WHAT IS SCIENTOLOGY® AUDITING?                                            Home Page
 

“Auditing” is a word that comes from the Latin word audire, meaning to hear or listen. It is the application of exact procedures of Dianetics and Scientology. It is called auditing because it is delivered by an “auditor” — one who is trained in the application of exact procedures of Dianetics and Scientology, and applies these procedures to assist the individual. The auditor listens, and directs the individual’s attention, to help him find out more about himself and about life.

When properly practiced, Scientology enables one to develop in all aspects of life, both spiritual and temporal. It addresses the individual and brings about greater happiness, self-confidence and ability by increasing a person’s awareness and effectiveness in life.

THE PRACTICE OF SCIENTOLOGY
Within the vast amount of data which makes up Scientology’s religious philosophy there are many principles which, when learned, give one a new and broader view of life. These principles amount to a huge area of observation in the humanities. The data exists for a person to think with, to work with, to wonder with, to accept or reject as he wishes. It is a body of knowledge there for the learning. There is nothing authoritarian in it. It is valuable purely as a body of knowledge.

From this body of wisdom the second division of Scientology — the application of the principles of Scientology’s philosophy — is derived. The extraordinary achievement of Dianetics and Scientology has been the development of exact, precise methods to increase man’s spiritual awareness and capabilities. Other efforts along this line provided only sporadic or temporary results — if any. Using Scientology, life-enhancing improvements can be obtained when exactly applied.

The importance of application in Scientology comes from the fact that L. Ron Hubbard developed as part of the religion an actual technology that enables one to use his discoveries to better oneself and others.

Technology means the methods of application of the principles of something, as opposed to mere knowledge of the thing itself. And, using L. Ron Hubbard’s technology, applying the methods, one can heighten his perceptions and awareness, increase his abilities and lead a better, more fulfilling life. In short, one can be unhindered by others’ ideas that man cannot change and that one can be no better than he was born to be.

The term technology is used with regard to the application of Scientology principles. Many technologies are extant today, technologies to build bridges and technologies to fire rockets into space. But with the work of L. Ron Hubbard, for the first time there exists a proven, workable technology to improve the functions of the mind and rehabilitate the potential of the spirit. This is auditing.

A DESCRIPTION OF AUDITING

Although the purely philosophical aspects of L. Ron Hubbard’s work are sufficient in themselves to elevate this civilization, only auditing provides a precise path by which any individual may walk an exact route to higher states of spiritual awareness. The goal of auditing is to restore beingness and ability. This is accomplished by (1) helping the individual rid himself of any spiritual disabilities and (2) increasing individual abilities. Obviously, both are necessary for an individual to achieve his full spiritual potential.

Auditing, then, deletes those things which have been added to the reactive mind through life’s painful experiences and addresses and improves one’s ability to confront and handle the factors in his life.

Through auditing one is able to look at his own existence and improve his ability to confront what he is and where he is. There are vast differences between the technology of auditing, a religious practice, and other practices. There is no use of hypnosis, trance techniques or drugs during auditing. The person being audited is completely aware of everything that happens. Auditing is precise, thoroughly codified and has exact procedures.

A person trained and qualified to better individuals through auditing is called an auditor. Auditor is defined as one who listens, from the Latin audire meaning to hear or listen. An auditor is a minister or minister-in-training of the Church of Scientology.

A person receiving auditing is called a preclear — from pre-Clear, a person not yet Clear. A preclear is a person who, through auditing, is finding out more about himself and life.

The period of time during which an auditor audits a preclear is called an auditing session. A session is conducted at an agreed-upon time established by the auditor and preclear.

Auditing uses processes — exact sets of questions asked or directions given by an auditor to help a person locate areas of spiritual distress, find out things about himself and improve his condition. There are many, many different auditing processes, and each one improves the individual’s ability to confront and handle part of his existence. When the specific objective of any one process is attained, the process is ended and another can then be used to address a different part of the person’s life.

An unlimited number of questions could, of course, be asked — which might or might not help a person. The accomplishment of Dianetics and Scientology is that L. Ron Hubbard isolated the exact questions and directions to bring about spiritual freedom.

The questions or directions of the process guide the person to inspect a certain part of his existence. What is found will naturally vary from person to person, since everyone’s experiences are different. Regardless of experience or background, however, the individual is assisted in locating not only areas of spiritual upset or difficulty in his life, but in locating the source of the upset. By doing this, any person is able to free himself of unwanted barriers that inhibit, stop or blunt his natural abilities and increase these abilities so that he becomes brighter and more spiritually able.

There are no variables in the technology of auditing, no random results or haphazard applications. Auditing is not a period of vague free association. Each process is exact in its design and in its application, and attains a definite result when correctly ministered.

Scientology auditing can bring any person from a condition of spiritual blindness to the brilliant joy of spiritual existence.

THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATION
In point of fact, communication is one of Scientology’s most fundamental doctrines and the basis for its core religious services, auditing and training. A substantial portion of the Scientology scripture is devoted to the understanding and application of communication, including books, tape-recorded lectures and training films. A Scientology auditor studies communication and practices communication techniques at many points in his training, continually working to achieve a perfect mastery of its formula.

