Scientology: A Way of Spiritual Self-Identification
 
MICHAEL A. SIVERTSEV
EXPERT ADVISER ON INTERNATIONAL MATTERS
TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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II.III. "a bridge to total freedom" as a center and basis of the scientology theological system

    "The Bridge to Total Freedom" is a metaphor for the way of spiritual transformation. This way exists in the majority of religious cultures and theological systems. However, the center of the theological system of the way of spiritual purification is regarded as the formal sequence of hierarchically organized changes of conditions of self-consciousness, and exists majorly in orderly structures.

    Purely speaking, this hierarchical system -- the Bridge to Total Freedom -- is the message with which the Church of Scientology addresses the world and followers.

    Inside this message there are fundamental themes which form the structure of a bridge. All the main theological concepts (about the Absolute, states of a person, concept of salvation) and the organizational structure of the Church of Scientology follow the structure of the Bridge, which is understood as a way for personal tranformation and personal understanding of one's universal role and fate.
 
 
 
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