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The Definition of Theta-MEST Theory (old)

March 29, 2022 – 5:11 PM

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Theta-MEST Theory is central to Scientology. Scientology provides the following definitions for Theta-MEST Theory.

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Scientology Technical Dictionary

“THETA-MEST THEORY, 1. a theory generated by myself in the fall of 1950 as an effort to explain (just a theory) the phenomena of an analyzer working in one direction and a reactive mind working in quite another, the reactive mind being interesting, and the analyzer being interested.“

The analytical mind (analyzer) and the reactive mind are part of the same spectrum. The analyzer gradually becomes reactive as its ability to differentiate reduces. There is no firm line dividing the analyzer from the reactive mind.

“THETA-MEST THEORY, 2. the idea is 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.” 

Here Theta is Unknowable (no substance), that is continually postulating MEST, which, having substance, is knowable. 

“THETA-MEST THEORY, 3. the idea that there was a universe and that there was thought—theta without wave-length, without mass, without time, without position in space: this was life. And that was impinged upon something else called the physical universe, which was a mechanical entity which did things in a peculiar way, and these two things together, theta-mest interacting, gave us life forms.“

Here Theta is being regarded as life; MEST is being regarded as a mechanical entity. But “mechanical” means natural principles that apply to matter. This excludes natural principles that apply to energy and thought. In fact, MEST is the whole spectrum to which natural principles apply, and that is the whole universe of thought, energy and matter. Theta is the Unknowable that postulates and energizes the universe.

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Subject Clearing

There is an unbridgeable division between the Knowable and the Unknowable. See The Definition of STATIC. MEST is properly the designation for the “Knowable universe.” See The Definition of MEST. Therefore, THETA is properly the designation for the Unknowable. See The Definition of THETA.

A natural division exists between the Knowable universe and the Unknowable. But Hubbard makes an arbitrary division between the physical universe and thought, which are different aspects of the knowable universe. This is a basic anomaly in Scientology.

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Reality and Logic

March 20, 2022 – 7:47 PM

Reference: Course on Subject Clearing

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Reality

Reality is made up of our perceptions and our evaluation of those perceptions. If we are looking at a situation through our biases and fixed ideas then the situation, the biases, and the fixed ideas are all part of that reality.

Reality is the ISNESS of things. 

When we observe, we are not aware of all our biases and fixations. To that degree we are working with an incomplete view of reality. If the logic itself is based on an incomplete view of reality as its ideal scene then that logic is also flawed.

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The Western Logic

The logic in the West, and that of Scientology, is based on the premise of CAUSE-EFFECT. The western mindset sees a situation as an effect of some cause. It then uses logic to find its cause.

The western mindset holds a certain ideal scene for what it is observing. It sees a situation only when there is a major departure from the ideal scene. However, he fails to recognize many situations when the “departures” are same as his biases and fixed ideas implicit in his ideal scene. 

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The Eastern Logic

The logic in the East, and that of Buddhism, is based on the premise that the REALITY IS ONE. It looks at the cause and effect as part of the same incident or cycle. Any incident begins with a cause and ends with an effect. In other words, the effect lies in continuity with the cause. The Eastern mindset knows the ultimate reality to be continuous, consistent and harmonious throughout. 

The eastern mindset knows that the reality is ONE.

The eastern mindset calls what it sees as an illusion because it knows that the observation is incomplete and distorted. It looks for discontinuities, inconsistencies and disharmonies and recognizes them as ANOMALIES. Any situation is then made up of such anomalies. It does not rest until all the anomalies that it sees are resolved.

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Summary

For eastern mindset, the “ideal scene” goes much deeper than that for the western mindset. It starts with the broadest ideal scene of “reality is one” and applies it to what it sees. By recognizing and resolving anomalies, a person also becomes aware of his own biases and fixed ideas. He, then, works on resolving those as a priority.

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The Definition of CREATE

March 9, 2022 – 10:29 PM

Reference: Subject: Scientology Fundamentals

Here is a close look at the definition of CREATE.

