CHARGE
Harmful energy or force accumulated and stored within the Reactive Mind, resulting from the conflicts and unpleasant experiences that a person has had. (Auditing discharges this charge so that it is no longer there to affect the individual.)
From the AOGP Abridged Scientology Dictionary — based on original LRH source materials, updated through 1982.
Usage
In auditing, the auditor works to locate and discharge charge from the reactive mind, relieving the harmful energy stored from past conflicts and unpleasant experiences. A person carrying a lot of charge may react irrationally to situations that resemble those earlier experiences.
Why It Matters
Charge is what makes the reactive mind capable of affecting a person's behavior and well-being. Auditing specifically targets this stored harmful energy so that it no longer influences the individual.
Related Concepts
- REACTIVE MIND — That portion of a person's mind which works on a stimulus-response basis (given a certain stimulus, it gives a certain response) which is not under his volitional control and which exerts force and the power of command…
- AUDITING — The application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor.
- REACTIVE — Irrational, reacting instead of acting- behavior dictated by the Reactive Mind rather than the individual's own present-time determinism.
- MIND — A control system between the thetan and the physical universe.
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