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This walking meditation extroverts the mind while allowing senses to become clear and sharp. You may practice this meditation when you are having trouble meditating in a sitting position. Make sure you walk in a pleasant and safe place.

Meditation Exercise:

Walking Meditation on Environment

Purpose:

To extrovert the mind while improving the perception of the environment.

Pre-requisites:

Study Walking Meditation

Instructions:

Find a safe and pleasant environment, such as, a farm, park or a garden where you may spend half an hour. Start walking leisurely. Become aware of your natural breathing. Start noticing the environment around you. Notice the size, shape and color of the things and their overall visual pattern. Look as far as you can see.
Next focus on the perception of touch. Touch the bench, the swing, the bark of the trees, the leaves of the plants, the flowers, and other surfaces. Feel the different textures, the hot and cold temperatures, and the bulkiness of objects. Experience as much as you can.
Then start putting your attention on the perception of hearing. Notice the quality, tone and loudness of sounds. Do this until your perception of hearing start to become clearer.
All this while, you use your breathing as the stabilizing factor. In other words, whenever your attention strays you bring it back to your breathing and then start noticing the environment again through the perceptions of sight, touch and hearing.
Continue this exercise for at least 20 minute. At the end of your walk you may go to a coffee or tea place. There you observe the perceptions of taste and smell in addition to the perceptions above.
You may repeat this exercise as often as you wish.

End of Exercise:

When attention is extroverted and the perceptions have become sharper, this exercise may be ended.

August 9, 2019 – 5:01 PM Categories: Meditation | Post a comment

Physics & Reality

Our reality is determined by what we sense. We have five primary senses that we call physical and a mental sense that gives meaning to the physical senses. Logic and mathematics are part of the mental sense. The coordination among these six senses, such that there are no inconsistencies, determines the most optimum reality. See Objective & Subjective Reality.

To improve reality from a scientific perspective, we must locate inconsistencies in our scientific theories and resolve them.

Classical versus Quantum Reality

Currently, we have inconsistency between classical and quantum realities. There is a sudden discontinuity of reality from classical to quantum.

The starting concept in classical physics is SUBSTANCE. All other concepts are derived from the idea of substance. For example, kinetic energy is the motion of substance; potential energy is the tension of substance; momentum is the impact of substance.

The primary characteristic of this substance is mass. We can detect mass through our physical senses as “force”. This forms the basis of our classical reality. The concept of substance, however, stops at the idea of atom, which is considered to be indivisible.

The starting concept in quantum physics is the LIGHT QUANTUM. All other concepts seem to be borrowed from classical physics but presented as an extension of the idea of quantum. For example, quantum is defined as an “energy particle”, with no substance (mass). This jars our classical sensibilities. How can there be kinetic energy without any substance in motion? Or, how can there be potential energy without any substance in tension?

When we dig further, we find that, in quantum physics, the concept of substance is replaced by a Standard Model of Elementary Particles. But these particles do not have the classical characteristic of mass and volume. Instead, those characteristics are replaced by all manner of quantum numbers.

In Quantum physics, the reality of mass and volume of substance, is replaced by quantum numbers that can be sensed mentally (mathematically) only.

In other words, we no longer have our physical senses participating in the determination of quantum reality. This is the inconsistency that we are confronted with in physics today.

Resolving the Inconsistency

Our ideas of physical phenomena are based on our interactions with it. These interactions are perceived as FORCE by our physical and mental senses. These forces are interpreted as substance (mass) at the most basic level. This forms the basis of the classical reality.

If matter is substance then light is no less a substance, because both interact with our senses the same way. Newton’s corpuscular theory treated light as a substance that flowed very rapidly. Matter, being a substance, obviously had mass. Light was also a substance, but of ephemeral type, that had infinitesimal mass.

Quantum physics, on the other hand, drops the concept of substance (mass) beyond the idea of atom. Instead of mass, it employs a mathematical principle of “mass-energy equivalence” to define quantum as an “energy particle”. Thus, quantum reality builds itself up on the basis of energy that consists of a mathematical interpretation of the physical forces of interactions that we sense. Light, therefore, is considered to have no mass.

The basis of classical reality is the interpretation of forces that interact with our senses as substance (mass). The basis of quantum reality is the interpretation of the same forces as a mathematical formulation of “energy”.

It may be possible to resolve the inconsistency in reality by relating this mathematical formulation of “energy” back to the concept of substance (mass).

August 7, 2019 – 3:17 PM Categories: Physics Book | Post a comment

SCN 8-8008: Standard Operating Procedure, Issue 3

Reference: The Book of Scientology

Standard Operating Procedure, Issue 3

Please see the original section at the link above.

Summary

Here we have the very first Scientology Grade Chart. The goal is to accomplish Step I. Other steps are there to help you accomplish Step I. Once you are progressing well on Step I, you may continue to apply it to various aspects of your life. These steps are as follows from the viewpoint of Subject clearing.

