Date: 19 Jun 1999 02:16:02 -0000 Subject: FZ Bible 4/7 SOLO COURSE PACK Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology,alt.clearing.technology Message-ID: <95b247e14311616e72456388cdaafb64@anonymous.poster> Sender: Secret Squirrel Comments: Please report problems with this automated remailing service to . The message sender's identity is unknown, unlogged, and not replyable. From: Secret Squirrel Mail-To-News-Contact: postmaster@nym.alias.net Organization: mail2news@nym.alias.net Lines: 2190 Path: news2.lightlink.com!news.lightlink.com!newsfeeds.nerdc.ufl.edu!news-peer-east1.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!newshub.northeast.verio.net!kiowa!news.alt.net!anon.lcs.mit.edu!nym.alias.net!mail2news-x2!mail2news Xref: news2.lightlink.com alt.religion.scientology:772796 alt.clearing.technology:86755 FREEZONE BIBLE ASSOCIATION TECH POST A 1982 SOLO COURSE PACK - 4 of 7 ************************************************** SOLO AUDITOR'S COURSE PACK CONTENTS [full contents in part 1] Part 4/7 037. HCOPL 21 FEB 79 r. 6 May 79 E-METER ESSENTIALS ERRATA SHEET 038. HCOB 7 FEB 79R r. 15 Feb 79 E-METER DRILL 5RA CAN SQUEEZE 039. HCOB 21 JAN 77RB r. 25 May 80 FALSE TA CHECKLIST 040. HCOB 3 SEP 78 DEFINITION OF A ROCK SLAM 041. BTB 14 JAN 63 r. 25 Jul 74 RINGS CAUSING "ROCK SLAMS" 042. HCOB 21 JUL 78 WHAT IS A FLOATING NEEDLE? 043. HCOB 21 SEP 66 ARC BREAK NEEDLE 044. HCOB 10 DEC 76RB r. 25 May 80 SCIENTOLOGY F/N AND TA POSITION 045. HCOB 2 DEC 80 FLOATING NEEDLE AND TA POSITION MODIFIED 046. HCOB 20 FEB 70 FLOATING NEEDLES AND END PHENOMENA [Note that some items appear again in a later section of the checksheet and are only included once in this pack] ************************************************** STATEMENT OF PURPOSE Our purpose is to promote religious freedom and the Scientology Religion by spreading the Scientology Tech across the internet. The Cof$ abusively suppresses the practice and use of Scientology Tech by FreeZone Scientologists. It misuses the copyright laws as part of its suppression of religious freedom. They think that all freezoner's are "squirrels" who should be stamped out as heritics. By their standards, all Christians, Moslems, Mormons, and even non-Hassidic Jews would be considered to be squirrels of the Jewish Religion. The writings of LRH form our Old Testament just as the writings of Judiasm form the Old Testament of Christianity. We might not be good and obedient Scientologists according to the definitions of the Cof$ whom we are in protest against. But even though the Christians are not good and obedient Jews, the rules of religious freedom allow them to have their old testament regardless of any Jewish opinion. We ask for the same rights, namely to practice our religion as we see fit and to have access to our holy scriptures without fear of the Cof$ copyright terrorists. We ask for others to help in our fight. Even if you do not believe in Scientology or the Scientology Tech, we hope that you do believe in religious freedom and will choose to aid us for that reason. Thank You, The FZ Bible Association ************************************************** 037. HCOPL 21 FEB 79 r. 6 May 79 E-METER ESSENTIALS ERRATA SHEET HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East. Sussex HCO POLICY LETTER OF 21 FEBRUARY 1979 CORRECTED & REISSUED 26 APRIL 1979 CORRECTED & REISSUED 6 MAY 1979 Tech Qual All Auditors E-Meter Checksheets E-METER ESSENTIALS ERRATA SHEET The following corrections are to be made in E-METER ESSENTIALS: RE: THE TONE ARM: Page 9, Section 10: Delete: "no matter what the preclear says." Add: "until the EP of that process is reached." The whole section now reads: "If the Tone Arm shows motion, continue the process, until the EP of that process is reached." Page 10, Section 12: Delete: "is a breach of the Auditor's Code Clause 13. Also to continue a process that is producing no Tone Arm motion is a breach of the same Clause." Add: "will leave the pc with By-Passed Charge. The process should be continued to the EP of that process." The whole section now reads: "To change a process while the Tone Arm shows good motion will leave the pc with By-Passed Charge. The process should be continued to the EP of that process." RE: THE SENSITIVITY KNOB: Page 13, Section 5: Delete: "Have the preclear hold the electrodes comfortably in his hands. Have him tighten his hands and then relax them, still holding the cans. The needle should drop exactly one-third of a dial. Adjust the sensitivity knob by asking the preclear to squeeze the cans again and observing the needle fall." The whole section is substituted with the following: "The exact setting of the sensitivity knob is done as follows: Have the preclear hold the electrodes (cans) in his hands with the cans in contact with the cups of his palms and all his fingers and both thumbs in a comfortable grip. Set the sensitivity at 5 and adjust the position of the needle to set. Have the preclear squeeze the cans with an even gradual pressure, not a sudden hard squeeze. Watch the distance the needle drops. If the distance the needle fell is less than one-third of a dial drop, raise the sensitivity some and get another can squeeze, continuing this procedure till you've got the sensitivity setting that gives you one third dial drop on the can squeeze. If the can squeeze gave you more than one-third dial drop at Sens. 5, lower the sensitivity setting a bit, test another can squeeze, continuing this procedure till you get one-third of a dial drop. In other words, keep adjusting your sensitivity lower or higher according to whether the drop is more or less than one-third of a dial drop, until you get the correct sensitivity setting." Page 13, Section 7: Delete. "Adjust the knob to a still needle that will yet move on needed responses." Add: "Adjust the sensitivity knob to get a third of a dial drop on the can squeeze, or as close to that as you can." The whole section now reads: "In short, adjust the sensitivity knob to get a third of a dial drop on the can squeeze, or as close to that as you can." RE: THE NEEDLE: Page 14. Section 4: Delete: "A fall always happens with rapidity, within a second or two." Add: "A fall always happens at the exact end of the question asked." The whole section now reads: "A falling needle (3) makes a dip to the right as you face the meter. A fall may consist of half a division (about one-eighth of an inch) or may consist of fifteen dials (the whole meter face dropped fifteen times). It is still a fall. A fall always happens at the exact end of the question asked. It is also called a drop, a dip and a register. It denotes that a disagreement with life on which the preclear has greater or lesser reality has met the question asked." Page 15. Section 9: Delete: "upon the question being asked. A fall can be in two stages or more providing they take place within a second or two after the question." Add. "at the end of the last word of the question asked." The whole section now reads: "A fall follows at once at the end of the last word of the question asked." RE: CHANGE OF CHARACTERISTIC: Page 15 Section 17: Delete: "we must assume that that is it and we use it." Add: "it can be further explored with the suppress and invalidate buttons to see if it develops into a sF, F, LF or BD, which then can be used." The whole section now reads: "Change of characteristic occurs when we hit on something in the preclear's bank. It occurs only when and each time that we ask that exact question. As the question or item alone changes the needle pattern, it can be further explored with the suppress and invalidate buttons to see if it develops into a sF, F, LF or BD, which then can be used." Page 15, Section 18: Delete. "usually". Add: "may". The whole section now reads: "A question that stops a rising needle is a change of characteristic question and like a fall means we have struck something. Further exploration may develop it into a fall." Page 16, Section 21: Delete: "within one tenth to one half of a second after you have asked a question of the preclear." Add: "An instant read is defined as that reaction of the needle which occurs at the precise end of any major thought voiced by the auditor." The whole section )70W reads: "It is not much used but must be known as it may have to be used sooner or later when we can't get falls. "The only needle reactions