Advanced Scriptures
Why are the most advanced auditing levels kept confidential?
The vast majority of Scientology literature and materials are available to anyone. But Mr. Hubbard was explicit about the importance of preserving the confidentiality of the most advanced materials until Scientologists had advanced far enough up the Bridge to be ready for them. He wrote:
“From Power Processing on up the data is confidential. Up to there, you can release Scientology data as you always have – freely and to everyone. But this last bit is dangerous in unskilled or uneducated or unscrupulous hands and it is purely ours. It belongs to the Scientologists who keep the show on the road and must be available to them when they are ready.”1
Scientology is by no means the only religion to keep certain of its scriptures confidential until members have reached a certain level of spiritual development. The tradition exists in both western and eastern religions, as this expertise from a prominent religion scholar shows.
1HCO PL 11 August 1971, Security of Data.
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