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| Scientology technology states that, by completing ], it is possible to eventually attain "cause over MEST" — the ability to move or act in the physical universe free of the encumbrance of the body. <ref>L. Ron Hubbard's Congress Lectures: Glossary, , Bridge Publications Inc.</ref> <ref>Hubbard, L. Ron. "A History of Man", chapter 5. Bridge Publications</ref> <ref>Hubbard, L. Ron. "The Fundamentals of Thought", p. 62. Bridge Publications</ref> <ref>Advance!, issue 15, "", page 20-21: "''I pushed his car forward about 3 inches with pure intention.''"</ref> | Scientology technology states that, by completing ], it is possible to eventually attain "cause over MEST" — the ability to move or act in the physical universe free of the encumbrance of the body. <ref>L. Ron Hubbard's Congress Lectures: Glossary, , Bridge Publications Inc.</ref> <ref>Hubbard, L. Ron. "A History of Man", chapter 5. Bridge Publications</ref> <ref>Hubbard, L. Ron. "The Fundamentals of Thought", p. 62. Bridge Publications</ref> <ref>Advance!, issue 15, "", page 20-21: "''I pushed his car forward about 3 inches with pure intention.''"</ref> | ||
| According to Scientology, all humans are human bodies and animated by a ], which is roughly equivalent to the idea of a "soul" or "spirit", and considered separate from the physical body. The Church of Scientology urges all of its members to become Operating Thetans (OT), which are the highest levels a Scientologist can attain. |
According to Scientology, all humans are human bodies and animated by a ], which is roughly equivalent to the idea of a "soul" or "spirit", and considered separate from the physical body. The Church of Scientology urges all of its members to become Operating Thetans (OT), which are the highest levels a Scientologist can attain. An individual who has become OT is considered to be more at cause to MEST. | ||
| Rick Branch, author and cult critic, says: "Hubbard and Scientology would have America and the World believe that Man is an immortal Thetan, able to create MEST. However, not all MEST is good MEST. Sometimes MEST comes into conflict with the Thetan, resulting in an ]. As Scientology endeavors to render this MEST mess intelligible they write, "An engram comes about when the individual organism suffers an intense impact with MEST. Every moment of physical pain contains with it a partial or major shutdown of the analytical function of the mind" (Science of Survival, Book Two, p. 28). Thus, an engram is a memory which is caused when any accidental event (be it major or minor) is experienced. However, at the instant that the engram is formed, often the person is unaware of the event." | Rick Branch, author and cult critic, says: "Hubbard and Scientology would have America and the World believe that Man is an immortal Thetan, able to create MEST. However, not all MEST is good MEST. Sometimes MEST comes into conflict with the Thetan, resulting in an ]. As Scientology endeavors to render this MEST mess intelligible they write, "An engram comes about when the individual organism suffers an intense impact with MEST. Every moment of physical pain contains with it a partial or major shutdown of the analytical function of the mind" (Science of Survival, Book Two, p. 28). Thus, an engram is a memory which is caused when any accidental event (be it major or minor) is experienced. However, at the instant that the engram is formed, often the person is unaware of the event." | ||
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In Scientology, MEST is an acronym, a word coined from the initial letters of matter, energy, space and time, which are the component parts (elements) of the physical universe. In large part Scientology addresses itself to the spirit. The term MEST is frequently used in writings and lectures by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard in place of the term, "the physical universe".
Scientology technology states that, by completing Scientology courses, it is possible to eventually attain "cause over MEST" — the ability to move or act in the physical universe free of the encumbrance of the body.
According to Scientology, all humans are human bodies and animated by a Thetan, which is roughly equivalent to the idea of a "soul" or "spirit", and considered separate from the physical body. The Church of Scientology urges all of its members to become Operating Thetans (OT), which are the highest levels a Scientologist can attain. An individual who has become OT is considered to be more at cause to MEST.
Rick Branch, author and cult critic, says: "Hubbard and Scientology would have America and the World believe that Man is an immortal Thetan, able to create MEST. However, not all MEST is good MEST. Sometimes MEST comes into conflict with the Thetan, resulting in an engram. As Scientology endeavors to render this MEST mess intelligible they write, "An engram comes about when the individual organism suffers an intense impact with MEST. Every moment of physical pain contains with it a partial or major shutdown of the analytical function of the mind" (Science of Survival, Book Two, p. 28). Thus, an engram is a memory which is caused when any accidental event (be it major or minor) is experienced. However, at the instant that the engram is formed, often the person is unaware of the event."
Stacy Brooks, of the Lisa McPherson Trust, observes: "This is how Scientologists are taught to think: The Genetic Entity is the part of a person that is still tied to the universe of Matter, Energy, Space and Time - known as the MEST Universe in Scientology -- that we will leave behind when we are able to become stably exterior with full perceptics. This is the real goal of a Scientologist - to be free of the MEST Universe, to be able to discard the body and be completely free of the limitations of MEST. When enough Scientologists reach that goal (a goal which no one to my knowledge has yet attained) and Planet Earth has been cleared, they will be able to travel at will anywhere in the galaxy to clear other planets and, eventually, the entire MEST Universe. They will do this without the encumbrance of their bodies, of course. They will be free of their bodies. They will just pick up new bodies on whatever planet they go to. They might be meat bodies like the ones on Earth, or they might be doll bodies, or any of a variety of other kinds of bodies thetans use throughout the MEST Universe. But the point is that they will be able to mock them up at will, because they will be totally at cause over MEST."
Footnotes
- "MEST", Bridge Publications Inc.
- L. Ron Hubbard's Congress Lectures: Glossary, "OT", Bridge Publications Inc.
- Hubbard, L. Ron. "A History of Man", chapter 5. Bridge Publications
- Hubbard, L. Ron. "The Fundamentals of Thought", p. 62. Bridge Publications
- Advance!, issue 15, "OT Phenomena", page 20-21: "I pushed his car forward about 3 inches with pure intention."