Auditing becomes possible only through application of the communication formula. A person participating in auditing (a “preclear” in Scientology) must direct his attention inward to the deepest recesses of his reactive mind to confront occluded past incidents, including past lives, in order to find the answers to auditing questions, erase the harmful energy contained in the mental image picture recordings of these incidents, and thus experience relief from spiritual travail. The preclear is fully alert during an auditing session and becomes even more alert as auditing progresses. The auditor and preclear work together to help the preclear defeat the preclear’s reactive mind. Auditing is not something done to the person, but involves his active participation to increase his self-determinism. Using communication alone, the auditor must direct the preclear’s attention (with the preclear’s agreement) to past moments of pain, unconsciousness or misemotion.

The preclear, knowing that the auditor is following the exact and predictable communication formula, feels sufficiently secure to allow the auditor to direct his attention and to tell the auditor about what he finds.

THE AUDITOR’S CODE
The auditor maintains and practices a code of conduct toward his preclear known as the “Auditor’s Code.” This is a doctrine of rules which must be strictly followed to ensure a preclear receives the greatest possible spiritual gain from auditing, and was evolved over many years of observation. It is the code of ethics which governs an auditor’s actions.

For example, in keeping with the Auditor’s Code, an auditor promises never to use the secrets divulged by a preclear in an auditing session. Traditionally, all communications between a minister and his parishioners have been privileged and confidential, and such is the case in auditing. The confidences given in trust during an auditing session are considered sacrosanct by the Church, and are never betrayed.

Auditing is only successful when the auditor conducts himself in accordance with the Code. An auditor never tells the preclear what he should think about himself, nor offers his opinion about what is being audited. A goal of auditing is to restore the preclear’s certainty in his own viewpoint; evaluation for the preclear only inhibits attainment of this goal. Hence, such evaluation is prohibited by the Code.

The qualities instilled by the Auditor’s Code are essentially those held to be the best in people. An auditor shows his preclear kindness, affinity, patience and other such virtues, to assist the preclear in confronting areas of spiritual upset or difficulty.

THE E-METER

The Electropsychometer, or E-Meter, measures the mental state or change of state of a person, helping the auditor and preclear locate areas of spiritual distress or travail so they can be addressed and handled. Auditing is assisted by use of a religious artifact which helps the auditor and preclear locate areas of spiritual distress or travail. This religious artifact is called an Electropsychometer, or E-Meter. (Electro-psycho-meter from electrometer, a calibrated device used for measuring extremely low voltages and psyche, the human soul, spirit or mind.) The E-Meter measures the spiritual state or change of state of a person and thus is of enormous benefit to the auditor in helping the preclear locate areas to be handled. The reactive mind’s hidden nature requires utilization of a device capable of registering its effects — a function the E-Meter does accurately. When the person holding the E-Meter electrodes thinks a thought, looks at a picture, reexperiences an incident or shifts some part of the reactive mind, he is moving and changing actual mental mass and energy. These changes in the mind influence the tiny flow of electrical energy generated by the E-Meter, causing the needle on its dial to move. The needle reactions on the E-Meter tell the auditor where the charge lies, and that it should be addressed through auditing.

Different needle movements have exact meanings and the skill of an auditor includes a complete understanding of all meter reactions. Using the meter, the auditor ensures the process covers the correct area in order to discharge the harmful energy connected with that portion of the preclear’s reactive mind. When charge lessens, the person heightens his ability to think clearly in the area being addressed and his survival potential increases proportionately. As a result, the preclear discovers things about himself and his life — new realizations about existence, the milestones that mark his gains.

These realizations result in a higher degree of spiritual awareness and consequently a greater ability to succeed.

HOW AN AUDITING SESSION IS CONDUCTED

This is an auditing session. The auditor is on the left; the preclear is on the right.
Auditing consists of certain elements: the preclear, the auditor, the auditing process, communication, the Auditor’s Code and the E-Meter. In combination, they resolve the reactive mind.

An auditing session takes place in a quiet, comfortable place where it will not be disturbed. Usually the auditor and preclear are seated across a table or desk from one another with an E-Meter set up for the auditor’s use. Before a program of auditing begins, the preclear is familiarized with the elements of auditing during a period of orientation so he knows what to expect in a session. The auditor also ensures the preclear has no distractions or upsets to prevent him from devoting his full attention to the process used in the session.

Different types of auditing are used for each preclear, depending upon his concerns during the session and his earlier auditing. Although auditing addresses the individual, and each individual is different, a precisely delineated gradient of processing steps must be followed to achieve personal spiritual freedom for everyone.

By using exact questions and the E-Meter, the auditor first locates an area of charge in the preclear’s reactive mind to address with the process. When the auditor finds something in the reactive mind, the meter needle surges, indicating that the subject of his questioning contains charge.

