SCN 8-8008: FACTOR # 24 (old)

Project: A Course on Hubbard’s Factors

This paper presents Factor # 24 from the book SCIENTOLOGY 8-8008 by L. RON HUBBARD. The contents are from the original publication of this book by The Church of Scientology (1952).

The paragraphs of the original material (in black) are accompanied by brief comments (in color) based on the present understanding.  Feedback on these comments is appreciated.

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FACTOR # 24. And the viewpoints are never seen. And the viewpoints consider more and more that the dimension points are valuable. And the viewpoints try to become the anchor points and forget that they can create more points and space and forms. Thus comes about scarcity. And the dimension points can perish and so the viewpoints assume that they, too, can perish.

We see the universe but not the universal viewpoint. The universal viewpoint lies in the clarity of perception of the universe. As the perception becomes unclear, many speculations, assumptions, beliefs and agreements enter the picture. They introduce subjectivity and the viewpoint starts to become narrow and occluded.

The longing for clarity is always there. The speculations that seem to promise clarity, become valuable as beliefs and one starts to depend on them. One forgets that the actual clarity lies beyond any speculation or assumption. Thus, comes about fixations and one starts to think that letting go of such beliefs will also be the end of oneself.

KHTK FACTOR # 24: The viewpoint is defined by its ability to perceive the dimension points. Absence of clarity leads to dependence on fixed beliefs. Letting go of such beliefs may feel like the end of life.

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As a person’s speculations and assumptions become fixed, they appear as prejudices, beliefs and all kinds of agreements. Such fixations then influence that person’s perception and become a part of his life.

Such fixations can become so strong that letting them go may seem to that person as if he is losing his life. But that person has the ability to reexamine those beliefs and adjust them toward greater continuity, harmony and consistency.

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December 23, 2019 – 7:12 AM Categories: Scientology | Post a comment

SCN 8-8008: FACTOR # 23 (old)

Project: A Course on Hubbard’s Factors

This paper presents Factor # 23 from the book SCIENTOLOGY 8-8008 by L. RON HUBBARD. The contents are from the original publication of this book by The Church of Scientology (1952).

The paragraphs of the original material (in black) are accompanied by brief comments (in color) based on the present understanding.  Feedback on these comments is appreciated.

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FACTOR # 23. The universes, then, are three in number: the universe created by one viewpoint, the universe created by every other viewpoint, the universe created by the mutual action of viewpoints which is agreed to be upheld—the physical universe.

The universe viewed from the universal viewpoint is unique. All subjective viewpoints naturally converge to the universal viewpoint as anomalies (discontinuity, disharmony and inconsistency) are resolved. The objective universe results naturally from the clarity of the universal viewpoint. It has nothing to do with agreement.

Agreement has to do with different viewpoints looking at something the same way. Here, the viewpoints remain different except for some aspect that they are agreeing upon.  It is usually some opinion. It doesn’t necessarily mean clarity of observation. An example of this is the agreement that the earth is flat or that the earth is at the center of the universe.

KHTK FACTOR # 23: The physical and spiritual universes are the result of agreements among subjective opinions. On the other hand, the clarity of observations converges on an objective universe standing alone.

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Agreement occurs only in terms of opinions held by the subjective viewpoints. Hubbard views the physical universe to be the result of agreement. That may just be the opinions about the universe that are being agreed upon such as given in the examples above. We may not know what the “physical universe” really is.

In fact, there may not be a physical universe independent of the spiritual universe, or a spiritual universe independent of the physical universe. There may just be a unique objective universe.

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December 22, 2019 – 11:50 AM Categories: Scientology | Post a comment

SCN 8-8008: FACTOR # 22 (old)

Project: A Course on Hubbard’s Factors

This paper presents Factor # 22 from the book SCIENTOLOGY 8-8008 by L. RON HUBBARD. The contents are from the original publication of this book by The Church of Scientology (1952).

The paragraphs of the original material (in black) are accompanied by brief comments (in color) based on the present understanding.  Feedback on these comments is appreciated.

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FACTOR # 22. And there are universes.

For a viewpoint, the universe shall be the entirety of its awareness. The universal viewpoint shall have the awareness that has the characteristics of being continuous, harmonious and consistent throughout. This shall be the objective universe.

When the awareness is not fully continuous, harmonious and consistent throughout, but has holes in it, then the associated viewpoint is subjective to some degree. That awareness constitutes a subjective universe.

KHTK FACTOR # 22: There are as many “universes” as there are subjective viewpoints; but there is only one objective universe.

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As the subjectivity of a viewpoint is resolved it progresses towards become objective. The resolution of subjectivity means the resolution of discontinuities, disharmonies and inconsistencies.

There are uncountable subjective universes. They are subjective because there is one kind or another of discontinuity, disharmony or inconsistency that characterizes them. The associated viewpoint is unable to see it.

But there is only one universe that is completely continuous, harmonious and consistent. This is the objective universe.

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December 21, 2019 – 10:41 PM Categories: Scientology | Post a comment

SCN 8-8008: FACTOR # 21 (old)

Project: A Course on Hubbard’s Factors

This paper presents Factor # 21 from the book SCIENTOLOGY 8-8008 by L. RON HUBBARD. The contents are from the original publication of this book by The Church of Scientology (1952).

