Reference: The Book of Scientology
I Know-I Know Not
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Summary
Hubbard says, “Data in the MEST universe are usually recorded in facsimiles. Thus one can go in two directions toward knowledge. The first is knowing what one is, and the second is knowing what has happened to one in the MEST universe and searching for identity in the MEST universe.”
When we talk about knowing what one is, we are looking at a unique individuality according to Hubbard. But when we talk about what happened to one in the MEST universe, we are looking at the identities, which that individuality assumed in the physical universe. A unique individuality means having certain abilities as theta; whereas, identities means having certain MEST characteristics.
That means, an individuality is an identification with thought; whereas, an identity is an identification with energy and matter. This is where the weakness of Hubbard’s Theta-MEST theory is exposed. It does not matter what one is identifying with—either with thought or with energy/matter—an identification in either case is still an identification. Aberration lies in the fixation of identification. A “unique individuality” is no less a fixation.
Hubbard’s premise that thetans are statics with unique abilities, who inhabit this MEST universe is the basic anomaly in Hubbard’s Theta-MEST theory. It postulates a built-in fixation. This is a built-in aberration. This is where Scientology departs from Buddhism.
Hubbard says, “There is no more tragic track than the sordid ransacking of facsimiles to discover TRUTH for all one discovers is what is true for the MEST universe.”
Facsimile means an exact copy. In Scientology, facsimile means a picture of one’s experience in the MEST universe. It is a theta recording of energy and matter. This shows that thought is as much a substance as energy and matter. Thought, energy, matter are equally the subject of knowledge. Nothing is excluded. Therefore, a facsimile is a piece of knowledge.
To discover TRUTH from a facsimile, essentially, means to assimilate the thought, energy and matter of the facsimile. Assimilation of knowledge implies oneness (continuity, consistency and harmony) of knowledge. The scientific method is built on this sense of oneness. This is what one needs to accomplish with a facsimile.
Hubbard says, “To stand at last near the heights of discovered beingness has withered the sadness of standing on other men’s bitter and, until now, probably unrewarded search.”
Hubbard’s discovery is that one’s true identity does not lie in the MEST universe. Therefore, one need not directly process facsimiles except as an assist. One should simply engage in postulating as per creative processing. Hubbard now says, “The path of better techniques is the path toward permitting the preclear to step away from all his facsimiles.”
Hubbard says, “The essence of true knowledge is the essence of existing so that one can create beingnesses and data to know. All other data are junior to this.”
Hubbard’s new approach is “postulating” to know in Scientology instead of “analyzing facsimiles” to know as in Dianetics. Facsimiles are a trap because they assign beingness to the person. Hubbard concludes, “Top-scale knowing would be top-scale ability to create beingness.” But he is already assuming the arbitrary beingness of thetan.
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Comments
Hubbard is dividing knowledge between Theta and MEST universes. Theta is the ability to postulate. MEST is the outcome of those postulates as facsimiles. What has been missing is the exploration of oneness among these postulates and facsimiles.
We may say that the knowledge recorded in facsimiles is unassimilated data. When knowledge is assimilated, it becomes one as in continuous, consistent and harmonious awareness. Knowledge then reduces to awareness without fixation. There is no fixation even on who or what one is, or should be.
The general problem with knowledge seems to lie in not seeing the oneness of Theta (spirituality) and MEST (physicality). A wider application of the scientific method would explore oneness not only of MEST, but also of theta and MEST together.
The problem seems to be getting lost in the randomness of too much data, and the inability to recognize anomalies. The solution is to start from the key concepts in a subject and look for anomalies there.
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