Thetan: An Ego Trap

Ego, Painting by Lika Makaridze | Artmajeur

Reference: Course on Subject Clearing

Individuality is something natural. There is nothing wrong with individuality. But there is everything wrong with fixation on individuality because such a fixation is opposed to the Oneness of reality.

So long as a person is fixated on individuality he can never be at peace.

So long as majority of people are fixated on their individualities there can never be peace in a society, country, or the world.

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Scientology

Scientology is the latest religion that may have peaked now, but it was expanding quite rapidly at one time. Its draw was that it could rapidly free a person from past impressions in his mind that were limiting his potential. It promised to restore a person to his full potential.

Scientology consists of many interesting processes that help free a person from unwanted conditions, and improve his confidence in managing his life. But in doing so it also traps the person in getting more fixated on his individuality.

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The Thetan

Some of these traps that we find in Scientology are based on ideas that have existed prominently in the Western Culture. 

One such idea is that of a world, which is basically material, is created by God, who is entirely spiritual. This idea gives superiority to the spiritual domain over the material domain. Scientology incorporates this idea into a THETA-MEST Theory. In this theory, MEST represents the physical universe, and THETA represents all the capabilities of the spirit. MEST is considered to be produced by THETA.

In humans, THETA appears as the “individuality” called THETAN, and MEST appears as the physical body. A person is actually the THETAN, who can be separated from his physical body. The person, as THETAN, can act independently of the physical body, and does not really need the physical body to operate. The achievement of this state of OPERATING THETAN is the goal of all Scientology processing.

The THETAN is immortal; therefore, a person, as an OPERATING THETAN, can operate as the same individual forever.

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Why is Thetan a Trap?

A person enters Scientology through its introductory services. Immediately, he is taught that he is an immortal thetan, and not his body. He can, through auditing, separate himself from the body, and live in that state for ever. Since he does not need the body to operate in this universe, he can regard it as disposable. The person starts to see THETAN as the sum total of his individuality. Now he has become a Scientologist.

The feeling of being immortal greatly boosts a person’s ego. He is now ready to build up on that ego with confidence.

The ego is his current sense of individuality. In Scientology, he has a free pass to build up on that ego. In fact, Scientology helps him do just that.

The simple truth is that the thetan is not immortal, and that the person cannot operate in this universe without a body. A Scientologist is trapped in the lie of an immortal thetan. He ends up justifying to himself how he is an immortal and indestructible thetan.

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Subject Clearing Thetan

Thetan is the mathematical symbol assigned to individuality. The individuality is formed out of postulates. It can change as the postulates change. Therefore, an individuality can die and another individuality can emerge in its place. Thetan is not immortal since the individuality is not immortal.

When a person is trying to improve, he is working with his considerations. These considerations have their basis in the postulates that are part of his makeup. As he starts to clear up the anomalies in his consideration, he is led straight back to his postulates. These postulates are very fundamental to him. The criterion of Oneness really becomes important at this point.

The postulates that are part of his makeup, must be continuous, consistent and harmonious according to the Principle of Oneness. He has to trust his guts to discover the anomalies among these postulates and resolve them. He cannot blithely go by the E-meter reads without understanding what is going on.

Any process that an individual allows to be run on himself, he must do so with full awareness of what is stated here.

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  • William Chad Holland's avatar William Chad Holland  On October 12, 2023 at 3:10 PM

    Hello! I am happy to see you posting again. By the way, I love you art work. How do you select the paintings?
    I am in agreement that your post on the all too likely pitfall of Ego Trap through Scientology processing is very accurate

    Your approach to Subject Clearing is intriguing, but I do have the following questions:
    Are you assuming that the recipient of the process has had Scientology processing?
    Are there processes you would use to prep the recipient for the Subject Clearing?
    Could you please give an example of how a session might go in terms of process, content, and end phenomena.
    Thank you very much. Best, Chad

    • vinaire's avatar vinaire  On October 12, 2023 at 4:33 PM

      Hi Chad! I use Google images to select the art work. I get lucky, I guess.

      Yes, Scientology processing is very accurate but it is not set up for a grass roots movement and it is not going to clear the planet. Subject Clearing is designed to overcome that shortcoming.

      Right now most people who are reading Subject Clearing stuff are familiar with Scientology. I am hoping they are smart enough to try out Subject Clearing approach. Lot of early Scientology processes were run without E-meter and used comm lag to determine the end of a process.

      Currently, I have been working with a non-Scientology friend quiet successfully. I have gotten to a point that I sent him the process and he can apply it on his own. Recently, he wrote to me the following:

      “Some wins for you . I corrected some of habitual ‘ anamolies’ using your methods. There were some false correlations in my mind that were hard to get rid of even though I had reasoned out what was happening. By going to the origination and mindfully seeing the event the connection was broken.”

      Once I have enough experience with Subject Clearing others, I shall document it.

      As far as an example goes, look at how people ran the processes in early fifties. Look at the Creation of Human Ability.

      If you want, I can do a Subject Clearing session with you.

    • vinaire's avatar vinaire  On October 12, 2023 at 4:49 PM

      Chad! If you are on WhatsApp or Messenger, I can start prepping you for Subject Clearing. Here is my Facebook Page:

      https://www.facebook.com/vagarwala

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