![]() The Operating Thetan texts are kept secret from most followers, and are only revealed after adherents have typically given hundreds of thousands of dollars to the organization in order to complete what Scientology refers to as The Bridge to Total Freedom. They can take part in a further series of activities to advance through " Operating Thetan" (OT) levels, which require further payments. Once an auditing practitioner deems the engrams to have been removed, an individual is given the status of " clear". They claim that the practice of auditing can remove these engrams Scientology groups charge fees for clients undergoing auditing. Scientologists believe that traumatic events experienced by the thetan over its lifetimes have resulted in negative " engrams" forming in the mind, causing neuroses and mental problems. ![]() ![]() Scientology texts say that a human possesses an immortal inner self, termed a thetan, that resides in the physical body and has experienced many past lives. Estimates put the number of Scientologists at under 40,000 worldwide. The largest exponent of Scientology is the Church of Scientology, a centralized and hierarchical organization based in Florida and California, although practitioners exist independently of the Church, in what is called the Free Zone. It has been variously defined as a cult, a business, or a new religious movement. Scientology is a set of beliefs and practices invented by the American author L.
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