Church of Scientology
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The Church of Scientology, or CoS was made by the American science fiction writter L Ron Hubbard in the year 1954.
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[edit] Basic Beliefs of Scientologists
- Scientology is the study of the truth
- Man consists of body, mind, and thetan. The thetan is the equivalent to the soul in other relgions.
- Everything is trying to survive
- Do not take any drugs
- That affinity, reality and communication assist in our relations with others
- The higher up on the tone scale the more free you are
- Auditing helps people examine specific areas of their existence so they can rid themselves of unwanted spiritual conditions. This in turn helps them reach higher levels of being
[edit] Aims of Scientology
L Ron Hubbard wrote about the aims of scientology saying:
- "A civilization without insanity, without criminals and without war, where the able can prosper and honest beings can have rights, and where man is free to rise to greater heights, are the aims of Scientology."
- Critics of the group disagree with this. Many say that the groups aim is to make money. They say that the Church does not care about others. It only cares about itself.
[edit] Dianetics
The book Dianetics was the first self help book ever to be written. It was written by L Ron Hubbard in the year 1950. Some key concepts in the book are:
- There is a part of the mind that stores all your bad memories. This part causes you to do bad things, get ill, and causes everything else that is bad.
- Bad memories are called engrams.
- The other part of your mind takes in all the good memories. When this part of the mind is controling you do good things.
- Auditing is meant to help you to get rid of all your engrams and reach a state called "clear".
[edit] ARC triangle
Another basic teaching of Scientology is the three related (and intrinsically spiritual) components that make up successful "livingness": affinity (emotional responses), reality (an agreement on what is real) and communication (the exchange of ideas). Hubbard called this the "ARC Triangle". Scientologists utilize A.R.C. as a central organizing principle in their own lives, primarily based upon the belief that improving one aspect of the triangle increases the level of the other two.
[edit] Tone scale
The tone scale is a characterization of human mood and behavior by various positions on a scale. The scale ranges from -40 ("Total Failure") to +40 ("Serenity of Being"). Positions on the tone scale are usually designated by an emotion, but Hubbard also described many other things that can be indicated by the tone scale levels, such as aspects of a human's health, mating behavior, survival potential, or ability to deal with truth. The tone scale is frequently used by Scientologists to evaluate humans. According to Scientology, the lower the individual is on the tone scale, the more complex and convoluted one's problems tend to be, and the more care and judgment should be exercised regarding communication and interaction with that individual.
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