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http://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/the-story-of-scientology-prophesied/#comment-263738
http://e-meter-star.com/books.files/Understanding_the_E_Meter.pdf
-- is without merit. As I recall, later editions of the book were edited to delete or substantially change the passage I'm about to quote. The reason will be obvious.
On page 35 of the book Understanding the E-Meter it states:
To avoid any possible ambiguity or uncertainty, the text is accompanied by three pictures of a man on a scale where the weight goes down from 180 to 150. We are not talking about someone benefiting from auditing, going on a plan of diet and exercise, and losing weight.
I"m sorry, but this is nonsense on stilts. If it is not, I really want to see an "actual test" of this.
One might accept "mental mass" as a metaphor, or a "workable truth," but to make a representation that such experiment has "actually been made" can lead one only to say, "Prove it."
It is very likely that the theory articulated in the linked edition of Understanding the E-Meter -marildi | April 23, 2013 at 3:22 am | Reply
Darkest hour, there’s a book called Understanding the E-meter, where you can read all about what the meter reads on and the mechanics of the e-meter itself. Here’s an excerpt and the link to the book:
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“Now do a “pinch test” on somebody. Set up the meter and get someone to hold the cans. Tell the person that you are going to do a pinch test and then with the person holding the electrodes and the sensitivity set at normal for that person, with the needle visible on the meter dial, give a strong pinch on the person’s arm. Notice that there is a reaction on the meter and the needle moves. This is often accompanied by a rise in tone arm position.
“You just saw life’s NOW reaction to applied force. It generated energy. If the TA also rose, it was because the added mass caused the carrier wave to be impeded so the tone arm had to be moved higher.
“Now ask the person to, “Recall the moment of the pinch.”
“Notice the surge of the needle on the E-Meter dial.”
“Acknowledge the person and ask for the moment to be recalled again.
“Each time the person recalls the pinch, you will see the needle react. But it will become less and less as the charge of the incident is as-ised, and with the mass blowing off, you will see that the blockage to the carrier wave is reduced and the tone arm moves down.
“The reads you see on your E-Meter dial in the movement of the needle are visual manifestations of the shifts of masses, ridges and pictures in the mind of the preclear or actual mental energy which is generated or discharged by the preclear.”
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http://e-meter-star.com/books.files/Understanding_the_E_Meter.pdf
marildi | April 23, 2013 at 3:24 am | Reply
p.s. It has lots of pictures, which really help make the principles clear.
http://e-meter-star.com/books.files/Understanding_the_E_Meter.pdf
-- is without merit. As I recall, later editions of the book were edited to delete or substantially change the passage I'm about to quote. The reason will be obvious.
On page 35 of the book Understanding the E-Meter it states:
"In Scientology it has been discovered that mental energy is simply a finer, higher level physical energy. The test of this is conclusive in that a thetan "mocking up" (creating) mental image pictures and thrusting them into the body can increase the body mass and by casting them away again can decrease the body mass. This test has actually been made and an increase of as much as thirty pounds, actually measured on scales, has been added to, and subtracted from, a body by creating "mental energy". Energy is energy. Matter is condensed energy."
To avoid any possible ambiguity or uncertainty, the text is accompanied by three pictures of a man on a scale where the weight goes down from 180 to 150. We are not talking about someone benefiting from auditing, going on a plan of diet and exercise, and losing weight.
I"m sorry, but this is nonsense on stilts. If it is not, I really want to see an "actual test" of this.
One might accept "mental mass" as a metaphor, or a "workable truth," but to make a representation that such experiment has "actually been made" can lead one only to say, "Prove it."