Once an area of charge or upset has been located, the auditor then asks the process question or gives the directions needed to assist the preclear in examining that upset. The preclear is now inspecting his reactive mind.

The auditor guides the preclear to look at this area more thoroughly. He continues the process and makes notes of the meter reactions and data recovered by the preclear to help chart progress. He abides by the Auditor’s Code, never evaluating the data being recovered by the preclear. As the process continues, more and more data from that area of the reactive mind, heretofore hidden from the person’s conscious awareness, becomes available in the analytical mind of the preclear. The questions and directions of the particular process help the preclear discharge the harmful energy or force connected with incidents or situations in his past. As the charge lessens, the preclear’s awareness of the area increases.

The auditor continues to guide the preclear’s attention to the area. Reactions on the E-Meter aid him to direct the preclear to pull more and more data, previously unknown to the preclear, out of the reactive mind and return it to his analytical awareness. Ultimately, the preclear becomes completely aware of the content and is able to view it as it is, without his awareness clouded by reactivity.

During auditing, a preclear has many realizations about life. Such discoveries are known in Scientology as cognitions. A cognition is something a person has come to realize. It is a “What do you know, I just realized why I always felt that way about . . .” kind of statement. Cognitions result in a higher degree of awareness and consequently greater abilities to succeed in life. When such a realization occurs, that portion of the reactive mind ceases to register on the E-Meter and the needle freely sweeps the dial rhythmically back and forth, a phenomenon plainly visible to the auditor.

The preclear has gained a higher degree of awareness and rid himself of, perhaps, an irrational fear, psychosomatic illness or psychosomatic disability. The source of what had been bothering him had been unknown, but, once discovered, its power is nullified. The process employed in the auditing session has served its purpose and can be ended. The auditor now proceeds on to additional processes in further auditing the preclear.

As more and more areas of the reactive mind are addressed and alleviated through auditing, its adverse effects continue to lessen and the individual becomes happier, more spiritually aware and more in control of his life.

WHY AUDITING WORKS
In a session, the analytical mind of the preclear is assisted by the analytical mind of the auditor in order to vanquish the preclear’s reactive mind.

The preclear is victimized by his reactive mind. When the reactive mind is restimulated, a person is affected by the harmful energy it contains. Since the reactive mind is hidden, the preclear cannot handle it by himself. Witness the thousands of years man has philosophized, “soul searched” and tried to understand himself and his motives to no avail. In the absence of an auditor, the strength of the preclear’s dynamic thrust is less than the force being exerted by the reactive mind.

One of the primary reasons auditing works is because the strength of the auditor’s dynamic thrust is added to the preclear’s dynamic thrust and these two combined are greater than the single force of the preclear’s reactive mind. Working together and applying L. Ron Hubbard’s precise technology, the preclear’s reactive mind can be erased.

Each time an area of charge is released from the reactive mind, the preclear’s awareness increases. This increase of awareness builds from auditing session to auditing session and the preclear gradually becomes more and more aware of who he actually is, what has happened to him and what his true spiritual potentials and abilities are.

VALIDATION OF RESULTS
Auditing gains which a person feels subjectively can also be shown objectively through testing during the course of an auditing program. Numerous tests are used by technical staff to help gauge a preclear’s progress. These tests measure the preclear’s ability prior to starting an auditing program and provide a prediction of how much auditing it may take to achieve a certain result with the preclear. When the preclear is retested afterwards, the improvements he is experiencing personally can be plotted on a graph which validates his gains. The results are used by the auditor to help determine further processes to audit.

Though testing is primarily meant to assist technical staff to ensure a preclear derives the greatest spiritual benefits in his auditing, the consistent results observed have changed man’s viewpoint of himself in many regards. Prior to Dianetics, psychiatry and psychology were adamant in their assertion that a person’s ability and intelligence could not be changed. Their pronouncements were disproven in the face of study after study wherein persons showed dramatic increases in both areas after auditing.

One routine test is the Oxford Capacity Analysis (OCA) which accurately measures ten different personality traits. These rise markedly in auditing, reflecting the preclear’s gains. Preclears report being calmer, more stable, more energetic and more outgoing as a direct result of auditing, and scores on the OCA furnish corroborative data.

Aptitude tests are also a reliable indicator of auditing results. Improvements in aptitude test scores correlate with a decrease in propensity towards accidents. Many other tests are available which measure coordination and perceptions such as vision, hearing, colorblindness, balance and so on. These functions also improve as a result of auditing.

Naturally, individual progress is variable since it is largely influenced by the preclear’s dedication and the frequency of sessions. Therefore, clearly defined rates of improvement are impossible to establish, and the Church makes no claims or guarantees of the gains someone will make in auditing. Church staff, however, have seen so many remarkable improvements in parishioners that they expect such results as a matter of course.

COMPARISON TO EARLIER PRACTICES
Auditing is quite different, both in terms of approach and result, from other efforts which purport to help man improve his lot in life.