in which you should be interested are those which occur INSTANTLY. An instant read is defined as that reaction of the needle which occurs at the precise end of any major thought voiced by the auditor." RE: ROCK SLAMS: Page 17, Section 35. ROCK SLAM (7): Delete: "This originally meant (and still does) that you are on the rock chain." Add: "A Rock Slam means a hidden Evil Intention on the subject or question under discussion or auditing." The whole section now reads: "In assessing or running you occasionally get a Rock Slam. A Rock Slam means a hidden Evil Intention on the subject or question under discussion or auditing." Page 17, Section 36: Delete: "A Rock Slam is a crazy, irregular, unequal, jerky motion of the needle, narrow as one inch or as wide as three inches happening several times a second. The needle 'goes crazy', slamming back and forth, narrowly, widely, over on the left, over on the right, in a mad war dance or as if it were frantically trying to escape. It means hot terminal or hot anything in an assessment and takes precedence over a fall." The entire section is replaced with: "A Rock Slam is a crazy, irregular, left right slashing motion of the needle. It repeats left and right slashes unevenly and savagely, faster than the eye easily follows. The needle is frantic. The width of a Rock Slam (R/S) depends largely on sensitivity setting. It goes from one-fourth inch to whole dial. But it slams back and forth. It means hot item in an assessment and takes precedence over a fall or it means that you have left rings on the pc's hands or have a loose connection in the leads or meter. If the latter two items verify as not present you are looking at a Rock Slam in the pc." RE: FREE NEEDLES: Page 17, Section 41: Delete: "It means an idle, uninfluenced motion, no matter what you say about the goal or terminal. It isn't just null, it's uninfluenced by anything (except body reactions)." The entire section is replaced by: "It means the same as a Floating Needle, which is a rhythmic sweep of the dial at a slow, even pace of the needle, back and forth, back and forth, without change in the width of the swing except perhaps to widen as the pc gets off the last small bits of charge. Note that it can get so wide that you have to shift the Tone Arm back and forth, back and forth, to keep the needle on the dial in which case you have a floating tone arm." Page 18, Section 44: Delete: "It doesn't happen until a person is well above release, so don't worry about it until you see it." The whole section is replaced with: "It can occur after a cognition, blowdown of the Tone Arm, at a release point, or on the erasure of a Dianetic chain." Page 18, Section 46: Delete: "A Free Needle means, when it's used as a term, 'The preclear is getting awful close to clear." The whole section is replaced with: "A Free Needle or Floating Needle is one of the parts of the End Phenomena for any process or action." RE: SECURITY CHECKING: Page 21, Section 3: Delete: "(b) it's in a past life and he doesn't consciously know about it (since the meter precedes preclear consciousness)." The entire line is replaced with: "(b) there's an earlier similar overt or withhold. " Page 22, Section 5: Delete: "In the case of a past life possibility you add, 'In this lifetime' to your security question. As you repeat that, if the misdeed was in a past life. the fall will vanish." The whole section is replaced with: "In the case of (b) when there's an earlier similar overt or withhold, you must ask for it and get it." Page 22, Section 7: Delete. "always (as in all Rudiments) ask the question again as this might not be all of it." Add: "you get all the data and handle it earlier similar withhold as necessary to an F/N." The whole section now reads: "If the preclear tells you a withhold, you get all the data and handle it earlier similar withhold as necessary to an F/N." Page 22, Section 9: Delete: "On a security check sheet, follow up every change of characteristic before you go on." Add: "On a security check, follow up every change of characteristic, if it is instant, before you go on." The whole section now reads: "On a security check, follow up every change of characteristic, if it is instant, before you go on. Change of characteristic, if it amounts to anything, will develop into a fall." Page 22, Section 10. Delete. "(or it's a past life)". Add: "or there's an earlier similar overt or withhold" The whole section now reads: "If the preclear hasn't told all or there's an earlier similar overt or withhold, the meter won't clear." Page 22, Section 14: No deletions. Add: "except when it's a false read which can be checked for." The whole section now reads: "Grim experience of a decade has taught me that it's (a) or (b) and never 'I moved the needle myself' or 'I feel nervous just generally'. The E-Meter is right even when it seems to make the preclear wrong, except when it's a false read which can be checked for." RE: METER FRAILTIES: Page 25. Section 7: Delete: "if that doesn't stop it, squirt some lighter fluid into the Tone Arm 'bearing' from the meter face side." Add: "including the Mark V until February 1979". The entire section now reads: "One exception: The British and American Hubbard Electrometer early models including the Mark V until February 1979 had a 'carbon pot' which is to say the Tone Arm was in 'pure carbon bearings', if you could call it that. A speck of dust can get in the 'pot' and cause the needle to rock slam whether connected to the preclear or not. Pull the lead wire jack (disconnecting cans) and if the slam continues, it's the 'pot' that's wrong. Work the Tone Arm vigorously for a short while. If that doesn't stop it, turn it in to be repaired. Later models of the British and American Hubbard Electrometer have 'wire wound pots' and this doesn't happen." L. RON HUBBARD Founder LRH: jk Copyright © 1979 by L. Ron Hubbard ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ======================== 038. HCOB 7 FEB 79R r. 15 Feb 79 E-METER DRILL 5RA CAN SQUEEZE HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 7 FEBRUARY 1979R CORRECTED & REISSUED 12 FEBRUARY 1979 REVISED 15 FEBRUARY 1979 Remimeo OK to opperate E-Meter Checksheet All Auditors Tech Qual C/Ses Cramming Officers E-METER DRILL 5RA CAN SQUEEZE The following E-Meter Drill immediately revises and replaces E-Meter Drill 5, as it appears in The Book of E-Meter Drills and modifies any data to the contrary in E-Meter Essentials. NUMBER: EM-5RA NAME: CAN SQUEEZE PURPOSE: I. To demonstrate to the student how an incorrect can squeeze gives an inaccurate, unreliable needle reaction. II. To train a student auditor how to get a pc to do an accurate can squeeze. III. To train a student auditor how to determine the sensitivity setting to get 1/3 of a dial drop of the needle on the can squeeze, for use in setting the correct sensitivity for each preclear in an auditing session. IV. To convince a student auditor that he has to use a correct sensitivity setting for 1/3 of a dial drop of the can squeeze to have a workable and readable E-Meter. POSITION: The coach and the student auditor sit facing each other across a table with an E-Meter facing the student auditor. The E-Meter is already set up. TRAINING STRESS: SECTION 1: To give the student auditor a reality on how a can squeeze can be done incorrectly. so he will know all the points he may have to correct to ensure he gets an accurate can squeeze. 1. Coach picks up the cans and holds his hands on the table so the student can clearly see them. 2. Coach has student set sensitivity booster knob to lowest position and the sensitivity at 1 on the sensitivity knob. 3. Coach has student adjust the needle to the set line on the needle dial. The coach will have the student readjust the needle to set as necessary as the beginning of each demonstration of the can squeeze. 4. The coach gives the cans a squeeze with an even pressure. If there is no read or a very small one, less than an inch, at sensitivity 1, the student auditor moves the sensitivity knob to 5, and gets another can squeeze. If still no read or it's smaller than an inch, student moves sensitivity to 16 and gets another squeeze. For purposes of the following demonstration, you want to set the sensitivity so that you can obviously see a movement of the needle on the can squeeze of about an inch. So the sensitivity could be set lower than 5 or higher than 5, so long as you get a fall of about an inch on the squeeze. 