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The David Mayo episode (Sr. C/S Int. 1978-82)

1980/81: Establishment of the Happiness Rundown (HRD)  (Nov 80-Mar 81)

This Happiness Rundown was based on the Way to Happiness booklet. This little publication carried 21 chapters that were divided up in 37 precepts. In spite of that this rundown had a sort of gentle approach, it still functioned pretty much as a Sec Check procedure and followed its procedures and type of questions. The revised 1984 version even more so. The original version (1980 David mayo release) still instructed to run Earlier Similars*, whereas the 1984 revision (after David Mayo was kicked out) abandoned that altogether and turning it into a very typical Sec Checking procedure and leaving the preclear stuck with not run charge from Earlier Similars.

The times they are a-changin’, quite so. March 1982 came with a package of new directions in regards to confessionals. As follows:

It should be rather obvious here that all these listed changes from March 1982 regarding confessionals were part of the very same package. It does appear that matters relating to this topic at this point in time were really stepping up and on all fronts. Some implementations were minor, some other had significant ramifications. Interesting is as well that all 6 of these references also share the same author, and that author wasn't L. Ron Hubbard. The author was David Mayo, at the time posted as the Senior C/S International (basically the highest Tech person after L. Ron Hubbard).

In these 6 references the signature area all indicated: “L. RON HUBBARD FOUNDER, Assisted by Senior C/S International”, with composer initials ‘LRH:DM’ (composers are indicated in uppercase, typists in lowercase). Prior to 1977 this would simply have meant, written by David Mayo for L. Ron Hubbard. According to the information (change of rules) that we find in HCOB 24 Jan 77 “Tech Correction Round-up”, this denotion of “Assisted by” would mean that the assistant was the actual author (see here, separate window). And so the author would thus have been David Mayo. In so far what it concerns the involvement of L. Ron Hubbard, that is a lot more unclear. Here in this case, as some persons have claimed, it could however be interpreted that David Mayo received instructions or notes, which he then turned into a properly written HCO PL and/or HCOB. David Mayo then believed/assumed/was told that these instructions/notes were send to him by L. Ron Hubbard. The question is also, why did L. Ron Hubbard need someone to write his bulletins and policy letters for him?

A much more important issue is that why so much effort is given to things that factually violate HCO PL 26 Aug 68 “Security Checks Abolished” ? These new releases indeed do appear to violate that, see my commentaries in the reviews of these new references.

Coincidentally March 1982 also is the exact time that the original OT Levels IV-VII were replaced with so-called NOTs (NED for OTs) Levels. See details here (separate window). This would not have been a coincidence, after all David Mayo has been indicated/identified as the author of this NOTs. He was also the person that officially announced and released them.

The strangest thing however here is that David Mayo was since that time considered the worst of evils, that he had been altering tech, and all such sort of things. Nonetheless the Grade Chart (or called Bridge) that got turned upside down during his time of reign (1978-82), while being posted as Snr C/S Int. Well, this virtually was kept just as it was (a complete overview of 1978-82 tech changes can be consulted here, separate window). It did not revert back to the status quo prior to him coming on that post. The very same goes for all these implementations in these references that were stepping up Sec Checking procedures. None of these were reverted. It was all kept as it was when he left, only signatures were changed in references, and when some references were rewritten it was giving the same message and instruction. More information about David Mayo can be consulted here (separate window).

“Confess ór have ethics action taken!”

The signature area at the end of this reference says first “L. RON HUBBARD, FOUNDER”, directly followed with the notice “Assisted by Senior C/S International” and the composer initials ‘DM’ that tells us that this was David Mayo. But then per the rules as they were established in 1977 by HCOB 24 Jan 77 “Tech Correction Round-up” (more info here, separate window), it actually means that it was written by this assistant, and so we can conclude that this reference was actually compiled and issued by David Mayo.
David Mayo however is not anymore in the organization and for that reason we find the HCO PL today in a revised form as HCOB/PL 6 Mar 82R (Revised 10 Dec 88) “Confessional Tech Policies” which says at the top “(Revised to update the section of this issue entitled ‘Reports’ and to correct the signatory.)”. Practically it meant here that the mention of “Guardian's Office” was updated with instead “Inspector General Network”. And accordingly all the indications of the contribution of David Mayo had been stripped from this reference, although he still was the person to have written it.

	“1.	We have no interest in the secrets and crimes of people and no use for them.
	2.	Security checking is often done without regard to the point where the person feels better and so became overrun.
	3.	Security checking is often done in disregard of the state of a person's case.
	4.	Low level cases do not react on actual crimes and so the ‘security’ furnished is often a false security.”          LRH

	“Scientology Level Two covers the vital survival technology of dealing with contra-survival acts of commission and omission (overts and withholds) and this includes the technology of Confessional procedure.
	It is on Grade 2 processing that a pc is audited to relief from the hostilities and sufferings of life, using all of the technology which applies at that Level to achieve the result.”

	“Therefore, any list of Expanded Grade 2 Processes must include:
	1.	A Joburg (HCO PL 7 Apr 61RB, Rev. 22.10.80, JOHANNESBURG CONFESSIONAL LIST REVISED).
	2.	Any other prepared Confessional List which may be C/Sed for the case by the Case Supervisor to ensure that the pc is fully cleaned up on this lifetime overts and withholds.”

Apparently the message is, better too much Sec Checking than too little ...

I don't see really what significance this reference carries with it? Other than it being an overzealous effort. Grade II is a standard step part of the Grade Chart. It was all already accounted for.

	“1.	We have no interest in the secrets and crimes of people and no use for them.
	2.	Security checking is often done without regard to the point where the person feels better and so became overrun.
	3.	Security checking is often done in disregard of the state of a person's case.”          LRH

HCOB 7 Mar 82 “Confessionals Included in Expanded Grade 2 Processes” was written by David Mayo, indicated as Assisted by Senior C/S International”, and composer initials ‘DM’.

Now, thís one was cancelled, but what about the 5 other issues from March 1982 that were also issued by David Mayo?

	“Level C, the Confessional Section of the SHSBC checksheet has been revised to require that SHSBC students give and receive a successful Confessional or they retread that section until they do.
	Students and internes who have completed the above are required to successfully audit OT Preparation and/or Confessionals in the SH HGC.
	Internes who audit additionally in the HGC over and above their interneship requirements and produce rave results on OT Preparation (including Confessionals) may be recommended for an ‘HONORS’ certificate on graduation.”

Here again an increased attention on the Sec Checking ingredient. Receiving it as well as giving it to some other person.

Here too HCO PL 26 Aug 68 “Security Checks Abolished” was forgotten about. It stated that “standard grade processing or rudiments.”  LRH would be quite sufficient.

