"There’s a thing called the dynamics. A dynamic is an urge toward survival. Andthere are eight of these dynamics." (L. Ron Hubbard)

What motivates life? What motivates Man? Those were the questions Ron posed when seeking workable answers to the problems of both the individual and society.

After examining the whole of life in its variety and complexity, he isolated a common denominator to all living things - the Dynamic Principle of Existence: Survive! Here was a watershed breakthrough in Man’s understanding of Man. For while “everyone knows” that life forms are surviving, survival as their sole motivation was a brand-new discovery.

How, then, did survival apply to Man and his everyday existence? By examining the full range and depth of his activities in the light of this new discovery, the infinitely diverse behavior of human beings all aligned and fell into place.

As Ron discovered, the Dynamic Principle of Existence actually breaks down into no less than eight separate but interdependent urges toward survival.