CLASS VIII CONFIDENTIAL COURSE PACK PART 14/16 CLASS VIII COURSE PACK CONTENTS: Part 14 173. HCOB 30 MAR 73 STEP FOUR - HANDLING ORIGINATIONS 174. HCOB 26 APR 71 TRs AND COGNITIONS 175. HCOB 22 JUL 78 ASSESSMENT TRs 176. HCOPL 21 FEB 79 r. 6 May 79 E-METER ESSENTIALS ERRATA SHEET 177. HCOB 11 MAY 69 r. 8 Jul 78 METER TRIM CHECK 178. HCOB 16 NOV 65 r. 22 Feb 79 E-METER SENSITIVITY SETTING 179. HCOB 10 MAR 74 r. 22 Feb 79 E-METERS - SENSITIVITY ERRORS 180. HCOB 21 SEP 66 ARC BREAK NEEDLE 181. HCOB 21 JUL 78 WHAT IS A FLOATING NEEDLE? 182. HCOB 20 SEP 78 AN INSTANT F/N IS A READ 183. HCOB 4 DEC 78 HOW TO READ THROUGH AN F/N 184. HCOB 5 AUG 78 ASSESSMENT AND HOW TO GET THE ITEM 185. HCOB 21 JAN 77 r. 7 Jun 78 FALSE TA CHECKLIST 186. HCOB 7 FEB 79 r. 15 Feb 79 E-METER DRILL 5RA CAN SQUEEZE 187. HCOB 4 DEC 77 CHECKLIST FOR SETTING UP SESSIONS AND AN E-METER ************************************************** CLASS VIII CONFIDENTIAL COURSE PACK PART 14/16 ************************************************** 173. HCOB 30 MAR 73 STEP FOUR - HANDLING ORIGINATIONS HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 30 MARCH 1973 Issue I REISSUED 21 SEPTEMBER 1974 (Only change is signature) Remimeo STEP FOUR - HANDLING ORIGINATIONS Edited and taken from PROFESSIONAL AUDITOR'S BULLETIN NO. 151 1 January 1959 What do we mean by an origin of the preclear? He volunteers something all on his own; and do you know that is a very good index of case-whether the person volunteers anything on his own? An old-time auditor used this as a case index. He said, "This fellow isn't getting any better. He hasn't offered up anything yet." You see, he didn't originate-he didn't originate a communication. So remember that the preclear is as well as he can originate a communication. That means he can stand at Cause on the communication formula. And that is a desirable point for him to reach. But how about in the walk-away world-the world that is ambulant and moving around and spinning quietly, or noisily, as the case may be? Do you ever have to handle an origin in it? Well, I dare say that every argument you have ever got into was because you did not handle an origin. Every time you have ever got into trouble with anybody, you can trace it back along the line you didn't handle. If a person walks in and says, "Whee! I've just passed with the highest mark in the whole school," and you say, "I'm awfully hungry, shouldn't we go out and eat?"-you'll find yourself in a fight. He feels ignored. He originated a communication to have you prove to him that he was there and he was solid. Most little kiddies get frantic about their parents when their parents don't handle their originations properly. Handling an origination merely tells the person, "All right, I heard it, you're there." You might say it is a form of acknowledgment, but it's not; it is the communication formula in reverse. But the auditor is still in control if he handles the origin-otherwise, the communication formula goes out of his control and he is at effect point, no longer at cause point. An auditor continues at cause point. So let's look this over. The handling of an origin has a great deal of use and, until recently, it was the least pat step in Scientology. How did you handle an origin? And we finally found out. I finally had a cognition myself. I tried for a long time to communicate this to people and they still blundered on it occasionally. And I finally found out something that did seem to communicate. There are three steps in handling an origin. Here is the setup: The preclear is sitting in the chair and the auditor is sitting across from the preclear, and the auditor is saying, "Do fish swim?" or "Do birds fly?" and the preclear says, "Yes." Here is the factor, now, entering: "Do fish swim?" The preclear doesn't answer Do fish swim, the preclear says, "You know-your dress is on fire,'' or "I'm eight feet back of my head," or "Is it true that all cats weigh 1.8 kilograms?" You see, wog-wog-where did this come from? Well, although it is usually circuitry or something like that at work when it's that far off beam, it is, nevertheless, an origin. How do you handle it? Well, you don't want the preclear to go out of session, and he would if you handled it wrongly, so (1) you answer it; (2) you maintain ARC (you don't spend any time at it, but you just maintain ARC); and (3) you get the preclear back on the process. One, two, three. And if you spend too much time in (2), you'll be doing wrong. What is an origin? All right, he says, "I'm eight feet back of my head." It's an origin; what are you supposed to do with it? Well, you're supposed to answer it. In this particular case, you would say to him something in the order of, "You are?" (You mean something like, "I've heard the communication-it's made an effect on me.") Now, in maintaining ARC you can skimp that second one if you handle the third one expertly enough. The least important one is the second one, but the most deadly thing you can do is utterly