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SELF-DETERMINISM AND SANITY

Here is a quote from L.Ron Hubbard. It does have some words you might not understand but it would pay to visit the Scientology Website and find out about these words.

Self-determinism goes up to enormous heights. And it doesn't mean that a person becomes completely indifferent and detached. He can become very, very intimate with existence because he dares to be, at a high level of self-determinism. A person is as sane as he is self-determined.
Now that should be fairly simple. It comes to this degree: Do you know that nobody can be sick unless he has desired to be sick at some time or other? That's very fascinating.

You say to somebody, why, you say, "Nobody can do this. I never wished I was sick—not in my whole life."

And you can always throw him this little curve and it usually throws him, if you get that reaction. You say, "Did you ever try to keep from going to school?"
And he says, "Oh, that. Well, yes, I pretended I was sick a few times then."
"Well, let's remember one of those times." And we find out that he's using this same mechanism to keep from going to work, years later. Only by this time it's developed into what they call a chronic whatever-it-is.

Such a thing as an allergy can develop in this fashion. The little boy is forced to eat something and he says, "I don't like it." Still they insist he eats it, so he says, "It makes me sick" And he says this very emphatically and he argues with it and he loses the argument. Twenty years later you pick him up and you find out very mysteriously that corn makes him sick. Now why should corn make him sick? Well, he said so. He's boss. So he said so, so now it's got to make him sick, because if a person doesn't obey his own postulates he is wrong. The second he doesn't do what his postulate said, then he proves that he is wrong.

And it's an odd thing about rightness and wrongness, but the—as wrong as you can get, of course, is dead. And if you get completely wrong, you're dead. So wrongness is a measure of level on the Tone Scale again. And when a person gets down around 2.5, 2.0, 1.5, 1.0, believe me, he can't afford to be wrong! Being wrong just once will finish him—boom!

And yet he's at a level where he's forcing himself to be wrong. And he's in a terrible chaotic state. Below 2.0 a person is more MEST (Matter, Energy, Space and Time) universe than he is—he's more controlled by the MEST universe than he is by himself.
PEOPLE WHO WORRY ABOUT POSTULATES

And so you find that at very low levels on the Tone Scale people worry madly about their own postulates—the second they begin to know about postulates. Then they'll start worrying about postulates and they'll go back and they'll pick up their own postulates. And then they get afraid to make postulates and so on because they can't afford to be wrong.
That is why invalidation of a low-level preclear can be almost fatal—because you tell him he's wrong, invalidate him. You say, "Something is wrong about what you remembered," and he just can't stand that strain.
Now, you can take somebody way up the Tone Scale and you can say, "You're wrong," and you can bring out mathematics, you can bring out Bowditch, you can bring out anything you want to bring out and demonstrate to him conclusively and utterly and forcefully and with harsh words that he is awful wrong. And he will look at it and he'll say, "Yep, I guess I was. What did we have to eat tonight for dinner?" he says, "Let's have some of that." I mean, that's about as much effect as it is. He can afford to be wrong.
—L. Ron Hubbard, from the lecture THOUGHT, EMOTION AND EFFORT.
Excerpted from the Scientology: Milestone One lectures

Time sure flies

update ...
I am again flat out. These days since doing the Basics Books courses at the Scientology organization, my interest in other things have just tripled. I have learned to compose some music with Fruity Loops, some coding in http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram, some serious Visual Basic for MS Excel just to name a few.
In each of these fields I have no prior experience but it is the challenge of learning it that is fun. With Fruity Loops I create a single track, it took me about 15 hours to learn the program and put it together so it is not record studio material, it is mostly a demonstration of what Fruity Loops can do and I was just messing about. Tried to download it so you can hear ... but later on that.

In excel I have learned quite a bit, though I would consider myself and intermediate excel user , I can now write out userforms, create a database, update records , etc al in visual Basic.. they stuff I now can do...


