SCN 8-8008: Creative Processing

Reference: The Book of Scientology

Creative Processing

Please see the original section at the link above.

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Summary

Hubbard says. “The goal of this process is the rehabilitation of as much of the thetan’s capability as possible… and, to rid the preclear of psychosomatics, eradicate compulsions, obsessions and inhibitions, to raise his reaction time and intelligence level.” In short, the creative processing is intended to improve the human condition. Instead of addressing facsimiles, it addresses deep misconceptions with creation, change and destruction of mock-ups.

Hubbard says, “Gradient scales are vitally necessary in the application of creative processing.” The term “gradient scale” means a scale of condition graduated from zero to infinity. Neither zero not infinity are absolute. For example, each dimensions is a gradient scale. The precise value of a characteristic can be found at some point on the gradient scale of its dimension. No value is absolute. It is always relative to the surrounding values.

Hubbard says, “The word “gradient” is meant to define lessening or increasing degrees of condition.” The gradient is the “continuity” aspect of oneness. For example, the gradient scale of substance can be expressed through the tone scale of thought, followed by the electromagnetic spectrum, then followed by the periodic table of elements. In other words, the gradient of substance consists of the gradual condensation of substance as thought, energy and matter. With condensation, the space of substance shrinks, and the time of substance becomes increasingly enduring. This is also the gradient scale of a being.

Hubbard says, “In creative processing, the gradient scale, as it would refer to the creation of a person, could be, first, the envisionment of an area where the person might have been or might be; then the envisionment of an area the person commonly frequented; at last, the creation of a footprint the person had made, and then perhaps some article of apparel or a possession such as a handkerchief.” One may thus create or destroy the illusion of a person, or  of a disability, on a gradient. It is important to mock up each step of the gradient with confidence. If confusion arises at any step, discover the anomaly underlying it and resolve it.

Hubbard says, “The mind is actually quite free to alter postulates and change its own condition, if permitted to do so at a speed that it finds comfortable.” This should be understood as a corollary to the principle of oneness. Creative processing is an excellent approach to discover missing gradients in one’s understanding of the universe. What Hubbard describes as “agreements and experiences in the MEST and other universes” are actually a person’s misconceptions that needs to be straightened out.

Hubbard takes the viewpoint of “us and them” with respect to the being and the MEST universe. But, Subject Clearing takes the viewpoint that the being and the MEST universe are connected according to the principle of oneness. Where Hubbard sees a conflict due to hypnotic agreement, Subject Clearing sees misconceptions. Hubbard’s viewpoint is that of a hypnotist who makes illusions appear real to the mind. Subject clearing’s viewpoint is that of a mind that knows it has misconceptions and it is clearing them up. The “punishments of the MEST universe” are but the violations of the principle of oneness that point to misconceptions.

There are sensations. These sensations are real, and their interpretation leads to perceptions. These perceptions can be real or imaginary depending on the degree they conform to the principle of oneness. The violations of the principle of oneness are called anomalies, which perplex us. Such anomalies are based on deep misconceptions, which Hubbard views as “implanted agreements.” Such misconceptions produce a convincing imagery that the person fully believes in. He is not aware of the illusions built into that imagery.

Hubbard says, “Reality, then, is a delusion because it is one’s own illusion which has been disowned by one and is then received by one as being another thing.” But, more simply, a person’s reality is made up of how he is interpreting his sense perceptions. When a person realizes this, then, instead of blaming the MEST universe, he looks at his sense perceptions and their interpretations more closely for possible anomalies.

This is done on a gradient in creative processing. A person’s misconceptions exist along the line of fixations that may be in common with others around him. When he purposely mocks up things differently from how they are generally viewed, he finds his viewpoint to expand, and he can see fixations arising from agreements, and how they are affecting him. He then feels free and more independent to interpret his sense perceptions; but this appears very strange to him. As he understands this phenomenon, he gets used to it.

Hubbard says very dramatically, “A preclear who exteriorizes readily may find with a shock that he is not perceiving the MEST universe as he commonly supposes it should be perceived and quickly go back into his body to reassure himself…” Exteriorization does not mean that one leaves the body. It simply means that one is viewing without fixation on the body. This may be quite vivid and dramatic for a person who has not experienced this before.

The major advancement that Scientology has made over psychotherapy is not to tell the patient how he should think about his case. This allows the person to make up his own mind about things. Where a person cannot do so, Scientology simply makes the environment very safe for the person and encourages him to explore it on a gradient.

Hubbard says, “After a very large amount of auditing… He can further, without the aid of a body, move objects… ” This has not been demonstrated in Scientology even by Hubbard. So, if a Scientologist believes that, then he is probably doing this in his own universe. To me, the very idea of personal universe is brainwashing. There is only one universe that conforms to the principle of oneness.