to neglect the second one of maintaining ARC. That's deadly. But you can skip it if you really punch it into the third one, which is to say, get him back into session. So he says, "I'm eight feet back of my head," and you say, "YOU ARE???" (What he said really hit, you know.) He's kind of wog-wog about this-he's not sure what this is all about. You say, "You are?" and the fellow says, "Yes." "Well!" you say. "What did I say that made that happen?" "Oh, you said 'Do birds fly?' and I thought of myself as a bird and I guess that's the way it is, but I am eight feet back of my head." "Well, that's pretty routine," you say-reassure him, maintain the ARC. "Now, what was that auditing question?" "Oh, you asked me 'Do birds fly?' " And you say, "That's right. Do birds fly?" Back in session, you see. You can't do this: You can't put it into a can and put a label on it and say "This is how you do it always," because it's always something peculiar; but you can say these three steps are followed. I will give you another example. You say, "Do birds fly?" and he says, "I have a blinding headache." "You do?" you say. "Is it bothering you (that's the ARC) too much to carry on with the session (and you've reached number three at once)?" "Oh no-it's pretty bad though." "Well, let's go on with this, shall we?" you say. "Maybe it'll do something with it (maintaining ARC)." He says, "Well, all right," and you're right back onto it again: "Do birds fly?" One of the trickiest of these is "What in my question reminded you of that?" The fellow says, "Well, so and so," and he explains it to you and you say, "Well, good. Do birds fly?" and you're right back in session again. Three parts, and-that is the important thing-you have to learn how to handle these things. L. RON HUBBARD Founder LRH:nt.rd Copyright © 1959,1973, 1974 by L. Ron Hubbard ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ************** 174. HCOB 26 APR 71 TRs AND COGNITIONS HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 26 APRIL 1971 Issue I Remimeo Dn Checksheet Scn Grades Checksheet Qual Cramming HGC Auditors TRs AND COGNITIONS In the presence of rough TRs cognitions do not occur. Cognitions are the milestones of case gain. Rough TRs, rough metering, Out Code and a distractive auditor then make no case gain. When an auditor has smooth, usual TRs, does his metering expertly and without attracting the pc's attention, when he follows the Auditor's Code (particularly regarding Evaluation and Invalidation) and when he is interested, not interesting as an auditor, the pc cognites and makes case gains. Further, according to the axioms, a bank straightens out by AS-ISING its content. If the pc's attention is distracted to the auditor and meter his attention is not on his bank so AS-ISING cannot occur. The definition of In Session is INTERESTED IN OWN CASE AND WILLING TO TALK TO THE AUDITOR. When this definition describes the session in progress, then of course the pc will be able to AS-IS and will cognite. By The Original Thesis, the auditor plus the pc is greater than the pc's bank. When the auditor plus the bank are both overwhelming the pc then the bank seems greater than the pc. It is this situation which gives a pc a low Tone Arm. An auditor who can't be heard, doesn't ack, doesn't give the pc the next command, fails to handle origins, simply has OUT-TRs. The auditor who is trying to be interesting to the pc, who over-acks, who laughs loudly, is putting the pc's attention onto himself. So the pc's attention, not being on his bank, doesn't as-is or cognite. The auditor whose metering by-passes F/Ns or calls F/Ns at wrong points, or who tells the pc "That reads" "That blew down" etc, or who any other way uses the meter distractingly (the pc knows when he is being under- or over-run and knows when he is being mismetered), is of course violating the definition of IN SESSION. The pc's attention goes to the meter, not his bank, so he doesn't AS-IS or cognite. Auditor Invalidation and Evaluation is just plain villainy. It interferes with pc cognitions. Other Code breaks are similarly distractive. A PERFECT SESSION If you understand the exact definition of IN SESSION, if you understand the pc's necessity to have his attention on his bank so as to AS-IS it and work out what is really going on in a session that brings about a cognition (as-ising aberration with a realization about life), you will then be able to spot all the things in TRs, metering and the Code that would prevent case gain. Once you see that out-TRs, mismetering and Code breaks would PREVENT the IN SESSION definition you will see what would impede a pc from AS-ISing and Cogniting. When you have this figured out you will then be able to see clearly what are IN-TRs, CORRECT METERING and CORRECT CODE APPLICATION. There can be an infinity of wrongnesses. There are only a few rightnesses. Recognition of right TRs, right Metering and right Code use depend only on: (a) Understanding the principles in this HCO B, and (b) Their