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== Bridge to Total Freedom ==
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[[The Bridge to Total Freedom]] (Bridge), also known as the ''Classification, Gradation and Awareness Chart'' (grade chart), is Scientology's primary road map to guide a person through the sequential steps to attain Scientology's concept of spiritual freedom.{{r|urban|pages=134–135}}{{r|rinder|pages=48,296}} In ''[[Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health]]'', Hubbard used the analogy of a bridge: "We are here at a bridge between one state of Man and a next. We are above the chasm which divides a lower from a higher plateau and this chasm marks an artificial evolutionary step in the progress of Man.{{nbsp}}[...] In this handbook we have the basic axioms and a therapy which works. For God's sake, get busy and build a better bridge!"{{r|dmsmh}}{{r|atack|page=13}} The current ''Classification, Gradation and Awareness Chart'' is printed with red ink on white paper and hangs as a poster in every Scientology organization.{{r|thebridge}}{{r|wakefield|chapter=6}} A newcomer to Scientology starts the Bridge at the bottom of the chart and rises through the levels, perhaps reaching the level of Clear, then continuing upward through the [[Operating Thetan|OT Levels]] to higher states of awareness and ability.{{r|urban|pages=134–135}} Ultimately, the Scientologist hopes to become, as the sociologist [[David G. Bromley]] puts it, "an immortal, godlike expression of the life force".{{r|lewis-ch4|page=91|quote=According to Scientology doctrine, each human being is actually a thetan or spirit, an immortal, godlike expression of the life force.}}