Definition from Hubbard,

CREATE, make, manufacture, construct, postulate, bring into beingness.

From English Dictionary

To cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes. Or, to evolve from one’s own thought or imagination, as a work of art or an invention.

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The process of creation has to require some substance to create from. The substance can be physical, or metaphysical, because

“Substance is anything substantial enough to be perceived. A substance is not necessarily a discrete particle. It can also be a continuous flow.”

We are aware of physical substance; such as, wood, metal, water, etc. We may define metaphysical substance as, “thoughts, plans, computer code, etc.

Creation of something original may be looked upon as the conversion of invisible metaphysical substance into visible physical substance. The Law of conservation applies.

So all creation occurs in this universe from some fundamental substance that has neither beginning nor end. It is simply there. Cycles then begin.

The cycle of creation, survival, and destruction occur according to natural laws. Even creators are created. Survival is continuous creation. And, destruction could just be the ceasing of creation, or further conversion.

We can visualize a Universe consisting of cycles within cycles ad infinitum, where even the Creator is part of the Creation. 

Thus, even Gods can be created and destroyed, and souls too.

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The Definition of OPERATING THETAN

March 9, 2022 – 2:15 PM

Reference: Subject: Scientology Fundamentals

Scientology provides the following definitions associated with OPERATING THETAN.

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Scientology Technical Dictionary

“OPERATING THETAN, 1. a thetan exterior who can have but doesn’t have to have a body in order to control or operate thought, life, matter, energy, space and time.”
… “THETAN EXTERIOR, 1. a being who knows he is a spirit with a body and not just a body.”
… “THETAN EXTERIOR, 2. he’s out but if the body were to be injured he would be back in.”
… “THETAN EXTERIOR, 3. a being not influenced by a body.”
… “THETAN EXTERIOR, 4. a thetan who is clear of the body and knows it but is not yet stable outside.”
… “EXTERIOR, the fellow would just move out, away from the body and be aware of himself as independent of a body but still able to control and handle the body.”

The person knows that his individuality does not depend on the body. His attention is no longer fixated on the body. He can operate freely without any considerations of body restricting him in any way. But this is interpreted in Scientology to mean that a person can operate without a body.

“OPERATING THETAN, 2. willing and knowing cause over life, thought, matter, energy, space and time. And that would of course be mind and that would of course be universe.“

The person has become one with nature and all life in the sense that his postulates are completely aligned with the laws of nature as per the Principle of Oneness. But this is interpreted in Scientology that the person controls the laws of the universe.

“OPERATING THETAN, 3. an individual who could operate totally independently of his body whether he had one or didn’t have one. He’s now himself, he’s not dependent on the universe around him.”

A person can become aware of the programming that is running his body and the mind and become exterior to it. But his beingness is defined by that programming and the postulates underlying it. He cannot exist without them.

“OPERATING THETAN, 4. a Clear who has been refamiliarized with his capabilities.”

As a clear, a person no longer has facsimiles. As an operating thetan, he is learning to exercise his capabilities.

“OPERATING THETAN, 5. a being at cause over matter, energy, space, time, form and life. Operating comes from “able to operate without dependency on things” and thetan is the Greek letter theta (θ), which the Greeks used to represent “thought” or perhaps “spirit” to which an “n” is added to make a new noun in the modern style used to create words in engineering.”

The postulates and considerations of an operating thetan are totally aligned with natural laws governing thought, energy and matter. He, therefore, operates without any effort. It is cooperation rather than dependency. But this is interpreted in Scientology as operating independently of the body and the laws of nature.

