Gadfly
Crusader
I stumbled across a cool observation today. Bear with, as this is pretty cool, and cuts to the very heart of the Scientology approach to all things.
Idea #1:
Hubbard wrote books like 8-8008 which are based on the idea that Man's current state is very bad, involving the notion that the physical universe currently exists as "everything", and YOUR (subjective) universe is "nothing". The theme of the book is to move the thetan from "total effect of MEST" (zero), up to an "infinity of cause" (8). The idea is that through various techniques and processes the thetan can gain newly or rehabilitate various "abilities" that will bring the thetan up to a state where its own considerations and postulates will supersede the "MEST universe" and other universes. This game is all about and ONLY about some individual ascending to some height of power where it can easily "force" its considerations and postulates" on others" simply by "mocking them up".
This is actually what some or many Scientology members desire. They want to be able to have "his or her own reality" overwhelm and supersede everybody else's. The whole idea about "making your postulates stick" is supposed to transcend the subjective and run over into the objective. It is almost always framed as a "war of some kind where the "bigger thetan" will "win". This "game of life" of Hubbard's is VERY competitive, and one can and must do everything and anything to "win". The goal of auditing is to have YOUR universe attain a near infinity of "influence" and "control", and the subservient other universes and the MEST universe become a near zero "influence", unable to "affect you".
This is really a dumb idea to have as a goal, but it IS a key goal of Scientology as defined by Hubbard.
Idea #2:
Hubbard spent his whole life taking the view that he could "postulate anything as true and have it be true". He took the idea that he could "mock up" (make-up) anything, and have it supersede the oppressive MEST universe of agreement. This is very much in the vein of 8-8008 and the basic theories of Scientology where the theory states that "all mechanics are junior to postulates, considerations and agreements". He took the idea that he could postulate something as an "is-ness", and if he could round up enough "agreement", that it would "turn into reality". This is a "magician at work". It is the Dark Arts in motion where some "wizard" is trying to "mold" the reality into HIS image through manipulations of gaining agreement.
So, looking at the two ideas above, now look at the FACT of Hubbard's "image" and "legacy".
Obviously Hubbard failed at applying his own crazy theories. If they can't work for the guy who "invented them", how they hell are they going "to work" for anybody else? The ONLY thing that worked for Hubbard was his SCAM, at least for awhile. Anyway, look at Hubbard's "image". Scientology is probably experiencing the absolute WORSE PR image in its entire history. MANY people have now read one or more books critical of Hubbard and Scientology. Many people have read online or in-print exposes of the Church of Scientology. Talk show hosts make jokes about Scientology. It is largely a JOKE to most people.
Hubbard went so far as to build entire departments of the Scientology organization, with representatives at INT levels, whose entire purpose is to "make known and forward the great works, wonderful products, humanitarian efforts and discoveries of the genius L. Ron Hubbard". In the "real world", people get known and thought well of because "in a free market place with usual promotion and push", their popularity "naturally" rises or falls. But, with Hubbard he has had VERY EXCESSIVE promotion, over-the-top high pressure book-buying programs that exaggerate "real demand", and even Sea Org members lobbying local governments for "parks and roads" with "L. Ron Hubbard" as part of the name. The point is that with Hubbard there has been an extraordinary PUSH to "make him well known and well thought of". Whatever "image" he did gain, at whatever moment it might have been even slightly "decent", this image was ONLY achieved through incredible effort of an organization, and his image was NEVER the result of "the natural likes of the general population manifesting and unfolding without extreme manipulation and controlling".
Realize that MUCH of LRH's image IS A LIE - it is largely a "mock-up", a "postulate" that happens NOT to align with the facts of that horrible MEST universe. Many of the details of Hubbard's "official biography" are either gross exaggerations or flat out fairy-tale lies, and all of Hubbard's less than savory past shenanigans/misdeeds/lies are ignored, omitted and relegated to the garbage bin of history. The "LRH image, as presented by the Church of Scientology is a "mock-up" in the purest sense of the word - it is the figment of ones imagination. It is "make-believe". It exists in the "theta" world of "postulates" and "ideas". But, it is NOT "real", not because it lacks agreement but because the "facts" presented about Hubbard are really LIES that contradict ACTUAL HISTORICAL EVENTS.
