Category Archives: Subject Clearing

Subject: Straight Memory

December 31, 2021 – 7:11 PM
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Reference: Course on Subject Clearing

This key word list is prepared for the subject of STRAIGHT MEMORY. The more realistically a person accesses his memory the better off he is in terms of mental health. 

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READING MATERIALS

DISCIPLINE:  Discipline of Subject Clearing
TEXT (by  L. Ron Hubbard): Straight Memory
EXERCISE (by  L. Ron Hubbard): Self Analysis

Run the list of questions from the book Self Analysis under the discipline of Subject Clearing. Do this for as long as it takes. You may go over the self analysis lists again and again. See Visualization Exercise.

When reading the text by L. Ron Hubbard, please use his Technical Dictionary to look up words belonging to Scientology technical vocabulary, such as, engrams, secondaries, locks, etc.

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KEY WORD LIST

Memory, Mental matrix, Perceptual elements, Perception, Straight memory, Charge, Key-in, Repeater technique, Dominant individual, Circuit, Circuit phrase, Nullifying individual, Nullification phrase, Enforced ARC, Inhibited ARC, Hurdy-gurdy system, Straight Memory (Circuits & ARC), Straight Memory (Process), Straight Memory (Important points)

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GLOSSARY

Please refer to

  1. KHTK Glossary
  2. Technical Dictionary

Additional data specific to this subject is as follows.

HURDY-GURDY SYSTEM
The hurdy-gurdy system of straight wire takes into account locks of enforced ARC, inhibited ARC, and circuits. One makes a list of all the persons who ever surrounded him: father, mother, aunts, uncles, guardians, nurses, grandparents, great-grandparents, teachers, brothers, sisters, employers, and subordinates, as well as mates. He then draws up a plan for requesting information about enforced ARC, inhibited ARC, and circuits over and over again. He does that for each person on the list and maintains a tally sheet. It is hoped that the requested memory will come up sooner or later and then locks will blow. For instance, you may draw one ARC triangle with labels “enforced” and “dominating,” and another ARC triangle with labels “inhibited” and “nullifying,” and use them to formulate questions to ask for information for locks in an orderly fashion. You do that first for father, then for mother, and then continue with rest of list down the line.

STRAIGHT MEMORY
Straight memory consists of the person staying in present time with his eyes wide open and remembering certain things. He does not return to past incidents. The person simply directs his attention straight to the mental matrix and recognizes the existence of incidents in the past. He is not aided in his efforts to remember. It is a common phenomenon that a fact asked for today and not received may be received tomorrow or the next day. The person, if he does not get the information he wants on Monday, should ask the same questions on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and he will find that he will eventually remember. The person remembers things that are said or done to him (not what he has said or done) during his lifetime. He evaluates the past event in terms of the present-time environment. He remembers the most obvious incidents or facts first. He then works towards remembering more and more obscure incidents. This is the common progress of straight memory. 

STRAIGHT MEMORY (CIRCUITS & ARC)
The primary rule of straight memory is this: Whatever the preclear thinks is wrong with himself, his family, his group, or mankind, life or MEST, has generally been told to the preclear by somebody else at an earlier period of the preclear’s life. This is modified by the fact, of course, that things can be wrong along these various dynamics which are perfectly rational observations. One is looking for irrational beliefs about these things. Once you have isolated the fact that a certain individual in the past complained about something, you will discover a whole chain of such complaints. The rough rule of thumb is that if an aberrated person says something once he will say it hundreds or thousands of times. 

By straight memory one can easily discover the dominant or the nullifying individuals in one’s past. From such individuals, one will have received the circuit and nullifying phrases. By locating these persons and their habitual statements, one becomes more aware and gets rid of such circuits. Straight memory, as a technique, also handle the enforcement and inhibition of affinity, communication, and reality, by command.

