An engram contains many things: pain, unconsciousness, and all the perceptions of the incident. But by far the most damaging of these are the spoken words recorded when you're unconscious. 'What the hell do you think you're doing out there? You can't relax. You gotta push yourself.'

You gotta push, push, push and never let up for a second, like hypnotic suggestions. These recordings can be triggered by something in the environment and cause you to think or behave irrationally. 'Dave, relax, man, for God's sake. This is supposed to be a friendly game.'

Here's an example of a woman who receives an engram containing spoken language. This woman is knocked unconscious. Her analytical mind has shut down and her reactive mind is now recording everything that is happening to and around her. She is told that she's a faker: 'You're such a faker.'

That she's no good: 'You are no good, you hear me? No good.' That she's always messing things up and that she's always changing her mind: 'Changing your mind, I'm sick of it. I'm so sick of it.' The recording of this engram contains a

running record of all her perceptions. In addition to the spoken words, the engram also contains the sound and pain of the kick, the feel of the floor, the sounds of the chair overturning and objects being thrown to the floor, the sound of a motorcycle passing by on

the street below and a faucet running in the bathroom, as well as the smell of the man attacking her and the tone and emotion in his voice. The fact that she's unconscious is also included in that engram, along with all the other perceptions. To her reactive mind, the pain of the

The kick is identified with the overturning chair, which is identified with the sound of the passing motorcycle, which is identified with the running faucet, which is identified with the fact that she is a faker, that she is no good, and changes her mind, which is identified with the voice tones

and emotions of the man. Every single perception in this engram equals every other perception in this engram. This engram now lies hidden in her reactive mind, and it can lie there dormant for a very long time until something activates it. What causes this activation?

In the future, when this woman is tired or stressed out and her present environment contains enough similarities to the elements found in the engram, that engram will become active. For example, if one evening the faucet were running and she heard the sound of a motorcycle

passing by outside and at the same time her husband was yelling at someone in a similar tone of voice as he used in the original incident, the engram would become activated. This is called a 'key in'. A key in is the first time an engram gets activated.

She might experience a pain in her leg where she was kicked earlier. The pain is her reactive mind's stupid attempt to warn her that she is in a dangerous place, that she should leave. "Sweden, are you ready? It's almost time to go." And the

words spoken in the engram will become commands in the present, and she will change her mind. "No, just go without me, honey. I'm really tired. What, I just don't want to go." And although her husband was accusing her of faking her injury at that moment,

Her reactive mind will take that comment very literally. I don't want to go there because I think I'm a faker or I feel like a faker. Just I'm really tired. That's your problem. You never support this woman. She thinks she's made these decisions

rationally. She thinks she's worried about her fight with her husband. She has no idea that she's nervous because her engram has been keyed in, and once keyed in, it can now be easily played back again and again. For example, sometime later when this woman is tired

or stressed, she hears a man yelling at someone as a motorcycle passes by. These are re-stimulators, things in her environment that are similar enough to the perceptions in the engram to cause it to become reactivated or re-stimulated. She starts to feel nervous but she

doesn't know why. When her child knocks over a vase, she begins to act out the engram, always messing things up. In other words, she will say and do to her child exactly what her husband said and did to her. You're such a faker, you're no good.

This behavior is called dramatization. Dramatization is a replay in the present of something that happened in the past. An engram is simply a recording, like a phonograph record. Shut the hell up! I want to hear another word out of you. You don't hear it

until something causes it to play. When an engram gets re-stimulated, the reactive mind merely plays back the recording. Shut the hell up! I don't want to hear another word out of you. And you may act exactly like the people contained in

That engram just shut the hell up, I don't want to hear another word out of you. Doing and saying exactly the same things that were done and said to you. Shut the hell up, I don't want to hear another word. But language isn't the only thing

recorded in an engram. There is, among other things, the sensation of pain. After all, you were injured or ill when you received it. So if the language in an engram gets dramatized, what do you think happens when the recording plays back that pain?

5-The Engram-Using Dianetics: The Modern Science Of Mental Health

Captain Joe

Engrams contain pain, unconsciousness, and perceptions, but spoken words while unconscious are most damaging, acting like hypnotic suggestions.

These recordings can be triggered by environmental factors, causing irrational thoughts and behavior.

Example: A woman knocked unconscious records insults like 'You're such a faker,' 'You are no good,' and 'Changing your mind, I'm sick of it.'

The engram also includes sensory details: pain, sounds, smells, and the fact that she was unconscious.

All perceptions in the engram are interconnected; the reactive mind links them together.

Engrams activate when tired or stressed, and the environment mirrors elements from the engram (e.g., running faucet, motorcycle, similar tone of voice).

This activation is called a 'key in,' the first time an engram is triggered.

The woman might experience pain and the words from the engram become commands in the present, affecting her decisions.

She believes her actions are rational, unaware of the engram's influence.

Restimulators are environmental factors similar to the engram, causing reactivation.

Dramatization: replaying past events in the present, acting out the engram (e.g., repeating the husband's words and actions to her child).

Engrams are like recordings, playing back when stimulated; this includes pain sensations.