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Dl88008: /* persistence */

2013-01-28T19:19:34Z

‎persistence

Dl88008 at 01:46, December 31, 2012

2012-12-31T01:46:37Z

Dl88008: /* god, heaven, hell, angels and such */

2012-12-30T17:12:23Z

‎god, heaven, hell, angels and such

Dl88008: /* god, heaven, hell, angels and such */

2012-12-28T00:52:20Z

‎god, heaven, hell, angels and such

Dl88008: /* telepathy and thinking */

2012-12-28T00:46:50Z

‎telepathy and thinking

Dl88008 at 00:46, December 28, 2012

2012-12-28T00:46:09Z

Dl88008 at 05:47, December 26, 2012

2012-12-26T05:47:01Z

Dl88008: /* quick story */

2012-12-26T05:08:56Z

‎quick story

Dl88008 at 15:26, September 16, 2012

2012-09-16T15:26:13Z

Dl88008: /* quick story */

2012-08-27T15:37:11Z

‎quick story

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 I'd love to take the time to fill in details of the intervening years to give more context to the magnitude of this achievement for me...but it would be too lengthy and likely boring for the reader. The subject itself was still evolving for much of that time, the rundowns and techniques of NOTS were not even discovered until after my seven year anniversary with the subject and it took me til my 16th anniversary to put together the resources of time and money to afford stepping into the OT band of case handlings. Then there was another twenty five year gap to get to the final polishing off of the subject matter with this announcement of completion.
 == persistence ==
-So I guess the first point I'd like to make about completing this level is that persistence pays off. As you will see as I detail the gains I've achieved from this rundown, none of those would have occurred had I given up or been thrown off by the myriad of distractions and difficulties encountered to get here. For a while in the 90's I was a speaker at events for AOLA with the main topic being: "Top Ten Successful Actions For Going Up The Bridge". The number one successful action I had isolated was "Showing Up". If one simply kept "showing up" he/she would make it to full OT. Intelligence, money, athletic ability, good looks, charm, humor nor any other attribute other than plain old persistence would get you there. I take pride in having practiced what I was preaching since I was surely lacking in the alternate above attributes.
+So I guess the first point I'd like to make about completing this level is that persistence pays off. As you will see as I detail the gains I've achieved from this rundown, none of those would have occurred had I given up or been thrown off by the myriad of distractions and difficulties encountered to get here. For a while in the 90's I was a speaker at events for AOLA with the main topic being: "Top Ten Successful Actions For Going Up The Bridge". The number one successful action I had isolated was "Showing Up". If one simply kept "showing up" he/she would make it to full OT.  Not intelligence, money, athletic ability, good looks, charm, humor nor any other attribute other than plain old persistence would get you there. I take pride in having practiced what I was preaching since I was surely lacking in the alternate above attributes.
 == training ==
 The next key ingredient to success at doing this level for me, and I know it will be true for anyone else embarking on this journey, is my dedication to applying the procedure correctly. In the 70's I had trained and interned as a professional auditor. The lessons learned from studying and ''applying'' the Tech "by the book", proved to be the most important factor in achieving all the gains. We've all heard this endlessly repeated so forgive me for mentioning it again here, but it is simply not possible to get all the gains available if one does not adhere to, and have a very good foundation in following instructions and understanding the underlining principals. If you're gonna bake a cake and expect it to turn out as desired, you had better follow the recipe and have an understanding of basic cooking concepts. It's that simple...yet deeply profound at the same time. I have known so many people over the years who could not or would not do the above, and thereby were shut off from the benefits of ridding themselves of their case, that it is worth saying again here.

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 Due to the NOTS I had already handled at that point however, rather than me presenting him with my very best ridge and sour demeanor I had cultivated for so many years as a means of handling such encounters, I instead presented him with the absolutely most beatific and benign, ridge-less greeting I've ever given anyone. I simply confronted him, and since no verbal communication was possible with the noise emanating from his car, put both hands out, palms up, in a questioning and pleasant manner.
-The ''gentleman'' digested this no ridge, non threatening comm and calmly turned around, leaned into his car and turned off the music. He then turned back to me and said simply, "since you asked so nicely", I thanked him and we both went about filling up our cars.
+The ''gentleman'' digested this no ridge, non threatening comm and calmly turned around, leaned into his car and turned off the music. He then turned back to me and said simply, "since you asked so nicely".
 A moment after this drama had played out, I got the most perplexed look from another driver at an adjacent bay, as if to say to me, "what the hell did you just do?". lol
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 That is a personal truth and it is ultimately up to each of us to attain our own understanding. All anyone can do is recommend a ''ROUTE'' to achieve such. I recommend LRH's ''route''.
-The "win" for me is that at times during this level I felt touched by god and even godlike myself. I met with angels and visited heaven. All of which are allegories of course. The incidents on the whole track that have ensnared thetans are not.
+The "win" for me is that at times during this level I felt touched by god and even godlike myself. I met with angels and visited heaven. All of which are allegories of course. However, the incidents on the whole track that have ensnared thetans are not.
 And I agree with LRH when he said - "if one were looking for hell and found earth, it would certainly serve".

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 That is a personal truth and it is ultimately up to each of us to attain our own understanding. All anyone can do is recommend a ''ROUTE'' to achieve such. I recommend LRH's ''route''.
-The "win" for me is that at times during this level I felt touched by god and even godlike myself. I met with angels and visited heaven. All of which are metaphors of course.
+The "win" for me is that at times during this level I felt touched by god and even godlike myself. I met with angels and visited heaven. All of which are allegories of course. The incidents on the whole track that have ensnared thetans are not.
-And I agree with LRH when he said (paraphrase) "if one were looking for hell and found earth, it would certainly serve".
+And I agree with LRH when he said - "if one were looking for hell and found earth, it would certainly serve".