practice so as to establish habit. This mastered, one's pcs will get cognitions and case gain and swear by "their auditor"! L. RON HUBBARD Founder LRH: mes.rd Copyright © 1971 by L. Ron Hubbard ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ************** 175. HCOB 22 JUL 78 ASSESSMENT TRs HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 22 JULY 1978 Remimeo All Auditors ASSESSMENT TRs The right way to do an assessment is to ask the pc the question in a questioning tone of voice. In assessing, some auditors have made assessment questions into statements of fact, which of course is a cousin to evaluation. A downcurve at the end of an assessment question contributes to making it a statement. Questions should go up at the end. A remedy for this is to record ordinary conversation. Ask some normal questions and make some normal statements and you will find that the voice tone rises on a question and goes down on a statement. Assessing with a statement's tone of voice instead of a questioning tone of voice results in evaluation for the pc. The pc feels accused or evaluated for rather than assessed and an auditor can get a lot of false and protest reads. It's all tone of voice. Auditors have to be drilled in asking questions. Assessment questions have an upcurve at the end. Get it? Then drill it. L. RON HUBBARD Founder LRH: ifg Copyright © 1978 by L. Ron Hubbard ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ************** 176. HCOPL 21 FEB 79 r. 6 May 79 E-METER ESSENTIALS ERRATA SHEET HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead. Sussex HCO POLICY LETTER OF 21 FEBRUARY 1979 CORRECTED & REISSUED 26 APRIL 1979 CORRECTED & REISSUED 6 MAY 1979 (Corrections in this type style) Remimeo 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. 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. 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 now 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, leftright 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 ************** 177. HCOB 11 MAY 69 r. 8 Jul 78 METER TRIM CHECK HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 11 MAY 1969R REVISED 8 JULY 1978 (Revisions in this type style) (Replaces HCOB of 27 July 1966 same name.) Remimeo All Orgs Exec Secs Tech Sec All Tech Hats All Qual Hats Dianetic Course (Tech Div) (Qual Div) METER TRIM CHECK E-Meters can go out of trim during a session because of temperature changes. Thus even if the meter is properly calibrated and reads at 2.0 with a 5,000 ohm resistor across the leads and 3.0 with 12,500 ohms, by the end of the session a pc can be apparently reading below 2.0 because the meter is off trim. The following meter procedure is therefore to be followed AT THE END OF EACH SESSION (AFTER GIVING "END OF SESSION."): 1. DON'T MOVE THE TRIM KNOB 2. PULL OUT THE JACK PLUG 3. MOVE THE TA UNTIL THE NEEDLE IS ON 'SET' AT THE SENSITIVITY YOU WERE USING IN THE SESSION 4. RECORD THE TA POSITION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE AUDITOR'S REPORT FORM AS: "Trim check - TA =...." 5. IF YOUR METER IS KNOWN TO BE OUT OF CALIBRATION (as in para 2 above) RECORD ALSO: "Calibration error - on meter = 2.0 actual" at the bottom of the form. L. RON HUBBARD Founder LRH:lb-r.cs.an.ei.cden.nc Copyright © 1969, 1978 by L. Ron Hubbard ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ************** 178. HCOB 16 NOV 65 r. 22 Feb 79 E-METER SENSITIVITY SETTING HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 16 NOVEMBER 1965R REVISED 22 FEBRUARY 1979 (Revisions in this type style) (Ellipsis indicates deletion) Remimeo Tech Qual All Auditors E-Meter Checksheets E-METER SENSITIVITY SETTING (Ref: HCOB 4 Dec 77 CHECKLIST FOR SETTING UP SESSIONS AND AN E-METER HCOB 24 Jan 77 TECH CORRECTION ROUND-UP HCOB 7 Feb 79R E-METER DRILL 5RA-CAN SQUEEZE) When preparing for a session, an auditor sets up his E-Meter as per E-Meter Drill 4. The sensitivity is set for 1/3 of a dial drop on a correct can squeeze per HCOB 7 Feb 79R E-METER DRILL 5RA CAN SQUEEZE. This is done for each individual pc and at the beginning of each session before starting the session, and with the pc on the cans, per HCOB 4 Dec 77 CHECKLIST FOR SETTING UP SESSIONS AND AN E-METER. There is no set sensitivity setting for a pc at any grade level. It is determined by the pays can squeeze at each session. L. RON HUBBARD Founder LRH:kim Copyright © 1979 by L. Ron Hubbard ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ************** 179. HCOB 10 MAR 74 r. 22 Feb 79 E-METERS - SENSITIVITY ERRORS HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 18 MARCH 1974R REVISED 22 FEBRUARY 1979 (Revisions in this type style) (Ellipsis indicates deletion) Remimeo Qual All Auditors E-METERS SENSITIVITY ERRORS (Ref: HCOB 4 Dec 77 CHECKLIST FOR SETTING UP SESSIONS AND AN E-METER HCOB 14 Jan 77 URGENT AND IMPORTANT TECH CORRECTION ROUND-UP HCOB 7 Feb 79R E-METER DRILL 5RA CAN SQUEEZE) An auditor must set the sensitivity of an E-Meter exactly right for each