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Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)
The past, when assimilated, is available as experience. You don’t have to think about it. It is just there. It appears as needed to solve day-to-day problems. There is also the experience of the society. It is easily available today through books, friends, Internet search engines, and now through AI (artificial intelligence).
Memory functions in the background to make past personal experience available quickly. The higher is your confront, and the freer is your attention, the better is your memory recall. Suppose you are asked, “Can you recall a time when you were happy?” Normally, many instances will appear when you experienced happiness.
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A memory may appear as a vivid picture of experience that occurred over a time period. You may watch it like a movie. Or, it may appear as a vague impression with some details of when and where it happened. Or, it may simply appear as knowledge of whether it happened or did not happen at all. It is a matter of how much importance the mind puts on it at that moment. The same memory may appear with a different amount of detail at a different moment.
Explicit memory may be recalled as sensations, perceptions, conceptions or knowledge. Perceptual memory is more likely a reconstruction of a past event from experience and knowledge, and not an exact recording. Happy moments may be visualized relatively easily and accurately compared to painful moments.
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The following exercise will give you a taste of memory recall. Read an item from this list and witness the memory presented by the mind. Whether it is a vivid picture, or a vague impression, or just the knowledge that such a thing happened or not, simply accept it and move on.
This exercise may be done several times. Different memories, or different amount of details of the same memory, may come up at different times depending on the state of the mind. Some times many memories may appear in response to an item. In that case, it is fun to focus on the earliest memory first.
NOTE: This exercise is inspired by 1951: Self Analysis written by L. Ron Hubbard.
Can you recall a time when:
1. You were happy.
2. You had just finished constructing something.
3. Life was cheerful.
4. Somebody had given you something.
5. You ate something good.
6. You had a friend.
7. You felt energetic.
8. Somebody was waiting for you.
9. You drove fast.
10. You saw something you liked.
11. You acquired something good.
12. You threw away something bad.
13. You kissed somebody you liked.
14. You laughed at a joke.
15. You received money.
16. You felt young.
17. You liked life.
18. You played a game.
19. You bested something dangerous.
20. You acquired an animal.
21. Somebody thought you were important.
22. You enjoyed a good loaf.
23. You chased something bad.
24. You were enthusiastic.
25. You enjoyed life.
26. You went fast.
27. You owned something.
28. You felt strong.
29. Somebody departed.
30. Somebody helped you.
31. You gathered something good.
32. You measured something.
33. You took a pleasant journey.
34. You turned on a light.
35. You heard some good music.
36. You controlled something.
37. You destroyed something.
38. You mastered something.
39. You were lucky.
40. You felt peaceful.
41. You saw a pretty scene.
42. You poured something good.
43. You acquired something that was scarce.
44. You made an enemy scream.
45. You had a pleasant seat.
46. You handled something well. (actual physical handling)
47. You moved something.
48. You watched something fast.
49. You were together with friends.
50. You occupied a good space.
51. Somebody loved you.
52. You enjoyed somebody.
53. You invented something.
54. You harnessed some energy.
55. You killed a bug.
56. You pocketed something.
57. You made progress.
58. You walked.
59. You saved something.
60. You stopped a machine.
61. You started a machine.
62. You had a good sleep.
63.You stopped a thief.
64. You stood under something.
65. You started a fire.
66. You went upstairs.
67. You were warm.
68. You went riding.
69. You were adroit.
70. You swam.
71. You stood your ground.
72. You lived well.
73. You were respected.
74. You won a race.
75. You ate well.
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Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)
A person arrives at these factors as he looks at the world from the viewpoint of Postulate Mechanics. These factors are inspired by Hubbard’s insights contained in Scientology Factors along with the insights from the Vedas, Hinduism and Buddhism.
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NOTE: Substantiality and awareness appear together as a pair. Space is just an attribute of the resulting reality.
1. A beginning is the manifestation of substantiality.
2. Since substantiality is manifested, there must also be awareness.
3. Therefore, there must also be a viewpoint.
4. And there must also be something that is viewed.
5. Thus, there is substance that can be sensed, and responded to.
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6. The substance has inherent motion and inertia.
7. There is diversification of motion and inertia and their assimilation.
8. And thus there is harmony.
9. That extends as consistency and continuity.
10. And so there is oneness of life.
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11. But there are other viewpoints with different frameworks. And there is interchange among them of different views.
12. The viewpoints have the ability to modify views and adjust differences. Thus, there is harmony of motion among viewpoints.
13. Thus there is a common reality generated among viewpoints; and that reality appears as solid.
14. The reality grows into larger structures of thought, energy and matter. But the oneness is impeded by lack of admiration.
15. Thus, there is an increasingly complex spectrum of substance, which generates objects that have varied, individual characteristics.
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16. With consolidation of viewpoints, the forms and their motion becomes increasingly fine and complex.
17. The beauty or ugliness depends on the harmony of forms as seen by the viewpoint. These considerations alone are art.
18. As viewpoints become attached to the forms, concern about survival arises.
19. Neither an individual form nor an individual viewpoint can survive for ever.
20. The viewpoints, as they accept forms without viewing them thoroughly, become dependent upon those forms.
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21. All changes must be harmonious, consistent and continuous. Thus, there is dynamic oneness. And that, regulated, is TIME.
22. This is the essence of the universe.
23. Thus, universe is based on the postulate of substantiality-awareness-oneness. Ideally, there is assimilation of all viewpoints.
24. The idea of unchanging, eternal viewpoints is a violation of dynamic oneness. That is the source of anomalies.
25. The presence of unresolved anomalies maintain the cycles of life and death.
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26. The anomalies are violations of the oneness of Universe. They manifest as suffering.
27. The cause of life’s suffering is basically an attachment to a viewpoint. That gives rise to fixation.
28. Freedom from suffering lies in the spotting and resolving of fixations.
29. The optimum viewpoint is that which establishes the dynamic oneness of the universe.
30. One may teach or prescribe all kind of things; but a person will pursue only what he thinks would resolve his gravest concern. Let us then provide him with techniques that would help him resolve his concerns by himself. This will lead to a problem-solving culture of which we can be proud.
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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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