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Knowing How to Know

Subject Clearing Logic

January 15, 2024 – 2:05 PM

Processing is the application of a procedure to bring about an improvement in a person’s condition. In Subject Clearing, the processes have been obtained from the study of Vedic Hinduism, Buddhism, Psychoanalysis and Scientology.

In Subject Clearing, you can always go back to a previously applied process and run it again.

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Process

This Subject Clearing process explores the subject of thought. 

PREREQUISITE: Subject Clearing Mind

Look up these words in this sequence per the definitions given below.

LOGIC, PRINCIPLE OF ONENESS, ANOMALY, OUT-POINT, IDEAL SCENE, FIXED IDEA, PERSONAL IDEAL, OPERATIONAL, FACT, OPINION, STATISTICS, EXISTING SCENE, OBSERVATION, SITUATION ANALYSIS, SITUATION, DATA, WHY, HANDLING.

As you look up a definition, ask yourself,

“What crosses my mind as I look up this definition?”

Notice the internal reaction. Apply The 12 Aspects of Mindfulness to that reaction. If there is a disagreement, or you sense some anomaly, then address it with Subject Clearing Viewpoint.

You may consult dictionaries, Wikipedia, Textbooks, etc., to sort out the disagreement or anomaly present. Contemplate on these words until you are fully satisfied with your understanding.

For more definitions, please refer to KHTK Glossary: Subject Clearing.

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Definitions

LOGIC
Origin: “Of speech or reason.” The continuity, consistency and harmony in the dimension of thought provides the sense of logic. Logic is a study of associations. Associations are logical when they can be assimilated into a consistent whole. The mind naturally follows logic unless interfered with. Logic may be reduced to a system or principles of reasoning. The ideal scene of Logic is represented by the Principle of Oneness.

PRINCIPLE OF ONENESS
Oneness does not imply sameness. Oneness means that all that is known is continuous, consistent and harmonious. There are dimensions in Oneness, where continuity exists. There are realities in Oneness, where consistency exists. There are relations in Oneness, where harmony exists. This Principle of Oneness underlies the very concept of the universe. It also underlies the Scientific method. This principle gives us the ideal scene for logic, and its violation gives us anomalies.  

ANOMALY
An ANOMALY is any violation of the Principle of Oneness, such as, discontinuity (missing data), inconsistency (contradictory data), or disharmony (arbitrary data). An anomaly is always viewed from one’s viewpoint. Resolution of anomaly always expand’s the knowingness of one’s viewpoint.

OUT-POINT
An out-point is the Scientology version of an anomaly. It is defined as an illogical departure from the ideal scene. By comparing the existing scene with the ideal scene one easily sees the out-points. Hubbard categorizes these out-points as follows:

  1. Omit a fact.
  2. Change sequence of events.
  3. Drop out time.
  4. Add a falsehood.
  5. Alter importance. 

IDEAL SCENE
In Scientology, the entire concept of an ideal scene for any activity is really a clean statement of its purpose. From the viewpoint of Subject Clearing, that purpose must not violate the Principle of Oneness. From that purpose one then constructs an ideal organization to carry out the activity.

FIXED IDEA
A fixed idea is an idea held in the mind that influences perception in a certain way. Prejudiced people are suffering mainly from a fixed idea. A fixed idea is not examined by the person holding it. It blocks the existence of any contrary observation. Fixed ideas are held as personal ideals. An example of a fixed idea is, “Life is always like that.”

PERSONAL IDEAL
This is an ideal held by a person which is in violation of the Principle of Oneness. Departure from such an ideal is an error and not an out-point. 

OPERATIONAL
An activity to be operational must contain parts of its ideal scene. The fact that something is actually operating and solvent can outweigh the untested advantages of changing it.

FACT
A fact is something consistent with what is observable; but it is true only to the degree that it is free of anomalies.

OPINION
An opinion is a belief or judgment that may or may not be based on facts; but it is likely influenced by personal ideals. 