In psychoanalysis, for instance, the analyst does not accept what the person says but interprets it, evaluates his condition for him, reads sexual significance into his statements and tells him why he is worried, all of which merely confuse a person further and have no helpful effect. In auditing, what the preclear says is never evaluated and his data is never refuted. To do so would totally violate the Auditor’s Code. Nor in auditing is the preclear encouraged to ramble on without guidance, ransacking the millions of incidents in his reactive mind and restimulating many, in the hope he might stumble across the right one.

In the more brutal practice of psychiatry, force (physical, chemical or surgical) is used to overwhelm an individual’s ideas and behavior and render the patient quiet. There is no thought of gain or help here but only of making patients more manageable. Auditing bears no resemblance to any part of this field.

Similarly, auditing bears no resemblance to psychology, which is primarily the study of observing responses to stimuli and provides no means of producing actual improvement. Other practices such as hypnotism consider that a person has to be put into a state of lessened awareness (i.e., a trance) before anything can be done. Auditing is quite the opposite and seeks to wake people up, not put them to sleep.

Past efforts to help man sought to do so by enforcing moral codes or standards of behavior and conduct but, having no knowledge of the reactive mind or means to relieve its irrational dictates, they achieved no lasting improvements.

Auditing is quite different from these past practices, many of which were impositive and some, like psychiatry, which are actually harmful. In auditing one follows a precisely mapped route which leads to specific improvements and it is only the individual being audited who says whether these have been achieved or not. The preclear determines when he has regained an ability or rid himself of a spiritual barrier to living, not anyone else. The auditor continues to minister to the preclear until the preclear knows of his own volition that he has succeeded. It is not the auditor or anyone else in Scientology who says the preclear has made a gain. The preclear himself knows. Given that the goal of auditing is rehabilitation of one’s own potentials, the gains can really be determined in no other way.

Auditing is made up of common denominators which apply to all life. There are no variables in auditing; the same procedures apply to all cases. Only auditing restores to the individual his native potentials, enabling him to be the person he knows he really is. Only auditing frees a person from the traps of the reactive mind.

RESULTS

While the results that can be obtained from use of Dianetics and Scientology principles and the application of its techniques are best understood by seeing it for oneself, here is a sampling of the gains Scientologists report having experienced from Scientology auditing services. These are just a few of the millions of successes on file in churches around the world relating to the benefits received from Scientology auditing.

The following should not be construed as claims made by the Church concerning personal benefits any individual will experience. The Church provides the services. The results speak for themselves.

“My success ranks with biblical references to the blind seeing, the lame walking and people being raised from the dead! What the top medical authorities in the fields of internal medicine, orthopedics, radiology and neurology could not handle in three years, my auditor with L. Ron Hubbard’s technology handled in one afternoon! I can move my previously debilitated left arm with ease and comfort now. This morning I could not raise it from my side without terrible pain!

“The spiritual cause of the problems is resolved and the problem no longer exists.” P.W. Introductory Auditing

“I’ve had many personal successes with Scientology auditing. My ability to let others be, without the need to interfere and unnecessarily interrupt or control them, came way up. This was a big win, in the work environment particularly. Also, I found changes in life, often disconcerting in the past, became something I just took in stride. All in all, my ability to confront and handle the pressures and stresses of day-to-day interrelationships increased dramatically and I find myself calmer and enjoying life much, much more. K.R. Scientology Auditing

“I was looking for a way to handle the emotional pain left over from being abused as a child. I went to a psychologist and she said, ‘I don’t know how to help you.’ Another one said, ‘All we can do is ‘reprogram’ you.’ The third one told me maybe she could do something but that it would take thirty years. Then a friend told me Scientology could handle my problem, like that! It’s true. Since I have had Scientology auditing I no longer have to live in the past—I can live in the present and create my future. And it all happened faster than I would have imagined possible!” M.S. Scientology Auditing

“Scientology [auditing] have noticeable increased my ability to learn. In my business, I must do extensive research, and I am now able to absorb and understand a much higher volume of material. This ability has been invaluable to me.

“Due to [Scientology auditing] I have become much happier and find my respect for others has increased. My energy level has risen to the point where I’ve started my own business and have become revitalized as a writer and financial lecturer.

“Probably the most amazing thing which has happened to me was the fact of a 20 percent increase in my IQ.” K.G. Scientology Auditing

“There is so much for me to say about this fantastic auditing. It handled areas of myself and my life that I’ve wanted handled for so long. I’m incredibly happy. I don’t know when I’ve really ever attained this before.

“One of the biggest things that occurred was that I gained self-respect—something I’ve been without for a very long time. I now have the ability to inspect situations with myself and others and handle accordingly without shame. It’s a great life I have and will continue to have. I have a fresh start now!” K.S. Scientology Auditing

One can receive Scientology auditing at any church of Scientology.

DIANETICS AND SCIENTOLOGY INTRODUCTORY SERVICES
It is easy for someone new to Scientology to take his first steps on the Bridge to Total Freedom. His introduction to the religion usually comes through reading one of L. Ron Hubbard’s books and/or attending a lecture about Dianetics or Scientology given by a Scientologist at a church or mission. After realizing there are areas in his life and environment that he would like to change for the better, and that Scientology has a technology that will help him achieve this, he is usually eager to begin a service. And with this as the impetus, he finds Dianetics and Scientology introductory services which provide an accessible first step.