NOTE: Under the section CREATIVE PROCESSING Hubbard says:
“Using Standard Operating Procedure, Issue 3, as given in this volume, the auditor yet takes a very thorough assessment of his preclear with an E-Meter. He discovers, in accordance with information in this book, what the preclear is unable to start, change, stop; create, alter, destroy; be, do or have; differentiate, associate or identify; on each and every one of the eight dynamics and their component parts. The auditor makes a complete list. This is the Can’t list. Exteriorized, if possible, or interiorized as in the later numbered cases, the preclear is then made to “mock-up” illusions about each one of these Can’ts and to change the size, character and position of the illusion or any part thereof in space, shift it in time simply by knowing it has been shifted by him, until at last the preclear is able to handle the whole object of the Can’t with complete facility.”

STEP VII—PRESENT TIME BODY ORIENTATION: The purpose is to orient your attention by having you recognize, first, the parts of your body; then the things in the room; and then the geography of your location. There is no thinking involved here. The whole idea is to get in intimate touch with present reality by directly experiencing it through physical senses. After you complete this step, go to step VI.

STEP VI—ARC STRAIGHT WIRE: The purpose is to orient you, first, to your real memories; and then to your imagination that is not real. Locks are minor incidents of misunderstanding where attention gets stuck. You alternately recall a lock from your memory, and then consciously imagine something that did not happen. Do this until you can comfortably differentiate between the real and the imaginary. Upon completion, go to Step I. If there is any difficulty, go to Step VII.

STEP V—BLACK AND WHITE CONTROL PROCESSING: The purpose of this step is to overcome resistance to postulating. Make a list of what you would, or would not, create or destroy. Write down items in the order they come to your mind. Select an item that would not create, or not destroy. Visualize to create what you would not create, or visualize to destroy what you would not destroy. Do it lightly and on a gradient so it is fun. Do this with all such items on your list. In the next part of this step, you work to overcome the fear of unknown. Mock up stuff that is unclear and confusing (black spots, black crosses, etc.). Then mock up and stuff that is clear and understandable (white spots, white crosses, etc.). Do creative processing with these items as described in the materials. Do as much as you can. Do it lightly and on a gradient so it is fun. There may be “black” things that introvert your attention, such as, sickness, criminality, police, secrets, etc. Mix them up with “white” things that help extrovert your attention. Continue to mock up this stuff and move it around, until your attention extroverts. Do lot of creative processing as described in a subsequent section. Then go to step I. If there is any difficulty, go to Step VI.

STEP IV—RIDGE RUNNING: The purpose of this step is to overcome ridges in the mind. Ridges are fixations where attention gets stuck and it is difficult to move through. It may be something you are holding on to, and which is difficult to let go. The confusion in these areas appears as “black,” and the clarity of understanding as “white.” Black may also appear when nothing is there. Start on this step by giving yourself the command to walk. Wait to see if this command runs into any resistance in the mind. If so then locate the ridge, such as, “Can’t walk” or “Too bored to walk.” Put attention on this ridge along with the original command “to walk” until the ridge dissolves. Then give the command to walk again. Do this until all the ridges to this command have dissolved. Repeat this procedure with commands, “Listen,” “Talk,” “Nod,” “Move,” etc. Take up “Look” as the last command. If you can do all this, start with Step I again. If there is any difficulty, go to Step V.

Step III—SPACE PROCESSING: The purpose of this step is to free your viewpoint from the fixations with respect to the body. Usually the viewpoint is fixated on the body. Visualize yourself inside the body in the same orientation. Visualize yourself inside the body with feet upwards, and then gradually turn the feet around. Continue with the visualizations as suggested in the materials. You may visualize skydiving and bungee jumping, falling upwards, flying like superman, etc. You may visualize yourself inside animal bodies or even in the bodies of other people. See what happens when you do so. Finally, assume your normal orientation inside your body and go to step 1.

STEP II—BY ORIENTATION: The purpose of this step is to extrovert the attention with respect to the body in a very direct manner. These are all mental visualizations but they do enlarge the viewpoint with respect to the body. Here one is imagining assistance of various “beams” to move one’s viewpoint around as if it is something physical. It is pushing and pulling oneself out of the back of the head. It is raising and lowering oneself while outside and to move to various parts of the room while still outside. But these are just postulates. This is what an artist, architect or a scientist commonly does without even thinking about it. “Old lines with terminals fixed to him” are instances of your attention being fixed on certain people, things, places, etc., due to past incomplete communications. By consciously putting attention on such instances you can drain them of their influence. The influence exists only because of your unawareness. Hubbard makes this dramatic so it appeals to people at lower tone levels. If you can do all this, go to Step I. If there is any difficulty, go to Step III.

Step I—-POSITIVE EXTERIORIZING: This step is to dramatically free your attention completely from any fixation on the body. Most people have their attention fixed at the center of their head. If it can be anywhere else, it is a big deal. You command yourself to be a foot back of your head. If this happens then you follow up with actions as described in the materials. This can be a breakthrough for some people, though it is a common action for artists and other professionals to place their viewpoint at other locations. About repairing items in the body, it is a matter of putting attention at that location and simply applying the discipline of Subject Clearing. About creating and destroying your own illusions, consider the postulates that come to your mind and examine them against the principle of oneness. This is an ongoing process. It should be combined with general subject clearing. If there is any difficulty, go to Step II.

