Scientology 0-8 1952 Chapter 8

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Concept running is easily done. The preclear “gets the idea” of knowing or not being and holds it, the while looking at his time track. The concept runs out, or the somatic it brings on runs out, and the concept itself is run. It is not addressed at individual incidents but at hundreds.

A concept is a high wave thought, above perception or reason or single incidents. Thus as concepts are run, many incidents may tumble into view.

Concepts can be “in-run” or “out-run”. This would be somebody having the concept of the preclear or the preclear having the concept himself. If the preclear runs a concept and starts to boil-off, have him reverse the flow. If he was running it as his own, have him run it as another’s and he will immediately cease the boil-off.

You can have a concept of anything, even a concept of confusion. The top and bottom points on the scales of the Chart of Attitudes (See Handbook for Preclears) make good concept material.

BUT, the only concepts we have to use in running out locks or whole lives, knocking away scores of incidents at a time, are:

• Beauty

• Ugliness

• Cause of ugliness • Cause of beauty

• No-sympathy

• Sympathy

• Good

• Evil

Wherever there is an occlusion on a case, make the preclear run these on it. Whenever the scenery or people are too bright or fixed, have him run these on it.

That’s all.

• (Start, Stop, Change, Attainment, Inability to reach.)