Read the original materials for a description of how creative processing is done. The reader must question Hubbard’s assertion where they do not make sense. In creative processing, one may postulate whatever one wants, but only those postulates become real that conform to the principle of oneness.

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Comments

The above are the basic principles that Hubbard introduced at a time of transition from Dianetics to Scientology. Hubbard replaces the processing of facsimiles (as in Dianetics) by creative processing.

This time of transition was in 1952 when Hubbard formally introduced the THETA-MEST theory and Creative Processing at the Philadelphia Doctorate Course. The textbook used for this course was SCIENTOLOGY 8-8008. This is where Hubbard introduced the spiritual dimension of THETA and the goal of thetan, which was the beginning of Scientology.

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October 13, 2019 – 9:05 PM Categories: Scientology | Post a comment

SCN 8-8008: Be, Have and Do

Reference: The Book of Scientology

Be, Have and Do

Please see the original section at the link above.

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Summary

It appears that Having is a higher harmonic of Being after a change is brought about by Doing. In the universe, the beingness is represented by that, which is sensed. An example of this would be “thought.” A thought is being because it can be sensed. We may say that the thought condenses to appear as energy. With thought as beingness, condensation would be the doingness and energy would be the havingness. But then energy condenses further to appear as matter. In this cycle, the beingness is energy, the doingness is further condensation, and the havingness is matter.

The whole spectrum of substance from thought to energy to matter, can be represented by many cycles of BE-DO-HAVE. The extents of substance is represented by space that shrinks from thought-space to energy-space to matter space. The duration of substance is represented by time that becomes more enduring from thought-time to energy-time to matter-time. The explanation here is consistent with the theory of relativity of Einstein.

Hubbard says, “He [the physicist] has had to define time in terms of space and energy, space in terms of time and energy, and energy in terms of time and space, and matter as a combination of all three.” But, Einstein had already brought about a revolution in physics by defining substance-space-time as above. Energy and Matter were two categories of substance, to which we have now added Thought as the third category. Space and time now become evident as the characteristics of substance.

Hubbard defines self-determinism as, “the location of matter and energy in time and space, and the creation, change and destruction of time and space.” But energy and matter are located in the time and space of postulates, which are being created, changed and dissolved. The self itself is a construct of postulates. Therefore, self-determinism lies in the constraint imposed by the principle of oneness of postulates.

Hubbard says, “Space, time and energy in experience become Be, Have and Do, the component parts of experience itself.” But experience starts with sensing what is there—thought, energy, or matter. This is the BE component. The sensations are then assimilated together, which gives them meaning. This is the DO component. The outcome of assimilation is perception, which is the HAVE component. Therefore, BE-DO-HAVE, in experience, appears as “sensation-assimilation-perception.”

Hubbard says, “Space could be said to be BE. One can be in a space without change and without time; one can also be, without action.” This does not make sense because “to be in space,” is not the same thing as, “to be space.” The “self” which experiences, is the awareness that is sensing. This awareness is the thought-space that accompanies the postulate or thought. 

Hubbard says, “The essence of time is apparently possession. When possession ceases, the record of time ceases.” More accurately, the essence of time is duration and not possession. Of course, things under possession are enduring and, therefore, they exhibit time.  But things not under your possession are also enduring and exhibiting time. 

Hubbard lists words and phrases that provide the sense of past, present and future. These words and phrases are used to construct process commands. The past consists of changes that have come and gone. The present consists of changes that are occurring. The future consists of changes that are envisioned. The past is known by the sensations that continue forward as facsimiles because they did not get assimilated. Such facsimiles may continue even from one life cycle to the next, by riding on the genetic programming. When assimilated, the past sensations generate old perceptions and experience. A person may, therefore, think that he has lived before, but all we have are unassimilated impressions carried forward from the past.

Hubbard believes in the past lives of an individual, because to him an individuality is something fixed for eternity. He thinks that the individuality exists after the death of the body; but any such postulate may come from the unassimilated facsimiles that continue after death.

The space and time characteristics of substance appear as its relative motion. Hubbard sees that motion as DO. Hubbard says, “It requires beingness and havingness in order to achieve doingness.” The beingness can only be the substance, but Hubbard sees it as the “static of space.” The havingness would be envisioned outcome, but Hubbard sees it as the “kinetic of possession.” He sees thought, emotion or effort, as the various categories of doingness.

Hubbard observes, “The missing portions of the preclear’s past have to do with loss of something.” He is trying to figure out why a person is unable to recall all of his past. Essentially, he is questioning the presence of unassimilated facsimiles, because perception is fully recovered only when these facsimiles are assimilated.

