SOMATIC
Physical pain or discomfort of any kind, especially painful or uncomfortable physical perceptions stemming from the Reactive Mind.
From the AOGP Abridged Scientology Dictionary — based on original LRH source materials, updated through 1982.
Usage
During auditing, a preclear may report a somatic such as a headache, pressure, or sharp pain that turns on as the session addresses material from the Reactive Mind. The auditor notes these physical sensations as indicators of charge being contacted.
Why It Matters
Somatics are significant in auditing because they are physical manifestations of mental content stored in the Reactive Mind, and their appearance and resolution indicate that underlying incidents are being addressed.
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…
- REACTIVE — Irrational, reacting instead of acting- behavior dictated by the Reactive Mind rather than the individual's own present-time determinism.
- ALLY — A person who sympathized with or appeared to aid the survival of an individual when he or she was ill, injured or unconscious, and whom the individual now reactively regards as necessary to his or her continued…
- MIND — A control system between the thetan and the physical universe.
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