From International Viewpoints (IVy) Issue 10 - January 1993

Classic Comment
By Terry E. Scott, England

Research and Havingness

One virtue of being an Independent is that one can study and research 
ideas that, in the Church, are deemed heretical. The freedom to 
research does not guarantee successful results. Help on the way comes 
from study tech and from something else: remedying havingness.

When you are about to do some research (concepts, lookingness), run 
some havingness beforehand, either solo or audited. It doesn't have to 
be a big auditing session. Probably the simpler the process, the 
better, with no significances. Even our elegantly simple friend 
Locational (which improves havingness among other things) is of value 
- spotting things around the room, touching the furniture, 
differentiation.

Successful research can sometimes unmock ideas and masses before one 
reaches a beneficial conclusion. Treasured oldies can unmock before 
they are replaced when one is successful.

So a loss-of-havingness sensation may occur, or a sensation can arise 
comparable to that which comes from misunderstoods. To remedy 
havingness beforehand can get one into research smoothly and be of 
assistance during the research session.

Prior running of havingness may handle everything. But if a rather 
steep loss of it occurs during the research program, it should be 
remedied on the spot. At this point, you could run another auditing 
session on havingness. Or - get out of the chair and go for a walk.

Look at the countryside, people and buildings. Listen to the sounds 
around you - even if it is the grumble of the brakes of an articulated 
truck on a main road. Feel the breeze on your face. Stomp your feet a 
little as you walk. This is a less formal way to remedy havingness: 
Present Time!

Of course, many among us have pretty good havingness anyway and could 
ignore this advice with impunity. Do research and unmock some stuff 
and have a ball regardless. But some research, while not cleaning a 
clean, will do away with things of the "Everyone Knows" variety. And 
while to discover one of those can be a moment of delight and F/N, 
that's not always so.

However good one's case shape, it can be beneficial to run havingness 
in a straightforward way before and sometimes during a research 
program.