle and is not to be made light of

The examiner then, as before, pronounces the word clearly and

distinctly* This time you do not use the stop watch*

If the subject remembers the word correctly as you have it in

second column just mark an X or 0* K* in the third column* If a
different word is given - write it in the third column* If no
word is given then just mark the third column with a dash or a
cipher*

Having completed the examination, there will appear to the examiner

a very noticeable difference of time in the "reaotion time"
column* He should then examine this "reaction time" - and
approximate about what the normal reaction time for that individual
is* Some people think slowly - others rapidly*

What we are searching for are the reactions that took more than
a normal time* If the ordinary reaotion time was more than
three and five tenths seconds - then there is the possibility
that some emotional disturbance was the cause of the overtime
reproduction*

If there is any attempt at concealment and one word came to the

mind of the patient and he then searched for another end gave
that word - then he went through a mental process whioh would
cause him to exceed his normal time reactions*

The examiner should watoh the patient during the test* If at

any stimulus word there appears blushing - fidgeting - nervous­
ness or outward emotional expression this should be noted by a
question mark (?) before the word - for here is a spot that will
call for further procedure in the test*

Now let us suppose that in the examination there are thirty

reaotion words which took more than the normal time for the
subject - and we will suppose that there were twenty-five faults
in memory - either a new word was given or none was given*

Now we have what might be oalled complex indicators* Forgetting

is a complex indicator because we tend to forget the unpleasant -
(The subconscious is at work on the pleasure principle explained
in the last instruction)* There is a direct connection between
emotional disturbances and forgetting •

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If you would be a good examiner - never jump to quick con­

clusions. Psycho-analysis is a slow tedious undertaking often
stretching over days - weeks and months.
We are not going to stimulate the imagination by giving results
of psycho-analyses. Each will find many surprises and marvel at
the unfolding of the inner-workings of minds.
We now come to the point where we are to use what we call the
free association method.
We take a stimulus word, where the reaction time was above normal
- and we say to the subjects
"At the word you responded with the word , and
when I asked you to remember in the second examination the word
you had given you gave a different word, _____ • "
"I want you to think of those words and I want you to talk freely
and frankly to me — just tell me what kind of a scene do you
see? What event does it remind you of? Just why do you suppose
you gave that word or those words?"
"just don’t hold back anything that is brought to mind - either
in childhood or in the recent past. In this science there is
much we can discover by finding the ideas that are associated
with your responses."
The examiner should get the patient to talk freely - and build up
confidence that it will surely lead to feeling better, to a feel­
ing of relief, and to the end of the difficulty for which relief
is sought.
Hie examiner should not keep asking questions. The idea is to
get the subject to talking of himself or herself and of experiences,
events or emotions he has had.
The examiner should make notes of all the subject says. - No
stenographers or recording machines should be in evidence - they
would tend to bring up fears or at least speculation as to what
it is all about, end the end object is to get free expression -
the events associated with the stimulus word - the reaction word
or the reproduction word.
It is a long process to get the free association response to all
of the faults in the test. It oan be extended from day to day.
In fact it is a good idea not to tire the subject too much - and
to send him home with a set of words where a fault lay and tell
him when he comes back the next visit you will went the free
association connected with those words - but never let him or
her take away more than one association request — and never
let him read or see the test sheet or the notes.
As the analysis progresses the examiner by careful observation
will detect where there is hesitation — hesitation often indicates
covering up or concealment.
Facial expressions - and nervous peculiarities such as pulling at
an ear - rubbing the nose - twitching of muscles - rubbing the hands
- scratching the head will also give indication of an approach
to tender spots in the memory*

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In the process of the free association revelations there may be

a reference to other response words - recorded. Keep a close
lookout for these.

After the examination has proceeded far enough the examiner will
develop some pretty fair ideas of the nature of the difficulty
Then he can develop a set of about twenty or twenty-five words -
related to the suspected difficulty - and go through an examin­
ation similar to the first association test.

After his idea of the difficulty has been seasoned and certainty
as to the nature of the trouble develops, then he can begin to
question the subject along that specific line of research.

Pretty generally there will eome about a breakdown - a sort

of confessional - and both examiner and subject will be at the
heart of the difficulty. If there is crying - hysteria -
noticeable embarrassment - there should be a calming and an
assurance period*

No matter what the difficulty uncovered the examiner must, to get

results, study carefully his assurances he is to give that every­
thing will be all right. - Here can be used suggestion to
rationalize the matter - and to explain that to dwell on the
past and let morbid reflections mar the efficiency and life of
the subject is unwise*

Let us caution the examiner at this point, When he comes to

the point of asking questions based upon his definitely formed
idea of the trouble - he must have a sympathetic attitude —
no boastful questioning indicating the attitude of "Ah - you see ■
I uncovered the secret•"

The successful examiner leaves himself out of the picture. What

he should be endeavoring to do is unlock muscular tensions -
put mind action of the subject into normal, useful and satisfying
channels and show by his helpfulness that he is the champion
and defender of the subjeot - and that the burden is lifted -
and by suggestion give assurance that it is not a life burden -
but a burden of yesterday to be forgotten - that all have
strengths and weaknesses - and that as long as we live we have
the privilege of growing* We can learn new skills - engage in
new kinds of work, devote ourselves to new causes - make new
friends*

It is true as a general rule that the rejection of self in the

service of others is a sure road to happiness - but this does
not mean that we should treat ourselves more rigidly and more
vengefully than we do others - and that our attitudes towards
ourselves should be more complicated than our attitudes toward
others*

Let this be thy commandment — "Thou shalt love thyself properly

and then thou wilt love thy neighbor*"

And finally — "Love is the universal solvent" — May you be

strong and be able to truly bless those you help and successfully
suggest "Peace is yours*"

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