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Subject: THE PARTS OF MAN
Date: 4 Nov 1996 22:21:04 GMT
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Many falsehoods and inaccurate statements regarding several aspects
of the religion of Scientology have been observed on ars.
The purpose of this message is to give you a sample of the true data
from the book 'What is Scientology?' and show you where you can look
to get the full contents of this book.

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From this discovery, Mr. Hubbard went on to precisely delineate the
parts of man.

First there is the body itself. The body is the organized physical
composition or substance of man, whether living or dead. It is not
the being himself.

Next, there is the mind, which consists essentially of pictures.

Finally, and most important, there is the thetan. The thetan is not
a thing. It is the creator of things.

The senior most of the three parts of man, obviously, is the thetan,
for without the thetan there would be no mind or animation of the
body, while without a body or a mind there is still animation and
life in the thetan.

The thetan utilizes his mind as a control system between himself
and the physical universe. The mind is not the brain. The brain is
part of the body and does not determine intelligence. It can be likened
to a switchboard. If one said that a telephone switchboard was the
intelligence of the corporation it served, this would be like saying
the brain was the intelligence of the person. It is just not true.
The brain is simply a conduit that, like a telephone wire, carries
messages. The mind accumulates recordings of thoughts, conclusions,
decisions, observations and perceptions of a thetan throughout his
existence. The thetan uses his mind in the handling of life and the
physical universe. The body (including the brain) is the thetan's
communication center. It is a physical object, not the being himself.


The thetan is the source of all creation and is life itself. It becomes
fully apparent for the first time in man's experience that the spirit
is immortal and possessed of capabilities well in excess of those
hitherto predicted. The exteriorization of the thetan from his body
accomplishes the realization of goals envisioned - but questionably,
if ever, obtained - in spiritualism, mysticism and such fields.

Recognition of the thetan makes possible gains in ability and awareness
- improvements which are not attainable in any practice holding
man to be only a body and thus entirely subject to physical universe
limitations. Psychology, for instance, had worked itself into a dead
end. Having no concept of the existence of an animating factor to
life, it had degenerated into a practice devoted solely to the creation
of an effect on living forms.

In Scientology, however, the thetan himself is directly addressed.
Such an approach to improvement accomplishes increased spiritual
freedom, intelligence and ability for the individual, and clarifies
any part of life.


For more information go to the following URLs:


          http://www.scientology.org
          http://www.lronhubbard.org
          http://www.dianetics.org

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