5. With the sensitivity setting determined in 4 above, the coach will then squeeze the cans incorrectly, each time in a different way. The coach shows the student what particular thing he's doing with his hands, and then has the student observe what happens on the meter and the distance the needle falls on the dial when he does each version of an incorrect can squeeze as follows: A. Coach holds the cans with cups of palms and all fingers and both thumbs in complete contact with the cans. As he squeezes the cans, he lifts one finger off and then puts the finger back on after relaxing the squeeze. This is an incorrect can squeeze. B. Coach holds the cans as in A. This time he gives the cans a very fast light squeeze. This is an incorrect can squeeze. C. Coach holds the cans as in A, squeezes them with a gradual pressure and then when he releases the squeeze he relaxes his grip on the cans so it is much looser than before the can squeeze. This is an incorrect can squeeze. D. Coach holds the cans as in A, and this time gives a hard fast squeeze. This is an incorrect can squeeze. E. Coach holds the cans as in A, squeezes them firmly and only partially releases the squeeze. This is an incorrect can squeeze. F. Coach holds the cans as in A, but gives a squeeze in 2 stages, first a little squeeze, then suddenly a harder one. This is an incorrect can squeeze. G. Coach holds the cans as in A, gives a hard fast squeeze, and holds the grip. The student should notice that the needle swings way over to the right due to the sudden motion, and that it returns only part of the way with the coach still maintaining the squeeze, thus giving an incorrect measurement of the can squeeze. Student should see that the distance between the first needle position at set and the final needle position with the coach still maintaining the squeeze is the actual measurement of the can squeeze fall. It is not the distance between the first needle position of set and the needle position at the far swing to the right. A hard, fast can squeeze is an incorrect can squeeze. H. Coach holds the cans so they are not in contact with the cups of his palms and squeezes them. This is an incorrect can squeeze. I. Coach holds the cans with the thumbs going up the sides and sticking out over the top edge of the cans and squeezes them. This is an incorrect can squeeze. J. Coach holds the cans in a fairly tight grip and squeezes the cans. This is an incorrect can squeeze. K. Coach holds the cans with the forefingers lifted slightly off and puts the forefingers on the cans during the squeeze. This is an incorrect can squeeze. The drill is continued until the student auditor gets the idea that an incorrect can squeeze gives inaccurate, unreliable needle reactions. SECTION II: To give the student auditor a proper idea as to what a correct can squeeze is, and to train him how to get a correct can squeeze. 1. The following drill should be done first by the coach to demonstrate to the student auditor what a correct can squeeze is: A. The coach has the student auditor shake his hands until the fingers are loose and floppy. B. Then the coach has the student auditor put his hands on the table, palms up, exerting no control on his fingers. The student auditor's fingers will curl in toward the palm. C. Now the coach simply places the cans in the student auditor's hands at an angle across the palms. The natural curl of the fingers is sufficient to hold the cans in place, and the placement of the cans at an angle ensures that the maximum skin area is touching the cans. The cups of the student auditor's palms and all the fingers and both thumbs must be touching the cans. Ensure the thumbs go around the cans and not up the sides. D. Now the coach has the student auditor gradually increase the pressure of his grip on the cans until a light squeeze is achieved, and then relax it. This is a correct can squeeze. E. NOTE: Ensure when the student auditor relaxes his grip that he does not take a finger or thumb or his palms off the cans. He should have about the same contact he had at the start as in C above. 2. Having done the above, the coach now has the student auditor do the drill as follows: A. Have the coach pick up the cans and keep his hands on the table so the student can see them throughout the can squeeze. B. Check the coach's grip on the cans to ensure it is correct as in B and C above. The student may have to try out different sizes of cans, small, medium or large, depending on the size of the coach's hands, to obtain the correct size can which he can hold comfortably without strain and that fits into the cup of his palm, with maximum skin contact. C. Adjust the sensitivity booster knob to the lowest position. D. (a) Set the sensitivity knob at I on the sensitivity dial. (b) Adjust the needle to the set line on the needle dial. (c) Give the proper commands for getting a can squeeze as follows: "Squeeze the cans, please." "Thank you." The student must ensure the coach gradually increases the pressure of his grip on the cans and relaxes it. (d) Note the distance the needle fell when the coach squeezed the cans. E. Now increase the sensitivity setting to 2 and repeat steps D (b), (c) and (d) above, again noting the distance the needle fell when the coach squeezed the cans. F. Repeat steps D (b), (c) and (d) for sensitivity setting at 3, then sensitivity setting 4, then 5, then 6, and on up until you have the needle hitting the pin on the can squeeze. With the needle hitting the pin on the can squeeze, you wouldn't be able to note the length of the needle fall. Flunks are given for not having the coach remove all rings or finger jewelry, as they can cause the needle to give unusual reads; for not checking that there is maximum skin contact on the cans; for failing to see that the thumbs go around the can and not up the sides; for failing to set the meter and needle up properly; for failing to notice and handle a sudden or hard or jerky or convulsive can squeeze instead of an even increase of pressure on the cans or sudden letting go of the cans; for not making sure the coach doesn't take a finger or thumb or palm off the cans when he releases the contact; for failing to note accurately the distance the needle fell on the can squeeze; and for giving the wrong commands. Lack of skill in earlier drills is corrected by pink sheet. SECTION III: To give the student auditor a reality on setting the sensitivity for a 1/3 of a dial drop of the needle on the can squeeze. The student auditor should know that setting the sensitivity for 1/3 of a dial drop on the can squeeze is an integral part of setting up each and every session he does. It is the sensitivity he will be using during the session. It is vitally important he gets the correct sensitivity setting for each preclear at each session, so that he will not miss reads or F/Ns. A sensitivity setting which is too low or too high for that particular preclear in the particular session will obscure reads and F/Ns, thus upsetting the preclear's case. Therefore, the student auditor must be proficient on this drill. 1. A. Have the coach pick up the cans and keep his hands on the table so the student can see them throughout the can squeeze. B. Check the coach's grip to ensure it is correct, also ensuring you have the correct can size. C. Adjust the sensitivity booster knob to the lowest position. D. (a) Set the sensitivity knob at 5 on the sensitivity dial. (b) Adjust the needle to set line on the dial. (c) Get the coach to squeeze the cans ensuring he does it properly. (d) Note the distance the needle fell when the coach squeezed the cans. E. On Step D (d) the needle will have fallen a distance of either (a) LESS than 1/3 of a dial drop, or (b) MORE than 1/3 of a dial drop. If it's (a) raise the sensitivity a bit and repeat steps D (b), (c) and (d) and continue to do this until you have 1/3 dial drop. If it's (b) lower the sensitivity a bit and repeat steps D (b), (c) and (d) and continue to do this until you have 1/3 dial drop. In other words, keep adjusting your sensitivity lower or higher according to whether the drop is more or less than 1/3 of a dial drop, until you get the correct sensitivity setting. Each time a new can squeeze is asked for, the student auditor is to make sure the coach is holding the cans properly and is giving a correct can squeeze. F. The student then notes the exact sensitivity setting at which he got the 1/3 dial drop. Flunks are given for errors as in Section II above and for failing to recognize when a 1/3 dial drop of the needle on the can squeeze has been obtained; for failing to recognize if the coach is giving a considerably harder or lighter can squeeze than he was giving at sensitivity 5, and for failing to establish the correct sensitivity setting for 1/3 of a dial drop on the coach. 