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Reference: Postulate Mechanics

The following definitions are an effort to understand the fundamentals of Dianetics and Scientology using the approach of Subject Clearing (SC). Dianetics developed into Scientology; therefore, Scientology is now inclusive of Dianetics. Scientology claims the ancient Vedas and Buddhism to be its ancestors.

To find a word simply use search (CTRL-F). For original definitions in this subject please consult Scientology Technical Dictionary. If you feel that some basic term should be included here, then please let me know.

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Scientology

SCIENTOLOGY
Scientology derives from Latin and Greek roots meaning “knowing” and “study,” and is defined as “the study of knowing how to know.” Its doctrines center on spiritual self-understanding and methods for achieving mental and spiritual freedom.

KNOW
Ordinarily, to know is to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty. But, more precisely, to know is to have certainty that there are no holes in the information presented, all the data that is available is consistent, and all that is knowable is in harmony. If there is any discontinuity, inconsistency or disharmony then one knows that there are anomalies to be sorted out. Much of human inquiry—science, philosophy, education—aims to deepen, challenge, and expand what we know.

POSTULATE
The purpose of a postulate is to give meaning to a simple or complex sensation. In Scientology, postulate is a self-created truth, which is simply a consideration generated by self. Thus, a typical postulate is, generally, associated with the idea of self. Here self is the sense of “I”, which itself is a postulate. This tells us that the actual source of a postulate is unknowable. 

STATIC
In Scientology, Static is a motionless AGENT that generates and controls all motion. Static claims to be unknowable having no mass, no wavelength, no time and actually without position; but then it is identified as a knowable Cause-point that can create and destroy mass and energy, and which can locate itself in space and time. Thus, the Static is both unknowable and knowable. This presents an anomaly of contradiction.

This anomaly is resolved when we see Static to be a postulate underlying the philosophy of Scientology. This postulate is substantial, and its substance may be identified as thought. So, Static is not without substance. Mathematically, static is the motionless reference point from which all motion can be assessed, just like zero is the reference point from which all numbers can be assessed. Static makes sense only when considered relative to kinetic (motion). However, Static is being considered as the absolute source of all motion. This presents another anomaly. 

Therefore, Static is neither unknowable nor absolute. Static is a knowable postulate that is a part of the knowable universe. Beyond the knowable universe is the Unknowable. The postulate of Static can be examined for its consistency with other postulates for the knowable universe in Scientology philosophy.

LIFE STATIC
The Life Static is another postulate in Scientology, which is consistent with the postulate of Static. Life is viewed in Scientology as a quality and an ability with no quantitative factor. But both quality and quantity are knowable; and these are aspects of the knowable universe. A Life Static represents the most basic ability associated with life, which is the ability to postulate and to perceive. It animates the body. 

THETA
In Scientology, theta is used as a symbol for Life Static. It is considered to be the absolute source of life and its motion. The idea of theta being absolute presents an anomaly. Scientifically, all motion of life is inherent to a life organism. At most, theta would represents the assimilated vector of complex motions of the life organism. 

MEST
In Scientology, MEST represents the physical universe that is created by theta, and which is mechanical in nature. The symbol MEST is created from the first letters of Matter, Energy, Space and Time, which are concepts defined in Physics. The physical universe is thus limited to the same scope that the subject of Physics is limited to. Thought is not viewed as an integral part of the physical universe, instead it is considered to be a part of theta. This lack of integration of thought and MEST is an anomaly that goes against the reality of the oneness of the universe.

THETA-MEST THEORY
In Scientology, theta is considered to be something having no-substance; but which creates the substance called MEST, and infuses it with life. Theta is separate and independent of MEST. Theta is thought. Thought is actually a substance because it is substantial enough to be sensed. This presents an anomaly because thought is not considered to be a substance yet it is sensed all the time. The Theta-MEST theory simply wraps up in scientific garb the religious idea that God has created the world, and God is separate from the world. The postulate that THETA and MEST are inherently separate, and not integrated, presents an anomaly.

THETAN
Scientology uses the term THETAN for a person, with the connotation that the person is a “spiritual being”, who is inherently independent of the physical body. It parallels the idea of “soul” in Abrahamic religions that exists apart from the body. However, the notion of PERSON comes from the role one plays in life. It is the “center” that controls the thoughts and the body. Scientifically, this would be the resultant vector of the inherent motions of an organism.  It would not exist without the organism. It would be a part of the scientific model of the mind. The idea in Scientology that the control center of all thoughts and the body can exist by itself independent of the body presents an anomaly.

EXTERIORIZATION
Exteriorization is a feeling of being separate from the body, which is commonly known as “out of body experience.” Scientology believes in this phenomena literally as the thetan separating from the body. This is an anomaly because the thetan is not a thing. Thetan is a postulate. But exteriorization is a phenomenon that is considered significant in Scientology because it distances a person from his aberrations. It makes sense when we look at exteriorization as the attention becoming free from its fixation on the body, which the person was not aware of.

MIND
In Scientology, mind is described as the THETA command post of a life organism. The mind is concerned wholly with the estimation of effort to solve the problems of survival. It does its thinking by combining the perceptions of the immediate environment with facsimiles of the past. The mind is inherently analytical like a “computer”, but “bugs” in its circuits introduce reactions. The analytical mind is the one which is alert and aware and the reactive mind simply reacts without analysis. An optimally functioning mind focuses on the assimilation of sensations, perceptions, and knowledge. Reactions will occur only in situations where assimilation is lacking and fixation is present. Therefore, the fixation of the mind on survival may be seen as an anomaly.

