BUTTON
Items, words, phrases, subjects or areas that are easily re-stimulatable in an individual by the words or actions of other people, and which cause discomfort, embarrassment or upset, or cause them to laugh uncontrollably.
From the AOGP Abridged Scientology Dictionary — based on original LRH source materials, updated through 1982.
Usage
A button is a word, phrase, subject, or area that is easily restimulated in a person, causing discomfort, embarrassment, upset, or uncontrollable laughter when triggered by the words or actions of others. In auditing, the auditor may identify and address these buttons to relieve the preclear's reactivity.
Why It Matters
Buttons represent points of vulnerability where a person reacts automatically rather than rationally. Finding and handling buttons in auditing reduces the person's susceptibility to being upset or controlled by external triggers.
Related Concepts
- AUDITOR — A listener or one who listens carefully to what people have to say.
- CONTROL — The ability to start, change and stop things at one's own choice.
- CHARGE — Harmful energy or force accumulated and stored within the Reactive Mind, resulting from the conflicts and unpleasant experiences that a person has had.
- ALLY — A person who sympathized with or appeared to aid the survival of an individual when he or she was ill, injured or unconscious, and whom the individual now reactively regards as necessary to his or her continued…
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