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Scientology versus KHTK

November 26, 2015 – 10:54 AM

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You can find out more about KHTK at What is KHTK?

1. Mindfulness & “I”

2. Thetan is an Introversion

3. The Basic Approach

4. From Confusion to Clarity

5. Clarity of Observation

6. Observation & Sickness

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Atoms, Points and Souls

August 20, 2015 – 8:35 PM
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I believe physical energy to be primitive. Extents of this energy appear as space. We may express this energy as the spectrum of fluid-like electromagnetic radiation that gradually becomes thicker as the frequency increases. Convergence of high frequency electromagnetic radiation produces the electronic shells of the atom. The electronic shell condenses to produce the nucleus of atom.

Similarly, I see mathematical abstraction of dimensions to be primitive. Extents of this abstraction appear as geometrical space. This abstraction seems to converge to form a neighborhood that condenses as a “dimensionless” point. In my view, the dimensions of space represent a continuum in which locations are precipitated. A location is, therefore, somewhere between space and “dimensionless” point. The location cannot be defined in terms of a dimensionless point. It can only be defined in terms of a “point-with-dimension”.

When one thinks in terms of point-with-dimension, or a “location-with-dimension”, then the idea of “at two places at once” goes away. Anything within a “location-dimension” has the same location. This explains the confusing phenomenon of entanglement.

Similarly, I see spiritual awareness to be primitive. Extents of this awareness appear as spiritual space. We may expect to have a whole spectrum of awareness. This awareness converges to form the consciousness, which then condenses as a soul.

This is how I see the framework of these relationships.

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Mindfulness & “I”

August 16, 2015 – 9:11 AM
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Reference: Scientology versus KHTK

From SCIENTOLOGY – A Handbook For Use (see page 35):

“There is one potential danger in narrative style: the pc may start narrating the incident “by memory?’. He will start mocking it up again! This is not what you want. To avoid it, you must explain very clearly to the pc what he ought to do. It’s like he was watching a TV screen which the auditor can’t see. So the pc must tell the auditor what he sees on the screen, i.e. what he sees now while the action is happening, not what he saw the last time through the incident. (What the pc “sees” is not limited to his visual impressions only, but refers to 54 further sense perceptics as well!) Only what he sees now is of importance. “I see a man. He walks into a room. From the left; there is a door. He stops by the table. It’s dark and cold. I am afraid. Etc.” This way the auditor can tell how the pc is moving from the level of action to the levels of emotion and postulate. He can see the shift of importance’s. And he can see how the incident is gradually erasing and thus recognize when to stop. When the pc starts talking “about” the incident instead of describing what he sees, he will be beginning to put something there where there is actually nothing. This is a problem common to all thetans. It is so much easier to acknowledge that there is something than to acknowledge that there is nothing! Failing to accept that there is nothing, the pc will either put something there or pull in some other engram or picture, just so that he has something to talk about. But: this will go along with bad indicators, such as glumness, slowness, unavailability of data, and on the meter it will produce a sticky needle and finally a high and very stuck TA. Developing an awareness of when a process is complete, when the EP has been reached, and so when to stop, is one of the vitally important points of learning to audit.”

Mindfulness is “seeing things as they are.” The above note describes how important mindfulness is in handling one’s case. When mindfulness is lacking, all kinds of complications arise. But we find that Hubbard’s research ended up dealing with the complications arising from lack of mindfulness. That is what makes the subject of Scientology so complex.

Instead of giving importance to mindfulness, Hubbard gave all his attention to boosting the capabilities of “I”. Hubbard never realized that “I” acts as a filter. A filter is something that a person is looking through. It colors one’s observations. It reduces mindfulness.

The more is the focus on “I” the more it becomes difficult to practice mindfulness.

The key error in Hubbard’s philosophy is found in the section “Identity versus Individuality” of SCN 8-8008: Identity versus Individuality:

“The most common confusion on the part of a preclear is between himself as an identified object and his beingness. One’s beingness depends upon the amount of space which he can create or command, not upon his identification or any label. Identity as we know it in the MEST universe is much the same as identification, which is the lowest form of thought. When one is an object and is himself an effect, he believes that his ability to be cause is dependent upon his having a specific and finite identity. This is an aberration; as his beingness increases his individuality increases, and he quickly rises above the level of necessity for identity for he is himself self-sufficient with his own identity.

“The first question a preclear undergoing theta clearing asks himself is quite often: “How will I establish my identity if I have no body?” There are many remedies for this. The worst method of having an identity is having a body. As his individuality increases and his beingness expands—these two being almost synonymous—he is less and less concerned with this problem; that he is concerned with the problem tells the auditor where he is on the tone-scale.

