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[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 ...
The Church of Scientology has capitalized on the religion's similarity to Buddhism to win followers in historically Buddhist-influenced countries like Taiwan. [6]Hubbard discussed Buddhism in an early 1952 lecture in London, speaking about Buddhist reincarnation stories, about the Christian God and other religious topics.
The terms "The Bridge to Total Freedom" and "Classification, Gradation and Awareness Chart" are synonymous with each other, with the Bridge being used more to express the concept of the steps and the chart name being used more to refer to the diagram on the wall. [13] [14] The word Classification refers to the large left column, "Training ...
While the thetan is akin to the idea of the soul or spirit found in other traditions, [8] Hubbard avoided terms like "soul" or "spirit" because of their cultural baggage. [9] Hubbard stated that "the thetan is the person. You are YOU in a body." [10] According to Hubbard, the thetan uses the mind as a means of controlling the body. [11]
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 ]
The foundational document of Discordianism is Principia Discordia, fourth edition (1970), written by Malaclypse the Younger, an alias of Gregory Hill. [8] Principia Discordia often hints that Discordianism was founded as a dialectic antithesis to more popular religions based on order, [11] although the rhetoric throughout the book describes chaos as a much more underlying impulse of the ...
"God bless the Mayor. He is a true Christian and the entire town should be proud of him. He has stood up against un-Christian Scientology and God is obviously with him. "On the Scientology issues, the Mayor is right. We back him all the way. But what we should also do is make sure no more undesirables move into Clearwater.
As of 2011 it can easily cost $400,000 to do the entirety of Scientology's "Bridge to Total Freedom" (equivalent to $542,000 in 2023). [ 134 ] [ 104 ] In a 1964 letter, Hubbard stated that a 25-hour block of auditing should cost the equivalent of "three months' pay for the average middle class working individual."