Scientology!

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Scientology!

• By Chris-10, Stuuuarrt, Concust-y, and Dandy Andy
  (Kristyn, Stuart, Misha, Andrew)

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Beliefs

• Scientology offers a complete and precise path to
  knowing oneself and ones own spiritual nature.
• It allows an individual to explore ones
  relationship to self, family, groups, Mankind,
  all life forms, the material universe, the
  spiritual universe and the Supreme Being.

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Practices

• Auditing The goal of auditing is to restore
  beingness and ability. This is accomplished by
  helping individuals rid themselves of any
  spiritual disabilities.
• Training The study of the passages and teachings
  of the founder. The study of proper practices.

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What is Auditing?

• Auditing is the central practice of Scientology
• The purpose is to clear the practitioner of
  negative influence (known as engrams) by
  purifying the Thetan attached to the host. Once
  engrams are cleared, spiritual awareness and
  untapped potential can be reached

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How is it Done?

• Auditing is done by attaching oneself to an
  electropsychometer, of E-meter, by holding metal
  cylinders and talking about past experiences
• The E-meter measures mental mass and energy,
  which can indicate harmful engrams by reacting to
  certain topics
• If the E-meter reacts to a certain topic, the
  participant will discuss the topic further to
  alleviate the engrams

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Origins of Scientology

• Scientologists believe that spirituality and
  thought (called "theta") is an energy existing in
  its own universe, separate and distinct from the
  physical universe of Matter, Energy, Space and
  Time.
• Scientologists addresses the spirit, not the body
  or mind, and believe that man is more than just a
  product of his environment or his genes.
• Scientologys roots lie in the beliefs and
  aspirations of all great religions, thus
  encompassing an old and varied religious
  heritage.
• The founder of Scientology was L Ron Hubbard and
  the religion was created in 1953
• There are an estimated 100-200 thousand followers
  worldwide

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L Ron Hubbard

• Born in 1911
• In the 30s, wrote many short stories (mystery,
  action, science-fiction).
• He was also well-traveled. L Ron visited and did
  research in places such as the Caribbean, Haiti,
  and Puerto Rico.
• He was focused on peoples troubles and their
  psyche.
• L Ron recorded his philosophies in over 5,000
  writings and 3,000 lectures

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Dianetics

• A study of the dynamics of human existence. It
  took L. Ron 16 years to compile this.
• Dianetics discusses the way to eliminate body
  thetans through a process called auditing in
  which a Scientologist recounts past experiences
  and memories.
• In Dianetics (along with some of the other
  literary works of Scientology), the foundations
  of the religion are addressed and some of the
  significant symbols are explained.

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S Scientology
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KRC Triangle

• It is difficult to be responsible for something
  or control something unless you have knowledge of
  it.
• Components of Power
• KNOWLEDGE
• RESPONSIBILITY
• CONTROL

Little by little one can make anything go right
by increasing KNOWLEDGE on all dynamics,
increasing RESPONSIBILITY on all dynamics,
increasing CONTROL on all dynamics
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ARC Triangle

• To Scientologists, this means good feeling, love
  or friendliness
• Components of Understanding
• AFFINITY
• REALITY
• COMMUNICATION

Affinity is a type of energy and can be produced
at will Reality is agreement too much agreement
under duress brings about the banishment of ones
entire consciousness. Communication it is the
operation, the action by which one experiences
emotion and by which one agrees.
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Scientology Cross
Eight points represent the eight dynamics of
life, which all Scientologists strive to
achieve. Symbolizes the ability to live happily
across all Eight Dynamics.
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The Eight Dynamics

• The FIRST DYNAMIC is SELF.
• This is the effort to survive as an individual,
  to be an individual. It includes ones own body
  and ones own mind. It is the effort to attain
  the highest level of survival for the longest
  possible time for self. This dynamic includes the
  individual plus his immediate possessions. It
  does not include other people. It is the urge to
  survive as ones self. Here we have individuality
  expressed fully.
• The SECOND DYNAMIC is CREATIVITY.
• Creativity is making things for the future and
  the Second Dynamic includes any creativity. The
  Second Dynamic contains the family unit and
  raising children as well as anything that can be
  categorized as a family activity. It also,
  incidentally, includes sex as a mechanism to
  compel future survival.

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The Eight Dynamics

• The THIRD DYNAMIC is GROUP SURVIVAL.
• This is the urge to survive through a group of
  individuals or as a group. It is group survival
  with the group tending to take on a life and
  existence of its own. A group can be a community,
  friends, a company, a social lodge, a state, a
  nation, a race or any group. It doesnt matter
  what size this group is, it is seeking to survive
  as a group.
• The FOURTH DYNAMIC is SPECIES.
• Mans Fourth Dynamic is the species of Mankind.
  This is the urge toward survival through all
  Mankind and as all Mankind. Whereas the American
  nationality would be considered a Third Dynamic
  for Americans, all the nationalities of the world
  together would be considered the Fourth Dynamic.
  All men and women, because they are men and
  women, seek to survive as men and women and
  for men and women.

