ANCHOR POINT
One of the points a person puts out to mark the edges or corners of a space. You can think of them as the pegs that hold a tent up: without them there is no shape and no space, just nothing. A person assigns anchor points so that he has somewhere to be and something to move in relation to.
From the AOGP Abridged Scientology Dictionary — based on original LRH source materials, updated through 1982.
Usage
Someone who sets up the four corners of a room in his own mind and holds them steady is putting out anchor points. The corners of a picture frame, the walls of a room, or the boundaries of a country all work the same way — points agreed on as fixed so that a space exists between them.
Why It Matters
Anchor points explain how space comes about at all rather than being simply given. A person who can put out and take back his own anchor points has far more say over the space he lives in.
Related Concepts
- THETAN — The being, not the body or name, the physical universe, his mind or anything else.
- MEST — The physical universe.
- POSTULATE — (noun) A conclusion, decision or resolution made by the individual himself on his own self-determinism on data of the past, known or unknown.
- HAVINGNESS — The concept of being able to reach.
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