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a button on being fat. It is the purpose of the drill called "TR-0
Bullbaited" to locate and "flatten" a person's buttons.
A "case" may have meant many things before Scientology: a legal
argument, a person being treated by a social worker, a container in
which to carry something, or a full box of beers. But in Scientology, a
"case" refers to one thing: a person's reactive mind which has been
restimulated. A person undergoing Scientology auditing is frequently
instructed "not to discuss your case with anyone."
A "chain" in English can be either a series of connected links, or a
more symbolic series of connected circumstances or events, but in
Scientology a "chain" has to do with a group of pictures in the reactive
mind which have in common some physical characteristic, e.g., "Today we
will audit your stomach pains chain."
"Charge" in English can have a variety of meanings: what one does
with a credit card, to add an electrical current to, to ask as a price
or fee, to attack or move forward, to entrust with the care of someone,
to make an accusation,
or the instruction or verdict by a jury. In Scientology, however,
"charge" refers to the harmful energy or force stored in the reactive
mind. Different people can have charge on different items or subjects,
e.g., "He has a lot of charge on women."
"Ethics" is a complicated subject in the regular world. It is
defined as: "the study of standards of conduct and moral judgment." But
in Scientology, "ethics" refers to the disciplinary branch of the
organization and to the policies of Hubbard which govern the activities
of this branch. Most Scientologists have a certain amount of fear of
"ethics." An example of its use would be: "If you don't get your stats
(statistics) up, you will be sent to ethics."
The word "dynamic" is an example of an adjective turned into a noun.
"Dynamic" in English is used as the opposite of "static," but "dynamic"
in Scientology refers to the eight arbitrary divisions of life devised
by Hubbard. For example, the first dynamic refers to the person himself;
the second dynamic to the sexual relationship, marriage, and family; the
third dynamic refers to the group, etc. Although this word can be used
as a noun in English, the meaning is somewhat different.
The word "static" is also altered from adjective into noun in
Scientology, where "static" refers to the thetan, or soul. The "static"
in Scientology is defined as being without mass, without wavelength,
without time and without position.
"Indicators" in Scientology refer to specific characteristics of the
preclear during auditing: whether he is smiling, the color of his skin,
whether he has good eye contact. In Scientology there can be good
indicators (GIs), very good indicators (VGIs), bad indicators (BIs), or
very bad indicators (VBIs).
A "process" in Scientology refers to a specific auditing action to
be done on a preclear.
"Raw meat" in Scientology is not something that one might cook for
dinner; rather, the term refers to the person coming in the front door
who has never before had Scientology auditing, and who is a prospect for
Scientology services.
The word "reality" undergoes an interesting transformation in
Scientology: from a word meaning "that which is" in English, "reality"
in Scientology comes to mean "that which is agreed upon." In other
words, in Scientology, unless there is agreement that something exists,
it does not exist. All reality, according to Scientology, has been
created by agreement The physical universe exists only because at some
point in the past, thetans agreed together that it existed. According to
Scientology theory, as soon as thetans agree together that it no longer
exists, then it will cease to exist.
A "lock" in English can be something which keeps a door from being
opened; in Scientology, the word "lock" refers to a somewhat painful
emotional experience, which does not, however, contain actual physical
pain or unconsciousness.
A "terminal" to most people might mean the display component of a
computer, or a Greyhound bus station; but to a Scientologist a
"terminal" refers to a person at a particular spot or doing a particular
job. The word can be loosely used to mean, simply, a person, e.g., "Go
and give this letter to the appropriate terminal."
Other words that have a specific Scientology meaning are: "ally" --
someone who is not really your friend in Scientology; "circuit" -- in
Scientology, this refers only to those in your head; "mass" -- mental
entities having actual physical mass; "roller coaster" -- somebody whose
emotional condition goes up and down.
"Rudiments" -- asking a person at the beginning of auditing if they
have any ARC breaks (upsets), present time problems, or missed
withholds. If so, then the person has "out-ruds" which must be corrected
before auditing can begin.
"Session" -- refers to the precise period of time during which
auditing takes place.
"Significance" -- the phrases embedded in the person's reactive mind
as a result of implants; also the ideas learned in a course of study.