This was cancelled by HCO Admin Letter 21 Sept 91 “Cancellation of Issues”. I have not been to consult a copy of this, but all these issues cancelled by HCO Administration Letters were cancelled for reason of that “None of these issues were written by LRH” and subsequently incorrectly were issued as HCO Bulletins or HCO Policy Letters. It is assumed this being the case here as well.

HCO PL 8 Mar 82 “SHSBC - Confessionals” was written by David Mayo, indicated as “Assisted by Senior C/S International”, and composer initials ‘DM’.

	Interfering with the ‘No-Interference Area’, gradiently extending its actions as the years went by before finally settling itself (Mar 82 - Apr 83 - Oct 83 - Mar 84 - Jul 85 - Aug 90)
		- Where are HCOB 8 Mar 82 “Confessionals and the Non Interference Zone” & HCOB 8 Mar 82R (Revised 24 Apr 83) “same title” ? - HCOB 23 Dec 71R (Revised 2 Oct 83) “The No-Interference Area Clarified and Re-Enforced” - HCOB 27 Mar 84 “Stalled Dianetic Clear: Solved” - HCOB 23 Dec 71RA (Re-Revised and Updated 1 Jul 85) “The No-Interference Area Clarified and Re-Enforced” - HCOB 23 Dec 71RB (Revised 2 Aug 90) “The No-Interference Area Clarified and Re-Enforced”
	The transitions of HCOB 23 Dec 71 “The No-Interference Area” (publication history)
	‘New OT VII’ and the ‘6 month check line’ (since 1982)

	“From R6* Solo to OT III one does not do anything except keep the pc winning for R6 Solo to OT III.
	This is the critical band of the Gradation Chart.
	On Flag it was learned the hard way that you don't do other major auditing actions between these two points.”          LRH (from HCOB 23 Dec 71 “The No-Interference Area”)

* R6.  Routine 6 or Grade VI.

“A long series of tests and many case results have for some time demonstrated that there is a NO INTERFERENCE AREA between R6EW and OT III.”          LRH (from HCOB 3 Feb 72 “R6EW–OT III No Interference Area”)

Now, HCOB 8 Mar 82 “Confessionals and the Non Interference Zone” appears to violate this ‘Non Interference Zone’, it essentially tells there is no such thing.

	“2.	Security checking is often done without regard to the point where the person feels better and so became overrun.
	3.	Security checking is often done in disregard of the state of a person's case.”          LRH

 
Interfering with the ‘No-Interference Area’, gradiently extending its actions as the years went by before finally settling itself (Mar 82 - Apr 83 - Oct 83 - Mar 84 - Jul 85 - Aug 90)

• Where are HCOB 8 Mar 82 “Confessionals and the Non-Interference Zone” & HCOB 8 Mar 82R (Revised 24 Apr 83) “same title” ? and their authorship
• HCOB 23 Dec 71R (Revised 2 Oct 83) “The No-Interference Area Clarified and Re-Enforced”
• HCOB 27 Mar 84 “Stalled Dianetic Clear: Solved”
• HCOB 23 Dec 71RA (Re-Revised and Updated 1 Jul 85) “The No-Interference Area Clarified and Re-Enforced”
• HCOB 23 Dec 71RB (Revised 2 Aug 90) “The No-Interference Area Clarified and Re-Enforced”

 
Where are HCOB 8 Mar 82 “Confessionals and the Non-Interference Zone” & HCOB 8 Mar 82R (Revised 24 Apr 83) “same title” ? and their authorship

	“It has long been known that people do not make gains when audited over undisclosed overts and withholds and that a withhold missed in auditing can cause quite an adverse reaction.
	Because it has not previously been specified whether Confessionals could be done during the Non-Interference Zone, it tended to leave the matter open to interpretation, and a common interpretation has been that one must not do any kind of Confessional or O/W pulling during the Non Interference Zone.” (from HCOB 8 Mar 82 “Confessionals and the Non Interference Zone”)

It should be pointed out here that a “Confessional” is in fact a “major auditing action”! This was thus not a matter left “open to interpretation” in regards to “that one must ... do” or “... not do” “any kind of Confessional ... during the Non Interference Zone”, as it implies here in this HCOB from 1982.

Mind also that if the situation would be that a person reverts to building up having these “undisclosed overts and withholds” and of such a serious nature, that this in itself would be an indication that the previous auditing levels were not actually run flat. A standard action then would be to return to those previous actions that were not run flat, and then run them actually to full end phenomena. This would be a skipped gradient so to say. Something had to have been missed on the person much earlier. You see, auditing procedures aim at relieving an individual from unpleasant past experiences and fixated behaviour. It does that through getting to the bottom and thus source of matters. If the procedures are properly carried out, he is then very unlikely to build up such things like overts and withholds again. This in principle is how these procedures are advocated. The purpose of these procedures is to get the person up in tone. A person that is high toned does not fall back easily at all into occupying him/herself with bad deeds and withholding. Thus if the person has been progressing well this should not even be a particular bother.

“But what about a case who is out ethics and not making progress due to continuous overts and withholds or even worse, undisclosed overts or crimes against Scientology? Such a case won't make any progress until these are gotten off.”

“This applies to pre-OTs as well as pcs and specifically also applies to pre-OTs on OT III; on New OT IV, OT Drug RD; on New OT V, Audited NOTs; on New OT VII, Solo NOTs—the same as it applies to any other grade or OT section.”

“It is a gross error to let a pre-OT get onto an OT Section in that condition in the first place, but when that error has occurred one must not continue the error by not handling the matter.” (from HCOB 8 Mar 82 “Confessionals and the Non Interference Zone”)

The revision of this reference released one year later expressed it even stronger than that and calls it instead a “CRIME”, and adds that it should be attended to “right away”. It thus rephrases the sentence as follows:  (the text in this type style was added in 1983)

“It is a CRIME to let a pre-OT get onto an OT section in that condition in the first place. And it is also a CRIME to continue the error and not remedy the matter right away.” (from HCOB 8 Mar 82R (Revised 24 Apr 83) “Confessionals and the Non-Interference Zone”)

I have attempted to pinpoint various illogics involved with all this. It was true enough 10 years earlier in 1971 to not interfere at all with this Non-Interference Area, so why now 10 years later in 1982? What had exactly changed since the last 10 years? Well, for one we had “The dawning of ‘Religious Technology Center’ and new management (1982-83)”, (consult here, separate window). Also we had seen a turnaround regarding the tech during the time span 1978-82 (consult here, separate window). Now, is one resorting to unusual solutions here, instead of going back and undo the tech changes?

`Now, something is rather tricky about this reference as for some reason it is not included in the ‘Technical Bulletins’ update volumes released in 1985 in USA* which evidently should have included this 1983 revision, it is certainly not listed in its index.

* Be it noted here though that this was the scene as we find it in USA. Oddly enough the publication of HCOB 8 Mar 82 “Confessionals and the Non Interference Zone” had slipped through here in Europe. We do find a copy of it included in the HCOB compilation update volumes issued by New Era, located in Copenhagen, Denmark. Where inclusion of even its revision was omitted altogether in the USA release of these HCOB update volumes.