STRAIGHT MEMORY (PROCESS)
His system of questioning then is to find out when papa enforced affinity, when papa enforced reality, when papa commanded higher communication, and when papa sought to dominate. He asks around the triangle and with the domination slot. He will discover that the preclear may or may not have certain immediate memories concerning father’s conduct and favorite phrase. The auditor then proceeds to the inhibition triangle and nullification slot. He asks when father inhibited or refused affinity, when he inhibited or refused reality or agreement, when he inhibited or refused communication, and when and if father attempted to nullify the preclear. In the same session the auditor goes on to mother and to other people, with the same plan.

Because the preclear’s memory can be refreshed by this procedure, the auditor does not abandon father after one session but carries father for three or four sessions on straight memory and asks a similar set of questions in the next session. When did father enforce affinity, demand that he be loved, demand that he have affection shown to him? When did father demand agreement? When did father demand communication? When did father attempt to dominate? When did father attempt to cut off or inhibit affinity? When did father attempt to cut off or inhibit reality? When did father attempt to cut off or inhibit communication? When did father attempt to nullify? The auditor then goes on to coverage of mother or some other person.

Systematized straight wire like this will turn up an enormous amount of material. The hurdy-gurdy system was created so that the auditor would not have to keep long sheets of questions. NOTE: Read the last 3 pages of the chapter on Straight Memory to see what else you can do with straight memory.

STRAIGHT MEMORY (IMPORTANT POINTS)
It is vital in straight memory to reach the actual context in the actual incident of every memory. The person should not confine himself to the hurdy-gurdy system of straight wire. This is only provided to recover the maximum amount of memory in the minimum amount of time. The principle here is to discover, if possible, the key-in, the first time the underlying engram was restimulated. Straight memory may be combined with lock scanning to blow off circuits.

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Theta-MEST Theory, Revised

December 29, 2021 – 5:46 AM

Reference: Course on Subject Clearing

This is a revised presentation of Hubbard’s Theta-Mest Theory.

ANOMALY
An anomaly is any violation of the oneness of reality, such as, discontinuity (missing data), inconsistency (contradictory data), or disharmony (arbitrary data).

MEST
MEST is a word formed from the initial letters of Matter, Energy, Space and Time. It represents the physical universe. The substance of the universe consists of matter and energy where matter is the condensed form of energy. Space denotes the extents of the substance of the universe. Time denotes the duration of this substance. Therefore, MEST is any or all arrangements of the substance of the universe whether in energy or material form.

THETA
Theta represents the degree of continuity, consistency and harmony of MEST. Very high theta means a state of MEST that is highly continuous, consistent and harmonious.

THETA-MEST THEORY
Pure theta is the state of MEST that is free of anomalies. The state of MEST is enturbulated as anomalies enter in the form of discontinuities, inconsistencies and disharmonies. We may call this state “enturbulated theta” of “entheta.” There is a scale from pure theta to complete entheta that describes the various states of MEST.

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Subject: Dianetics

December 6, 2021 – 5:47 PM

Reference: Course on Subject Clearing

This requires understanding of the following:

  1. Subject: Dianetics Basics
  2. Subject: Straight Memory

The subject clearing process requires that you contemplate over a concept to assimilate it into your existing knowledge. For example, when you are learning about the concept of “jumping,” you would contemplate over its meaning while relating it to your actual experience of jumping. You would follow the same process when learning about more abstract concepts, such as, the “mind” or the “self.” With subject Clearing you are applying the Discipline of Subject Clearing to make the concept one with your understanding.

In Dianetics, you contemplate over a somatic that you are interested in, and find instances from your actual experience, when it was present. In a traditional Dianetics session you are doing so under the expert guidance of an auditor. But when running Dianetics with subject clearing you are doing so under the Discipline of Subject Clearing. Such contemplation then leads you to the discovery of unassimilated impressions. You perceive these impressions for the very first time. As you perceive them they start to get assimilated in your mental matrix. Such assimilation of traumatic impressions helps a person get rid of aberrations and psychosomatic illnesses.

The first rule of the subject clearing approach is just to be there and confront whatever comes up. So, you just lightly keep your attention on the somatic with sufficient curiosity, and let the mind do its work. The moment you become anxious about finding the instances from your experience the progress will slow down. So just be curious to learn everything you can about a somatic.

