      HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE

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     HCO BULLETIN OF 20 FEBRUARY 1970



Remimeo

Dianetic Checksheet

Class VIII Checksheet





    FLOATING NEEDLES AND END PHENOMENA





Now and then you will get a protest from preclears about "floating 

needles."



The preclear feels there is more to be done yet the auditor says 

"Your needle is floating."



This is sometimes so bad that in Scientology Reviews one has to 

prepcheck the subject of "Floating Needles."



A lot of bypassed charge can be stirred up which ARC breaks 

(upsets) the preclear.



The reason this subject of floating needles gets into trouble is 

that the auditor has not understood a subject called END 

PHENOMENA.



END PHENOMENA is defined as "those indications in the pc and meter 

which show that a chain or process is ended." It shows in 

Dianetics that basic on that chain and flow has been erased, and 

in Scientology that the pc has been released on that process being 

run. A new flow or a new process can be embarked upon, of course, 

when the END PHENOMENA of the previous process is attained.



              DIANETICS



Floating needles are only ONE FOURTH OF THE END PHENOMENA in all 

Dianetic auditing.



Any Dianetic auditing below Power has FOUR DEFINITE REACTIONS IN 

THE PC WHICH SHOW THE PROCESS IS ENDED.



1. Floating needle.

2. Cognition.

3. Very good indicators (pc happy).

4. Erasure of the final picture audited.



Auditors get panicky about overrun. If you go past the end 

phenomena, the F/N will pack up (cease) and the TA will rise.



BUT that's if you go past the four end phenomena, not past a 

floating needle.



If you watch a needle with care and say nothing but your R3R 

commands, as it begins to float you will find:



1. It starts to float narrowly



2. The pc cognites (What do you know-so that's...) and the float 

widens



3. Very good indicators come in. And the float gets almost full 

dial, and



4. The picture, if you inquired, has erased and the needle goes 

full dial.



That is the full end phenomena of Dianetics.



If the auditor sees a float start, as in (1), and says, "I would 

like to indicate to you your needle is floating," he can upset the 

pc's bank.



There is still charge. The pc has not been permitted to cognite. 

VGIs surely won't appear and a piece of the picture is left.



By being impetuous and fearful of overrun, or by just being in a 

hurry, the auditor's premature (too soon) indication to the pc 

suppresses three-quarters of the pc's end phenomena.



            SCIENTOLOGY



All this also applies to Scientology auditing.



And all Scientology processes below Power have the same end 

phenomena.



The 0 to IV Scientology end phenomena are:



A. Floating needle

B. Cognition

C. Very good indicators

D. Release.



The pc goes through these four steps without fail IF PERMITTED TO 

DO SO.



As Scientology auditing is more delicate than Dianetic auditing, 

an overrun (F/N vanished and TA rising, requiring "rehab") can 

occur more rapidly. Thus, the auditor has to be more alert. But 

this is no excuse to chop off three of the steps of end phenomena.



The same cycle of F/N will occur if the pc is given a chance. On 

(A) you get a beginning F/N, on (B) slightly wider, on (C) wider 

still and on (D) the needle really is floating and widely.



"I would like to indicate to you your needle is floating" can be a 

chop. Also it's a false report if it isn't widely floating and 

will keep floating.



Pcs who leave session F/N and arrive at Examiner without F/N, or 

who eventually do not come to session with an F/N, have been 

misaudited. The least visible way is the F/N chop, as described in 

this session. The most obvious way is to overrun the process. 

(Running a pc after he has exteriorized will also give a high TA 

at Examiner.)



In Dianetics, one more pass through is often required to get (1), 

(2), (3), (4) end phenomena above.



I know it said in the Auditor's Code not to bypass an F/N Perhaps 

it should be changed to read "A real wide F/N." Here it's a 

question of how wide is an F/N? However, the problem is NOT 

difficult.



I follow this rule -- I never jolt or interrupt a pc who is still 

looking inward. In other words, I don't ever yank his attention 

over to the auditor. After all, it's his case we are handling, not 

my actions as an auditor.



When I see an F/N begin I listen for the pc's cognition. If it 

isn't there, I give the next command due. If it still isn't there, 

I give the second command, etc. Then I get the cognition and shut 

up. The needle floats more widely, VGIs come in, the F/N goes dial 

wide. The real skill is involved in knowing when to say nothing 

more.



Then with the pc, all bright, all end phenomena in sight (F/N, 

Cog, VGIs, Erasure or Release, depending on whether it's Dianetic 

or Scientology), I say, as though agreeing with the pc, "Your 

needle is floating."



         DIANETIC ODDITY



Did you know that you could go through a picture half a dozen 

times, the F/N getting wider and wider without the pc cogniting? 

This is rare but it can happen once in a hundred. The picture 

hasn't been erased yet. Bits of it seem to keep popping in. Then 

it erases fully and, wow, (2), (3) and (4) occur. This isn't 

grinding. It's waiting for the F/N to broaden to cognition.



The pc who complains about F/Ns is really stating the wrong 

problem. The actual problem was the auditor distracting the pc 

from cognition by calling attention to himself and the meter a 

moment too soon.



The pc who is still looking inward gets upset when his attention 

is jerked outward. Charge is then left in the area. A pc who has 

been denied his full end phenomena too often will begin to refuse 

auditing.



Despite all this, one still must not overrun and get the TA up. 

But in Dianetics an erasure leaves nothing to get the TA up with!



The Scientology auditor has a harder problem with this, as he can 

overrun more easily. There is a chance of pulling the bank back 

in. So the problem is more applicable to Scientology as a problem 

than to Dianetics.



But ALL auditors must realize that the END PHENOMENA of successful 

auditing is not just an F/N but has three more requisites. And an 

auditor can chop these off.



The mark of the real virtuoso (master) in auditing is his skilled 

handling of the floating needle.





L. RON HUBBARD

Founder



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