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HCOB 31 Dec. 1978R III Educating the Potential Trouble Source, The First Step Toward Handling: PTS C/S-1 HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 31 DECEMBER 1978R Issue III REVISED 26 JULY 1986 Remimeo HCO Tech/Qual Auditors Word Clearers C/Ses Ethics Officers EDUCATING THE POTENTIAL TROUBLE SOURCE, THE FIRST STEP TOWARD HANDLING: PTS C/S-1 Refs: HCO PL 30 Jan. 83 KSW Series 28 Esto Series 55 YOUR POST AND LIFE HCO PL 20 Oct. 81R PTS TYPE A HANDLING Rev. 10.9.83 HCOB 8 Mar. 83 HANDLING PTS SITUATIONS HCOB 24 Apr. 72 I C/S Series 79 Expanded Dianetics Series 5 PTS INTERVIEWS HCOB 10 Aug. 73 PTS HANDLING HCOB 27 Sept 66 THE ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY THE ANTI-SCIENTOLOGIST HCOB 28 Nov. 70 C/S Series 22 PSYCHOSIS HCOB 24 Nov. 65 SEARCH AND DISCOVERY HCOB 12 Mar. 68 MISTAKES, ANATOMY OF HCOB 31 Dec. 78RA II OUTLINE OF PTS HANDLING Rev. 26.7.86 HCOB 28 Feb. 84 C/S Series 118 PRETENDED PTS HCOB 21 May 85 C/S Series 121 False Purpose Rundown Series 11 TWO TYPES OF PTSes The very first step in handling a potential trouble source is educating him in the fundamentals of PTS/SP tech with a PTS C/S-1. In the absence of this education, the PTS person may not understand what is being asked of him, may not understand his condition, may not spot the correct SP and he may not recover. You may get people asserting they are not PTS, who yet do not even know what the letters "PTS" stand for. The PTS C/S-1 is a very short action for most pcs. Its purpose is to educate the PTS person in the basics of PTS/SP tech so that he understands what PTSness is. Once he is educated, you can do a PTS interview (per HCOB 24 Apr. 72 I, C/S Series 79, PTS INTERVIEWS) or a PTS handling (per HCOB 10 Aug. 73, PTS HANDLING). The steps of the PTS C/S-1 as given in this HCOB must be completed on all PTS persons before any sort of PTS interview or handling or any PTS auditing is undertaken. QUALIFICATIONS Anyone delivering the PTS C/S-1 must have a Qual okay to do Word Clearing, must have high crime checked out on this issue and must be familiar enough with the PTS/SP materials so that he can quickly find the source references to answer any pc questions. WHERE DELIVERED The PTS C/S-1 is normally done in session by the pc's auditor as part of the pc's auditing intensive, or by the De-PTSer or Ethics Officer who is working with the PTS person. In cases where the person who needs the PTS C/S-1 is not on auditing lines and whose De-PTSer or Ethics Officer is not yet qualified to do the Word Clearing actions then the person should be routed by Qual I&I to the Qual Word Clearer who can deliver the PTS C/S-1. FURTHER HATTING After the person has discovered to what or to whom he is PTS, it is necessary to educate him on any further specific actions or handlings you will be doing with him. For example, if he were to decide to disconnect from an actual SP in his environment, you would have him study HCOB 10 Sept. 83, PTSness AND DISCONNECTION, ensuring that he fully understands it (using Word Clearing as necessary). The full PTS/SP Course checksheet, which is studied in a course room, must be part of the PTS person's PTS handling program. This course is designed to give him the full mechanics of the condition that has doubtless been playing havoc with his life. But the PTS C/S-1 will give him sufficient data and understanding to be able to receive a PTS interview or handling. MATERIALS Have the following materials available before beginning the PTS C/S-1: Dianetics and Scientology Technical Dictionary Modern Management Technology Defined Basic Dictionary of Dianetics and Scientology A good English dictionary For a foreign-language case, a good dictionary in the pc's native language and a dual dictionary (English to foreign language and foreign language to English) PTS/SP Course Pack (as reference material) Demo kit. PTS C/S-1 PROCEDURE I. Word Clearing With the pc on the meter, word clear Method 5 each of the following terms (Ref: HCOB 21 June 72 I, Word Clearing Series 38, METHOD 5). Definitions for each of these words can be found in the attachment to this HCOB. Hostile Antagonistic Invalidate Suppress Suppression Suppressive Acts Suppressive Persons Suppressive Groups Problem Roller-coaster Potential Trouble Source (PTS) 1. Ask "What is the definition of ________?" 2. Have him demo the definition to ensure he has a good understanding of it (not glib). 3. Have him make up sentences using the term correctly until you are sure he knows it. 4. Have him give you examples of how the term could apply in life. Cover by exact definition all terms used and take each word cleared to an F/N. Check for any questions (or misunderstoods) as you go along and ensure any such get handled so the pc winds up with a full conceptual understanding of each word. (Ref: HCOB 7 Sept. 74, Word Clearing Series 54, SUPERLITERACY AND THE CLEARED WORD) II. Study of Basic Data on SPs and PTSness Have the pc read each of the issues listed below. Pcs with little or no prior training in Scientology should read The Volunteer Minister's Handbook chapter listed in parentheses after the issue's title. Ensure the pc understands what he is reading. Check for any questions or misunderstoods as you go along and ensure any such get handled so the