“I
previously
mentioned that Self-Analysis is the most
undervalued book in
Scientology then Handbook for Preclears is only
second because it
already takes top billing as THE MOST UNKNOWN.
That’s a bit
of an outpoint, especially when you consider it’s the book that
first mentions the word “Scientology.” Yet the fact remains
surveys reveal Handbook for Preclears to be
virtually unknown and in
this instance quite aside from the genius secretarial work, we do
know the reason for its anonymity. Indeed, the tail made even sadder
by the fact THE BOOK NEVER BECAME WELL KNOWN and so
never
even had
the opportunity to become forgotten. Sure, some C/S’s and
auditors have studied it, but there too occur prevented any
comprehension of the very substance of the book. And what is that
substance? Oh, it not only explains how LRH came to discover
Scientology, but it tells HOW he did it. Or how about the fact that
discoveries contained therein opened a direct route to whole track?
So let me first clear the mystery of its never glorified history.
If
you recall
various source briefings over the years, not to mention numerous
bulletins and policies that describe it, the original Dianetic
Foundation was not headed by LRH. The book had been published right
about the time LRH abandoned that Foundation when they tried to
prohibit research into past lives. And out of spite they kept the
copies of the book for a while. By the time the books
were recovered, NOBODY WAS EVEN FAMILIAR WITH ITS CONTENT,
and so goes the rest of the story as you
now
know. However, even with those circumstances, still you pretty much
figure that the mere fact of auditors studying the book over the
years would have resulted in some use or some dissemination, but were
it not for the discovery of the lectures that accompany these series,
its fate might have been sealed forever as lost tech. Yes,
it’s
a dictated book, but no it was not garbled beyond comprehension. In
fact, there were only a few garbles. Unfortunately they happened to
be the very words that described the substance of the book. Or
to be more precise, the very word that the book is based on
is
mistranscribed. Only the lectures that were
discovered reveal
this alter-is. The word or phrase is “Life Continuum” which the
typist changed to “Life Continuation.” If you’ve
never
heard of or understood “Life Continuum,” you now know why.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE READ THE BOOK DON’T KNOW THE PHRASE as it’s not in the book, and yet its resolution is the entire purpose of the book. Just so that I don’t leave you with misunderstood, and although you will hear more in a moment, Life Continuum is the phenomena of individuals taking on the fears, habits, and pattern of others particularly those people who are dead. In summary, here is the answer to fixed behavior patters and why habits seemingly can’t be broken. So while the term “Life Continuum” is used by LRH in many books following the Handbook, NOBODY’S EVER REALLY KNOWN WHAT IT MEANT.
Next,
the handbook
provides definition and even illustration of what LRH called the
“Control Center.” Among other things the control center explains
left and right handedness, but if you’ve never heard of it of if
you have and didn’t get it, that’s because the key paragraph
describing the control center happens to be one of the garbles –
LRH correcting the sentence mid-stream and the typist including
both the incomplete and corrected sentence tied together as one
COMPLETELY INCOMPREHENSIBLE SENTENCE.
As for the use of the book and what it contains just as Self-Analysis is a companion to Science of Survival so too is Handbook for Preclears a companion to Advanced Procedure and Axioms. Indeed, Handbook for Preclears gets used after Self-Analysis. Where as Self-Analysis describes consciousness, Handbook for Preclears has the most expansive essays anywhere on “The State of Man” and the “Ideal State of Being” and, specifically, whether TO BE or NOT TO BE. Indeed, here is the Chart of Attitudes that compliments the Chart of Human Evaluation, and it not only explains one’s reactions to life but plots the top and bottom characteristics of attitudes of beingness. You use the Chart of Attitudes for Rising Scale Processing, and if that too is unfamiliar to you – MORE LOST TECH! It’s how to postulate yourself up the Tone Scale and is also for use in introductory auditing. So yes, Handbook for Preclears – lost tech, but no more particularly since you've also got yet NEVER BEFORE AVAILABLE SERIES – the Life Continuum. ...
In combination these lectures not only recover the lost tech of “Life Continuum” but they even describe how to both disseminate and apply the book Handbook for Preclears right down to its administration by a field auditor. THEY’VE NEVER BEEN AVAILABLE and now you know why NOBODY IS DOING IT.