This of course is quite time consuming but there is just so many things to learn, doing all this while doing a 8 hour Job and juggling being on Study at least 3 days a week.


Oh .. I am doing the "Advanced Procedures & Axioms " course now...

What are Human Rights?

1. We are all free and equal. We are all born free. We all have our own thoughts and ideas. We should all be treated in the same way.

2. Don't discriminate. These rights belong to everybody, whatever our differences.

3. The right to life. We all have the right to life, and to live in freedom and safety.

4. Slavery – past and present. Nobody has any right to make us a slave. We cannot make anyone our slave.

5. Torture. Nobody has any right to hurt us or to torture us.

6. We all have the same right to use the law. I am a person just like you!

7. We are all protected by the law. The law is the same for everyone. It must treat us all fairly.

8. Fair treatment by fair courts. We can all ask for the law to help us when we are not treated fairly.

9. Unfair detainment. Nobody has the right to put us in prison without a good reason and keep us there, or to send us away from our country.

10. The right to trial. If we are put on trial this should be in public. The people who try us should not let anyone tell them what to do.

11. Innocent until proven guilty. Nobody should be blamed for doing something until it is proven. When people say we did a bad thing we have the right to show it is not true.

12. The right to privacy. Nobody should try to harm our good name. Nobody has the right to come into our home, open our letters or bother us or our family without a good reason.

13. Freedom to move. We all have the right to go where we want in our own country and to travel as we wish.

14. The right to asylum. If we are frightened of being badly treated in our own country, we all have the right to run away to another country to be safe.

15. The right to a nationality. We all have the right to belong to a country.

16. Marriage and family. Every grown-up has the right to marry and have a family if they want to. Men and women have the same rights when they are married, and when they are separated.

17. Your own things. Everyone has the right to own things or share them. Nobody should take our things from us without a good reason.

18. Freedom of thought. We all have the right to believe in what we want to believe, to have a religion, or to change it if we want.

19. Free to say what you want. We all have the right to make up our own minds, to think what we like, to say what we think, and to share our ideas with other people.

20. Meet where you like. We all have the right to meet our friends and to work together in peace to defend our rights. Nobody can make us join a group if we don't want to.

21. The right to democracy. We all have the right to take part in the government of our country. Every grown-up should be allowed to choose their own leaders.

22. The right to social security. We all have the right to affordable housing, medicine, education, and child care, enough money to live on and medical help if we are ill or old.

23. Workers' rights. Every grown-up has the right to do a job, to a fair wage for their work, and to join a trade union.

24. The right to play. We all have the right to rest from work and to relax.

25. A bed and some food. We all have the right to a good life. Mothers and children, people who are old, unemployed or disabled, and all people have the right to be cared for.

26. The right to education. Education is a right. Primary school should be free. We should learn about the United Nations and how to get on with others. Our parents can choose what we learn.

27. Culture and copyright. Copyright is a special law that protects one's own artistic creations and writings; others cannot make copies without permission. We all have the right to our own way of life and to enjoy the good things that "art," science and learning bring.

28. A free and fair world. There must be proper order so we can all enjoy rights and freedoms in our own country and all over the world.

29. Our responsibilities. We have a duty to other people, and we should protect their rights and freedoms.

30. Nobody can take away these rights and freedoms from us.

source:

Another Scientology course completed !

In English Please:

I have completed the Course called Self Analysis by L.Ron Hubbard. This course I must say really put it into perspective the reason why you do the courses, one after the other, as laid out. While reading this book I saw how having the data from the books Dianetics and Science of Survival made understanding what I was reading so much easier.

I got from this book what people are lacking. Life go by people , they can’t remember as well as they use to, they don’t feel as bright as they used to, their energy levels are low and there are many other things that seem to be troubling people. This book gives a solution which anyone can use, in any place. Setting aside a little time each day and doing the exercises, a person can change the conditions facing them.