pc winds up with a clear understanding of the material. Have him demo and give examples of the main ideas of each issue to ensure he has a thorough grasp of each, including how it applies to life and livingness. Consult his understanding and ensure he really has the data. If the pc says he has studied the issue before and knows it, then simply check him out on the issue and have him demo the main points to ensure that he does in fact know it. If the checkout shows that he doesn't have the data, word clear him on the issue and check him out again until he has it. 1. HCOB 27 Sept. 66 THE ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY THE ANTI- SCIENTOLOGIST (Untrained pcs should read the chapter entitled "The Antisocial Personality -- the Anti-Scientologist" on page 239 of The Volunteer Minister's Handbook.) 2. HCOB 12 Mar. 68 MISTAKES, ANATOMY OF (Untrained pcs should read the chapter entitled "Mistakes, Anatomy of" on page 261 of The Volunteer Minister's Handbook.) 3. HCOB 10 Aug. 73 PTS HANDLING (Untrained pcs should read the chapter "PTS Handling" on page 261 of The Volunteer Minister's Handbook.) 4. HCO PL 20 Oct. 81R PTS TYPE A HANDLING, section entitled "Don't Create Antagonism" (Untrained pcs should read "Don't Create Antagonism" on page 266 of The Volunteer Minister's Handbook.) ---------- Educating a PTS is the first step in putting him at cause over his PTS situation. He must then be gotten to discover to whom or what he is PTS and then coached through the PTS handling. (Ref: HCOB 10 Aug. 73, PTS HANDLING, and HCOB 8 Mar. 83, HANDLING PTS SITUATIONS) Full PTS handling includes having the person do the PTS/SP Course in a standard Scientology course room. If all these steps are done thoroughly, that may well be the end of PTSness for that person. It can surely spell the end of the situation at hand. L. RON HUBBARD Founder Revision assisted by LRH Technical Research and Compilations LRH:RTRC:fa.ahg.ja ****************** HCOB 31.12.78R III Rev. 26.7.86 ATTACHMENT PTS C/S-1 DEFINITIONS SHEET Hostile: Unfriendly, showing dislike. Antagonistic: Showing or feeling opposition or hostility. Invalidate: To refute or degrade or discredit or deny something someone else considers to be fact. Suppress: To squash, to sit on, to make smaller, to refuse to let reach, to make uncertain about his reaching, to render less powerful or lessen in any way possible by any means possible, to the harm of the individual and for the fancied protection of a suppressive person. Suppression: Suppression is "a harmful intention or action against which one cannot fight back." Thus, when one can do anything about it, it is less suppressive. Suppressive Acts: Actions or omissions undertaken to knowingly suppress, reduce or impede Scientology or Scientologists. Suppressive Person (SP): A person with certain behavior characteristics who suppresses other people in his vicinity. Suppressive Group: A group which seeks to destroy Scientology or which specializes in injuring or killing persons or damaging their cases or which advocates suppression of mankind. Problem: An intention-counter-intention that worries the person. Intention: wanting to do something, purpose. Counter: against or opposing. Counter-Intention: an opposing intention. Example: Joe wants to become a musician (intention). His father wants him to become a doctor (counter-intention). This worries Joe and it is a problem. Roller-coaster: Gets better, gets worse, gets better, gets worse. A person who is roller-coastering is always connected to a suppressive person and will not get steady gain until the suppressive is found. Potential Trouble Source (PTS): a. Somebody who is connected with an SP who is invalidating him, his beingness, his processing, his life. b. Someone connected to a person or a group opposed to Scientology. It is a technical thing. It results in illness and roller coaster and is the cause of illness and roller coaster. Because the case doesn't get well, he or she is a potential trouble source to us, to others and to himself, c. Persons intimately connected with persons (such as marital or familial ties) of known antagonism to mental or spiritual treatment or Scientology. In practice such persons, even when they approach Scientology in a friendly fashion, have such pressure continually brought to bear upon them by persons with undue influence over them that they make very poor gains in processing, and their interest is solely devoted to proving the antagonistic element wrong. PTS Type One: A PTS condition whereby the SP on the case is right in present time, actively suppressing the person. This type of situation is normally handled by an Ethics Officer. PTS Type Two: A PTS condition in which the apparent SP in present time is only a restimulator for the actual suppressive. This type of PTS condition is handled by an auditor, in session. PTS Type Three: A condition whereby the Type Two PTS person's apparent SP is spread all over the world and is often more than all the people there are. Such a person sometimes has "ghosts" or "demons" about him and they are just more apparent SPs, but imaginary as beings as well. The handling for such a condition is to provide a relatively safe environment and quiet and rest, until such time as the person is able to effectively be audited. END OF ATTACHMENT