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Scientology's contention that the individual is a noncorporeal, semi-divine "thetan," which runs contrary to the Greek Orthodox view that the individual is both body and soul and, while created in the image of God, not a god himself,
[1] In Scientology it is believed that it is the thetan, not the central nervous system, which commands the body. [2] Thetan has been described as: A "thetan is an immortal spiritual being; the human soul." [3] "The being who is the individual and who handles and lives in the body." [1] "A thetan is not a thing, a thetan is the creator of ...
A thetan is the person himself, not his body or his name or the physical universe, his mind or anything else. It is that which is aware of being aware; the identity which IS the individual. One does not have a thetan, something one keeps somewhere apart from oneself; he is a thetan.
In this handbook we have the basic axioms and a therapy which works. For God's sake, get busy and build a better bridge!" [3] [4]: 13 In 1965, Hubbard codified his "Bridge" as a more systematic approach to moving Scientologists to the state of Clear. Hubbard added a series of steps he called "releases" which handled memory, communication ...
In Scientology, Operating Thetan (OT) is a state of complete spiritual freedom in which one is a "willing and knowing cause over life, thought, matter, energy, space and time". [ 1 ] : 279 The Church of Scientology offers eight "levels" of OT, each level costing thousands of US dollars. [ 2 ]
A DC-8 aircraft in 2004. Hubbard described Xenu's spacecraft as looking exactly like DC-8s without "fans" (meaning the jet engines, or turbofans). [20]The story of Xenu is covered in OT III, part of Scientology's secret "Advanced Technology" doctrines taught only to advanced members who have undergone many hours of auditing and reached the state of Clear followed by Operating Thetan levels 1 ...
L. Ron Hubbard died from a stroke on January 24, 1986, the church announced to the media. [12] [13] He had not been seen publicly since May 1980. [14]Several weeks later, his death was announced to parishioners by David Miscavige, who stated that Hubbard had completed all of his research into the OT I-VIII levels, but researching the remaining levels (IX-XV) can only be done "outside the body ...
Since its inception in 1954, the Church of Scientology has been involved in a number of controversies, including its stance on psychiatry, Scientology's legitimacy as a religion, the Church's aggressive attitude in dealing with its perceived enemies and critics, [1] [2] allegations of mistreatment of members, and predatory financial practices; [3] for example, the high cost of religious ...