The most common errors being made by student auditors are forgetting the commands during session and misusing command sequence or procedure or doing odd things because they get nervous. The following drills are added to the Standard Dianetics Course to handle this. The drills must be thoroughly done and checked out star-rated by the Course Supervisor. They are done as the last item on the checksheet.

NAME: R3-R to a wall.

The following auditing errors were discovered by asking the pc what was done in their sessions after the sessions had mysteriously failed without any reason apparent in the auditor report sheets. Each one of these is a flagrant departure from standard auditing and is adequate to stop all pc gains for the session and to leave the pc stuck down the track and heavily keyed-in.

COMMANDS: R3-R commands including earlier incident and earlier similar commands.

These are just given as samples of outnesses to show what you will find by asking the pc and to show what can cause a Dianetic session to have a poor result. These instances and others actually occurred in sessions and the sessions failed. There was no mention of them in the report form Summary or Worksheets and only asking the pc brought them to light.

POSITION: Student seated facing a wall.

1. Auditor not remembering one or more of the commands.

PURPOSE: To get the student able to give all R3-R commands accurately, in correct order without hesitation or having to think what the next command should be.

2. Auditor delaying the pc while thinking of the next command.

TRAINING STRESS: This drill is not coached. The student sits facing a wall with a copy of the R3-R bulletin in his lap. The student gives the commands, in order, to the wall maintaining good TR0 and TR1. When the student falters or is uncertain of the next command, he re-reads the commands from the bulletin then continues to give the commands to the wall. When the student can confidently give all the commands accurately without any slightest comm-lag, he raises his hand for the course supervisor to give him a check-out.

3. Auditor failure to give the next command.

4. Giving wrong or altered commands.

NAME: Auditing a doll.

5. Incorrect procedure.

COMMANDS: All R3-R commands and Standard Dianetics procedure.

6. Invalidating the pc’s cognitions.

POSITION: Student seated at a table with E-Meter and auditor report sheets. In the chair opposite the student is a doll occupying the position of the pc.

7. Not recognizing that the pc has gone through the incident and just waiting or saying „OK continue“ when the pc had said that was all.

PURPOSE: To familiarize the student with the materials of auditing and co-ordinate and apply the commands and procedures of Standard Dianetics in an auditing session.

8. Auditor during session looking up something he (the auditor) didn’t understand that the pc said.

TRAINING STRESS: This drill is not coached. The student sets up the E-Meter and worksheets exactly as in a session. He starts the session and runs a complete Standard Dianetics session on the doll keeping full session admin and using all Standard Procedures.

9. Auditing pc in circumstances where the pc is expecting he may be disturbed at some time later in the session.

The drill is passed when the student can do the drill flawlessly with good TRs 0-4, correct procedure and commands, without comm-lags or confusion and can maintain proper session admin, including worksheets, auditor's report form, and summary report.

10. Auditor walking out of auditing room leaving pc folder in room with pc.

11. Continuing to audit on a chain that the pc insists is erased (usually because auditor missed the F/N.)

NAME: Auditing on a doll, coached.

12. Not acknowledging pc originations.

COMMANDS: All R3-R commands and situations.

13. Telling pc to close eyes when pc already has eyes closed.

POSITION: Same as in TR 102 except that a coach sits beside student calling out command numbers and situations and the student following them and keeping admin and his meter.

14. Keeping pc waiting after pc has carried out command.

PURPOSE: To give the student total certainty in the use of R3-R commands despite any distraction.

15. Telling pc to wipe her hands on her dress during session (auditor attempt to change TA position by session additive.)

TRAINING: Step 1. Coach calls for commands at random by stating the letter or number of the command or the situation by saying "solid, "erasing," "solid but nothing earlier. " The student addresses the right command or action to the doll, handles meter and admin. The coach also uses pc responses such as "that's all" "I can't find one," etc. These are called for in quick succession and in any order. Coach starts in on a gradient gradually getting the drill faster and becoming sharper on flunks for any comm-lags, uncertainties, groping for commands or break in TR 0 – 4. If the student becomes too confused the coach has probably proceeded with too steep a gradient and given the student too many losses. In such instance have the student go through the commands in proper sequence a few times and then continue with random commands building up the drill on a gradient.

16. Auditor running out of ink and having to borrow a pen from the pc during session.

17. Forcing pc to continue looking for earlier incidents when the pc can’t find any.

NAME: R3-R Coached and Bull Baited.

18. Auditor talking too quietly for pc to hear (out TR1.)

COMMANDS: All R3-R commands and procedures.

19. Auditor ignoring pc originations (out TR4.)

POSITION: As for auditing on a doll (TR 102) with coach seated beside student and a bullbaiter as "pc" across from the student instead of a doll.

20. Continuing to ‘audit’ when auditor doesn’t know what should be next.

PURPOSE: To train the student to deliver a standard session with correct commands and procedure and without session additives of any kind despite distractions.

21. Auditor staring at meter for long a time looking for F/N (can turn off a real F/N and bring on an ARC break needle.)

TRAINING STRESS: The drill is the same as for auditing on a doll except that the "pc" coach bull-baits the student auditor during the session in an attempt to throw the student off session while the second coach calls the numbers as on TR 103. Flunks are given for any improper commands, procedure, comm-lags, break in TRs or improper session admin. The second coach does the "start," the flunking or "That's it. " If the student is not making the grade he is returned to the earlier TR that is out. This drill is coached tough and only passed when the student is totally competent, exact and correct in all commands, procedures, auditing actions and session admin with excellent TRs and no slightest variation from or additives to Standard Dianetics.

22. Auditing with a contemptuous, sympathetic, too sweet, motherly, or any attitude that is a departure from a pleasant business-like attitude.

These drills were developed by L. Ron Hubbard in July 1969 when it was found that all failed sessions resulted from non-standard auditing, the main goofs being auditors' failure to give the next command, forgetting the commands in session, or giving a wrong command.

23. Auditor talking to pc about auditor’s own case in session.

24. Auditor discussing other pcs with current pc in session.

25. Bull baiting pc when doing C/S-1.

26. Auditor and/or pc smoking or chewing during session.

27. Auditor doing or saying anything during session other than assessment and exact R3-R procedure.

28. Auditor talking to pc after session about something the pc ran during the session.

29. Auditing with a discharged meter.

30. Auditing with legs up on table or some other improper posture.

31. Auditor commenting on the pc’s cognitions.

32. Auditor continuing to grind on the same incident when there’s an earlier one.

33. Auditor keeping voluminous admin during which the pc has to wait.

These are just a few examples. There is an infinity of wrongness pos­sible. Every session additive is a departure from TR 0-4 and a violation of the Auditor’s Code and a gross goof.

The auditor did not do these things maliciously. He was unaware of these as goofs and that the session didn’t come off seemed to him to be a complete mystery, the failed sessions were also a mystery to the Case Super­visor who also thought tech had failed until he had others ask the pc what happened in that session.

Needless to say, the auditors who goofed as above ware extensively audited and retrained using TRs 101, 102, 103 and 104.