WHAT IS SCIENTOLOGY TRAINING?                                                Home Page

Training is a way to learn the spiritual technology of Scientology. It is the word used to describe the study of Scientology principles by a parishioner so they can be applied to accomplish the purpose of improving conditions in life, both in the person’s own and in the lives of others.

A fundamental premise of Scientology is that man is basically good and can improve conditions in his life. However, Scientology cannot promise to do anything by itself. Only the individual can bring about his own improvement by applying the teachings of Scientology to himself and those around him. This is why one learns to apply the principles of Scientology through training.

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. One learns this through training.

A DESCRIPTION OF SCIENTOLOGY TRAINING
A fundamental idea of Scientology is that increased spiritual awareness is the only factor which offers any road to increased survival and happiness.

Scientology contains the anatomy of the reactive mind in its axioms and the discipline and know-how necessary to handle and control the laws of life. The practice of Scientology, then, is composed in equal parts of auditing and training in Scientology principles which includes the technology of their application. Knowing the mechanisms by which spiritual freedom can be lost is itself a freedom and places one outside their influence.

Auditing lets one see how something happened, training teaches one why.

Therefore, because of the importance of training, one will find Scientologists studying the works of L. Ron Hubbard in any church of Scientology. If one were to look in on them, anywhere in the world, the scene would be the same:

Scientologists seated at tables read the written works of L. Ron Hubbard, dictionaries at hand. Some, wearing headphones, listen to his lectures, while others drill the principles of application — all in a precisely laid out sequence.

There are no teachers present. Instead, an ambulatory Course Supervisor moves from individual to individual, monitoring their progress, while a Course Administrator provides any needed materials. Here one sees enthusiastic people, not only assimilating data, but actually learning how to apply it.

This is Scientology training, and it is unique in the field of learning.

Training is the way to learn the technology of Scientology. Technology implies use. There is a gap between knowledge and the application of that knowledge. By becoming trained, a person becomes able to use the truths found in Scientology to actually improve conditions in life.

The practice of Scientology emphasizes application. What exactly does one do to reunite a father and a son, to ease the suffering of a widow or repair a failing marriage? Other religions and practices espouse how one must maintain faith, work out differences or endure with dignity. But does such advice, however well-meaning, actually make a difference?

When a Scientologist enrolls on a Scientology course aimed at providing him the means to better any relationship, he will actually acquire an understanding of the subject, and equally important, the skill to apply it.

By way of an example, let us suppose that a Scientologist is faced with the prospect of a friend’s impending divorce. A trained Scientologist has learned why a marriage — any marriage — fails. He understands why good communication ceases between partners and how affinity becomes lowered. Knowing this, he can do something effective to salvage a marriage. He knows methods of reestablishing communication between estranged husbands and bitter wives, and how to rekindle love all but extinguished by marital transgressions. Training in Scientology gives him what nothing else can: a truly workable means of dealing with real-life situations. Someone who has only participated in auditing as a preclear might understand part of a problem in his own marriage but he will not have a complete understanding of it, much less the skills necessary to help others understand theirs.

The practice of Scientology therefore invariably includes gaining knowledge through training in Scientology principles. By learning the subject, one comes to own the philosophy of Scientology for himself and so is able to improve his own life and the lives of others.

HOW DO SCIENTOLOGISTS TRAIN?
During his research, L. Ron Hubbard made many advances in how best to educate people and these are applied in training services ministered by the Church. He isolated the fundamentals of learning and codified these into a technology of study. Study technology is a separate field in itself, with application to any subject of learning. It is used in all Scientology training but is equally useful in the study of any subject.

Among elements unique to Scientology course rooms is the Course Supervisor, an expert in the technology of study, adept at locating and handling any barriers or obstacles to understanding which one might encounter. The Supervisor does not lecture, nor in any way add his own rendition of the subject. This point is important because the results obtained in Scientology come only from closely following the technology exactly as written by Mr. Hubbard. The subject has already been researched, tested and well-proven as workable in application. Verbal renditions passed on from teacher to student would inevitably contain alterations from the original, however unintentional, until Scientology’s efficacy would be lost. This is why considerable attention is paid to ensuring a student receives only the pure rendition as written or spoken by Mr. Hubbard himself.

Instead, the Supervisor helps the individual to grasp the materials, always stressing understanding and application. This method of education has been found to enable individuals to understand more and be far better able to use what they have learned than traditional methods of instruction.

Scientology training allows individuals to learn at their own pace. Each course is organized around what is called a checksheet, another innovation in the technology of study developed by Mr. Hubbard. A checksheet is a means of arranging and presenting the materials of a subject in a step-by-step manner to facilitate learning. Checksheets lay out the sequence of study and the practical application drills to be followed.

The materials of a Scientology training service consist of books, other publications, films and recorded lectures by L. Ron Hubbard. These are laid out in the checksheet and the student studies them in the order listed. The individual progresses from one step to the next only when he is ready. There is no “getting left behind,” no expecting him to blindly accept the data, or other such humiliations all too prevalent in the society’s educational system. A Scientology training service is solely for the benefit of the individual; his own advancement in knowledge is the determining factor of progress.

