12.11 What can auditing cure?
12.12 Can one go exterior (be separate from the body) in
auditing?
13. THE STATE OF CLEAR [Located in file 3 of 3]
13.1 What is Clear?
13.2 How does one go Clear?
13.3 How long does it take to go Clear?
13.4 If one goes Clear, will he lose his emotions?
13.5 What can you do when you are Clear?
13.6 Are Clears perfect?
13.7 Do Clears eat food and sleep?
13.8 Do Clears get colds and get sick?
13.9 If Clears no longer have a reactive mind, why do they
still need to get auditing?
14. THE STATE OF OPERATING THETAN [Located in file 3 of 3]
14.1 What is meant by Operating Thetan (OT)?
14.2 How would you describe the state of Operating Thetan?
14.3 Why are the OT materials confidential?
15. A SCIENTOLOGY CAREER [Located in file 3 of 3]
15.1 Can one audit as a career?
15.2 Of what value would it be to have my child trained as an
auditor?
15.3 Can one make Scientology a career in some other way than
by being a minister?
16. SCIENTOLOGY IN SOCIETY [Located in file 3 of 3]
16.1 I've heard that Scientologists are doing good things for
society. What are some specific examples?
16.2 Is Scientology active in Black communities and countries?
16.3 Do doctors, schools, social workers, businessmen and other
professional people use Scientology?
16.4 Why has Scientology sometimes been considered
controversial?
16.5 Why has Scientology been to court a lot of times?
16.6 Are there any laws against the practice of Scientology?
Has it been banned?
16.7 How does Scientology view deprogrammers and groups that
attempt to force people to denounce their chosen religion?
16.8 Why is Scientology opposed to psychiatry?
16.9 Why do some people oppose Scientology?
16.10 Is Scientology trying to rule the world?
16.11 Can Scientology do anything to improve the world
situation?
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6. SCIENTOLOGY ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES
6.1 How do Scientologists view life?
As a game -- a game in which everyone can win.
Scientologists are optimistic about life and believe
there is hope for a saner world and better civilization
and are actively doing all they can to achieve this.
6.2 What moral codes do Scientologists live by?
There are four main codes that Scientologists apply in
life. One is the Auditor's Code which gives the basic
rules an auditor must abide by to ensure excellent
auditing results.
Another is the Code of a Scientologist, guidelines which
Scientologists agree to follow in order to achieve the
aims of Scientology.
There is an ethical code, called the Code of Honor, that
Scientologists use in dealing with their fellow men.
L. Ron Hubbard has also written a nonreligious moral code
called "The Way to Happiness" which gives basic precepts
for a happy life. This moral code is used by
Scientologists and non-Scientologists alike, with tens of
millions of copies distributed in communities all around
the world.
6.3 What is Scientology's view on drugs?
Scientologists consider that drugs cause damaging effects
on a person -- physically, mentally and spiritually. They
decrease awareness and hinder abilities. They are a
"solution" to some other problem, which themselves become
a problem.
Scientologists do not take street drugs or mind-altering
psychiatric drugs.
Scientologists do use prescribed drugs as part of medical
programs from competent physicians, but have found that
as a result of auditing, they need to take medical drugs
much less frequently and also that medications such as
antibiotics seem to work more rapidly when being audited.
For more information about drugs and what can be done
about them, the book _Clear Body, Clear Mind: The
Effective Purification Program_ is recommended.
6.4 Why are there so many young people on staff in Scientology?
Many Scientologists are under thirty-five. We find that
young Scientologists enjoy the lifestyle working in the
Church. It may be that due to the expansion of
Scientology they find that there are many opportunities
to achieve responsible positions quite rapidly. Many
families have three generations working in Scientology.
There are also a great many older people in Scientology.
6.5 Do you have any special dietary laws or rules against
smoking or drinking in Scientology?
No. There are no dietary laws whatsoever and no general
prohibitions against smoking or drinking. The only
guidelines in Scientology are that no alcohol is allowed
twenty-four hours prior to or during auditing sessions,
and that no drinking is allowed twenty-four hours prior
to or during study. The effects of the alcohol would make
it impossible to get the gains one can get from auditing
and training.
Smoking is forbidden in course rooms or during auditing
sessions, as such would distract oneself and others.