While the following services are described as “introductory,” their power to bring about positive spiritual benefit should not be underestimated. Each service provides much insight into the basic precepts and practices of Dianetics and Scientology and furnishes valuable data one can immediately apply to improve life — one’s own and that of others.

Dianetics and Scientology is a vast body of wisdom. It is presented in a series of gradient levels that enable one to rise in spiritual awareness and ability with certainty and stability. And like all services in Scientology, these initial ones are designed on an ideal gradient.

Introductory services are usually short in length and can be completed in a few evenings at any church or mission. Several, but by no means all, of these services are described below. While they are usually done in the order given below, this may vary according to an initial assessment which helps gauge a person’s current spiritual state. This includes testing such as a personality profile which measures ten different traits, the person’s knowledge of Scientology, what Scientology books he has read, and other factors. With the help of a Scientologist who knows exactly what part of Scientology best matches the individual’s immediate needs, he can then progress in the sequence that is right for him.

His first action before beginning any service, however, will invariably be to see the Orientation film which, as described below, shows him what he will find in a church of Scientology. The next step is usually the Success Through Communication Course which provides invaluable tools which will help him progress more effectively in everything he does in Scientology. In addition, one finds a lineup of introductory services which address specific needs which may be appropriate depending upon the initial assessment that has been done. All exist, however, to move him through the introductory area and onto and up the Bridge to Total Freedom.

If you’re interested in Dianetics and Scientology Introductory Services, contact your nearest church of Scientology.

Orientation — the Film
Orientation answers the question, “What is Scientology?” and is the film everyone sees before beginning their first service. As its title suggests, the film thoroughly orients the viewer to what happens inside a Scientology church and, in fact, shows him exactly what to expect from the moment he enters. It also provides an understanding of the Scientology religion, its purpose and the vital role it plays in society. Scientologists from many walks of life describe what Scientology means to them and relate the profoundly positive effects they have experienced through its application in their lives. By the end of this film, the viewer will have a clear understanding of his role in Scientology and of what he is aiming for.

See the film Orientation at the Church of Scientology closest to you.

Life Improvement Courses

A person can make rapid improvement in a specific area of his life with a Life Improvement Course. These provide Scientology fundamentals directly related to the area for which a person wants immediate help. The Scientology Life Improvement Courses are designed to fit the different needs of individuals based on their knowledge of Dianetics and Scientology, what books they may have read and their situation in life. These contain the basics of Scientology technology which can bring immediate improvement to a specific aspect of an individual’s existence.

The confusions of modern living require solutions. A difficulty in a relationship, a business or family situation can grow and consume far too much attention. In fact, it is these seemingly commonplace problems that often work to distract one from the more important things in life, particularly one’s spiritual growth. Each Life Improvement Course contains Scientology breakthroughs one can use to rectify specific problem areas and improve conditions. There are services addressing interpersonal relations, overcoming the ups and downs in life, personal values and integrity, understanding others, working more efficiently, marriage, raising children, and many more.

In every sense of the word, then, these are practical courses. Each is illustrated to facilitate understanding, with an emphasis on practical application. One learns the theory of basic Scientology principles relating to each area, then applies these in course room exercises until they can be applied in life.

For example, in the Life Improvement Course which deals with improving relationships, one discovers ways, based on Scientology fundamentals, to improve relationships with others. He learns the true basis of interpersonal relations, the affinity, reality and communication (ARC) triangle, and then practices the precise steps set forth in the course for improving or repairing any relationship. He learns principles of communication and their application. He learns the Third Party Law, L. Ron Hubbard’s discovery concerning the underlying cause of any conflict, and how to employ this discovery to resolve strife. Given these and other tools, he can change and improve his life. He learns things he can actually do, not only for his own benefit, but also for the benefit of others.

Life Improvement Courses are unique to Scientology. Unlike other religions, Scientology offers a practical technology about man that can be applied to actually improve conditions in life. As one applies this technology to day-to-day concerns to better himself and others, he finds he is now more able to continue his journey to higher levels of spiritual awareness and ability.

Life Improvement Courses:

Overcoming Ups and Downs in Life Course
Personal Values and Integrity Course
How to Improve Relationships with Others Course
How to Improve Conditions in Life Course
Starting a Successful Marriage Course
How to Improve Your Marriage Course
How to Be a Successful Parent Course
How to Maintain a Successful Marriage Course
Financial Success Course
How to Make Work Easier Course
The Dynamics of Money Course
These courses are available at any Church of Scientology.