STATISTICS
A statistic is a numerical measure of the effect caused by an activity. It provides the most direct judgment of the activity as it bypasses the influence of varying opinions. The statistic is considered positive When the activity contributes positively to survival.

EXISTING SCENE
The existing scene is the broad general scene on which a body of current data exists. It is what is really there—the people or personnel, their current state, the lines, the hats, the buildings, equipment, and the state of them, the tech in use and current news.

OBSERVATION
Application of logic starts with the observation of the existing scene. The ability to observe things as they are requires the absence of fixed ideas, personal ideals and assumptions.

SITUATION ANALYSIS
We obtain an analysis of the situation by analyzing all the data we have and assigning the outpoint data to the areas or parts. The area having the most outpoints is the target for correction. A situation analysis only indicates the area that has to be closely inspected and handled. 

SITUATION
A situation is a major departure from the ideal scene.It is a not expected state of affairs. It is either very good or it is very bad.

DATA
Data are facts, graphs, statements, decisions, actions, descriptions which are supposedly true. These are observations leading to investigation. From this data one traces the string of out-points to finally get the WHY.

WHY
The why is the major out-point that explains all other out-points related to a situation. It explains how come the situation is such a departure from the ideal scene. The real why opens the door to handling. The why must permit a closer approach to the ideal scene.

HANDLING
Just as you proceed to the SITUATION—go big, when it comes to handling it usually occurs that reverse is true—go small! 

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The Ultimate Bottom

July 26, 2023 – 9:17 AM

In Scientology, Hubbard drilled all the way down to the concept of Cause as in

FACTOR # 1. Before the beginning was a Cause and the entire purpose of the Cause was the creation of effect.

This is what Western religions have always believed in. The Cause is just a “scientific” makeover for God.

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KHTK (Knowing How to Know) drills all the way down to the concept of Unknowable as in

KHTK Factor # 1: Before the beginning was the Unknowable and the entire purpose of the Unknowable was to know itself.

This is what Eastern religions have always believed in. The Unknowable is just a “scientific” makeover for Brahman, Shiva or “neti, neti.”

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The Engram

We are now looking at the Scientology concept of “Engram” from a deeper basis provided by Buddhism, Vedas or the Eastern thought, but in the modern scientific manner pioneered by Scientology.

The definition of engram has changed over time. On the surface, it appears to be a recording of a multi-layered drama that leads to both physical and mental aberrations. But underlying this confusing drama there are misconceptions. At the root of these misconceptions are anomalies that go deep into postulates. The time track is made of the multiple layers within the engram. The time track does not exist outside the scope of the engram. To fully handle an engram, one has to go deep into postulates and handle the anomalies there. These anomalies go deeper than just the conflicting goals, where Scientology stops. Origin of Engram: “Something written within.”

These “engrams” are the unassimilated impressions in the mind described in Hinduism as “samskara,” or described in Buddhism as “sankhara.”

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Samskara

To look at “samskara” in detail, please refer to Patanjali Yoga Sutras of Hinduism. Especially read the four-part summary.

  1. 1-Vinaire’s comments with summary
  2. 2-Vinaire’s comments with summary
  3. 3-Vinaire’s comments with summary
  4. 4-Vinaire’s comments with summary

You may support the discipline required in the practice of Yoga with The Discipline of Subject Clearing.

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The Level of OT I

July 18, 2023 – 10:19 PM

Reference: Scientology OT Levels

According to Postulate Mechanics, one handles misjudgments on the Grades. By the time one goes Clear, most of the misjudgments are cleared. The job now remains of handling one’s misconceptions. This is done on OT levels. 

