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I am originally from India. I am settled in United States since 1969. I love mathematics, philosophy and clarity in thinking.

SCN 8-8008: FACTOR # 28 (old)

December 31, 2019 – 10:06 AM

Project: A Course on Hubbard’s Factors

This paper presents Factor # 28 from the book SCIENTOLOGY 8-8008 by L. RON HUBBARD. The contents are from the original publication of this book by The Church of Scientology (1952).

The paragraphs of the original material (in black) are accompanied by brief comments (in color) based on the present understanding.  Feedback on these comments is appreciated.

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FACTOR # 28. The resolution of any problem posed hereby is the establishment of viewpoints and dimension points, the betterment of condition and concourse amongst dimension points, and, thereby, viewpoints, and the remedy of abundance or scarcity in all things, pleasant or ugly, by the rehabilitation of the ability of the viewpoint to assume points of view, and create and uncreate, neglect, start, change and stop dimension points of any kind at the determinism of the viewpoint. Certainty in all three universes must be regained, for certainty, not data, is knowledge.

The resolution of any human condition requires the broadening of the viewpoint from existing subjectivity toward greater objectivity. This means noticing the anomalies (inconsistencies, disharmonies and discontinuities) among the dimension points, and resolving them.

There may appear abundance or scarcity in all things, pleasant or ugly, that needs to be remedied, but what really needs to be handled is the viewpoint. The resolution requires rehabilitating the ability of the viewpoint to examine the fixations and letting them unwind naturally. The universal sense of objectivity of seeing things as they are must be regained.

KHTK FACTOR # 28: Any resolution requires the broadening of the viewpoint toward the universal objectivity of seeing things as they are.  It is establishing the continuity, harmony and consistency among the dimension points. This is accomplished by examining the fixations and letting them unwind naturally.

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The problem is with the viewpoint and not with the dimension points out there. The universe has been evolving in a continuous, harmonious and consistent fashion. It is the view of it that needs to be addressed.

Underlying each fixation is a massive confusion that needs to be approached carefully and allowed to unwind naturally.

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SCN 8-8008: FACTOR # 27 (old)

December 30, 2019 – 8:41 AM

Project: A Course on Hubbard’s Factors

This paper presents Factor # 27 from the book SCIENTOLOGY 8-8008 by L. RON HUBBARD. The contents are from the original publication of this book by The Church of Scientology (1952).

The paragraphs of the original material (in black) are accompanied by brief comments (in color) based on the present understanding.  Feedback on these comments is appreciated.

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FACTOR # 27. There is beingness, but Man believes there is only becomingness.

We find Man in a state in which he is identifying himself with his subjective viewpoint. In other words, he entertains fixed ideas, prejudices and beliefs, and he is fixated on his view of things. Salvation lies in letting go of such fixations and arriving at the objectivity of the universal viewpoint.

But it is very hard to let go of such fixations in the absence of better clarity of view. It is a Catch-22. It requires wide study of life and the scriptures of your religion and that of other religions too; and resolving all contradictions, doubts and perplexities thus found.

KHTK FACTOR # 27: The ultimate beingness is attained by moving beyond the subjective viewpoint attached to the human body and arriving at the objectivity of the universal viewpoint.

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It is important to experience life and become aware of all its anomalies (inconsistencies, disharmonies and discontinuities). To resolve such anomalies, one may study not only the scriptures of one’s own religion but of all religions in the world.

Most important is to resolve for oneself the doubts, perplexities and confusions that one comes across.

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SCN 8-8008: FACTOR # 26 (old)

December 29, 2019 – 10:17 PM

Project: A Course on Hubbard’s Factors

This paper presents Factor # 26 from the book SCIENTOLOGY 8-8008 by L. RON HUBBARD. The contents are from the original publication of this book by The Church of Scientology (1952).

The paragraphs of the original material (in black) are accompanied by brief comments (in color) based on the present understanding.  Feedback on these comments is appreciated.

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FACTOR # 26. The manifestations of pleasure and pain, of thought, emotion and effort, of thinking, of sensation, of affinity, reality, communication, of behaviour and being are thus derived and the riddles of our universe are apparently contained and answered herein.

There is no thinking when one is objectively observing things as they are. It is the view that is the thinking of the universal viewpoint. Similarly, it the view that contains the emotions, sensations and feelings. In reaction to this view come about behaviors, such as, communication and effort.

Therefore, additional thoughts, emotions, sensations and feelings are generated as reactions only. If there are no reactions, nothing beyond the view is generated, and view starts resolving itself. As the view is simplified, so are the thoughts, emotions and effort in them.

There is no thinking really. All there is, is the view. Affinity, reality and sensations are part of what is viewed. Any communication simply flows naturally. The key to life is fully understanding what is there. Therein lies ultimate truth, awareness and bliss.

KHTK FACTOR # 26: All thoughts, emotion and effort exist in what you view. Thinking and sensing, pleasure and pain, affinity, reality and communication, appear and disappear in that view. Riddles form and resolve in it. None of these manifestations are permanent.

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All human travails arise from the narrowing of the viewpoint due to fixations. This then leads to extraneous thoughts, emotions and efforts, and all other human phenomena that goes with it.

The universal viewpoint is beyond all such travails.

