On OT VIII, LRH analyzes the question, “Why Thetans Mock Up?” because “The ONLY way a thetan ever gets into trouble is by mocking up and making pictures of bad experiences.”
LRH then reasons as follows:
”The real reason stems from a basic characteristic of thetans and that is ‘a thetan never totally gives up.’”
“Covertly or overtly a thetan seeks to assert his position in space because all power comes from the ability to occupy a point.”
“When a thetan is moved unwillingly from a point he even then refuses to give up that point and MOCKS IT UP mentally.”
LRH postulates the above mechanism as the basis of all engrams, and proposes following auditing questions:
“What point (location) is unsafe?”
“What location could you have held absolutely?”
“Where did you first get an intimation of danger?”
“What place would you rather not be in?”
“What effort would it take to hold that location?” Or
“What effort would it take to hold a location?”
Interestingly enough, LRH does not recognize that “thetan” itself is a mockup. It is a postulate that he made in the beginning, while formulating the subject of Scientology itself. It represents an individual.
The most formidable question, therefore, is
“Who are you?” Or
“What are you?”
The book on Postulate Mechanics takes up these questions in Chapters 11 and 12. Please see
Postulate Mechanics (Text Book)
One should read the book POSTULATE MECHANICS in sequence before answering the OT VIII question.
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Oh thank you for the gloriousness of the unlimited potentials of BEING.The reigns we hold are the limits we choose!!!
Hubbard’s concept of thetan is based on whatever Hubbard thinks of himself. Then he believes everybody to be that way.
Hubbard’s real personality in private was quite different from his public persona. I can vouch for that as I was on Apollo with him for 3 years.