Okay. Now take another look at the same thing BUT this time from the perspective that you are not a biological organism but are instead an immortal spirit. The latter view is that which forms the basis of scientology and is hence a necessary aspect to understanding hubbard's idea.
Mark A. Baker
There are two different ways the
immortal spirit can look at all the rest of it (any aspect of manifested anything).
He, or she, or it (since were talking from the viewpoint of what is fundamentally an invisible nothingness - unless it considers something otherwise) can either:
1) choose to be interested and concerned with some part of the illusion, and work in some way to "help", "make", "contribute towards" or "cause" some arbitrary aspect of all-that-is to CONTINUE or NOT in some way, or
2) REMAIN primarily conscious of Self as the
immortal spirit, with very little or NO attention of any meaningful sort added to ANY aspect of the fleeting reality known as "this universe". In other words, your stance is totally "let it be", and you have abandoned, jettisoned, annihilated or let go of any attention on assisiting ANYTHING in surviving (out of any "urge" that cannot be turned on and off at will by yourself). See, Mark, if you truly ARE viewing FROM the viewpoint of the
immortal spirit, all the rest of manifested anything is basically a MOCK-UP (Vedic: illusion, Maya). If one has arrived at all, then he or she will not have any serious degree or amount of attention on ANYTHING.
A
legit spiritual path (my arbitrary here, my expression of value) would lead to number 2, and all the rest - the pretenders, and those who aren't even trying - lead to some version of number 1. The practice of Scientology
usually leads to some version of number 1.
Mark, one need not consider him or herself to be a biological orgasm to become or be "stuck in the idea" and "act compulsively to assist the survival of said organism". That does occur, but one can be well "outside the body" and view all other things as "not itself", and still allow over-attention and significance to pull one away from the simple fact of what he, she or it REALLY is - an
immortal spirit. And, this
immortal spirit can even be entirely separate from a body, even without a body, and while in the vicinity of MEST, still happily imagine all sorts of realities, restrictions and limitations, and still harbor all sorts of identifications and associations with Self. The "body" is just the FIRST RUNG of the ladder!
Of course,
if this model is totally wrong, and this "mapping" (model) of "what is" into 1) some immortal thingie that minimally animates, even possibly creates/created everthing else, and that acts with and through 2) all of the aspects of the universe (which is basically of the nature of "make-believe" - from the viewpoint of the
immortal spirit), well,
then NEVER-MIND!!!!!!!!!!
In the end NOBODY has a clue what the REAL nature of it all is. For all I know there REALLY is some tyrannical Jehovah-type God sitting on a big golden throne in Heaven who has MAJOR hissy-fits when his created "children" (human beings) don't give him intense attention, loud praise, constant thanks and sincere worship (He must be having a hemorrhage as I type these words, and Satan must be smiling).
But, for me, after all I have studied and contacted, I choose to ARBITRARILY, at least for now, maybe even temporarily, go with the notion that 1) the basis of consciousness is some quality of "awareness", 2) this awareness
may possibly be immortal (it doesn't matter really because whether it is or isn't, mind & awareness are entirely invisible to physical reality and there is a long way to go between
here and
there), and that this "awareness"
interacts with 3) the many manifested aspects of the various universes (physical, mental, emotional, imaginative, etc.). This immortal spirit
may have created the very stuff that it imagines itself to be "stuck in" and "participates with". That makes it a bit trickier, but even forgetting THAT and leaving it unanswered for the moment, that the immortal spirit
may have in some way created all-that-is, the BIG PROBLEM always comes down to some version of the
spirit (whether immortal or not), which is basically a big "nothingness", getting confused and mis-identifying with it some aspect of the manifested universes. I don't think it can be stated any simpler. Not even in Hinduism or Buddhism.
Any legitimate spiritual path helps to remove that which has been resulting in mis-identification, allowing the spirit to, as a constant state of consciousness,
primarily be aware of its own immense, calm, and serene awareness. It becomes the natural constant "background" for an entity who has achieved this - amazing calm, peace, serenity, expansive space, etc. Possibly, for all practical purposes, this person is no longer "human", but he or she in no way EVER imagines itself superior or better than anything - it doesn't imagine or add anything to the mix at all.
All bogus paths ADD to and increase mis-identification with things the spirit is not (anything):
I am a Scientologist
I am helping to clear the planet
OTs are better and more ethical than others, and I will become one
As I see it, and of course, I could be entirely wrong, a correct path involves:
Let It Be
There is no concern, aim, attention on or intention to cause ANYTHING to survive or not survive. There is ONLY one option if there is any truth to the above, and that is to walk the razor-edged tightrope where one lives and acts in life, even enegetically, yet still maintains and NEVER breaks the serene ocean of internal awareness that is IT.
But then, WHO has acheived THAT, and is it also just another ideal that cannot ever be reached? But, you won't know, I suppose, unless you try.