Comments

Here we have the very first Scientology Grade Chart. The goal is to accomplish Step I. Other steps are there to help you accomplish Step I. Once you are progressing well on Step 1, you may continue to apply it to any and all aspects of your life.

There is a lot covered in the steps above. Familiarize yourself with the whole book before attempting this SOP.

August 5, 2019 – 5:02 PM Categories: Scientology | Comments (1)

SCN 8-8008: Creative Processing (Introduction)

Reference: The Book of Scientology

Creative Processing (Introduction)

Please see the original section at the link above.

Summary

I shall quote this whole section here:

Standard Operating Procedure for theta clearing is the backbone of processing in Scientology. It is easily followed but the auditor should have an excellent command of all types of processing in order to use it more successfully.

SOP is most easily done and most successfully by an auditor who is a theta clear. Auditors, who are not theta clear, seldom understand it, and a low-toned uncleared auditor who cannot himself leave his body very often acts to pin a preclear inside his body. It is noteworthy that many auditors have been unable to obtain successes with theta clearing before they themselves have been cleared, but immediately after the auditor was cleared, he was successful with each successive case without exception. The fear of some thetans from various causes of leaving the body causes the auditor—who is the thetan—to make other thetans stay in bodies, and it is actually quite dangerous to be audited by auditors who are not theta clears. The process is not dangerous; uncleared auditors are.

Comments

Creative processing divorces all thought from thought of the MEST universe and follows out along a line of the rehabilitation of one’s own universe without attention to the MEST universe. It underlies the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for theta clearing.

SOP does not directly address the physical health of the body, but focuses on improving the viewpoint of the person. The purpose of theta clearing is to stably exteriorize the thetan. To Hubbard this is literally have a thetan existing stably outside the body. But the whole idea is to stably extrovert the attention of the person.

Hubbard is essentially observing that an introverted auditor cannot help another person extrovert. In Subject clearing, this problem is eliminated by the person auditing himself.

August 3, 2019 – 10:05 AM Categories: Scientology | Post a comment

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I–Basic Meditation

Introduction to Meditation (Old) (R)

Posture in Meditation (Old) (R)

Posture in Mindfulness Meditation (R)

THE BASICS OF LOOKING (R)

The Basics of Meditation (old) (R)

Settling the Mind (R)

Unwinding the Mind (R)

The Meaning of Enlightenment (R)

Introduction to Meditation (R-current)

Posture in Meditation (R-current)

The Basics of Meditation (R-current)

I–Basic Meditation Exercises

Exercise: Reaction to Locations (R)

TR0 and Mindfulness (obsolete) (R)

TR0 and Mindfulness (R)

Walking and Mindfulness (R)

Exercise: Meditative Posture (R-current)

Exercise: Being There (R-current)

Exercise: Confronting (R-current)

II–Discipline of Mindfulness

INTRODUCTION TO LOOKING (R)

COMMENTS ON LOOKING (R)

KHTK 1A: LOOKING: INTRODUCTION (R)

The Discipline of Mindfulness (R)

The Premise of KHTK (R)

Inconsistency Defined (R)

The 12 Aspects of Mindfulness (V1) (R)

TRAINING IN MINDFULNESS (OLD) (R)

Training in Mindfulness (R)

Mindfulness (R-current)

The 12 Aspects of Mindfulness (R-current)

The 3 Rules of Mindfulness (R-current)

II–Discipline Exercises

EXERCISE: Technique of Mindfulness (R)

Mindfulness 0: See Things as They are (R)

Observe without Desires (R)

Observe without Assuming (R)

Observe what is Missing (R)

Exercises: Mindfulness (Set 1) (R)

Observe the Incomprehensible (R)

Observe all Senses (R)

Let the Mind Un-stack (R)

Exercises: Mindfulness (Set 2) (R)

Experience Fully (R)

Do not suppress (R)

Associate Data freely (R)

Exercises: Mindfulness (Set 3) (R)

Observe beyond Name and Form (R)

Contemplate thoughtfully (R)

Let it be effortless (R)

Exercises: Mindfulness (Set 4) (R)

III–Theory of the Mind

Emptiness (R)

Continuity, Harmony and Consistency (R)

Mindfulness C: Continuity, Harmony & Consistency (R)

From Chaos to Order (R)

From Chaos to Order (old) (R)

The Mind as a Matrix (old) (R)

The Mind as a Matrix (R)

PERCEPTION (R)

Mind in Mindfulness (R)

OT 1948: An Analogy of the Mind (R)

III–Mind Exercises

Mindfulness Applications

Mindfulness in Mental Objects (Enlightenment) (R)

Mindfulness Therapy

Level 0 Therapy

Mindfulness Applications

How to use KHTK Mindfulness (R)

Other

A View on Enlightenment (R)

Classical versus Quantum Reality

Resolving the Inconsistency

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