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HCO BULLETIN OF 3 SEPTEMBER 19781Remimeo
HCOs
Tech Staff
Qual Staff
Confessional Courses
All Auditors
C/Ses, SupervisorsURGENT—URGENT—URGENT
DEFINITION OF A ROCK SLAMThe following is the only valid definition of an R/S:
ROCK SLAM: THE CRAZY, IRREGULAR, LEFT-RIGHT SLASHING MOTION OF THE NEEDLE ON THE E-METER DIAL. R/SES REPEAT LEFT AND RIGHT SLASHES UNEVENLY AND SAVAGELY, FASTER THAN THE EYE EASILY FOLLOWS. THE NEEDLE IS FRANTIC. THE WIDTH OF AN R/S DEPENDS LARGELY ON SENSITIVITY SETTING. IT GOES FROM ONE-FOURTH INCH TO WHOLE DIAL. BUT IT SLAMS BACK AND FORTH.
A ROCK SLAM (R/S) MEANS A HIDDEN EVIL INTENTION ON THE SUBJECT OR QUESTION UNDER AUDITING OR DISCUSSION.
VALID R/SES ARE NOT ALWAYS INSTANT READS. AN R/S CAN READ PRIOR OR LATENTLY.
HCOB 5 Dec. 62, 2-12, 3GAXX, 3-21 and ROUTINE 2-10 MODERN ASSESSMENT, is an HCOB composited by others incorrectly and is CANCELLED as it misdefines an R/S as a single slash left or right. It contains the statements: “One or two slashes make an R/S. . . . If it slashed up or down once call it an R/S.” The data is utterly false. By this wrong definition a rocket read could be mistaken for an R/S, or any sudden rise could be mistaken for an R/S. ONE SLASH DOESN’T BEGIN TO BE AN R/S. NOR TWO OR THREE FOR THAT MATTER. THE CORRECT DEFINITION OF AN R/S INCLUDES THAT IT SLASHES SAVAGELY LEFT AND RIGHT.
DEFINITION OF A DIRTY NEEDLE
The following is the only valid definition of a dirty needle:
DIRTY NEEDLE: AN ERRATIC AGITATION OF THE NEEDLE WHICH IS RAGGED, JERKY, TICKING, NOT SWEEPING, AND TENDS TO BE PERSISTENT. IT IS NOT LIMITED IN SIZE.
A DIRTY NEEDLE IS CAUSED BY ONE OF THREE THINGS:
1. THE AUDITOR’S TRs ARE BAD.
2. THE AUDITOR IS BREAKING THE AUDITOR’S CODE.
3. THE PC HAS WITHHOLDS HE DOES NOT WISH KNOWN.
The definitions of a dirty needle as “a small rock slam” and “a smaller edition of the rock slam” in HCOB 13 August AD12, “Rock Slams and Dirty Needles,” are CANCELLED. The definition of a dirty needle as “a minute rock slam” in HCOB 1 August AD12, “Routine 3GA, Goals, Nulling by Mid Ruds,” is CANCELLED.
All definitions which limit the size of a dirty needle to “one quarter of an inch” or “less than one quarter of an inch” are CANCELLED.
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A dirty needle is NOT TO BE CONFUSED with an R/S. They are distinctly different reads. You never mistake an R/S if you have ever seen one. A dirty needle is far less frantic.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A ROCK SLAM AND A DIRTY NEEDLE IS IN THE CHARACTER OF THE READ. NOT THE SIZE.
Persistent use of “fish and fumble” can sometimes turn a dirty needle into a rock slam. However until it does it is simply a dirty needle.
AUDITORS, C/SES, SUPERVISORS MUST MUST MUST KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO TYPES OF READS COLD.
L. RON HUBBARD
Founder
Hubbard, L. R. (1978-09-03) Urgent Urgent Urgent Definition of a Rock Slam Technical Bulletins of Dianetics and Scientology Vol XI 1977-1979 (1991 ed.). Los Angeles: Bridge Publications.
Notes
- Document studied on Scientology Level II. ↩
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