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OT I

The OT Level I is about the direct understanding of one’s beingness. The OT I drills have to do with

  1. Counting bodies
  2. Noticing the sex (male or female) of those bodies.
  3. Noticing the size (small or large) of those bodies.
  4. Noticing the attribute in terms of there being an individual, or a crowd.
  5. Differentiating oneself from others.
  6. Noticing the degree to which one can have (tolerate) others around oneself.
  7. Noticing the body part in others that one doesn’t like having in one’s body.
  8. Spotting things in others that are not wrong with them.
  9. Noticing people walking toward you or walking away from you.
  10. Noticing how people stick to the ground (get the sense of gravity).
  11. Spotting important things about people (these would be one’s own considerations).
  12. Noticing places where there are no people.
  13. Noticing places where there are people.

OT I focuses on perceiving the attributes of others in different ways  and then looking at oneself with respect to those attributes.

This drill makes a person look at others and oneself more objectively. This may free up the fixed considerations about oneself. Nothing more mysterious need to be read into OT I. Here are OT I instructions in Hubbard’s handwriting that have been in the public domain for some time.

LRH Instructions on OT I

A later version of OT I emphasized looking at upsets, problems etc., from the viewpoint of others. Therefore, on OT I, though not so specified, there is definitely an attempt to broaden the viewpoint of the person, so he is less fixated on himself. Here are the new OT I instructions.

New OT I Instructions

In Subject Clearing approach you do the following,

  1. Put down all the terminals that come to your mind on a list.
  2. Rearrange those terminal on the list in the order they are relevant to you.
    • The most relevant terminal should appear at the top of the list.
  3. Apply subsequent instructions to the most relevant terminal.
  4. Handle the upsets that terminal had with you.
    • You look from the viewpoint of that terminal
    • Recognize the nature of that upset objectively.
    • Was that a break in
      • Affinity
      • Reality
      • Communication, or
      • Understanding
    • Did that break had to do with
      • Curiosity
      • Denial
      • Enforcement
      • Inhibition
      • Absence
      • Refusal
    • The moment you recognize the nature of the upset it should disappear.
    • Handle all possible upsets that terminal had with you.
  5. Next handle the problems that terminal had with you.
    • You look from the viewpoint of that terminal
    • Contemplate on that problem and recognize opposing postulates.
    • Make sure you have no mystery left about any aspects of the problem.
    • Handle all possible problems that terminal had with you.
  6. Next handle things that terminal withheld from you.
    • You look from the viewpoint of that terminal.
    • A withhold is a lack of admission to overt actions committed out of misjudgment.
    • Get details of the withhold in terms of What, When, All, and Who should have known about it.
    • Handle all possible withholds that terminal had regarding you.
  7. Go back to step 3, and handle the next terminal with steps 4 to 6.
  8. You end off when there is a big relief.

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Misconceptions about Beingness

The most fundamental misconception is expressed through the question, “Who am I?” The beingness as an individual is basically a matrix of matter, radiation and thought elements. In Scientology terminology, we may express it as,

INDIVIDUAL = THETA + GENETIC ENTITY + THETAN

The individual becomes aberrated (flawed) to the degree its matrix acquires identifications or fixations. The idea that the thetan is “immortal” or “eternal” is a misconception that leads to fixation. The thetan is inherently flexible and can change itself completely.

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Misconceptions about OT I

On OT Levels, one is handling deep misconceptions (blind spots). Hubbard gives the impression that one is walking on egg shells when doing the OT Levels. That may be the case when one is using an E-meter that works well with heavy engrams, but not so well with subtle misconceptions. OT levels are safe to run when you apply the 12 Aspects of Mindfulness as in the subject clearing approach.

Hubbard says on OT I: “It is not the intention of this section to exteriorize anyone but if it happens don’t worry about or fool around with the fact.”

Exteriorization is misconceived in Scientology as the “thetan” becoming detached from the “body.” It gives the impression that the matrix of the individual is coming apart. In reality, all that is happening is that the fixation on the body is becoming undone. This is natural.

