what do scientologists believe in
What Do Scientologists Believe In?
Every faith has a set of doctrines to guide its followers. This Buzzle article brings to you the beliefs of the followers of the Church of Scientology.
- The physical universe that consists of matter, energy, space, and time is created by the spirit, also known as theta.
- Humans are immortal spiritual beings, known as thetans, and that the spirit has control over the mind as well as the body.
- The spirit keeps on taking one physical form or the other, until all the traumas from the past and current lives are not confronted.
- However, there are no reincarnations, as the spirit is not born again, and it only changes its physical form.
- It is because of the trauma that the thetan spirits are not able to realize their actual potential.
- Trauma, along with other experiences, are recorded by the brain in the series of 'engrams'.
- Children are the spirits that occupy young bodies, and should be treated with the same respect that adults are treated with.
- Humans are capable of committing sin or harm to others, and this reduces their potential power and awareness.
- The spirit can exist outside a body before taking a physical form.
- More than charity, they believe in exchange, because the people who never give will lose self-respect and be unhappy.
- Psychiatric drugs interfere with the functioning of a rational mind.
- Humans must be self-reliant, and increase their abilities to solve their own problems.
- 'Auditing' is the process that helps in finding and getting rid of the traumas that a person may have faced in the past lives, as well as the present one.
- The traumas are located by an 'auditor', in the process of auditing. This is done with the help of a device known as an E-meter.
- Silent birth is a practice in which the mother cannot make any noise when giving birth to a baby, so that the baby is delivered in a warm and calm environment.
- They do not encourage interpretation of the scriptures and writings.
- Their texts are to be studied in a particular order, and one can move to the next level only after the completion of the current level.
- Some of the prominent holidays include the birthday of Hubbard in March, the anniversary of the publication of the Dianetics in May, and Auditor's Day in September.