Authorship

Revision notices of HCOB 8 Mar 82R (Revised 24 Apr 83) “Confessionals and the Non-Interference Zone” inform us of the following: “Revised to correct the 6th paragraph, include the datum that one must first get a C/S okay, add the pertinent reference issues on page 1 and correct the signatory.”. The interesting part of these notices are the last 3 words: “correct the signatory”. In reality and in this case it means that the authorship got transferred from David Mayo onto L. Ron Hubbard, just like that. And all this without any further explanation.

Accordingly we see one set of composer initials (‘LRH’) and a double set of typing initials (‘rm:iw’). This was issued in the beginning period of the establishment of the unit LRH Technical Research and Compilations (RTRC), although this is not yet indicated so in the signing area of this reference. The second set of typing initials say ‘iw’, which stands for Irene Woodruff, who in fact was one of the RTRC typists (or would become so shortly thereafter). Now what about the first set of typing initials, it says ‘rm’. At this time a new Senior C/S International had previously been appointed (David Mayo had been removed from this position in late August 1982), it was Ray Mithoff who acted in this capacity at least starting from late September 1982. And here we see the initials ‘rm’ appearing, an interesting coincidence. Now does Ray Mithoff function here as an overseer prior to this HCOB being actually typed out? This at least I appear to have confirmed from various persons that previously were employed in the RTRC unit. Meaning, from this time on, typing initials do not always mean typist anymore, but may also indicate overseer.

 
HCOB 23 Dec 71R (Revised 2 Oct 83) “The No-Interference Area Clarified and Re-Enforced”

Notice to keep in mind:  The original reference from 1971 that established the No Interference Area affected only the band Grade VI to OT III. Since the first revision of this reference a whole 12 years later in 1983 this band is being covered by the newly introduced categorization ‘I’ & ‘II’. Also since this year 1983 it has extended this with the band OT III and above, this is covered by ‘III’. Suddenly then in its 1985 revision this turned to be referred to as ‘Section I’, ‘Section II’ & ‘Section III’. Then since its 1990 revision it appears to have abandoned this categorization altogether.

	“While these factors do not change the original No-Interference Area, they do give us two additional zones which flank it on either side and which are sensitive areas in themselves. Each has its own guidelines and rule concerning which services are permitted within that range.
	Therefore, to handle any uncertainty anyone might have on the subject, what CAN and what CANNOT be delivered at any point within the No-Interference Zone and its two flanking areas has not been laid out very specifically here.
	This is vital data that Orgs of all levels must have and duplicate well, as it is up to every unit delivering the tech to ensure that the No-Interference Area is correctly enforced.”

	“I	BETWEEN CLEAR AND OT I, FOR PERSONS WHO WENT CLEAR ON NED:
	A.     CAN BE GIVEN:
			Auditing/Solo Training: ...
			A Confessional, if required, per HCOB 8 Mar 82R, CONFESSIONALS AND THE NON-INTERFERENCE ZONE, ...”
	“II	FROM R6EW TO OT III (OR FOR THOSE PERSONS WHO WENT CLEAR ON NED, FROM OT I TO OT III):
	A.     CAN BE GIVEN:
			Auditing: ...
			A Confessional, only if needed. (Per HCOB 8 Mar 82R, CONFESSIONALS AND THE NON-INTERFERENCE ZONE.”
	“III	THOSE PERSONS COMPLETED ON OT III AND/OR COMPLETE ON ANY LEVEL ABOVE OT III:
	A.     CAN BE GIVEN, BETWEEN ANY OT LEVELS ABOVE OT III:
			Auditing: ...
			A Confessional, if needed.”

 
HCOB 27 Mar 84 “Stalled Dianetic Clear: Solved”

	“There is no reason to interfere with a Dianetic Clear who is progressing on that route or who is progressing on the route between OT I and OT III and doing well. They should not be interfered with by Sec Checking or anything else, really.
	But where the person in this zone is moving slowly or stalled, there is a technical factor which must be known and taken in consideration”

Then allowing in such a case amongst other “Confessionals, including Sec Checking on evil purposes”, “The handling of postulates, considerations, attitudes, evil purposes or evil intentions”, “False purpose checks” and “O/Ws”.

 
HCOB 23 Dec 71RA (Re-Revised and Updated 1 Jul 85) “The No-Interference Area Clarified and Re-Enforced”

The next revision of HCOB 23 Dec 71“The No-Interference Area Clarified and Re-Enforced” issued in 1985 adds another 2 pages to it, and at this time is counting a total of 12 pages. To that effect the part of the reference that lays out its specifics is renamed “THE COMPREHENSIVE NO-INTERFERENCE CHART” (we see that it added the word COMPREHENSIVE). And indeed the list of what CAN BE GIVEN has been extended. See here below:

	“SECTION I:	BETWEEN CLEAR AND NEW OT I, FOR PERSONS WHO WENT CLEAR ON NED:
	A.     CAN BE GIVEN:
	1.      Auditing/Solo Training: ...

At “SECTION II” it lists the same. Also the “NOTE:” carries the same message: “..., when a Pre-OT in this zone is stalled or moving slowly, ...”, listing the same reference “HCOB 27 March 1984, ...”.

Also at “SECTION III” it lists the same. The NOTE however is not relisted there.

 
HCOB 23 Dec 71RB (Revised 2 Aug 90) “The No-Interference Area Clarified and Re-Enforced”

HCOB 23 Dec 71 was revised/reissued again in 1990. This time we see that the previous 12 pages had been cut down to only 5 pages. The previous text now appears in a rearranged and summarized form. That which CAN BE GIVEN appears now as:

	“EXCEPTION
	Pre-OTs progressing well in the No-Interference Area should not be interfered with by Sec Checking or anything else. However, when a pre-OT is stalled or moving slowly, any of the actions listed below, as appropriate, can be ordered by a qualified C/S (Ref: HCOB 27 Mar. 84, C/S Series 119, STALLED DIANETIC CLEAR: SOLVED): ...
		2)	Confessionals and O/Ws
		3)	The handling of postulates, considerations, attitudes, evil purposes or evil intentions (False Purpose Rundown) ...
		5)	Disagreement checks”

Interesting here is that this new revision of this HCOB continues to make reference to HCOB 27 Mar 84 “Stalled Dianetic Clear: Solved” in the text of the HCOB itself, as it did in the previous version. This was omitted for HCOB 8 Mar 82R (Revised 24 Apr 83) “Confessionals and the Non-Interference Zone”.

