This whole 'clear' issue is a real mess and of course that's the way Hubbard liked it, the more obfuscated the better. No one can get a firm grasp of the facts because they are changing all the time.
Terril's stories amuse me the most. He goes to the powers that be and
demands that they recognise his condition as a 'keyed-out-clear' or 'this lifetime clear' or whatever the fuck... (don't bother to clarify Terril, it's not important in this context). It's like going to a university and demanding that they award you a degree. Now what kind of a university gives you one simply because you demand it?
As for the 'clear cog'. When I attested in 1970 I certainly did not utter the famous phrase 'I'm mocking it up', but I got my cert anyway. Truth is I probably convinced myself that I was clear and rather fancied the idea of going back down to London and swanning around the org bathing in the glory of my new-found super-status. I'm sure it got me into the sack with at least two females there in pretty short order! [noparse]
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Mess a Understatement!!
I Audited my Girlfriend one night in Bed, I was pretty exhausted from Building all day (as I was a building contractor) playing in a band , recording with the band and,running out of my House a small City Office.Book1 and other stuff.Life was full on , and I liked it.
I,m running book 1 sort of ,She had issues , and I'm half asleep,I'm so tied I just wanted to go to sleep. and I'm guiding her through stuff about 1 hour goes by, next minute pow! she breaks through it and is beaming ,I realize I've hit pay dirt, we jump out of bed , and in the kitchen, having coffees' talking non stop , It was one of those most exciting periods of my life , at 4.30 am I decided not to go back to sleep , as I started at 7.00am , I might as well stay up.
Move further on , she goes into Auckland Org and wants to attest to Clear,
Now I have no notes , Its definitely not standard, Auditing someone in bed?? , didnt have the Clear cog ,But fuck did she dramatically change.
The black mass just disappeared,and here I am looking at this stunningly beautiful woman thats right in front of me. so I was changing as well ,We both often talk about it,
Now the C/s gets confused because , nobody attests to Clear on Book 1 ,This would be in the 80s, even though its in the book, because nobody does enough Hours,
That was the first realization that I was the only one in Nz that was doing lots of book 1 Auditing, Most people move onto scientology,
They let her attest to Clear. After all its in the Book , So words like Standard , Clear , Does not exist , and is a crock of shit, and the EP just gets moved around to suit , and when that does not work , Blame someone else ,
This brings me to another Question , the people that were trained as C/Ss , must have realized nothing worked as stated and only worked some of the time
a real hit and miss.
Granitt.