FREEZONE BIBLE ASSOCIATION TECH POST LEVEL 0 COURSEPACK: Part 3 of 10 ******************************** I am the Tech Lion. Studying the Academy Levels gave me the ability to handle life. I would like others to have the same knowledge that I now have. Here is the Academy Level 0 Coursepack from 1988, in 10 parts. There was an earlier FZBA post of the Level 0 coursepack from 1974, but due to extensive CofS revision, little remains the same in both packs. The full table of contents is in Part 1 only. To see the proper formatting, use a fixed-pitch font such as Courier to view this file. Enjoy, -The Tech Lion ******************** 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 freezoners 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 Judaism 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 ************************ PART 3 (this file) 8. HCOB 11 May 1969R Meter Trim Check 9. HCOB 14 Oct. 1968 Meter Position 10. HCOB 23 May 1971 IX Metering Basic Auditing Series 11 11. HCOB 21 Jan. 1977RB False TA Checklist 12. HCOB 5 Aug. 1978 Instant Reads 13. HCOB 28 Feb. 1971 Metering Reading Items C/S Series 24 14. HCOB 20 Sept 1978 An Instant F/N Is a Read 15. HCOB 20 Feb. 1970 Floating Needles and End Phenomena 16. HCOB 8 Oct. 1970 Persistent F/N C/S Series 20 Keeping Scientology Working Series 19 17. HCOB 10 Dec. 1976RB Scientology F/N and TA Position C/S Series 99RB ****************************************************************** 8. HCOB 11 May 1969R Meter Trim Check HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 11 MAY 1969R REVISED 8 JULY 1978 Remimeo All Orgs Exec Sees Tech Sec Qual Sec All Tech Hats All Qual Hats Dianetic Course TECH DIVISION QUAL DIVISION 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 paragraph two 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.gm _ ****************************************************************** 9. HCOB 14 Oct. 1968 Meter Position HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 14 OCTOBER 1968 Remimeo METER POSITION YOU MUST NEVER, NEVER, NEVER HAVE YOUR METER IN A POSITION WHERE THE PRECLEAR CAN READ THE TA. To do so can cause the pc to worry about his TA position and take his attention off his case. It violates Clause 17 of the Auditor's Code. L. RON HUBBARD Founder LRH:jp.ei.rd.gm _ ****************************************************************** 10. HCOB 23 May 1971 IX Metering Basic Auditing Series 11 HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 23 MAY 1971 Issue IX Remimeo Auditors Supervisors Students Tech and Qual Staff Checksheets of All Courses Teaching Metering Basic Auditing Series 11 METERING One does NOT tell the pc anything about the meter or its reads ever, except to indicate and F/N. Steering a pc with "That - that - that" on something reading is allowable. But that isn't putting attention on the meter but on his bank. Definition of "in-session" is "pc interested in own case and willing to talk to the auditor." Saying "That reads," "That didn't read," "That blew down" is illegal. It is no substitute for TR 2. It violates the "in- session" definition by putting pc's attention on the meter and can make him very unwilling to talk to the auditor! L. RON HUBBARD Founder LRH:act.rd.gm _ ****************************************************************** 11. HCOB 21 Jan. 1977RB False TA Checklist HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 21 JANUARY 1977RB RE-REVISED 25 MAY 1980 Remimeo Tech & Qual All Levels All Auditors All Tech Checksheets FALSE TA CHECKLIST Refs: HCOB 8 June 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 I 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 Series 53RL SF SHORT HI-LO TA ASSESSMENT C/S HCOB 24 Nov. 73RE C/S Series 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 ROUNDUP 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 for your 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 ten of auditing for 240 AC volt charging current, or two hours for every 10 of auditing on a 110 AC volt charging current. (Mark VI will get about six hours for every one hour 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 4 1/2 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. 4 7/8 inches by 2 5/8 inches or 12 l/2 cm by 7 cm Handling: Covered above. 11. TA POSITION ON SMALL CANS? ________ Size approx 3 3/4 inches by 2 1/8 inches or 9 cm by 5 cm 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 _ ****************************************************************** 12. HCOB 5 Aug. 1978 Instant Reads HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 5 AUGUST 1978 Remimeo INSTANT READS Refs: HCOB 28 Feb. 71 C/S Series 24 METERING READING ITEMS HCOB 8 Apr. 78 AN F/N IS A READ HCOB 18 June 78 NED Series 4 ASSESSMENT AND HOW TO GET THE ITEM E-Meter Essentials, page 17, "Rock Slam" 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 canceled. 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.gm _ ****************************************************************** 13. HCOB 28 Feb. 1971 Metering Reading Items C/S Series 24 HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 28 FEBRUARY 1971 Remimeo HGC Auditor Checksheet Academy Level 0 Checksheet Dianetic Course Checksheet FOR LRH COMM COMPLIANCE IMPORTANT C/S Series 24 METERING READING ITEMS (NOTE: Observation I have recently done while handling a C/S line has resulted in a necessary clarification of the subject of "a reading item or question" which improves older definitions and saves some cases.) It can occasionally happen that an auditor misses a read on an item or question and does not run it, as it "has not read." This can hang up a pc badly if the item was in fact a reading item or question. It does not get handled and exists in records as "No read" when in fact it DID read. THEREFORE, ALL DIANETIC AUDITORS WHOSE ITEMS OCCASIONALLY "DON'T READ" AND ALL SCIENTOLOGY AUDITORS WHO GET LIST QUESTIONS THAT DON'T READ MUST BE CHECKED OUT ON THIS HCOB IN QUAL OR BY THE C/S OR SUPERVISOR. These errors come under the heading of Gross Auditing Errors as they affect metering. 