pc and each session. The setting is different for almost every pc and can change, session to session, even for one pc. TOO LOW Too low a sensitivity on some pcs (like Sens 1) will obscure reads and make them look like ticks. It will obscure an F/N. Whereas a Sens 16-128 will show reads and F/Ns. A pc can he hindered by the auditor not setting the sensitivity high enough to show reads and F/Ns. Items are missed as well as F/Ns. On almost any pc, a convulsive or incorrect can squeeze can shoot the needle across the dial and cause the auditor to reduce his sensitivity down and down and down until he finally sets it at a point where long falls become ticks and F/Ns don't exist. E-Meter Drill 5RA tells one how to do a proper can squeeze. TOO HIGH When auditing a flying pc or a Clear or OT the auditor who sets the sensitivity too high gets weird impressions of the case. "Latent reads" on such a case are common. They aren't latent at all. What happens is that the F/N is more than a dial wide at high sensitivity and a started F/N looks like a read as its sweep is stopped by the pin on the right of the dial. Also, the pc can delicately press the cans improperly with his thumbs and forefingers when doing a can squeeze and cause the auditor to push the sensitivity up and up and up. And then with the sensitivity set too high, be unable to keep the needle on the dial and so miss or imagine reads. E-Meter Drill 5RA now teaches how to do this properly. In this way uncharged items are taken up, the case is slowed, overrun and general upsets requiring repairs occur. On a one-hand electrode an OT VII sometimes has a 1/3 dial wide F/N at Sens 2! This would mean a 3/4 dial wide F/N . . . with two cans. A Clear sometimes has a floating TA at Sens 5 or 10 instead of an F/N. He might have to be run at Sens 1 on two cans to keep him on a dial or detect F/Ns. This is a very important matter as the auditor will miss F/Ns, think beginning F/Ns are reads and as the pre-OT is off the dial, miss reads. Thus uncharged areas are run and charged ones are missed. The result is very chaotic to repair. Many lower level pcs also have a need for lower sensitivity settings. SUMMARY Sometimes an easy pc looks very difficult just because of wrong sensitivity settings brought about by wrong can squeeze procedure. Set the sensitivity for the pc for 1/3 of a dial drop on a correct can squeeze per E-Meter Drill 5RA (Reference: HCOB 7 Feb 79R, E-METER DRILL 5RA CAN SQUEEZE). And do the drills. You will be amazed. Don't get repairs. Get wins. L. RON HUBBARD Founder LRH:ntm.dr Copyright © 1974 1979 by L. Ron Hubbard ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ************** 180. HCOB 21 SEP 66 ARC BREAK NEEDLE HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, 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:lb-r.cden Copyright © 1966 by L. Ron Hubbard ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ************** 181. HCOB 21 JUL 78 WHAT IS A FLOATING NEEDLE? HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, 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 ************** 182. HCOB 20 SEP 78 AN INSTANT F/N IS A READ HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 20 SEPTEMBER 1978 REISSUED 9 OCTOBER 1978 Remimeo (Cancels HCOB 8 Apr 78, An F/N Is A Read) (Reissued to delete an incorrect reference.) AN INSTANT F/N IS A READ Ref: HCOB 2 Nov 68R Case Supervisor Class VIII The Basic Processes HCOB 20 Feb 70 Floating Needles and End Phenomena An instant F/N is an F/N which occurs instantly at the end of the major thought voiced by the auditor or at the end of the major thought voiced by the pc (when he originates items or tells what the command means). It will most usually be seen as a LFBD/F/N or a LF/F/N. So what does this mean, "An instant F/N is a read?" A read means there's charge there to handle. It means there is force connected with that significance which is available to the pc to view and run. It means that item is real to the pc. An F/N means something has keyed-out. Now a key-out is what we are looking for on many processes which are run. It means "Stop. End of process, end of rud, end of action." So an instant F/N does not always mean you should take up that item. To sort this out, you will have to understand the basic mechanics of key-out, keyin and erasure. It will then become clear why an F/N is a read and when it is taken up. To confuse this could really mess up a pc. For example, on ruds, Prepcheck questions, protest, overrun, rehabs, to name a few, an instant F/N would not be taken up. The EP of charge keyed-out has been attained. But to ignore an instant F/N on Dianetic items and certain correction lists etc., will leave the pc with bypassed charge and major areas of case unhandled. The key is "Is a handling required on the item or is an F/N the legitimate EP?" You will also have to understand that we are talking about INSTANT F/Ns. An F/N which continues to F/N through an assessment means "No Charge." An instant F/N on