Prepared by Leah and Kristen

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Scientology

• Prepared by Leah and Kristen

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L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, once
wrote "When a culture has fallen totally away
from spiritual pursuits into materialism, one
must begin by demonstrating they are each a soul,
not a material animal. From this realization of
their own religious nature, individuals can again
come to an awareness of God and become more
themselves."
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The Beginning Of Hubbards Teachings

• In May 1950, Hubbard published his initial
  findings in Dianetics
• Dianetics comes from the Greek words dia
  (through) and nous (soul).

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Dianetics

• Dianetics could be said to be what the soul is
  doing to the body.
• It provides answers to the fundamental riddles of
  the mind with a thoroughly validated method that
  increases sanity, intelligence, confidence and
  well-being.
• It gets rid of the unwanted sensations,
  unpleasant emotions and psychosomatic ills that
  block one's life and happiness.

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Dianetics led to Scientology

• But Dianetics was just a beginning!
• Hubbard isolated the nature of "life energy" or
  "life source." He termed this "theta," based on
  the Greek symbol for "spirit" or "life.
• The individual, he discovered, was himself a
  spiritual being, or "thetan."

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Influential Practitioners

• It is in Eastern tradition that we find the
  background of Scientology.
• It is recognized that teaching about God within,
  and reincarnation, link Scientology to eastern
  and Indian forms of religion.

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Scientology

• Scientology," is described as "the route to
  total freedom and ability as a spiritual being.
• Scientology is fully defined as the study and
  handling of the spirit in relationship to itself,
  other life, universes and, ultimately, the
  Supreme Being.

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Scientology

• The Church of Scientology was established in
  1954.
• Meaning of the Word Derived from the Latin
  "scio" (to know or distinguish) and the Greek
  "logos" (study of).

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The Motto of Scientlogists

• Whatever problem you face, something can be done
  about it."

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of Adherants, location, and growth

• The Church of Scientology has grown into a
  worldwide religious movement
• With millions of adherents
• Locations in over 150 countries
• There are more than 3,000 formally organized
  churches, missions, and groups.
• Basic texts are available in 53 languages.

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How are churches of scientology administrated?

• Each individual Church of Scientology is
  separately incorporated and is governed by its
  own board of directors.
• The officers and directors also form the
  religious management of the church and are fully
  responsible for providing services to their
  parishioners ( people attending worship).

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How are churches of scientology finacially
supported?

• By their members, just like other churches.

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Part of Man

• Man consists of three parts.
• The term is taken from the Greek letter theta for
  thought or life or the spirit. It is used to
  avoid confusion with previous concepts of the
  soul.
• In the Scientology religion, man is held to
  consist of three partsthetan, mind and body.
• The THETAN is the spiritual being. The thetan is
  the individual. One is a thetan who has a mind
  and who occupies a body.
• Thetan is that which animates the body and uses
  the mind.

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What is a Thetan?

• In the Scientology religion, man is held to
  consist of three partsthetan, mind and body. The
  thetan is the spiritual being. The thetan is the
  individual. One is a thetan who has a mind and
  who occupies a body. As is explained more fully
  below, the thetan is that which animates the body
  and uses the mind.
• One of the most basic tenets of Scientology is
  that man is an immortal spiritual being whose
  experience extends well beyond a single lifetime
  and whose capabilities are unlimited, even if not
  presently realized.
• The term is taken from the Greek letter theta for
  thought or life or the spirit. It is used to
  avoid confusion with previous concepts of the
  soul.

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What is the Mind?

• In Scientology, the mind is a communication and
  control system between the individual i.e., the
  thetan and his environment. The individual uses
  his mind to pose and resolve problems related to
  survival and to direct his efforts accordingly.
• The mind is composed of mental image pictures
  which are recordings of past experiences.
• The mind is made up of two partsthe analytical
  mind and the reactive mind.

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What is Clear?

• The goal and end result of Scientology is the
  state of Clear, attained through many hours of
  Scientology auditing.
• One who has achieved the state of Clear no longer
  has his own reactive mind and therefore suffers
  none of the ill effects the reactive mind can
  cause.
• Clear is a new state for man.

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Rites/ Rituals/ Ceremonies

• Marriage- It is a secular contract, between two
  consenting parties and before two witnesses.
• Naming of children-The service says that "the
  main purpose of a naming ceremony is to help get
  the thetan oriented. He has recently taken over
  his new body". The thetan is introduced to his
  body, his parents and his godparents.
• Funeral Service of Scientology makes spiritual
  claims. The soul is helped on to a future life
  "Go now, dear (deceased) and live once more, in
  happier time and place".

