OVERT-MOTIVATOR SEQUENCE
The sequence wherein someone who has committed an overt has to claim the existence of motivators. The motivators are then liable to be used to justify committing further overt acts.
From the AOGP Abridged Scientology Dictionary — based on original LRH source materials, updated through 1982.
Usage
In the overt-motivator sequence, a person who has committed a harmful act then feels compelled to claim that others have done harmful things to them. These claimed motivators are then used to justify committing further overt acts, continuing the cycle.
Why It Matters
Understanding this sequence is essential in auditing because it reveals how a person's own harmful acts drive them to justify further harmful behavior. Resolving the original overt act breaks the cycle and frees the person from the compulsion to continue it.
Related Concepts
- MOTIVATOR — The consideration and dramatization that one has been wronged by the action of another or a group, and which is characterized by constant complaint with no real action undertaken to resolve the situation.
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