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Reference: The Book of Scientology

Certainty Processing

[SOP-8 Appendix No. 2]

Please see the original section at the link above.

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Summary

One may resolve an uncertainty by looking for possible certainties nearby. Usually, there are two certainties: ether there is a resolution to the dilemma, or there is none. When we focus on the center of a somatic with these two certainties, we move toward a resolution of the uncertainty. This may also resolve the somatic in some cases.

In a dynamic system, when a change occurs at a location, more changes occur around that location such that the constraint of oneness is satisfied. If surrounding changes are suppressed we get anomalies. This fact is explained in Scientology as “cause-effect.” A resolution comes from fully recognizing all the changes.

A terminal is any mass used in a fixed position in any communications system. Matching terminals is putting two terminals next to each other and comparing them. Comparing the mock up of a terminal to another mock up of itself, makes one look at that terminal more closely from different viewpoints. This helps one recognize what is truly there and thus helps handle the difficulty.

There are always a positive and a negative certainty. When the two are in conflict there is uncertainty. By looking at the opposite certainties of a condition you can assess that condition more accurately. Hubbard provides examples of how this principle may be applied in auditing.

Hubbard says, “The basic law underneath this is that a person becomes the effect of anything upon which he has had to depend.” More accurately, a person becomes aberrated when he is fixated. Fixation comes from dependence without understanding the underlying laws. The physical universe is a dependency to the degree you do not understand its natural laws. By understanding those laws you can make them cooperate with you. This is very evident from the scientific progress made so far. The whole point of certainty processing is to bring about that understanding of the natural laws of thought.

The opposite certainties have a gradient of certainties between them like the values on a scale whose ends represent zero and infinity. By looking at opposite certainties more closely one slowly moves toward recognizing what is actually there. In doing so one also recognizes the fixed sense of “self” or the fixed viewpoint one has.

People are hung up on their fixations because they see them as certainties. But there is always an opposite certainty. It helps to look at both opposites more closely to get the sense of one’s fixation and the actual reality that lies beyond it. 

Thus one can handle one’s hang up on communication. Actually, you can handle your hang up on any subject or item by processing “There is […item…],” “There is not […item…].” Certainty processing can also help recover viewpoints. Everybody has viewpoints, you have a viewpoint, relatives have viewpoints, sexual partners have viewpoints. “[…..] has a viewpoint,” “[…..] has no viewpoint.”

Facsimiles are sensations that represent a very condensed event. When that sensation is decomposed it comes forth as a complex narration in picture form. To handle facsimile more easily, one may run, “There are pictures,” “There are no pictures.” Hubbard provides many examples of how certainty processing may be run. Read them from the original materials.

Hubbard says, “The only reason a person is hanging on to a body or facsimile is because he has lost his belief in his ability to create.” Actually, it all boils down to the ability to postulate. He cannot postulate to undo a phenomenon, because in order to do that he must understand that phenomenon first.

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Comments

At this point in the development of Scientology, Hubbard is looking at different ways of flushing out anomalies on a case. Once a person becomes aware of an anomaly, he can then resolve it. Certainty processing is one of those ways.

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Reference: The Book of Scientology

Standard Operating Procedure 8

Please see the original section at the link above.

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Summary

This procedure is safest when applied by oneself using the discipline of Subject Clearing. All gains come from the clearing of misconceptions and the reduction of fixations. One should address the whole beingness of a person instead of addressing just the body or the thetan.

When Hubbard talks about the “exteriorization of the thetan” he is basically talking about eliminating the fixation on the body. Hubbard treats this as a priority and the accomplishment of a major step. Once the fixation on the body is reduced, other fixations can be reduced more easily. As the fixations are reduced, the mental aberrations and the body malfunctions handle themselves.

To Hubbard, the goal is OPERATING THETAN, which can best be described as a beingness without fixations. From Subject Clearing point of view, one starts from Step VII and works towards Step I. He may go through this sequence again rapidly to discover more anomalies and resolve them. It is through the resolution of anomalies that misconceptions are cleared and fixations are reduced.

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STEP VII—PSYCHOTIC CASES. A person who is dramatizing his fixation in an exaggerated manner, while not being aware of it, may be deemed psychotic. Such dramatizations, when extreme, may appear to be requiring desperate measures; but this case must be handled quite gently by putting him in touch with the physical environment. Hubbard recommends PRESENT TIME DIFFERENTIATION, using the sense of touch (see Handling Introversion).If inaccessible mimic him with own body whatever he does until he comes into communication. You are basically getting him in touch with the principle of oneness through the solid reality around him. You may apply other recommendations for this step from the original materials as necessary. This step may be applied to oneself with great benefit because one is usually not aware of what one is dramatizing.