an item means charge has just keyed-out on that item, and that it can key back in again. There are actions, as in Dianetics, where a key-out is not what you are going for. You want the postulate off the basic incident of the chain, which indicates you have an erasure. In Dianetics an instant F/N takes precedence over all other reads. This is because, the pc, having just keyed-out the charge on that item, will find it most real. It will be the most runnable item. An instantly F/Ning item is taken up first. LFBD, LF, F and sF follow in their usual order. The use of this thing is mainly a C/S use. A C/S can look down a column of two-way comm or look down an L and N list and spot what F/Ned. If the C/S doesn't realize that this was the item he can then take erroneously some LFBD item or F item out of the columns of two-way comm as the resulting item for that subject. The use of an F/N as a read is almost entirely relegated to the next C/S except when used in Dianetics. Example: A C/S is looking for the actual service facsimile in two-way comm. (You usually L and N to find service facs but you may have an instance where you found one in two-way comm.) The pc mentions several and finally one F/Ns. The C/S knows at once it is the service fac. Example: A two-way comm has operated as a list and the C/S is trying to reconstruct it. Unless he knows that an F/N is a read he might overlook the actual item on that list which is the one which occurred immediately before the F/N. This is the item. When used in the session itself the auditor has to know that an F/N is a read in doing L and N. The item which F/Ned is of course the item. In a Dianetic session it is not uncommon to find a brief F/N occurring on a list or a preassessment. In Dianetics we are not interested in key-outs. We are interested in chains and erasures. So the "hottest reading item" on the list is the one that gave an F/N. Usually it will be a BD F/N. If the Dianetic auditor does not know that an instant F/N is a read he is likely to ignore the item that F/Ned. In Dianetics, you will find that an F/N taken up again, will immediately key-in but this is what the Dianetic auditor wants. The Scientology auditor is usually handling other phenomena and if he bypassed an F/N and kept on going the TA would go up and he would have trouble. So the use of this principle is a very touchy thing and has to be understood. Of course the first thing you have to know about is what an F/N looks like. This tech fully understood and applied will mean the difference between a case beingfully handled and "just doing better." Understand it and use it. You'll see the difference in your results. L. RON HUBBARD Founder LRH:nc.mf Copyright © 1978 by L. Ron Hubbard ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ************** 183. HCOB 4 DEC 78 HOW TO READ THROUGH AN F/N HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 4 DECEMBER 1978 C/Ses Class III Auditors and above Supervisors Cramming Officers HOW TO READ THROUGH AN F/N (Ref: HCOB 15 Oct 73RB, C/S Series 87RB, NULLING AND F/NING PREPARED LISTS) WHEN TAKING A LIST TO F/NING ASSESSMENT AN AUDITOR MUST KNOW HOW TO READ THROUGH AN F/N. This is a skill that, up to this point, has been used routinely only by highly trained auditors or a few very sharp Class IIIs or IVs or above. But with the difficulty auditors have had in F/Ning prepared lists, it becomes obvious that, from Class III on up, all auditors should be trained to read the meter through an F/N. It is the answer to almost any difficulty an auditor has had in taking a list to F/Ning assessment. An F/N speeds up or slows down or does different things while still remaining an F/N and one can read through it. It is done like this: The swinging weight of the needle (F/Ning from an earlier item) has momentum and it will tend to obscure the read on another item. It will almost obscure it, but not quite. You'll see the F/N "check" or slow up briefly and then continue and this means you have a hot item. Any item that would cause an F/N to "check" will be hot. The auditor who can read through an F/N will spot this and handle the item then and there. Then he continues on down the list, missing nothing, handling what is there to be handled and, with this skilled metering, takes it to a genuinely F/Ning list on assessment. And it doesn't take days or even several sessions, necessarily, to do it. If an auditor can't read through an F/N he'll miss this. He's going down the list, the F/N "checks" or slows and he doesn't see it so he goes right on by it. Then, within the next couple of items the F/N kills. He's going to have a hard time F/Ning that list because he's now got a suppressed read. Example: Auditor in assessing starts with an F/N which continues as he goes on down the list calling the items. On, say, item 5 the F/N "checks" or slows briefly. Auditor can't read through an F/N so he misses this and goes on by. On about the 6th or 7th item the F/N packs up, and the auditor is in a quandary because