Reference: The Book of Scientology
Black and White
Please see the original section at the link above.
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Summary
Hubbard says, “Black and white are the two extreme manifestations of perception on the part of the preclear… Seeing whiteness or color, the thetan is able to discern and differentiate between objects, actions and spatial dimensions… Blackness is the unknown, for it may contain energy or it may be empty or may be black energy.”
From what is written in the Comments section below, the whiteness or color shall represent the assimilation of the sensations, which would result in perception. The greater is the assimilation, the better would be the perception.
When there is blackness, either there is nothing to be sensed, or the sensation is so dense, that it cannot be broken up and assimilated. The dense sensation shall be felt as heaviness with delusions and no perception. A person may develop the ability to differentiate between “absence of sensation,” “dense sensation with delusions,” and “actual perception” by working with some drills.
A black spot turns into white when postulates are discovered that bring about a oneness of understanding. For example, Einstein discovered the postulate of the speed of light being a universal constant. That brought about the awareness of energy and matter being different forms of substance.
The concept of “own determinism” runs as white because the person feels he is fully aware. The concept of “other determinism” runs as black because the awareness is not fully there.
A ridge is a combination of awareness (white) and non-awareness (black). For example, in a situation, a person is usually aware of his viewpoint, and not aware of the viewpoint of others. By making an effort to look at the situation from the viewpoint of others, a situation is resolved much more easily.
On the E-meter, a stuck needle is characteristic of a black field. When the black field is sensed, usually as pain or somatic, it is indicated by the flick of the needle.
The black field is felt as a mystery. By placing blackness in different contexts, in terms of environments, yesterday and tomorrow, one may discover the postulate that would resolve that mystery.
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Comments
The universe is sensed through the sense organs. These sensations break up and get assimilated into the mental matrix of experience of the person. This assimilation produces the perception of what was sensed. This is whiteness.
When the sensations are very dense, as from a trauma, they are difficult to break up and assimilate. Therefore, a person is usually unaware of the details of his traumatic experiences. This is blackness.
Blackness may also exist when there is nothing to sense.
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