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	The "win" for me is that at times during this level I felt touched by god and even godlike myself. I met with angels and visited heaven. All of which are metaphors of course.		The "win" for me is that at times during this level I felt touched by god and even godlike myself. I met with angels and visited heaven. All of which are metaphors of course.

−	And I agree with LRH when he said (paraphrase) "if one were looking for hell and found earth, ~~you~~ would ~~have succeeded~~".	+	And I agree with LRH when he said (paraphrase) "if one were looking for hell and found earth, it would certainly serve".

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 My reach, responsibility for and ''ACTION'' across the dynamics increased tremendously during the course of this level. The nice thing about that too, is the case being handled on the level makes it easier to do so. To a large degree it makes operating the way we may have always imagined we could or should, possible for the first time. The case factors handled on this level are the caase factors that keep us from operating to our fullest capability on all the dynamics.
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+= telepathy and thinking =
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 Some like to say: "well, he can't 'knock a hat off at 50 paces', so where's the proof of OT powers?" I kind of chuckle at the thought that I in fact, ''did'' knock that guys hat off...whatever ''hat'' he was wearing at that moment. :-)
 == think ==
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 The next key ingredient to success at doing this level for me, and I know it will be true for anyone else embarking on this journey, is my dedication to applying the procedure correctly. In the 70's I had trained and interned as a professional auditor. The lessons learned from studying and ''applying'' the Tech "by the book", proved to be the most important factor in achieving all the gains. We've all heard this endlessly repeated so forgive me for mentioning it again here, but it is simply not possible to get all the gains available if one does not adhere to, and have a very good foundation in following instructions and understanding the underlining principals. If you're gonna bake a cake and expect it to turn out as desired, you had better follow the recipe and have an understanding of basic cooking concepts. It's that simple...yet deeply profound at the same time. I have known so many people over the years who could not or would not do the above, and thereby were shut off from the benefits of ridding themselves of their case, that it is worth saying again here.
 == quick story ==
-[[File:Thortons.jpg|thumb|right|Actual gas station where this occurred]]
+[[File:Thortons.jpg|right|Actual gas station where this occurred]]
 Approximately 20% into this rundown I went to get gas at my usual spot, a very busy multi-bay filling station/convenience store. I pulled into one of the fueling bays behind another car that was filling up at the forward pump. When I stopped and turned off my engine, and as I emerged from my car, I was assaulted by incredibly loud rap music booming from the car in front of me. I mean it was loud, so loud it almost hurt and was definitely unpleasant. The driver of the vehicle had recently arrived too and was just beginning to fill his tank.

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	Some like to say: "well, he can't 'knock a hat off at 50 paces', so where's the proof of OT powers?" I kind of chuckle at the thought that I in fact, ''did'' knock that guys hat off...whatever ''hat'' he was wearing at that moment. :-)		Some like to say: "well, he can't 'knock a hat off at 50 paces', so where's the proof of OT powers?" I kind of chuckle at the thought that I in fact, ''did'' knock that guys hat off...whatever ''hat'' he was wearing at that moment. :-)
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 Approximately 20% into this rundown I went to get gas at my usual spot, a very busy multi-bay filling station/convenience store. I pulled into one of the fueling bays behind another car that was filling up at the forward pump. When I stopped and turned off my engine, and as I emerged from my car, I was assaulted by incredibly loud rap music booming from the car in front of me. I mean it was loud, so loud it almost hurt and was definitely unpleasant. The driver of the vehicle had recently arrived too and was just beginning to fill his tank.
-This man was a very intimidating presence, I'm talking NFL Linebacker type size and not only looked like he had done some "hard time" but was ready and willing to commit mayhem at the drop of a hat to get back there. He was obviously just waiting for anyone to challenge him about the noise coming out of his car and gave me a look that communicated as much in our micro-second first look at each other.
+This man was a very intimidating presence, I'm talking NFL Linebacker type size and not only looked like he had done some "hard time" but was ready and willing to commit mayhem at the drop of a hat to get back there. He was obviously just waiting for anyone to challenge him about the noise coming out of his car and gave me a look that communicated such in our micro-second first look at each other.
 Due to the NOTS I had already handled at that point however, rather than me presenting him with my very best ridge and sour demeanor I had cultivated for so many years as a means of handling such encounters, I instead presented him with the absolutely most beatific and benign, ridge-less greeting I've ever given anyone. I simply confronted him, and since no verbal communication was possible with the noise emanating from his car, put both hands out, palms up, in a questioning and pleasant manner.
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 A moment after this drama had played out, I got the most perplexed look from another driver at an adjacent bay, as if to say to me, "what the hell did you just do?". lol
-That was one of my first dramatic and definite validations that I was in fact changing. It's one thing to ''subjectively'' see and feel the charge and case being handled, and another to have it demonstrated out in the ''real'' world with other people.
+That was one of my first dramatic and definite validations that I was in fact, changing. It's one thing to ''subjectively'' see and feel the charge and case being handled, and another to have it demonstrated out in the ''real'' world with other people.
 Some like to say: "well, he can't 'knock a hat off at 50 paces', so where's the proof of OT powers?" I kind of chuckle at the thought that I in fact, ''did'' knock that guys hat off...whatever ''hat'' he was wearing at that moment. :-)