.ll 72 .fo off .co on .ce ((Editor's comments in double parenthesis - Homer)) .ce THE STRUCTURE OF THE ROAD TO TRUTH .ce FAF - 1 .ce 6 March 1990 .ce Copyright (C) Flemming A. Funch .ce Redistribution rights granted for non commercial purposes ((Flemming Funch is an OT 16)) The bridge really has a structure to it, that has apparently not been noticed before. By taking a step back and looking at the whole thing, it is actually quite simple what we are trying to do. The bridge has always been surrounded with a certain amount of mystery, particularly concerning the upper levels. It has not been quite clear where it actually went, and at which time one would have attained what. People would place their own ultimate hopes and desires at some high point on the chart. And they might very well get confused or disappointed when they finally get there, and the result doesn't match the dream. Most people would early on the bridge form a concept or an understanding of what "Full OT" is. The concept would usually be based on an understanding of the simple basic properties of a being. And it will be very close to the truth. A being can basically postulate and perceive anything, take any viewpoint, know anything, cause anything. We have obviously fallen away from the full command of those abilities. The goal of a bridge would naturally be to return to the original state enriched by what has been experienced, and able to play on the whole register without adverse effects from that point on. The goal of the bridge is desirable and attainable. There is really no reason to scale it down to lesser size as some groups do. What has to be done is to lay out the series of gradient steps which lead towards the goal, to label them correctly, and to travel the path. There are various pieces of the puzzle, various distinct subjects and steps, and actually several distinct parallel tracks to travel to get to the goal. Confusing the pieces and the paths with each other will lead to disappointment, losses, and stops on the road. The bridge in the Church provided steps for making a sane and happy human being. The grades and making a Clear is a very well understood and well functioning setup. The bridge also provided a series of OT levels. They have produced excellent wins for many people, but they didn't lead to anywhere in particular, and the bridge just ended then. The Ron's Org bridge remedied that situation, and made the OT levels actually lead somewhere. ((Ron's Org is an Independent Field Org started by Captain Bill Richardson. Their Bridge currently goes to OT 16, with higher levels in the works.)) The point and purpose in doing the bridge has now also been much better understood and explained. However the bridge still doesn't go the whole way. One might still be surprised or disappointed that one's wish list still hasn't been taken care of. There is yet another strata of stuff. Pieces of the upper parts have been developed or suggested, but it still doesn't lead anywhere. It should however begin to be clear what that top section is about. I will claim that the bridge can be divided into 3 distinctly different areas at this point. To keep things simple I will call what we do on all 3 of them "Clearing". Clearing would be the as-isness of previously uninspected material in that area and thereby getting closer to truth. Roughly the same meaning as "Auditing". The first part of the bridge from the start through the Grades to Clear deals with Life. We are talking about human life, the frictions one has with others, the sufferings in life, what has happened to you in a body, the quirks of a human mind, and so forth. That is handled by inspecting it, exercising positive abilities, keying it out, running the incidents of effect, and so forth. ((A key out is moving that part of the charge away from one, without fullying erasing it or as-ising it, which will still need to be done later.)) The end result is a happy, sane, well functioning human being. I would call that a Life Clear. And the process of attaining it would be Life Clearing and the grades towards it would be the Life Levels. Those are just words, but they describe what is actually happening well. The next part is from OT1 through OT16 on the Ron's Org bridge. We are no longer concentrating on one's everyday human life here. These levels might or might not be effective in handling personal problems and concerns, but it is not their main focus. As the term OT implies they deal with Operating. They handle reasons for not being able to operate, not being able to DO things. And they do that mainly by handling the case of other beings of various categories that one might be linked up with. Those other beings would make you confused, try to control you, impose their own case upon you and so forth, and that would hold you back. The end result of running these levels would be to have cleared away the connections that stopped you, an Operation Clear. Actually it could be more correctly described as having been keyed out of the games one is in. The levels to attain it could be called Operation Levels if one would so choose. Note that I disagree with the notion that one would be totally out of the games and have no more case at this point. One definitely has an exterior viewpoint and an increased level of operation. But as long as one still has to have a body, and a physical universe, and a personality - one hasn't gone all the way. But, not to worry, that is really the next strata, it doesn't belong on the Operation Levels anyway. After the Operation Levels one is largely not connected with any mass. What is left is stuff without mass. And what is that? Primarily the thetan's own bank. It has hardly been touched up until that point, and now it is finally directly accessible. The most basic ability of a thetan is to postulate (secondarily to perceive, but that is itself a postulate). So the only thing that can really aberrate a thetan is his own postulates. The only thing, period. What has been handled so far is really just the garbage that has collected around the thetan's own postulates, and it was only there because of those postulates. But we had to handle it first to be able to see and as-is the thetan bank. All previous attempts to handle that case earlier on the chart have failed. So, we are dealing with postulates and their major manifestations, such as beingnesses and goals. We are dealing directly with the manifestations of the static, so I would call these levels the Static Levels. The end result of clearing these subjects, a Static Clear, would be a static that can assume or not assume any beingness, that doesn't have any forgotten postulates, and who can create freely. That is a Cleared Theta Clear if you look it up in Tech Dix ((Dianetics and Scientology Technical Dictionary)). Now, the problem is what we run to attain that. There apparently isn't a set of ready made levels that do it. The closest thing seems to be GPM type of tech. So, the steps need to be worked out, but the first step is to know what we are dealing with. Now, these three areas are divided quite logically. The table below describes better how existence divides between them. Actually they are kind of 3 parallel tracks, but it seems to work out best if they are in the described order. It also shows their relative seniority. The Life Levels produce releases that seem permanent at the time, but can easily be screwed up later on when the Operation Level material is in restimulation. And since none of those sets of levels really handle the underlying reasons, their manifestations can be re-created at any time by restimulation of the Static Level case. Case is not totally gone, before the underlying postulates are gone. That can be depressing for pre-OTs in the middle of the bridge with unhandled "earlier" case in restimulation, but an understanding of the matter makes it easier to bear. As Ron says, one cannot take one step on the road to truth without going all the way. .pa LIFE LEVELS OPERATION LEVELS STATIC LEVELS ------------------------------------------------------- State Name Life Clear Operation Clear Static Clear, (Scn/Dn Clear) OT 1-16 Cleared Theta Clear ------------------------------------------------------- Ability Gained No Reactive Mind Can be in or out No fixated need Release on Life of a game, and can for beingnesses, operate at will. bodies, or universes. ------------------------------------------------------- Levels to Run Dianetics and OT 1 - 16 ????? Grades ------------------------------------------------------- Part of Exist- HAVE DO BE ence handled ------------------------------------------------------- Where does The results of The results of The results of case come living as a living in a the thetan from? Homo Sapiens Physical Universe postulating, and Games. being, etc. ------------------------------------------------------- Stuff being Stuff one is Stuff one is Stuff one is handled. carrying around. connected with ------------------------------------------------------- Who's case? The composite Other's Banks. One's own Bank for one Thetan Bank. human being. ------------------------------------------------------- Type of THINK. Identification, Association Differentiation Reactive thought. Logic ------------------------------------------------------- Realization I can change for I can free myself. I could let go needed to the better. of beingnesses. start. ------------------------------------------------------- 'Clear' I'm mocking it up, I am operating. I can be or not Cognition I can have or not be anything. have at will. ------------------------------------------------------- ((This is an extraordinary table, I suggest you squirrell it away for safe keeping and later reference.)) Flemming Funch.