“One of the control mechanisms which has been used on thetans is that when they rise in potential they are led to believe themselves one with the universe. This is distinctly untrue. Thetans are individuals. They do not as they rise up the scale, merge with other individualities. They have the power of becoming anything they wish while still retaining their own individuality. They are first and foremost themselves. There is evidently no Nirvana. It is the feeling that one will merge and lose his own individuality that restrains the thetan from attempting to remedy his lot. His merging with the rest of the universe would be his becoming matter. This is the ultimate in cohesiveness and the ultimate in affinity, and is at the lowest point of the tone-scale. One declines into a brotherhood with the universe. When he goes up scale, he becomes more and more an individual capable of creating and maintaining his own universe. In this wise (leading people to believe they had no individuality above that of MEST) the MEST universe cut out all competition.”

But the truth is that individuality is the core of identity or “I”. Scientology gets quick results in the beginning, because it practices a version of mindfulness, but those results become harder to get as one increasingly believes in the idea of thetan and identifies with it. This identification acts as a filter that interferes with mindfulness.

In Buddhism, the emphasis is on reducing the focus on “I”.  This makes mindfulness increasingly possible. Buddhism states,

“The Absolute Truth is that there is nothing absolute in the world, that everything is relative, conditioned and impermanent, and that there is no unchanging, everlasting, absolute substance like Self, Soul, or Ātman within or without.”

But Scientology declares in absolute terms that each person is an immortal (permanent) thetan. It focuses on achieving the supposedly fantastic abilities of a thetan. And, thus, Scientology proceeds in a direction opposite to Buddhism.

If we can only reverse the vector of Scientology and make it to parallel Buddhism, amazing and endless results are possible.

When we reverse the vector of Scientology to parallel Buddhism, we may refer to it as KHTK.

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The Logic of Perception

July 25, 2015 – 10:47 AM
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Besides the five physical senses, the mind provides us with the sixth sense. The mind sorts out the inconsistencies among the other senses and provides a perception that is not available through the physical senses.

For example, when one is on the surface of a sphere no single coordinate necessarily provides the correct distance from the center. It is the mathematical combination of all three coordinates per the Pythagorean Theorem, which provides the correct distance from the center.

Similarly, when one is operating in this universe, no one sense channel may provide the correct sense of reality. It is the logical combination of the data from all sense channels, which may provide the correct sense of reality.

Disagreement may come about when only one or few senses are focused upon and other senses are ignored. People may individually think that they are right in their perceptions, but none of them may be assessing the reality correctly because they all are limited in their focus.

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Universe: Space to Human Consciousness (old)

July 15, 2015 – 10:02 PM
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Reference: The Logical Structure of the Universe

NOTE: The following data is postulated based on contemplation of logical consistency among the data available.

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CONTINUOUS CHANGE & COSMIC INFLUENCE

This is a universe of change. It is changing continuously without stopping. Its behavior is analogous to the motion of a pendulum that keeps on swinging under the influence of gravity. Similarly, the universe seems to be changing continuously in a harmonic fashion under some cosmic influence.

The cosmic influence has been referred to as Brahma in the Vedas. Brahma is very different from the universe of continuous change. Brahma is beyond any beingness because beingness is the property of the universe alone.

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THE UNIVERSE AND BEINGNESS

The universe is cycling between static and kinetic states. The state of static consists of maximum potential (no manifestation). The moment state of static is disturbed the beingness of space emerges. Space then acquires time and frequency, which increases as the universe moves toward a kinetic state. The state of kinetic consists of maximum dynamic (complete manifestation).

Beingness, which starts as space, gradually develops and finally acquires the human form. The potential of the universe expresses itself through this scale of beingness. Any concept of “God with beingness” lies on this scale.

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THE STATIC & DISTURBANCE

The state of static comes about at the end of a cycle of the universe and before the start of the next cycle. This is a momentary state of total potentiality. Nothing is there, not even space and awareness.

As the state of static is disturbed toward the state of kinetic, first there is emergence of space filled with potential. Then there is a band of perception paralleling the electromagnetic spectrum. Next there is a band of concept and ideas paralleling the atomic configurations. Beyond that there is a band of consciousness (self-awareness) paralleling the physical forms. Ultimately, this evolution culminates in human form and consciousness.

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SPACE AND AWARENESS

Beingness arises as space the moment static is disturbed. This space is filled with potentiality. There is a physical-spiritual spread to this beingness. The physical aspect is the outer form of space; and the spiritual aspect is the inner essence of awareness. This is the elemental “Self.” There is no intelligence at this point. There is only potential.