 
The transitions of HCOB 23 Dec 71 “The No-Interference Area” (publication history)

The reference that established this No-Interference Area was HCOB 23 Dec 71 “The No-Interference Area”. The rules at that point in time were rather clear-cut and simple. This however significantly changed in its 1983 revision. It went from a 2-page format to a whole 10-page format. Its subsequent 1985 revision had a 12-page format. Only to have it cut down in size again in 1990 to a 5-page format. Here below I present a brief publication history of this reference. Interesting is also the change of title of the reference. It added the text: “Clarified and Re-Enforced”, although it involved an actual change in the original approach as opposed to what the original 1971 release said. Re-Enforced would indicate as if something was not in use. And indeed the new rules had not been in use, and thus it was found that attention to this needed to be given. This at least would explain the title change of the reference.

We have the following releases in sequence of release:

Here below I give the revision notices that are found on the original mimeo print-off releases of these references:

This revision notice however does not account for nor explains the cut down to 5 pages. What happened with the other 7 pages from the previous 12-page 1985-version? It in addition fails to account for the source of these “later LRH materials ...”. Consider also that this was issued most definitely 4½ years after his passing. L. Ron Hubbard apparently has no say in what had been done here.

 
‘New OT VII’ and the ‘6 month check line’ (since 1982)

It has been reported that this line had been established based on a BFO written by RTRC I/C Int. The applicable part said: “... in 1982 LRH was consulted regarding a situation with SOLO NOTS auditors at the time, to which LRH responded ‘get them in, get them cleaned up, and keep them cleaned up’. Thus, the six month check line was born ...”.

	“Because it has not previously been specified whether Confessionals could be done during the Non-Interference Zone, it tended to leave the matter open to interpretation, and a common interpretation has been that one must not do any kind of Confessional or O/W pulling during the Non Interference Zone.
	But what about a case who is out ethics and not making progress due to continuous overts and withholds or even worse, undisclosed overts or crimes against Scientology? Such a case won't make any progress until these are gotten off. ...
	One would not embark on a series of Confessionals during another Grade or OT Section, but it is imperative that pre-OTs on these sections who have missed withholds get them off and a specific Confessional can and should be done to accomplish this.”

	“III	THOSE PERSONS COMPLETED ON OT III AND/OR COMPLETE ON ANY LEVEL ABOVE OT III:
	A.     CAN BE GIVEN, BETWEEN ANY OT LEVELS ABOVE OT III:
			Auditing: ...
			A Confessional, if needed.”

	“Before I would permit you to believe that the overt-withhold mechanism was a total way of life, I would point out that it applies only to a strata of existence and that it stems from failures to help. ...
	‘Love thy neighbour’, when it is no longer a willingness, is enforced by the theory of O-W. ‘Love thy neighbour’ can exist only when help, control and communication are high. When all these go, the O-W comes into vogue as a method of enforcing peace.
	O-W is a theory which sets in when aberration sets in. It is not a high natural law. ...
	The reason we run O-Ws is that most pcs are on O-W by Transfer, which is to say, when they kick George in the head they get a headache themselves. This makes them think they are George. We use O-W since it explains phenomena found at a low humanoid level. ...
	Fortunately, it drops out, both as a governing law and necessity in life.”          LRH (from HCOB 22 Dec 60 “O-W a Limited Theory”)

Now, at what level are OT VII's supposed to be at? Would they not have outgrown long since to be at some “low humanoid level”?  This evidently offers a grave inconsistency!

Now, there would exist 2 possible reasons for making a grab at, what can here be referred to as, unusual solutions. See, it is breaking the set rules! One consideration could be that there is something wrong with this New OT VII itself, this seems confirmed as I have been informed that from time to time corrections on this level have been made. Another consideration could be as a means to get in guaranteed funds these every 6 months. Mind that one had to get to Flag (Clearwater, Fl) for this, and auditing at this place came with a betokening price tag. Nothing short of saying that it would cost you.

“You can get a much better fee—I tell you as auditors quite frankly—it's... it's much easier to get a great deal of money out of somebody who's on a down spiral into becoming MEST* than it is to get money out of somebody who is going on an up spiral toward becoming theta*.”          LRH  (from Philadelphia Doctorate Course lecture #15 “The Logics, Infinity Valued Logic”, given on 4 Dec 52)

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Rather interestingly the entire above quoted paragraph had been edited from the 1991 re-release of this lecture. Either way it has been reported by various persons that the money angle could have been a factor why this line was installed. The one thing here that we know for a fact is that there are a variety of inconsistencies observed in the whole matter of these repetitive 6 month checks for those on New OT VII.

	“When a candidate for OT Levels has passed a Confessional showing that he has ... not have any undisclosed or unhandled overts on Scientology, he or she is awarded a chit signed by the Confessional minister and the ethics officer which states that that person has ‘Eligibility for OT Levels’ and the date.
	Persons returning ... for further OT Levels after an absence are to receive a Confessional before starting on their next OT Level and when the Confessional is passed a new, current ‘Eligibility for OT Levels’ chit is issued.”

There sure is lot of attention on this about overts, withholds for these people on these OT levels. It means really a lot of Confessionals. The question is if this would be warranted, because of already forwarded reasons already given in the earlier chapters.

Noteworthy is that it is claimed that it all would be for benefit of the case, but is that really being the case here?

	“2.	Security checking is often done without regard to the point where the person feels better and so became overrun.
	3.	Security checking is often done in disregard of the state of a person's case.”          LRH

In the original version of HCO PL 9 Mar 82 “Eligibility for OT Levels” it had said that “When a candidate for OT Levels has passed a Confessional”. In a later revision it was now specifically referring to a particular form. It says in that revision: “The form used to establish eligibility for OT Levels is HCOB 84 I, FPRD Series 10-B, FALSE PURPOSE RUNDOWN ELIGIBILITY FOR OT LEVELS FORM”. But in addition noting that “The C/S would of course add any questions applicable to the particular pre-OT.” (from HCO PL 9 Mar 82RB (Revised 6 Jan 85) “Eligibility for OT Levels”).

We should have it established here though that this Eligibility (or Eligibility Check) means the very same as subjecting a person to Confessionals or more correctly Sec Checking.

	“WITHHOLDS
	A pc is not sent to Ethics because of withholds gotten off in a session. However, on the Invalidation button one commonly finds suppressive persons around the pc and the auditor must send the pc to Ethics at session end to get the matter disconnected or handled.
	Sometimes one finds another person's offences than the pc's in getting off withholds. These are reported to Ethics for investigation.”          LRH

Also mind here that it says “STAFF” in the title of this referred to reference. We find it is indicated at several places in HCOB/PL 10 Mar 82 “Confessionals - Ethics Reports Required” that it is indeed directing itself only to staff. This has to be made clear here for proper understanding.

	“A person who only talks about others' overts or withholds is often withholding an overt of his own or engaging in a Black PR campaign.
	But a person who has knowledge of another's overts or crimes against Scientology should have made out an ethics report himself and having failed to do so, would have a withhold of knowing about another's offence and not having reported it, even it if were only suspected.
	There are various reasons why a person might withhold from reporting the offences of another: similar overts or withholds of one's own; fear of consequences or retaliation from the person being reported on; not having all the facts and so only suspecting the offence and not being certain enough, are among more common reasons.”

