Category Archives: Subject Clearing

Selecting a Subject (old)

June 3, 2021 – 9:23 PM

Please see Course on Subject Clearing

When we think of a subject, we usually think of a subject we studied in school. But a subject in Subject Clearing is much more than that.

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School Subjects

General school subjects are: Language, Grammar, Mathematics, Science, History, Geography, etc. These are valid subjects for Subject Clearing, especially for young students.

When we look at High School and college level subjects we have  a lot more variety, such as, Physics, Chemistry, Calculus, Logic, Computer Programming, Robotics, Linguistics, Philosophy, Biology, Political Science, etc. These are valid subjects for Subject Clearing too.

For technical people we get into more advanced subjects, such as, Engineering, Medical Sciences, Quantum Mechanics and so on. And then for business professionals we have Management, Entrepreneurship, Construction, Accounting, Finance, etc. These are all valid subjects.

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Life Subjects

For Subject Clearing, however, it is very important to clear up the fundamentals of a subject that apply broadly to life. Here we have subjects like Philosophy, Religion, Mindfulness, Human Condition, etc. 

As children grow up to be adults, the subject of Human Condition becomes most important. But it is a subject, which is never taught by others. One must learn this subject by oneself through one’s own experience. Unfortunately, one’s experience is littered with confusions and traumas.

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Trauma as a Subject

Underlying confusions there are misunderstandings caused by traumatic experiences. Therefore, Traumatic Experience becomes the priority subject for most people to address, followed by personal confusions.

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Fundamentals

The idea of Subject Clearing is to clear up the fundamentals first and then the details. In case of a trauma, the fundamental would be the basic shock. In case of a confusion, the fundamental would be a basic concept.

In case of school subjects, the fundamentals of communication are represented by the subjects of LANGUAGE and GRAMMAR; and the fundamentals of thinking are represented by the subject of MATHEMATICS.

In case of life subjects, one may start as broadly as practical to cover as much life as possible. Here we have very broad subjects of RELIGION and PHILOSOPHY. They take you to the very fundamentals of the universe and thought

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List of Subjects

Here is a list of suggested subjects that one may consider subject clearing:

[Personal Trauma]
[Personal Confusion]
Language
Grammar
Mathematics
Religion
Human Condition
Philosophy
Mindfulness
Biology
Physics
Universe

These subjects will keep one busy for a long time. But as one proceeds with subject clearing one gains the ability to think critically.

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Mental & Physical Health

As the mind starts to clear up its persisting confusions and questions, the mental and physical health also starts to improve—sometimes miraculously.

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Getting Started

You start Subject Clearing by selecting a subject that you really want to understand, and then keep broadening it.

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Also see:

  1. Subjects that do not Make Sense
  2. Studying a Subject

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Memory Recall

August 7, 2020 – 4:13 PM

Reference: The Book of Subject Clearing

The higher is your confront, the better is your memory recall. Confront does not mean that you put out a lot of effort to recall something. If your confront is high, you could be putting no effort at all, and the memory will simply appear in your mind.

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Exercise

The following exercise will give you a taste of memory recall. Read an item from this list and see if a memory comes up immediately.

Not all these items may be part of your experience. So, if no memory comes up it may be because it does not exist in the first place. If the memory is buried, then simply work on improving your confront. Your confront may improve as you go through this list several times.

So, if no memory comes up, or only a vague impression comes up, simply accept that fact and continue.

NOTE: This exercise is inspired by 1951: Self Analysis written by L. Ron Hubbard.

Can you recall a time when:

1. You were happy.

2. You had just finished constructing something.

3. Life was cheerful.

4. Somebody had given you something.

5. You ate something good.

6. You had a friend.

7. You felt energetic.

8. Somebody was waiting for you.

9. You drove fast.

10. You saw something you liked.

11. You acquired something good.

12. You threw away something bad.

13. You kissed somebody you liked.

14. You laughed at a joke.

15. You received money.

16. You felt young.

17. You liked life.

18. You played a game.

19. You bested something dangerous.

20. You acquired an animal.

21. Somebody thought you were important.

22. You enjoyed a good loaf.

23. You chased something bad.

24. You were enthusiastic.

25. You enjoyed life.

26. You went fast.

27. You owned something.

28. You felt strong.

29. Somebody departed.

30. Somebody helped you.

31. You gathered something good.

32. You measured something.

33. You took a pleasant journey.

34. You turned on a light.

35. You heard some good music.

36. You controlled something.

37. You destroyed something.

38. You mastered something.

39. You were lucky.

40. You felt peaceful.

41. You saw a pretty scene.

42. You poured something good.

43. You acquired something that was scarce.

44. You made an enemy scream.

45. You had a pleasant seat.

46. You handled something well. (actual physical handling)

47. You moved something.

48. You watched something fast.

49. You were together with friends.

50. You occupied a good space.

51. Somebody loved you.

52. You enjoyed somebody.

53. You invented something.

54. You harnessed some energy.

55. You killed a bug.

56. You pocketed something.

57. You made progress.

58. You walked.

59. You saved something.

60. You stopped a machine.

61. You started a machine.

62. You had a good sleep.

63.​You stopped a thief.

