View source for PRIME POSTULATE

[[INDEX_A|A]] · [[INDEX_B|B]] · [[INDEX_C|C]] · [[INDEX_D|D]] · [[INDEX_E|E]] · [[INDEX_F|F]] · [[INDEX_G|G]] · [[INDEX_H|H]] · [[INDEX_I|I]] · [[INDEX_J|J]] ·
[[INDEX_K|K]] · [[INDEX_L|L]] · [[INDEX_M|M]] · [[INDEX_N|N]] · [[INDEX_O|O]] · [[INDEX_P|P]] · [[INDEX_Q|Q]] · [[INDEX_R|R]] · [[INDEX_S|S]] · [[INDEX_T|T]] ·
[[INDEX_U|U]] · [[INDEX_V|V]] · [[INDEX_W|W]] · [[INDEX_X|X]] · [[INDEX_Y|Y]] · [[INDEX_Z|Z]]
== Definitions ==

1. a [[POSTULATE|postulate]] may spring from [[PAST|past]] [[EFFORT|effort]] or [[PRIME_THOUGHT|prime thought]]. A prime postulate is the [[DECISION|decision]] to [[CHANGE|change]] from a [[STATE|state]] of [[NOT_BEINGNESS|not beingness]] to a state of [[BEINGNESS|beingness]].
''(AP&A, p. 34)''

2. we call the prime postulate the [[BASIC_PURPOSE|basic purpose]] of the [[INDIVIDUAL|individual]] in [[DIANETICS|Dianetics]]: Modern [[SCIENCE|Science]] of Mental Health, or his [[GOAL|goal]].
''(SH Spec 168, 6207C10)''