So, Hubbard, with all he knew, and even with an entire BILLION-DOLLAR organization propping up his "image" and "mocking him up" to be so many wonderful things, has FAILED. The notion of getting out there, INTENDING, POSTULATING, AND FORWARD "CONSIDERATIONS" directly in the face of the "agreed upon reality" of the MEST universe, with Tone 40, and certainty, is severely flawed. One cannot "spit in the face of observable facts" as far as the MEST universe is concerned. The notion that a thetan can simply "mock up" realities and have others "accept and see the mock ups" is such a DUMB idea, first to believe in or think valuable, and second, to worry about achieving as a MAIN CONCERN in life. The basic "slant" of Scientology is out of whack. This goes back to the earliest 1950s lectures.
Jim Croce wrote a song called, "Don't Mess With Jim". A great line was "don't tug on Superman's cape, don't piss into the wind". The idea was that there are certain things that you just DON'T DO. It is the "way things are set up" and all your wonderful postulates and considerations will NEVER change them - you are PART of them. Trying to put up mock-ups in the face of direct contradictory evidence that is boldly standing out there in the agreed-upon MEST universe is NUTS. But, that IS Scientology. That is a GOAL of Scientology.
There are a few things to learn from this.
The solution to life is NOT in overwhelming it, controlling it, making it subservient to your "responsibility", or steam-rolling out into greater and greater spheres of responsibility, and making yourself "master" over "MEST". That is an entirely wrong goal. THAT is a MAJOR FLAW, which sets it up to fail right from the start, for Scientology.
The solution to life is to "get along with it". The key is to NOT "resist". The "path of non-resistance" IS incompatible with Scientology, and THAT makes Scientology VERY FUCKED as a philosophy. The universe IS "bigger than you", and understanding how you "fit in" and "how you relate to the Universe" is FAR more important than aiming to "gain control over it".
YOU are PART of the primordial breath that is coursing through every particle of this Universe. You are an integral PART of it. But, you can and never will "master it", because "you" are but a speck of sand to the WHOLE. To me, as I see it, a legitimate spiritual path focuses on how YOU can "fit in to that", and NOT how you can make all of it conform to YOUR "certainties". The last three paragraphs are my (current) opinion.
It may be some sort of "spiritual truth" though, where one needs to walk one of these paths of "personal power, gain and achievement" (like Scientology), so that one can finally transcend THAT, move forward and LEAVE IT FAR BEHIND. In other words, "religions" or philosophies like Scientology are something one needs to GROW OUT OF.
Idea #1:
Hubbard wrote books like 8-8008 which are based on the idea that Man's current state is very bad, involving the notion that the physical universe currently exists as "everything", and YOUR (subjective) universe is "nothing". The theme of the book is to move the thetan from "total effect of MEST" (zero), up to an "infinity of cause" (8). The idea is that through various techniques and processes the thetan can gain newly or rehabilitate various "abilities" that will bring the thetan up to a state where its own considerations and postulates will supersede the "MEST universe" and other universes. This game is all about and ONLY about some individual ascending to some height of power where it can easily "force" its considerations and postulates" on others" simply by "mocking them up".
This is actually what some or many Scientology members desire. They want to be able to have "his or her own reality" overwhelm and supersede everybody else's. The whole idea about "making your postulates stick" is supposed to transcend the subjective and run over into the objective. It is almost always framed as a "war of some kind where the "bigger thetan" will "win". This "game of life" of Hubbard's is VERY competitive, and one can and must do everything and anything to "win". The goal of auditing is to have YOUR universe attain a near infinity of "influence" and "control", and the subservient other universes and the MEST universe become a near zero "influence", unable to "affect you".
This is really a dumb idea to have as a goal, but it IS a key goal of Scientology as defined by Hubbard.
Idea #2:
Hubbard spent his whole life taking the view that he could "postulate anything as true and have it be true". He took the idea that he could "mock up" (make-up) anything, and have it supersede the oppressive MEST universe of agreement. This is very much in the vein of 8-8008 and the basic theories of Scientology where the theory states that "all mechanics are junior to postulates, considerations and agreements". He took the idea that he could postulate something as an "is-ness", and if he could round up enough "agreement", that it would "turn into reality". This is a "magician at work". It is the Dark Arts in motion where some "wizard" is trying to "mold" the reality into HIS image through manipulations of gaining agreement.
So, looking at the two ideas above, now look at the FACT of Hubbard's "image" and "legacy".