Hubbard says,

“By somatic is meant a pain or ache sensation and also misemotion or even unconsciousness. There are a thousand different descriptive words that could add up to a feeling. Pains, aches, dizziness, sadness—these are all feelings. Awareness, pleasant or unpleasant, of a body.”

You may go through the following comments on the chapters of Book Three: THERAPY of DIANETICS: The Modern Science of Mental Health:

  1. CHAPTER I The Mind’s Protection 
  2. CHAPTER II Release or Clear 
  3. CHAPTER III The Auditor’s Role 
  4. CHAPTER IV Diagnosis 
  5. CHAPTER V Returning, the File Clerk, and the Time Track 
  6. CHAPTER VI The Laws of Returning 
  7. CHAPTER VII Emotion and the Life Force 
  8. CHAPTER VIII Some Types of Engrams 
  9. CHAPTER IX PART ONE Mechanisms and Aspects of Therapy 
  10. CHAPTER IX PART TWO Mechanisms and Aspects of Therapy 
  11. CHAPTER X Dianetics — Past and Future 

These comments will familiarize you with the Dianetics techniques. Subject clearing makes the application of Dianetics techniques very simple. All you need is just be there and patiently confront.

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Subject: Dianetics Basics

November 28, 2021 – 6:31 PM

Reference: Course on Subject Clearing

This Key Word List is prepared for the subject of Dianetics, which was researched and published by L. Ron Hubbard in 1950. The effort here is to show that you can apply the techniques of Dianetics to yourself with the help of Subject Clearing, without an auditor or e-meter.

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READING MATERIALS

DISCIPLINE:  Discipline of Subject Clearing

TEXT (by  L. Ron Hubbard): 

  1. DIANETICS: The Original Thesis
  2. DIANETICS: The Modern Science of Mental Health.

When reading the text by L. Ron Hubbard, please use his Technical Dictionary to look up words belonging to Scientology technical vocabulary, such as, engrams, secondaries, locks, etc.

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KEY WORD LIST

  1. DIANETICS (Survival, Dynamic, Intelligence)
  2. ABERRATION (Demons, Psychosomatic illness)
  3. SELF (Individuality, Monitor, Immortality)
  4. MIND (Analytical Mind, Reactive Mind, Somatic Mind)
  5. CLEAR (Self-determinism, Dynamics)
  6. ANALYTICAL MIND (Memory, Thinking)
  7. REACTIVE MIND (Unconsciousness, Hypnotism, Engram, Facsimile)
  8. SOMATIC MIND (Sentient, Training pattern)
  9. AUDITING (Auditor, Preclear, E-meter, Auditor’s Code)
  10. ENGRAM (Shock, Charge, Key-in, Contra-survival. Pro-survival)
  11. RESTIMULATION (Restimulator, Anaten, Sympathy, Painful emotion)
  12. DRAMATIZATION (Black Panther Mechanism, Justification, Valence)
  13. DIAGNOSIS (Tone Scale, Birth, AA, Prenatals)
  14. ENGRAM CHAIN (Time Track, Earlier similar, Lock, Basic)
  15. REVERIE (Returning, Recounting, File Clerk) 
  16. RETURNING (Bouncer, Holder, Denyer, Grouper, Misdirector)
  17. RECOUNTING (Identity thought, Engramic phrases. Time-shift) 
  18. ENGRAMIC PHRASES (Repeater Technique, Ally computation)
  19. FACSIMILE (Sag, Reduction, Erasure)
  20. BASIC PERSONALITY
  21. BASIC PURPOSE (Anomaly, Assimilation, Subject clearing)
  22. Subject: Human Condition
  23. Running Dianetics with Subject Clearing

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GLOSSARY

Please refer to

  1. KHTK Glossary
  2. Technical Dictionary

Additional data specific to this subject is as follows.

