POTENTIAL TROUBLE SOURCE (PTS)
Any person who, while active in Scientology or a pre-clear, remains connected to a Suppressive Person or Group. (A person "roller coasters", i.e., gets better, then worse, etc., only when connected to a Suppressive Person or Group, and in order to cease roller coastering must receive processing intended to handle such.)
From the AOGP Abridged Scientology Dictionary — based on original LRH source materials, updated through 1982.
Usage
A Potential Trouble Source is any person active in Scientology or receiving processing who remains connected to a Suppressive Person or Group. The characteristic sign of a PTS person is roller coastering—getting better and then worse repeatedly.
Why It Matters
Identifying PTS conditions is critical because a person connected to a Suppressive Person or Group cannot make stable gains from processing. Specific processing exists to handle this condition so the person can cease roller coastering and progress steadily.
Related Concepts
- SUPPRESSIVE PERSON OR GROUP — One or a group of others who actively seeks to suppress or damage others by suppressive anti-social acts.
- SCIENTOLOGY — An applied religious philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge, which, through the application of its technology can bring about desirable changes in the conditions of life.
- PROCESSING — That action or actions, governed by the technical disciplines and codes of Scientology, of administering a process to a preclear in order to release or free him or her.
- PRE-CLEAR — This term covers anyone who is not a Clear; however, it is principally used to describe a person who, through Scientology processing, is finding out more about himself and life.
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