The Success Through Communication Course
This course is a vital step for anyone new to Scientology. Many, many people experience difficulties in communicating. Some have trouble expressing themselves, while others feel uncomfortable in certain social situations. Still others find it difficult to initiate a conversation, while some do not know how to end one. Communication difficulties are among the biggest problems people have in everyday living. Yet in addition to creating problems in life, this inability is also a block to spiritual improvement. In fact, the key to such improvement is the ability to communicate. One of the greatest discoveries of Scientology is the delineation of the components of communication. All the spiritual gains experienced in Scientology stem in one way or another from knowledge and application of communication. Effective communication is essential for a successful auditing session. And communication constitutes the primary corner of the ARC triangle, one of Scientology’s fundamental principles. Effective communication is integral to every Scientology religious service and Scientologists have become known around the world as the experts on the subject of communication.

The exact technology of how to communicate effectively is taught on the Success Through Communication Course, which consists of eighteen separate communication drills for teaching the basic elements of good communication. Every student twins with another and the two work together, reading a drill and then doing it. Experienced Course Supervisors are always on hand to help with difficulties and ensure smooth progress.

An ability to communicate well is highly rewarded in life as evidenced by the esteem accorded artists, entertainers, television personalities and the like. But on a more personal scale, one who can truly communicate gets the more desirable job, has the better friends, the deeper relationships and a smoother life than one who cannot communicate. More importantly, once one gains the ability to communicate effectively, he has the key to worlds previously hidden, including one’s true spiritual self. This course can be done at any church of Scientology.

The Anatomy of the Human Mind Course
After being introduced to either Dianetics or Scientology, people who want to know more about the mind and about the thetan’s relationship to the mind take this service. Here they learn that the human mind has an exact anatomy. Before Dianetics, this anatomy was essentially unknown because those seeking to understand the mind did so from a wholly material perspective.

The Anatomy of the Human Mind Course contains a precise description of the mind, its components, its workings and its relationship to man as a spiritual being. This extensive service includes twenty lectures, detailing every aspect of the mind. Each lecture is followed by demonstrations and practicals so one gains a comprehensive understanding of such basics as the reactive mind, mental image pictures, engrams, the analytical mind, the being, understanding, the body, its nervous system and aberration. The Anatomy of the Human Mind Course imparts a real understanding of these principles, one which brings about a vast new understanding of life. This course can be done at any church of Scientology.

BOOK ONE SERVICES:
Hubbard Dianetics Seminar Those familiar with Mr. Hubbard’s Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health can experience the workability of Dianetics technology for themselves by attending a Dianetics Seminar and participating in Dianetics auditing. One need not have read the book to participate.

In so doing, one can begin to rid himself of the barriers to his confidence, well-being and success.

A Dianetics Seminar begins with a video presentation that explains basic Dianetics principles and what occurs in an auditing session. Then one reads selected portions of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health and “pairs up” with another seminar participant to practice auditing procedures. After only a few hours he will be familiar enough with Dianetics technology to audit another person or to receive auditing himself, always under the guidance of experienced seminar supervisors who are highly trained in Dianetics auditing. During the seminar one may participate in as much Dianetics auditing as he wishes and thereby gain firsthand understanding and benefits of its power.

Hubbard Dianetics Auditor Course A Hubbard Dianetics Seminar graduate is likely to want to continue co-auditing while learning more about Dianetics. If so, he will probably decide to take the Hubbard Dianetics Auditor Course, which provides the perfect way for him to sharpen his skills as a Dianetics auditor and gain more experience with, and benefit from, Dianetics auditing. This is an extensive course containing tape-recorded auditing demonstrations by L. Ron Hubbard.

Assisted by a trained and experienced Course Supervisor, individuals on the Hubbard Dianetics Auditor Course learn exactly how to deal with anything that could arise in an auditing session through hands-on application of the procedures in Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. This course can be done at any church of Scientology.

Introductory Dianetics Auditing Anyone interested in experiencing Dianetics auditing, exactly as is learned on the Hubbard Dianetics Auditor Course, can receive auditing from an experienced Dianetics auditor. This is available in blocks of auditing to provide the greatest possible benefit. Just as it did in 1950, Dianetics auditing can bring about life-changing results by addressing the unwanted elements in life that hold one back. One can recognize and resolve the hidden sources of pain, nervousness, unwanted behavior patterns, psychosomatic illness, negative emotions and more. And it is available for everyone. There is no need even to have read a book or to have done a course to discover how Dianetics auditing can change one’s life. This service can be done at any church of Scientology.

BEGINNING SCIENTOLOGIST GRADUATE COURSE:
Hubbard Qualified Scientologist Course
Everyone is involved in life whether he is happy about it or not. There are, however, basic laws on the way life operates, and a knowledge of these laws can make life easier to understand and provide tools to improve conditions. This is the subject of the Hubbard Qualified Scientologist Course, the last and most wide-ranging of the introductory courses, and is usually done following the Success Through Communication Course.

