BEINGNESS PROCESSING

Processing that has a person be things — take on identities — as a way of getting him unstuck. Being something is a matter of identifying yourself with it, and a person who cannot be something also cannot do the things that go with it.

From the AOGP Abridged Scientology Dictionary — based on original LRH source materials, updated through 1982.

Usage

A person who cannot picture himself as a capable driver will keep struggling to drive, however much instruction he gets. Beingness processing works at that level rather than at the level of skill, and a person's imagination usually comes back to life noticeably while it is being run.

Why It Matters

Abilities travel with identities, so an inability to be something quietly blocks a whole set of abilities. This is why beingness is addressed directly rather than only through practice.

Related Concepts

  • BEINGNESSThe assumption or choosing of a category of identity.
  • PROCESSINGThat action or actions, governed by the technical disciplines and codes of Scientology, of administering a process to a preclear in order to release or free him or her.
  • VALENCEThe unwitting assumption by one individual of the characteristics of another individual.
  • CASEThe way a person responds to the world around him by reason of his aberrations.

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