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The Level of OT VIII

July 18, 2023 – 4:58 AM

Reference: Scientology OT Levels

Executive Summary 2025

The Level of OT VIII brings about the direct realization of Oneness (harmony, consistency and continuity) of knowledge. Knowledge includes the subject of beingness.

L. Ron Hubbard claimed his philosophy to have basis in the Vedas and Buddhism, but, unfortunately, he looked at self as something permanent and individualistic. With his idea of “eternal thetan,” Hubbard established permanent boundaries around “self” making it permanently individualistic. But the ancient religions of Vedas and Buddhism see self as impermanent, changing, and without boundaries.

Hubbard claimed thetan to be the source of life. That is where Hubbard’s philosophy deviates from the ancient knowledge of Vedas and Buddhism.

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Knowledge & Hubbard

The very concept of Scientology is “Knowing How to Know”. From OT TR0 to the level of OT VIII, meditation and contemplation is systemized as the process of auditing for the purpose of knowing. The OT Levels are supposed to directly handle the misconceptions on the subjects of BEINGNESS and KNOWLEDGE.

Hubbard postulates an eternal thetan as the source of life; but according to the Vedic Hymn of Creation there is no identifiable source of life. The ultimate source of life is Unknowable. Please see:

The Creation Hymn of Rig Veda

Buddhism presents the doctrine of no soul. Please see:

The Doctrine of No-Soul: Anatta

Hubbard does refer to the Hymn of Creation from Vedas, and also to Buddhism, but he differs from them on the very fundamentals of beingness and the source of life. He admits that in the following writing.

Identity versus Individuality

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Comment on Hubbard

Some people tend to dismiss Hubbard completely; but I don’t. In spite of the holes that exist in his research, Hubbard accomplished a lot. He provided a framework that is quite solid, but he committed two fundamental errors.

(1) The source of the universe are postulates. Hubbard assumed the source of these postulates to be the agreement among eternal thetans. But he didn’t realize that “eternal thetan” is also a postulate. So, the true source of postulates is unknowable as correctly stated in The Creation Hymn of Rig Veda.

(2) Hubbard summarized the subject of logic brilliantly in The logic of Data Series; but he omitted to state the IDEAL SCENE OF LOGIC. This ideal scene is ONENESS as has been hinted since ancient times, and which has been anthropomorphized into the idea of “One God” or “Supreme being” or “Great All” in religions. This ideal scene of ONENESS appears in the Scientific Method as CONSISTENCY. At atomic level, this consistency appears as CONTINUITY. At cosmic level, the same consistency takes the form of HARMONY. So, we have

ONENESS = HARMONY, CONSISTENCY and CONTINUITY

Once we account for these two fundamental errors in Hubbard’s work we can see that Hubbard produced the biggest advance in the subject of mind since Freud’s psychoanalysis.

In my view, Hubbard’s work cannot be dismissed lightly. His two great contributions are:

(1) DIRECTED MEDITATION that basically makes one look at anomalies more closely. This is the best way to describe the process of auditing.

(2) THE GRADE CHART that make one look at broad anomalies first and then increasingly specific anomalies on a gradient.

These contributions are weakened by the two fundamental errors described above. However, these two errors are taken care of in Postulate Mechanics, one may now proceed with this understanding on OT VIII.

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The OT VIII

The true tech of OT VIII is The logic of Data Series as modified by the concept of Oneness. The violations of oneness appear as anomalies. The anomalies are defined as discontinuity (missing data), inconsistency (contradictory data), and disharmony (arbitrary data).

A person on OT VIII is well on his way to resolve anomalies among the fundamentals of the various systems of knowledge, such as, the different religions, philosophies and sciences. A person evolves to higher states by resolving anomalies.

On OT VIII one continues to resolve anomalies for oneself on the subjects of Beingness and Knowledge.

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Subject Clearing

The vehicle for OT VIII is Subject Clearing, which is an extension of the Study Tech and Data Series. Subject Clearing is the fastest approach to understand a subject. It rapidly handles the fixed ideas and false data weaved throughout all systems of knowledge including Scientology. It is truly knowing how to know. Please see the introduction here.