I knew about Self Analysis since getting in Scientology. I can tell you I had no interest in it really, as I always wanted the ‘advanced’ stuff, the ‘mysterious’ stuff , the stuff about past lives and space and other planets etc etc. The truth for me now is I need to understand the basics. I need to know the fundamental laws of life energy. This book gives some of those fundamentals. Past lives and other stuff called “Para-Scientology” has it’s time and place and to fully appreciate it, an understanding of the basics principles of life is needed.

The data in Self Analysis is so simple. I thought today.. “Why hasn’t anyone thought about it before?”.The rules of life and the behavior of human beings are exact.

I always wanted to be different and always thought I was, that the problems facing me were different to the problems others were having, which probably in my opinion was true. Self Analysis and the previous 2 books taught me that we all are pressured by the same problems, if we are alive we are governed by the same rules of life. Different problems but same anatomy of problem, different situations but same make up of situations.

Knowing these rules would be the most important thing to do and this is what the Basic Scientology books offer.



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“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”. B.F

“To know oneself is to know your friends and enemies” © Ricky Saunders 2008

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According to research at an English university, it doesn't matter in what order the letters
in a word are, the only important thing is that the first and last letter is at the right place.
The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it without problem.
This is because we do not read every letter by it self but the word as a whole.

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In Gobbledygook please:


I have clpmoeetd the Csruoe called Self Aylansis by L.Ron Habburd. Tihs cruose I must say rllaey put it itno psrecepitve the rosaen why you do the csruoes, one atfer the otehr, as laid out. Wlihe ridaeng tihs book I saw how hvanig the dtaa form the bkoos Dnaicites and Sciecne of Sruivavl made uredntsdnanig what I was redanig so much eeisar.

I got form this book waht pelpoe are lcaikng. Lfie go by plpoee , they can't rmemeebr as wlel as they use to, tehy don't feel as birght as they used to, tehir eengry lleves are low and there are many other tgnihs taht seem to be truoblnig ppoele. Tihs book gvies a suloiton wcihh aynone can use, in any pcale. Sitteng adise a ltilte tmie ecah day and dniog the excreesis, a posren can cahgne the codntinois ficang tehm.

I kenw abuot Self Ansylais sicne gttenig in Sneictgoloy. I can tlel you I had no iretnset in it rllaey, as I aawlys wtnaed the 'aavdecnd' sfutf, the 'metsyiruos' sfutf , the sfutf aobut psat lvies and scape and oehtr plenats etc etc. The turth for me now is I need to unedsrtnad the baciss. I need to konw the fdnuematnal lwas of lfie enregy. This book gives some of tsohe fdnunemalats. Psat lievs and oehtr sfutf cllaed "ParcS-aiotnelgoy" has it's tmie and pcale and to fluly aperpictae it, an unsreddnating of the bcisas pirpicnels of lfie is nedeed.

The data in Slef Aylaniss is so smiple. I thuoght today.. "Why hsan't aynnoe tuohhgt aobut it bfeore?".The relus of lfie and the bhevaoir of hmuan bgnies are eaxct.

I aawlys wtnaed to be deffinert and awlyas thuohgt I was, taht the pbormels ficang me wree dieffnert to the prbomels others wree hanivg, wcihh paborlby in my oinipon was ture. Slef Anlasyis and the piveruos 2 bokos tguaht me taht we all are prserused by the smae plborems, if we are ailve we are gvoenred by the smae rlues of lfie. Dffineret prelboms but smae aotanmy of problem, dffineret sautitoins but same mkae up of sititauons.

Kiwonng thsee rlues would be the msot impatront tnihg to do and this is waht the Baisc Sicelotngoy bkoos ofefr.



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"An ivnsenemtt in klwongdee pyas the bset iretnest.". B.F

"To konw oesenlf is to know your feirdns and emeneis" © Rciky Snuaedrs 2008

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Straight from Source.

Decision is, you will discover, one of the fundamental points of indecision and one of the fundamental reasons why people are sane or insane—decision.

