Is it just me, or is the concept of Scientology very similar to beliefs of Buddhism?
You may be surprised to hear this, after so many other people answered the same way, but….it’s just you! From an outsider looking in, I can see why you may have initially thought this, but the two are NOTHING alike. Your assertion that Buddhism is a religion that stresses learning to achieve a greater sense of awareness, ability, and knowledge is somewhat misleading. Buddha stressed that that all beings have Buddha nature and thus are all Buddhas. We learn to identify this nature and awaken our Bodhicitta (will to become Buddhas) The ‘ability’ we try to awaken is compassion or all beings and the knowledge, is the knowledge of the unborn mind, out Buddha nature, our TRUE selves. Scientology stresses the resolution of past life trauma to make a better present life. This is in contrast to the Buddhist notion of Karma. You can’t ‘resolve’ karma, you can however resolve to accept it. Also, Scientology teaches infinite reincarnation and the existence of an immortal human soul they call a t
I’m not very familiar with Scientology, but L Ron Hubbard was a protege of Aleister Crowleys and Crowley was heavily into the eastern systems (as well as most others.) If you’re looking for a path or system of self enlightenment, I would reccomend taking some of the advice of Carl Jung. Carl Gustav Jung (IPA: [ˈkarl ˈgʊstaf ˈjʊŋ]) (26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist, an influential thinker and the founder of analytical psychology. Jung’s approach to psychology has been influential in the field of depth psychology and in countercultural movements across the globe. Jung is considered as the first modern psychologist to state that human psyche is “by nature religious” and to explore it in depth. He emphasized understanding the psyche through exploring the worlds of dreams, art, mythology, world religion and philosophy. Although he was a theoretical psychologist and practicing clinician, much of his life’s work was spent exploring other areas, including Eastern and Wester
