Reference: Subject Clearing Universe

The knowable is sensed but it still needs to be given meaning with the help of postulates. Postulates have existed since the ancient times, and they have improved over the time. As a result we have a much better knowledge of the universe today.

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Definition of KNOWABLE

The ancients postulated earth, water, air, fire and aether as the elements that helped describe the universe. Today these elements have been refined to matter, energy, space and time. All that we sense is understood in terms of these elements.

Since Einstein equated energy to matter, both of these may be combined together into a single element called substance. We then find that thought can also be included in the element of substance.

We may further associate space and time with the element of substance according to the theory of relativity. Space comes to represent the extents of substance, and Time comes to represent the duration of substance.

This reduces all the elements to the sole element of substance. We may say that the knowable universe starts to take shape with the postulate of substance.

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Misconceptions

1. It is a misconception to think that the primary division exists between the physical and spiritual “universes”. The spiritual and physical domains may be very different, but they both consist of substance. The primary division is between the knowable universe and the Unknowable.

2. MEST is an acronym formed in Scientology from the initial letters of Matter, Energy, Space and Time. Scientology makes the error of limiting the designation of MEST to the physical universe only. But MEST applies equally to the spiritual universe which is made of thought substance.

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