Hubbard reasons, “Loss is always identified with HAVE, for if one doesn’t have, one cannot lose.” In truth, loss is identified with fixation on HAVE, and not with HAVE. Hubbard never understood the Eastern approach of Hinduism and Buddhism. He misinterpreted nirvana and criticized it.

Hubbard says, “Having and Being are often identified to the degree that many people attempt exclusively to Be only by Having.” Being and Having are harmonics of each other. They become aberrated only when there is fixation. As long as there are no fixations, be-have-do maintain a balance.

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Comments


Hubbard relates BE-HAVE-DO to space-time-energy. But such analogy needs to be updated in the light of the modern definitions according to the theory of relativity of Einstein. The human characteristics of BE-HAVE-DO maintain a natural balance according to the principle of oneness, as long as there are no fixations. The improvement in any human condition is brought about by recognizing and reducing fixations.

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October 11, 2019 – 4:50 PM Categories: Scientology | Post a comment

SCN 8-8008: Creation and Destruction

Reference: The Book of Scientology

Creation and Destruction

Please see the original section at the link above.

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Summary

Both creation and destruction arise from change only; the change comes from postulates; and the postulates are there to maintain the oneness of reality. The “self” in self-determinism is itself a construct of postulates. So, the goal of theta and self-determinism may be seen as “the oneness of postulates.”

Hubbard says, “Theta has the capability of locating matter and energy in time and space and of creating time and space.” Theta was originally postulated by Hubbard as the unknowable in the equation of life. It remains unknowable no matter what postulates are assigned to it. Therefore, we shall call theta, the Unknowable.

Matter and energy are merely different categories of substance as shown by Einstein. The basic category of substance that has been overlooked is thought. Substance is anything substantial enough to be sensed. Thought, energy and matter are part of the spectrum of substance. This is yet to be recognized by science, and philosophy. 

Time and space are erroneously viewed as independent of substance. Actually, space denotes the extent of substance. The empty space may be empty of matter, but it denotes the extent of energy and thought. This means that matter movers through energy and thought. On the other hand, time denotes the duration of substance. This has implications in terms of motion. Thought appears to move much faster than energy, and energy appears to move much faster than matter.

We may then summarize Hubbard’s statement above to mean that reality consists of postulates from Unknowable source. The postulates provide the appearance of substance (thought, energy and matter) that have relative extents and durations. Anything that we may add to it will be just another postulate. Any change will appear as the motion of substance in terms of its relative space and time. We see that as action.

Using Hubbard’s formulation we may say that we have an interacting triangle of substance-space-time. On the spectrum, the substance condenses from thought to energy to matter. As it does so, the space shrinks and time becomes more enduring. The changes lead to the cycle of creation, growth, conservation, decay and destruction. This cycle may be abbreviated as start-change-stop. Destruction is followed by creation. Stop is followed by start.

Hubbard evaluates good and bad in terms of construction and destruction but a better evaluation appears to be in terms of the elimination of anomalies and movement towards oneness of postulates. In oneness there is a balance of all activities such that they make sense. When there is a fixation, such as, not be able to create or destroy something, a balance is difficult to achieve and insanity results. We may, therefore, assess a person by looking for fixations in his activities on the first four dynamics.

Hubbard believes that every man is his own universe and possesses within himself all the capabilities of a universe. Of course, a person has the ability to postulate anything as long as he abides by the constraint of oneness. The universe enforces that constraint, so a person cannot just postulate arbitrarily.

Hubbard proposes a process that assesses creation and destruction on dynamics to discover hidden compulsions and obsessions on the part of a person. Instead of the principle of oneness, he proposes a sense of ethics, which generally exists only as an arbitrary code of conduct not necessarily related to reason. 

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Comments

Hubbard inability to achieve complete success with his processes boils down to him not understanding the scientific criterion of oneness (continuity, consistency, harmony).

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October 10, 2019 – 8:51 AM Categories: Scientology | Post a comment

SCN 8-8008: The Anatomy of Space

Reference: The Book of Scientology

The Anatomy of Space

Please see the original section at the link above.

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Summary

Hubbard says, “Before energy can exist in this universe, space must exist.” It appears that space represents the extents of substance, where the spectrum of substance consists of thought, energy and matter. Initially, when there is a postulate made up of thought, space appears as the extents of that postulate. So space exists only as the extents of some postulate. Energy comes about with condensation of postulates.

Hubbard says, “His inability to create space is one of the most aberrative characteristics of the thetan…” This means that a person’s inability to postulate is his most aberrative characteristics. Hubbard’s concept of thetan represents the beingness of the person, which results from postulates.