Now the pc him/herself is being found at fault with. It is interesting here that it is shifting the focus onto that pc! It is as if a pc would be “A person who only talks about others' overts or withholds is often withholding an overt of his own or engaging in a Black PR campaign.”. I interpret this as an exaggerated suspiciousness that is lacking a solid base!

	“So the minister reporting all overts reported by the pc serves a triple purpose.
	A)	It catches crimes by others which might otherwise remain undetected.
	B)	It gets rid of withholds from the pc which he knows he should have reported and
	C)	It gives evidence of a Black PR campaign in progress against principal people of Scientology and executives.”

“A)” addresses the ‘others’; “B)” and “C)” address the pc.

And this “Black PR campaign in progress” is named here for a 3rd time. Here it goes a step further claiming as if “It gives evidence of” such a thing, and then suddenly involving “principal people of Scientology and executives”? We simply have no clear indication to that effect, and none are given! Just think about that for a moment! So, where is this coming from?

To sum this up. Now, why did the basic outset of the original HCO PL 17 Jun 65 “Staff Auditor Advices” change here? Why is the pc being targeted to this degree?

As an indication to where this all is coming from we may find some answer when we regard a particular situation we had indirectly because of “The dawning of ‘Religious Technology Center’ and new management (1982-83)”, (consult here, separate window).

	“6.	The existence of lists of crimes in folders often makes it necessary to destroy the folders which may contain other technical data which is constructive and valuable.
	7.	If a person is a criminal or has overt acts which affect his case, and speaks of them to an auditor of his own volition, the auditor is bound by the Auditor's Code not to publish, use or reveal them.”          LRH

See, if you have a lot of attention on these things and order confessionals continuously you are not anymore facing these problems!

Indirectly related to this process that started with HCOB/PL 10 Mar 82 “Confessionals - Ethics Reports Required” in a sense got stepped up in HCOB/PL 7 Jan 85 “HCO Confessionals” in where “Overts disclosed in the course of Confessional done for investigatory or justice purposes (generally called ‘HCO Confessionals’) are always the subject of Knowledge Report to HCO and are actionable on the person.”. Basically meaning a thin line between that which is revealed in auditing sessions and may turn actionable on the person is getting thinner and thinner. See in chapter “1985:” in this chronology.

1984 1): Written confessionals (O/W write-ups) send to person's auditing folder  (Mar 84)

“The original of the O/W write-up must go into the person's pc* folder, regardless of whether or not any copy is additionally given to the MAA* or Ethics Officer.” (from HCO PL 2 Mar 84 “O/W Write-ups”)

You can read more about this here (separate window).

One should understand here that auditing matters are of a rather different nature compared to ethics matters. Where it concerns auditing matters this is considered confidential and the auditor may not reveal any of these things that he hears in sessions. Matters that are revealed to an Ethics section in an organization can however be made actionable. As a rule these 2 identities were always kept separate for obvious reasons. Here we are thus informed that this rule is being broken. The cycle was completed in 1985 when it was ordained that reports had to be written about matters that were revealed in these so-called confessional procedures, which included FPRD confessionals. See further my article in chapter “1985:” in this chronology.

• First mention of FPRD & introduction  (includes notes on ‘Expanded Dianetics’)
• ‘Senior Security Checker’ versus ‘FPRD’
• Further annotations on the FPRD & studies

Original FPRD Series written:   5 to 17 Jun 84
FPRD released:  5 Jun 84  (per ‘What Is Scientology?’ (1992 edition))
Course checksheets issued:  16 Jun 84
Available service:  since about Sept 84

 
First mention of FPRD & introduction  (includes notes on Expanded Dianetics (Ex Dn))

	“Where a being has accumulated nonsurvival purposes and intentions, he will be found to be having, doing and being far below his potential. Having committed overt acts (prompted by false, nonsurvival intentions and purposes), he then restrains himself from action. Achievement, stability, certainty, respect for self, and even the thetan's innate power can seem to deteriorate or disappear altogether.
	And it can be found that many of these contrasurvival purposes have been fettering the being for a VERY long time. Recent upper-level research breakthroughs have led to the development of a new rundown designed to slash straight through to the root of such false purposes and unwanted intentions and BLOW them.” (from HCOB 5 Jun 84, False Purpose Rundown Series 1 “False Purpose Rundown”)

There are some discussions ongoing in so far if L. Ron Hubbard would have been responsible for its writing or not. After all it was already in use as Expanded Dianetics (XDN). To this effect the course checksheet lists the following 7 lectures, that includes all the XDN lectures:
	“TAPE:  7203C02  ESTO 3, EVALUATION AND HANDLING OF PERSONNEL TAPE:  7203C30  EXPANDED DIANETICS LECTURE I TAPE:  7204C07  EXPANDED DIANETICS LECTURE II TAPE:  7204C07  EXPANDED DIANETICS LECTURE III TAPE:  7204C07  EXPANDED DIANETICS LECTURE IV TAPE:  6110C03  THE PRIOR CONFUSION TAPE:  6403C19  FLATTENING A PROCESS”

The bulk of the remainder of the material studied on this course are the FPRD Series references alongside with other references from the ’60s-’70s.

Arguments have been made regarding it containing too many contradictions with previous used technology. The FPRD can also be noted for that it became an action that could be done at any point on the Grade Chart. XDN was done as part of your path on the Grade Chart, it was part of clearing your past in regards to things that appeared to slow down your progress. It was also fact that not everyone was required to do this step. FPRD may have turned to other purposes, separate from your path on the Grade Chart.

There is another rather significant difference with the original XDN compared with the FPRD. This is about flows. There are 4 flows:  (from HCOB 4 Apr 71 “Use of Quad Dianetics”)
	“F 1, FLOW ONE, something happening to self.   F 2, FLOW TWO, doing something to another.   F 3, FLOW THREE, others doing things to others.   F 0, FLOW ZERO, self doing something to self.”          LRH

XDN takes evenly care of all 4 flows. The FPRD however appears to primarily focus on Flow Two, and incidentally Flow Zero. Asked for is something that you did. This is actually interesting, as this outset points in a particular direction. Which essentially are Security Checking procedures. With just this little difference that you run Earlier Similars as well.

 
‘Senior Security Checker’ versus ‘FPRD’

This “Hubbard Senior Security Checker Course” was actually a prerequisite for the “Hubbard False Purpose Rundown Auditor course”. So they came hand in hand.