2. Now the coach has the student auditor do the drill on a number of other students, with the coach watching, until he is satisfied that the student can easily and accurately establish the correct sensitivity setting for a 1/3 dial drop can squeeze. SECTION IV: To give the student auditor a reality on how a correct sensitivity setting for 1/3 of a dial drop on the can squeeze gives a readable and workable meter and how an incorrect sensitivity setting gives an unreadable and unworkable meter, so the student will understand why he has to use a sensitivity setting that gives 1/3 of a dial drop. 1. Coach has the student auditor set the sensitivity accurately on a correct can squeeze for 1/3 dial drop as in Section III. 2. The student auditor does a "pinch test" as follows: student pinches the coach's arm, hard enough to hurt a little bit. 3. Now, while watching the meter, the student says to the coach: "Recall that pinch I just gave you." "Thank you." 4. Student notes the reaction of the needle to his command and the distance the needle fell. 5. Coach has the student do steps 2, 3, and 4 several times, each time noting what the needle does in response to "Recall that pinch." 6. Coach now has the student set the sensitivity at 1. Student has coach squeeze the cans and notes whether there's a read, or not. If there is a read, note size of read and leave the sensitivity at 1. If there's no read on the squeeze, the student still leaves the sensitivity at 1. 7. The student auditor does a new "pinch test" as in 2, 3, 4 and 5 above, noting the difference in needle response to the command "Recall that pinch" as compared to what it was in Step 5 at the correct sensitivity setting. There may be no read at all and the student should notice that. 8. Coach now has student set the sensitivity at 32, and coach squeezes the cans. 9. Student does the pinch test again and notes the reaction of the needle to his command "Recall that pinch." 10. Coach has the student then set the sensitivity correctly for 1/3 of a dial drop on a correct can squeeze and does the pinch test again. 11. The student should observe from these pinch tests that an accurate sensitivity setting determined from a correct can squeeze gives a readable and workable meter and that an incorrect sensitivity setting gives an unreadable and unworkable meter. If he does not see this clearly, then the coach would have the student redo steps 7 through 10 until the student sees why the sensitivity must be set for 1/3 of a dial drop determined by a correct can squeeze. Flunks are given for failing to note what the needle did and size of read in response to student telling coach to recall the pinch and for errors in setting sensitivity accurately and getting a correct can squeeze when called for in the drill. HISTORY: Developed as a training drill by L. Ron Hubbard at Saint Hill in December, 1963 and revised by L. Ron Hubbard in February, 1979. L. RON HUBBARD Founder LRH:clb/dr. jk Copyright © 1979 by L. Ron Hubbard ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ======================== 039. HCOB 21 JAN 77RB r. 25 May 80 FALSE TA CHECKLIST HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 21 JANUARY 1977RB RE-REVISED 25 MAY 1980 (Re-revisions in this type style) Remimeo Tech & Qual All Levels All Auditors All Tech Checksheets (This HCOB has been revised to include additional data on False TA and the full list of references on False TA. The layout of the list of handlings has been arranged to follow the line for checking, and reference to any specific brand of hand cream has been taken out.) FALSE TA CHECKLIST References. HCOB 8 Jun 70 LOW TA HANDLING HCOB 16 Aug 70R C/S Series 15R, GETTING THE F/N TO THE EXAMINER HCOB 24 Oct 71RA FALSE TA HCOB 12 Nov71RB FALSE TA ADDITION HCOB 15 Feb 72R FALSE TA ADDITION 2 HCOB 18 Feb 72RA FALSE TA ADDITION 3 HCOB 16 Feb 72 C/S Series 74, TALKING THE TA DOWN MODIFIED HCOB 23 Nov 73RB DRY AND WET HANDS MAKE FALSE TA HCOB 24 Nov 73RD C/S 53RL SHORT FORM HCOB 24 Nov 73RE C/S 53RL LONG FORM HCOB 19 Apr 75R OUT BASICS AND HOW TO GET THEM IN HCOB 23 Apr 75RA VANISHING CREAM AND FALSE TA HCOB 24 Oct 76RA C/S Series 96RA, DELIVERY REPAIR LISTS HCOB 10 Dec 76RB C/S Series 99RB, SCIENTOLOGY F/N AND TA POSITION HCOB 13 Jan 77RB HANDLING A FALSE TA HCOB 24 Jan 77 TECH CORRECTION ROUND-UP HCOB 26 Jan 77R FOOTPLATES USE FORBIDDEN HCOB 30 Jan 77R FALSE TA DATA HCOB 4 Dec 77 CHECKLIST FOR SETTING UP SESSIONS AND AN E-METER HCOB 7 Feb 79R E-METER DRILL 5RA BTB 24 Jan 73R II EXAMINER AND FALSE TA BOOK: E-METER ESSENTIALS BOOK: INTRODUCTION TO THE E-METER OWNER'S MANUAL, HUBBARD PROFESSIONAL MARK Vl, "HOW TO SET UP YOUR MARK VI E-METER" "This bulletin cancels HCOB 29 February 1972RA Revised 23 April 1975 as it is misleading and has caused some auditors to assess the pc on the meter to find the cause of false TA instead of checking directly with the pc." This bulletin reinstates the False TA Checklist with specific handlings that are directly from the issues that I wrote on false TA. "The following are the items to be checked by an auditor on any pc. It need only be done once unless the check itself is suspected false, or if conditions of the pc's hands, etc., change. "The checklist is kept in the pc folder and is entered on the Folder Summary as an action done. "The value of operating with correct can size should not be underestimated, the reference HCOBs state why." The auditor signs and answers the following points on the checklist. The auditor must obtain information by checking the pc's hands himself or herself to see if the hands are dry or wet. The cause of false TA is in the physical universe and that is where the check is done. It is not done by asking the pc or checking the questions on the pc for meter reads. So the auditor would feel the hands of the pc to establish if they are dry or wet, would feel the pc's hands with cream on them to see if the cream has dried up, would see if the pc's hands cup so as to form an area that does not touch the cans and so forth. False TA is not think or mental mass. It is in the physical universe and that is where it has to be handled for it to be remedied. The handling follows each line as you check it. This is for simplicity, as that is the way this checklist is done, each line being handled as you go. R-FACTOR TO PC: "I AM GOING TO CHECK THE CANS, YOUR HANDS AND VARIOUS OTHER THINGS TO ADJUST EVERYTHING FOR BEST ACCURACY" FALSE TA CHECKLIST AND HANDLING SHEET 1. IS THE METER FULLY CHARGED? ________ Handling: "Keep a meter charged at least one hour for every 10 of auditing for 240 AC volt charging current, or 2 hrs. for every 10 of auditing on a 110 AC volt charging current. (Mark VI will get about 6 hrs. for every 1 hr. charged.) "Before each session snap the knob over to TEST. The needle should hit hard on the right side of the face. It can even bounce. If the needle doesn't snap to the right hard or if it doesn't quite get there on TEST, then that meter will go flat in mid-session and give false TA and no reads or TA on hot subjects." LRH (HCOB 24 Oct 71RA, False TA) NOTE: To ensure an accurate check, the meter should be turned on a minute or two before turning to test. 2. IS THE METER TRIMMED CORRECTLY? ________ Handling: "A meter can be improperly trimmed (not set at 2.0 with the trim knob) and can give a false TA position. When a meter is not left on a minute or two before trimming, it can drift in the session and give a slightly false TA. "The trim can quietly be checked in mid-session by snapping out the jack where the cord goes into the box and putting the TA on 2, seeing if the needle is now on SET. If not, the trim knob can be moved to adjust it. The jack is quietly slipped back in. All without distracting the pc." LRH (HCOB 24 Oct 71RA, False TA) 3. ARE THE