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The Eight Dynamics

• The FIFTH DYNAMIC is LIFE FORMS.
• This is the urge to survive as life forms and
  with the help of life forms such as animals,
  birds, insects, fish and vegetation. This
  includes all living things whether animal or
  vegetable, anything directly and intimately
  motivated by life. It is the effort to survive
  for any and every form of life. It is the
  interest in life as such.
• The SIXTH DYNAMIC is the PHYSICAL UNIVERSE.
• The physical universe has four components. These
  are matter, energy, space and time. The Sixth
  Dynamic is the urge of the physical universe to
  survive, by the physical universe itself and with
  the help of the physical universe and each one of
  its component parts.

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The Eight Dynamics

• The SEVENTH DYNAMIC is the SPIRITUAL DYNAMIC.
• This is the urge to survive as spiritual beings
  or the urge for life itself to survive. Anything
  spiritual, with or without identity, would come
  under the heading of the Seventh Dynamic. It
  includes ones beingness, the ability to create,
  the ability to cause survival or to survive, the
  ability to destroy or pretend to be destroyed. A
  subheading of this dynamic is ideas and concepts
  and the desire to survive through these. The
  Seventh Dynamic is life source. This is separate
  from the physical universey and is the source of
  life itself. Thus, there is an effort for the
  survival of life source.
• The EIGHTH DYNAMIC is the urge toward INFINITY.
• The Eighth Dynamic also is commonly called God,
  The Supreme Being or Creator, but it is correctly
  defined as infinity. It actually embraces the
  all-ness of all. That is why, according to L. Ron
  Hubbard, when the Seventh Dynamic is reached in
  its entirety, one will only then discover the
  true Eighth Dynamic.

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• However these are not the only practices of
  Scientology. Many believe that what the Church
  of Scientology preaches is only a small part of
  the religion.

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What theyre not telling you

• There is controversy surrounding the religion of
  Scientology
• Newer members of the religion are not told the
  real belief system in its entirety until they
  reach the rank of OT-III within the Church
• Once members reach the rank of OT-III, they are
  told the first supreme truth
• The following are controversial ideas about the
  beliefs of Scientology. Many avid Scientologists
  deny these rumors

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XENU Galactic Overlord

• 75 Million years ago, Xenu was the tyrant
  dictator of the Galactic Federation, which was
  composed of 76 planets and had already existed
  for millions of years
• The planets were suffering from overpopulation,
  so Xenu had many aliens frozen then dumped in the
  volcanoes of the Earth (then called Teegeeack),
  killing them. The volcanoes were then Nuked to
  prevent anyone from living

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Thetans Live On

• The souls of the now-dead aliens, called Thetans,
  lived on within the volcanoes. As they tried to
  escape, however, they were captured and forced to
  sit through brainwashing, making them forget the
  Galactic Federation and all that had happen and
  forcing them to accept Teegeeack as the only
  place to live
• As Humans came into existence, the Thetans
  attached to them. Thetans are the reasons for all
  our suffering and can only be purified through
  auditing until the practitioner is cleared

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So what happen to Xenu?

• Members of the Galactic Federation, seeing what
  Xenu had done, rebelled against him
• After a six year war, Xenu was captured and
  imprisoned on a planet that is a barren desert.
  He still lives on within the mountain trap.

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NEVERMIND IT WONT WORK JUST ENJOY THIS PICTURE.
We think the TV show South Park explains Xenu the
best. Just click and enjoy if youd like to watch
the clip
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By the way

• There are eight known levels of Scientology
• OT I - Initiates
• OT II
• OT III When they allegedly learn of Xenu
• OT IV
• OT V
• OT VI
• OT VII
• OT VIII Ultimate Truth Revealed aboard cruiser
  Freewinds out on Caribbean (the Ultimate Truth
  has never been publically exposed)
• OV IX will not be released in this lifetime

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Disclaimer

• While many around you will be quick to make fun
  of the faith, there is something important to
  remember when thinking about the Church of
  Scientology despite how crazy all the
  potential beliefs may be and despite the secrecy
  of the faith, Scientology does in fact help
  people. Like other religions, it allows for
  communal relationships, helps alleviate stress
  and provide hope, and gives people a set of moral
  guidelines. More than anything, it helps promote
  personal growth. So, before making fun of
  Scientologists, remember that they are people too
  that are just following a faith that makes them
  feel good about themselves.

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The Church of Scientology Says

• Scientology does not ask individuals to accept
  anything on faith alone. Rather, as ones level
  of spiritual awareness increases through
  participation in Scientology auditing and
  training, one attains his own certainty of every
  dynamic

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Works Cited

• These are the websites that we used when
  researching Scientology
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  ientology/
• http//altreligion.about.com/od/mythologicalfigure
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• www.scientology.org
• http//holysmoke.org/cos/what-cos.htm
• http//www.cs.cmu.edu/dst/JeremyPerkins/Articles/
  buffalo-news-2005-01-30-b.html
• http//www.scientology-lies.com/faq/teachings/scie
  ntology-and-christianity.html
• http//www.dianetics.org//videos
• http//www.yoism.org/?qnode/233