Reference: The Book of Scientology
Creation and Destruction
Please see the original section at the link above.
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Summary
Both creation and destruction arise from change only; the change comes from postulates; and the postulates are there to maintain the oneness of reality. The “self” in self-determinism is itself a construct of postulates. So, the goal of theta and self-determinism may be seen as “the oneness of postulates.”
Hubbard says, “Theta has the capability of locating matter and energy in time and space and of creating time and space.” Theta was originally postulated by Hubbard as the unknowable in the equation of life. It remains unknowable no matter what postulates are assigned to it. Therefore, we shall call theta, the Unknowable.
Matter and energy are merely different categories of substance as shown by Einstein. The basic category of substance that has been overlooked is thought. Substance is anything substantial enough to be sensed. Thought, energy and matter are part of the spectrum of substance. This is yet to be recognized by science, and philosophy.
Time and space are erroneously viewed as independent of substance. Actually, space denotes the extent of substance. The empty space may be empty of matter, but it denotes the extent of energy and thought. This means that matter movers through energy and thought. On the other hand, time denotes the duration of substance. This has implications in terms of motion. Thought appears to move much faster than energy, and energy appears to move much faster than matter.
We may then summarize Hubbard’s statement above to mean that reality consists of postulates from Unknowable source. The postulates provide the appearance of substance (thought, energy and matter) that have relative extents and durations. Anything that we may add to it will be just another postulate. Any change will appear as the motion of substance in terms of its relative space and time. We see that as action.
Using Hubbard’s formulation we may say that we have an interacting triangle of substance-space-time. On the spectrum, the substance condenses from thought to energy to matter. As it does so, the space shrinks and time becomes more enduring. The changes lead to the cycle of creation, growth, conservation, decay and destruction. This cycle may be abbreviated as start-change-stop. Destruction is followed by creation. Stop is followed by start.
Hubbard evaluates good and bad in terms of construction and destruction but a better evaluation appears to be in terms of the elimination of anomalies and movement towards oneness of postulates. In oneness there is a balance of all activities such that they make sense. When there is a fixation, such as, not be able to create or destroy something, a balance is difficult to achieve and insanity results. We may, therefore, assess a person by looking for fixations in his activities on the first four dynamics.
Hubbard believes that every man is his own universe and possesses within himself all the capabilities of a universe. Of course, a person has the ability to postulate anything as long as he abides by the constraint of oneness. The universe enforces that constraint, so a person cannot just postulate arbitrarily.
Hubbard proposes a process that assesses creation and destruction on dynamics to discover hidden compulsions and obsessions on the part of a person. Instead of the principle of oneness, he proposes a sense of ethics, which generally exists only as an arbitrary code of conduct not necessarily related to reason.
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Comments
Hubbard inability to achieve complete success with his processes boils down to him not understanding the scientific criterion of oneness (continuity, consistency, harmony).
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