the F/N has turned off but he didn't get a read on items 6 or 7 either. Or he may misduplicate the killed F/N as a read on items 6 or 7 and attempt to take up one or the other of them. Either way he's in for trouble because he's missed the actual item and he may even try to handle a wrong item. He's going to find it difficult to take that list to an F/Ning assessment. The correct action when an F/N packs up this way is to go back up the list and reassess the last several items to find the missed read. But one should be able to read through an F/N. Probably the main reason for pc upset or protest against "overrepair" and being handled again and again with repair lists lies in this factor alone-the auditor can't read through an F/N. Thus he misses the charged items and takes up items that are uncharged. And the repair goes on interminably, as the charged lines are not found and handled. This is also probably the reason that auditors have been known to back off from having to F/N a list. They "know" from experience that it is a laborious business. The truth is it's not necessary for an auditor to labor over taking a list to F/Ning assessment. It simply requires good TRs and skilled metering, including the ability to read through F/Ns. An auditor can be trained to see a read through an F/N. The drill would be to sit him down in front of a meter with an F/Ning student on the cans and assess the prepared lists in The Book of E-Meter Drills, spotting each time he gets a "check" or a "slow" or any change in an otherwise continuing F/N. He'll find that he can read through an F/N and become very adept at this, and from then on he won't miss. You'll have an auditor who is confident of his ability to F/N a list accurately and thoroughly in one-half the time (and trauma) it would take otherwise. And far fewer "overrepaired" pcs. ("Overrepaired" pcs are usually pcs with actual reads missed and false reads taken up. So "overrepair" is really "misrepaired" or "not repaired.") This is metering at its best and most accurate. We now expect the best and most accurate metering from the auditor who is in the business of F/Ning prepared lists. L. RON HUBBARD Founder LRH :jk Copyright © 1978 by L. Ron Hubbard ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ************** 184. HCOB 5 AUG 78 ASSESSMENT AND HOW TO GET THE ITEM HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 5 AUGUST 1978 Remimeo Ref: HCOB 28 Feb 71 C/S Series 24 METERING READING ITEMS HCOB 8 Apr 78 AN F/N IS A READ E-Meter Essentials, page 17 (ROCK SLAM) HCOB 18 Jun 78 New Era Dianetics Series 4 ASSESSMENT AND HOW TO GET THE ITEM INSTANT READS The correct definition of INSTANT READ is THAT REACTION OF THE NEEDLE WHICH OCCURS AT THE PRECISE END OF ANY MAJOR THOUGHT VOICED BY THE AUDITOR. All definitions which state it is fractions of seconds after the question is asked, are cancelled. Thus an instant read which occurs when the auditor assesses an item or calls a question is valid and would be taken up and latent reads, which occur fractions of seconds after the major thought, are ignored. Additionally, when looking for reads while clearing commands or when the preclear is originating items, the auditor must note only those reads which occur at the exact moment the pc ends his statement of the item or command. L. RON HUBBARD Founder LRH:dr Copyright © 1978 by L. Ron Hubbard ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ************** 185. HCOB 21 JAN 77 r. 7 Jun 78 FALSE TA CHECKLIST HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 21 JANUARY 1977RA REVISED AND REISSUED 7 JUNE 1978 (Revisions in this type style) Remimeo All Levels All Auditors All Tech Checksheets FALSE TA CHECKLIST Ref: HCOB 24 Oct 71R FALSE TA HCOB 12 Nov 71RA FALSE TA ADDITION HCOB 15 Feb 72R FALSE TA ADDITION 2 HCOB 18 Feb 72R FALSE TA ADDITION 3 BTB 24 Jan 73R 1I EXAMINER & FALSE TA HCOB 24 Nov 73RC C/S 53RK HCOB 23 Nov 73RA DRY AND WET HANDS MAKE FALSE TA HCOB 13 Jan 77RA HANDLING A FALSE TA "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 sheet follows the items mentioned below. "R-Factor to pc: 'I am going to check the cans, your hands and various other things to adjust everything for best accuracy."' (See numbered list at back for handlings. Each number in the checklist is exactly represented in the handling by the same number to make it easy to switch to the handling section when doing this checklist.) 1. Is the meter charged fully? ________ 2. Is the meter trimmed correctly? ________ 3. Are the leads connected to the meter and cans? ________ 4. Are the cans rusty? ________ 5. Are pc's hands excessively dry requiring hand cream? ________ 6. Are the pc's hands excessively wet requiring powder? ________ 7. The pc is NOT being told continually to wipe his hands? ________ 8. The pc's grip on the cans is NOT being continually checked by the auditor in a way that interrupts the pc? ________ 9. TA position on large cans? Size approx 4 1/2 inches by 3 inches or 11 cm by 8 cm ________ 10. TA position on medium cans? Size approx 4 7/8 inches by 2 5/8 inches or 12 1/2 cm by 7 cm ________ 11. TA position on small cans? Size approx 3 3/4 inches by 2 1/8 inches or 9 cm by 5 cm ________ 11A. Can size for a child is incorrect? Size can go down to photographic aluminum 35 mm film cans for a child. Size approx 2 inches by 1 3/16 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. 