KEY-IN

The moment an earlier upset or painful incident has been re-stimulated.

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

Usage

A person might experience a key-in when a present situation resembles an earlier painful incident — that earlier upset becomes restimulated and begins to affect the person in the present.

Why It Matters

Key-in explains how past painful incidents become activated by circumstances in the present. Understanding this mechanism is important in auditing because it shows how earlier charge comes to affect a person's current life.

Related Concepts

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