DIANETICS
Broad concept: “through mind.” Definition: “a subject that addresses psychosomatic causes of illnesses and aberrations afflicting the human self.” Hubbard: “Dianetics consists of discovering the aberration in the individual, finding the physically painful experience which corresponds to it and placing the data therein contained at the disposal of the analytical mind.” In Dianetics therapy, impressions from the periods of unconsciousness (facsimiles) were found to exist in the mind. Hubbard’s Dianetics theory offers these facsimiles as the source of all psychosomatic illnesses and aberrations.

This theory was published in 1950 in the book: DIANETICS: The Modern Science of Mental Health. The actual discovery of Dianetics is that the mind is capable of recording the details of events, such as, severe injury, delirium, or surgical anesthesia, while the person appears to be unconscious. Such recordings are called “facsimiles.” They normally stay below the level of consciousness, but can be retrieved back into consciousness with some effort.

The existence of facsimiles has been known as “samskāra” since Buddha’s time (500 BC). Buddha’s approach to handle samskāra is “mindfulness meditation.” Dianetics, however, handles facsimiles through an “earlier similar incident” using “repeater technique.” A person, however, can’t apply this technique to himself because the mind tends to go “unconscious” as it approaches the facsimile. An “auditor” had to be trained to apply this technique to the person.

The “repeater technique” is quite difficult to apply as it requires great observation and skill. Misapplication  of “repeater technique” affects the mind adversely. Hubbard subsequently came up with a more gradient auditing approach under the subject of Scientology. This approach was presented as a series of auditing steps called Scientology Grade Chart. At the final stages of OT Levels the person audits himself, much like in meditation.

These OT Levels have remained open ended since Hubbard passed away in 1986. The results have not been as spectacular and broad as were hoped. A summary and criticism of these OT Levels is presented at Scientology OT Levels. Even at OT Levels, where a person is auditing himself, the auditing procedure is fraught with errors. The insertion of an auditing approach with E-meter has presented its own set of new difficulties. It makes a broader application very expensive and practically unfeasible. 

DIANETICS, CRITICISM OF
This Dianetic procedure needs to be examined closely if its application does not produce results in the hands of others. Apparently, the author of this thesis is able to produce results where others run into difficulty. In my observation, many difficulties arise because of the violation of the gradient in approaching the engram.

According to the laws of returning, the analytical awareness starts to shut down as one approaches the engram, and the thinking increasingly dramatizes the content of the engram. The person is not aware of this change but the auditor is. The auditor is then required to navigate the auditee through it skillfully.

According to the thesis, the auditor’s dynamic assists the auditee’s dynamic in overcoming the effects of the laws of returning. But in practice, the auditor takes over the awareness of the auditee instead of assisting it. Even the use of E-meter brings awareness to the auditor only. The auditee is simply being told what to do, and he is never in command of himself while approaching the engram. He mechanically obeys either the engram or the auditor.

Only the auditee can handle his aberrations. The auditor can only support, encourage and guide him but he can’t approach and assimilate the engram for the auditee. The only solution is for the auditee to remain in control of his awareness while approaching the engram and assimilating its content. This requires the auditee to overcome the effects of the law of returning. Can he approach and assimilate the contents of the engram without returning?

It is important to remember that Hubbard was an expert hypnotist and he thought in terms of returning. So, he may not have even considered the possibility of neutralizing the engram without returning.

In hypnotism, the hypnotist installs a hypnotic command. That command can be neutralized by recalling the moment that command was installed. Hypnotist can easily do it because he knows when he installed that command. But the situation is very different in life. One suspects that there is a painful incident, which installed an engram in the mind but nothing is known about it. Engram is not like a simple hypnotic command. It has many tentacles reaching into many logic circuits of the mental matrix. Its relationship with the mind is much more complex compared to that of a simple hypnotic command.

The dianetic approach is to attack the source of pain (the engram). It tries to push through the pain to locate and re-experience the engram. It neglects the very many and much finer relationships that need to be straightened out in the process of neutralizing the engram. Thus it violates the principle of gradient. The more the gradient is violated, the more forceful is the reaction of the engram. The laws of returning are simply the result of violating the gradient. There are no such laws in play when the engram is approached on a gradient.

