"In all the vast space of the MEST universe, there is a terrible booby trap that nobody ever noticed for some odd reason. In fact, I can tell you now that our research has conclusively proven that there is a very good reason nobody ever stumbled upon it--because "it" is not an "it, don't you see? It was not meant to be seen or perceived. It was not even part of the MEST universe. How can this be? Because, and note this very well indeed--it was an intention. That's what lays beneath the trap that beings quite happily fell into. Intention, now isn't that fascinating. What intention could possibly trap a one billion horsepower thetan? Well, it is the un-seen, un-inspected intention. Naturally I am speaking here about a subject that no man has ever discussed, so if you are feeling a little unsettled, there is a very good reason, you are not supposed to know about this secret. The intentions that have covertly hog-tied the spirit of man are the intentions left behind by the beings that went before him. That's the best trap ever conceived of in the history of this universe. Some fella back in the Star Mist Galaxy or whatever they named it, well he was doing just fine, soaring through some planetary system at speeds greater than the speed of light. And this fella hits the rocket accelerator when he was supposed to hit the brake or some meaningless little goof--and his whole rig explodes and that's the end of him. Well, not entirely it seems. Because after the explosion even though his MEST body is gone, his final thought is still imprinted on the physical world at that very location. Sort of a thetan blood splatter left on the sidewalk where he got flattened. Yes, well, he thought at that moment, "I'm never going to accelerate because braking is much safer!" Don't you see the random madness of how that intention just sticks to the physical world at that moment because it's a pro-survival conclusion that the being considers indispensable to his future survival. Well, a couple hundred million years later they've built a supermarket at that location and someone is walking through the parking lot and they begin to get this awful queasy feeling, because they unknowingly walked right through that location where the intention was hung up. Zoing! And they think to themselves, maybe I shouldn't be trying to get ahead so much in my work, maybe I should hit the brake and be more careful so I don't lose my job or my health. It's complete madness, do you see? They are now wearing that ancient intention, it's stuck to their thetan like that kids' game of tag---you know, "you're it!". And boy is he ever "it" because he's now doing a life continuum for that intention and he will not let go of it because the intention itself has the patina and promise of helping him survive. When you find and unglue yourself from one of those abandoned intentions, you will suddenly experience the greatest thetan booster anyone ever imagined!" (- LRH audio briefing; Philadelphia Graduation talk of 4/01/53)