Hubbard says, “He has become reduced to a point… for he has no space of his own but must depend upon bodies and other conditions to believe that he has space.” Actually, the thetan, as a thought, has much larger space than the material body. The apparent lack of space is due to the fixation of attention. When a thetan has no space, it means that all his awareness has condensed into energy and matter, for example, the body and its actions. In other words, all his thinking is identified with physical manifestations and he can’t think independently. 

Hubbard says, “The assignation of dimension is the essence of space, but even before dimension can be assigned, one must have viewpoint.” More simply, a person’s space is his awareness of what is there; and the viewpoint is how that awareness is framed. The viewpoint is determined by the persons postulates; and his freedom to change that viewpoint is limited by his fixations. So, the essence of space is the person’s ability to postulate and become aware.

Hubbard says, “The preclear has a viewpoint and is the centre of that viewpoint… Where he is aware of being aware is, however, his central viewpoint… he is yet as himself the centre of assignation of dimension where he is and as he is.” As stated above, a viewpoint provides the framework to a person’s awareness. It is made up of postulates pertaining to that subject or situation. The “center” of that viewpoint is, obviously, a postulate. Hubbard believes that “center” to be the location of the person’s beingness. Therefore, not only the thetan, but also its location, is a postulate. Whether a person is in or out of the body, depends on postulates and the condition of fixation.

To exteriorize from body, the person needs to become aware of the postulate that is keeping him fixated to the body. This postulate would be at the center of his viewpoint about his body, or about bodies in general. The person may start by examining his surroundings to extrovert his attention. He spots ridges (resistance to extroversion) and dissolves them. (See SOP Issue 3, Step IV). One may do creative processing as suggested in this section to finally exteriorize.

Creative processing (visualizing postulates) is very different from facsimile running. When one is attempting to handle a fixed viewpoint, it is best done with creative processing, not by running facsimiles.

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Comments

Hubbard has his own definitions for space and time. All you need to know is that space represents the extents of a postulate; and, time represents the duration of a postulate. The postulates provide the frame of reference called the viewpoint. The viewpoint monitors our awareness. The center of that viewpoint may be considered our beingness.

Drills with space are actually drills that exercise the viewpoint. The purpose of exteriorization is to expand the viewpoint beyond the frame of reference provided by the body. If a person cannot do this then have him question everything that he is taking for granted, until all understanding becomes a oneness. 

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October 9, 2019 – 3:48 PM Categories: Scientology | Post a comment

SCN 8-8008: General Processing

Reference: The Book of Scientology

General Processing

Please see the original section at the link above.

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Summary

Hubbard says, “Anything which rehabilitates the self-determinism of a preclear… is valid processing.” It seems that processing is valid only when it reduces the fixation of the person, because fixations prevent the person from perceiving and lead to aberrations. Reducing fixation is a better criterion than rehabilitating self-determinism, because “self” in self-determinism can be a fixation.

Hubbard says, “I have concluded that those processes which make it possible for the preclear to disagree with the MEST universe also make it possible for him to handle the MEST universe.” This is Hubbard’s view of creative processing. But, the creative processing seems to resolve a person’s fixations on the MEST universe by helping him discover his misconceptions.

To Hubbard, improvement is increasing the ability of a person to control his environment. It is to improve the person’s ability to postulate and reason instead of addressing his physical disabilities. The body is just a programmed entity that operates on a stimulus-response basis. It is a tool for the person to control. Once the person is more able, he can take care of the body. Hubbard believes that the ability to postulate and reason can be improved independently of the body. He even believes that the person can operate without the body. 

Hubbard says, “[MEST] is found to possess a craving which does not make the MEST alive but which speaks of that which made the MEST… The body’s being composed of such energy makes it feel as though it is holding on to the thetan.” Thus, Hubbard postulates a tension that a person must overcome with respect to his body. Hubbard doesn’t look at “body-mind-spirit” as a single system. He separates “body with its reactions” from “spirit with its faculties” as if they are two independent entities.. 

Hubbard says, “Processing must resolve this havingness on the part of matter, and the commandingness on the part of space.” He postulates MEST to be the product of theta, but can’t understand why MEST is so overwhelming. He protests against the law of conservation of energy and matter; and desperately wants for theta to be able to create and control MEST unconditionally. This is an arbitrary postulate.

Hubbard postulates that the MEST laws are based solely upon agreement of individual beingnesses; and so it should be possible to abolish the natural laws by disagreeing with them. This, again, is an arbitrary postulate.

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Comments

The universe is basically a manifestation of the principle of Oneness from which it derives its cohesiveness and strength. But, Hubbard forcefully rejects oneness as the overall constraint for the sane evolution of the universe. He is unwilling to confront and understand the MEST universe, and rejects it outright. 

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October 8, 2019 – 5:09 PM Categories: Scientology | Post a comment