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Rites/ Rituals/ Ceremonies

• Each Sunday, the churchs Chaplain, or another
  minister, conducts a weekly service for members
  of the church, which is open to nonmembers as
  well.
• At this service, the minister will speak about
  some topic related to an important Scientology
  principle or practice and discuss how it can be
  applied in daily life.

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Rites/ Rituals/ Ceremonies

• In addition, Scientology congregations celebrate
  weddings and christenings with their own formal
  ceremonies and mark the passing of their fellows
  with funeral rites.
• The Chaplain often conducts these ceremonies,
  although any ordained Scientology minister can
  also officiate.
• Scientologists find that Scientology services,
  which address the spirit in accordance with the
  religions teachings, are uniquely suited to
  their needs and impart a special quality to these
  occasions.

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Holy Work..What is the purpose of scientology
religious retreats?

• Certain Scientology Churches maintain religious
  retreats for the benefit and use of parishioners.
  
• In Scientology, some upper levels of spiritual
  counseling require the parishioners full-time
  participation for a period of several weeks for
  the parishioner to achieve the full benefit.
• The Church maintains two such religious
  retreatsone in Clearwater, Florida, and another
  aboard the motor vessel Freewinds, whose home
  port is in the Caribbean.

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What is the role of the Executive Director
International?

• The Executive Director International is the most
  senior management position in the Church, a
  position which was held by Mr. Hubbard himself
  until he retired from active Church management in
  1966.
• The Executive Director International is
  responsible for seeing that the Scientology
  religion continues to expand internationally.

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We of the Church Beleive The Major Tenets of
the Faith

• That man is basically good
• That he is seeking to survive
• That his survival depends upon himself and upon
  his fellows and his attainment of brotherhood
  with the universe.
• That the spirit can be saved and that the spirit
  alone may save or heal the body.

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The Aims of Scientology..

• 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."

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What Does a Scientologist Beleive?

• Man is an immortal spiritual being.
• His experience extends well beyond a single
  lifetime.
• Scientology further holds man to be basically
  good, and that his spiritual salvation depends
  upon himself and his fellows and his attainment
  of brotherhood with the universe.
• The ultimate goal of Scientology is true
  spiritual enlightenment and freedom for the
  individual.

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Ecclesiastical Law

• What they are aloud to read.
• Drug free
• Becoming an SP.
• How you are you to interact with others when part
  of the church.

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Why is Scientology a Religion?

• Three Elements
• a belief in some Ultimate Reality, such as the
  Supreme Being or eternal truth that transcends
  the here and now of the secular world.
• religious practices directed toward
  understanding, attaining or communicating with
  this Ultimate Reality
• a community of believers who join together in
  pursuing the Ultimate Reality. Scientologys
  belief in an Ultimate Reality that transcends the
  material world include its concepts of the
  thetan, the spiritual world (the seventh dynamic)
  and the Supreme Being (the eighth dynamic).

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What is Trainning?

• Training is the way to learn the spiritual
  technology of Scientology. It is the word used to
  describe the study of Scientology principles by a
  parishioner so they can be applied to accomplish
  the purpose of improving conditions in life, both
  his own and the lives of others.
• The end result of auditor training is that an
  individual is able to minister auditing to
  another person.
• For Scientology, training is the activity which
  enables one to move through the Eight Dynamics
  towards the eighth Dynamic, infinity .

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What Are Dynamics?

• (Drives, impulses) in life.
• These are motives or motivations.
• There is no thought or statement that any one of
  these eight dynamics is more important than the
  others.
• The purpose in setting forth this division is to
  increase an understanding of life by placing it
  in compartments.

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The Eight Dynamics
1.Self
2. Sex
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3. Group
4. Mankind
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6. Universe
5. Animal
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8. God
7. Spiritual
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Scientologists Thoughts on

• Communication
• We instinctively revere the great artist, painter
  or musician and society as a whole looks upon
  them as not quite ordinary beings. And they are
  not. They are a cut above man. He who can truly
  communicate to others is a higher being who
  builds new worlds.

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• Problems
• What distinguishes civilized man as MAN is that
  he is caught up in PROBLEMS which just get worse
  the more he "solves" them. The being who can
  recognize the actual source of problems and so
  see them vanish is too rare to be easily
  comprehended. When a being can do this make
  problems vanish with a glance he certainly is
  no longer "man."

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• Relief
• Man has never known, except in some of the rare
  miracle workers he regarded as saints, how to
  bring relief to various ills. The secret was that
  one is connecting oneself to what he detests. To
  be able to easily bring relief to oneself and
  others from the hostilities and sufferings of
  life is a skill man has seen only in healers.

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• Freedom
• Man is chained to the upsets in his past. He has
  never understood why he felt so upset and
  misunderstood about his family, people, or
  situations. Most men dwell continuously on
  troubles they have had. They lead sad lives.
  Freedom from the upsets of the past with the
  ability to face the future is almost an unknown
  condition to man.

