"In what religion can you become an ""Operating Thetan""?"
Operating Thetan Operating Thetan In Scientology, Operating Thetan (OT) is a spiritual state above Clear. It is defined as "knowing and willing cause over life, thought, matter, energy, space and time (MEST)." According to religious scholar J. Gordon Melton, "[i]t's basically a variation of the Gnostic myth about souls falling into matter and the encumbrances that come with that". Scientology doctrine defines OT as the "highest state there is." The OT is able to "control or operate thought, life, matter, energy, space, and time" whether he or she has a body and mind or not. The state of Operating Thetan is represented
Operating Thetan considered "beyond God." Scholar Hugh B. Urban writes that according to Hubbard, "the thetan has been deceived into worshiping such a god by mainstream religion and so forgotten its own godlike power to create and destroy universes." After having removed one's own "reactive mind" and thus attaining the state of Clear, Scientologists may then go on to the OT levels. According to the Tampa Bay Times, the Church claims that the OT is not dependent on the universe around him. Scientologists that are Operating Thetan claim that they have control over their lives and can "go exterior" from their bodies.