 
Further annotations on the FPRD & studies

It has been figured by some persons that it would not have been a coincidence that this FPRD came about in 1984. This may have been due to that in the 2 foregoing years many staff and publics had been put through some ordeal or were expelled as an after-effect result because of “The dawning of ‘Religious Technology Center’ and new management (1982-83)’, consult here (separate window). These years had been very hectic and insecure days for many. It also had caused that the public lost confidence for the changes implemented in management and the new management itself. Some method was required to remove the insecurity from people, and get those back in that had been scared away. And to keep those person that were still in the organization to stay by exerting a fear factor. It has thus been suggested that these may have been reasons why this rundown came about during exactly this time period.

(A thin line between that which is revealed in auditing sessions and may turn actionable on the person is getting thinner and thinner)

	“HCOs may not do Confessionals or ‘Sec Checks.’
	HCO may only do Meter Checks. This consists of putting the pc on a meter and noting down the TA, state of needle and attitude of pc. ...
	Overts disclosed in sessions may not be used for justice purposes. Therefore only crimes discovered by routine investigation are actionable.”          LRH (from HCO PL 15 Nov 70 “Confessionals”)

“Overts disclosed in the course of Confessional done for investigatory or justice purposes (generally called ‘HCO Confessionals’) are always the subject of Knowledge Report to HCO and are actionable on the person.” (from HCOB/PL 7 Jan 85 “HCO Confessionals”)

This actually would clash with the data that is forwarded by the earlier quoted HCO PL. In 1970 it directed that “only crimes discovered by routine investigation are actionable.” (thus not revealed in auditing sessions). This actually got reversed by its revision issued as HCO PL 15 Nov 70R (Revised 21 Sept 74) “HCO and Confessionals”, it is then odd that the original version was restored again as it was that which was actually included in the 1991 release of ‘The Organization Executive Course’ volumes. It is rather confusing to have this sort of conflicting information spread about in these volumes, forcing one to locate the small liner notes found at the bottom of some references. (discussed in detail already at “1974:” in this chronology)

	“There has evidently been some confusion among a few auditors, Sec Checkers and C/Ses as to the proper administrative handling of overts and withholds gotten off during sessions.
	Overts disclosed in the course of Confessionals done for investigatory or justice purposes (generally called ‘HCO Confessionals’) are always the subject of Knowledge Reports to HCO and are actionable on the person.
	Overts and withholds divulged during routine auditing may not be used as grounds for ethics actions on a preclear. This is part of the Auditor's Code and has been well known to auditors for many years.”

“One does not send someone to HCO for an overt or crime gotten off in routine auditing. HOWEVER, EVIDENCE OF A CRIME KNOWINGLY WITHHELD BY A PC UNTIL HE IS IN SESSION IS ACTIONABLE BY HCO. In other words, the purpose of auditing is not to provide a means for an out-ethics person to ‘avoid the Ethics Officer.’”

Now do you see where this is all going? A confession made in “routine auditing” can thus be made “ACTIONABLE BY HCO” if you find some “EVIDENCE” for it to make it stick!

“Actually, the end result of ‘waiting until one is in session’ to reveal a crime is often far far worse than any ethics or justice action one might receive at the hands of HCO! I recall a person a person who knowingly withheld a serious crime he'd committed until he got an auditing session. no ethics action was taken by HCO. He was not brought to justice for it in any way. And he went straight ahead and tried to punish himself most severely. He wound up in the hospital for an operation that he need never have undergone. He promptly started administering his own punishment.”

So how are you going to determine which is which? This is largely made subject to the adjudication of the terminals involved with the confessor.

“HCO Confessional actions can include running a False Purpose Rundown form or other related rundowns that address O/Ws and nonsurvival intentions.”

“The fact that a Sec Check or False Purpose RD form is being done as an HCO Confessional does not mean that the procedure is changed. The auditor's procedure is the same. But the overts are reported to Ethics for handling and are actionable. It should be clearly marked on the Knowledge Report that it is from an HCO Confessional action.”

“I depend on auditors, C/Ses and HCOs to intelligently and effectively apply the data in this HCO PL to assist the pc in keeping his hands clean and his case advancing.”

Thus neither Tech nor Qual should assist investigations but should work on the case against proper C/Ses to get off the overts and withholds for the case benefit.”          LRH (from HCO PL 15 Nov 70 “Confessionals”)

“I have concluded man cannot be trusted with justice.”          LRH (from HCO PL 6 Oct 70 III “Ethics Penalties”)

“Overts disclosed in sessions may not be used for justice purposes. Therefore only crimes discovered by routine investigation are actionable.”          LRH (from HCO PL 15 Nov 70 “Confessionals”)

Further related information concerning the use of confessional data can also be found in my article “(6) HCO PL 22 Jul 82 “Knowledge Reports” vs acquiring information about people & control”, click here (separate window). See in particular the sections “A note about HCO PL 2 March 84 ‘O/W Write-ups’” & “Today's reality”.

Reflections

• Finding the criminal  vs  Case benefit for the individual
• Publication history of HCOB/PL 30 Jul 70 “The Tech and Ethics of Confessionals” - A satire

 
Finding the criminal  vs  Case benefit for the individual

	“THE E-METER AND THE CRIMINAL
	The joker in all this is that the E-Meter reads on Reality. So you can have a guy who reads on none of your questions, but you find out the next day he had done exactly what you asked him. Yet it didn't read! A real criminal just doesn't read on having killed his grandmother in cold blood five minutes before the Confessional. Even if he admits it it doesn't read! ...
	You have to handle it on a gradient of reality. ‘Why wasn't that an overt?’ is one way you could try. He would at first be very surprised at the very thought of it being an overt. But you could get a stream of justifications off.”          LRH (from HCOB/PL 30 Jul 70 “The Tech and Ethics of Confessionals”)

Regarding this, now what good would it do go around and occupy so much attention on getting everyone to confess everything all the time? It wouldn't do any good in regards finding the real culprit anyway, now would it?

	“4.	Low level cases do not react on actual crimes and so the ‘security’ furnished is often a false security.”          LRH
	(from HCO PL 26 Aug 68 “Security Checks Abolished”)

Now, the other angle here would be to ask why those persons that have progressed onto these so-called OT levels. Regarding these wouldn't one think that they should be pretty clean by now? See, if you eradicate the reasons and the motivators of people doing bad things and building up a bad conscience then how much of that would a person on that level still contract? There are some rather apparent illogics present here. With regard to this data, why would anyone reinstate these practices? There are basically only 2 options here, it is either (1) that the technology was not considered really working or that effective (for some unclear reason); and/or (2) that someone just wants to control. Although there are some further ramifications to this, it basically comes down to these options.

	“2.	Security checking is often done without regard to the point where the person feels better and so became overrun.
	3.	Security checking is often done in disregard of the state of a person's case.”          LRH
	(from HCO PL 26 Aug 68 “Security Checks Abolished”)

Put this all together with HCO PL 6 Mar 82 “Confessional Tech Policies” that directs that “Anyone who refuses a Confessional ... should be turned over to the Ethics Officer”. Then with HCOB/PL 7 Jan 85 “HCO Confessionals” you can make them “actionable on the person”. Now you really got something going there!