SURVIVAL
Survival is to endure or live through some difficult, adverse or unusual circumstance. If a person is fixated on the survival of himself then that would be an aberration, because the beingness (self) is changing from moment to moment. Beingness is not something fixed. A person survives naturally as he focuses on resolving anomalies of life. 

ABERRATION
Aberration means departure from sound thinking. It leads to lapse of judgment. Hallucination, delusion, illusion, eccentricity, and abnormality are all aberrations. Aberration in behavior would be any conduct not supported by reason. Mental problems, such as, psychoses, neuroses, compulsions and repressions of all kinds and classifications are aberrations. A physical illness of any kind would be aberration of the body. In Scientology, the source of aberration is considered to be trauma and overwhelm suffered by a person that leaves its impression of the mind. Such traumatic experiences are recorded as facsimiles and they act as the “bugs” in the “computing” function of the mind. They then generate all the aberrations. To resolve these aberrations Scientology employs the process of auditing. An auditing process helps a person become aware of the “basic” of the chain of experiences that is responsible for the aberration.

FACSIMILE
Scientology describes a facsimile as that section of thought which has a physical universe impression on it. Such facsimiles are responsible for the aberrations in a person. A facsimile consists of the picture, sound, smell and all other perceptions, effort, emotion, conclusions and speculations along with a time tag. It is unknowingly created and becomes part of the time track as a recording. It is not dependent upon an organism for its continued existence. The facsimiles are hidden from a person until he recalls and reviews them through the process of auditing. Upon a thorough review the facsimile loses its hold on the  thinking and behavior of the person. The Scientology theory assumes that the sensations that make up the facsimile, acquire their meaning when they are recorded in the mind, while they remain  unknown to theta. This is an anomaly because it is theta (thought) that assigns meanings to the physical sensations received from the MEST universe. 

AUDITING
Auditing is the application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor. It involves the action of asking a person a question, and getting him to look at that area of life more closely to obtain clarity on it. The prime target are the facsimiles that a person has, but which are not very visible. One looks for these facsimiles by following precise symptoms or sensations through a chain of incidents. At the end of such a chain is the basic incident simply referred to as the “basic.” When the person becomes aware of the “basic” all the charge buried in that chain of incidents disappears. The person has a realization about his life and he obtains greater clarity. The whole idea in Scientology is to help a person handle all his facsimiles so he can live a life without aberrations.

BASIC
Any facsimile  can be traced, ultimately, to some fundamental postulate. In Scientology, it is believed that such facsimiles existing as a chain of “earlier similars” back to some “basic” in the past. When that basic is reached, the facsimile is erased forever. One may get lucky in this regard; but the reality is often much different. The facsimile is usually complex enough to have many different chains of “earlier similars”, one for each sensation. Each “earlier similar” in a chain may then be complex enough in its turn to have many more chains. In short, what may appear to be a linear chain from a distance may actually be a complex network of “earlier similars” extending back to many “basics,” all of whom may have to be taken care of to erase the original facsimile.

ERASURE
In Dianetics auditing, the assimilation of traumatic experience is called erasure. It is accomplished by focusing on the time period of the incident and recounting the incident from beginning to end over and over again, picking up all the uncomfortable sensations and perceptions present just as though the incident were happening at that moment. The incident does not always erase fully with the mechanical action of recounting alone because complete erasure requires resolution of anomalies. Therefore, other auditing questions and processes are used to direct the attention to different aspects of the incident and its general context to spot and resolve anomalies. Dianetics lacks a systematic procedure to handle anomalies.

OBJECTIVE PROCESSING
To audit the mind a person needs free attention that he can control. The purpose of Objective processes is to free enough attention so a person can look at his mind objectively. These processes involve putting attention on objects in the current environment and observing them closely. This includes observation of body and its motions. The person uses all his physical and mental senses to do so. Anyone can be brought more into present time with objective processes.

GRADES PROCESSING
The Scientology Grades focus on the suppositional reality of a person. The suppositional reality is made up of assumptions, justifications, beliefs, fixed ideas, etc. It exists because of the person is identifying himself with the universe. These grades are audited in a certain order. Different technologies are used to audit different grades. Once the suppositional reality is cleared, the facsimiles can be audited to complete erasure.

OT PROCESSING
OT processing handles facsimiles to complete erasure. OT processes do so by auditing every sensation to its basic (see BASIC) and recovering the underlying postulate. This OT processing also has several levels. These levels are audited in a certain order. Each OT level has its own technology. 

BODY THETAN (BT)
In Scientology, the concept of Body thetan is used on OT Levels. It is described as a degraded thetan that attaches itself to a person’s body and interferes with the control and running of his body. It is associated with thoughts that are running by themselves and are out of control. To spot a BT a person must spot the source of such automatic and independent actions going on within him. He does that by questioning whatever appears to be out of place in his mental space. Scientology associates many esoteric ideas with the BTs; but the idea of BT makes sense only in the context of auditing each sensation by following its chain to its basic until it is erased. 

MEMORY
In Scientology, facsimiles reduce to memories when their charge is erased. Memory is considered to be the data stored in the standard memory banks, which is potentially recallable by “I.” Scientology does not differentiate between a facsimile and a memory; but a memory is not a literal recording like the facsimile. Each time a memory is recalled it is reconstructed from elementary data stored in standard banks, by activating the time stamps. Not being a fixed recording, a memory adjusts itself to different points of view.

