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| - The term "OT" stands for "Operating Thetan", a thetan who can play and operate without being dependent on a body. In addition, "OT" is a registered trademark owned by Religious Technology Center. The OT Levels are those sections of the practices of Scientology which lead the person who is already Clear and has done the lower bridge with the Grades further up toward spiritual freedom and increased abilities. The abilities gained from doing these levels are assumed to be leading one towards the state of OT as above, but do not deliver the state of being able to operate without a body. A person who has completed one or more of these levels is often called "An OT", but that is something of a misnomer, and should not be confused with the state mentioned above. If there is a technology at this time on Planet Earth to achieve this state, it is not generally known. The Church of Scientology currently delivers the levels New OT I, OT II, OT III, New OT IV, New OT V, New OT VI, New OT VII, New OT VIII. Although similar (not identical) services are delivered in the FZ, it is factually and legally incorrect to use the same names in the Freezone, tempting as it may be. New OT I as delivered by the CofS is different from the OT I devised by LRH. The OT I in LRH's hand-writing delivered until about 1982 was a thirteen-step series of objective processes, done solo by the individual under the direction of the AO C/S. New OT I is based on standard problems processes, and addresses antagonistic people on a person's case. It's not really an OT level, being something that should have been addressed on OT Preparation auditing, but the long-running OT I had virtually been supplanted by the Sunshine Rundown, and that left a gap before OT II. The levels of OT II through OT VII handle parts of the case which influence the person on various dynamics. The solo levels, including these OT levels, are considered confidential in classic or conservative standard tech, and so are not being described in any detail here. OT III is sometimes called "The Wall of Fire", a PR and marketing label rather than a descriptive one, although the level could often be considered hot or exciting, even dangerous. New OT IV is the "OT Drug Rundown". New OT V is "New Era Dianetics for OTs", or more commonly "NOTs". New OT VI is a course preparing the person to solo audit the next level, which is New OT VII, or "Solo NOTs".
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