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Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)
The human mind uses logic to resolve anomalies and to assimilate data toward oneness. The anomaly it resolves is actually a violation of oneness. That anomaly is present whenever there is a disharmony, inconsistency or discontinuity in an area.
“Oneness” is the ideal scene of all logic. It is not a monotone canvas; but it is a beautiful painting full of colors and forms that are harmonious, consistent and continuous. As a person understands the oneness of reality, it becomes easier for him to predict and manage the future.
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The mind is the thought structure of a life organism. It has its own intrinsic motion. As this structure becomes more sophisticated, so does its intrinsic motion. In humans, the mind develops into a precise structure much more sophisticated than any mathematics we know. Its intrinsic motion appears as life force, spirit, observer, postulator, creator, etc.
The mind is essentially a matrix of data. At the core of this matrix are postulates. The incoming data gets continually added to this matrix. The mental matrix is supported by the structure of the brain, which facilitates data storage and memory.
The mind uses logic to resolve the problems and situations it encounters in life and the universe. The unique aspect of the human mind is that it is capable of handling flaws in its own proper functioning.
The resolution of the philosophical, scientific and human studies (such as economics, politics, sociology, medicine, criminology, etc.) depends primarily upon the resolution of the anomalies of the mental matrix.
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The ideal scene of logic is oneness of all data. A datum is a symbol of a manifestation, or the manifestation itself. The degree of harmony, consistency, continuity determines the logic of a system.
Logic applies to the knowledge being looked at within a certain context. Logic is maximized when we look at all knowledge in an infinite context. Intuition arises as a person broadens his context and viewpoint.
The goal of logic is the assimilation of data. To assimilate is to “make similar.” An example of assimilation occurs when you pour water having different temperatures in one container. The cold water in the mixture gains heat and the hot water loses heat, such that the water in that container, after some time, arrives at an equilibrium temperature. In the mind, the assimilation, or equilibrium, of data is defined as oneness of that data.
When sensations are assimilated they provide clearer perceptions. When perceptions are assimilated they provide clearer conceptions. When conceptions are assimilated they provide clearer knowledge. And, when knowledge is assimilated it results in the knowingness of wisdom.
Logic assimilates data by resolving violation of oneness, which are called anomalies.
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Anomalies are violations of oneness of data. The presence of anomalies in an area is indicated by disharmony, inconsistency or discontinuity.
The anomaly takes the form of arbitrary, contradictory, or missing data. You follow such data by looking closely at the area in which anomalies appear. You may find a higher concentration of anomalies in certain sections of the area. You look at those sections more closely. You repeat the cycle of following the concentration of anomalies in sub-sections.
As you trace the anomalies in this manner, you may suddenly discover the reason why all those anomalies exist. At that moment all data assimilates in the mental matrix. One arrives at oneness of understanding of the whole situation.
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Anomalies are resolved by looking only. Thinking simply tells you where to look. Resolution of anomalies starts with knowing the correct definitions of terms and concepts. Commonly provided definitions can have anomalies in them. For correct definition, look at the postulate underlying that term or concept.
Logic looks for postulates underlying situations, problems and concepts to understand them properly. Any misunderstanding appears as disharmony, inconsistency, discontinuity. Logic tracks down the anomalies as follows.
When there are too many unresolved anomalies then logic examines the viewpoint itself for anomalies.
Thus, anomalies are resolved by looking more closely, and not by thinking.
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Any knowledge which can be sensed, measured or experienced by any entity is capable of influencing that entity. All knowledge is connected. There is no absolute datum. Gradient scales are necessary to the evaluation of problems and their data.
Factors introduced into a problem or solution which do not derive from natural law but only from authoritarian command aberrate that problem or solution. Those fields which most depend upon authoritative opinion for their data contain most anomalies.
A postulate is as valuable as it resolves anomalies. The workability of a postulate is established by the degree to which it explains existing phenomena already known, by the degree that it predicts new phenomena which when looked for will be found to exist, and by the degree that it does not require that phenomena which do not exist in fact be called into existence for its explanation.
A science may be considered to be a large body of aligned data which has similarity in application and which has been deduced or induced from basic postulates. Mathematics is mechanical logic based on certain postulates. It provides abstract patterns and matches them with the patterns in the universe to discover more fundamental patterns.
The introduction of an arbitrary into a problem or solution invites the further introduction of arbitraries into problems and solutions. This happens when one makes careless assumptions.
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Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)
LIFE
Life is perceived as motion which, as it evolves, becomes increasingly sophisticated and harmonious. This requires an intricate modulation of inertia. This modulation is provided by the sophisticated structure of the life organism. There is no separate spirit controlling the life organism. The inertia is inherent to substance of the organism and so is the motion. The life organism is simply a very sophisticated system that also has the ability to reproduce itself.
EVOLUTION
Evolution of life occurs from inanimate to animate, minerals to cells, unicellular to multicellular, and from plants to animals to humans. The form becomes more complex as it evolves, and the inherent motion becomes more sophisticated.