Subject Clearing (Text Book)
Postulate Mechanics (Text Book)

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Grassroots Scientology

The level of OT VIII comes at the tail end of Scientology Grade Chart, but it is like coming a full circle. One can now start studying Scientology along with other subjects of comparable magnitude, such as, Physics, Hinduism and Buddhism using the subject clearing approach. This will help clear up the fixed ideas present in the subject of Scientology itself.

One can then go through the Grade Chart of Scientology using the subject clearing approach. Here one uses mindfulness in place of a mechanical device (E-meter). We may refer to it as Grassroots Scientology. It can be applied rapidly to oneself by a Scientologist, or a person new to Scientology alike, with great benefits. Please see,

Grassroots Scientology

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Beingness: Key Definitions (old)

July 4, 2023 – 8:15 PM

Please see Holding: Postulate Mechanics.

Reference: Scientology 8-8008
Reference: A Course on Hubbard’s Factors

The chapter SCN 8-8008: The Beingness of Man provides some very fundamental data on the subject of human beingness. Here are the definitions of some basic concepts in Scientology after subject clearing. They correct many misconceptions in Scientology.

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Definitions

UNKNOWABLE
What religions generally refer to as “God” is actually unknowable, because neither the cause nor the beginning of this universe is knowable. Religions only make postulates in an effort to know the Unknowable, but we end up knowing the postulates only. We find that no matter how much we know, there is always something more to know. There is an unbridgeable division between the Unknowable and the Knowable. See The KHTK Factors.

KNOWABLE
Postulates are manifested and, therefore, they are knowable. From postulates evolves the whole universe, which is knowable.  Anything knowable must have substance. See POSTULATE, SUBSTANCE, UNIVERSE.

SELF
The SELF is the “ability to postulate and to become aware.” It pervades everything, and is considered to be infinite. It represents the ultimate beingness. It has no individuality.

STATIC
Scientology defines “Static” to be without mass, energy, space and time (making it Unknowable); but with the ability to postulate and become aware (this ability is knowable only when it is manifested). See UNKNOWABLE, SELF.

THETA 
Theta is the mathematical symbol assigned to Static. See STATIC.

POSTULATE
A postulate is a self-created truth that gives form to the unknowable, and attempts to make it knowable. Based on postulates further reasoning is done. To be valid postulates and reasoning must adhere to the Principle of Oneness. See KNOWABLE.

SUBSTANCE
A substance is anything substantial enough to be known or sensed. We know matter to be substance. But we can sense light; therefore light also is substance. We can know thought, so thought too is  substance. In general, all things knowable must have substance because they cannot be known otherwise. When a postulate is manifested we have substance. Origin: “That which stands under.”  

PRINCIPLE OF ONENESS
Oneness does not imply sameness. Oneness means that all that is known is continuous, consistent and harmonious in its substance. In other words, everything knowable is inherently connected according to this principle. This Principle of Oneness underlies the very concept of the universe. It also underlies the Scientific method. This principle gives us the ideal scene for logic, because its violation gives us anomalies. 

UNIVERSE
The universe is the outcome of postulates and the reasoning that follows from those postulates. The universe has substance. The universe consists of all that is knowable—physical, metaphysical, real, imaginary, postulated or speculated. The root meaning of the word UNIVERSE is “entire, all, literally, turned into one.” See SUBSTANCE, MEST.

SPIRIT
SPIRIT is a loose concept that includes SELF and the postulates that form the goals and basic characteristics of a person. Spirituality has to do with becoming aware of the situations in life and having the ability to resolve them. See SELF, POSTULATE.

