Reference: The Book of Scientology
The Six Levels of Processing Issue 5
November 1955
Please see the original section at the link above.
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Summary
This addition was made to the book 3 years later in 1955. Earlier auditing approach, apparently, was very controlling, The auditing approach was relaxed with this issue. The following describes the processing as done by the person using the subject clearing approach.
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Level One
At the beginning of a session certain rudiments are established so that the session goes smoothly. It requires being well-oriented in the environment one is in. The person knows what he wants to accomplish in that session and how he is going to proceed. He follows the discipline of subject clearing to get settled into the session. He is fully aware of all his thoughts and eager to proceed.
He then runs Opening Procedure of 8-C (see R2-16 on page 44, Creation of Human Ability). This procedure is about examining, communicating with and owning things. The person moves around randomly touches various objects. He then selects precise spots on objects to touch and does so. Lastly, he repeatedly selects a spot, moves to it, decides when to touch and when to let go. This process is run until the person is perceiving the physical universe uniformly and is able to contact it.
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Level Two
The level two has a series of processes that are run in populated places. The person spots things that have some capability of postulating. He may then realize that he has that capability too. He then practices seeing objects as they are by differentiating them from one other. He then spots people too as different individualities. This may help him recognize the uniqueness of his own frame of reference as an individual. The “not-know” process then helps the person recognize some of the preconceptions about people and things that he might be carrying.
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Level Three
On level three, a person executes different steps in quiet places that help him extrovert his attention and assume viewpoints that exist out there external to him. Thoughts do not have to be inside the head or emanating from the head. They can exist out there on their own. It could be the intention or purpose associated with an object. He just has to recognize this. Thinking a thought in an object is to think from the viewpoint of that object. One can choose between two things from the viewpoint of that object. Thus, using an external viewpoint, a person can make choices and decisions.
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Level Four
On level four, the person runs Opening Procedure by Duplication (see R2-17 on page 47, Creation of Human Ability). On the first part of this procedure the person examines, communicates with and owns two dissimilar objects. He then places these objects several feet apart so that he can walk between them and pick them up without bending over. He then examines the properties of the two objects alternately. He does this with full attention each time newly until he realizes the influence of preconceptions.
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Level Five
On level five, the person realizes what clarity is like as opposed to confusion. There were things in school that were not clear. He had to memorize them though still confused. When there is no understanding, there is a scarcity of communication. To remedy this, he first visualizes what it is like to be confused. He then starts visualizing all the things that has been confused about. Then he starts spotting the actual confusion that he would like to clear up. Lastly, he mocks up family members and the people he has depended upon. He notices the confusions related to them. This level makes the person realize what clarity is like without confusions and preconceptions.
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Level Six
By the time a person reaches this level, his attention is quite extroverted. He now follows the processes of Route One (see page 33, Creation of Human Ability). The process R1-4 helps a person become aware of his fixation on the body. On the process R1-5, the person looks more closely at things that are occupying his attention, as contrasted with having the attention totally free. The process R1-6 gets the person free his attention from other things that may be fixing his attention. The process R1-7 also gets him to unfix his attention. The process R1-8 makes the person start looking at new things, now that his attention is no longer fixated. The process R1-9 gets the person to look around the various phenomena of the universe on a gradient. The process R1-10 helps the person gain new perspective on things he has been avoiding throughout his life. The process R1-11 gets a person to recognize anomalies and look at them more closely until they resolve. The process R1-12 helps a person realize that he can postulate towards recognizing oneness of things. The process R1-13 gets a person to look at his past conditioning more closely until it starts to resolve. The process R1-14 gets a person to look at his fixed modes of thinking and recognize fixed ideas. Lastly, the process R1-15 gets the person look at the universe broadly and start recognizing more basic anomalies.
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Comments
On these levels, a person is gradually extroverting his attention, and developing the ability to observe with clarity without confusions and preconceptions, to a level where he can start solving actual anomalies in the environment.
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