DEADLY QUARTET

Four things that must be present before auditing can do much good: the person has to be willing to be helped, willing to be under the auditor's direction, able to communicate, and actually interested. If any one of the four is missing, lasting gains are unlikely.

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

Usage

An auditor who finds a person unwilling to be helped will handle that first, because running processes over the top of it gets nowhere. The four points are checked before the auditing rather than blamed afterwards.

Why It Matters

This is why auditing does not begin with technique. Getting these four in is the difference between a session that produces something and one that merely happens.

Related Concepts

  • AUDITINGThe application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor.
  • AUDITORA listener or one who listens carefully to what people have to say.
  • COMMUNICATIONThe interchange of ideas or objects between two people or terminals.
  • CONTROLThe ability to start, change and stop things at one's own choice.

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