BRACKET

1. the standard bracket is a five-way bracket. The general form of this is as follows: you . . . terminal; terminal . . . you; terminal . . . another; another . . . terminal; terminal . . . terminal. (HCOB 30 Apr 61)
2. the word bracket is taken from the artillery, meaning to enclose with a salvo of fire. A bracket is run as follows:
   1. first one gets the concept as happening to the preclear.
   2. Then one gets the concept of the preclear making it happen (or thinking or saying it) to another.
   3. Then one gets the concept as being directed by another at others. (Scn 8-80, p. 40)
3. with these three things: the thetan trying to put up mock-ups of his own which persist; trying to divert the mock-ups of others; and trying to observe what others are doing to others; we have what we call a bracket in Scn. (PAB 11)
4. the individual does it himself, somebody else does it, others do it, or the individual does it to somebody else, or somebody does it to him or others do it to others. (PDC 31)

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