LEADS CONNECTED TO THE METER AND CANS? ________ Handling: "A properly set up meter with cans (electrodes) fitted to a pc who is holding them properly IS ALWAYS CORRECT." LRH (HCOB 24 Oct 1971A) Reference for setting up a meter is covered in E-Meter Drills book, EM 4, and the Mark VI owner's manual if one is using a Mark VI. 4. ARE THE CANS RUSTY? ________ Handling: "Corroded cans can falsify TA. Get new ones now and then." LRH (HCOB 24 Oct 71A) 5. ARE PC'S HANDS EXCESSIVELY DRY REQUIRING HAND CREAM? ________ Handling: "A quick test is have the pc put the cans under his armpits and you'll see if it's his callused or chemically dried out hands. The excessively dry hand is seen as shiny or polished looking. It feels very dry. The correct treatment is to use a hand cream, but not a greasy hand cream or vanishing cream. A good hand cream rubs all the way into the hand and leaves no excess grease. Hand cream is usually smeared on, rubbed in and can then be thoroughly wiped off. The hands will usually produce, then, a normal TA and meter response." LRH (HCOB 23 Nov 73RB Re-revised 25 May 1980, Dry and Wet Hands Make False TA) 6. ARE THE PC'S HANDS EXCESSIVELY WET REQUIRING POWDER? ________ Handling: "If the TA is low, check if the pc's hands are wet. If so have him wipe them and get a new read. It is usually found that the 1.6 was really 2.0.... Have the pc wipe hands." LRH (HCOB 24 Oct 71RA) "Antiperspirants can be applied to too wet hands. There are many brands of these, often a powder or spray. It can be wiped off after application and should work for two to three hours." LRH (HCOB 23 Nov 73RB) 7. THE PC IS NOT BEING TOLD CONTINUALLY TO WIPE HIS HANDS? ________ Handling: Above per wet hands. 8. THE PC'S GRIP ON THE CANS IS NOT BEING CONTINUALLY CHECKED BY THE AUDITOR IN A WAY THAT INTERRUPTS THE PC? ________ Handling: "Keep the pc's hands in sight. Check the pc's grip. Get smaller cans." LRH (HCOB 24 Oct 71RA) 8A. IS THE PC USING THE WRONG TYPE OF CANS? ________ a) corrugated ________ b) cellophane bonded to metal ________ c) wrong metal ________ The right metal is tin-plated steel, not cellophane bonded or painted. Handling: Replace with the correct cans. "Cans of course should be STEEL with a thin tin plating." LRH (HCOB 24 Oct 71RA) 8B. ARE THE CANS TOO SHORT FOR THE PC'S HANDS TO COVER? ________ Handling: Replace with cans of correct length so that the whole hand has contact with the can. (Ref. HCOB 24 Oct 71RA) 9. TA POSITION FOR LARGE CANS? ________ Size approx 41/2 inches by 3 inches or 11 cm by 8 cm Handling: "For a normal or large handed pc the can size is about 4" inches by 2 5/8 inches or 12% cm by 7 cm. This can be altered as big as 4 1/2 inches by 3 inches diameter or 11 cm by 8 cm. This is standard." LRH (HCOB 24 Oct 71 A) 10. TA POSITION ON MEDIUM CANS? ________ Size approx 47/8 inches by 25/8 inches or 12l/2 cm by 7 cm Handling: Covered above. 11. TA POSITION ON SMALL CANS? ________ Size approx 33/4 inches by 21/8 inches or 9cm by 5cm Handling: "This can should be 3 3/4 inches by 2 1/8 inches or 9 cm by 5 cm diameter or thereabouts. A small child would be lost even with that can. So a small 35 mm film can could be used. This is 2 inches long by 1 3/16 diameter or 5 cm by 3 cm. This works but watch it as these cans are aluminum. They do work but test for true read with a slightly larger can and then trim to adjust for the aluminum if any different. "Cans of course should be STEEL with a thin tin plating. Regular soup cans. Can size to match the pc avoids slack can grip or tiring the hands into going slack, giving the auditor 3.2 F/Ns and trouble." LRH (HCOB 24 Oct 71RA) 11A. CAN SIZE FOR A CHILD IS INCORRECT? ________ Handling: Size can go down to photographic aluminum 35 mm film cans for a child. Size approx 2 inches by 13/l6 inches or 5 cm by 3 cm. Note down TA position. 11B. IF THE ABOVE MENTIONED CAN SIZES AREN'T CORRECT FOR THE PC'S HANDS OTHER SIZES CAN BE TRIED. ________ Handling: 1 1/4" tubing or 1 3/4" tubing as well as other can size checked to see which fits the pc's hand. Note TA position. 12. ARE THE CANS TOO LARGE FOR THE PC? ________ Handling: "Can size to match the pc avoids slack can grip or tiring the hands into going slack." LRH (HCOB 24 Oct 71A) Check the pc's grip and see if the hand is touching all of the can and if the size is comfortable. (Ref. HCOB 13 Jan 77RB, Handling a False TA) 13. ARE THE CANS TOO SMALL FOR THE PC? ________ Handling: Per above. Check how the pc is holding the cans and if the entire hand is on the cans and if they are comfortable and adjust accordingly per above. 14. ARE THE CANS JUST RIGHT FOR THE PC? ________ Handling: Check the grip and see if the can size is correct for the pc. Do the cans comfortably fit the pc's hands with the hand touching the cans so it gets an accurate reading on the meter? If the can size is correct then you must ensure that the grip is also correct on the cans. 15. ARE THE CANS COLD? ________ Handling: "Regardless of can size, cold E-Meter electrodes tend to give a much higher tone arm reading particularly on some pcs. "Until the cans warm up, the reading is generally false and is false in the direction of high. Some pcs are 'cool blooded' and the shock of ice-cold cans can drive the TA up and it takes a while to drift down. "A practice which gets around this is for the auditor or Examiner to hold the cans briefly until they are warm and then give them to the pc. A variation is for the auditor or Examiner to put the cans under his armpits while setting up. This warms them. There are probably many other ways to warm up cans to body temperature." LRH (HCOB 12 Nov 71RB) 15A. DID THE PC WASH HIS HANDS JUST BEFORE SESSION? ________ Handling: Use a bit of hand cream to bring hands back to normal amount of moisture. 16. ARE THE PC'S HANDS DRY OR CALLUSED? Handling: Covered above under pc's hands excessively dry requiring hand cream. There are ways to apply the hand cream so that it is correct for that individual pc and does handle the false TA. You can spread it on extensively then wipe it off and then rub a bit more in ensuring the thumbs are included is one way. (Ref. HCOB 13 Jan 77RB) The point is to feel the hands with the cream on them to see if it has handled the excessively dry hand that is seen as shiny or polished looking. And it now should no longer feel dry. (HCOB 23 Nov 73RB Re-revised 25 May 80) The correct treatment is to use a hand cream but not greasy hand cream or vanishing cream. A good hand cream rubs all the way into the skin and leaves no excess grease. This restores normal electrical contact. Such a hand cream would only have to be applied once per session - at session start - as it lasts for a long while. If a cream leaves smears on a can, it is too heavily applied or too little absorbed. (HCOB 23 Apr 75A Re-revised 25 May 80) 17. DOES THE PC HAVE ARTHRITIC HANDS? ________ Handling: "A rare pc is so crippled with arthritis that he doesn't make contact fully with the cans. This gives high TA. Use wide wrist straps and you'll get a right read." LRH (HCOB 24 Oct 71RA Re-revised 25 May 80) 18. DOES THE PC LOOSEN HIS GRIP ON THE CANS? ________ Handling: Check the grip. Does the angle of the cans go across the palms of the pc? Is the natural curl of the fingers sufficient to hold the cans in place, and is the placement of the cans at an angle ensuring that the maximum skin area is touching the cans? (Ref. BOOK OF E-METER DRILLS) See if the palm is touching the can and not elevated off. (Ref. HCOB 13 Jan 77RB) 19. CHECK THE PC'S GRIP, DOES HE HOLD THE CANS CORRECTLY? ________ Handling: Covered in above section. Also check to see if the pc is holding the cans so tight that it is causing the hands to sweat and read falsely low. (Ref. HCOB 13 Jan 77RB and HCOB 7 Feb 79R, E-Meter Drill 5RA) 20. IS THE PC HOT? ________ Handling: Get a fan in the room or handle the room so that it is cooler and the pc comfortable. 