The States of Existence Man is so visibly MAN that he overlooked in most of his philosophies and all of his sciences that there is more than one state of existence attainable by man. There are many states of existence besides that of man. This has been touched on by earlier philosophies. What is new about Scientology is that one being can attain several different states of existence in just one lifetime. Some savants amongst the Himalayas have worked in this direction. Gautama Siddhartha … [Read more...] about Article: The States of Existence (2008)
Buddhism
Book: Hymn of Asia (2000)
When he shall be seen in the West, seated in the Western fashion, his hair like flames about his noble head, discoursing, then shall the inhabitants of the Three Worlds (*) rejoice, knowing that the emancipation of all sentient beings is imminent. Then it shall be called the age of the blessed because it will become commonplace to achieve emancipation in one lifetime." (*) The "Three Worlds" in Tibetan scripture refers to: Body (the physical world pertaining to the body and life), Speech (the … [Read more...] about Book: Hymn of Asia (2000)
Lecture: Rightness and Wrongness (2) (1963)
You’ll see sometimes a person who is only nominally degraded–they’re a politician or something like that, see? And you’ll see this person go downhill and become a covert criminal and slip a little bit further and a little bit further. And you’ll see him out lecturing for the Salvation Army, protesting against the very thing which they recently held to be right. This individual has sort of died a death now. He is talking about going to heaven. He’s talking about being dead. That is mainly what … [Read more...] about Lecture: Rightness and Wrongness (2) (1963)
Lecture: Future Org Trends (2) (1962)
I want to talk to you tonight about a very strange subject--a very, very strange subject: Scientology, its organizations. Now, this is a strange subject: Scientology organizations. There comes a time in any activity when you have to look forward to the shape of things to come and what they will be. Now, let us envision this as an activity. We do nothing cohesive, everybody just goes his own way, we have no central control of any kind, and people just wander out and process people and so … [Read more...] about Lecture: Future Org Trends (2) (1962)