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Are there any Scientologists reading Blogtown right now? Because if there are, they will need to STOP and find out what those words mean before proceeding. According to scientologyhandbook.org, a reader must always “clear” a word, or gain a full understanding of its meaning, before continuing—otherwise, the misunderstanding will linger and cause chaos in the cosmos.

“A misunderstood word will remain misunderstood until one clears the meaning of the word. Once the word is fully understood by the person, it is said to be cleared. The procedures used to locate and clear up words the student has misunderstood in his studies are called Word Clearing. The first thing to learn is the exact procedure to clear any word or symbol one comes across in reading or studying that he does not understand. All Word Clearing technology uses this procedure.”

The trouble is, these words don’t have any meaning. They are nonsense words invented by Dr. Seuss. Are Scientologists able to read Dr. Seuss? I fear not. What about Roald Dahl, or James Joyce—or Shakespeare, for that matter? Shakespeare invented hundreds of words. And what about the illustrious work of L. Ron Hubbard? The word “dianetics” isn’t in any dictionary I own.

(By the way, I do recommend taking a look at “Steps to Clear a Word” from the Scientology Handbook. There are some truly great pictures that show you HOW to look up a word in the dictionary and WHAT to do from there. The article also contains some typos, which raises another very important question: How the heck do you “clear” a misspelled word?)

Thanks to Kristi at this web page.