21. HAS THE PC SLEPT WELL? ________ Handling: Don't audit a pc who has not had sufficient rest or is physically tired. (Ref. HCO PL 14 Oct 68RA, The Auditor's Code) 22. IS THE PC COLD? ________ Handling: "A pc who is too cold sometimes has a falsely high TA. Wrap him in a blanket or get a warmer auditing room. The auditing environment is the responsibility of the auditor." LRH (HCOB 24 Oct 71RA) 23. IS THE PC HUNGRY? ________ Handling: Get the pc something to eat and don't audit a pc who has not had enough to eat or is hungry. (Ref. HCO PL 14 Oct 68A, The Auditor's Code) 24. IS IT TOO LATE AT NIGHT? ________ Handling: "Between 2 and 3 A. M. or late at night a pc's TA may be very high. The time depends on when he sleeps usually. This TA will be found normal in regular hours." LRH (HCOB 24 Oct 71RA) 25. IS THE AUDITING BEING DONE NOT IN THE-PC'S NORMAL REGULAR AWAKE HOURS? ________ Handling: Covered above. 26. ARE THERE RINGS ON THE PC'S HANDS? ________ Handling: "Rings on the pc's hands must always be removed. They don't influence TA but they give a false rock slam." LRH (HCOB 24 Oct 71) If the rings can't come off use a small strip of paper around them to shield the rings touching the can. 27. IS THE PC WEARING TIGHT SHOES? ________ Handling: Remove them. (Ref. HCOB 24 Oct 71RA, HCOB 13 Jan 77RB) 28. IS THE PC WEARING TIGHT CLOTHES? Handling: If it turns out that tight clothing is affecting the TA ensure that the pc doesn't wear tight clothes in future sessions. If possible have the pc remove the tight clothing and see what the effect was that it had on the TA and make sure no more tight clothes are worn in future sessions. 29. IS THE PC USING THE WRONG HAND CREAM? ________ Handling: Using the reference materials find the right hand cream and test it on the pc. Note TA position. 30. IS THE APPLICATION OF THE HAND CREAM CORRECT AND DOES IT COVER THE ENTIRE HAND? ________ Handling: Watch how the pc puts on hand cream and see if it covers the entire hand, thumb included. If not then have the pc put on hand cream covering the entire hand and pick up the cans and note TA position. Some pcs may have to put cream on and wipe it off and then reapply it. (Ref. HCOB 13 Jan 77RB) 31. IS THE CHAIR THE PC IS SITTING IN COMFORTABLE? ________ Handling: Get a new chair that is comfortable for the pc. 32. IS IT ACTUALLY A CHRONIC HIGH OR LOW TA CASE CONDITION? ________ Handling: C/S Series 53 Assessment or Hi-Lo TA Assessment. Done to F/Ning assessment. So standard tech handles the high and low TA. The C/S Series gives more data on the subject. 33. HAS THE PC GONE INTO DESPAIR OVER HIS TA? ________ Handling: Handle the false TA with using this list as a guideline so that the cause of false TA is found and fully handled with the pc by the various handlings covered above. When false TA is handled check TA worries, TA hassles and L1C best read. ________ This handling sheet is used in conjunction with the items that are checked. This gives you the way to handle them. Refer to reference material in reference section above for further data on handling a false TA. L. RON HUBBARD Founder LRH:bk.sl.dd Copyright © 1977, 1980 by L. Ron Hubbard ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ======================== 040. HCOB 3 SEP 78 DEFINITION OF A ROCK SLAM HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 3 SEPTEMBER 1978 (Cancels HCOB 5 Dec AD12. "2-12, 3GAXX, 3-21 and Routine 2-10 Modern Assessment.") (Cancels HCOB 13 Aug AD12) (Cancels HCOB 1 Aug AD12) Remimeo HCOs Tech Staff Confessional Courses All Auditors, C/Ses Supervisors URGENT - URGENT - URGENT DEFINITION OF A ROCK SLAM The following is the only valid definition of an R/S: ROCK SLAM: THE CRAZY, IRREGULAR, LEFT-RIGHT SLASHING MOTION OF THE NEEDLE ON THE E-METER DIAL. R/SES REPEAT LEFT AND RIGHT SLASHES UNEVENLY AND SAVAGELY, FASTER THAN THE EYE EASILY FOLLOWS. THE NEEDLE IS FRANTIC. THE WIDTH OF AN R/S DEPENDS LARGELY ON SENSITIVITY SETTING. IT GOES FROM ONE-FOURTH INCH TO WHOLE DIAL. BUT IT SLAMS BACK AND FORTH. A ROCK SLAM (R/S) MEANS A HIDDEN EVIL INTENTION ON THE SUBJECT OR QUESTION UNDER AUDITING OR DISCUSSION. VALID R/SES ARE NOT ALWAYS INSTANT READS. AN R/S CAN READ PRIOR OR LATENTLY. HCOB 5 December AD12, "2-12, 3GAXX, 3-21 and Routine 2-10 Modern Assessment" is an HCOB composited by others incorrectly and is CANCELED as it misdefines an R/S as a single slash left or right. It contains the statements: "One or two slashes make an R/S.... If it slashed up or down once call it an R/S." The data is utterly false. By this wrong definition a rocket read could be mistaken for an R/S, or any sudden rise could be mistaken for an R/S. ONE SLASH DOESN'T BEGIN TO BE AN R/S. NOR TWO OR THREE FOR THAT MATTER. THE CORRECT DEFINITION OF AN R/S INCLUDES THAT IT SLASHES SAVAGELY LEFT AND RIGHT. ______________ DEFINITION OF A DIRTY NEEDLE The following is the only valid definition of a dirty needle: DIRTY NEEDLE: AN ERRATIC AGITATION OF THE NEEDLE WHICH IS RAGGED, JERKY, TICKING, NOT SWEEPING, AND TENDS TO BE PERSISTENT. IT IS NOT LIMITED IN SIZE. A DIRTY NEEDLE IS CAUSED BY ONE OF THREE THINGS: 1. THE AUDITOR'S TRs ARE BAD. 2. THE AUDITOR IS BREAKING THE AUDITOR'S CODE. 3. THE PC HAS WITHHOLDS HE DOES NOT WISH KNOWN. The definitions of a dirty needle as "a small rock slam" and "a smaller edition of the rock slam" in HCOB 13 August AD12, "Rock Slams and Dirty Needles," are CANCELED. The definition of a dirty needle as "a minute rock slam" in HCOB 1 August AD12, "Routine 3GA, Goals, Nulling by Mid Ruds," is CANCELED. All definitions which limit the size of a dirty needle to "one quarter of an inch" or "less than one quarter of an inch" are CANCELED. A dirty needle is NOT TO BE CONFUSED with an R/S. They are distinctly different reads. You never mistake an R/S if you have ever seen one. A dirty needle is far less frantic. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A ROCK SLAM AND A DIRTY NEEDLE IS IN THE CHARACTER OF THE READ NOT THE SIZE. Persistent use of "fish and fumble" can sometimes turn a dirty needle into a rock slam. However until it does it is simply a dirty needle. AUDITORS, C/SES, SUPERVISORS MUST MUST MUST KNOW THE DIF-FERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO TYPES OF READS COLD. L. RON HUBBARD Founder LRH:nc Copyright © 1978 by L. Ron Hubbard ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ======================== 041. BTB 14 JAN 63 r. 25 Jul 74 RINGS CAUSING "ROCK SLAMS" BOARD TECHNICAL BULLETIN 14 JANUARY 1963 REISSUED 25 JULY 1974 AS BTB Remimeo All Auditors CANCELS HCO BULLETIN OF 14 JANUARY 1963 SAME TITLE RINGS CAUSING "ROCK SLAMS" NOTE: This datum was already known to me about rings but this is the most severe case I've heard of. L. RON HUBBARD The following dispatch, sent in by Terry Milner and Joe Fortner, staff members of Los Angeles, describes a phenomenon which can be caused by a PC wearing rings: "A dispatch on a matter which I consider quite urgent. Since being audited quite a few rock slams have been observed on me. In the rudiments, on lists, between comm lags, button checks, in fact any method of auditing which required the use of an E-Meter. With the advent of R2-12, I had many lists, all chock full of items that had rock slammed at one time or another. The supposedly phantom rock slam served to hang up many sessions and auditing became quite a drag even though one true package was found in spite of the rock slams that went on forever. Recently I was sent to get HGC auditing and the rock slams were ever present until my Auditor, Joe Fortner, got a little suspicious and had me take off the two rings I wore, one on either hand. They disappeared. Hundreds of things that had rock slammed no longer rock slammed. Hundreds of almost, not quite reliable items are dead now and in all truth, most of them have no meaning to me anyway. Perhaps you know of this condition set up by the PC wearing rings........the thing is most Auditors do not, nor do most PCs. Issued by Peter Hemery Reissued as BTB by Flag Mission 1234 I/C: CPO Andrea Lewis 2nd: Molly Harlow Authorized by A W for the BOARDS OF DIRECTORS of the CHURCHES OF SCIENTOLOGY BDCS:SW:AL:TN:PH:mh Copyright © 1963, 1974 by L. Ron Hubbard ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ======================== 042. HCOB 21 JUL 78 WHAT IS A FLOATING NEEDLE? HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 21 JULY 1978 Remimeo All Auditors All C/Ses All W/Cers All Tech Checksheets WHAT IS A FLOATING NEEDLE? A floating needle is a rhythmic sweep of the dial at a slow, even pace of the needle. That's what an F/N is. No other definition is correct. L. RON HUBBARD Founder for the BOARDS OF DIRECTORS of the CHURCHES OF SCIENTOLOGY BDCS:LRH:pb.lfg Copyright © 1978 by L. Ron Hubbard ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ======================== 