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Even a Pre-clear's Goals Aren't
the Same After 150 Years
By WILLIAM SELL
WHEN JOHN SMITH heard about Dianetics in 1950, and read "The
Book", he, in an aberrated sort
of way, wanted to be a clear. He
wanted his I. Q. raised 25 points, so he
could make more money. He wanted to be
free of psychosomatic ills, so he could
make more money. He wanted survival on
all four dynamics, so he could make more
money. So he studied "The Book " , subscribed to The Auditor's Bulletin, audited and co-audited, had a few of his engrams erased -- and came to a halt. No more
engrams showed up. Could it be that they
were all erased? Was he a clear?
John had quit getting sick, and his
salary had been raised. His emotional
problems were clearing up. Perhaps, even,
his I.Q. was a little higher -- there was
no way of telling. But he still wore
glasses. His knees still ached in damp
weather. His bowling score was no better.
No, he reluctantly admitted to himself,
he wasfi't a clear -- nOr anywhere near one.
About this time, new techniques began
popping up-Advanced Procedure, E-Therapy,
Analytical Procedure, Electropsychometry,
Humanics, Scientology, Synergetics. John
tried them all and he still wasn't a
clear. So, one by one, he abandoned them.
But by this time he had soaked up so much
that he began putting the fragments together and he evolved techniques of his
own