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Reference: Postulate Mechanics

This glossary is a compilation of definitions that are used in the subject of POSTULATE MECHANICS.

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Glossary

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ABRAHAMIC RELIGIONS [Chapter 1]
In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) God is considered to be the source of all creation. God is then assigned the attribute of omniscient (all-knowing) among others. But God itself is presented as a mystery. In Postulate Mechanics, God’s original meaning of “that which is invoked” is acknowledged. God is seen as the power that enables a person to know the inherent oneness of the universe.

ANOMALY [Chapter 5]
Anything that lacks clarity and brings up wrong emotions contains anomalies. Anomalies take the form of disharmony (arbitrary data), inconsistency (contradictory data), or discontinuity (missing data). For example, a dichotomy, such as, “physical-spiritual” is an anomaly of discontinuity because it is not recognized as a dimension. Physical and spiritual are the two ends of the dimension of reality just like hot and cold are the two ends of the dimension of temperature. In general, all unrealities, confusions and sufferings in life contain anomalies.

ASSIMILATION [Chapter 4]
To assimilate is to “make similar.” An example of assimilation occurs when you pour water having different temperatures in the same container. The cold water in the mixture gains heat and the hot water loses heat such that the water in that container, after some time, arrives at an equilibrium temperature. In the mind, the equilibrium may be defined as oneness (harmony, consistency and continuity). When a person spots an anomaly and looks at it more closely, all ideas and emotions in that anomaly tend to assimilate and arrive at oneness. When sensations are assimilated they provide clearer perceptions. When perceptions are assimilated they provide clearer memory. When memories are assimilated they provide clearer experience. When experiences are assimilated they provide clearer knowledge. When knowledge is assimilated it results in knowingness. 

ATOM [Chapter 7]
An atom is the fundamental building block of all matter, defining the chemical properties of elements. 

ATONEMENT [Chapter 6]
The practice of atonement is the deliberate work of seeing one’s wrongdoing clearly, taking responsibility, and actively repairing the rupture—in oneself, with others, and with the divine—so that genuine reconciliation can occur.

ATTENTION
When awareness is focused on any part of the universe we have ATTENTION. Attention is optimum when it is neither fixed nor sweeping at random. [Mind] 

AWARENESS [Chapter 2]
Awareness is the ability to sense the substantiality of the universe. The awareness first appears in the form of sensations. Superficial awareness is called identification. Deep awareness is called knowingness. There is a continuum of awareness from from identification to knowingness.

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BEING
Please see SELF.

BEINGNESS
Beingness is the essence of whole person. It is the whole genetic programming that consists of Thetan and Genetic Entity. [Life]

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CONCEPT
Origin: “something conceived.” A concept is a logical structure conceived from postulates. An example of a concept is an atom. At the base of this concept are few but broad postulates. The concept then contains increasingly numerous but specific details. The truth of a concept depends on the absence of anomalies among its logical structure.

CONFRONT
To confront is to face without flinching or avoiding. Confront helps the person penetrate the suppositions and see the reality for what it is. When a person confronts he  sees the anomaly clearly, and he is able to trace it all the way until it is resolved. [Mind]

CONSCIOUSNESS
To be conscious is “to know together.” Consciousness is being aware of something. It depends on the fineness and sophistication of assimilation. Sensations, perceptions, memories, experience, knowledge and wisdom—all contribute to consciousness. [Mind]

CONSIDERATION [Introduction]
We come to know because we have considered something. Considerations are formed out of reasoning that follows from some postulate. In that sense, a consideration is a continuation of some postulate.

CREATION [Chapter 1]
Creation refers to the act of bringing the universe and all within it into existence. The Western theology defines it as the divine act of God shaping the world. It encompasses the origins of life, humanity, and the cosmos. The Eastern philosophies see the universe as either beginningless or cyclic, arising from an ultimate principle rather than a one‑time creation out of nothing by a separate God. According to Postulate Mechanics, Creation requires ingredients from which to create. Such ingredients are ever present in the form of basic postulates. These postulates generate sensations, which are then interpreted as the universe.

CRITERION OF TRUTH
The criterion of truth is absence of anomalies. The lesser are the anomalies present, the greater is the truth in a subject. [Introduction]

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DATA
Anything sensed is data. A datum is basically an element of sensation. This datum exists because it is defined by a postulate. The postulate exists as an inherent part of the datum. Thus, data is a collection of elements of sensation/postulates. As data gets refined its forms changes from sensation to perception to memory to experience to knowledge to wisdom. Refinement of data consists of spotting and resolution of anomalies. This data is symbolized as graphics and language. [Mind]

DEATH
Death is the total and permanent cessation of all vital functions of the life organism. Death and birth are natural events that are necessary for the evolution of life. When death occurs, the whole spirit-mind-body system disintegrates together as one. The “I” is the configuration of body, mind and spirit. This configuration is lost upon death. Therefore, the “I” does not pass through death, only knowledge and karma does. Knowledge is the assimilated content of the mind. It gets stored in the society, humanity and the universe. It is accessed through meditation. Karma is the unassimilated content of the mind. It passes from one life to the next as DNA “programming” that is waiting to be fully assimilated. [Life]

DEVOTION [Chapter 6]
Devotion in prayer expresses self-offering, a way of cultivating an intimate bond of love and surrender to the Divine through words, chants, and ritual gestures.