 
Publication history of HCOB/PL 30 Jul 70 “The Tech and Ethics of Confessionals” - A satire

The HCO PL release history goes thus as follows:

And here it ends, I have been unable to find any cancellation information on the BPL release. But all BPLs were considered void in 1980, and so this has not been in use nor available for quite some time now.

The HCOB release history gives the following:

A person signing with L. Ron Hubbard thus confirms its authenticity and validity. So far all is well. But we are not done yet here. Only 4 years later in 1988 the next step follows, which is that it gets cancelled by the following reference:

Vocabulary:

     ..R, ..RA, ..RB (etc) or #R, #RA (etc):
For example: ‘HCO PL 24 Sept 70R’ & ‘HCO PL 24 Sept 70RA’, etc. The given date denotes the first time it has been published in issue-form. The R, RA indication may also follow after an issue-number. The R stands for ‘Revision’ and would refer to that it has been revised since it was first published. If it is revised a 2nd time it is indicated as RA, a 3rd time RB, then RC, and so on.
     ASHO:
‘American Saint Hill Organization’. A higher level Scientology organization residing in Los Angeles.
     audit, auditing, auditor:
The application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor (listener). The goal of the auditor is to make the receiver of the auditing look at incidents and reduce the mental charge which may lay upon them. The auditor may not evaluate and has to adhere to the Auditor's code.
     BPL:
‘Board Policy Letter’. Color flash–green ink on cream paper. These are the issues of the Boards of Directors of the Churches of Scientology and are separate and distinct from HCO Policy Letters written by LRH. Only LRH issues may be printed green on white for policy and only LRH issues may have the prefix HCO. These Board issues are valid as Policy. (BPL 14 Jan 74R I, New Issues).
  This issue-type was established in January 1974. In October 1975 a project was started to cancel HCO PLs not written by L. Ron Hubbard and if still found being of value having them reissued as BPLs. By 1980 all BPLs had been revoked.
     BTB:
‘Board Technical Bulletin’. Color flash–red ink on cream paper. These are the issues of the Boards of Directors of the Churches of Scientology and are separate and distinct from HCO Bulletins written by LRH. Only LRH issues may be printed green on white for Technical Bulletins and only LRH issues may have the prefix HCO. These Board issues are valid as tech. (BPL 14 Jan 74R I, New Issues).
  This issue-type was established in January 1974. In December 1974 a project was started to cancel HCOBs not written by L. Ron Hubbard and if still found being of value having them reissued as BTBs. By 1980 all BTBs had been revoked.
     Clear:
1. What we mean by Clear is an erasure of the mental mass which inhibits their thinking, postulating, and so on. (SH Spec 75, 6608C16)  2. An unaberrated person. He is rational in that he forms the best possible solutions he can on the data he has and from his viewpoint. He obtains the maximum pleasure for the organism, present and future, as well as for the subjects along the other dynamics. The Clear has no engrams which can be restimulated to throw out the correctness of computation by entering hidden and false data in it. (Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, p. 111)
     C/S:
‘Case/Supervisor’.  1. That person in a Scientology Church who gives instructions regarding, and supervises the auditing of preclears. The abbreviation C/S can refer to the Case Supervisor or to the written instructions of a case supervisor depending on context. (BTB 12 Apr 72R)  2. The C/S is the case supervisor. He has to be an accomplished and properly certified auditor and a person trained additionally to supervise cases. The C/S is the auditor's “handler.”He tells the auditor what to do, corrects his tech, keeps the lines straight and keeps the auditor calm and willing and winning. The C/S is the pc's case director. His actions are done for the pc. (Dianetics Today, Bk. 3, p. 545)
     C/S:
A case supervisor direction of what to audit on a pc. (HCOB 23 Aug 71)
     Comm Ev:
‘Committee of Evidence’. A fact-finding group appointed and empowered to impartially investigate and recommend upon Scientology matters of a fairly severe ethical nature. (Introduction to Scientology Ethics, p. 28)
     Earlier Similar (E/S):
Whenever an auditor gets a read on an item from rudiments or a prepared list it must be carried to an F/N. If you know bank structure you know it is necessary to find an earlier item if something does not release. What has been found as a read on a prepared list would F/N if it were the basic lock. So if it doesn't F/N, then there is an earlier (or an earlier or an earlier) lock which is preventing it from F/Ning. (HCOB 14 Mar 71R)
     Ethics Officer (EO, E/O):
The activities of the Ethics Officer consist of isolating individuals who are stopping proper flows by pulling withholds with ethics technology and by removing as necessary potential trouble sources and suppressive individuals off org comm lines and by generally enforcing ethics codes. The purpose of the Ethics Officer is to help Ron clear orgs and the public if need be of entheta and enturbulation so that Scientology can be done. (HCO PL 11 May 65, Ethics Officer Hat)
     Expanded Dianetics (Ex Dn, XDN):
(1) “its results are freedom from cruel impulses and chronic unwanted conditions and ability to act in an optimum manner without restraint.”;  (2) about the course: “Trains a person to understand and handle irrational behavior in others and chronic unwanted conditions.” (What Is Scientology? (1978), p 10 & 12)
     FPRD:
‘False Purpose Rundown’. A specific auditing action aiming at disclosing hidden ‘false purposes’ of which the person him or herself is not aware of, but is undermining this person's own survival in various ways. The FPRD is basically an extension of Expanded Dianetics.
     Grade Chart or Gradation Chart:
Classification, Gradation and Awareness Chart. On the right side of the chart there are various steps called the states of release. The left-hand side of the chart describes the very important steps of training on which one gains the knowledge and abilities necessary to deliver the grades of release to another. It is a guide for the individual from the point where he first becomes dimly aware of a Scientologist or Scientology and shows him how and where he should move up in order to make it. (The Auditor 107 ASHO)
     HCO (Division):
‘Hubbard Communications Office’. It's in charge of the org boards, personnel, hatting and communication lines. HCO builds, holds, maintains, mans and controls the organization. It's in charge of inspection and it's in charge of ethics. Has the say on all copyrights and trademarks, rights of materials and the issuance of publications.
     HCOB:
‘Hubbard Communications Office Bulletin’. Color flash–red ink on white paper. Written by LRH only , but only so starting from January 1974. These are the technical issue line. All data for auditing and courses is contained in HCOBs. For more information go here (separate window).
    HCO PL:
‘Hubbard Communication Office Policy Letter’. Color flash–green ink on white paper. Written by LRH only, but only so starting from January 1974. These are the organizational and administrative issue line. For more information go here (separate window).
     HGC:
‘Hubbard Guidance Center’. The department of the technical division of a Scientology organization which sets you up for and delivers auditing.
     LRH:
