- a departure from rational thought or behavior. From the Latin, aberrare, to
wander from; Latin, ab, away, errare, to wander. It means basically to err, to make
mistakes, or more specifically to have fixed ideas which are not true. The word is also
used in its scientific sense. It means departure from a straight line. If a line should go
from A to B, then if it is “aberrated” it would go
from A to some other point, to some other point, to some other point, to some other point,
to some other point and finally arrive at B. Taken in its scientific sense, it would also
mean the lack of straightness or to see crookedly as, in example, a man sees a horse but
thinks he sees an elephant. Aberrated conduct would be wrong conduct, or conduct not
supported by reason. When a person has engrams, these tend to deflect what would be his
normal ability to perceive truth and bring about an aberrated view of situations which
then would cause an aberrated reaction to them. Aberration is opposed to sanity, which
would be its opposite. (LRH Def. Notes)
- an aberrated person wanders from his
self-determined course. He no longer goes where he wants to go now, but goes where he has
wanted to go in the past. His course is, therefore, not rational, and he seems to go
wherever the environment pushes him. He has as many aberrations as he has hidden
contrasurvival decisions in his past. (Abil 114A)
- mental derangement, any irrational condition. (DMSMH,
p. 102)
- the aberree’s reactions to and difficulties with his
current environment. (DTOT, p. 127)
- the manifestation of an engram, and is serious only when it influences the competence of
the individual in his environment. (Scn Jour 28-G)
- the degree of residual plus or minus randomity accumulated by compelling, inhibiting or
unwarranted assisting of efforts on the part of other organisms or the physical (material)
universe. (Scn 0-8, p. 86)