043. HCOB 21 SEP 66 ARC BREAK NEEDLE HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1966 Remimeo ARC BREAK NEEDLE The needle of a preclear with an ARC Break may be dirty, stuck or sticky, but may also give the appearance of FLOATING. This is not a Release point however, as the pc will be upset and out of comm at the same time. The auditor must observe the preclear and determine which it is. L. RON HUBBARD Founder LRH:lbr.cden Copyright © 1966 by L. Ron Hubbard ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ======================== 044. HCOB 10 DEC 76RB r. 25 May 80 SCIENTOLOGY F/N AND TA POSITION HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 10 DECEMBER 1976RB RE-REVISED 25 MAY 1980 (This issue is re-revised to update reference HCOBs for False TA.) Remimeo All Auditors All Intern Supervisors All C/Ses URGENT - IMPORTANT C/S Series 99RB SCIENTOLOGY F/N AND TA POSITION Through verbal tech just located, it has been found that some auditors have been ordered to disregard all F/Ns that were above 3.0 or below 2.0 on the meter. Auditors have also called F/Ns which were ARC break needles, thus falsely indicating to the pc. These two actions - disregarding actual F/Ns because the TA was not between 2.0 and 3.0 and calling "F/Ns" that were actually ARC break needles - have upset many preclears. The outnesses here are (a) not considering pc indicators as senior and (b) not noting pc indicators when calling an F/N and (c) ignoring and giving junior importance to the technology covered in false TAs. (See list of references at end of this HCOB or the Subject Index of the HCOB Volumes.) Auditors have even been led to falsify worksheets (giving TA as in range when it actually was not when calling an F/N) because they might "get in trouble" for calling an F/N in the wrong range, such as 1.8 or 3.2. The CORRECT procedure for out of range F/Ns is 1. Look at the pc's indicators. 2. Call the F/N regardless of its range. 3. Mark down the ACTUAL TA position. 4. Handle the false TA at the earliest opportunity when it will not intrude into the current cycle on which the pc is being audited. (You don't interrupt a Quad R3RA, for instance, to handle false TA; you complete it and then, when directed by the C/S, you handle the false TA.) 5. On any pc you suspect has had his F/Ns disregarded because of false TA, you C/S for and get run a repair and rehab of this error. E-Meter cans can monitor or change TA position when the palms are too dry or too wet or when the cans are too big or too small or when the wrong hand cream is used. The E-Meter does not read on hand moisture alone as was long believed by people in electronics. But TA depends upon resistance to electrical current in the palms, leads and meter, as well as its main resistance which happens to be mental masses or lack of them. To simply tell some intern "Always disregard an F/N not in correct range" is to set him up for loses and set the pc up for crashes. The correct information is that an F/N which isn't in range is accompanied by pc indicators that indicate whether it is an F/N or not. AND indicates you better get the false TA handled fast as soon as it won't interrupt the current cycle. AND you always note where it F/Ned so the C/S can C/S for false TA handling. Where an ARC break needle (which looks like an F/N) is observed, whether it is in range or out of range (2.0 to 3.0 or below 2.0 or above 3.0) you LOOK at the pc and establish the pc's indicators before falsely calling an F/N. A pc who is about to cry is NOT an F/Ning pc and if you indicate an F/N to that pc you will further the ARC break and suppress the emotional charge that is about to come off. REPAIR Where the above matters have not been fully understood and errors have occurred on pcs, it must be assumed that 1. Auditors have falsified their worksheets as to TA position and thus built up withholds and made themselves blowy. 2. That every pc who has ever had high or low TA trouble has had F/Ns disregarded and ARC break F/Ns falsely indicated. 3. That a briefing and drilling of all interns and auditors must occur on this HCOB. 4. That a brief program of cleanup of disregarded F/Ns and falsely called ARC break F/Ns be done on every pc. 5. That every such pc be considered as having false TA troubles and these must be C/Sed for and corrected. 6. That all auditors and interns be drilled on all HCOBs relating to pc indicators. SAMPLE CLEANUP C/S Disregard TA position, use only F/Ns and pc indicators in doing this C/S. 1. It has been found that some of your F/Ns (release points) may have been disregarded by past or present auditors. 2. Have you ever felt an F/N (release point or end of an action) had been bypassed on your case? 3. Find and rehab the overrun of the release point to F/N. Check for any other bypassed F/Ns and rehab them. 4. Have you ever felt an F/N should not have been indicated by the auditor when it was? 5. Find the point and get in Suppress on it and complete the action. Check "Are there any other F/Ns which should not have been indicated by the auditor when they were?" and handle as above. 6. Find and run the ARC breaks bypassed, with ARC break handling. 7. Find and handle the false TA in totality. DIANETIC F/Ns An F/N seen by the auditor in running R3RA is not called until the full Dianetic EP is reached. An auditor running R3RA is NOT looking for F/Ns. He is looking for the postulate which is sitting at the bottom of the chain he is running. The EP of a Dianetic chain is always always always the postulate coming off. The postulate is what holds the chain in its place. Release the postulate and the chain blows. That's it. The auditor must recognize the postulate when the pc gives it, note the VGIs, call the F/N and end off auditing that chain. An F/N seen as the incident is erasing is not called. The pc does not have to state that the incident has erased. Once he has given up the postulate, the erasure has occurred. The auditor will see an F/N and VGls. NOW the F/N is called. F/Ns are not indicated until the EP of postulate off, F/N and VGls is reached. It's the postulate - not the F/N - that we are going for in New Era Dianetics. POWER F/Ns F/Ns are disregarded in Power. Each Power Process has its own end phenomena and is ended only when that is obtained. REFERENCE HCOBs FOR FALSE TA HCOB 8 Jun 70 LOW TA HANDLING HCOB 16 Aug 70R C/S Series 15R, GETTING THE F/N TO THE EXAMINER HCOB 24 Oct 71RA FALSE TA HCOB 12 Nov 71RB FALSE TA ADDITION HCOB 15 Feb 72R FALSE TA ADDITION 2 HCOB 18 Feb 72RA FALSE TA ADDITION 3 HCOB 16 Feb 72 C/S Series 74, TALKING THE TA DOWN MODIFIED HCOB 23 Nov 73RB DRY AND WET HANDS MAKE FALSE TA HCOB 24 Nov 73RD C/S 53RL SHORT FORM HCOB 24 Nov 73RE C/S 53RL LONG FORM HCOB 19 Apr 75R OUT BASICS AND HOW TO GET THEM IN HCOB 23 Apr 75RA VANISHING CREAM AND FALSE TA HCOB 24 Oct 76RA C/S Series 96RA, DELIVERY REPAIR LISTS HCOB 10 Dec 76RB C/S Series 99RB, SCIENTOLOGY F/N AND TA POSITION HCOB 21 Jan 77RB FALSE TA CHECKLIST HCOB 24 Jan 77 TECH CORRECTION ROUND-UP HCOB 26 Jan 77R FOOTPLATES USE FORBIDDEN HCOB 30 Jan 77R FALSE TA DATA HCOB 4 Dec 77 CHECKLIST FOR SETTING UP SESSIONS AND AN E-METER HCOB 13 Jan 77RB HANDLING A FALSE TA OWNER'S MANUAL, HUBBARD PROFESSIONAL MARK Vl, "HOW TO SET UP YOUR MARK VI E-METER" PC INDICATORS HCOBs References: HCOB 29 Jul 64 GOOD INDICATORS AT LOWER LEVELS HCOB 28 Dec 63 INDICATORS PART ONE, GOOD INDICATORS HCOB 23 May 71RVIII Rev. 4.12.74 RECOGNITION OF RIGHTNESS OF THE BEING HCOB 22 Sep 71 THE THREE GOLDEN RULES OF THE C/S HANDLING AUDITORS HCOB 21 Oct 68R FLOATING NEEDLE L. RON HUBBARD Founder Revision assisted by LRH Technical Compilations Unit LRH:RTCU:djm.dd Copyright © 1976, 1980 by L. Ron Hubbard ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ======================== 045. HCOB 2 DEC 80 FLOATING NEEDLE AND TA POSITION MODIFIED HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 2 DECEMBER 1980 Remimeo Tech & Qual All Levels All Auditors All Supervisors All Internships All C/Ses Examiners Ethics Officers FLOATING NEEDLE AND TA POSITION MODIFIED This bulletin carries further the data given in HCOB 10 December 1976RB URGENT - IMPORTANT C/S Series 99RB SCIENTOLOGY F/N AND TA POSITION and modifies but does not cancel all HCOBs that mention having to have the TA between 2.0 and 3.0 before the F/N can be considered valid, including: HCOB 21 October 1968R Revised 9 July 1977 FLOATING NEEDLE HCOB 7 May 1969R, Issue V Revised 15 July 1977 FLOATING NEEDLE HCOB 21 April 1971RC Revised 25 July 1978 C/S Series 36RC DIANETICS HCOB 24 October 1971RA Re-revised 25 May 1980 FALSE TA HCOB 15 February 1972R Revised 26 January 1977 FALSE TA ADDITION 2 HCOB 23 November 1973RB Re-rev 25 May 1980 DRY AND WET HANDS MAKE FALSE TA HCOB 8 June 1970 LOW TA HANDLING HCOB 13 June 1970 Issue II HUBBARD CONSULTANT STUDY STRESS ANALYSIS Some recent tests I conducted have shown that a floating needle is a floating needle regardless of tone arm position. This changes an earlier belief that, in order to be valid, the tone arm had to be between 2.0 and 3.0 for it to be called a floating needle. Carefully examining dozens of F/Ns which occurred with the TA well above 3.0 and looking for any troubles with the case following calling the F/N an F/N, I found that there were no adverse consequences. Therefore, it can be safely assumed that a floating needle is a floating needle regardless of where the tone arm position may be. It should be called, indicated and written as an F/N, with the TA noted. Palm moisture, pc grip and other factors alter the TA position but not the F/N. The auditor must also be prepared to handle and handle false TA and nothing in this finding changes handling. Tone arm positions register the relative mass of the case and nothing in this finding changes that. There are low TA cases and high TA cases and the state of the TA remains important and all data regarding TA positions are valid. An ARC break needle (an F/N accompanied by bad indicators) remains an ARC break needle and nothing in this finding changes that. It must be handled. (One ordinarily checks for an ARC break in this case.) This finding about TA position and F/Ns has been corrected earlier. This present issue carries it further based on very thorough recent testing. There are apparently no liabilities of any kind in calling high and low TA F/Ns, F/Ns. L. RON HUBBARD Founder LRH:nc.gm Copyright © 1980 by L. Ron Hubbard ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ======================== 046. HCOB 20 FEB 70 FLOATING NEEDLES AND END PHENOMENA HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 20 FEBRUARY 1970 Remimeo Dn Checksheet Class VIII Checksheet FLOATING NEEDLES AND END PHENOMENA Now and then you will get a protest from preclears about "floating needles". The preclear feels there is more to be done yet the auditor says "Your needle is floating. " This is sometimes so bad that in Scientology Reviews one has to Prepcheck the subject of "Floating Needles". A lot of by-passed charge can be stirred up which ARC Breaks (upsets) the preclear. The reason this subject of floating needles gets into trouble is that the auditor has not understood a subject called END PHENOMENA. END PHENOMENA is defined as "those indicators in the pc and meter which show that a chain or process is ended". It shows in Dianetics that basic on that chain and flow has been erased and in Scientology that the pc has been released on that process being run. A new flow or a new process can be embarked upon, of course, when the END PHENOMENA of the previous process is attained. DIANETICS Floating needles are only ONE FOURTH OF THE END PHENOMENA in all Dianetic auditing. Any Dianetic auditing below Power has FOUR DEFINITE REACTIONS IN THE PC WHICH SHOW THE PROCESS IS ENDED. l. Floating needle. 2. Cognition. 3. Very good indicators (pc happy). 4. Erasure of the final picture audited. Auditors get panicky about overrun. If you go past the End Phenomena the F/N will pack up (cease) and the TA will rise. BUT that's if you go past all four parts of the end phenomena, not past a floating needle. If you watch a needle with care and say nothing but your R3R commands, as it begins to float you will find: 1. It starts to float narrowly. 2. The pc cognites (What do you know - so that's . . .) and the float widens. 3. Very good indicators come in. And the float gets almost full dial, and 4. The picture, if you inquired, has erased and the needle goes full dial. That is the full End Phenomena of Dianetics. If the auditor sees a float start, as in I and says, "I would like to indicate to you your needle is floating," he can upset the pc's bank. There is still charge. The pc has not been permitted to cognite. VGIs surely won't appear and a piece of the picture is left. By being impetuous and fearful of overrun, or just being in a hurry, the auditor's premature (too soon) indication to the pc suppresses three quarters of the pc's end phenomena. SCIENTOLOGY All this also applies to Scientology auditing. And all Scientology processes below Power have the same end phenomena. The 0 to IV Scientology end phenomena are: A. Floating needle. B. Cognition. C. Very good indicators. D. Release. The pc goes through these four steps without fail IF PERMITTED TO DO SO. As Scientology auditing is more delicate than Dianetic auditing, an overrun (F/N vanished and TA rising, requiring "rehab") can occur more rapidly. Thus the auditor has to be more alert. But this is no excuse to chop off three of the steps of end phenomena. The same cycle of F/N will occur if the pc is given a chance. On A you get a beginning F/N, on B slightly wider, on C wider still and on D the needle really is floating and widely. "I would like to indicate to you your needle is floating" can be a chop. Also it's a false report if it isn't widely floating and will keep floating. Pcs who leave session F/N and arrive at Examiner without F/N, or who eventually do not come to session with an F/N have been misaudited. The least visible way is the F/ N chop, as described in this session. The most obvious way is to overrun the process. (Running a pc after he has exteriorized will also give a high TA at examiner.) In Dianetics, one more pass through is often required to get 1, 2, 3, 4 End Phenomena above. I know it said in the Auditor's Code not to by-pass an F/N. Perhaps it should be changed to read "A real wide F/N". Here it's a question of how wide is an F/N? However, the problem is NOT difficult. I follow this rule - l never jolt or interrupt a pc who is still looking inward. In other words, I don't ever yank his attention over to the auditor. After all, it's his case we are handling, not my actions as an auditor. When I see an F/N begin I listen for the pc's cognition. If it isn't there, I give the next command due. If it still isn't there, I give the 2nd command, etc. Then I get the cognition and shut up. The needle floats more widely, VGls come in, the F/N goes dial wide. The real skill is involved in knowing when to say nothing more. Then with the pc, all bright, all end phenomena in sight (F/N, cog, VGls, erasure or Release, depending on whether it's Dn or Scn) I say, as though agreeing with the pc, "Your needle is floating." DIANETIC ODDITY Did you know that you could go through a picture half a dozen times, the F/N getting wider and wider without the pc cogniting? This is rare but it can happen once in a hundred. The picture hasn't been erased yet. Bits of it seem to keep popping in. Then it erases fully and wow, 2, 3 and 4 occur. This isn't grinding. It's waiting for the F/N to broaden to cognition. The pc who complains about F/Ns is really stating the wrong problem. The actual problem was the auditor distracting the pc from cognition by calling attention to himself and the meter a moment too soon. The pc who is still looking inward gets upset when his attention is jerked outward. Charge is then left in the area. A pc who has been denied his full end phenomena too often will begin to refuse auditing. Despite all this, one still must not overrun and get the TA up. But in Dianetics an erasure leaves nothing to get the TA up with! The Scientology auditor has a harder problem with this, as he can overrun more easily. There is a chance of pulling the bank back in. So the problem is more applicable to Scientology as a problem than to Dianetics. But ALL auditors must realize that the END PHENOMENA of successful auditing is not just an F/N but has 3 more requisites. And an auditor can chop these off. The mark of the real VIRTUOSO (master) in auditing is his skilled handling of the floating needle. L. RON HUBBARD Founder LRH:jz.ei.rd Copyright ©1970 by L. 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