1 1/4" tubing 1 3/4" tubing as well as other can size checked to see which fits the pc's hand. Note down TA position. ________ 12. Are the cans too large for the pc? ________ 13. Are the cans too small for the pc? ________ 14. Are the cans just right in size? ________ 15. Are the cans cold? ________ 16. Are the pc's hands dry or calloused? ________ 17. Does the pc have arthritic hands? ________ 18. Does the pc loosen his grip on the cans? ________ 19. Check the pc's grip, does he hold the cans correctly? (See E-Meter Drill 5.) ________ 20. Is the pc hot? ________ 21. Has the pc slept well? ________ 22. Is the pc cold? ________ 23. Is the pc hungry? ________ 24. Is it too late at night? ________ 25. Is the auditing being done not in the pc's normal regular awake hours? ________ 26. Are there rings on the pc's hands? (Remove any rings.) ________ 27. Is the pc wearing tight shoes? ________ 28. Is the pc wearing tight clothes? ________ 29. Is the pc using the wrong hand cream? ________ 30. Is the application of the hand cream correct and does it cover the entire hand? ________ 31. Is the chair the pc is sitting in comfortable? ________ 32. Is it actually chronic high or low TA case condition? ________ 33. Has the pc gone into despair over his TA? ________ The handling of these points is stated in the reference HCOBs. The handling of high or low TA after checking these points is by C/S 53RK, Short Hi-Lo TA Assessment C/S. The way to be sure of a C/S 53RK or Hi-Lo TA list is by continued assessment and handling of these lists until an F/N on assessment is gotten. So standard tech handles the high and low TA. The C/S Series gives more data on the subject. FALSE TA CHECKLIST 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. "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 1971R False TA.) 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 1971R 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 1971R.) Reference for setting up a meter is covered in E-Meter Drills book EM 4. 4. ARE THE CANS RUSTY? Handling: "Corroded cans can falsify TA. Get new ones now and then." LRH (HCOB 24 Oct 71R.) 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 calloused 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 such as Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion (obtainable from any cosmetics store) 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 73RA Revised 23 April 75 Revised 26 Jan 77 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 71R.) "Anti-perspirants 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 & should work for two to three hours." LRH (HCOB 23 Apr 73RA.) 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 71R.) 9. TA POSITION FOR LARGE CANS? Handling: "For a normal or large handed pc the can size is about 4 7/8ths inches by 2 5/8ths inches or 12 1/2 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 71R.) 10. TA POSITION ON MEDIUM CANS? Handling: Covered above. 11. TA POSITION ON SMALL CANS? Handling: "This can should be 3 3/4 inches by 2 1/8th 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 3/16ths 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 71R.) 11A. CAN SIZE FOR A CHILD IS INCORRECT? Handling: Size can go down to photographic aluminum 35 mm film cans for a child. 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 71R.) 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 77RA 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 awhile 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 71RA Revised 26 Jan 77.) 16. ARE THE PC'S HANDS DRY OR CALLOUSED? 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 77RA.) 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 73RA Revised 23 Apr 75, Revised 26 Jan 77.) The correct treatment is to use a hand cream such as Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion (obtainable from any cosmetics store) 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 75R, Revised 26 Jan 77.) 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 71R.) 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 77RA.) 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 77RA.) 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 68R 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 71R.) 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 68R The Auditor's Code.) 24. IS IT TOO LATE AT NIGHT? Handling: "Between 2 and 3 AM 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 71R.) 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 71R.) If the ring can't come off use a small strip of paper around them to shield the ring touching the can. 27. IS THE PC WEARING TIGHT SHOES? Handling: Remove them. (Ref: HCOB 24 Oct 71R, HCOB 13 Jan 77RA.) 