“OPERATING THETAN, 6. by operating thetan we mean theta clear plus ability to operate functionally against or with mest and other life forms.”
… “THETA CLEAR, 1. it is a person who operates exterior to a body without need of a body.”
… “THETA CLEAR, 2. that state wherein the preclear can remain with certainty outside his body when the body is hurt.”
… “THETA CLEAR, 3. a theta clear, then can be defined as a person who is at cause over his own reactive bank and can create and uncreate it at will. Less accurately he is a person who is willing to experience. Theta clear is stable.”
… “THETA CLEAR, 4. theta clear would mean clear of the mest body or cleared of the necessity to have a mest body.”
… “THETA CLEAR, 5. there are two types of theta clear, the theta being which is cleared of its necessity or compulsion to have a body and a theta being which is cleared all the way on the track.”
… “THETA CLEAR, 6. the basic definition of theta clear is: no further necessity for beingnesses.”
… “THETA CLEAR, 7. this is a relative not an absolute term. It means that the person, this thought unit, is clear of his body, his engrams, his facsimiles, but can handle and safely control a body.”
… “THETA CLEAR, 8. in its highest sense, means no further dependency on bodies.”
… “THETA CLEAR, 9. an individual who, as a being, is certain of his identity apart from that of the body, and who habitually operates the body from outside, or exteriorized.”

A theta clear would be a person who has resolved all anomalies among his own postulates. He is now becoming an operating thetan as he resolves anomalies with rest of the postulates  of the universe. He is, therefore, able to pervade the whole universe and operate as one with the universe. Scientology interprets it as control rather than cooperation.

“OPERATING THETAN, 7 . this state of being is attained by drills and familiarity after the state of Clear has been obtained. A real OT has no reactive bank, is cause over matter, energy, space, time and thought and is completely free.”

The operating thetan is now learning by exercising its capabilities in the absence of facsimiles.

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Subject Clearing

Apparently, a person is an operating thetan when he operates unrestricted by the consideration of the body. This is interpreted to mean that the person can operate without a body. This is further interpreted to mean that a person is immortal. Therefore, the goal in Scientology is to achieve immortality for one’s individuality. 

According to Subject Clearing, a person is an operating thetan when he no longer has any unassimilated impressions. His postulates and considerations are totally aligned with the natural laws governing thought, energy and matter. He has resolved the anomalies to do with his beingness, and he operates without effort as one with his body and the universe. He is able to pervade the whole universe and resolves anomalies actively as he comes across them. The goal in Subject Clearing is the continual resolution of anomalies to see where it takes us.

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The Definition of the 8TH DYNAMIC

March 9, 2022 – 9:59 AM

Reference: Subject: Scientology Fundamentals

Here are Hubbard’s definitions related to the 8th Dynamic, which are taken from the Technical Dictionary of Scientology. Let’s look at each definition carefully. 

“DYNAMIC, 1 . any one of the eight subdivisions of the dynamic principle of existence—SURVIVE.”

The concept of DYNAMIC starts with the idea of SURVIVE.

“SURVIVE, the dynamic principle of existence is survive. At the opposite end of the spectrum of existence is succumb.”

This definition provides us with the duality of survive-succumb. The regular English dictionary provides the definition, “to remain or continue in existence or use.”

“SURVIVAL, 1. is a condition susceptible to non-survival. If one is “surviving,” one is at the same moment admitting that one can cease to survive, otherwise one would never strive to survive.”

There is a basic impulse to survive. One may say that reality is surviving because it is simply there. But Hubbard focuses on survival in the context of the individual.

“SURVIVAL, 2. survival might be defined as an impulse to persist through time, in space, as matter and energy.” 

Again, Hubbard’s focus is on the survival of the individual. But one may see that MEST is also surviving.

“SURVIVAL, 3. survival is understood to be the basic single thrust of life through time and space, energy and matter. Survival is subdivided into eight dynamics.”

The eight dynamics are the subdivision of survival.

“DYNAMIC, 2 . dynamic is the ability to translate solutions into action.”

The idea of dynamic boils down to resolving anomalies. That is how one survives.

“DYNAMIC, 3 . the tenacity to life and vigor and persistence in survival.”

Dynamic is tenacity and persistence. This introduces the idea of effort in surviving. But all that effort is directed towards resolving anomalies. Note that before life and the individual emerged on the scene, anomalies were resolved through trial and error. That is how the universe evolved.