64. You stood under something.

65. You started a fire.

66. You went upstairs.

67. You were warm.

68. You went riding.

69. You were adroit.

70. You swam.

71. You stood your ground.

72. You lived well.

73. You were respected.

74. You won a race.

75. You ate well.

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Studying a Subject (old-1)

July 29, 2020 – 8:16 AM

Please see Course on Subject Clearing

A subject is studied best on a gradient. In other words, you start studying a subject using simple materials that introduce you to the basic ideas in that subject; and then you gradually study more complex details. Trouble arises when you miss understanding the basic ideas in a subject, because they are fundamental to the understanding of all its details.

In subject clearing, when you have made a list of all the subjects that you had trouble with, it gives you an overview of your “mental tumor”. To start resolving that tumor, you start as close to the core of the tumor as possible. So you pick up the earliest subject  that you recall having trouble with. And then you focus on the fundamental ideas in that subject.

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The Earliest Subjects

Anything that influences a person becomes a part of his learning in some way. There is some evidence that a child’s learning starts from the perceptions reaching it in the womb. We are interested in clearing the perceptions that did not get assimilated. Such perceptions may be beyond the awareness of the person for now, but they will, ultimately, get assimilated during the process of subject clearing. 

We, therefore, start with the subject in which the person can recall having his earliest confusions.  These subjects may be identified as,

  1. The subject of expressing oneself (language), and
  2. The subject of thinking coherently (mathematics).

This boils down to learning different sounds and the meaning of different symbols.

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An Example of Clearing

As a math tutor, I get a kick out of asking my students, “What is the difference between a digit and a number?” Sometimes I ask this question to the parents too, in order to demonstrate how I am tutoring their child. There is hardly a more basic question in mathematics. It quickly reveals the depth of understanding a person has of fundamental concepts.

Most people fumble around for a precise answer. They have some inkling of the difference between a digit and a number but they can’t seem to put it exactly in words. Then I ask them, “Okay, can you tell me the difference between a letter and a word?” The response I get here has more certainty. Most people know that there are only 26 letters in English that are used to make the thousands of words that you find in a dictionary.

Then I point out that digits are like “letters” and numbers are like “words”. There are only ten digits in math that are used to write infinity of numbers. All of sudden I see bright smiles and shining faces. Some intractable confusion apparently got cleared, and got replaced by a certainty.

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Study

It is a simple clearing of confusion as above, and new realizations about things, that keep a person motivated about learning. His curiosity is kept alive and he wants to study all kinds of things.

The word ‘study’ comes from Latin studium ‘zeal, painstaking application’. When a person is curious and motivated, he or she studies naturally in the real sense of the word.

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Subjects that do not Make Sense (old)

July 28, 2020 – 5:04 PM

Please see Course on Subject Clearing

Self-Learning speeds up as one clears up the subjects that do not make sense to the person. These are the subjects that the person struggled with and then gave up. He still has many confusions and unanswered questions in those subjects. These confusions and questions are buried deep in his mind and they influence him in ways that he is not aware of. They are part of his mental tumor, and the earlier is a subject the more central position it has in the tumor. Tremendous gains come about when these subjects are finally cleared up.

Your first step is to make a list of all the subjects that you struggled with. Usually, these are the subjects that you encountered in school, such as, language, grammar and mathematics, but there are practical subjects also, such as, money, adulthood, and life itself, in which your questions were rebuffed and you were left wondering. In addition, there could be subjects of health, illness, depression, etc., that concerned you when you were growing up.

The list of subjects does not have to be exhaustive. Just make sure the main subjects are there. You can always add more subjects to this list at any time.

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Clearing up the Titles

The purpose of this step is to get you an overview of the subjects you had trouble with. The title of a subject usually gives you a clue to what that subject is about; so, you may clear a subject title by looking up its origin or etymology. You just want to get a broad sense of the subject in order to have an idea of its purpose.

For example, you may clear the subject title MATHEMATICS by searching the origin or etymology of this word on Internet. We get the following results:

From Wikipedia: The word mathematics comes from Ancient Greek máthēma (μάθημα), meaning “that which is learnt,” “what one gets to know,” hence also “study” and “science”. 

From Webster dictionary 1828: MATHEMAT’ICS, noun [Latin mathematica, from Gr. to learn.] 

If you meditate on this etymology a bit, you may find that the purpose of mathematics is to learn systematically.

You clear up all the subject titles on the list. This will familiarize you with what each subject is basically about. Now arrange these subjects in a list from earliest to latest. This will provide you with the order in which to clear these subjects fully until you have no attention fixed on them. 

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Summary

Subject Clearing is done starting with the earliest subject that you had difficulty with in your life and then coming up to the present. But if your attention is fixed on a later subject then that should be taken up first. As you start clearing up a later subject, it will eventually lead you to the earliest subject that you had difficulty with.

As you fully clear up a subject your attention is no longer fixed on it, and you can make better sense out of it. You are now able to evaluate its actual importance in your life.

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The Postulates (old)

April 4, 2020 – 11:54 AM

Please refer to The KHTK Factors.

The Postulates

When we apply the method of SUBJECT CLEARING to the general knowledge we inevitably end up with the following postulates. 

[This is a work in progress]

The Postulates 1 – 5

The Postulates 6 – 10

The Postulates 11 – 15

The Postulates 16 – 20

The Postulates 21 – 25

The Postulates 26 – 30

The Postulates 31 …

Summary of Postulates

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Review

  1. Reference Frames: MRF vs SRF
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