GENETIC ENTITY
Genetic Entity is a term borrowed from Scientology. It is a programming that keeps the blueprint of the body. It is carried forward over the genetic line. It is hard-wired into the body through DNA molecules. It develops the body and monitors all its functions. It is very sophisticated, but it has limited capacity to update itself.
LIFE ORGANISM
A life organism has a form made of substance, which displays inherent motion. The form made of substance is seen as a body. The complex capabilities expressed through the body are seen as the workings of a mind. And, the inherent motion, which makes these capabilities possible, is seen as the spirit. Man is the life organism at the top of the evolutionary chain.
SELF-ANIMATION
Self animation is inherent to a living form, such as, virus, cells and higher organisms. Since extremely small changes in inertia may produce significantly large and visible changes in motion, life can manage self-animation by controlling the inertia of its parts. The required changes in inertia are so small that they can easily be controlled by thought. Therefore, a thought-motion interface may be postulated for living organisms.
BEINGNESS
Beingness is the individual essence of a life organism. It is the whole genetic evolution that presents itself as a system of body-mind-spirit.
DEATH
Death and birth are natural events that are necessary for the evolution of life. The DNA “programming” passes through reproduction. Death is the total and permanent cessation of all vital functions of a life organism. When death occurs, the system of body, mind and spirit disintegrates. The consciousness of “I” is the first sense to go. Other senses disintegrate in a short interval of time after death. There’s no eternal soul.
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SELF
Self is core of the Universe. It consists of the postulates of substantiality, awareness and oneness. It is pure awareness of the substantiality of the universe that is engaged in resolving anomalies to bring about oneness.
IDENTITY
The self acquires an identity when identification of sensations occurs. The self cannot differentiate itself from the identity. A self can have many identities and not be aware of them. It just acts out according to the identity that gets activated in a situation. Such identities dissolve as assimilation occurs and knowingness comes about.
INDIVIDUALITY
The self has a sense of individuality in that it considers itself to be unique. An identified self can also claim individuality. Therefore, individuality and identity are not exclusive of each other.
EGO
The ego is an introversion into individuality. The more introversion there is, the more irrational it becomes. And, the more fixation there is, the more insane it becomes.
INDIVIDUAL
An individual is a human organism that has the sense of being coordinated from a single control point, and which considers itself to be separate and unique.
VIEWPOINT
Viewpoint is the frame of reference the individual is using to view from. It is closely tied with individuality. The viewpoint determines a person’s reality, which includes the sense of his location in space, and what he thinks of himself. The viewpoint can become fixed, but a person can always unfix and change it.
SELF-DETERMINATION
Self-determination is a person’s ability to determine something without outside influence, and based entirely on his viewpoint.
FREE WILL
A person’s free will is his ability to make decisions voluntarily. In other words, he can postulate, but subject to the laws of Postulate Mechanics. Free will does not mean that the person can arbitrarily do anything he wants.
SPIRIT
The original meaning of SPIRIT is “breath” or “wind.” Spirit is the animating principle that gives life, energy, and power to living things. It represents the immaterial part of a human, encompassing mind, emotions, and will, distinct from the body. The word, spirit, is also used for an incorporeal being, like a ghost, phantom, deity, fairy, or demon.
SOUL
The SOUL refers to the animating, non-physical essence of life. In philosophy, this term has been used to refer to the mind. In religion, it is theorized to be that eternal aspect of the person, which separates from the body upon death, and goes to heaven or hell.
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Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)
When confronted with a situation, a problem, an event or an object, the most important thing to look at is the underlying postulate. That postulate is the thought which gives form to the situation you find yourself in. Once you find that postulate, then see if there are any anomaly associated with it.
Just finding the postulate greatly simplifies the situation. For example, in the current Iran situation, the postulate seems to be Israel’s concern for its survival. The whole situation boils down to that one postulate. There may be other postulate by other parties involved, but you now have the postulate, which defines the situation.
Further clarification of the situation comes about as you determine if there are any anomalies associated with that postulate. You look at the actual actions taken by Iran and Israel over the years, and you find plenty of anomalies. As you resolve those anomalies in your mind, the situation becomes increasingly clear and you know the exact action to take, which will establish harmony.
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The source of postulate is unknowable, just like the source of this universe is unknowable. We may say that God postulated and brought the universe into being. But God is a postulate too and its source is unknowable.
It appears that we dream up a ’self’ to be the source of postulates. For example, in Scientology, it is claimed that energy is produced by the thetan simply by postulating that it will be in existence. A thetan represents beingness of the person. It may appear to be the source of a postulate, but the thetan itself is a postulate. So the actual source of the postulate is unknowable, and the thetan itself is a part of the postulate that appears.
Looking for the actual source of postulate is a distraction. Just look for the postulate in a situation; look for anomalies in that postulate and trace back those anomalies until the whole situation becomes clear. Then you will know exactly what to do and what not to do to establish oneness.
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The indicators that point to anomalies are: disharmony, inconsistency and discontinuity. They indicate that oneness has been violated. You follow these indicators to find the anomalies.
Anomalies appear as arbitrary, contradictory, and missing data. You follow such data by looking closely at the area in which they appear. You may then find more anomalies. As you trace those areas where the concentration of anomalies is the most, you may suddenly discover the reason why all those anomalies exist.