The paragraphs of the original material (in black) are accompanied by brief comments (in color) based on the present understanding.  Feedback on these comments is appreciated.

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FACTOR # 21. From this comes a consistency of viewpoint of the interaction of dimension points and this, regulated, is TIME.

From the universal viewpoint time marches on at a steady pace in the form of evolution. If there is no evolution, there is no progress in time. There may just be a fixed form of automation.

From subjective human viewpoints, as ideas get set through agreements, time acquires such a fixed characteristic

Time is fluid to the degree ideas and considerations are changing and evolving.

KHTK FACTOR # 21: TIME is regulated by continuous evolution. When a set of agreements regulates the viewpoints, time acquires a fixed characteristic.

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Time has many flavors. The objective time flows with actual evolution. The physical time simply clocks the physical animation. Each individual has his own sense of time depending on his conditioning or lack of it.

The more a viewpoint is fixed with ideas, prejudices and beliefs, the more difficult it is for it to progress in TIME.

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December 20, 2019 – 6:47 PM Categories: Scientology | Post a comment

The World of Atom (Part I)

Reference: Boorse 1966: The World of Atom

PART I – THE FOUNDATIONS OF ATOMIC THEORY

THE WORLD OF ATOM by Boorse

Chapter 1: Atomism in Antiquity (Lucretius ca. 99 – 55 B.C.)

Ancients surmised that all matter reduces to atoms that are very small, solid, permanent and indivisible. The atoms move of themselves and are ceaselessly in motion in infinite space.

Chapter 2: Vortices and Particles (Rene Descartes 1596 – 1650)

The world is essentially a group of vortices whose centers appear as the heavenly bodies. Thus, there is continuum of substance, and neither void nor action at a distance exist. Extension cannot be there without substance being there.

Chapter 3: Particles in the Atmosphere (Robert Boyle 1627 – 1691)

Boyle hypothesized that air is composed of several kinds of particles that have different functions. That elasticity (compressibility) of the air arises from static elastic atoms on contact, or alternatively from atoms being caught up in a whirling motion. 

Chapter 4: Matter & Motion (Robert Hooke 1635 – 1703)

Unlike Newton, Hooke considered the particles of all bodies to be in incessant motion, those of different mass having different speeds. A heavy particle has a low vibration frequency, and a light one a high frequency.

Chapter 5: A Wave Theory of Light (Christian Huygens 1629 – 1695)

Huygens accepted Descartes vortices as the scheme of the world and rejected Newton’s universal gravitation, as he was not convinced of the distant-action theory. He supported Descartes’ idea of aether and proposed the wave theory of light. He introduced the idea of partial waves and wavefronts to explain the properties of light.

Chapter 6: Newton on Particles and Kinetics (Isaac Newton 1642 – 1727)

Newton’s mechanics deals with matter that has mass. Newton argued that the geometric nature of reflection and refraction of light could only be explained if light were made of corpuscles because waves do not tend to travel in straight lines. 

Chapter 7: A Kinetic Theory of Gases (Daniel Bernoulli 1700 – 1782)

Daniel Bernoulli introduced the kinetic theory of gases. He postulated that gas particles have intrinsic motion that cannot be suppressed. Heat increases the speed of particles. Thus, heat is converted into mechanical energy.

Chapter 8: The Atom as a Center of Force (Roger Joseph Boscovich 1711 – 1787)

Boscovich pointed out that atoms as hard, rigid and massive spheres require instantaneous change of velocity upon collision. But instantaneous change of velocity presents a discontinuity. Therefore, atoms cannot be hard, rigid and massive spheres. They are point particles with the space between them filled with force. Thus, compression and expansion can occur. 

Chapter 9: Atomic Chemistry Before Dalton (Bryan Higgins 1737-1820, William Higgins 1769 – 1825)

It seems that the ancient elements may be expressed as, earth = solids, air = gases, water = liquids, and fire = energy. According to Higgins, fire (energy) is opposed to attraction (force) as it turns solids into liquids, and liquids into gases. In his theory all different atoms were assumed to have the same weight. The concept of ratios in which atoms combine is not very clear.

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MAIN POINTS

  1. All matter reduces to atoms that are very small, solid, permanent and indivisible.
  2. The atoms are ceaselessly in motion by themselves in infinite space.
  3. There is a continuum of substance that forms all space as its extent.
  4. The world exists as vortices of substance with planets at their center.
  5. Air is composed of elastic particles allowing compressibility.
  6. The particles of all bodies are in incessant motion.
  7. Particles of different mass have different speeds.
  8. Light propagates as a wave. (Huygens)
  9. Light is corpuscular in nature. (Newton)
  10. Gas particles have intrinsic motion that cannot be suppressed.
  11. Heat increases the speed of particles.
  12. Atoms cannot be hard, rigid and massive spheres.
  13. Atoms are point particles with the space between them filled with force.

THEORY
The atom is a vortex in a sea of energy substance. The atomic substance is gradually condensing, until it becomes a spinning mass at the center. The atoms are ceaselessly in motion relative to one another.

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December 19, 2019 – 4:55 PM Categories: Physics Book | Comments (1)