THOUGHT
The substance of postulate is called thought. Thought then develops into considerations, concepts, etc. Pure thought has no resistance and its motion is infinite. It appears as space but as it condenses it takes on the characteristics of energy. The condensing thought has increasing resistance and a motion rapidly becoming finite. Condensing thought produces a spectrum. This spectrum is represented by a Tone Scale in Scientology on which 40.0 represents pure thought as “serenity of beingness”; and 0.0 represents a very condensed thought as “death of beingness.” Origin: “to know.” 

SPACE 
Space represents the dimensions of substance that we see as “extents.” Space of pure thought is infinite. Space condenses as thought condenses. Condensed space is seen as “energy space,” which represents the extents of the electromagnetic radiation. Extreme condensation of space appears as “material space,” which represents the extents of matter. Space to energy to matter we have increasing condensation of substance. Thus, the presence of space as “extents” implies the presence of substance. There is no empty space. Physics conceives of empty space as an abstraction of “material space” that we study in geometry. Einstein expanded the concept of space from rigid “material space” to increasingly malleable “energy space.”

ENERGY
Energy arises as thought condenses (see THOUGHT, and SPACE). Our experience does not differentiate “energy space” from “thought space” in terms of extents, or the electromagnetic radiation from thought in terms of substance. Therefore, much confusion exists regarding the concepts of ENERGY and SPACE. The electromagnetic radiation changes considerably as it condenses from radio waves to gamma rays. This is presented in detail as the electromagnetic spectrum of decreasing wavelengths and increasing frequency. When we talk about energy as activity, it is energy changing in its wavelength and frequency.

MATTER
Matter is condensed energy. This was the breakthrough discovery of Einstein which made atomic bombs and nuclear reactors possible. It explained how Sun produces its energy. Einstein also differentiated “material space” from “energy space.” These were the new scientific revolutions of the twentieth century. Matter is the most ubiquitous part of our experience as the solidity of substance, so much so that we have identified all substance as matter. Matter itself has a spectrum of density. The matter in collapsed stars and black holes have much higher density than what we normally experience.

TIME
Time is a measure of the condensation of substance as its “duration.” Thought has little duration; energy has greater duration; and matter has the most duration. We experience time, generally, as the changes occurring in our experience. We are generally conscious of the “material time” connected with the duration of matter. It is measured in terms of the passage of sun across the heavens due to earth’s rotation. This “material time,” however, is very different from the “thought time” connected with the duration of our thoughts. It is startling when we are confronted with both of them at once, such as, when waiting for something to happen in the “material universe” while thoughts are racing in our “thought universe.”

MEST
MEST is the mathematical symbol assigned to all substance that we are familiar with as space, energy and matter; along with time as the measure of condensation of substance. MEST refers not just to the material universe but also to the thought universe, because it is a designation for all that is knowable, as opposed to the Unknowable. MEST is an acronym formed from the initial letters matter, energy, space and time. Scientology makes the error of limiting the designation of “MEST” to the material universe only. See SUBSTANCE, SPACE, ENERGY, MATTER, and TIME.

THETA-MEST THEORY
The original idea of Hubbard was that life is a no-substance thing, up against a physical universe which is a substance thing. Here is nothingness up against a somethingness interacting where the nothingness or the no-substance thing is actually giving orders to and handling the all substance thing, the physical universe.

As the definition of “substance” is stated more accurately, the theory shifts toward becoming “Unknowable-Knowable theory.” There is the Unknowable, which is approximated and symbolized as Theta. There is knowable, which is approximated and symbolized as MEST. According to this theory, the MEST (knowable) is being postulated continually into existence by Theta (Unknowable).

BEING
The “being” is a package of postulates energized by Self. It consists of postulated goals and behavior characteristics. It carries the detailed blueprint for the body and the mind. The being, therefore, has an individuality, and it is finite with a beginning and an end.

BEINGNESS
Philosophically, the ancient Vedas divide the beingness of a person into Self and Being. The person is the BEING that is grounded in SELF. He is most happy and operates optimally when his postulates are not in violation of the principle of Oneness.