DICHOTOMY [Introduction]
A dichotomy is the division of a concept, idea, or entity into two sharply distinguished, mutually exclusive, or contradictory parts. A false dichotomy occurs when only two options are presented, ignoring intermediate possibilities. It is observed that all dichotomies that are knowable, may be presented as two ends of a continuous scale. For example, the dichotomy “hot-cold” may be presented as two ends of a continuous temperature scale. This is the case with dichotomies stated in religion and philosophy, such as, “physical-spiritual,” “good-evil,” “cause-effect,” etc. Only true dichotomy is “Unknowable-knowable,” where nothing can be said about Unknowable, because it is unknowable.

DIMENSION
Origin: ‘a measuring’. A dimension represents the measure of a continuously varying characteristic of substance. The basic dimensions are thickness (existence), space (extent) and time (duration). Any characteristic that can be measured exists in a dimension. A dimension may be plotted mathematically on a scale that extends to infinity in either direction.

DUALITY
Duality means a dual state or quality, such as, hot-cold, good-evil, physical-spiritual, etc. A duality is formed when one looks at the two opposite directions of a dimension; for example, the dimension of temperature extends to increasingly hot in one direction and increasingly cold in the other. These two “opposites” represent a duality. But one should not forget that duality, in reality, are just two different values on a continuous dimension.

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EFFORT
Effort is the exertion of physical or mental power to resolve a situation. [Mind]

EGO
The ego is the awareness of oneself. It is the sense of “I”. The negative aspects of Ego are manifested when self gets fixated on its individuality. [Life]

ELECTRON [Chapter 7]
An electron is a subatomic particle generated during atomic interactions. Inside the atom, it forms a field of very thin matter that surrounds the nucleus. The electronic field fills most of the atom. Electrons do not exist as particles within the atom.

EMOTION
Emotion is the response of a life organism to a situation based on its general state of consciousness.  [Mind]

ENERGY
Energy, in general, refers purely to the intrinsic motion of substance. Matter has energy. Radiation has anergy. Thought has energy. Both mass (degree of substantiality) and energy (degree of motion) are inherent to substance. They are different concepts and should not be confused with each other as common in physics when talking about radiation. In mathematics, energy is a function, much like the “lagrangian” and “hamiltonian” functions. 

EVOLUTION
Evolution of life occurs from inanimate to animate, minerals to cells, unicellular to multicellular, and from plants to animals to humans. The form becomes more complex as it evolves, and the inherent motion becomes more sophisticated. [Life]

EXPERIENCE
Experience consists of sensations encountered directly in a subject. There is also second hand information that may be assimilated with direct experience. In general, the total content of the mental matrix may be referred to as experience. [Mind]

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FAITH [Chapter 6]
The practice of faith is the ongoing, lived act of entrusting yourself to the Ultimate—God, Truth, or Reality—and embodying that trust in concrete attitudes and actions, day by day.

FIELD [Chapter 7]
A field is an expanse of something. Matter spread continuously in space forms a field of matter.

FORM
Forms are what we sense and perceive. The inanimate material forms have motion only at lowest atomic level. As these material forms become more complex, such as viruses and cells, they acquire visible self-animation and an ability to reproduce themselves. We see this as the beginning of life. As life evolves the forms become increasingly coordinated and develop sophisticated reaction to stimuli. They appear to control their actions in a deterministic manner. By the time humans arrive on the scene, the self-controlled actions of the forms seem to be intelligently directed. All  activities of the human form come to be visualized as the expression of a single spirit. The properties of spirit then becomes the subject of spirituality. 

FREE WILL
A person’s free will is his ability to make decisions voluntarily. In other words, he can postulate, but subject to the laws of Postulate Mechanics. Free will does not mean that the person can arbitrarily do anything he wants. [Life]

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GENETIC ENTITY
Genetic Entity is a term borrowed from Scientology. It is a programming that keeps the blueprint of the body. It is carried forward over the genetic line. It is hard-wired into the body through DNA molecules. It develops the body and monitors all its functions. It is very sophisticated, but it has limited capacity to update itself. [Life]

GOD [Chapter 1]
In mainstream Western (especially Jewish, Christian, and Islamic) theology, God is defined as the unique, personal, absolute reality who is the necessary, self‑existent creator and sustainer of everything other than himself, possessing perfect power, knowledge, and goodness.

GRAVITY
Gravity is a phenomenon very similar to inertia. Inertia acts to restore the equilibrium between the thickness and motion of a  body. Similarly, gravity acts to restore the equilibrium of the distribution of thickness and motion among the bodies of a system.

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IDENTIFICATION [Chapter 4]
Identification is superficial awareness that is limited to labels and symbolisms. Therefore, identification is memory intensive and lacks depth. As identification of sensations is assimilated there comes about increasing knowingness.

IDENTITY [Chapter 4]
The self acquires an identity when identification of sensations occurs. The self cannot differentiate itself from the identity. A self can have many identities and not be aware of them. It just acts out according to the identity that gets activated in a situation. Such identities dissolve as assimilation occurs and knowingness comes about.

IMAGINATION
Imagination is the visualization of possible scenarios not actually presented to the physical senses. Imagination makes sense only to the degree it does not violate reality. Imagination can help resolve anomalies. [Mind]

INDIVIDUAL
An individual is a life organism that has the sense of being coordinated from a single control point, and which considers itself to be separate and unique. 

