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HCO BULLETIN OF 1 MARCH 196 2

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PREPCHECKING
(A Class II Skill)

A new way of cleaning up a case in order to run Routine 3D Criss Cross has sudd enly emerged as more powerful in obtaining case gain s than any previous process in Scientology.
I developed Prep checking  in o rder to get around an auditor’s difficulty in “varying the question” in pulling withholds. Auditors had a hard time doing this, hence Prepchecking.
But Prepchecking became quickly more important than a “rote procedure for Sec Checking”. The p otentiality in really cleaning up a case’s withholds is  Mest Clear! If, of course, done by  Prepchecking.
Any goal Freud ev er had is easily achieved by Prepchecking in a relatively few hours if done by a thoroughly trained Class IV auditor. Goals Freud never dreamed of rise beyond that point.
In Prepchecki ng o ne uses th e Wit hho ld Sys tem, HCO Bulleti n of Feb ru ary  12, 1 962 . Bu t Prepchecking has exact targets and exact procedure.
In Prepchecking one us es the rudiment q uestion s on e at a time as the bod y o f Model Session.
Havingness, however, is taken up las t as a Prepcheck question.

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Th e target of a Prepcheck question is a chain of withholds.
A with hold  chain  beh av es exactly like any chain. The botto m of the chain is the basi c. The with holds on  the chain will s tay partially alive, even when co vered, un til the bas ic (first) withhold on the chain is fully recovered. Th en the entire chain goes nul.
The d efinition of a Ch ain is: A series of incidents of similar nature or similar subject matter.
(See Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health.)
The first incident of any chain is fully or partially unknown to the person.

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THE MECHANICS OF PREPCHECKING

One uses the whole subject to be cleared as the zero question. Sub zero questions are marked 0A.
Each 0A h as a Nu mber One question which is taken from a with hold given on ask in g the 0A q uestion.
The Number One question is worked with the When All Who o f the Withhold  question un til it either disappears  or o bviously  wo n’t clear easily. Many withh old s may be given relating  to Nu mber One. If it doesn’t clear, one steers earlier by asking Number 1A, text taken from the withholds given in Number One. If 1A’s Wh at qu estion doesn’t clear on th e meter after sev eral withholds and When All Who is us ed liberally on each, one asks Question Number 1 B.
Con tinu ing What questions are as ked and worked with the With hold System, until th e earliest incident of the chain is fo und and cleaned up. This should clear the whole chain.
One then reworks all the previous What questions on the Zero A Chain and leaves Zero A when all the previous Whats are clear.
One can clean some of the What questions, find a new branch and ask more What q uestions.

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ADMINISTRATION

The auditor writes down only what the auditor says (the Zero and What questions) plus any cognitions o f the pc he cares  to write.
He doesn’t do a steno record of what the pc says, only the Zero s and Whats the auditor asks.

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THE MAGIC PHRASE

The magic q uestion is “Is there any in cident like that earlier?” Or any version of it.
The pc’s attention tend s to stick near present time.
The auditor must press the pc gradually  back down the Chain to basic, cleaning up what he can as he goes, realizin g, if the Chain is long and hot, that it won’t clean until basic is reach ed.
The pc, o n a charged chain, cannot go earlier until charge is moved o ff it by using the withh old s ystem on each wit hhold  th e pc gives, (When All  Who , test Wh at. If What  s till charged on meter, another Wh en All Who).
Basic is sometimes wholly unknown to pc, sometimes known only as a picture.
Unknown parts ex ist throughout the chain.

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Sample:

0 .  Are you willing to talk  to me about your difficulties?
0 A.  Have you ever done anything to an organization? (Zero A found by Dynamic Assessment.)
1 .  What about being jealous of a leader?
(1. Question fo und fro m a with hold gi ven by pc in response to the Zero A being asked, “I was jealous of my lodge president.” This is enlarged at once by auditor to be more general.) Several withholds come o ff, all about leaders, each withhold well wo rked by the When All Who o f the withhold system.
Then the 1  is  s till alive but p c gives a withh old ab out stealing money fro m an organizati on.
This is a new type  of withhold, bu t is similar o n the chain as it’s still about organizations.