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STEP VI—A-R-C STRAIGHT WIRE. On this step a person uses the lists form SELF ANALYSIS IN SCIENTOLOGY. Details on this can be found here: ARC Straight wire Processes. Once a person is extroverted enough to be aware of his physical environment, this step will help him extrovert further. A person may try out other ARC processes from the above link.

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STEP V—EXTERIORIZATION BY SCENERY. When a person finds it difficult to make mock ups, this step may help him. This uses PRESENT TIME DIFFERENTIATION, using the visual sense (see Handling Introversion).A person should continue this process until he feels alert. You may apply other recommendations for this step from the original materials as necessary. 

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STEP IV—EXPANDED GIVE & TAKE. This step requires that a person is able to get a mock-up, no matter how vague. But if a person can simply experience the items listed on this step, or get the concept of them, he would do fine. A person may subject clear these items by resolving any confusions stemming from them as he arranges them in some logical order. Or, he may just follow the instructions given in the materials. 

Here are these items ordered somewhat, as an example, by subject clearing. They can be ordered differently. The key aberrating factor that needs to be addressed is attachment or fixation on any of these items. Mock these items up and compare them to your actual experience. Just ask yourself, “Is my attention fixated on this item?” Contemplate on that item until you can see it for what it is.

Spirit 

(Postulates): HIDDEN INFLUENCES, HIDDEN COMMUNICATIONS, INVISIBLE BODIES, INVISIBLE ACTS, INVISIBLE SCENES, GOD, THE DEVIL, SPIRITS, CHRIST, THETANS, DIMENSION POINTS, MONEY, 

(Oneness): LOGIC,  IDEAS, BEAUTY, UGLINESS, TRUTH, LIES, 

(Substance): FORCE, LIGHT, ENERGY, EXPLOSIONS, LIGHTNING, SOUND, MOTION, TIME, THE PAST, THE FUTURE, THE PRESENT, SPACE, SPACE REDUCTION, SIZE REDUCTION, 

Mind 

(Beingness): MINDS, VIEWPOINT, ATTENTION, KNOWING, NOT KNOWING, AMBITIONS, DOUBTS, LANGUAGES, EDUCATION, FREEDOM FOR OTHERS TO TALK, PERSONALITIES, PRETENSE, 

(Senses): SENSATION, TOUCH, LOOKING, ILLUSIONS, SILENCE, TALKING, 

(Emotions): AFFINITY (LOVE), BEAUTIFUL SADNESS, ENTHUSIASM, CHEERFULNESS, BOREDOM, ANTAGONISM, ANGER, PAIN, FEEL PAIN, HATE, FEAR, GRIEF, BE SAD, APATHY, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, 

(Feelings): GLORY, ADMIRATION, REVERENCE, PRIDE, CREDIT, FAITH, RIGHTNESS, WRONGNESS, AGREEMENT, DISAGREEMENT, CONFUSION, CONTEMPT, REVENGE, FORGIVENESS, HOPE, HAPPINESS, 

(Formations): INCIDENTS, PICTURES, ENGRAMS, FAC ONE, BLACKNESS, PROBLEMS, REMEMBERING, FORGETTING, AUDITING, 

Body

(Body): MACHINERY, BODIES, BEAUTIFUL BODIES, MALE BODIES, FEMALE BODIES, STRANGE AND PECULIAR BODIES, DEAD BODIES, FACES, MOUTHS, TEETH, ARMS, STOMACHS, BOWELS, GENITALIA, SEX, MASTURBATION, SEMEN, BLOOD, GASES, URINE, VOMIT, CONVULSIONS, SALIVA, EXCRETA, DEATH,  

(Experience): EATING HUMAN BODIES,  EATING PARENTS, EATEN BY MOTHER, EATEN BY FATHER, EATING MEN, EATEN BY MEN, EATING WOMEN, EATEN BY WOMEN, BLASPHEMY, BESTIALITY, HOMOSEXUALITY, 

(Motion): START, STARTING MOTION MEN, STARTING MOTION WOMEN, STARTING MOTION CHILDREN, STARTING MOTION OBJECTS, STARTING MOTION SELF, CHANGING MOTION MEN, CHANGING MOTION WOMEN, CHANGING MOTION BABIES, CHANGING MOTION CHILDREN, MEN STOPPING MOTION, WOMEN STOPPING MOTION, 