INDIVIDUALITY
The self has a sense of individuality in that it considers itself to be unique. An identified self can also claim individuality. Therefore, individuality and identity are not exclusive of each other. [Life]

INERTIA [Chapter 8]
Inertia is the tendency of substance to maintain its intrinsic motion. Inertia manifests as a resisting force when an external force attempts to change that motion. Intrinsic motion is restored by inertia upon being disturbed by an external force. Inertia is manifested during an impact as there is a sudden change of motion. This phenomena of inertia underlies the sense of touch. It also underlies any contact, such as, between the eye and light. You can push a particle only if it has inertia. It is difficult to push a beam of light.

INTELLECT
Intellect refers to the mind’s capacity for rational thought, understanding, and acquiring knowledge, enabling reasoning, judgment, and abstract thinking, distinct from mere feeling or willing. The intellect rises up to self-evident postulates, which act as the starting point of reasoning. The postulates and reasoning are naturally constrained by the continuity, consistency and harmony of oneness. There are no other natural constraints—logical or otherwise.

INTELLIGENCE
Intelligence is the ability to spot anomalies and trace them all the way until resolved. [Mind]

INTUITION
An intuition is the dawning of awareness of the postulate that underlies what the person has been looking at. All of a sudden a lot of things in that area start to make sense. [Mind]

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KNOWABLE [Introduction]
The knowable is anything that can be sensed physically or mentally. The physical universe is sensed and perceived to be made up of matter and radiation. The spiritual universe is sensed and perceived to be made up of thought. All religious and philosophical concepts are knowable simply because they can be sensed as considerations. This knowable Universe is differentiated only from the Unknowable.

KNOWINGNESS [Chapter 4]
Knowingness comes about as all sensations get assimilated and evolve into deep understanding. In knowingness there is complete harmony, consistency and continuity of all that is being sensed. 

KNOWLEDGE
Assimilation of sensations, ultimately, results in knowledge. Knowledge is applied applied to improve the conditions in life. The religions, philosophy and science consist of knowledge. All knowledge should ideally be harmonious, consistent and continuous to be fully useful. Knowledge about the mind needs to be sorted out the most to realize the full potential of Man. 

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LAWS OF POSTULATE MECHANICS

1. Beyond what we know, there is much that we do not know. 
2. We know only what we can sense and perceive. 
3. We can perceive only that which is substantial enough to be sensed.
4. We perceive sensations only when they acquire meaning in association with postulates.
5. The accuracy of perception depends on the consistency among the underlying postulates.
6. We know only what we have sensed, postulated and perceived.
7. The knowable universe is the outcome of what we have sensed, postulated and perceived.
8. All our spiritual and physical knowledge is part of this knowable universe. Nothing lies beyond it.
9. The spiritual elements are perceived as thought. This includes postulates.
10. The physical elements are perceived as radiation and matter.
11. The knowable universe consists of an integration of both spiritual and physical elements.
12. The knowable universe is a single Universe.
13. This knowable Universe is differentiated only from the Unknowable.
14. All experience is knowable. This includes experience that is supposedly difficult to describe.
15. The “experience of void” is a sense of emptiness. It is a sensation that is knowable.
16. Space may not contain matter or radiation, but it will always contain thought.
17. Time is a duration relative to the infinite duration (eternity, or no change) of a “black hole.”

[The Laws]

LIFE
The life first appears as viruses and cells, as the material forms become more complex and acquire visible self-animation and the ability to reproduce. Life become increasingly complex as it evolves into plants, animals and man. New abilities appear, such as, self-coordination, self-determination and intelligence.

LOGIC
The purpose of Logic is to assimilate things so they form a consistent whole. Logic associates observations, thoughts, concepts and other elements of the universe, to make them continuous, consistent and harmonious. When things are not logical we have anomalies. These anomalies may be described as discontinuity (missing data), inconsistency (contradictory data), and disharmony (arbitrary data). [Universe]

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MAN
Man is a life organism at the top of the evolutionary chain. A life organism has a form made of substance, which displays inherent motion. The form made of substance is seen as a body. The complex capabilities expressed through the body are seen as the workings of a mind. And, the inherent motion, which makes these capabilities possible, is seen as the spirit. [Life]

MASS [Chapter 7]
Mass is the extremely high thickness of matter. [See THICKNESS]

MATTER [Chapter 3]
Matter is substance with highest thickness called mass. A gradient of mass appears within the atom of matter. The nucleus of atom consists of “solid mass”. The surrounded field of electrons consists of “liquid mass.” And the enveloping field of radiation consists of “gaseous mass.” Therefore, from the center of atom to its periphery, we have a gradient of decreasing mass. While the mass decreases the volume increases. Solid mass gives matter a certain rigidity, which allows matter to be divided into very small particles. A material object, regardless of its size, can be treated mathematically, as if all its mass is concentrated at a point. We call this point the “center-of-mass.” The “center-of-mass” allows a material object to be represented as a point particle in most mathematical visualizations. 

MEDITATION [Chapter 6]
In meditation, there is a curiosity to know but no judgment. There is a soft perseverance but no resistance. One maintains a focused attention, open monitoring and effortless presence. 