1A. Wh at abo ut steal in g mon ey from an  o rg an ization ? (Qu es tion 1A derived b y pc’s gi ven withhold.)
This 1 A is worked by the Withhold System until pc gives a withhold s till on organizations but h aving to do with wrecking a car belonging to a company.
1B. What about damaging organization p roperty? Etc. Etc.
When the first overt is found and fully revealed by the When All Wh o of the Withhold System (maybe 1F) then 1F will clear fully as a What qu estion. On e then reworks  the 1E, 1D, 1C, 1B, 1A and o ne. The auditor may clean 1E, 1D and find a new s eries on the same ch ain, giving him a n ew 1E and 1D after which all Wh ats including  the Numb er One will g o clean if worked a bit more. This up and down may  happen more th an once. This end s the chain labelled in Zero A as Organizations, providing Zero A is now nul.

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CONTROL PC’S ATTENTION

Work only on e s ubject at a time. Keep pc on the subject of the chain.
Try not to start new chains when old Zero A’s exist uncleared.
Start new Zero A’s only when an old Zero A is cleared fully.

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The pc is doing well only when you h ave TA action. Complete chains started always but choose those that will give TA action during Prepcheck ing.

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DON’T USE O/W

Use no version o f with holds to clean up rudiments for a Prepcheck sessio n. You’ll find yourself s teered off yesterday’s  Zero A. Use only  o ld  n on O/W p roces ses to clean ru diments in a Prepcheck session. For withhold rud, add “Since last session”.

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HOW TO DERIVE ZEROS

The modern Model Session Rudiments are the Zeros in all cases.

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HOW TO DERIVE ZERO A’s

Derive Zero A’s as follows:
For “Are you  willing, etc” do a Dynamic As ses smen t o n pc and use its results. When  th is is cleared , do another Dynamic Asses sment. Etc. Finally pc will talk to aud itor abou t anything.

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For Withhold rudiment, use the Joburg and (on a Scientologist) Form 6A as 0A questions.

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For Present Time Prob lem use the who le of the Problems Intensive HCO Bulletin of November
9 , 19 61.
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For Half Truth use “Have you ever told a half truth?”

For Untruth, use “Have you ever told a lie?”

For Impress Anyone use “Have you ever tried to impress anyone?”

For Damage use “Have you ever damaged anyone?”

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For Meter, us e itself.

For Withholds, use “What withhold have you o nly partially revealed?”

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For Goals use “Have you ever set impossible goals for an yone?”

For Gains, use “Have you ever propitiated anyone?”

For Orders and Commands, use “Have you ever made anyone obey?”

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The p urp ose of Prepch ecking is to set u p a pc’s rudiments so they will s tay in during furth er
clearing of the bank.
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If a pc goes back track and ou t o f thi s li fetime, let him or her go  back track  u sing th e same
system. Don’t persuade pc to go back track.

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Asking the What question is the most skilled action of Prepcheck. The rule is as follo ws:

The What question  must ask about the part of th e withhold most dangerous to the pc’s survival,
a nd m ust  no t be  t oo  bro ad  to  mis s th e ch ain  or to o n arro w  to g et on ly  that  on e  wit hh old . The
s upposition is th at the pc h as done similar things; the What question must also be cap able of gett ing
these.

 There is only one exception to converting th e pc’s withhold to a What question directly.

If the pc does o ne of four things, the auditor asks a What question d irectly relating to the subject
mentioned by th e p c.

These four things are:

Pc gives Somebody else’s withhold, gives  a MOTIVATOR, gives a CRITICISM of someone or
an EXPLANATION, then Auditor gives a What question, in  each case, as follows: “Wh at have you
d one to (subject mentioned by pc)?”
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Learning to Prepcheck is like learning to ride a bicycle. All of a su dden you can ride it.

Prepchecking g ives high pc gains when  done well, higher than any previous process.

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The auditor expects the pc to talk t o h im. The auditor does n ot p reven t the pc from giving  up
withholds. Pcs, unlike in Sec Checking, talk glibly and easily while being Prepcheck ed.

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The only middle ruds you use are (frequ ently) “Have I missed a withhold on you?” and the half
tru th, etc, end rud question.

Use “Have I missed a withhold on you?” in the end rudiments rather than  “Are you withhold ing
anything?” while Prepchecking.
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There are some tapes extant on Prepcheck Sessions I have given.

Good hunting.

LRH:sf cden
Cop yright © 196 2  L RON HUBBARD
b y L. Ron Hubb ard
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

[This HCO B is corrected by HCO B 24 June 1962, Pr epchecking, page 88.]