Since the emphasis is on doing, not study for the sake of study, the individual soon finds himself working with others on the practical aspects of his course, studying together to become proficient in what they have learned. An atmosphere of mutual assistance pervades every Scientology course room.

In addition to studying, each Scientology course requires direct application of the data learned. As one progresses through the checksheet, he is required to demonstrate concepts, apply the information to situations in his own life and practice the procedures or techniques being studied until proficient in their use. A balance is struck between study of Scientology principles and practical application of these principles. The product of a Scientology course is someone who not only understands what he has studied but who can demonstrate this understanding through application.

There are course rooms for reading assignments and listening to taped lectures, while other course rooms are reserved for people to drill the application of their materials.

Another feature of Scientology training is the use of films as a tool to teach correct technical application. These films cover specific aspects of Scientology, showing exactly how they are applied in auditing. The films were written by L. Ron Hubbard and many of them were also produced, directed and narrated by him.

When someone completes a training service they are awarded a certificate of accomplishment to signify attainment of a particular level of knowledge or skill.

SCOPE OF TRAINING IN SCIENTOLOGY
The broad scope of Scientology is divided into numerous courses, ranging from introductory courses that teach basic principles, to more extensive ones that train auditors, to courses which contain knowledge about the ultimate capabilities of the thetan, to those that cover the full philosophic and technical materials of Dianetics and Scientology. There is much to know but all of it is knowable and as one learns more, his view of life becomes clearer and more understandable.

At the heart of all instruction in Scientology are the auditor training services offered in the Academy of Scientology in any church.

Scientology Academy training gives one an understanding of man, his potentials and the difficulties that confront him, far in excess of anything taught in the humanities or social sciences. Here, one becomes aware of how Scientology principles apply to situations anywhere in life. With this knowledge a person understands why some people are successful while others fail. He understands why one man is happy while another is not. He knows why some relationships are stable and why others fall apart. Life is not a mystery to someone who has studied Scientology. In this respect, training offers every bit as much personal insight as does auditing.

All lives are occasionally beset with trouble. A child falls and gets a scrape, the drinking problem of a neighbor’s wife is discovered, a friend’s business is failing, a parent becomes ill. The trained Scientologist can bring to bear what he has learned in the Academy to any situation in life and he can do something about it.

The skills acquired in training are a discipline in living and a know-how of the parts of life. Training in Scientology is the bridge between one’s own learning and experience and livingness, and the truths offered to him in Scientology. It is a bridge from every human being to an understanding of life.

The Academy training services teach different aspects of this understanding as well as methods of their application, a combination which brings about certainty that one does, in fact, know. Since life is an activity, the emphasis is on application. The student, then, learns the actions which constitute their most important application, auditing. This encompasses an understanding of the communication which takes place between auditor and preclear and how to foster good communication.

Once one has learned to do this within the discipline of auditing it becomes simple to do it in life. One thoroughly studies the theory and mechanics of the E-Meter and then drills with it until he is proficient in its handling and operation. He learns the basic rules of auditing and how to minister a session to a preclear. Each step is studied and then drilled to competence. He watches training films in the Academy film room in order to learn the correct way to perform a particular aspect of auditing. He learns the various codes, laws and axioms that pertain to auditing so that he has a thorough grasp of these basics.

Later steps of his training build upon earlier steps and he is gradually brought up to actual handling of specific laws by which life operates. He next learns exact auditing processes and drills them with other students to the point of proficiency.

After two weeks of intensive training the student can complete enough study and drilling to be ready to begin auditing another on elementary processes. His sessions are carefully supervised by highly trained auditors in the church who help him correctly apply his materials. He audits his preclear daily and fulfills specific auditing requirements listed on his checksheet. Application, whether in life or in auditing, is the prime purpose of his training.

By bringing improvement to another person the student gains the certainty that he in fact does understand his materials. He confirms his competence in handling the elements of life and his certainty in his own abilities rises. This is a factor equally as important to one’s spiritual advancement as the personal gains one receives from being audited.

L. Ron Hubbard stressed that half the gains in Scientology come from training in its principles. The truth of this becomes obvious when one considers how much a knowledge of Scientology clarifies a person’s view of life. This naturally includes a greater understanding of what goes on in his own auditing sessions and so makes his own progress as a preclear more rapid and certain. Such understanding is gained by training.

In addition, there is considerable pride and personal satisfaction seeing another become more able and happier as a result of one’s help. But regardless of whether one chooses to audit full time, one is alive and, trained in Scientology, he has new understandings he can use.

After completing the auditing requirements on the checksheet, he graduates from his course. An auditor does six major training services in sequence as part of his Academy training. The completion of each signifies a level of skill attained by the auditor and is denoted by a classification, Class 0 through Class V. More advanced classifications, numbering up through Class XII, can be obtained on higher-level training services available at specific churches around the world. Each level follows the efficient and thorough pattern of instruction described earlier, but adds more advanced theory and procedures. The result is an auditor who becomes more and more knowledgeable in the subject. In this way the different levels of training parallel the levels through which a preclear advances in auditing.