MEMORY
A memory comes up as a vivid picture when it is either recent or it has some charge (tension) on it. Usually any mild charge evaporates over time and the memory gets assimilated as experience and knowledge. After that, from such experience and knowledge, particulars can be visualized but their feel is different. Happy moments may be visualized relatively easily and accurately. The memory of those part of trauma that contain shock, pain and unconsciousness may at first appear as blanks; but they can be recalled over time when concentrated effort is applied. A person’s memory, and his ability to visualize, gets better as his ability to confront improves. [Mind]

MENTAL MATRIX
By definition, a matrix is a surrounding environment in which something develops. The mental matrix consists of a thought environment, and at the core of this environment are postulates. As soon as the mind senses something, the thought environment interacts with the sensations. It assimilates the sensations in real-time so they can be perceived clearly. Subsequently, perceptions are assimilated and stored as memories. Over time, memories are assimilated resulting in experience, knowledge and wisdom. The layers from sensations to wisdom become part of the mental matrix. This enables the mind to recall, imagine, reason and have consciousness. [Mind]

MEST
In Scientology, MEST stands for the substantial universe, that we perceive as matter, energy, space, and time. Scientology makes the error of limiting the designation of “MEST” to the material universe only. In Postulate Mechanics, the universe is defined as all that is knowable, and made up of matter, radiation and thought as its substance. Space and time are properties of substance. [Universe]

MIND
The complex capabilities expressed through the body are seen as the workings of a mind. The purpose of the mind is to be aware and to observe, spot and resolve anomalies. The anomalies may be found in the environment, or in the operation of the mind itself. It computes and directs the actions of the body. At the core of the mind lies the mental matrix. [Mind]

MINDFULNESS [Chapter 6]
The practice of mindfulness is the training of attention to stay with present-moment experience, on purpose and without judgment, in both formal meditation and everyday life. More specifically, mindfulness is sustained, awareness of thoughts, emotions, bodily sensations, and surroundings as they unfold right now, rather than being lost in past or future. It includes two key elements: focused attention on present experience and an attitude of curiosity, openness, and acceptance toward whatever appears.

MISCONCEPTION [Chapter 5]
A misconception is an erroneous idea, or a mistaken notion, such as, “the sun goes around the earth.” The deeper is a misconception the greater is its influence on the individual. The widely spread is the misconception in the society, the more natural it appears because everybody agrees with it. As an individual becomes aware of his misconceptions he starts to resolve his anomalies also.

MOTION [Chapter 3]
Motion is intrinsic to substance just like the thickness is. Motion is continuous yet finite like the surface of a sphere. This gives motion a cyclic nature. With the increase of cycles, the motion becomes increasingly centered. It then takes force to reduce that centeredness. The resistance to centeredness being reduced is called inertia. The nucleus of an atom has extremely high cyclic motion, centeredness and inertia; it has very small surface and velocity. In comparison an electron has less cyclic motion, centeredness and inertia; it has as a surface of the radius of an a hydrogen atom and larger velocity. Light has much lower cyclic motion, centeredness and inertia; it has extremely large surface and velocity. Mass thinning out leads to increasing intrinsic motion. If average mass does not change, the intrinsic motion shall not change either. Intrinsic motion is restored by inertia upon being disturbed by an external force.

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NUCLEUS [Chapter 7]
The atomic nucleus is the tiny, dense region at the center of an atom, containing nearly all its mass. It is a field of matter and not a particle.

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ONENESS [Chapter 2]
Oneness comes about as substantiality is assimilated in awareness. With assimilation comes about harmony of awareness. With increasing harmony comes about consistency. And, with increasing consistency comes about continuity. Oneness lies in the harmony of relations, consistency of realities, and continuity of dimensions. Oneness underlies the very concept of the Universe. It is the key to Scientific Method. Oneness is not a monotone canvas; but it is a beautiful painting full of colors and forms that are harmonious, consistent and continuous. 

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PARTICLE [Chapter 7]
A particle is a minute portion of matter that is separate from other particles by intervening space. More accurately, a particle is a small amount of highly thick substance that exists in a background of highly thin substance.

A particle is a unit of substance whose size is proportional to its wavelength. Electron as a particle is 2000 times bigger than a proton. Photon as a particle is more than 200,000 times bigger than an electron. The boundary of a particle is determined by the cycles of motion of which it is constructed. A particle has the property of centeredness, which is proportional to its frequency. This centeredness is manifested as inertia when attempt is made to change its inherent motion.

PERCEPTION
Perception becomes clearer as the sensations get assimilated after deriving their meaning from postulates. The sensations routinely get assimilated into perceptions, such as, visual (sight), auditory (hearing), olfactory (smell), gustatory (taste), tactile (touch) and mental (internal). [Universe]

POSTULATE [Introduction]
A postulate is a statement assumed to be true without proof, serving as a foundational premise for further reasoning. It acts as a self-evident starting point—such as “God” or “Self”—used to build logical reasoning in religions and philosophies. Einstein postulated, “The speed of light in a vacuum is constant for all moving observers, regardless of their speed” to build up his theory of relativity.

POSTULATE MECHANICS [Introduction]
For the “matter” we have Classical Mechanics. For the “radiation” we have Quantum Mechanics. For the “thought” we now have Postulate Mechanics. The purpose of Postulate Mechanics is to investigate, in a scientific manner, the postulates underlying this universe. 

PRAYER [Chapter 6]
One prays to God in an effort to reach the power that will alleviate his suffering. There is an inward movement of communication, submission, and loving attention to the Divine.

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RADIATION [Chapter 3]
Radiation is a category of substance, which radiates out in a continuous stream at great speeds. The thickness of radiation is so small that it cannot be measured as mass. So, it is measured in terms of “frequency.” The electromagnetic spectrum of radiation is based on frequency. On this spectrum gamma rays have the highest frequency; and, radio waves have the lowest frequency. According to Postulate Mechanics, the inherent motion increases as thickness decreases. Therefore, the radio waves may travel faster than the gamma radiation in space.

