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Reference: Book I: Postulate Mechanics (Text Book)

Old OT VI was replaced by NOTs. NOTs stands for NED for OTs. Fully expanded, it refers to the process called NEW ERA DIANETICS FOR OPERATING THETANS. It is not something that a person will just grasp. It requires familiarity with Scientology. Many scientologists don’t understand it either. I am trying to translate Scientology into simpler understanding.

My understanding after studying NOTs  

1. Hubbard provides no understanding of BTs and Clusters except through E-meter reactions. 
2. Actually, a BT is something taken for granted by the person, such as, an identification, dub-in, belief, or misconception.
3. E-meter reactions are highly questionable at very high sensitivities (as in NOTs) as to what they mean.
4. Actually, a person has a much better feel (than an E-meter) of his own internal responses on NOTs.
5. On NOTs, you are supposed to get rid of identifications, dub-ins, beliefs, and misconceptions, instead of some basic-basic.
   
6. A person can be just aware; but he gets very complex as he identifies with his body, other valences, entities and things.
7. An identification is a mock up. You cannot audit it by going earlier similar. You may only discover it by close inspection.
8. Some of these identifications can be deeply buried but you trace them by following anomalies.
9. A person assumes a valence (identity) because it promises better survival in future after a failure. 
10. A person’s troubles are only of the valence he’s in. You can’t make a valence well. But you make the person well by removing valences.
    
11. In NOTs you ignore pictures, and deal only in concepts.
12. A misconception is primarily blown by inspection (looking more closely).
13. Inspection breaks down complexity into simpler elements, and then blows them. 
14. You look at how you entered into a fixed condition, or how you became fixated on something.
15. As the first step clean up your assumptions about yourself.
    
16. Ultimately, there is only awareness. Any beingness results from identification. 
17. Beingness resulting from identification can lead to conditions, such as, confusion and unconsciousness.
18. Certain identifications may be inherited through the genetic line.
19. Identification may be traced back to effort to stop something followed by some shocking experience.
20. Fixed identifications are stuck in time and place.

NOTs Definitions

1. The original definitions can be seen here:  NED for OT Glossary
2. A BT is basically a deep rooted identification, dub-in, belief, or misconception.
3. A CLUSTER is a complex combining of many BTs into what feels as a mass.
4. A MUTUAL INCIDENT is what combines BTs into a cluster.
5. A CUMULATIVE CLUSTER is an accumulation of clusters of BTs.
   
6. COMPOSITE (MASS) is the complex clusters of BTs manifesting as heavy somatic.
7. LAYERED CLUSTER is BTs combined into layers.
8. A SHELL BT the misconception built into the viewpoint.
9. A DORMANT BT is a deeply buried misconception.
10. (COPY) The same misconception may appear at different places.
    
11. CROSS-COPYING: misconceptions may interact and multiply. 
12. The basic MISCONCEPTION are of identity, time, place, form and event.
13. A MISOWNERSHIP is a confusion about what belongs to what (dub-in). 
14. A MISIDENTIFICATION is a confusion about who is who. 
15. A REVIV is bringing back to life. It is an event that is being lived again and again.
    
16. BTs (misconceptions) are to be treated very calmly and objectively.
17. One applies the 12 steps of mindfulness telepathically.
18. A very important factor is the mind’s sensitivity to anomalies.
19. The anomalies alert a person to dub-ins in what he is viewing.
20. A dub-in is different from actual “exterior perception” in the broad context of universe.

NOTs Procedure

1. A BT is basically an identification with things—objects, body, body parts, mind, beings, postulates, ideas.
2. Ask the BT, “What are you?” Acknowledge. Then ask, “Who are you?” It will usually cognite “I’m me”, and blow. 
3. If they repeat what they just said ask, “What were you before you became that?”, they say “me” and blow.
4. Most of the time you don’t have to do anything though, just look – and they blow.
5. Blowing BTs and clusters by this Valence Technique is almost the basic rundown.

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