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 re-apply it. (Ref: HCOB 13 Jan 77RA.) 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 53RK or Hi-Lo TA Assessment. Done to F/Ning assessment. 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 Assisted by Paulette Ausley Revisions assisted by Paulette Ausley and Rick Sheehy LRH:PA:RS:dr Copyright © 1977,1978 by L. Ron Hubbard ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ************** 186. HCOB 7 FEB 79 r. 15 Feb 79 E-METER DRILL 5RA CAN SQUEEZE HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 7 FEBRUARY 1979R CORRECTED & REISSUED 12 FEBRUARY 1979 REVISED 15 FEBRUARY 1979 (Revisions in this type style) (Ellipsis indicates deletion) Remimeo 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 I 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 at 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 1 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), © and (d) above, again noting the distance the needle fell when the coach squeezed the cans. F. Repeat steps D (b), © 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), © 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 l/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 ************** 187. HCOB 4 DEC 77 CHECKLIST FOR SETTING UP SESSIONS AND AN E-METER HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 4 DECEMBER 1977 Remimeo All Levels All Auditors CHECKLIST FOR SETTING UP SESSIONS AND AN E-METER In order to prevent constant interruptions of a session to get dictionaries, prepared lists, etc. etc. and in the vital interest of keeping the pc smoothly in session-interested in own case and willing to talk to the auditor, the following checklist has been made. An auditor should drill this checklist until he has it down thoroughly, without reference to it. A. PRE-APPOINTMENT: 1. Paid invoice slip of pc. ________ 2. Pc folders; 2A. Current 2B. Old. ________ 3. Pc folder study by auditor. ________ 4. Folder Error Summary. ________ 5. A C/S for the session. ________ 6. Any cramming actions on the C/S. ________ B. CALL IN: 7. Enough time to do session. ________ 8. APPOINTMENT (made by auditor or Technical Services). ________ 9. Scheduling Board (auditor, pc, room, time). ________ C. ROOM READINESS: 10. Clean up room. ________ 11. Smells removed. ________ 12. Room temperature handled. ________ 13. Area and hall silence signs made. ________ 14. Silence signs placed. ________ 15. Knowing where the w.c. is. ________ 16. Right sized table, sturdy, doesn't squeak. ________ 17. Side table. 18. Adequate light if room gets dark. ________ 19. Flashlight in case power fails. ________ 20. Quiet clock or watch. ________ 21. Blanket for pc in case gets cold. ________ 22. Fan or A/C in case pc gets too hot. ________ D. AUDITING MATERIEL: 23. Paper for W/Ss and lists. ________ 24. Ballpoints or pencils. ________ 25. Kleenex. ________ 26. Anti-perspirant for sweaty palms. ________ 27. Hand cream for dry palms. ________ 28. Dictionaries including Tech and Admin Dictionaries and a non-dinky one in language. ________ 29. Grammar. ________ 30. Auditing materiel, white forms, prepared lists including those that might be called for on other prepared lists. ________ 31. E-Meter. ________ 32. Spare meter. ________ 33. Preliminary meter check for charge and operational condition. ________ 34. Meter shield (to obscure meter from pc). ________ 25. In Session sign for door. ________ 36. Extra meter lead. ________ 37. Different sized cans. ________ 38. A plastic bag to cover one can for pcs who knock cans together. ________ 39. Finalize setting up room for session. ________ E. PC ENTRANCE TO AUDITING ROOM: 40. In Session sign on door. ________ 41. Phone shut off. ________ 42. Putting pc in chair. ________ 43. Comfort of chair check with pc and handle. ________ 44. Adjusting pc's chair. ________ 45. Check pc clothes, shoes for tightness and handle. ________ 46. Check with pc if room is all right and handle. ________ F. METER SET UP FOR SESSION: 47. Check test (for charge). ________ 48. See that needle is not dancing by itself or auditing itself. ________ 49. Make sure 2.0 = 2.0 by trim. ________ 50. Snap in leads jack. ________ 51. Verify trim by calibration resistor onto alligator clips. ________ 52. Put needle on set. ________ 53. Put pc on. ________ 54. Adjust pc sensitivity for 1/3 dial drop by pc can squeeze. ________ 55. Go through False TA Correction as needed including change of cans, cream, anti-perspirant as needed. ________ 56. Have pc take a deep breath and let it out and see if needle gives a latent fall (which it should). ________ 57. Check for adequate sleep. ________ 58. Check to be sure pc has eaten and is not hungry. ________ 59. Ask for any reason not to begin session. ________ G. START THE SESSION. L. RON HUBBARD Founder LRH:dr Copyright © 1977 by L. Ron Hubbard ALL RIGHTS RESERVED **************