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• Ability
• Man's abilities tend to be individually
  specialized. He is so intent upon some action
  that he is clumsy in performing others. When one
  moves out of fixed conditions, he can experience
  a huge recovery in the ability to choose, play a
  part in and enjoy new activities.

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• Power
• Man can seldom handle POWER. He retreats from it
  or abuses it. When he has it he often misdirects
  it. One can, in Scientology, acquire the ability
  to stably handle power.

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• Clear
• Here is a being who has forever defeated his own
  reactive mind, the source of man's misery. He has
  a very high degree of personal integrity and
  honesty, and is a living proof that man is
  basically good. His own basic sense of being
  returns and his own personality flourishes.

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• Operating Thetan
• By "operating" is meant "able to act and handle
  things" and by "thetan" is meant the spiritual
  being that is the basic self. "Theta" is Greek
  for thought or life or the spirit. An Operating
  Thetan then is one who can handle things without
  having to use a body of physical means. Basically
  one is oneself, can handle things and exist
  without physical support and assistance. It
  doesn't mean one becomes God. It means one
  becomes wholly oneself.

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What is Auditing?

• Auditing is the term given to the spiritual
  counseling which is the central practice of
  Scientology. It is delivered by an auditor (from
  the Latin word audire, meaning to listen)a
  person trained and expert in the exact techniques
  of Dianetics and Scientology.
• The goal of auditing is to restore individual
  ability. It is a precise, thoroughly codified
  activity with precise procedures.

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Auditor / Minestor

• An auditor does not engage in some vague form of
  mental exploration, nor does an auditor offer
  solutions, advice or evaluation.
• One of the fundamental principles of the
  Scientology religion is that an individual can
  improve his conditions only if he is allowed to
  find his own answers to lifes problems.
• Scientology auditors help individuals to
  accomplish this goal by guiding them to examine
  their existence through a carefully structured
  series of steps that Mr. Hubbard developed.

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Auditing

• Auditing is done in a gradient series of steps,
  which improve the individuals ability to
  confront and handle more and more parts of his
  existence and achieve higher levels of spiritual
  awareness and well-being.

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Yes

• auditors are governed by a code of conduct

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Does Scientology Have Scripture?

• Yes.
• The writings and recorded spoken words of L. Ron
  Hubbard on the subject of Scientology
  collectively constitute the Scripture of the
  religion.

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Does Scientology Have a Concept of God?

• Only through total spiritual enlightenment can
  one then truly discover and understand the
  Supreme Being.

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Does Scientology Believe in Reincarnation or Past
Lives?

• The word has come to mean to be born again in
  different life forms whereas its actual
  definition is to be born again into the flesh of
  another body. Scientology ascribes to this
  latter, original definition of reincarnation.
• Today in Scientology, many people have certainty
  that they have lived lives prior to their current
  one. These are referred to as past lives, not
  reincarnation.

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What Does the Scientology Symbol Mean?

• The S stands for Scientology.
• The lower triangle is called the ARC triangle
• A for affinity, R for reality and C for
  communication
• The upper triangle is the KRC triangle.
• The points are K for knowledge, R for
  responsibility and C for control.

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What is Scientologies System of Ethics?

• The Scientology system of ethics is based wholly
  on reason.
• Ethics may be defined as the actions an
  individual takes on himself to ensure his
  continued survival across the dynamics. It is a
  personal thing. When one is ethical, it is
  something he does himself by his own choice.
• The Scientology ethics system includes a body of
  technology called conditions formulas. L. Ron
  Hubbard discovered that there are various states
  of existence and that there are exact formulas
  connected with these states.
• Another part of Scientologys ethics system is
  what is known as confessionals

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How Do Scientologists Veiw Marrage and Family?

• Scientology regards the family as the building
  block of any society and marriage as an essential
  component of a stable family life.

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What is the Churches Veiw on Family members Who
are not a Part of the Church?

• The Church encourages and helps its members to
  have excellent family relationships, whether
  their relatives are Scientologists or not.

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Is Scientology Open to Everyone?

• Scientology is open to anyone who seeks spiritual
  betterment

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What is Scientologies veiw on Other Religions?

• Scientology respects all religions. It shares
  with other religions the dreams of peace and
  salvation.

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What Does the Scientology Cross Represent?

• The Scientology cross is an eight-pointed cross
  which represents the eight parts or dynamics of
  life. The Scientology cross, which was first
  conceived in 1954, symbolizes the ability to live
  happily across all eight dynamics.
• As a matter of interest, the cross as a symbol
  predates Christianity.

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Sources

• Smi.org.dev.scientology.net
• Approvedscientology.org
• Bonafidescientology.org
• Scientology.org