Scientology/thetans in MEST

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Hi Laurie. 

If a thetan has no physical location, then a thetan's existence in the MEST universe must be a tragedy indeed. Apart from the sense of "dislocation", a thetan would be subject to countless distractions that only mask his true identity.       

But if a thetan were to break free from reincarnation, in what capacity would that thetan continue to exist? In what kind of place would a thetan be? Also, how would a thetan communicate if not with the aid of sound, vision and other MEST universe components?     

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"If a thetan has no physical location, then a thetan's existence in the MEST universe must be a tragedy indeed."

Yes.

"Apart from the sense of "dislocation", a thetan would be subject to countless distractions that only mask his true identity."  

Exactly so.  Some folks don't even twig on that fact, subjectively, until they go OT.

"But if a thetan were to break free from reincarnation, in what capacity would that thetan continue to exist?"

The physical universe has brainwashed you into believing that existence requires context, or a particular context.  Not so.  Besides, free of entrapment here, who knows what other contexts might be available?

"Also, how would a thetan communicate if not with the aid of sound, vision and other MEST universe components?"

The same way they do now - by getting the idea of another thetan getting their idea...

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