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PERCEPTIONS

The emergence of space then develops into a band of disturbance levels of increasing frequencies.  Disturbance comes about as time enters into space. Space is then represented by a wavelength and time by a period. The spacetime is then represented by the disturbance. The outer form of the disturbance appears as the electromagnetic spectrum, and the inner essence appears as perception. Commensurate with radio waves, microwaves, visual spectrum and ionizing radiation, we have feelings, sensations, representations and precepts.

These perceptions seem to moulded in the fabric of the universe. But they also seem to arise within human beingness. Perceptions in human beingness consist of same disturbance levels that travel along the nerves of a human form.

Radio waves & Feelings

The internal essence in the range of radio waves seems to be feelings. Since the inertia in this frequency range is low, the feelings arise and disappear in a leisurely manner or very quickly. There are general feelings of love, happiness, unhappiness, etc. But there can also be mysterious feelings, such as, the feeling of somebody looking at you.

Microwaves & Sensations

Sensations seem to form the internal essence of microwaves in a higher frequency range. The perceptions of taste, smell and touch fall under the category of sensations. Here we have the sensations of temperature and electrical also. The frequencies associated with sensations seem to have a frequency envelope of feelings.

Visual spectrum & Representations

In the higher frequency range of visual spectrum sensations seem to evole into representations. The internal essence in this frequency range is the formation of awareness as specific objects. Correspondingly in human form we have vision and the ability to visualize. As we go up in frequency from feelings to sensations to representations, there seem to be increasing definition in perception. The sharpest perception seems to be representations provided by vision.

Ionizing Radiation & Precepts

Beyond visual spectrum is the higher frequency range of ionizing radiation. Here we have penetrating X-rays and Gamma rays. The inner essence of this frequency range seems to be precepts that evolve from combinations of feelings, sensations and representations. As observed from the effects of music, hearing seems to lay in this range. Even when listening to voice and animal sounds, there seems to be an effect that goes into dimensions, such as, inertia, gravity, weight, importance, purpose, intentions, etc.

Precepts appear as an interesting mix of feelings, sensations and representations, but there are also evolved dimensions expressed through art that evoke emotions. Emotion is like a current coursing through a matrix of precepts. There is anger, fear and apathy on one hand, and contentment, inspiration and interaction on the other.

Emotions have the property of being intense and volatile. Various perceptions seem to be combining randomly into rapidly changing configurations. The feelings, sensations, representations and other precepts seem to be in turmoil interacting with each other in a frenzied manner.

The upper end of Disturbance scale doesn’t seem to be a simple spectrum. Earlier frequencies seem to be riding on later frequencies with everything coming into a boil at this level. Something happens at this point to make the disturbance converge.

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CONCEPT & IDEAS

The disturbance seems to become unstable at the upper end of the Disturbance scale. The perceptual mix of feelings, sensations, representations, etc., starts to converge into a conceptual configuration that parallels the atomic configuration.

The atomic configuration consists of a hard nucleus surrounded by an electronic region. The inner essence seems to be a conceptual configuration that consists of a well-formed nucleus of an idea surrounded by a contextual field of precepts. Just as the perceptions parallel the electromagnetic spectrum, A perceptual field parallels the electronic field of the atom, and an idea in the perceptual field parallels a nucleus in the electronic field. There are many atomic configurations per the Periodic Table. Maybe there are many basic conceptual configurations too.

All these layers of perceptions have to be very precise to result in a precise idea. When idea is not precise then the associated percepts, representations, sensations and feelings have not settled in a precise configuration yet. We see a lot of emotions being expressed by people, when their perceptions have not settled into a precise understanding in terms of ideas.

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CONSCIOUSNESS (SELF-AWARENESS)

Atoms are formed into a matrix of elements, compounds, and materials, which are then shaped into forms. Thus we have a large number of nuclear, chemical and physical properties that come about.

Similarly, we have concepts formed into a matrix of ideas categorized as axioms, principles, laws, theories, hypotheses, etc., which are then shaped into experiences. Thus, there is evolution of awareness having a center as “self.” Thus come about self-awareness or consciousness. This area requires considerable research.

Ultimately, there is the evolution of human form along with its property of human consciousness. So, this human consciousness is a product of millions and billions of years of evolution. For human consciousness to investigate its own evolution is an incredible endeavor to engage in.

The human beingness is very complex associations of percepts, concepts, and consciousness. “I” is an expression of an incredible amount of development over the evolutionary line. It has come very far from the elemental awareness of space.

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