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The World of Atom (Part IV)

December 27, 2019 – 8:52 PM

Reference: Boorse 1966: The World of Atom

PART IV – NEW CONFIRMATION OF CHEMICAL ATOMIC THEORY

THE WORLD OF ATOM by Boorse

Chapter 19: Polyatomic Molecules (Stanislao Cannizzaro 1826 – 1910)

Cannizzaro adopted a molecular, i.e., polyatomic, view of the elements, and showed that the atomic weights of elements, prepared in volatile compounds, could be deduced by the application of Avogadro’s hypothesis together with accurate combining weight data and vapor densities. Cannizzaro’s great contribution was that “the different quantities of the same element contained in different molecules are all whole multiples of one and the same quantity, which always being entire, has the right to be called an atom.”

Chapter 20: The Periodic Table of the Elements (Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev 1834 – 1907)

Mendeleev discovered that the properties of the elements are related to their atomic weights in a periodic manner. This not only settled their atomic weights but also predicted previously unknown elements. It also provided the recognition of true relations of different groups of elements to one another, e. g., valency. The elements most widely distributed in nature have small atomic weights, and all such elements are distinguished by their characteristic behavior. They are thus typical, and the lightest element, hydrogen, is therefore rightly chosen as the typical unit of mass.

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MAIN POINTS

  1. Molecules of elements are polyatomic.
  2. The different quantities of the same element contained in different molecules are all whole multiples of one and the same quantity.
  3. This minimum quantity, always being entire, has the right to be called the atomic weight of the element.
  4. The properties of the elements are related to their atomic weights in a periodic manner.
  5. Different groups of elements are related in terms of their valences.
  6. The elements most widely distributed in nature have small atomic weights.
  7. The lightest element, hydrogen, is rightly chosen as the typical unit of mass.

THEORY
Atoms have atomic weights that are multiples of a basic quantity. The properties of the elements are related to their atomic weights in a periodic manner. Therefore, the atoms have a definite internal structure.

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The World of Atom (Part III)

December 26, 2019 – 10:34 PM

Reference: Boorse 1966: The World of Atom

PART III – THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE KINETIC THEORY OF MATTER

THE WORLD OF ATOM by Boorse

Chapter 14: Atoms in Motion (John Herapath 1790 – 1868)

According to Herapath the relationship among temperature, pressure, and density applied to the supposed aethereal medium also. He basically came up with the kinetic theory of gases on his own. His particles moved by an intrinsic motion with perfect freedom. Herapath substituted Newton’s repulsive forces among the particles of gases by their intrinsic motion. He theorized that gas heats up on sudden compression and cools down on sudden expansion because of change in velocity of the particles.

Chapter 15: “Active Molecules” – Brownian Motion (Robert Brown 1773 – 1858)

Brownian motion is an effect arising from the imbalance of molecular impacts on a free microscopic particle. In this sense, molecules have a primitive form of life as they have self-propelled motion. An inherent motion of the molecules underlies the Kinetic theory of gases. 

Chapter 16: The Tragedy of a Genius (John James Waterston 1811 – 1883)

Waterston was the first to introduce the conception that heat and temperature are to be measured by vis viva (kinetic energy). He showed that under equal pressure and volume, the root mean square velocity is inversely proportional to mass density. Waterston, thus, not only corrected the relationship of temperature to velocity but also gave the first statement of the law of equipartition of energy in a mixture at thermal equilibrium. 

Chapter 17: The Conservation of Energy–The Mechanical Equivalent of Heat (James Prescott Joule 1818 – 1889)

Joule firmly established the idea that mechanical energy could be transformed into internal energy and thus produce the same effect as “heating” a body, and that a fixed ratio existed between mechanical work and thermal units. Heat is properly defined as energy in transit due solely to a temperature difference.  Joule saw that chemical energy in battery is converted to electrical energy in the circuit and that this in turn is converted into heat. This ultimately established the Law of Conservation of Energy.

Chapter 18: The Range of Molecular Speeds in a Gas (James Clerk Maxwell 1831 – 1879)

Maxwell brilliantly deduced the distribution of molecular speeds in a gas at equilibrium at any temperature. This great step forward in the understanding of the behavior of the elementary particles of gases represents one of the major advances in the progress of the atomic theory of matter. Besides, Maxwell provided a formula for the coefficient of viscosity of a gas which showed this quantity to be independent of pressure, a most unexpected and surprising result.

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MAIN POINTS

  1. Atoms and molecules move by an intrinsic motion with perfect freedom.
  2. The root mean square velocity is inversely proportional to mass density under equal pressure and volume.
  3. The molecular speeds in a gas at any temperature has a certain distribution.
  4. The imbalance of molecular impacts on a free microscopic particle makes it move randomly.
  5. Particles have kinetic energy that depends on their velocity.
  6. Temperature depends upon the velocity of such particles.
  7. Heat and temperature are to be measured by kinetic energy.
  8. Heat is energy in transit due solely to a temperature difference.
  9. Kinetic heat energy of a gas is equally divided between linear and rotational energy.
  10. Fixed ratio exists between mechanical work and thermal units produced.
  11. Energy takes different forms but the total energy is conserved.

THEORY
The atomic and molecular particles have intrinsic motion. This is expressed as inherent kinetic energy. This energy manifests as momentum, heat, chemical activity, and electrical force. It gives rise to the properties of pressure, temperature, volume  and density of gases. The total momentum and energy are conserved.

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