The mindfulness approach allows the engram to unwind itself through free association on its own natural gradient. The auditee simply focuses on the aberration that is bothering him. He examines that aberration in detail. He lets all data that comes up associate non-judgmentally in the context of that aberration. He watches objectively the reactions and even strong emotions that come up. He lets all such reactions run out as they may. He doesn’t interfere even when the awareness seems to attenuate as in falling asleep. These are contents of the engramic node getting released to the mental matrix.

It does not matter what the auditee has done or what has been done to him. He does not guess or search for the contents of the engram. If a phrase is running around in his head he simply focuses on it. He experiences whatever comes up without resisting. He may be supported, encouraged and guided by a mindfulness auditor. But it is the auditee’s dynamic that lies behind this free association. Using the gradient of free association any engram can be reached safely and easily.

The Dianetic thesis seems to blame any lack of success on incompetent auditing. It is noted that a proper thesis would be effective and easy to apply at the same time. Hopefully, the mindfulness auditing approach shall be able to overcome the difficulties that have plagued the dianetic procedure.

The out-gradient in dianetic procedure ends up in the auditor taking over the awareness of the auditee instead of assisting it. This seems to have become ingrained so much so that the auditee is expected to submit to the dictates of the organization delivering auditing. This organization is presently the “Church of Scientology”, which closely monitors all its parishioners and expects them to comply mindlessly with its “code of ethics”. It keeps them in line through a system of reward and punishment. Anyone who rebels against the control of the Church is declared a “potential trouble source” or a “suppressive person”.

Fortunately, with mindfulness approach one can audit oneself to great improvement. He can then help others get started with their auditing. Only this way can a grass roots movement be started which is up to meeting the demands of the society.

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Key Word List & Glossary (old)

November 21, 2021 – 10:31 AM

Please see The Book of Subject Clearing

Key Word List

The key words represent the concepts that have evolved in a subject. The Key Word List is the list of key words that are arranged in a logical sequence. 

Prepare a key word list as you study the books on a subject. The first key word on the list should be the title of the subject. For example, when you are studying mathematics, start the key word list with the word MATHEMATICS. 

The key word list shall get longer as you proceed with your studies. Rearrange the sequence of the key words now and then to reflect the development of the concepts in that subject. For example, the beginning key words for the subject of mathematics may be arranged in a sequence as follows.

Mathematics, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, co-ordinate geometry, calculus, number theory, and so on.

For a general subject, such as, ‘Religion,’ you may first throw a key word list together, and then, start arranging these key words in a logical sequence as you study the subject. 

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Glossary

If you do not have a glossary available on a subject, then you may generate one while studying various books and articles on that subject. Most probably you will start from an extant glossary and then improve upon it. You may get help from dictionaries, Wikipedia, and Encyclopedias available on Internet.

The Glossary shall contain the definitions of the terminology of the subject. It may also provide additional notes and explanations besides definitions. All entries in the glossary shall be arranged in an alphabetical order.

You may simultaneously generate the key word list; but the sequence of the key words in the Key Word List may have to be rearranged frequently as your understanding of the subject improves. More fundamental concepts shall appear earlier on the list than the later derived concepts. A person can then clear the understanding of the key words in the sequence of their development by looking them up in the Glossary.

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Summary

The whole idea of the Key Word List and Glossary is to examine the consistency of the concepts underlying the key words. As you prepare the Key Word list and the Glossary, it may lead to many insights and new ideas on the subject.

You may also come up with inconsistencies in the subject. The closer an inconsistency is to the beginning of the Key Word List, its resolution is bound to lead to a major corrections in the subject. This may even lead to new discoveries, new key words and new organization of knowledge.

The tracking down of the inconsistencies and finally resolving them is the most fruitful part of subject clearing. When there are inconsistencies in the fundamentals of a subject, their resolution is of the utmost priority.

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