1. An item or question is said to "read" when the needle falls. Not when it stops or slows on a rise. A tick is always noted and in some cases becomes a wide read. 2. The read is taken when the pc first says it or when the question is cleared. THIS is the valid time of read. It is duly marked (plus any blowdown). THIS reading defines what is a reading item or question. CALLING IT BACK TO SEE IF IT READ IS NOT A VALID TEST as the surface charge may be gone but the item or question will still run or list. 3. Regardless of any earlier statements or material on READING ITEMS, an item does not have to read when the auditor calls it to be a valid item for running engrams or listing. The test is did it read when the pc first said it on originating it or in clearing it? 4. That an item or question is marked as having read is sufficient reason to run it or use it or list it. Pc interest, in Dianetics, is also necessary to run it, but that it did not read again is no reason to not use it. 5. When listing items, the auditor must have an eye on the meter, NOT necessarily the pc, and must note on the list he is making the extent of read and any BD and how much. THIS is enough to make it a "reading item" or 11 reading question." 6. In clearing a listing question, the auditor watches the meter, NOT necessarily the pc, and notes any read while clearing the question. 7. An additional calling of the item or question to see if it read is unnecessary and not a valid action if the item or question read on origination or clearing. 8. That an item is marked as having read on an earlier Dianetic list is enough (also checking interest) to run it with no further read test. 9. To miss seeing a read on an origin or clearing is a Gross Auditing Error. 10. Failing to mark on the list or worksheet the read and any BD seen during pc origination or clearing the question is a Gross Auditing Error. EYESIGHT Auditors who miss reads or have poor eyesight should be tested and should wear the proper glasses while auditing. GLASSES The rims of some glasses could obstruct seeing the meter while the auditor is looking at the worksheet or pc. If this is the case, the glasses should be changed to another type with broader vision. WIDE VISION A good auditor is expected to see his meter, pc and worksheet all at one time. No matter what he is doing he should always notice any meter movement if the meter needle moves. If he cannot do this, he should use an Azimuth meter and not put paper over its glass but should do his worksheet looking through the glass at his pen and the paper -- the original design purpose of the Azimuth meter. Then even while writing he sees the meter needle move, as it is in his line of vision. CONFUSIONS Any and all confusions as to what is a "reading item" or "reading question" should be fully cleaned up on any auditor as such omissions or confusions can be responsible for case hang-ups and needless repairs. NO READ Any comment that an item or question "did not read" should be at once suspected by a C/S and checked with this HCOB on the auditor. Actually, non-Reads, a nonreading item or question, means one that did not read when originated or cleared and also did not read when called. One can still call an item or question to get a read. That it now reads is fine. But if it has never read at all, the item will not run and such a list will produce no item on it. It is not forbidden to call an item or question to test it for read. But it is a useless action if the item or question read on origination by the pc or clearing it with him. IMPORTANT The data in this HCOB, if not known, can cost case failures. Thus, it must be checked out on auditors. L. RON HUBBARD Founder LRH:nt.rd.gm _ ****************************************************************** 14. HCOB 20 Sept 1978 An Instant F/N Is a Read HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 20 SEPTEMBER 1978 Remimeo AN INSTANT F/N IS A READ Refs: 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, key-in 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 being fully 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.gm _ ****************************************************************** 15. HCOB 20 Feb. 1970 Floating Needles and End Phenomena HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 20 FEBRUARY 1970 Remimeo Dianetic 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 bypassed 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 indications 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. 1. 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 the four 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 (1), 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 by 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 bypass 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 -- I 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 second command, etc. Then I get the cognition and shut up. The needle floats more widely, VGIs 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, VGIs, Erasure or Release, depending on whether it's Dianetic or Scientology), 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 three 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.gm _ ******************************************************************* 16. HCOB 8 Oct. 1970 Persistent F/N C/S Series 20 Keeping Scientology Working Series 19 HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 