This service offers a broad and thorough grounding in key Scientology principles and introduces one to Scientology auditing. It consists of six of L. Ron Hubbard’s basic books, a filmed interview with Mr. Hubbard in which he discusses how he developed Dianetics and Scientology and explains their principles, and many practical assignments that apply what has been studied to real life situations. From these practicals one can come to a certainty as to how to apply these principles rather than treating them as simply some kind of an intellectual pursuit. On this service one learns to audit basic Scientology processes and gains experience auditing others. He drills communication fundamentals and learns how to properly minister an auditing session. After drilling different auditing techniques, he then both audits another and receives auditing himself. These powerful techniques include methods to spiritually assist those suffering from illness or an accident, to make an intoxicated person sober, and processes which greatly raise one’s awareness of his past.

The Hubbard Qualified Scientologist Course gives one an excellent general understanding of what Scientology is about, and how it is applied to help others as well as oneself. It could be said that after completing this course one has “graduated” from the introductory services and is now ready to move up the Bridge towards the state of Clear, and beyond.

INTRODUCTORY AUDITING:
The surest way to understand what Scientology auditing can accomplish towards bettering an individual’s life is to go to a Scientology church or mission and actually experience an auditing session with a highly trained auditor. In fact, this is a vital step for new preclears.

In charting the route to higher spiritual states, L. Ron Hubbard developed processes for taking one to the next higher level of awareness. Many of these processes are designed specifically for the person just beginning auditing. There are hundreds of processes which can be used to introduce one to what auditing is and demonstrate the gains available from it. These are processes that deal, among other things, with increasing communication abilities, raising awareness, expanding affinity and willingness to assume responsibility, and even resolving the causes of unhappiness rooted in failures to adhere to a moral code or helping someone become able to learn. Introductory auditing can produce remarkable changes in conditions and increase spiritual awareness.

There are also many other kinds of introductory auditing, including:

Group Processing. Here, an auditor increases the ability of individuals being audited as part of a group. Group Processing improves a person’s alertness and awareness of the environment, as well as his communication. Some individuals have reported spectacular wins including increased havingness and even exteriorization. For more than four decades Scientologists — newcomers and old-timers alike — have enjoyed the excitement, wins and gains of Group Processing sessions, and, in fact, the sheer fun of them.

Assists. These are actions that are taken to assist the spirit to deal with trauma, losses or upsets, or confront physical difficulties; while not intended to replace medical treatment, they do much to help alleviate physical pain and discomfort.

To learn how to help others with assists or to receive assists contact The nearest Church of Scientology.

Marriage counseling. This addresses marital problems and, through the application of Scientology technology, helps couples create healthy marriages based on trust.

Marriage Counseling is available at any Church of Scientology.

The fact that these services are introductory in no way diminishes their precision or their potential for providing insight into life. In fact, since these services provide an individual with his first spiritual gains from auditing, they often end up as among the most memorable services he will ever experience.

There are also other services an individual can do to begin his Scientology journey if, for example, he has difficulties with study or comprehension, or if he has a history of extensive drug use. These services all have the objective of assisting one to take his first steps onto the Bridge and continue on the path to total freedom.

Life does not have to be an unhappy plight, but one would be hard pressed to find a person who has not had his share of knocks or who cannot name some aspect of life he would wish to improve. Millions have found the answers on introductory services at a Scientology church or mission. And, armed with these answers, they are ready to continue up the Bridge to Total Freedom.

CHAPLAIN AND MINISTERIAL SERVICES

While Scientology ministers perform many of the traditional ceremonies and services common to most religions, they also conduct services that are unique to Scientology.
Churches have always provided guidance and succor to their parishioners in times of need. In fact, beyond strictly spiritual concerns, churches traditionally have seen their mission as easing temporal suffering, helping where help is required and restoring dignity to men and women at pivotal points in their lives.

By longstanding tradition, Scientology ministers also have acted to ease suffering and provide counsel and succor to those in need, whether a member of their congregation or simply someone in the community who may need help. In fact, one cannot function as a Scientology minister without a genuine and overriding desire to help others, whether to ease current suffering or to help people advance up the Bridge. But unlike ministers and priests of other religions, Scientology ministers bring more than compassion and care to the needy—they bring a highly trained expertise in Scientology techniques that can resolve any problem at hand, no matter how insurmountable it may seem to the individual involved.

Ministerial services are important for any religion, but for individual Scientologists they take on special significance—it is by helping others that they help accomplish Scientology’s goal of making this world a better place for everyone.

CHURCH CEREMONIES

A Scientology wedding ceremony
Scientology ministers perform many of the same types of ceremonies and services that ministers and priests of other religions perform. Each Sunday, the church’s Chaplain, or another minister, conducts a weekly service for members of the church, which is open to nonmembers as well. At this service, the minister will speak about some topic related to an important Scientology principle or practice and discuss how it can be applied in daily life. A typical Scientology sermon may address the idea that a person is a spiritual being, the eight dynamics, the Axioms of Scientology or perhaps the Creed of the Church. These weekly services do much to revitalize the religious commitment of Scientologists, but they also offer hope of a better life to the non-Scientologists who are always welcome to attend.

In addition, Scientology congregations celebrate weddings and christenings with their own formal ceremonies and mark the passing of their fellows with funeral rites. The Chaplain often conducts these ceremonies, although any ordained Scientology minister can also officiate. Scientologists find that Scientology services, which address the spirit in accordance with the religion’s teachings, are uniquely suited to their needs and impart a special quality to these occasions.

