Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO POLICY LETTER OF 3 NOVEMBER 1980 Issue III (Originally LRH OODs item of 31 Oct 71) | Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO POLICY LETTER OF 3 NOVEMBER 1980 Issue IV (Originally LRH OODs items of26 February 1971 and 24 August 1970.) |
Personnel Series 39 | Esto Series 51 |
FULL HATTING | DRILLS |
A person is responsible for his own hatting. Dept 1 is also responsible. | Drills have several purposes. To groove in a team action is a principal one. To test a system fully. To groove in lines. |
As lack of full hatting is the WHY of declining organization it is very important that persons be fully hatted. | Whenever postings are changed, the new post holders have to be grooved in on their posts (hatted and on-post trained) and then the team itself must be drilled. |
The gradient is instant hatting, mini hatting and full hatting. | The two steps are always needed. |
A person found on a post who is not fully hatted is liable to ethics action. | There’s a maxim about all training that applies. It is this: TRAINING MUST INCLUDE ALL THE ACTIONS AND APPROXIMATIONS OF THE ACTUAL. |
Awareness of the scene does not seem to exist in the absence of hatting. Thus unhatted persons look sort of blind. | This includes of course the whole cycle of an actual sequence of actions. It’s the sequence that counts. |
For instance, an unhatted Dissem Div is completely unaware of no money, no students, no pcs. | The drilling of sequences of actions is a stable series of data that prevents chaos from overwhelming one. |
It’s sort of strange. Mystery about the post seems to result in no perception of its environment. Mystery on post equals mystery of environment. You see this as a sort of frightened no confidence. | This applies to org lines as well. Dummy runs and dummy bullbait runs serve as the drill. |
I think hatting even changes eyesight. We ought to test it out. | Founder |
We already know that unhatted people get hurt more than hatted people. We know overts stem from misunderstoods. And we know running overts changes eyesight. | Approved and accepted by the BOARD OF DIRECTORS of the CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA |
It then probably follows that unhatted people couldn’t see a tiger if it was biting them! | |
So, how to be mystified by it all and afraid — remain unhatted. | |
Get hatted and see. | |
Founder | |
for the BOARD OF DIRECTORSof the CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGYOF CALIFORNIA | |
[Note: The original mimeo copies of this policy letter were incorrectly numbered as Personnel Series 38.] | |