8 OCTOBER 1970 Remimeo C/Ses All Auditors Level 0 HGC Checksheet C/S Series 20 Keeping Scientology Working Series 19 PERSISTENT F/N A FLOATING NEEDLE can persist. This fact tells you at once why you cannot do three major actions in a row in the same ten minutes. This was the bug behind "quickie grades" (0 to IV in one session. This also occurred in Power when it was run all in one day). The auditor would attain a bona fide full-dial F/N. The pc was still cogniting, still in a big win. The auditor would "clear the next process command"; he would see an F/N. He would "clear the next process command" and see an F/N. BUT IT WAS THE SAME F/N! Result was that processes two and three WERE NEVER RUN ON THE CASE. This is really what is meant by "quickie grades." In 1958 we got real Releases. You could not kill the F/N for days, weeks. Several processes had this effect. Today's real Clear also goes this way. You couldn't kill the F/N with an axe. By running a lot of Level Zero processes, for instance, you can get a real, swinging, unkillable F/N. It not only gets to the Examiner, it comes in at the start of the next day's session! Now, if in one session you ran all of Level Zero and went on up to Level One, you would just be auditing a persistent F/N. The pc would get no benefit at all from Level One. He's still going "Wow" on Level Zero. If you ran Level Zero with one process that got a big, wide, floating F/N and then "ran" Level I, II, III and IV, you would have just a Level Zero Release. The pc's bank was nowhere to be found. So next week he has problems (Level I) or a service fac (Level IV) and he is only a Grade Zero yet it says right there in Certs and Awards log he's a Grade IV. So now we have a "Grade IV" who has Level I, II, III and IV troubles! A session that tries to go beyond a big, dial-wide, drifting, floating F/N only distracts the pc from his win. BIG WIN Any big win (F/N dial-wide, Cog, VGIs) gives you this kind of persistent F/N. You at least have to let it go until tomorrow and let the pc have his win. That is what is meant by letting the pc have his win. When you get one of these dial-wide F/Ns Cog VGIs WOW, you may as well pack it up for the day. GRADUAL WIDENING In running a Dianetic chain to basic in Triple, you will sometimes see in one session a half-dial on Flow 1, three-quarters-of-a-dial on Flow 2, a full-dial on Flow 3. Or you may have four subjects to two-way comm or prepcheck in one session. First action one-third-dial F/N. Then no F/N, TA up. Second action one-half-dial F/N. Then no F/N. Third action three- quarters-dial F/N. Fourth action full, dial-wide, floating, swinging, idling F/N. You will also notice in the same session -- long time for first action, shorter, shorter, shorter for the next three actions. Now you have an F/N that anything you try to clear and run will just F/N WITHOUT AFFECTING THE CASE AT ALL. If you audit past that, you are wasting your time and processes. You have hit an "unkillable F/N," properly called a persistent F/N. It's persistent at least for that day. Do any more and it's wasted. If an auditor has never seen this, he had better get his TR 0 Bull- bait flat for two hours at one unflunked go and his other TRs in and drill out his flubs. For that's what's supposed to happen. F/Ns on pcs audited up to (for that session) a persistent F/N always get to the Examiner. If you only have a "small F/N," it won't get to the Examiner. However, on some pcs maybe that's good enough. May take him several sessions, each one getting a final session F/N a bit wider. Then he gets an F/N that gets to the Examiner. After that, well audited on a continuing basis, the F/N lasts longer and longer. One day the pc comes into session with a dial-wide, floating, swinging F/N and anything you say or do does nothing whatever to disturb that F/N. It's a real Release, man. It may last weeks, months, years. Tell him to come back when he feels he needs some auditing and chalk up the remaining hours (if sold by the hour) as undelivered. Or if sold by result, chalk up the result. If the F/N is truly persistent, he will have no objections. If it isn't, he will object. So have him come back tomorrow and carry on whatever you were doing. SUMMARY The technical bug back of quickie grades or quickie Power was the persistent F/N. This is not to be confused with a Stage 4 (sweep, stick, sweep, stick) or an ARC break needle (pc bad indicators while F/Ning). This is not to be used to refuse all further auditing to a pc. It is to be used to determine when to end a series of major actions in a session. L. RON HUBBARD Founder LRH:rr.rd.gm _ ****************************************************************** 17. HCOB 10 Dec. 1976RB Scientology F/N and TA Position C/S Series 99RB HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 10 DECEMBER 1976RB RE-REVISED 25 MAY 1980 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 VGIs. NOW the F/N is called. F/Ns are not indicated until the EP of postulate off, F/N and VGIs 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 Refs: HCOB 8 June 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 I 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 Series 53RL SF SHORT HI-LO TA ASSESSMENT C/S HCOB 24 Nov. 73RE C/S SERIES 53RL LONG FORM HCOB 19 Apr. 75 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 ROUNDUP 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 for your E-Meter PC INDICATORS HCOBs Refs: HCOB 29 July 64 GOOD INDICATORS AT LOWER LEVELS HCOB 28 Dec. 63 INDICATORS, PART ONE: GOOD INDICATORS HCOB 23 May 71R VIII RECOGNITION OF RIGHTNESS OF THE BEING Rev. 4.12.74 HCOB 22 Sept. 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 Research and Compilations LRH:RTRC:djm.dd.gm