      HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE

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     HCO BULLETIN OF 11 AUGUST 1978

                Issue I



Remimeo

All Auditors





               RUDIMENTS

         DEFINITIONS AND PATTER



  Ref:

  HCOB 15 Aug. 69   FLYING RUDS



  (NOTE: This bulletin in no way summarizes all the data

  there is to be known about ARC breaks, PTPs and missed

  withholds, or handling rudiments.



  There is a wealth of technology and data on these subjects

  contained throughout the Technical Volumes and in Scientology

  books, which the student auditor will need as he progresses

  up the levels.)





A rudiment is that which is used to get the pc in shape to be 

audited in that session.



For auditing to take place at all, the pc must be in-session which 

means:



   1. Willing to talk to the auditor



   2. Interested in own case.



That is all you want to accomplish with rudiments. You want to set 

up the case to run by getting the rudiments in, not use the 

rudiments to run the case.



ARC breaks, present time problems and withholds all keep a session 

from occurring. It is elementary auditing knowledge that auditing 

over the top of an ARC break can reduce a graph, hang the pc up in 

sessions or worsen his case, and that in the presence of PTPs, 

overts and missed withholds (a restimulated, undisclosed overt) no 

gains can occur. Thus, these are the rudiments we are most 

concerned with getting in at the beginning of a session so that 

auditing with gains can occur.





             GETTING THE F/N



If you know bank structure, you know it is necessary to find an 

earlier item if something does not release.



If a rud doesn't F/N, then there is an earlier (or an earlier or 

an earlier) lock which is preventing it from F/Ning.



Thus, we have the procedure and the rule:



IF A RUD READS, YOU ALWAYS TAKE IT EARLIER-SIMILAR UNTIL IT F/Ns.



The question used is:



"Is there an earlier-similar (ARC break or problem or missed 

withhold)?"



If at the beginning of a session the rudiments are in (the needle 

is floating and the pc is VGIs), the auditor goes directly into 

the major actions of the session. If not, the auditor must fly a 

rud or ruds, as ordered by the C/S.





               ARC BREAKS



ARC: A word from the initial letters of affinity, reality and

     communication which together equate to understanding.



ARC BREAK: A sudden drop or cutting of one's affinity, reality or

           communication with someone or something. Upsets with

           people or things come about because of a lessening or

           sundering of affinity, reality, communication or

           understanding.



While the earlier-similar rule fully applies to ARC breaks, there 

is an additional action taken in handling ARC breaks that enables 

the pc to spot precisely what happened that resulted in the upset.



An ARC break is called that -- an "A-R-C break" -- instead of an 

upset because, if one discovers which of the three points of 

understanding have been cut, one can bring about a rapid recovery 

in the person's state of mind.



You never audit over the top of an ARC break, and you never audit 

an ARC break itself; they cannot be audited. But they can be 

assessed to locate which of the basic elements of ARC the charge 

is on.



Thus, to handle an ARC break you assess affinity, reality, 

communication and understanding to find which of these points the 

break occurred on.



Having determined that, you assess the item found (A or R or C or 

U) against the Expanded CDEI Scale (curious, desired, enforced, 

inhibited, no and refused). Refs: HCOB 13 Oct. 59, DEI EXPANDED 

SCALE, Scientology 0-8, The Book of Basics, and HCOB 18 Sept. 67, 

Corr. 4.4.74, SCALES.



With this assessment the actual bypassed charge can be located and 

indicated even more accurately, thus enabling the pc to blow it.



The assessment is done on every ARC break as you go earlier-

similar until the rudiment is in with F/N and VGIs.



The first rudiment question is:



1. "Do you have an ARC break?"



2. If there is an ARC break, get the data on it briefly.



3. Find out by assessment which point the ARC break occurred on:

   "Was that a break in Affinity?

                        Reality?

                        Communication?

                        Understanding?"



   You assess it once and get the read (or the largest read) on,

   say, communication.



4. Check it with the pc: "Was that a break in (communication)?" If 

he says no, rehandle. If yes, let him tell you about it if he 

wishes. Then give it to him by indicating it, i.e., "I'd like to 

indicate that was a break in communication."



PROVIDED THE RIGHT ITEM HAS BEEN GOTTEN, the pc will brighten up, 

even if ever so slightly, on the very first assessment.



NOTE: On step 4 the pc may originate: "Yes, I guess it was 

communication but to me it's really more like a break in reality," 

for example. The wise auditor then acknowledges and indicates it 

was a break in "reality."



5. Taking the item found in step 4 above, assess it against the

   CDEI Scale:



   "Was it Curious about (communication)?

           Desired (communication)?

           Enforced (communication)?

           Inhibited (communication)?

           No (communication)?

           Refused (communication)?"



6. As in steps 3 and 4 above, assess it once, get the item and

   check it with the pc:



   "Was it (desired) communication?"



   If no, rehandle. If yes, indicate it.



7. If no F/N at this point, you follow it earlier with the

   question



   "Is there an earlier-similar ARC break?"



8. Get the earlier-similar ARC break, get in ARCU, CDEINR, 

indicate. If no F/N, repeat step 7, continuing to go earlier, 

always using ARCU, CDEINR until you get an F/N.



When you get the F/N and VGIs, you have it.





