- a gradual approach to something, taken step by step, level by level, each step or
level being, of itself, easily surmountableso that, finally, quite complicated and
difficult activities or high states of being can be achieved with relative ease. This
principle is applied to both Scn processing and training. (Scn AD)
- a steepening or an increasing from the slight to the heavy. (HCOB 3 Apr 66)
- the essence of a gradient is just being able to do a little bit more and a little
bit more and a little bit more until you finally make the grade. (Scn 0-8, p. 15)