PERSON
When one addresses a person, a human being “in the flesh” one is not addressing a simple being. What you see as a human being, a person, is not a single unit being. A person can be himself or he can be under the belief that he is another person or thing entirely. Then there is the matter of being in a body. A body is a very complex contrivance, quite remarkable, quite complicated. And it is also quite subject to its own distortions. There are also the entities. These follow all the rules and laws and phenomena of single beings. And then there is the matter of influences of other people around this human being. 

THETAN
Thetan is the mathematical symbol assigned to individuality of a person, which is energized by theta. Thetan as an individuality is a package of postulates specifying definite goals and behavior characteristics, similar to the idea of Being. But Thetan does not include the idea of Genetic Entity, which is included in the Being.

In Scientology, the thetan is thought to be detachable from the body in a literal sense. This is in error because Thetan is not a thing that can be separated from the body. Such a “detachment” is essentially the resolving of fixation on the body.

In Scientology, thetan is also thought to be immortal. This is in error because thetan is made up of postulates, and postulates are not permanent. Hubbard is conflating thetan (individuality) with theta (ability without individuality). See STATIC, THETA, SELF, BEING, GENETIC ENTITY.

GENETIC ENTITY (GE)
Genetic Entity is the basic programming of the being, which is carried through the genetic line by the DNA molecule. The core genetic programming develops the body and maintains all its functions. It operates on feedback and is very sophisticated, but it has limited capacity to update itself. The higher end programming that allows self-awareness, which can update itself, operates as the thetan. The Genetic Entity + Thetan, together represent the whole gradient of programming, which results in the Being.

MENTAL MATRIX
The programming of the being is organized as a matrix of perceptual elements. We call it mental matrix. It is based on postulates, and it develops continually as it assimilates experience. The experience is made up of input to the physical senses of touch, sight, hearing smell and taste. This input proceeds as sensations, which breaks down into perceptual elements. These perceptual elements when assimilated into the mental matrix, produce perception.

PERCEPTUAL ELEMENT
The incoming sensation breaks down into its elements. We call them perceptual elements because they generate perception upon assimilation into the mental matrix. Each perceptual element is like a “pixel”, which is identified by its characteristics and the time when it were received. This time stamp helps recreate the memory form these perceptual elements later. Origin of perception: “a taking in.”

ASSIMILATION
Assimilation of perceptual elements allows perception to occur. Assimilation merges all perceptual elements with the elements of the mental matrix. This establishes associations among the perceptual elements, such that the Principle of Oneness is maintained as closely as possible. Duplication of perceptual elements is eliminated for efficient storage. Origin: “made similar”.

MEMORY
A memory is a duplication of a perception once received. It is routinely reconstructed, when required, from the associations among the perceptual elements based on similar “time stamps.” Memories are harder to reconstruct, when perceptual elements get associated with unassimilated impressions. Memories are not stored as “recordings” as assumed in Scientology. Only unassimilated impressions appear as recordings at the moment of their assimilation. 

IMAGINATION
Imagination, or visualization, is the result of creative associations among the perceptual elements according to some purpose. There may be gaps among the perceptual elements, but they are bridged over by rational projections. Over time, these rational projections may be replaced by actual experience.

CONSCIOUSNESS
Consciousness depends on the fineness of the perceptual elements. The finer are the perceptual elements the clearer is the perception and deeper is the understanding. These perceptual elements are much finer in humans compared to the animals. Origin: “to know together.”

UNASSIMILATED IMPRESSION
These impressions are made of compressed sensations, such as those from traumatic incidents. They do not breakdown into perceptual elements, and cannot be assimilated in the mental matrix. Therefore, they are sensed rather than perceived. They embed themselves in the mental matrix. When activated, these impressions play out like hidden recordings influencing the thinking and behavior of the person. They create irrational thinking and cause sickness in the body. The solution lies in discovering and assimilating such impressions.

