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Reference: Scientology OT Levels

According to Postulate Mechanics, one handles misjudgments on the Grades. By the time one goes Clear, most of the misjudgments are cleared. The job now remains of handling one’s misconceptions. This is done on OT levels. 

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OT I

The OT Level I is about the direct understanding of one’s beingness. The OT I drills have to do with

1. Counting bodies
2. Noticing the sex (male or female) of those bodies.
3. Noticing the size (small or large) of those bodies.
4. Noticing the attribute in terms of there being an individual, or a crowd.
5. Differentiating oneself from others.
6. Noticing the degree to which one can have (tolerate) others around oneself.
7. Noticing the body part in others that one doesn’t like having in one’s body.
8. Spotting things in others that are not wrong with them.
9. Noticing people walking toward you or walking away from you.
10. Noticing how people stick to the ground (get the sense of gravity).
11. Spotting important things about people (these would be one’s own considerations).
12. Noticing places where there are no people.
13. Noticing places where there are people.

OT I focuses on perceiving the attributes of others in different ways  and then looking at oneself with respect to those attributes.

This drill makes a person look at others and oneself more objectively. This may free up the fixed considerations about oneself. Nothing more mysterious need to be read into OT I. Here are OT I instructions in Hubbard’s handwriting that have been in the public domain for some time.

LRH Instructions on OT I

A later version of OT I emphasized looking at upsets, problems etc., from the viewpoint of others. Therefore, on OT I, though not so specified, there is definitely an attempt to broaden the viewpoint of the person, so he is less fixated on himself. Here are the new OT I instructions.

New OT I Instructions

In Subject Clearing approach you do the following,

1. Put down all the terminals that come to your mind on a list.
2. Rearrange those terminal on the list in the order they are relevant to you.
   • The most relevant terminal should appear at the top of the list.
3. Apply subsequent instructions to the most relevant terminal.
4. Handle the upsets that terminal had with you.
   • You look from the viewpoint of that terminal
   • Recognize the nature of that upset objectively.
   • Was that a break in
     • Affinity
     • Reality
     • Communication, or
     • Understanding
   • Did that break had to do with
     • Curiosity
     • Denial
     • Enforcement
     • Inhibition
     • Absence
     • Refusal
   • The moment you recognize the nature of the upset it should disappear.
   • Handle all possible upsets that terminal had with you.
5. Next handle the problems that terminal had with you.
   • You look from the viewpoint of that terminal
   • Contemplate on that problem and recognize opposing postulates.
   • Make sure you have no mystery left about any aspects of the problem.
   • Handle all possible problems that terminal had with you.
6. Next handle things that terminal withheld from you.
   • You look from the viewpoint of that terminal.
   • A withhold is a lack of admission to overt actions committed out of misjudgment.
   • Get details of the withhold in terms of What, When, All, and Who should have known about it.
   • Handle all possible withholds that terminal had regarding you.
7. Go back to step 3, and handle the next terminal with steps 4 to 6.
8. You end off when there is a big relief.

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Misconceptions about Beingness

The most fundamental misconception is expressed through the question, “Who am I?” The beingness as an individual is basically a matrix of matter, radiation and thought elements. In Scientology terminology, we may express it as,

INDIVIDUAL = THETA + GENETIC ENTITY + THETAN

The individual becomes aberrated (flawed) to the degree its matrix acquires identifications or fixations. The idea that the thetan is “immortal” or “eternal” is a misconception that leads to fixation. The thetan is inherently flexible and can change itself completely.

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Misconceptions about OT I

On OT Levels, one is handling deep misconceptions (blind spots). Hubbard gives the impression that one is walking on egg shells when doing the OT Levels. That may be the case when one is using an E-meter that works well with heavy engrams, but not so well with subtle misconceptions. OT levels are safe to run when you apply the 12 Aspects of Mindfulness as in the subject clearing approach.

Hubbard says on OT I: “It is not the intention of this section to exteriorize anyone but if it happens don’t worry about or fool around with the fact.”

Exteriorization is misconceived in Scientology as the “thetan” becoming detached from the “body.” It gives the impression that the matrix of the individual is coming apart. In reality, all that is happening is that the fixation on the body is becoming undone. This is natural.

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