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19:05, 31 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page How To Choose Your People Chapter 14 (Created page with "← Back to How to Choose Your People == Chapter 14 — Boredom (2.5) == '''BOREDOM (2.5)''' You go to the beach for a two-week vacation. Sometimes it takes most of the journey to quit worrying about whether you turned off all the stove burners and whether the dog will feel heartbroken at the kennel. It may be another day or so before you stop waking up with the panicky feeling that you're late for work. Finally you relax and drift along...") Tag: Visual edit
19:04, 31 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page How To Choose Your People Chapter 13 (Created page with "← Back to How to Choose Your People == Chapter 13 — Antagonism (2.0) == '''ANTAGONISM (2.0)''' ''Antagonism: 1) Mutual resistance; opposition; hostility. 2) The condition of being an opposing principle, force or factor.'' ''– American Heritage Dictionary'' On leaving a luncheon party, a friend of mine heard a departing guest gushing to the hostess: "This has been such a lovely lunch. I just can't thank you enough . .." The host...") Tag: Visual edit
19:03, 31 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page How To Choose Your People Chapter 12 (Created page with "← Back to How to Choose Your People == Chapter 12 — Pain (1.8) == '''PAIN (1.8)''' If you've ever taken care of a fellow in pain, you know how demanding, cranky and irritable a normally good-natured person can be. Pain itself is not an emotion, but a perception that warns the individual that his survival is threatened. However, there is a particular emotional response to pain which occurs on a small way-stop between Anger and Antagon...") Tag: Visual edit
19:03, 31 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page How To Choose Your People Chapter 11 (Created page with "← Back to How to Choose Your People == Chapter 11 — Anger (1.5) == '''ANGER (1.5)''' ''Anger: 1) a feeling of extreme displeasure, hostility, indignation, or exasperation toward someone or something; rage; wrath; ire.'' ''– American Heritage Dictionary'' Bristling with a case of permanent distemper, he rants, raves, rages, seethes, fumes, blames and complains. He's the neighborhood crank who kicks the kids off the vacant lot in...") Tag: Visual edit
19:01, 31 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page How To Choose Your People Chapter 10 (Created page with "← Back to How to Choose Your People == Chapter 10 — No Sympathy (1.2) == '''NO SYMPATHY (1.2)''' "I don't know, Frank, which one of these girls do you think I should marry?" Puzzled by the unexpected confidence from his fellow worker, my somewhat conventional friend asked, "Well, which one are you in love with?" "Who the hell's talking about love? I'm wondering which one will do me the most good." This young social climber later ma...") Tag: Visual edit
19:00, 31 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page How To Choose Your People Chapter 9 (Created page with "← Back to How to Choose Your People == Chapter 9 — Covert Hostility (1.1) == '''COVERT HOSTILITY (1.1)''' ''Covert: l) Covered or covered over; sheltered. 2) concealed; hidden; secret. Hostile: 1) Of or pertaining to an enemy. 2) feeling or showing enmity; antagonistic.'' ''– American Heritage Dictionary'' The main difficulty with a 1.1 is that he doesn't wear a neon sign telling you he's a 1.1. It's a cover-up tone – the mos...") Tag: Visual edit
18:59, 31 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page How To Choose Your People Chapter 8 (Created page with "← Back to How to Choose Your People == Chapter 8 — Fear (1.0) == '''FEAR (1.0)''' ''Fear: A feeling of alarm or disquiet caused by the expectation of danger, pain, disaster, or the like; terror, dread, apprehension.'' ''– American Heritage Dictionary'' "Now, Fred, slow down. Watch this car up here, Fred. Better get into the left lane, Fred. We have to turn eight blocks from here. That dog might run out. Be careful, Fred!" (Scre...") Tag: Visual edit
18:58, 31 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page How To Choose Your People Chapter 7 (Created page with "← Back to How to Choose Your People == Chapter 7 — Sympathy (0.9) == '''''SYMPATHY (0.9)''''' ''Sympathy: A relationship or affinity between persons or things in which whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other. The act of or capacity for sharing or understanding the feelings of another person. A feeling or expression of pity or of sorrow for the distress of another.'' ''– The American Heritage Dictionary'' Maxwell w...") Tag: Visual edit
18:56, 31 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page How To Choose Your People Chapter 6 (Created page with "← Back to How to Choose Your People == Chapter 6 — Propitiation (0.8) == '''PROPITIATION (0.8)''' ''Propitiation: To appease and make favorable, conciliate. – Webster's Collegiate Dictionary'' Some years ago an elderly family friend often invited me to her home for dinner after I finished work. She was thoughtful, generous and a superb cook. Why, I wondered, did I feel depressed after these visits? One evening on arriving for dinn...") Tag: Visual edit
18:54, 31 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page How To Choose Your People Chapter 5 (Created page with "← Back to How to Choose Your People == Chapter 5 — Grief (0.5) == '''GRIEF (0.5)''' ''Grief: Intense mental anguish; deep remorse, acute sorrow or the like. – American Heritage Dictionary'' Mildred always complained about her married life. "He doesn't love me. He treats me so badly, and I gave up my whole career for him. Everything was so much better when I was single." Just to have something to say (this was back in my more naiv...") Tag: Visual edit
18:53, 31 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page How To Choose Your People Chapter 4 (Created page with "← Back to How to Choose Your People == Chapter 4 — Making Amends (0.375) == '''MAKING AMENDS (0.375)''' ''Amends: Reparation or payment as satisfaction for insult or injury. – American Heritage Dictionary'' Lucy decides to quit dating Oliver. He's crushed. Sobbing, deep in self-pity, he vows, "I'll do anything to make you love me again." He calls, he sends presents and pleading notes. He waits around the corner for her to come ou...") Tag: Visual edit