As this point everything will become clear and you will know what to do exactly.
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The purpose of the exercise is to recognize postulates. A postulate gives the basic form to what one is looking at.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
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One can understand a situation most rapidly by focusing on the key postulate, and tracing the anomalies from there. The following reference shows how the concept of postulate is used very loosely in Scientology:
SCN 8-8008: Postulate Processing.
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Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)
The first action of the mind is to look and recognize what is there. Looking does not involve thinking. In other words, to know something, you do not have to label it, or use words to describe it. It is important to understand the difference between looking and thinking.
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Look and simply observe what is there without expecting anything, or attempting to get an answer.
Any expectation will add extraneous thoughts to what one is looking at. Attempts to get an answer will also add extraneous interpretation to what is there. Therefore, when looking, do not expect any particular phenomenon, result, answer or cognition.
Thinking is natural. It is a common experience to have thoughts arise in the mind as one looks. Carefully notice the thoughts for what they are and move on. Do not suppress the thoughts because that will color and modify your looking.
Often, one is taught to suppress one’s thoughts. For example, in many meditation techniques the primary goal is to make one’s mind blank. In some other meditation techniques one is required to concentrate on a thought at the exclusion of all others. Such actions suppress the ability to LOOK and realize what is there.
Looking does not require suppression of thoughts arising in the mind. You look at these thoughts the way you look at anything else.
When one is not suppressing any thoughts or feelings, and is simply looking without being judgmental, then, in that moment, one is able to see things as they are. This applies to all sensory input.
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The purpose of the following exercise is to practice the key idea above. The exercise introduces the concept of looking by letting the student experience it. This may be accomplished quite quickly in most cases.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
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The understanding of Postulate Mechanics starts with looking at objects. There is thought that is actually “models” the object. That is the postulate underlying that object. Look at the object and its “thought,” or postulate. Also look at and acknowledge other extraneous thoughts that appear, and move on.
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Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)
Dualism is the philosophical view that reality consists of two fundamentally distinct kinds of things or properties. In philosophy of mind—the most prominent context for dualism—it holds that mental phenomena and physical phenomena are fundamentally different and irreducible to one another.
Monism rejects this division, asserting there is fundamentally only one kind of substance underlying all reality. The mind and body are not separate entities but different aspects or manifestations of the same underlying reality. If mind and body are fundamentally different kinds of things, they won’t be able to interact causally.
Postulate Mechanics postulates oneness of the universe. It, therefore, sees dualism to be an anomaly of discontinuity. There must be missing data, which is generating this anomaly. There appears to be a missing gradient between the non-material (mental phenomena), and the material (physical phenomena).
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The non-material and material can influence each other. That means that there is a gradient of substance between them, just like there is a gradient of temperature between hot and cold.
In philosophy, a clear understanding of “substance” seems to be missing. Western metaphysics looks at substance as a fundamental entity that can “stand on its own,” but this definition presents an anomaly. How can there be such a fundamental entity if it is not manifested and there can be no awareness of it?
Therefore, substance does not “stand on its own.” Substance depends upon being sensed, else there is no substance to speak of.
The fundamental entity that can stand on its own is the universe. We are aware of the universe only because we can sense it, and for no other reason. Substance must be that which is substantial enough to be sensed. The fundamental aspects of the universe that can be sensed are matter, energy and thought. These constitute the substance of the universe.
Matter, energy and thought have certain characteristics in common, which characterize them as substance; and they have other characteristics which make them different. Matter to energy to thought there is a gradient of substance. This is the gradient between the non-material (mental phenomena), and the material (physical phenomena). This book covers it in detail in Chapters 3 and 4.
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The concept of substance is a cornerstone of metaphysics and ontology (the philosophical study of being), and it helps philosophers classify what is “real” versus what is merely an offshoot or by-product.
One meaning of reality is “what is ultimately there beyond appearances.” Another meaning of reality is, “the totality of what is there.”
The ultimate reality would be a postulate. There is no knowledge prior to a postulate. This book explains in Chapter 1, that a postulate is a basic assumption, taken as true, which is then used to derive the rest of considerations.”
The totality of what there is would be the sum total of the considerations proceeding from the postulate. Because of this fact, these considerations must be united in their oneness to be real. In other words, the postulate and considerations must be harmonious, consistent and continuous.
The reality is not there to the degree there are violations of oneness (anomalies). For substance to be real, there must not be any anomalies in its conception.
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The mind, or mental phenomena, is made of thought substance. The body, or physical phenomena is made of energy and matter. Both mind and body can be sensed.
It is not true that mental phenomena and physical phenomena are fundamentally different and irreducible to one another. Both are reducible to substance that can be sensed. That is the reason that they influence each other.
The consciousness of mind, and the agility of the body, is the result of extreme complexity of motion inherent to substance, as this book explains in Chapters 6 to 8.
It is an anomaly to think that mind and body have nothing in common. That is the result of ignorance.
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Mind and Body are distinct phenomena but the strict theory of dualism does not apply.
Mind can never exist independently of the body.
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