REALITY
Reality is the is-ness of things. Reality is based on the postulates that we are in agreement with knowingly or unknowingly. The reality of the universe depends on the oneness (harmony, consistency and continuity) of all things. Unreality consists of discontinuity, inconsistency or disharmony. The ultimate reality is unknowable; because no matter how much we postulate to know, there will always be more to postulate.

REASONING
Reasoning is the process of associating existing postulates and considerations to come up with further considerations to make sense of a situation. One looks at the situation more closely to determine where to look next. One narrows the target in this manner to make sense of what is going on. This may result in many different trails, which one follows as far as one can. New considerations are made during this process. Resolution occurs when oneness (harmony, consistency and continuity) is attained for the situation.

RELATIVE MOTION
The spread/motion of concentrated matter particles is near zero within this vast space, which is very likely the spread/motion of thought. But the relative spread/motion of two matter particles relative to each other can still be significant. All of physics is based on this relative motion of matter particles. [Universe]

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SANITY
Sanity is the soundness of the mind. [Mind]

SELF [Chapter 2]
Self is core of the Universe. It consists of the postulates of substantiality, awareness and oneness. It is pure awareness of the substantiality of the universe that is engaged in resolving anomalies to bring about oneness. 

SELF-ANIMATION
Self animation is inherent to a living form, such as, virus, cells and higher organisms. Since extremely small changes in thickness may produce significantly large and visible changes in motion, life can manage self-animation by controlling the thickness of its parts. The required changes in thickness are so small that they can easily be controlled by thought. Therefore, a thought-motion interface may be postulated for living organisms. [Life]

SELF-DETERMINATION
Self-determination is a person’s ability to determine something without outside influence, and based entirely on his viewpoint. [Life]

SENSATION [Chapter 4]
When we sense something we call it a sensation. Sensations are both physical and mental. As sensations assimilate they take the form of perceptions, memories, feelings, emotions, experience, concepts, knowledge, etc. Sensations are identified and assimilated towards knowingness. Underlying sensations is an impact that gives rise to inertia, which is then felt as something substantial.

SOUL
The SOUL refers to the animating, non-physical essence of life. In philosophy, this term has been used to refer to the mind. In religion, it is theorized to be that eternal aspect of the person, which separates from the body upon death, and goes to heaven or hell. [Life]

SPACE [Chapter 7]
Space is popularly looked upon as the boundless, three-dimensional continuum containing all substance, extending beyond Earth’s atmosphere and encompassing the entire universe. The space may be defined by the volume of substance; and its unit may be defined by the wavelength of that substance. The characteristic of space changes with the substance that occupies it. Space contracts as wavelength shortens and frequency increases. Space contracts sharply as radiation condenses into atoms of matter. Geometry studies the space assumed to be occupied by matter. The extents of substance define the boundary of space. Thus, there is no space if there is no substance; and there is no space that is completely “empty” of substance. 

SPIRIT
The original meaning of SPIRIT is “breath” or “wind.” Spirit is the animating principle that gives life, energy, and power to living things. It represents the immaterial part of a human, encompassing mind, emotions, and will, distinct from the body. The word, spirit, is also used for an incorporeal being, like a ghost, phantom, deity, fairy, or demon. 

SPIRITUALITY
Spirituality deals with the matters of life. It means becoming aware of the situations in life and resolving them. [Life]

STILLNESS [Chapter 6]
The practice of stillness is the ongoing training of body and mind to become quiet, open, and undefended, so that what is deeper than thought—God, the heart, or pure awareness—can be known more directly and allowed to reshape one’s way of being.

SUBJECT
A subject has a logical structure made up of concepts. An example of a subject is Physics. At the base of this subject are few but broad concepts. The subject then contains increasingly numerous but specific concepts. A subject may be explored rapidly by clearing up its broad concepts first followed by increasingly specific concepts. The truth of a subject depends on he absence of anomalies among its conceptual structure.

SUBJECT CLEARING
Subject Clearing is a method of reasoning, in which elements/concepts in a subject are collected and arranged in a sequence. Please note that there can be many different levels in a subject, and a person may address one level at a time. The elements of a level are collected until all of them are accounted for. These elements are then stacked up in the sequence of most significant to the least. Mindfulness is the key to arrive at the correct sequence. Please note that an element is more significant than another that is derived from it. This sequential arrangement facilitates the detection of missing, contradictory or arbitrary elements. These are anomalies by definition. The most significant anomaly is then taken up and traced further in a similar manner, until that trail leads to a discovery and a resolution. This whole process is then repeated again and again, until the problem or confusion in that subject is resolved. This includes the subject of life. The Subject Clearing process helps revise or redefine concepts in a subject and update their definitions. It also detects and corrects misconceptions prevalent in the society. [Introduction]

SUBSTANCE [Chapter 3]
Substance is that which is substantial enough to be sensed. Postulate Mechanics categorizes substance as (1) matter, (2) radiation, and (3) thought. The two inherent characteristics of substance are thickness and motion. As thickness decreases from matter to radiation to thought, the motion increases. This is obvious on cosmic scale; but can be postulated to exist on smaller scales. For example, invisible thought may generates visible motions of body parts by simply controlling changes in its thickness.

SUBSTANTIALITY [Chapter 2]
Substantiality means something exists and it can be sensed. Substantiality refers not only to something physical made of matter, but also to something spiritual made of thought. A perception of rose is substantial; but a mental image picture of rose created by imagination is substantial too, because both exist and can be sensed.

