Reference: Scientology OT Levels
William Chad Holland is a good friend of mine. He s a retired psychotherapist with Scientology experience. He did OT levels in the seventies and trained up to Class VIII and C/Sed at the San Francisco Org.
When I asked Chad about his experience on OTII, his response was as follows:
My experience on OT II, as well the Clearing Course and other OT levels, was profound. When I realized that the focus of the Clearing Course and many of the OT levels was working to diffuse polarities, and blow charge on dichotomies, I was intrigued and ready to audit the processes. I thought I knew from exposure to Eastern thought that any work toward wholeness, inclusiveness, and oneness, was a good thing.
My end phenomena from these Scientology processes were a sense of peace, compassion, and expanded consciousness. However, even though i tried to imagine Hubbard’s whole track bank incidents as literal and my personal facsimiles, I couldn’t. But rather, I saw the LRH content as suggestive and archetypical. Still, I was willing to run each and every process and drill on the content that LRH presented. I ran most OT processes several times, and I realized that in many cases I might be “mocking up” incidents or pulling together fragments of memories, thoughts, and assumptions—from who knows where. I remember letting go of judgement, not caring whether I was actually contacting an historical Hubbard track event presented in the data or engaging in the power to create and then explode my own mocked up facsimiles and narratives. My only gauge of success was whether or not a particular OT exercise provided the end point of catharsis, insight, and or expanded consciousness.
Although Scientology processing was a boon for me, maintaining those early gains is most always a work in progress, but it is usually an enjoyable exercise. I thank LRH for triggering in me an incipient realization and joy of connectedness; a new dimension of understanding that I was something beyond the confines of my own skin. Ironically, Hubbard seemingly couldn’t give himself the gift of his own transformative teaching. I remember reading a confidential note on one of the higher OT levels. Paraphrasing Hubbard’s arcane message, it read something like this: The big lie is that We Are All One. This assumption seems contrary to my understanding that the intent of processing at advanced levels is to create a sense of inclusion and oneness with all of existence. So I was left with one more dichotomy. But what do I really know?
Chad
This response resonated with me. It is a beautiful response stated in a very simple and sincere manner. I believe that what one gets out from OT Levels depends on the way one approaches them. Simplicity, sincerity and honesty with oneself are the key factors.
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Reference: The L Processes
Enemy R/D
- Get the enemy-item
- L&N: “Who do you consider an enemy?”
- Unburden the enemy-item.
- Run the O/Ws (Set 3)
- “What has a (enemy-item) done?”
- “What has a (enemy-item) withheld?”
- Get the evil purpose.
- L&N: “What is the basic purpose or intention of (enemy-item)?”
- Blow the evil purpose.
- Date/Locate the evil purpose.
Run the above steps for other flows:
(Flow 2) L&N: “Who considers you an enemy?”
(Flow 3) L&N: “Who others consider as an enemy?”
(Flow 0) L&N: “Who told you that you are your own enemy?”
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Greatest Overt R/D
- Get the greatest overt.
- L&N: “What was the greatest overt you committed on the Whole Track?”
- Blow the greatest overt.
- Date/Locate the greatest overt.
Run the above steps for other flows:
(Flow 2) L&N: “What was the greatest overt another committed on the Whole Track?”
(Flow 3) L&N: “What was the greatest overt others committed on the Whole Track?”
(Flow 0) L&N: “What was the greatest overt you ever committed on yourself?”
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Multiple Evil Purpose R/D
- Get the evil purpose.
- L&N: “What evil purpose have you had towards another?”
- Blow the evil purpose.
- Date/Locate the evil purpose.
Run the above steps for other flows:
(Flow 2) L&N: “What evil purpose has another had towards you?”
(Flow 3) L&N: “What evil purpose has another had towards others?”
(Flow 0) L&N: “What evil purpose have you had towards yourself?”
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Lie R/D
- Get the greatest lie.
- L&N: “What was the greatest lie you told on the Whole Track?”
- Blow the greatest lie.
- Date/Locate the greatest lie.
Run the above steps for other flows:
(Flow 2) L&N: “What was the greatest lie another told on the Whole Track?”
(Flow 3) L&N: “What was the greatest lie others told on the Whole Track?”
(Flow 0) L&N: “What was the greatest lie you ever told yourself?”
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Reference: The L Processes
The L10 Connections R/D addresses charged connections to terminals and dynamics. On this R/D You shall be using the Expanded Dynamics List provided under the Prior Assessment rundown. Make sure you have completed the Basic L10 approach before you attempt this rundown.
- Take up the list of dynamics in descending order from dynamic 8 to 1.
- Consider each dynamic with the following question in mind.
- “How does (dynamic) influence you?”
- Sense the charge each dynamic triggers in you.
- Select the most charged dynamic.
- Take up the Expanded Dynamics List for this dynamic (See Prior Assessment)
- Consider each item on that list with the following question in mind.
- “How are you connected to (item)?”
- Sense the charge that the connection to each item triggers in you.
- Select the most charged item
- Look closely at this charged item per The 12 Aspects of Mindfulness.
- Examine the reactions, attitudes, feelings, prompters, and considerations that are triggered.
- Look at the reactions, attitudes feelings, etc., triggered from earlier connections to this item.
- Continue examining the item until there is a major realization or win.
- If there is still some attention on the dynamics,
- Find the next charged dynamic per Step 1.
- Find the most charged item on that dynamic per step 2.
- Look closely at that charged item per step 3.
- Repeat step 4 until there is a major realization or win.
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Reference: The Book of Subject Clearing
O/W stands for “Overts and Withholds.” These two words are defined in Scientology as follows:
OVERT—An overt act is not just injuring someone or something; an overt act is an act of omission or commission which does the least good for the least number of dynamics or the most harm to the greatest number of dynamics.
WITHHOLD—A withhold is always the manifestation which comes after an overt. It is restraining self from communicating.
The O/W procedure is a type of processing which handles a person’s overts and withholds on a certain item (person, thing or subject).
Set 1: The general O/W process has the following two commands run alternatively:
- “What have you done?”
- “What have you withheld?”
Set 2: A specific O/W process concerning some item has the following commands:
- “What have you done to (item)?”
- “What have you withheld from (item)?”
Set 3: The general O/W process for an item may be run as follows.
- “What has (an item) done?”
- “What has a (an item) withheld?”
Set 4: A specific O/W process for item 1 concerning item 2 may be run as follows.
- What has (item 1) done to (item 2)?
- What has (item 1) withheld from (item 2)?
The process is run until no more answers are coming up and the person feels relieved and comfortable.
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Reference: The Book of Subject Clearing
Once an item is determined by the Listing procedure, it is located on the person’s “time track” by using the dating procedure. The purpose is to identify the charge (tension) precisely in time and space to make it blow (leave).
Generally, we have some idea of the time track from birth till now, where memory is concerned. Prior to birth, sensations become more important as they can be felt with more certainty. It is only when sensations are dated accurately that the perception of location follows.
Date
The auditor asks the individual to determine when a particular event or sensation occurred. This involves mentally scanning one’s “time track,” which is the sequence of memories and experiences, to estimate the moment the event took place.
Locate
After establishing the time, the auditor then guides the person to identify where the event happened, often using mental imagery or sensations to map the location within their mind.
We scan the manifestation relative to other manifestations on the mental map of sensations using The 12 Aspects of Mindfulness. Here we are looking at a map that extends to infinity in thought-time and thought-space. We may use the units of tens, hundreds, thousands, millions, billions, trillions, etc., of years; but they all pertain to mental coordinates.
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