An usual abbreviation for ‘L. Ron Hubbard’.
     MAA:
‘Master at Arms’. Ethics Officer in the Sea Organization (senior Scientology organization). See further at ‘Ethics Officer’.
     MEST:
A coined word, meaning matter, energy, space and time, the physical universe. All physical phenomena may be considered as energy operating in space and time. The movement of matter or energy in time is the measure of space. All things are mest except theta.
     Operating Thetan (OT):
1. Willing and knowing cause over life, thought, matter, energy, space and time. And that would of course be mind and that would of course be universe. (SH Spec 80, 6609C08)  2. An individual who could operate totally independently of his body whether he had one or didn't have one. He's now himself, he's not dependent on the universe around him. (SH Spec 66, 6509C09)  3. A being at cause over matter, energy, space, time, form and life. Operating comes from “able to operate without dependency on things” and thetan is the Greek letter theta (θ), which the Greeks used to represent “thought” or perhaps “spirit” to which an “n” is added to make a new noun in the modern style used to create words in engineering. (Book of Case Remedies, p. 10)
     ‘The Organization Executive Course’:
Subtitled in the 1970-74 release: ‘An Encyclopedia of Scientology Policy’. This is a series of books that contain the HCO PLs, and any references that are primarily dealing with administrative matters. They are divided up division wise. The HCO PLs are printed in green ink on white paper, and the volumes themselves come in green bindings. These books may also be referred to as the ‘green volumes’ or even ‘OEC volumes’. The ‘old green volumes’ then would refer to the 1970-74 release, the ‘new green volumes’ instead to the 1991 release. See a listing of published volumes here (pop-up window).
     original mimeo print-off:
Individually printed issues and distributed from the Mimeo Section of the Scientology organization as opposed to those collected in volumes. These are the issues that you may regard as the real first prints. As a rule these are typed out, mimeographed and distributed as soon as possible after having been compiled or written. They are always legal-sized, 8½ by 14 inches (approx. 21,6 x 35,6 cm). If the issue had 3 or more sides, the pages were collated and stapled together in the upper left corner. More detailed information about this is found here (separate window).
     OT:
Short for ‘Operating Thetan’. See at that entry in vocabulary.
     overt, overt act:
A harmful act or a transgression against the moral code of a group. When a person does something that is contrary to the moral code he has agreed to, or when he omits to do something that he should have done per that moral code, he has committed an overt. An overt violates what was agreed upon. An overt can be intentional or unintentional.
     overt-withhold mechanism:
‘overt-motivator sequence’:  1. If a fellow does an overt, he will then believe he's got to have a motivator or that he has had a motivator. (Anatomy of the Human Mind Congress, Lecture #2, 6012C31)  2. The sequence wherein someone who has committed an overt has to claim the existence of motivators, the motivators are then likely to be used to justify further overt acts. (The Phoenix Lectures glossary)
     O/W:
Short for ‘Overt/Withhold’. See at ‘overt-withhold mechanism’ in vocabulary.
     O/W Write-up:
‘Overt/Withhold Write-up’. Basically writing down overt acts and withholds in a particular format on a piece of paper that is then forwarded to the Ethics section of a Scientology organization. It's purpose is to relieve the conscience of the person, and make him feel better. It is also a standard practice to be done prior to receiving auditing, as one is told that it will save the person costly auditing hours.
     pc(s):
Short for ‘preclear(s)’. See at that entry in vocabulary.
     PR:
Short for ‘Public Relations’.
     preclear (pc):
1. A person who, through Scientology processing, is finding out more about himself and life. (The Phoenix Lectures, p. 20)  2. A spiritual being who is now on the road to becoming Clear, hence preclear. (HCOB 5 Apr 69)  3. One who is discovering things about himself and who is becoming clearer. (HCO PL 21 Aug 62)
     PTS, PTSness:
‘potential trouble source’.  1. Somebody who is connected with an SP (suppressive person) who is invalidating him, his beingness, his processing, his life. (SH Spec 63, 6506C08)  2. He's here, he's way up today and he's way down tomorrow. (Establishment Officer Lecture 3, 7203C02 SO I)  3. The mechanism of PTS is environmental menace that keeps something continually keyed in. This can be a constant recurring somatic or continual, recurring pressure or a mass. (HCOB 5 Dec 68)
     R6:
‘Routine 6’. It means the exact processes and aspects of case handled at Level VI of Scientology (BTB 12 Apr 72R)
     R6EW:
‘Routine 6 End Words’. When the pc has taken the locks off the reactive mind itself, using R6EW, he attains Fourth Stage Release. (HCOB 30 Aug 65) [Grade VI Release].
     reactive mind:
1. That portion of a person's mind which works on a stimulus-response basis (given a certain stimulus, it gives a certain response) which is not under his volitional control and which exerts force and the power of command over his awareness, purposes, thoughts, body and actions. It consists of GPMs, Engrams, Secondaries and Locks. (Scientology Abridged Dictionary)  2. Stored in the reactive mind are engrams, and here we find the single source of aberrations and psychosomatic ills. (Scientology 0-8, p. 11)  3. ‘bank’: a colloquial name for the reactive mind. This is what the procedures of Scientology are devoted to disposing of, for it is only a burden to an individual and he is much better off without it. (Scientology Abridged Dictionary)  4. The reactive mind acts below the level of consciousness. It is the literal stimulus-response mind. Given a certain stimulus it gives a certain response. (The Fundamentals of Thought, p. 58)
     Saint Hill Special Briefing Course (SHSBC):
This was a course delivered by L. Ron Hubbard at Saint Hill, England during 1961-66 and comprises of 447 lectures. Its result is a very adept auditor and thorough know-how of Scientology itself. The materials are studied in chronological sequence so as to fully understand the development of the technology. This will make you a Class VI Auditor.
     Sec Check(ing):
Short for ‘security check(ing)’.
     SHSBC:
‘Saint Hill Special Briefing Course’. See at that entry in vocabulary.
     theta:
Thought, life force, the spirit or the soul.
     thetan:
1. The living unit we call, in Scientology, a thetan, that being taken from the Greek letter theta, the mathematic symbol used in Scientology to indicate the source of life and life itself. (Ability Magazine 1)  2. The person himself—not his body or his name, the physical universe, his mind, or anything else; that which is aware of being aware; the identity which is the individual. The thetan is most familiar to one and all as you. (Auditor 25 UK)
     Withholds, W/Hs:
Something a person did that he isn't talking about. Basically, it is a no action after the fact of action in which the individual has done or been an accessory to doing something which is a transgression against some moral code consisting of agreements to which the individual has subscribed in order to guarantee, with others, the survival of a group with which he is co-acting or has co-acted toward survival. (from Marriage Hats booklet)
     XDN or Ex Dn:
Short for ‘Expanded Dianetics’.  See at that entry in vocabulary.