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Reference: The Book of Subject Clearing

Listing in Scientology

The Listing procedure is used with a “Who or What” type question that can have many answers. For example. “Who am I?” or “What is the basic purpose of life?” are listing questions. 

In Scientology, listing is followed by nulling, and, therefore, it is called the Listing and Nulling (L&N) procedure. These two words are defined in Scientology as follows: 

LISTING
The auditor’s action in writing down Items said by the pc in response to a question by the auditor. 

NULLING
The auditor’s action in saying Items from a List to a pc and noting the reaction of the pc by use of an E-Meter. Usually the list is nulled to a single reading item.

This “reading item” is like an answer that sticks out among rest of the answers for the preclear when it is indicated back to him. Much care is taken in Scientology because a wrong item indicated to the preclear can cause much adverse effect. 

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Listing in Subject Clearing

In the Subject Clearing approach the L&N process is applied by a person to himself using The 12 Aspects of Mindfulness instead of an E-meter. The steps are as follows:

1. The person considers the listing question carefully. He puts down the answers on a list as they come to him.
2. At some point he feels that he has listed all the relevant answers. He then rearranges the items on the list according to their relevance to him.
3. He suddenly recognize “his item.” This item could be something new. He places this item at the top of the list.
4. If this realization does not occur, then the list is incomplete. He then goes back and adds more items to the list per steps 1 and 2.
5. He may feel a sense of relief when the list is complete, and recognizes “his item” as he rearranges this list.
6. He places that item at the top of the list.

Note that the E-meter is not used with the Subject Clearing approach. Instead, the person applies The 12 Aspects of Mindfulness. The L&N procedure is very safe to apply with the Subject Clearing approach. This is because the person is discovering his own item, instead of somebody indicating it to him.

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