Rules for student behavior are laid out in a Church
policy called the "Student's Guide to Acceptable
Behavior."
6.6 Do Scientologists use medical doctors?
Yes. The Church of Scientology has always had the firm
policy of sending sick parishioners to medical doctors to
handle the physical aspect of any illness or injury. A
Scientologist with a physical condition is instructed to
get the needed medical examination and treatment. He then
resumes his auditing so as to handle any spiritual trauma
connected with the physical condition. There are also
many medical doctors who are Scientologists.
6.7 In Scientology does one have to sacrifice one's
individuality?
No. People are unique, even though they have in common
certain problems and aberrations. As they become
disentangled from the stimulus-response part of their
mind, they become more them- selves, more unique, more
individual and learn to believe in themselves. In fact,
becoming more aware of and able to express one's own
unique beingness is encouraged in Scientology.
Scientology teaches one to maintain his personal
integrity and to develop fully as an individual.
6.8 What benefits can one get from Scientology?
In reviewing success stories written by Scientologists,
there are a few common themes that stand out. One is that
many people have attained the ability to communicate in
relationships, whether with family members and spouses,
friends, or even mere acquaintances; another is that they
are freed from stress at work and in other areas of their
lives; another common one is that they can expand their
potential and do things they never thought possible.
6.9 What is Scientology's system of ethics?
L. Ron Hubbard has defined 'ethics' as "reason and the
contemplation of optimum survival."
In Scientology, ethics is a rational system based on a
number of codes of practice.
L. Ron Hubbard has pointed out: "Dishonest conduct is
nonsurvival. Anything is unreasonable or evil which
brings about the destruction of individuals, groups, or
inhibits the future of the race."
Man has long postulated a means by which he could put
himself on the right path. As long ago as 500 B.C.,
religions recognized that confession frees a person
spiritually from the burden of sin.
In Scientology, it has been found that a Confessional (a
type of auditing) assists the person who has transgressed
against his own and his group's moral code to unburden
himself and again feel good about himself and be a
contributing member of the group.
L. Ron Hubbard has written: "No man who is not himself
honest can be free -- he is his own trap. When his own
deeds cannot be disclosed, then he is a prisoner; he must
withhold himself from his fellows and is a slave to his
own conscience."
In addition to the Confessional, Scientology's ethics
system includes a body of technology called conditions
formulas. Mr. Hubbard discovered that there are various
states of existence in which an individual operates
(called "conditions") and that there are exact formulas
connected with these operating states. Each formula has
a number of exact steps.
A person can determine what condition or operating state
any area of his life is in and apply the conditions
formulas to move it into a higher condition.
While very simple, such actions are quite powerful and
have enabled millions of individuals to improve
conditions in their lives in ways they never thought
possible.
These are just two of the tools from the wealth of ethics
technology that exists in Scientology. Complete
information on this subject is contained in the book
_Introduction to Scientology Ethics_ by L. Ron Hubbard.
6.10 What does "clear the planet" mean?
It means that Scientologists want to clear the planet of
insanity, war and crime, and in its place create a
civilization in which sanity and peace exist. In order to
do this, they must help individuals become clear of their
own individual insanities and regain awareness that they
are basically good.
6.11 What does "suppressive person" mean?
According to L. Ron Hubbard, a suppressive person is "a
person who seeks to 'suppress', or squash, any betterment
activity or group. A suppressive person suppresses other
people in his vicinity. This is the person whose behavior
is calculated to be disastrous." Well-known examples of
such a personality are Napoleon and Hitler.
Mr. Hubbard found that a suppressive person, also called
an antisocial personality, has definite antisocial
attributes.
The basic reason the antisocial personality behaves as he
or she does lies in a hidden terror of others.
To such a person every other being is an enemy, an enemy
to be covertly or overtly destroyed.
The fixation is that survival itself depends on "keeping
others down" or "keeping people ignorant."
If anyone were to promise to make others stronger or
brighter, the antisocial personality suffers the utmost
agony of personal danger.
Because of this, the suppressive person seeks to upset,
continuously undermine, spread bad news about and
denigrate Scientology and Scientologists. The antisocial
personality is against what Scientology is about --
helping people become more able and improving conditions