Obviously Hubbard failed at applying his own crazy theories. If they can't work for the guy who "invented them", how they hell are they going "to work" for anybody else? The ONLY thing that worked for Hubbard was his SCAM, at least for awhile. Anyway, look at Hubbard's "image". Scientology is probably experiencing the absolute WORSE PR image in its entire history. MANY people have now read one or more books critical of Hubbard and Scientology. Many people have read online or in-print exposes of the Church of Scientology. Talk show hosts make jokes about Scientology. It is largely a JOKE to most people.
Hubbard went so far as to build entire departments of the Scientology organization, with representatives at INT levels, whose entire purpose is to "make known and forward the great works, wonderful products, humanitarian efforts and discoveries of the genius L. Ron Hubbard". In the "real world", people get known and thought well of because "in a free market place with usual promotion and push", their popularity "naturally" rises or falls. But, with Hubbard he has had VERY EXCESSIVE promotion, over-the-top high pressure book-buying programs that exaggerate "real demand", and even Sea Org members lobbying local governments for "parks and roads" with "L. Ron Hubbard" as part of the name. The point is that with Hubbard there has been an extraordinary PUSH to "make him well known and well thought of". Whatever "image" he did gain, at whatever moment it might have been even slightly "decent", this image was ONLY achieved through incredible effort of an organization, and his image was NEVER the result of "the natural likes of the general population manifesting and unfolding without extreme manipulation and controlling".
Realize that MUCH of LRH's image IS A LIE - it is largely a "mock-up", a "postulate" that happens NOT to align with the facts of that horrible MEST universe. Many of the details of Hubbard's "official biography" are either gross exaggerations or flat out fairy-tale lies, and all of Hubbard's less than savory past shenanigans/misdeeds/lies are ignored, omitted and relegated to the garbage bin of history. The "LRH image, as presented by the Church of Scientology is a "mock-up" in the purest sense of the word - it is the figment of ones imagination. It is "make-believe". It exists in the "theta" world of "postulates" and "ideas". But, it is NOT "real", not because it lacks agreement but because the "facts" presented about Hubbard are really LIES that contradict ACTUAL HISTORICAL EVENTS.
So, Hubbard, with all he knew, and even with an entire BILLION-DOLLAR organization propping up his "image" and "mocking him up" to be so many wonderful things, has FAILED. The notion of getting out there, INTENDING, POSTULATING, AND FORWARD "CONSIDERATIONS" directly in the face of the "agreed upon reality" of the MEST universe, with Tone 40, and certainty, is severely flawed. One cannot "spit in the face of observable facts" as far as the MEST universe is concerned. The notion that a thetan can simply "mock up" realities and have others "accept and see the mock ups" is such a DUMB idea, first to believe in or think valuable, and second, to worry about achieving as a MAIN CONCERN in life. The basic "slant" of Scientology is out of whack. This goes back to the earliest 1950s lectures.
Jim Croce wrote a song called, "Don't Mess With Jim". A great line was "don't tug on Superman's cape, don't piss into the wind". The idea was that there are certain things that you just DON'T DO. It is the "way things are set up" and all your wonderful postulates and considerations will NEVER change them - you are PART of them. Trying to put up mock-ups in the face of direct contradictory evidence that is boldly standing out there in the agreed-upon MEST universe is NUTS. But, that IS Scientology. That is a GOAL of Scientology.
There are a few things to learn from this.
The solution to life is NOT in overwhelming it, controlling it, making it subservient to your "responsibility", or steam-rolling out into greater and greater spheres of responsibility, and making yourself "master" over "MEST". That is an entirely wrong goal. THAT is a MAJOR FLAW, which sets it up to fail right from the start, for Scientology.
The solution to life is to "get along with it". The key is to NOT "resist". The "path of non-resistance" IS incompatible with Scientology, and THAT makes Scientology VERY FUCKED as a philosophy. The universe IS "bigger than you", and understanding how you "fit in" and "how you relate to the Universe" is FAR more important than aiming to "gain control over it".
YOU are PART of the primordial breath that is coursing through every particle of this Universe. You are an integral PART of it. But, you can and never will "master it", because "you" are but a speck of sand to the WHOLE. To me, as I see it, a legitimate spiritual path focuses on how YOU can "fit in to that", and NOT how you can make all of it conform to YOUR "certainties". The last three paragraphs are my (current) opinion.
It may be some sort of "spiritual truth" though, where one needs to walk one of these paths of "personal power, gain and achievement" (like Scientology), so that one can finally transcend THAT, move forward and LEAVE IT FAR BEHIND. In other words, "religions" or philosophies like Scientology are something one needs to GROW OUT OF.
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