Reference: The Book of Scientology
The Anatomy of Space
Please see the original section at the link above.
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Summary
Hubbard says, “Before energy can exist in this universe, space must exist.” It appears that space represents the extents of substance, where the spectrum of substance consists of thought, energy and matter. Initially, when there is a postulate made up of thought, space appears as the extents of that postulate. So space exists only as the extents of some postulate. Energy comes about with condensation of postulates.
Hubbard says, “His inability to create space is one of the most aberrative characteristics of the thetan…” This means that a person’s inability to postulate is his most aberrative characteristics. Hubbard’s concept of thetan represents the beingness of the person, which results from postulates.
Hubbard says, “He has become reduced to a point… for he has no space of his own but must depend upon bodies and other conditions to believe that he has space.” Actually, the thetan, as a thought, has much larger space than the material body. The apparent lack of space is due to the fixation of attention. When a thetan has no space, it means that all his awareness has condensed into energy and matter, for example, the body and its actions. In other words, all his thinking is identified with physical manifestations and he can’t think independently.
Hubbard says, “The assignation of dimension is the essence of space, but even before dimension can be assigned, one must have viewpoint.” More simply, a person’s space is his awareness of what is there; and the viewpoint is how that awareness is framed. The viewpoint is determined by the persons postulates; and his freedom to change that viewpoint is limited by his fixations. So, the essence of space is the person’s ability to postulate and become aware.
Hubbard says, “The preclear has a viewpoint and is the centre of that viewpoint… Where he is aware of being aware is, however, his central viewpoint… he is yet as himself the centre of assignation of dimension where he is and as he is.” As stated above, a viewpoint provides the framework to a person’s awareness. It is made up of postulates pertaining to that subject or situation. The “center” of that viewpoint is, obviously, a postulate. Hubbard believes that “center” to be the location of the person’s beingness. Therefore, not only the thetan, but also its location, is a postulate. Whether a person is in or out of the body, depends on postulates and the condition of fixation.
To exteriorize from body, the person needs to become aware of the postulate that is keeping him fixated to the body. This postulate would be at the center of his viewpoint about his body, or about bodies in general. The person may start by examining his surroundings to extrovert his attention. He spots ridges (resistance to extroversion) and dissolves them. (See SOP Issue 3, Step IV). One may do creative processing as suggested in this section to finally exteriorize.
Creative processing (visualizing postulates) is very different from facsimile running. When one is attempting to handle a fixed viewpoint, it is best done with creative processing, not by running facsimiles.
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Comments
Hubbard has his own definitions for space and time. All you need to know is that space represents the extents of a postulate; and, time represents the duration of a postulate. The postulates provide the frame of reference called the viewpoint. The viewpoint monitors our awareness. The center of that viewpoint may be considered our beingness.
Drills with space are actually drills that exercise the viewpoint. The purpose of exteriorization is to expand the viewpoint beyond the frame of reference provided by the body. If a person cannot do this then have him question everything that he is taking for granted, until all understanding becomes a oneness.
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