DATA CARD INTRODUCTION

This first one was in tiny print, on two cards.

This is your set of data cards. The human subconscious mind in many respects is like a computer which files and stores information to be available when the conscious mind needs it. This is the concept of Tabula Rasa which says essentially that man is born with a mental "blank slate" and he is then the summation of all of his past choices, information and experiences filed into the subconscious section of his brain.

Emotions are the automatic judgments made by the subconscious mind from the information gathered and filed in the "memory banks," using the methods established (which may be likened to the wiring hook-up) to supply an immediate judgmental decision. This immediate emotional judgment can aid the individual to stay alive which, of course, should be the ultimate goal of all of the life processes of the human, (and is of the animal or the plant). When you make good, happy decisions automatically it is because you have filed proper methods and true information. You have already learned in your 4th-R course, that each item of information must be judged as to its validity before you file it. We are concerned here with tiling valid and effective methods so that when we need to automatically come up with a judgment about new information, pro-cedures or events, we have the proper "computer programming" and information to make the intelligent life-preserving, happiness producing, pleasurable, productive decision.

This is what this set of data cards can help you do. You must first judge each data card presented as to whether it is true or false. You must not accept any of them simply because they are printed on a little card and, therefore, look "official." lust as you must never accept anything anyone says until you understand it personally. So You must never accept information or ideas simply because they're printed—these data cards included!

But once you have decided that this is a logical, rational procedure which you wish to make part of you, follow the instructions on the data cards. You can "re-program" your functioning so that you will make correct decisions from information automatically, properly filed. Wrong decisions mean simply that you have previously misjudged and misfiled information or methods.

Each individual human is "capable of greatness." Whether or not each individual rises to this level of "man qua man is the extent to which he exerts the choice and the effort and the self-discipline to do so. Pindar, in ancient Greece, postulated a democracy on the assumption that the masses of people would rise to the Aristocracy of Responsibility. They simply failed to do so and this is the reason democracy is one of the worst forms of government rather than the best. Democracy is a sum of the wisdom of every individual within the group and if these individuals are irrational and without wisdom, without judgment, without ability, they all suffer by their own irrational impediments, stupidities and evils. If you would raise yourself above the misfortunes imposed upon you by irrational minds, it is entirely possible for you as one individual to do so and these data cards are a step in that direction.

You can be great, as can anyone else, granted a physical mind and body free from birth defects, organic brain involvements and such genetic inadequacies. You—can—be—great!

© COPYRIGHT 1970

Carry this data card with you every day for four days, reading it thoughtfully 8 times a day.

TIME SCHEDULE—THOUGHTFULLY READ CARDS
1st thinking - after washing face, while brushing teeth immediately upon arising.
2nd thinking - at breakfast, while waiting for food.
3rd thinking - after breakfast while brushing teeth.
4th thinking - while waiting for lunch.
5th thinking - after lunch.
6th thinking - while waiting for supper.
7th thinking - after supper.
8th thinking - last thing before turning out lights at bed time.

File the entire set of data cards (one every four days) then refile each card 4 times a day, one day each card. As you read it, think about its meaning and value to your development as a qua human. After 4 days of thoughtful reinforcement you will have filed it into your subconscious mind and incorporated it by your mental computer function to automatically be a part of your values, your moral standards and ethics, immediately supplied by your cerebral cortex for future automatic emotional judgments. They will then become a part of you and automatically be a part of every decision you make in the future—even though these future decisions must often be made in a split second with no time to consciously recall these principles.

© COPYRIGHT 1970