Reference: A History of Man
Reference: CHAPTER FOUR A
Comments on CHAPTER FOUR A
The Theta Being
A person can start to disentangle himself by first understanding the concepts of BEINGNESS, BEING, INDIVIDUALITY and IDENTITY.
These concepts are described at The Definition of BEINGNESS, etc. He can know who he is and where he is. He should then resolve anomalies to do with his beingness. Subject Clearing is a powerful tool to accomplish this.
But resolving the anomalies in one’s beingness is just the beginning. He has certainly achieved a lot, but he is still subject to the anomalies in others, and also to the anomalies in the society, in the mankind, and in the universe.
Hubbard is viewing the body as a liability because it is very vulnerable. The solution is simple. Operate as usual without having attention fixated on the body. If the body gets engrams, simply run them out.
It is Hubbard’s theory that a THETA BEING is something else entirely that can operate independently of the body. This is not so. A being is a package of postulated goals and behavior characteristics. These goals and behavior characteristics are the outcome of a long evolutionary struggle to have an efficient organism. The focus of the DNA programming has been on producing an efficient body that is controlled by an efficient mind. The body and mind have always been a single system. Self-awareness manifests at the upper end of this programming evolution along with the ability to think broadly. This is the emergence of the theta being. The theta being cannot exist without the underlying body.
The phenomenon of EXTERIORIZATION makes one believe that the theta being can operate independently of the body. Therefore, Hubbard’s solution to the liability of a vulnerable body is to have the person “operate without the body.” But the most one can accomplish is to operate without the attention fixated on the body. The phenomenon of exteriorization is actually produced by this non-fixation of attention. The theta being still needs the body to operate.
Having a body is not an anomaly, but having one’s attention fixated on the body is definitely an anomaly. If a person feels that he can’t be himself then he is stuck with some anomaly. If the mind-body system is weak then one needs to find and resolve the anomalies that are weakening it.
The universe is not as bad as Hubbard makes it out to be. Hubbard is looking at conflicts between “self” and “other”; but all such conflicts evaporate when one starts to perceive all life as one, and focuses on resolving the anomalies in beingness. It is true that there is fixation on bodies in the current society and this is a huge anomaly with a social dimension. But Hubbard theory blames the body instead of focusing on resolving this anomaly.
Hubbard wants to achieve a certain ideal scene. There is nothing wrong with that ideal scene, but he seems to be pursuing a flawed reasoning toward some imaginary “solution.”
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Definitions
BEINGNESS
Beingness is the ability to postulate and to become aware. This ability is expressed through every being. This is the ’Self’ of the Vedas (written with the upper case ‘S’). The nature of beingness or ‘Self’ is same for everybody. This beingness is considered to be eternal.
BEING
A being is a package of postulated goals and behavior characteristics. This package is characteristically different from person to person. This is the ’self’ of the Vedas (written with the lower case ’s’). The being or ‘self’ has individuality; yet it is part of a consistent whole per the principle of oneness. The being is subject to its own lifetime.
EXTERIORIZATION
The whole idea, in Scientology, that the person, as the thetan, is detachable from the body is misconceived. When a part of the body is detached from rest of the body, certain functionality is lost. When the whole body is detached, it can only mean the loss of all functionality, or death. In reality, the phenomenon of exteriorization simply means letting go of the fixation on the body, mind, and self.
INDIVIDUALITY
An individuality is the unique set of postulates that defines the being.
IDENTITY
An identity is an identified object.
For other Scientology words, please see: Technical Dictionary
For regular English words, please see: https://www.dictionary.com/
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