FACSIMILES
The unassimilated impressions are called facsimiles because they are literal recordings of the experience. Facsimiles generate anomalies in the operation of the mind.

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REASONING
Reasoning is the process of associating postulates and other data to come up with further considerations in the attempt to know the unknowable. Reasoning is subject to the constraint of continuity, consistency and harmony of data according to the principle of oneness.

EXTERIORIZATION
The whole idea, in Scientology, that the person, as the thetan, is detachable from the body is misconceived. When a part of the body is detached from rest of the body, certain functionality is lost. When the whole body is detached, it can only mean the loss of all functionality, or death. In reality, the phenomenon of exteriorization simply means letting go of the fixation on the body, mind, and self.

OPERATING THETAN
An operating thetan is a thetan that has resolved all anomalies to do with beingness. In spite of its complexity it is operating completely smoothly without friction or fixation. In other words, it is has become one with the universe. See PRINCIPLE OF ONENESS.

ABSOLUTE
Absolute means free from imperfection, restriction or limitation. This universe is postulated, where the postulates are subject to the principle of oneness. Therefore, everything is relative, conditioned and impermanent. There is no unchanging, everlasting, absolute substance like Self, Soul, or Ātman within or without. Origin of ABSOLUTE: “free, unrestricted, unconditioned.” 

LIFE
The postulates are manifested and become knowable; but the underlying potential to postulate and to become aware is hidden and unknowable. The knowable postulates (MEST) energized by unknowable potential (theta) results in all life and its activities.

REALITY
The reality of the universe comes from the principle of oneness. In other words, all that is real is continuous, consistent and harmonious. Conversely, all that is unreal has the element of discontinuity, inconsistency or disharmony in it.

BODY
The body is physical material arranged per the genetic blueprint. It operates per the electro-chemical-mechanical laws of substance.

VIEWPOINT
The postulates of beingness shape the view. This is the viewpoint of beingness. A thing to be “good” or “bad” would depend on the viewpoint of the observer. “Good” or “bad” do not exist as absolutes without a viewpoint. 

ANOMALY
An anomaly is any violation of the principle of oneness, such as, discontinuity (missing data), inconsistency (contradictory data), or disharmony (arbitrary data).

ABERRATION
In Dianetics, aberration is used  to refer to psychoses, neuroses, compulsions and repressions of all kinds and classifications. In Scientology, aberration is any deviation or departure from rationality. Origin of the word ABERRATION: “to wander, deviate.” All aberrations are anomalies.

HUMAN MIND
The task of the human mind is to keep the beingness and knowledge free of anomalies (See MENTAL MATRIX, ANOMALY). But Scientology conceives the human mind to be the recorder, computer and solver of problems relating to survival.

SURVIVAL
Mankind survives as well as it knows how to know, and has no illusions about its capabilities (See HUMAN MIND). But Scientology defines survival as an impulse to persist through time, in space, as matter and energy. 

DYNAMICS
Scientology divides the impulse to survive into eight sub-impulses called dynamics. Subject Clearing finds these dynamics to be more useful as categories of beingness in the sequence that beingness evolves: (8) Unknowable, (7) Oneness of postulates, (6) Substance, (5) Life, (4) Mankind, (3) Group, (2) Family, (1) Self. All these categories of beingness are interdependent.

OPTIMUM SOLUTION
An optimum solution is one that is free of all anomalies. But Scientology defines an optimum solution to any problem as “that solution which brought the greatest benefits to the greatest number of dynamics.” 

RIGHT ACTION
The right action would be spotting and resolving anomalies in the dynamics immediately concerned. But according to Scientology, right action would depend upon its assisting the survival of the dynamics immediately concerned.

ZERO AND INFINITY
Zero and infinity are best described relative to the scale of some value. Zero is the reference point on that scale that means “absence of that value.” Infinity is the undefined extreme of that scale in either direction. Zero and infinity exist only for the knowable. They do not exist for Unknowable.

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