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Reference: The Book of Scientology

The Chart of Attitudes

Please see the original section at the link above.

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Summary

Hubbard says, “In order to do rising-scale processing, the auditor should know very well his Chart of Attitudes and the reasons underlying each column.” Please note that I have added relevant links to this quote from Hubbard. The reasons underlying each column are explained by Hubbard in subsequent sections (see the link above on The Book of Scientology).

This chart is divided into several columns. Each column presents a particular attitude (in bold) as it is found at the top and bottom of the tone scale. Attitudes are listed for in between tone scale values too.

Hubbard says, “Each one of these is a gradient scale with many intermediate points. In rising-scale running, one seeks the attitude of the preclear nearest to the lowest end of this scale and asks him to do a rising-scale to see how high he can change his postulate toward the upper end of the scale.” You may try this processing by yourself instead of going to an auditor.

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Comments

Make sure you subject clear each line of a column before running it with rising-scale processing. The upper line consists of attitudes that are naturally part of your beingness. It is the erroneous reasoning from your experiences that has moved you away from those attitudes.

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Reference: The Book of Scientology

Force

Please see the original section at the link above.

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Summary

Hubbard says, “In the axioms, force is defined as random effort. Effort is defined as directed force.” This is a circular definition. In actuality, force is the basic component of sensation. If you are sensing something, you are experiencing force.

People generally have a negative connotation of force, because they associate it with punishment and destruction. But those things are anomalies. The force is a gradient scale of sensation. If there is no force, there will be no sensation either.

A substance is anything that is substantial enough to be sensed. Therefore, all forms of substance, ultimately, consist of force. Energy and matter are forms of substance; so, they consist of force. 

Thought produces patterns in energy; and these patterns solidify into material structures. Thus, thought deals with force, and it itself may be considered a kind of force. Thought can be sensed. Therefore, thought is also a form of substance.

When a person is dealing with his sensations and processing them into perceptions, he is essentially handling force.

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Comments

All that we know is the outcome of sensations. This universe is all that we know. This is a universe constructed out of sensation and force. All our awareness is the result of force. When we are postulating, we are bringing force into existence.

The basis of this universe is the principle of oneness. Instead of punishing us, the universe actually, enforces this principle on us. Hubbard did not look at the MEST universe this way.

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Reference: The Book of Scientology

Black and White

Please see the original section at the link above.

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Summary

Hubbard says, “Black and white are the two extreme manifestations of perception on the part of the preclear… Seeing whiteness or color, the thetan is able to discern and differentiate between objects, actions and spatial dimensions… Blackness is the unknown, for it may contain energy or it may be empty or may be black energy.”

From what is written in the Comments section below, the whiteness or color shall represent the assimilation of the sensations, which would result in perception. The greater is the assimilation, the better would be the perception. 

When there is blackness, either there is nothing to be sensed, or the sensation is so dense, that it cannot be broken up and assimilated. The dense sensation shall be felt as heaviness with delusions and no perception. A person may develop the ability to differentiate between “absence of sensation,” “dense sensation with delusions,” and “actual perception” by working with some drills.

A black spot turns into white when postulates are discovered that bring about a oneness of understanding. For example, Einstein discovered the postulate of the speed of light being a universal constant. That brought about the awareness of energy and matter being different forms of substance.

The concept of “own determinism” runs as white because the person feels he is fully aware. The concept of “other determinism” runs as black because the awareness is not fully there.

A ridge is a combination of awareness (white) and non-awareness (black). For example, in a situation, a person is usually aware of his viewpoint, and not aware of the viewpoint of others. By making an effort to look at the situation from the viewpoint of others, a situation is resolved much more easily.

On the E-meter, a stuck needle is characteristic of a black field. When the black field is sensed, usually as pain or somatic, it is indicated by the flick of the needle.

The black field is felt as a mystery. By placing blackness in different contexts, in terms of environments, yesterday and tomorrow, one may discover the postulate that would resolve that mystery. 

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Comments

The universe is sensed through the sense organs. These sensations break up and get assimilated into the mental matrix of experience of the person. This assimilation produces the perception of what was sensed. This is whiteness.

When the sensations are very dense, as from a trauma, they are difficult to break up and assimilate. Therefore, a person is usually unaware of the details of his traumatic experiences. This is blackness.

Blackness may also exist when there is nothing to sense.

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