Looks like I lost my first try here, so, here goes again.
For anyone interested.
The 'Tone Scale' is a good first place to look for hidden or unspoken 'sub-text' to Scientology 'Tech', both because its one of the most persistent bits that remains long after much else has been dumped, but, also because the booby-traps (there are multiple) are both obvious and subtle.
First, to 'list':
40. Serenity of beingness
30. Postulates
22. Games
20. Action
8. Exhilaration
6. Aesthetic
4. Enthusiasm
3.5 Cheerfulness
3.3 Strong interest
3. Conservatism
2.9 Mild interest
2.8 Contented
2.6 Disinterested
2.5 Boredom
2.4 Monotony
2. Antagonism
1.9 Hostility
1.8 Pain
1.5 Anger
1.4 Hate
1.3 Resentment
1.2 No sympathy
1.15 Unexpressed resentment
1.1 Covert hostility
1.02 Anxiety
1. Fear
.98 Despair
.96 Terror
.94 Numb
.9 Sympathy
.8 Propitiation
.5 Grief
.375 Making amends
.3 Undeserving
.2 Self-abasement
.1 Victim
.07 Hopeless
.05 Apathy
.03 Useless
.01 Dying
0. Body death
- .01 Pity
- .02 Shame
- .07 Accountable
- 1. Blame
- 1.3 Regret
- 1.5 Controlling bodies
- 2.2 Protecting bodies
- 3. Owning bodies
- 3.5 Approval from bodies
- 4. Needing bodies
- 5. Worshipping bodies
- 6. Sacrifice
- 8. Hiding
-10. Being objects
-20. Being nothing
-30. Can't hide
-40. Total failure
There are numerous 'things' going on here, but, I'll get back to them in a later post. The *first* and most important boobytrap in the 'Tone Scale' is its *existence*.
It's a purely arbitrary listing, by arbitrary ranking of 'human emotions' or 'states', but, there's nothing wrong with that. Anyone could 'create' his own, and, the 'elements' might be different, as would the 'order'.
But, *Hubbard's* 'Tone Scale' is presented as an *absolute*; a 'discovered' relationship and ranking, rather than an arbitrary 'opinion'.
This intended sleight of presentation is further strengthened by the pseudo-scientific 'calibration' of such 'tones' into 'exact' decimal gradiations. The implied sub-text is that 'this has been measured; this is exact'. This is absolute.
So, that's the 'big view', there are even more tendentious elements to both the list itself and the way the 'Tone Scale' is *used* in Scientology, but, I'll address those later.
Zinj
For anyone interested.
The 'Tone Scale' is a good first place to look for hidden or unspoken 'sub-text' to Scientology 'Tech', both because its one of the most persistent bits that remains long after much else has been dumped, but, also because the booby-traps (there are multiple) are both obvious and subtle.
First, to 'list':
40. Serenity of beingness
30. Postulates
22. Games
20. Action
8. Exhilaration
6. Aesthetic
4. Enthusiasm
3.5 Cheerfulness
3.3 Strong interest
3. Conservatism
2.9 Mild interest
2.8 Contented
2.6 Disinterested
2.5 Boredom
2.4 Monotony
2. Antagonism
1.9 Hostility
1.8 Pain
1.5 Anger
1.4 Hate
1.3 Resentment
1.2 No sympathy
1.15 Unexpressed resentment
1.1 Covert hostility
1.02 Anxiety
1. Fear
.98 Despair
.96 Terror
.94 Numb
.9 Sympathy
.8 Propitiation
.5 Grief
.375 Making amends
.3 Undeserving
.2 Self-abasement
.1 Victim
.07 Hopeless
.05 Apathy
.03 Useless
.01 Dying
0. Body death
- .01 Pity
- .02 Shame
- .07 Accountable
- 1. Blame
- 1.3 Regret
- 1.5 Controlling bodies
- 2.2 Protecting bodies
- 3. Owning bodies
- 3.5 Approval from bodies
- 4. Needing bodies
- 5. Worshipping bodies
- 6. Sacrifice
- 8. Hiding
-10. Being objects
-20. Being nothing
-30. Can't hide
-40. Total failure
There are numerous 'things' going on here, but, I'll get back to them in a later post. The *first* and most important boobytrap in the 'Tone Scale' is its *existence*.
It's a purely arbitrary listing, by arbitrary ranking of 'human emotions' or 'states', but, there's nothing wrong with that. Anyone could 'create' his own, and, the 'elements' might be different, as would the 'order'.
But, *Hubbard's* 'Tone Scale' is presented as an *absolute*; a 'discovered' relationship and ranking, rather than an arbitrary 'opinion'.
This intended sleight of presentation is further strengthened by the pseudo-scientific 'calibration' of such 'tones' into 'exact' decimal gradiations. The implied sub-text is that 'this has been measured; this is exact'. This is absolute.
So, that's the 'big view', there are even more tendentious elements to both the list itself and the way the 'Tone Scale' is *used* in Scientology, but, I'll address those later.
Zinj