“DYNAMICS, there could be said to be eight urges (drives, impulses) in life. These we call dynamics. These are motives or motivations. We call them the eight dynamics. The first dynamic —is the urge toward existence as one’s self. Here we have individuality expressed fully. This can be called the self dynamic. The second dynamic—is the urge toward existence as a sexual or bisexual activity. This dynamic actually has two divisions. Second dynamic (a) is the sexual act itself and the second dynamic (b) is the family unit, including the rearing of children. This can be called the sex dynamic. The third dynamic—is the urge toward existence in groups of individuals. Any group or part of an entire class could be considered to be a part of the third dynamic. The school, the society, the town, the nation are each part of the third dynamic, and each one is a third dynamic. This can be called the group dynamic. The fourth dynamic—is the urge toward existence as mankind. Whereas the white race would be considered a third dynamic, all the races would be considered the fourth dynamic. This can be called the mankind dynamic. The fifth dynamic—is the urge toward existence of the animal kingdom. This includes all living things whether vegetable or animal. The fish in the sea, the beasts of the field or of the forest, grass, trees, flowers, or anything directly and intimately motivated by life. This could be called the animal dynamic. The sixth dynamic—is the urge toward existence as the physical universe. The physical universe is composed of matter, energy, space and time. In Scn we take the first letter of each of these words and coin a word, mest. This can be called the universe dynamic. The seventh dynamic—is the urge toward existence as or of spirits. Anything spiritual, with or without identity, would come under the heading of the seventh dynamic. This can be called the spiritual dynamic. The eighth dynamic—is the urge toward existence as infinity. This is also identified as the Supreme Being. It is carefully observed here that the science of Scn does not intrude into the dynamic of the Supreme Being. This is called the eighth dynamic because the symbol of infinity oo stood upright makes the numeral “8 .” This can be called the infinity or God dynamic.”

The dynamics are an excellent concept that is universally applicable. But Hubbard describes the dynamics from the viewpoint of the individual. This limits the concept.

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Anomaly

In Scientology, these dynamics are viewed in the context of the survival of the individual. Dynamics exist by themselves in the Universe. Why should Dynamics be limited to the survival urge of the individual? This limitation seems to be the result of Hubbard’s fixation on individuality. This is an anomaly because these dynamics are broadly applicable in the context of the universe. 

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Resolution

In mathematical terms the universe is the overall set. It will include all life and individuals. From this viewpoint may define the UNIVERSE as follows:

The universe is not just physical; it is metaphysical too. The universe includes everything whether physical, metaphysical, real, imaginary, postulated or speculated. Nothing is excluded from the universe.

We may express these dynamics from the viewpoint of the universe as follows:

“The basic dynamic is not only SURVIVE but also EVOLVE. The universe cannot help but survive; so, it must evolve. This is the overall dynamic of the universe called the eighth dynamic. The universe, obviously, has an inherent impulse built in it. Therefore, we may say that the eighth dynamic subdivides into the inner impulse and the outer appearance as the seventh and sixth dynamics respectively.

“As the universe evolves from gases to liquids to solids, to minerals, to animated life, to reacting organisms, to thinking mammals, and finally, to self-aware humans, we get life or the fifth dynamic. The humans are such a major step in evolution that they are called the mankind or fourth dynamic.

“The human awareness has evolved under different geographic conditions and locations into different cultures, thinking patterns, abilities, etc. Thus we have subdivisions into many different groups, and each group is seen as a third dynamic. The keynote of a group is its common purpose and cooperation. Within the third dynamic we have the evolution of families to take better care of future generations. This is seen as the second dynamic. There is sexual activity within the context of second dynamic. The keynote here is taking responsibility for the future.

“The second dynamic then provides an environment in which children develop their potential fully as individuals. The problem solving ability of an individual is the highest achievement of evolution. This is the first dynamic.”

Looking at the above, we may that

The EIGHTH DYNAMIC is the universe and beyond. It includes all the lower dynamics.

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