09.01.2010 - 14:53
The meaning of a word is not dependent on the definition.
At first sight this statement appears meaningless- until I give
examples.
There is a tendency in business circles to use the word 'challenge' as
a replacement to the word 'problem'.
This may seem odd as the words have almost the same meaning. A
challenge is an obstacle or task that needs to be completed before an
objective may be reached- and a problem is exactly the same thing.
The difference between the two words is not the definition- it is the
emotions that come packaged with it.
When we come across a problem we tend to feel depressed and half
defeated before we even start.
When we face a challenge we feel fully energised and alive and can
hardly wait to get to grips with it.
This is why some companies insist we use one word and not another. The
meanings are the same but the human response is exactly opposite!
This makes a nonsense of the Scientology doctrine of word clearing.
Dictionary definitions can only scratch the surface of meaning because
they cannot explain the complex emotional baggage that each word
carries.
Word clearing may be of some use in understanding a technical document
that contains unfamiliar words- but it is worse than useless when
trying to understand life. This is because life is all about
perceptions and emotions. Nothing is good or bad except that thinking
make it so.
Word clearing actually leads the student away from the real issue-
which is the student themselves.
Scientology is a philosophy of life. The great paradox of Scientology
is that it seeks to remove the student from this study by reducing
words and concepts to their literal meanings. This means that
fantastic untruths can be spun without the student ever becoming
outraged at them. The emotional response has been dulled by the act of
removing the student and their emotions from the picture.
This is rather a hard concept to grasp so I will give a practical
example.
a) Suppose I were to tell you that garden gnomes came to life at
night- you would laugh at me because this does not fit your reality or
experience.
b) Suppose I were to say the same thing- but make this a hypothetical
question, or suggest it in a story I was telling you?
Your initial reaction would not be the same. The story was not about
YOUR life so you would not reality test it to the same degree. It is
simply a funny little story for you to listen to without judgement.
Word clearing has essentially the same effect. It removes the student
from the subject of Scientology so that he or she no longer has an
immediate emotional reaction to a falsehood. Scientology is no longer
a story about the student- it becomes a story about nobody in
particular and for this reason it does not need to be reality tested.
09.01.2010 - 16:23
On 9 Jan, 14:53, Richard Ford <doorman.f...@googlemail.com> wrote:
The meaning of a word is not dependent upon the definition?
At first sight this statement appears meaningless- until I give
examples.
There is a tendency in business circles to use the word 'challenge' as
a replacement to the word 'problem'.
This may seem odd as the words have almost the same meaning. A
challenge is an obstacle or task that needs to be completed before an
objective may be reached- and a problem is exactly the same thing.
The difference between the two words is not the definition- it is the
emotions that come packaged with it.
When we come across a problem we tend to feel depressed and half
defeated before we even start.
When we face a challenge we feel fully energised and alive and can
hardly wait to get to grips with it.
This is why some companies insist we use one word and not another. The
meanings are the same but the human response is exactly opposite!
This makes a nonsense of the Scientology doctrine of word clearing.
Dictionary definitions can only scratch the surface of meaning because
they cannot explain the complex emotional baggage that each word
carries.
Word clearing may be of some use in understanding a technical document
that contains unfamiliar words- but it is worse than useless when
trying to understand life. This is because life is all about
perceptions and emotions. Nothing is good or bad except that thinking
make it so.
Word clearing actually leads the student away from the real issue-
which is the student themselves.
Scientology is a philosophy of life. The great paradox of Scientology
is that it seeks to remove the student from this study by reducing
words and concepts to their literal meanings. This means that
fantastic untruths can be spun without the student ever becoming
outraged at them. The emotional response has been dulled by the act of
removing the student and their emotions from the picture.
This is rather a hard concept to grasp so I will give a practical
example.
a) Suppose I were to tell you that garden gnomes came to life at
night- you would laugh at me because this does not fit your reality or
experience.
b) Suppose I were to say the same thing- but make this a hypothetical
question, or suggest it in a story I was telling you?
Your initial reaction would not be the same. The story was not about
YOUR life so you would not reality test it to the same degree. It is
simply a funny little story for you to listen to without judgement.
Word clearing has essentially the same effect. It removes the student
from the subject of Scientology so that he or she no longer has an
immediate emotional reaction to a falsehood. Scientology is no longer
a story about the student- it becomes a story about nobody in
particular and for this reason it does not need to be reality tested.
So a nobody (thetan) is a beingness and the lack of being somebody a
doingness. Nobodies can be somebodies if they give themselves a chance
and works towards such a goal. So scientologists don't have to be
stupid,,,they might only have gaps in their understanding. To be a
nobody is a beingness,,,an absolute truth, according to Ron Hubbards
indoctrination but a better truth is that it's possible to reach a
beingness as a somebody with a little good will and some effort. If
not in scientology very well on the outside of scientology.
The meaning of a word is not dependent upon the definition?
At first sight this statement appears meaningless- until I give
examples.
