I Do Not Believe That To Be

I Am Not A Christian Or A Jew Or A Mohammedan, A Mormon, Polygamist, Homosexual, Anarchist Or Boxer. . . . I Do Not Believe That, In Order To Be Religious In The Good And Genuine Sense Of The Word, One Has To Ruin One's Love Life And Has To Become Rigid And Shrunken In Body And Soul. I Know That What You Call "god" Actually Exists, But In A Different Way From What You Think: As The Primal Cosmic Energy In The Universe, As Your Love In Your Body, As Your Honesty And Your Feeling Of Nature In You And Around You.

In The Course Of The History Of Natural Science, It Always Happens That Profound Or True Thoughts Or True Facts Were Always Either Distorted Or Flattened Out. The Danger, Especially Of Distortion, Is Particularly Great In The Case Of Orgonomy. We Must Be Scientific, We Cannot Be Political In These Matters. And I Personally Declare That I Will Be The First To Fight With All My Strength, With Whatever I've Got Against Such A Distortion Of Our Principles.

The Suppression Of Natural Sexual Gratification Leads To Various Kinds Of Substitute Gratifications. Natural Aggression, For Example, Becomes Brutal Sadism Which Then Is An Essential Mass-psychological Factor In Imperialistic Wars.

Emotional And Physical States Can Be Altered By Changing The Breathing Pattern.

How, Then,' I Hear You Ask, 'shall I Attain My End, Whether It Be Christian Love, Socialism, Or American Democracy?' Your Christian Love And Your Socialism And Your American Democracy Are What You Do Each Day, Your Manner Of Thinking Each Hour, Of Embracing Your Life Companion And Loving Your Child; They Are Your Attitude Of Social Responsibility Towards Your Work, And Your Determination Not To Become Like The Crushers Of Life You So Hate.