You see, decision is a short way of saying choice. And choice, of course, is the keynote of self-determinism. To determine anything, you must have the choice to determine. Choice to determine means that you must have the power of decision.
Automatically, you will discover—automatically, in any case—that the one thing that is holding up beingness is indecision, a maybe.

In any engram that presents itself to be run—in any engram that presents itself to be run, there is a maybe: two choices which are relatively evenly balanced and their even balancing make an irresolution.

Now, there’s a great deal to do with time in decision. Decision and time have a lot in common. When we have clean, clear decision, we have clean, clear time. And when we have an indecision, there is an unclarity about time. If you are trying to decide anything and having a difficulty in trying to decide that thing, the root of its trouble is time. Not even necessarily data; it’s time. There’s a time hang-up there somewhere. And if you look for that back of the data, usually the data becomes needless.

Decision: The basic decision that life makes, that theta makes, is “to be or not to be.” Shakespeare’s famous line: “To be or not to be: that is the question.” Hamlet was in very, very bad condition that day. He was hung up on the squarest maybe that anyone can be hung up on.

If you see someone facing a new job—a choice of whether or not he’s going to continue with his old job or take a new job—you may think that he is resisting change or a lot of other things, and so on. He’s not anything. I mean, he is hung up until he decides one way or the other on a beingness situation. So that any beingness situation where you had a “to be or not to be” on a case becomes itself the most aberrative situation.

Running an engram is really, basically, only necessary until the preclear has reached, of his own volition and evaluation, the decision he didn’t make. He’s found the maybe in his life. He’s found that maybe. And having found the maybe, it is clearly enough in view so that he can resolve it or evaluate its importance, and the rest of the engram will blow. It’ll disappear—become completely unaberrative.

Postulates are important only because postulates are the root material of decision. That is to say, you have the decision and you make the postulate to resolve the decision. “To be or not to be” is action or inaction, existence or no existence.

L.Ron Hubbard

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It is a quote like this and the thousand of others that make L.Ron Hubbard stand out.
To me he is a Man amongst men, A king amongst kings and I would even be so far to say a God amongst Gods.. though he would not approve of it at all..

Though I must say this quote , to fully understand it , would require a looking up of some of the linked words, it would be very worthwhile to do so.
R. Saunders 2008

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A little time for A little while..

In English Please:
A little time for a little while; it is possible to be happy.
A day of happiness to be cherished instead of those days of misery.
One moment of peace to be enjoyed during an unrelenting war.
One data of certainty is worth more than a whirlwind of confusion.
A little time for a little while; it is possible to be happy.
A hour of quiet, is worth each minute to the full.
A minute of silence is stronger than a thousand speaking.
A second you know that you are, is worth the more than the endless forget.
A little time for a little while; it is possible to be happy.
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“When the well's dry, we know the worth of water.”. B.F

A little time for a little while; it is possible to be happy.” © Ricky Saunders 2008

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According to research at an English university, it doesn't matter in what order the letters
in a word are, the only important thing is that the first and last letter is at the right place.
The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it without problem.
This is because we do not read every letter by it self but the word as a whole.

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In Gobbledygook please:

A ltilte tmie for a llttie wlihe; it is pissoble to be hpapy.
One day of hanippses, is btteer tahn a hnurded dyas of mresiy.
One memont of pcaee is better than an urnelenitng war.
One creattniy is wroth mroe than a wrihiwlnd of cfnouoisn.
A llttie time for a little welih; it is poslbise to be hppay.
A huor of queit, is lkie the wroth ecah mtunie to the flul.
A mintue of selicne is srtgnoer than a 1000 spkaenig.
A Sceond you konw that you, is wroth the mroe tahn the eeldnss fegrot.
A llttie time for a ltitle welih; it is pssoible to be happy.

""Wehn the wlel's dry, we konw the wtroh of wetar.". B.F

A llttie time for a ltitle welih; it is pssolbie to be hppay." © Rciky Suaredns 2008