SUFFERING
The problem has always been that our receptivity is limited. So, the question has always been, “How do we expand our receptivity and get to the deeper reality?” This is done by resolving anomalies (discontinuities, inconsistencies or disharmonies) in what is observed. This is called assimilation. To assimilate one looks at the anomaly more closely until its exact nature is recognized. When sensations are assimilated they provide clearer perceptions. When perceptions are assimilated they provide clearer memory. When memories are assimilated they provide clearer experience. When experiences are assimilated they provide clearer knowledge. When knowledge is assimilated it results in wisdom.

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THETAN
In Scientology, thetan is viewed as the individual essence of a person that is detachable from the body, and is immortal. Postulate Mechanics views “thetan” as a postulated entity that postulates.

THICKNESS [Chapter 3]
Thickness is a degree of substantiality. It is visible as density, firmness, viscosity, etc. It is an inherent characteristic of substance. Matter has extremely high thickness called mass. In a galaxy, the central black hole is extremely dense. As the distance from the black hole increases, the average thickness of the galactic bodies decreases and their motion increases. The galactic bodies appear to rotate around the black hole. Mass thinning out leads to increasing intrinsic motion. If average mass does not change, the intrinsic motion shall not change either. Intrinsic motion is restored by inertia upon being disturbed by an external force. The thickness of radiation is so small that it cannot be measured as mass. So, it is measured in terms of “frequency.” The thickness decreases from matter to radiation on a gradient.

THOUGHT [Chapter 3]
Thought is a category of substance that is sensed mentally. Thought is considered to be a spiritual substance that adds to the physical substance of matter and radiation. Thought has a very different kind of thickness It is measured as “fixity.” The fixity of thought decreases on a gradient from extremely high fixity, such as belief in God, to extremely low fixity, such as the visualizations by poets. The inherent motion of free-flowing thought is considered to be literally instantaneous and its space infinite. It slows down and condenses as it becomes more fixed in terms of seriousness. Thoughts are easy to assimilate when they are free-flowing; but they become difficult otherwise.

TIME
Time refers to the duration of substance and its stability. It refers to the frequency of the cyclic motion. Matter has near infinite time. In an atom, the nucleus has the maximum duration and stability. Electrons have much less duration and stability and radiation has the least duration and stability. The characteristic of time changes with the substance whose duration and stability it represents. If there is no substance, there is no duration, stability or time. Any duration, which is less than infinite, appears as motion. Bodies of lesser duration appear to rotate around bodies of greater duration. We experience time as the changes occurring in our experience, such as, in the passage of Sun across the heavens due to the rotation of Earth. This “material time,” however, is very different from the “thought time” connected with the duration of our thoughts. It is startling to see how slowly the clock is moving when we are anxiously waiting for something to happen.

TRUTH
Origin: “fidelity.” Truth is seeing things as they are. The clearer is the perception the higher is the level of truth. For example, truth is seeing that the duality is formed out of the opposite ends of a dimensional scale (non-duality). The criterion of truth is absence of anomalies. The lesser are the anomalies present, the greater is the truth in a subject. The truth of a datum is established by the demonstration of its consistency within the given context. Presence of even a single anomaly degrades that truth. 

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UNCONSCIOUSNESS (OCCLUSION)
When sensations do not get assimilated enough to be perceived clearly, a person remains unconscious of them. This is the case with traumatic sensations that do not get assimilated in a routine manner. They are kept in the mind waiting to be assimilated. When unassimilated sensations of a past trauma get assimilated later, their perceptions come flooding back as “missing memory”.

UNIVERSE [Introduction]
The word UNIVERSE literally means “combined into one.” The characteristic common to all things, whether physical or spiritual, is that they can be sensed. Therefore, the universe has substance. The sensations when assimilated result in knowingness. Therefore, the universe is knowable. Those aspects of the universe that are assimilated are real to us; those that are not are unreal. That which is beyond the universe is unknowable.

UNKNOWABLE [Introduction]
The unknowable is beyond consideration, because the moment you consider it, it becomes knowable as that consideration. It is like Kant’s “thing-in-itself” that is beyond sensory experience. It may be compared to the Nirākār Brahman of the Vedas that has no attributes. We try to know the unknowable by assigning it a symbol and/or an attribute, such as, the omniscient God; but we end up knowing only that symbol and/or attribute. The unknowable remains unknowable. The idea of unknowable serves only as a reference against which knowable may be contrasted.

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VEDIC RELIGIONS [Chapter 1]
In the ancient Vedic religions, such as, Hinduism, the Nirākār Brahman uses Māyā to arise as Sākār Brahman. The Nirākār Brahman is considered to be a reality without attributes. Māyā is considered to be the process that generates attributes. And Sākār Brahman is considered to be the reality with attributes. In Postulate Mechanics, the Nirākār Brahman is viewed as “unknowable,” Maya is viewed as the basic “postulates.” And, Sākār Brahman is viewed as the knowable “universe.”

VIEWPOINT
Viewpoint is the frame of reference the beingness is using to view from. It is closely tied with individuality. The viewpoint determines a person’s reality, which includes the sense of his location in space, and what he thinks of himself. The viewpoint can become fixed, but a person can always unfix and change it. [Life]

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WISDOM
Wisdom arises in the mind with the assimilation of experience. Wisdom provides one with the power to discern the actual situation quickly and find its optimum solution. [Mind]

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