STRAIGHTWIRE (1) — Term from SntMaster Dictionary

STRAIGHTWIRE (1)

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(1) the name of a process. It is the act of stringing a line between present time and some incident in the past, and stringing that line directly and without any detours. The auditor is stringing a straight "wire" of memory between the actual genus (origin) of a condition and present time, thus demonstrating that there is a difference of time and space in the condition then and the condition now, and that the preclear, conceding this difference, then rids himself of the condition or at least is able to handle it. (2) a process of recalling, from present time, with some perception or at least a concept, a past incident. The name Straightwire derives from the mest communication process of connecting two points of a communications system. It is essentially memory work. It is applied to postulates, evaluations, incidents, scenes, emotions, or any data which may be in the storage banks of the mind without "sending the preclear" to the incident itself. It is done with the preclear sitting up, eyes open or shut. The auditor is very alert. Straightwire is done rapidly. The preclear is not permitted to wander or reminisce. He responds to questions on the part of the auditor. Many preclears dislike being questioned. The auditor must then first resolve the postulates against being questioned; this would be called "clearing for broad Straightwire." —APA Glossary (app 11.7.90)