There is a tendency in business circles to use the word 'challenge' as
a replacement to the word 'problem'.
This may seem odd as the words have almost the same meaning. A
challenge is an obstacle or task that needs to be completed before an
objective may be reached- and a problem is exactly the same thing.
The difference between the two words is not the definition- it is the
emotions that come packaged with it.
When we come across a problem we tend to feel depressed and half
defeated before we even start.
When we face a challenge we feel fully energised and alive and can
hardly wait to get to grips with it.
This is why some companies insist we use one word and not another. The
meanings are the same but the human response is exactly opposite!
This makes a nonsense of the Scientology doctrine of word clearing.
Dictionary definitions can only scratch the surface of meaning because
they cannot explain the complex emotional baggage that each word
carries.
Word clearing may be of some use in understanding a technical document
that contains unfamiliar words- but it is worse than useless when
trying to understand life. This is because life is all about
perceptions and emotions. Nothing is good or bad except that thinking
make it so.
Word clearing actually leads the student away from the real issue-
which is the student themselves.
Scientology is a philosophy of life. The great paradox of Scientology
is that it seeks to remove the student from this study by reducing
words and concepts to their literal meanings. This means that
fantastic untruths can be spun without the student ever becoming
outraged at them. The emotional response has been dulled by the act of
removing the student and their emotions from the picture.
This is rather a hard concept to grasp so I will give a practical
example.
a) Suppose I were to tell you that garden gnomes came to life at
night- you would laugh at me because this does not fit your reality or
experience.
b) Suppose I were to say the same thing- but make this a hypothetical
question, or suggest it in a story I was telling you?
Your initial reaction would not be the same. The story was not about
YOUR life so you would not reality test it to the same degree. It is
simply a funny little story for you to listen to without judgement.
Word clearing has essentially the same effect. It removes the student
from the subject of Scientology so that he or she no longer has an
immediate emotional reaction to a falsehood. Scientology is no longer
a story about the student- it becomes a story about nobody in
particular and for this reason it does not need to be reality tested.
So a nobody (thetan) is a beingness and the lack of being somebody a
doingness. Nobodies can be somebodies if they give themselves a chance
and works towards such a goal. So scientologists don't have to be
stupid,,,they might only have gaps in their understanding. To be a
nobody is a beingness,,,an absolute truth, according to Ron Hubbards
indoctrination but a better truth is that it's possible to reach a
beingness as a somebody with a little good will and some effort. If
not in scientology very well on the outside of scientology.
09.01.2010 - 18:36
On Jan 9, 8:530am, Richard Ford <doorman.f...@googlemail.com> wrote:
b) Suppose I were to say the same thing- but make this a hypothetical
question, or suggest it in a story I was telling you?
Your initial reaction would not be the same. The story was not about
YOUR life so you would not reality test it to the same degree. It is
simply a funny little story for you to listen to without judgement.
Word clearing has essentially the same effect. It removes the student
from the subject of Scientology so that he or she no longer has an
immediate emotional reaction to a falsehood. Scientology is no longer
a story about the student- it becomes a story about nobody in
particular and for this reason it does not need to be reality tested.
Have you noticed any one else
who has run a can't have of
an emotion on someone?
b) Suppose I were to say the same thing- but make this a hypothetical
question, or suggest it in a story I was telling you?
Your initial reaction would not be the same. The story was not about
YOUR life so you would not reality test it to the same degree. It is
simply a funny little story for you to listen to without judgement.
Word clearing has essentially the same effect. It removes the student
from the subject of Scientology so that he or she no longer has an
immediate emotional reaction to a falsehood. Scientology is no longer
a story about the student- it becomes a story about nobody in
particular and for this reason it does not need to be reality tested.
Have you noticed any one else
who has run a can't have of
an emotion on someone?
10.01.2010 - 03:07
doorman.ford@googlemail.com wrote:
There is a tendency in business circles to use the word 'challenge' as
a replacement to the word 'problem'.
That reminds me of the doorstep evangelists whose opening line was "would
you like to live in a world without problems?"
I answered "no" of course. Thirty seconds into my explanation their eyes
glazed over and they changed the subject.
But I've already agreed with you:
http://www.newsfrombree.co.uk/cult_1.htm
By reducing understanding to word clearing, Scientology makes the
humourless, literal-minded idiots who fill its ranks the equal of all those
smartass clever Suppressives. Who needs to think when you got Source?
--
FREEDOM is a trademark owned by
Religious Technology Center
http://www.newsfrombree.co.uk/stolgy_0.htm
There is a tendency in business circles to use the word 'challenge' as
a replacement to the word 'problem'.
That reminds me of the doorstep evangelists whose opening line was "would
you like to live in a world without problems?"
I answered "no" of course. Thirty seconds into my explanation their eyes
glazed over and they changed the subject.
