processing in which the
preclear views unfinished
symbols and decides what to make of them. The
auditor then requires him, each
time he has decided on a
symbol, to tell what person or
object or thing in the
real universe, or what circumstance or
state of being the
symbol represents. The person being
processed is then required to
recall an
incident involving this person or
object or
state of being. The
goal of this
processing is to bring into full view the
latent and sometimes violent conflicts and turmoils which
lie out of
sight in what was once referred to as the "
unconscious mind." More bluntly, the
use of this
processing brings to light those things for which the processee will not take the
responsibility and for which he is unwilling to have been
cause. In many individuals the
symbol alone can be faced, but once that is faced, the person or
object o f the
incident can be faced, and then, at last, the
incident itself may be confronted and by
Lock Scanning or
Repetitive Straightwire may be deintensified. We examine in
symbols, not the
source of difficulty, but the
key to the
source of difficulty.
—History of Man Glossary (app. 11.7.90)