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3.1 Trainings and Teachings The teachings of one man, L. Ron Hubbard, constituted the principles of a learning system in the Church of Scientology. Namely, “Spiritual Technology” consists of Scientology founders’ theories, assumptions, and techniques which make up the rituals of the Church. Accordingly, Hubbard’s popular book under the title of Dianetics hasve been useding as a primary source for ScientologScientology’sy main instructions. In fact, the Dianetics was the result of Hubbard imagination shift from writing on Science fiction to the science of the human mind, getting its while got its title from the combination of the words “Dia” meanings ‘through’ and “Nous” inreferring to a term of mind (Whitehead 52). In his Dianetics, Hubbard states that the human mind is composed of two basic parts, which are the analytical mind and the reactive mind. According to Hubbard, the analytical mind is the rational one and on the other side the reactive mind is the repository of “engrams”, a term used by Hubbard for the variety of memory traces. These engrams start burning in the reactive mind at the very moment of emotional loss or pain in the individual’s mind. The consequence of this mind process is the variety of problems that causes mental and physical illnesses, even insanity (Urban 356). The Dianetics does not only propose the problem but likewise suggests a solution for erasing all these painful engrams by taking the process of clearing, which is offered by the Church of Scientology. As a matter of fact, the Dianetics is published for
interested ppeople interested in
following Hubbard’s’ guidelines but the main point is that the levels in which these guidelines are put into practice, along with other supplementary material, aretried to be confidential. It is
Commented [K2]: Is this one learning system or multiple?