But I've already agreed with you:
http://www.newsfrombree.co.uk/cult_1.htm
By reducing understanding to word clearing, Scientology makes the
humourless, literal-minded idiots who fill its ranks the equal of all those
smartass clever Suppressives. Who needs to think when you got Source?
--
FREEDOM is a trademark owned by
Religious Technology Center
http://www.newsfrombree.co.uk/stolgy_0.htm
10.01.2010 - 05:02
On Jan 9, 5:530am, Richard Ford <doorman.f...@googlemail.com> wrote:
The meaning of a word is not dependent upon the definition?
At first sight this statement appears meaningless- until I give
examples.
There is a tendency in business circles to use the word 'challenge' as
a replacement to the word 'problem'.
This may seem odd as the words have almost the same meaning. A
challenge is an obstacle or task that needs to be completed before an
objective may be reached- and a problem is exactly the same thing.
The difference between the two words is not the definition- it is the
emotions that come packaged with it.
When we come across a problem we tend to feel depressed and half
defeated before we even start.
When we face a challenge we feel fully energised and alive and can
hardly wait to get to grips with it.
This is why some companies insist we use one word and not another. The
meanings are the same but the human response is exactly opposite!
This makes a nonsense of the Scientology doctrine of word clearing.
Dictionary definitions can only scratch the surface of meaning because
they cannot explain the complex emotional baggage that each word
carries.
Word clearing may be of some use in understanding a technical document
that contains unfamiliar words- but it is worse than useless when
trying to understand life. This is because life is all about
perceptions and emotions. Nothing is good or bad except that thinking
make it so.
Word clearing actually leads the student away from the real issue-
which is the student themselves.
Scientology is a philosophy of life. The great paradox of Scientology
is that it seeks to remove the student from this study by reducing
words and concepts to their literal meanings. This means that
fantastic untruths can be spun without the student ever becoming
outraged at them. The emotional response has been dulled by the act of
removing the student and their emotions from the picture.
This is rather a hard concept to grasp so I will give a practical
example.
a) Suppose I were to tell you that garden gnomes came to life at
night- you would laugh at me because this does not fit your reality or
experience.
b) Suppose I were to say the same thing- but make this a hypothetical
question, or suggest it in a story I was telling you?
Your initial reaction would not be the same. The story was not about
YOUR life so you would not reality test it to the same degree. It is
simply a funny little story for you to listen to without judgement.
Word clearing has essentially the same effect. It removes the student
from the subject of Scientology so that he or she no longer has an
immediate emotional reaction to a falsehood. Scientology is no longer
a story about the student- it becomes a story about nobody in
particular and for this reason it does not need to be reality tested.
thanks again for your long running series of world class posts....You
should write a book
or maybe robo post them to ACT at least....imo ymmv dont blame
me, Im just sayin
Phil scott
The meaning of a word is not dependent upon the definition?
At first sight this statement appears meaningless- until I give
examples.
There is a tendency in business circles to use the word 'challenge' as
a replacement to the word 'problem'.
This may seem odd as the words have almost the same meaning. A
challenge is an obstacle or task that needs to be completed before an
objective may be reached- and a problem is exactly the same thing.
The difference between the two words is not the definition- it is the
emotions that come packaged with it.
When we come across a problem we tend to feel depressed and half
defeated before we even start.
When we face a challenge we feel fully energised and alive and can
hardly wait to get to grips with it.
This is why some companies insist we use one word and not another. The
meanings are the same but the human response is exactly opposite!
This makes a nonsense of the Scientology doctrine of word clearing.
Dictionary definitions can only scratch the surface of meaning because
they cannot explain the complex emotional baggage that each word
carries.
Word clearing may be of some use in understanding a technical document
that contains unfamiliar words- but it is worse than useless when
trying to understand life. This is because life is all about
perceptions and emotions. Nothing is good or bad except that thinking
make it so.
Word clearing actually leads the student away from the real issue-
which is the student themselves.
Scientology is a philosophy of life. The great paradox of Scientology
is that it seeks to remove the student from this study by reducing
words and concepts to their literal meanings. This means that
fantastic untruths can be spun without the student ever becoming
outraged at them. The emotional response has been dulled by the act of
removing the student and their emotions from the picture.
This is rather a hard concept to grasp so I will give a practical
example.
a) Suppose I were to tell you that garden gnomes came to life at
night- you would laugh at me because this does not fit your reality or
experience.
b) Suppose I were to say the same thing- but make this a hypothetical
question, or suggest it in a story I was telling you?
Your initial reaction would not be the same. The story was not about
YOUR life so you would not reality test it to the same degree. It is
simply a funny little story for you to listen to without judgement.
Word clearing has essentially the same effect. It removes the student
from the subject of Scientology so that he or she no longer has an
immediate emotional reaction to a falsehood. Scientology is no longer
a story about the student- it becomes a story about nobody in
particular and for this reason it does not need to be reality tested.
thanks again for your long running series of world class posts....You
should write a book
or maybe robo post them to ACT at least....imo ymmv dont blame
me, Im just sayin
Phil scott
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