CHAPLAIN SERVICES

Scientology marriage counseling helps create an atmosphere of honesty and open communication between marital partners. The Chaplain also ministers to Scientologists on a more personal level. Indeed, it is well known within the Scientology community that if there is some personal difficulty threatening one’s progress up the Bridge and there seems nowhere to turn, the Chaplain is always available for counseling and guidance.

Such aid can take many forms.

For example, if a couple are experiencing martial discord and find that it is affecting their progress in auditing and training, they can turn to the Chaplain to help them work through their difficulties. Chaplains are trained in ministering Scientology marriage counseling, which is an exact technology for alleviating martial problems that addresses the root of all such difficulties: transgressions against the couple’s previously agreed moral code which now inhibits their communication. Scientology marriage counseling not only restores communication, but also brings about a resurgence of the affinity and reality that go with it. Utilizing these techniques, Chaplains and other Scientology ministers have successfully salvaged thousands of marriages.

In addition to salvaging marriages, and as part of his larger effort to restore family unity, the Chaplain is often called upon to help the child. He can do so in many ways.

The young student suffering through his studies will find relief through the application of study technology. The child who cannot get along with his friends can quickly resolve the matter with communication skills learned on a course specifically designed for him.

The ill or injured child, and even infants, may be given assists—techniques developed by L. Ron Hubbard to alleviate the spiritual component of physical pain, shock and emotional trauma. Helpful to people of all ages, assists operate on the principle that one tends to withdraw mentally or spiritually from an injured area. Only by restoring communication with this area can one bring the spiritual element into healing, thereby greatly speeding the healing process. Assists are used to relieve stress and physical aches and pains, or to orient a confused or distraught individual to his present environment.

Possessing all these tools and more, the Chaplain is well equipped to counsel parents and help their children grow up happy, confident and able.

There are, of course, many problems in life capable of creating such difficulties that one’s spiritual progress is hindered. These problems include, for example, a sudden dismissal from a job, an unexpected financial reversal, or the loss of a loved one. The Chaplain is there to help in all of these circumstances.

Regardless of whether the Scientologist is currently active on the Bridge or not, and regardless of his financial condition, the Chaplain is sure to help.

Scientology Center, or using his own auditing skills, the Chaplain will arrange for assists or other auditing to be ministered to one in need. Or the Chaplain may recommend a book by L. Ron Hubbard or a Life Improvement or extension course for more guidance. Sometimes merely the act of listening to, understanding and acknowledging someone who is troubled is sufficient to lift his spirits and start him on the road to recovery.

The Chaplain also acts as a “port of last call” for a Scientologist who may have encountered a problem while participating in religious services at his church. The Chaplain therefore is constantly alert for the rare occasion when an individual experiences some Scientology service that he is not happy with, invariably because it was not ministered correctly. In such instances the Chaplain either arranges for or himself provides auditing to the person. By applying the technology in strict accordance with the scripture, the Chaplain is able to save the individual and lead him back onto the path to spiritual freedom.

The Chaplain also helps Scientologists who are involved in a dispute, personal disagreement or misunderstanding by assisting them to resolve the problem through the application of Scientology religious principles in the Church’s ecclesiastical justice procedures.

OTHER MINISTERIAL SERVICES
The Chaplain is just one of many other ministers on staff at local churches who also provide lifesaving services to Scientologists. For example, some ordained Scientology ministers are highly trained in the Scientology technology of confessionals. They hear confessionals from any parishioner who has committed some moral transgression and who wants to take responsibility for correcting his past conduct. They also are empowered to grant spiritual forgiveness to a Scientologist who honestly and fully partakes of the confessional. When forgiveness is granted, it always brings remarkable results—not only is the individual’s desire for advancement on the Bridge renewed, but his life looks a whole lot brighter. True spiritual resurgence can thus be achieved.

Another minister on church staff who can play an important role in a Scientologist’s spiritual life is the church’s Ethics Officer. One of the main responsibilities of the Ethics Officer is to help parishioners resolve problems they encounter in their lives that are adversely affecting their progress up the Bridge. Trained Ethics Officers are able to help individuals sort out areas of their lives that may be spiritually distressing and preventing them from experiencing full gains in training or auditing. Ethics Officers also counsel Scientologists who are troubled by antisocial individuals whose intentions and actions are inimical to the parishioner’s spiritual well-being.

L. Ron Hubbard discovered the basics of ethics and developed many tools that are used by Ethics Officers to help Scientologists lead happier, more ethical lives, and thus become more able to attain their spiritual goals.

A Scientology minister plays a role that is both traditional and uniquely nontraditional at the same time. That so much of his work is aimed at helping the infirm, the estranged and the saddened is traditional. What is not traditional, however, is that he can do more than offer them sympathy and compassion that is based upon common sense and faith. With the tools provided by L. Ron Hubbard, he can actually better their conditions.

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