The Adventure of Book
One Auditing
The story of a man who uncovers
a secret never disclosed to his friend as
a child...
"He
suddenly erupted in a blood-curdling cry
that sent me jumping into the air and throwing
my papers and notes everywhere!"
In
1968 I had a lot of free time on my hands.
I was in the U.S. Army and stationed in
Germany. After work each day, I needed to
find something to help wile away the idle
hours, and normally I did this through reading
books. On the campus there was a bookstore
that only carried bestsellers, and it was
there I first saw Dianetics: The Modern
Science of Mental Health.
I
thought the title sounded interesting and
because it was a huge book, it gave me something
to read for a while. So I started my
journey into discovering and learning about
the human mind. After the first read
through, I thought this was really something
and I already knew that just a small fraction of this information
would mean a great deal for mankind.
I then began reading it over again,
this time with even more attention and curiosity.
Soon
the paperback book became worn from my intensive
reading and slowly the book started falling
apart. However, this was most fortunate
for my roommate who began picking up the
fallen pages and reading along with me.
Pretty soon he was just as curious as I
was about the subject of Dianetics.
The
Adventure Begins
One
day Bill (my roommate) suggested I try
auditing the procedure on him. I told
him that I wasn't sure if I wanted to and
didn't know what would happen. He persisted,
and also pointed out that in the book it
states you can't hurt anyone with the procedure
and some auditing, even if done badly,
was far better than nothing. Well, he
had me on that one.
Bill
settled himself down on one of the bunks
and with a book on one knee and a notepad
on the other, I began the auditing session.
I meticulously followed the commands and
made notes as best I could. For a short
while I didn't notice any changes and began
to get nervous. I kept following the procedure,
just as LRH wrote and then came across a
command where LRH said "if nothing
else works, try this". So I did.
The
Incident
A
blood curdling cry erupted from Bill
and had me jumping out of my chair, falling
on the floor and throwing the book and papers
all over the room. I was frightened half
to death. Uneasily, I climbed back up
to my chair and arranged the papers and
the book again to continue the process.
Looking closely at Bill, I could see a tear
streaming down his face while his eyes were
still closed. What the heck had just
happened?
The
next step was to reduce the engram and I
set out to do this,
following the procedure in the book exactly,
and in a short time had Bill back up to
present time and no longer in pain from
the incident.
After
the session Bill commented, "Boy I
must have quite an imagination. After all,
there's no way this could be true. I was
a one year old kid when this happened and
my parents for sure would have told me about
this." Bill had uncovered a previous unknown injury one that he had never been told about.
A
few days passed and he was still wondering
about whether or not this was a real incident
or just his imagination. So I suggested
he write his mother and ask. After all,
she would surely know about a major injury
that happened to him at this age.
The Incident is Confirmed
Three
weeks later I entered our room after work
and Bill was sitting on his bed, face
white as a sheet, staring at a letter in
his hand. I asked what was wrong and
he handed me the letter. It was the answer
from his mother. She was interrogating him
as to how he could have possibly found this
out and asking questions like "where did
you hear this from?", "have you been talking
to Aunt Martha?", etc. From this letter
it was evident that this incident
was real!
Both
of us were in complete shock. We surmised
from his mother's letter and the details
of the incident that his family had covered
this up and made a pact never to tell him.
They were ashamed and embarrassed. You see,
when he was only a year old, on Christmas
Eve, all his relatives were visiting and
had been drinking a little too much. His
father was holding him next to the Christmas
tree and they had real candles on the tree,
which were of course all lit. He was fascinated
by the flame and reached out with one finger
to touch it but as he realized it was hot
and it began to burn him he tried to withdraw,
but his father accidentally turned him into
the flame and he was burned severely!
As he cried, everyone was so drunk they
did not realize what had happened and were
just standing around laughing. In fact
no one in the family noticed the burn marks
until the next day and then they quickly
took him to a doctor.
The
Result
My
roommate had a sudden realization that he
had been afraid of candles his whole life
and never knew why. But best of all, he
was no longer afraid of them as this
incident had been reduced and was no
longer subconsciously affecting him.
Needless
to say, I had found something that really
worked and I was very impressed. It
was not a matter of how smart or clever
I was as a person, but just by following
the simple procedure in the book I could
produce incredible results.
Over
the next two years, I audited over 1,000
hours of Book One and other processes
from L. Ron Hubbard's books and materials.
In 1970 I visited Saint Hill and went Clear.
But it didn't stop there. Since this time
I have contributed as a Scientologist and
staff member for over 30 years and never
stopped disseminating or helping people
with the tech. I can't imagine living
any other way!
Further,
I now encourage and challenge other fellow
Scientologists to have similar wins and
gains from applying the tech in LRH books
and materials in helping others. There is
no other feeling like it!
Warren
R. Schneringer, OT III
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