(Action) HOLDING THINGS APART, HOLDING THINGS TOGETHER, MAKING THINGS GO FAST, MAKING THINGS VANISH, MAKING THINGS APPEAR, SENDING THINGS AWAY, ACCEPTING THINGS BACK, DESTROYING THINGS, 

Life

(Environment): SUNS, MOONS, HEAT, COLD, VACUUMS, PLANETS, AIR, WHITE CLOUDS, BLACK CLOUDS, WATER, FLOWERS, WILD ANIMALS, PETS, BIRDS, BACTERIA, PEOPLE, CIGARETTES, SMOKE, FIREWORKS, 

(Places): CAVES, HOMES, ROOMS, BEDS, DOORS, WALLS, MAPS, 

(Things): MILK, FOOD, OBJECTS, TOYS, DOLLS, TEXTBOOKS, BLACKBOARDS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, JEWELS, GLASS, MIRRORS, VEHICLES, WEAPONS, STOLEN GOODS, STOLEN PICTURES, HIDDEN THINGS, FORBIDDEN THINGS, ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR, DRUGS, UNATTAINABLES, GARBAGE, 

(Relationships): RANK, MOTHERS, FATHERS, BABIES, CHILDREN MALE, CHILDREN FEMALE, DEPENDENCE, HELP, ASSURANCE, KISSES, APPROVAL, PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, GREETINGS, FAREWELLS, 

(Influences): RESPONSIBILITY, IRRESPONSIBILITY, DIRTY WORDS, SEXUAL RESTIMULATION, SYMBOLS OF WEAKNESS, SYMBOLS OF FORCE, FAME, POWER, OMENS, WICKEDNESS, BETRAYAL, RIDICULE, CRUELTY, PUNISHMENT, BROKEN COMMUNICATIONS, RESTIMULATION, 

(Society): ORGANIZATIONS, POLICE, SOLDIERS, EXECUTIONERS, DOCTORS, JUDGES, PSYCHIATRISTS, SILENT MEN, SILENT WOMEN, SILENT CHILDREN, 

(Activity): GAMES, RULES, PLAYERS, PLAY, DRAMA, COSTUMES, ACTING, ENTERTAINMENT, AUDIENCES, WORK, ACT, WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS, REWARDS, SLEEP, 

(Condition): STILLNESS, TRAFFIC, LONELINESS, WORRY, COMPLICATIONS, PREDICTABILITY, UNPREDICTABILITY, WAITING, TIREDNESS, CONFINEMENT, DEGRADATION, EXHAUSTION, ACCIDENTS, ILLNESSES, POVERTY, INSANITY, SANITY, CONVICTIONS, STABILITY, DISABILITIES, 

(Remedy): MEDICINE, CHANGING PEOPLE, 

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STEP III—SPACATION. Spacation is a word coined by Hubbard, which means “constructing own space with eight anchor points and holding it stable without effort.” Do this step as recommended in the original materials. Here a person is practicing making a very simple postulate and holding on to it until he suddenly realizes the way his attention has been fixated on his body all this time.

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STEP II—BODY. Do this step as recommended. On this step a person mocks up the body he is most familiar with until that mock up is very clear. It is important that the person follows The Discipline of Subject Clearing.At this point that clarity will turn into a new reality. This step will help him overcome any residual fixation on his body.

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STEP I—THREE FEET BEHIND. Do this step as recommended. On this step a person is exercising his viewpoint that is no longer fixated on the body. He makes his awareness come to harmony with different physical locations, which he chooses. He does this until his awareness changes smoothly in harmony with changes in his viewpoint. He practices assuming both pleasant and unpleasant viewpoints at will, until his awareness can adjust to that viewpoint quickly and smoothly.

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Comments

The thetan is essentially the awareness of the person. “Exteriorized and rehabilitated thetan” means that the person’s attention is stably free from any fixations on the body. His “own energy” is his active attention and the considerations in the present. “Old energy” are the existing fixed considerations in the area. The goal of the process is the sorting out of these considerations, This action rehabilitates the body as well. A person is learning to observe instead of trying to figure out the situation obsessively.

During this early development of Scientology, Hubbard became aware that fixation on the body was the major obstacle to the progress of the case. He, therefore, focused on clearing up this fixation. After that it was easy to handle general fixations of the person to make the case progress.

Hubbard did not realize that “a person’s idea of himself or herself” could also be a fundamental fixation, just like the fixation on the body. Instead, he formulated processes to further boost the sense of individuality of a person. This rendered Scientology aberrated in its cumulative affect.

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