          PRESENT TIME PROBLEM



PROBLEM: A conflict arising from two opposing intentions. It's

         one thing versus another thing; an intention-counter-

         intention that worries the preclear.



PRESENT TIME PROBLEM: A special problem that exists in the

         physical universe now, on which the pc has his attention

         fixed.



         Any set of circumstances that so engages the attention

         of the preclear that he feels he should be doing

         something about it instead of being audited.



A violation of "in-sessionness" occurs when the pc's attention is 

fixed on some concern that is "right now" in the physical 

universe. The pc's attention is "over there," not on his case. If 

the auditor overlooks and doesn't handle the PTP, then the pc is 

never in-session, grows agitated, ARC breaks. And no gains are 

made because he is not in-session.



The second rudiment question is:



1. "Do you have a present time problem?"



2. If there is a PTP, have the pc tell you about it.



3. If no F/N, take it earlier with the question



   "Is there an earlier-similar problem?"



4. Get the earlier problem, and if no F/N, follow it earlier-

   similar, earlier-similar, earlier-similar to F/N.





             MISSED WITHHOLDS



OVERT ACT: An intentionally committed harmful act committed in an

           effort to solve a problem.



           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.



           That thing which you do which you aren't willing to

           have happen to you.



WITHHOLD: An undisclosed harmful (contrasurvival) act. Something

          the pc did that he isn't talking about.



MISSED WITHHOLD: An undisclosed contrasurvival act which has been 

          restimulated by another but not disclosed. This is a

          withhold which another person nearly found out about,

          leaving the person with the withhold in a state of

          wondering whether his hidden deed is known or not.



The pc with a missed withhold will not be honestly "willing to 

talk to the auditor" and, therefore, not in-session until the 

missed withhold is pulled.



Missing a withhold or not getting all of it is the sole source of 

an ARC break. A missed withhold is observable by any of the 

following: pc not making progress, pc critical of, nattery or 

angry at the auditor, refusing to talk to the auditor, not 

desirous of being audited, boiling off, exhausted, foggy at 

session end, dropped havingness, telling others the auditor is no 

good, demanding redress of wrongs, critical of Scientology or 

organizations or people of Scientology, lack of auditing results, 

dissemination failures. (Ref: HCOB 3 May 62, ARC BREAKS, MISSED 

WITHHOLDS) The auditor must not overlook any manifestation of a 

missed withhold.



Thus, if the pc has a missed withhold you get it, get all of it 

using the system described below, and use the same system on each 

earlier-similar missed withhold until you get the F/N.



The third rudiment question is:



1. "Has a withhold been missed?"



2. If you get a missed withhold, find out



   a. What was it?



   b. When was it?



   c. Is that all of the withhold?



   d. WHO missed it?



   e. What did (he/she) do to make you wonder whether or not

      (he/she) knew?



   f. Who else missed it? (Repeat [e] above).



   Get another and another who missed it, using the Suppress

   button as necessary, and repeating (e) above.



3. Clean it to F/N, or if no F/N, take it earlier-similar with the

   question



   "Is there an earlier-similar missed withhold?"



4. Handle each earlier-similar missed withhold you get per step 2

   above, until you get an F/N.





                 SUPPRESS



If a rudiment doesn't read and is not F/Ning, put in the Suppress 

button, using



"On the question 'Do you have an ARC break?' has anything been 

suppressed?"



If it reads, take it and ask ARCU, CDEINR, earlier-similar, etc.



Use Suppress in the same way for nonreading PTP and missed 

withhold rudiments.





                  FALSE



If the pc protests, comments or seems bewildered, put in the False 

button. The question used is



"Has anyone said you had a ______ when you didn't have one?" Get

who, what, when and take it earlier, if necessary, to F/N.





              END PHENOMENA



In ruds when you've got your F/N and that charge has moved off, 

indicate it. Don't push the pc on for some other "EP." When the pc 

F/Ns with VGIs, you've got it.





             HIGH OR LOW TA



Never try to fly ruds on a high or low TA.



Seeing a high or low TA at session start, the Dianetic or 

Scientology auditor up to Class 11 does not start the session but 

sends the folder back to the C/S for a higher-classed auditor to 

handle. The C/S will order the required correction list to be done 

by an auditor Class III or above.



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   Refs:

   HCOB 15 Aug. 69     FLYING RUDS

   HCOB 13 Oct. 59     DEI EXPANDED SCALE

   HCOB 18 Sept. 67    SCALES

   HCOB 7 Sept. 64 II  PTPs, OVERTS AND ARC BREAKS

   HCOB 12 Feb. 62     HOW TO CLEAR WITHHOLDS AND

                       MISSED WITHHOLDS

   HCOB 31 Mar. 60     THE PRESENT TIME PROBLEM

   HCOB 14 Mar. 71R    F/N EVERYTHING

   HCOB 23 Aug. 71     C/S Series I

                       AUDITOR'S RIGHTS

   HCOB 21 Mar. 74     END PHENOMENA

   HCOB 22 Feb. 62     WITHHOLDS, MISSED AND PARTIAL

   HCOB 3 May 62       ARC BREAKS, MISSED WITHHOLDS



The above issues give further data on rudiments, ARC breaks, PTPs 

and missed withholds. Note, however, that this is not a complete 

list of references on the subject. There is much additional data 

to be found in the Technical Volumes.





L. RON HUBBARD

Founder



LRH:dr.gm