Upon completion of specific training services, the auditor gains further know-how in applying what he has learned under highly qualified supervision on an internship. Interning turns an auditor into an expert by doing. The auditor ministers auditing to many different preclears on actions in which he has been trained. Such experience imparts the unshakable certainty that comes only from the experience of doing something over and over.

Auditing techniques work 100 percent of the time if they are applied correctly. Though the basic principles of auditing are simple in themselves, skill in the application of auditing techniques must be gained by an auditor before he will be able to produce invariable results.

Precision is a requisite for accomplishing many things in life but when one is dealing with life itself, which is the preclear, slight variations in application of a procedure can considerably lessen the result obtained. It has long been established that greater gain accrues when the auditing procedure is ministered precisely in all its aspects. The miracles of auditing are the culmination of dozens, even hundreds, of precisely learned, drilled and applied points concerning the wording of procedures, operation of the E-Meter, communication with the preclear and so on. The many steps of an auditing session, correctly taken, result in giant strides of spiritual improvement for the preclear.

A highly trained auditor spends thousands of course room hours learning his skills and perfecting them in practice. It is usual for an auditor-in-training to put in forty or more hours per week. He invests far more time in a study of the mind than does a practitioner in any similar field. At the highest levels of classification, an auditor will have studied a number of course hours comparable to twelve years of classes at a college or university.

Training in Scientology enables one to face and handle existence. The skills of effective communication, of how to really help another, and how to face whatever life may present—all of these attributes have as many applications as there are situations in life requiring a handling.

The need for auditors is great since it is plain that individuals can be salvaged only one at a time. Unlike many other religions, this salvation ultimately occurs in Scientology in the one-on-one relationship between auditor and preclear. Many Scientologists train to become auditors, and anyone who wishes to help his fellow man can do the same. But of no less importance, one can gain greater skill in handling life than he ever thought possible. There is no more worthwhile purpose than helping one’s fellow and no better way to accomplish this purpose than by becoming an auditor. Auditors apply what they have learned to help others with auditing and to change conditions wherever they find that conditions need improving.

This is the mission of the trained Scientologist, and it is in his understanding, his compassion and his skill that the dreams of a better world reside.

THE VALUE OF SCIENTOLOGY
Through auditing and training, Scientologists have come to understand that much in our modern world is transitory and impermanent and based on things not surviving or on things that are in fact being destroyed. They know the practice of Scientology can rehabilitate the individual to his full potentials and that these gains last forever, bringing him to a realization of his own immortality.

Caught on an economic treadmill, hit at every side with the materialism of our age, it is hard for many to grasp that higher states could even exist.

But they do exist.

One sees this for himself when he reaches for them.

Once one starts moving up, there is no wish to stop. The scent of freedom is too strong.

The practice of Scientology is concerned with a better state for man and opens the way with a certain and sure bridge into a future. The way has been dreamed of in ages past. For man it never existed until now.

It exists in Scientology.
 

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 training. These are just a few of the millions of successes on file in churches around the world relating to the benefits received from Scientology training.

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.

“Before [this course] I was having a rough time talking to people. I wouldn’t be able to start a conversation or if I had to leave, I couldn’t end one either. But then I did this course and I am now able to talk to people and get my communications across. I can also answer questions easily without being embarrassed and can make friends much more easily and just lead a happier life.” C.E. Introductory Course

“The Course has meant regained knowledge, regained awareness, abilities, freedom to speak my mind, listen better, hear more, speak more precisely and clearly and it goes on and on. A miracle has occurred to me!” M.A. Introductory Course

“I was withdrawn, extremely shy and afraid to communicate. Then I did [this course]. As a result, the world became brighter and people were less of a threat to me. I became happier and willing to hold a conversation with anyone. There was a feeling of control in my environment and the sensation of being very big as a spirit. It was the best feeling I had ever experienced.” N.D. Introductory Course

“This was possibly the most demanding training I’ve ever done—and the most rewarding. In learning to audit, I’ve seen sick people jump out of bed and dance after a session. I’ve watched psychosis melt away before my eyes. I’ve seen preclears who felt they had no recall of the past suddenly remember. I’ve seen major life ruins vanish in one short session, after years of the preclear trying to handle them with other means.” D.M. Auditor Training

“My life changed radically from the knowledge gained on [this course], and I will continue to put every part of what I have learned into application.

“Without doubt, [this course] was the most spectacular adventure of my life. I gained a wealth of knowledge and understanding broad enough and technically perfected to the point where I know with absolute certainty how to set any individual free. I was put in awe many times over at the simplicities and truths presented on the course and I felt myself changing as I have never felt before.

“While the course taught me the technology of auditing, what I really learned was the technology of LIFE. I stepped into a new realm of capability and stability.

“I am forever grateful to L. Ron Hubbard for this legacy, for it is a truly amazing body of truths expansive enough to fill the universe, yet maintaining a total simplicity. With it we can free and are freeing beings.” P.A. Auditor Training

One can do Scientology training 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.

The Hubbard Qualified Scientologist course is available at any Church of Scientology.

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