The Eight Basic Scripts 1. The biosurvival
Winner
"I will live forever or die trying."
Loser
"I don't know how to defend myself."
2. The emotional-territorial
Winner
"I am free; you are free; we can have our separate trips or we can have the same trip."
Loser
"They all intimidate me."
3. The semantic
Winner
"I am learning more about everything, including how to learn more."
Loser
"I can't solve my problems."
4. The sociosexual
Winner
"Love, and do what thou wilt." (Anon. of Ibid)
Loser
"Everything I like is illegal, immoral, or fattening."
5. The neurosomatic
Winner
"How I feel depends on my neurological knowhow."
Loser
"I can't help the way I feel."
6. The metaprogramming
Winner
"I make my own coincidences, synchronicities, luck, and Destiny."
Loser
"Why do I have such lousy luck?"
7. The neurogenetic
Winner
"Future evolution depends on my decisions now."
Loser
"Evolution is blind and impersonal."
8. The neuroatomic
Winner
"In the province of the mind, what is believed to be true is true, or becomes true within certain limits to be learned by experience and experiment." (Dr.John Lilly)
Loser
"I am not psychic, and I doubt anyone is."