      HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE

Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex



       HCO BULLETIN OF 23 MAY 1971

                Issue VI



Remimeo

Auditors

Supervisors

Students

Tech/Qual





        Basic Auditing Series 6



     AUDITOR FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND





If a pc says something and the auditor fails to understand what 

the pc said or meant, the correct response is



"I did not (hear you) (understand what was said) (get that last)."



To do anything else is not only bad form, it can amount to a heavy 

ARC break.



            INVALIDATION



To say "You did not speak loud enough..." or any other use of 

"you" is an invalidation.



The pc is also thrown out of session by having responsibility hung 

on him or her.



The auditor is responsible for the session. Therefore, the 

auditor has to assume responsibility for all comm breakdowns in 

it.



             EVALUATION



Far more serious than invalidation, above, is the accidental 

evaluation which may occur when the auditor repeats what the pc 

said.



NEVER repeat anything a pc says after him, no matter why.



Repeating not only does not show the pc you heard but makes him 

feel you're a circuit.



The highest advance of 19th century psychology was a machine to 

drive people crazy. All it did was repeat after the person 

everything the person said. Children also do this to annoy.



But that isn't the main reason you do not repeat what the pc 

said after the pc. If you say it wrong, the pc is thrown into 

heavy protest. The pc must correct the wrongness and hangs up 

right there. It may take an hour to dig the pc out of it.



Further, don't gesture to find out. To say, pointing, "You mean 

this item, then," is not only an evaluation but a nearly hypnotic 

command, and the pc feels he must reject very strongly.



Don't tell the pc what the pc said and don't gesture to find what 

the pc meant.



Just get the pc to say it again or get the pc to point it out 

again. That's the correct action.



        DRIVING IN ANCHOR POINTS



Also, do not shove things at a pc or throw things to a pc. Don't 

gesture toward a pc. It drives in anchor points and makes the pc 

reject the auditor.



              ROCK SLAMMER



The reason a person who rock slams on Scientology or auditors or 

the like can't audit well is that they are wary of a pc and feel 

they must repeat after the pc, correct the pc or gesture toward 

the pc.



But rock slammer or not, any new auditor may fall into these bad 

habits and they should be broken fast.



                SUMMARY



A very high percentage of ARC breaks occur because of a failure to 

understand the pc.



Don't prove you didn't with gestures or erroneous repeats.



Just audit, please.





L. RON HUBBARD

Founder



LRH:nt.rd.gm