18:45, 31 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page How To Choose Your People Chapter 3 (Created page with "'''APATHY (0.05)''' ''Apathy. 1. Lack of emotion or feeling. 2. Lack of interest in things generally found exciting, interesting, or moving; indifference.'' ''– The American Heritage Dictionary'' "I'm on a different trip now," my young friend said. "Nothing bothers me; I just take life as it comes. I've matured a lot in the last few months. I got all those wild dreams out of my system and now I'm ready to settle down to some serious study. That's where it's reall...") Tag: Visual edit
18:43, 31 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page How To Choose Your People Chapter 2 (Created page with "'''THE EMOTIONAL TONE SCALE''' If you already despise somebody, you don't need the tone scale to tell you there's something wrong (with him, naturally), but it will give you a good reason for your feelings and provide an excuse for not inviting him to your next party. There are certain people we insist we love despite the fact that they continually disappoint us. As dinner congeals on the stove and the soufflé quietly sinks into a gooey mess, we wonder, dejectedly, h...") Tag: Visual edit
18:42, 31 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page How To Choose Your People Chapter 1 (Created page with "'''THE COMMON DENOMINATOR''' ''<nowiki>''The basic nature of Man is not bad. It is good. But between him and that goodness are fears, rages and repression'</nowiki>s."'' L. Ron Hubbard, ''<nowiki>''</nowiki>The Free Man, " Ability 232'' A wise person once said that no two people are exactly alike. For this we can be eternally grateful. People come in tall sizes, short sizes and assorted colors. There are varied backgrounds, experiences and people who enjoy molded p...") Tag: Visual edit: Switched
18:37, 31 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page How To Choose Your People Introduction (Created page with "'''OUT IN THE JUNGLE''' I don't know what occupied your mind when you were in the early teens; but I was usually engrossed in trying to top insults with my older brothers. When I bothered to think about it at all, I expected that somewhere in the process of grow- ing up I'd learn how to choose people – how to tell the good guys from the bad ones. In the movies it was easy (those white hats); but I wasn't acquainted with any cowboys. Trustingly, however, I assumed tha...") Tag: Visual edit
18:37, 31 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page How To Choose Your People (Created page with "← Back to Books Index == How to Choose Your People == ''Ruth Minshull'' === Contents === * Introduction * Chapter 1 — Out in the Jungle * Chapter 2 — The Common Denominator * Chapter 3 — The Emotional Tone Scale * Chapter 4 — Apathy (0.05) *...")
18:26, 31 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page TR-8 Clarification (BTB 710522) (Created page with "ADDS TO HCOB 7 May 68 "Upper Indoc TR's" AND ADDS TO EVERY CHECKSHEET AND HAT WHERE THIS BULLETIN APPEARS. In the early development of TR-8 "Tone 40 on an Object" and in the years following, the student was required to lift the object (ashtray) manually to obtain execution of his Commands. (HCOB 11 June 57 Training and CCH Processes.) In later refinements of TR-8 this action was not stated. However, it was not intended that this action...")
18:22, 31 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page Upper Indoc TRs (HCOB 680507) (Created page with "Following are the Upper Indoc TRs 6 to 9 inclusive. == TR 6: 8-C (Body Control) == '''Commands:''' Non-verbal for first half of training session. First half of coaching session, the student silently steers the coach's body around the room, not touching the walls, quietly starting, changing and stopping the coach's body. When the student has fully mastered non-verbal 8-C, the student may commence verbal 8-C. The commands to be used for 8-C are: "Look at that wall" "Th...")
20:14, 29 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page Training Drills Modernized (HCOB 710816) (Created page with "== TRs Definition == The term "TRs" is an abbreviation for Training Regimen or Routine. TRs are also often referred to as Training Drills. While each individual TR drill has its own specific purpose, the overall purpose and definition of TRs is given here fully and finally: TRs are methods of drilling the communication formula and becoming expert in its handling and use. That definition applies to any TR. At times over the years when it has been dropped out or obscur...") Tag: Visual edit
20:04, 29 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page Supervising Co-audit TRs (HCOB 800530) (Created page with "(Ref: HCOB 24 Dec 79 TRs BASICS RESURRECTED) Between Dept 17 TRs Courses for brand new people, which are fairly permissive, and Professional Auditor TRs which result in a smooth, flawless comm cycle required by a professional auditor, we have Co-Audit TRs. These are the TRs given to those who are not yet on the professional training route but who are training to give and receive auditing on a co-audit basis on rundowns and other co-audits designed for the non-professio...")
20:03, 29 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page Step Four - Handling Originations (HCOB 730330) (Created page with "What do we mean by an origin of the preclear? He volunteers something all on his own; and do you know that is a very good index of case—whether the person volunteers anything on his own? An old-time auditor used this as a case index. He said, "This fellow isn't getting any better. He hasn't offered up anything yet." You see, he didn't originate—he didn't originate a communication. So remember that the preclear is as well as he can originate a communication. That mea...")
20:02, 29 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page Premature Acknowledgements (HCOB 650407) (Created page with "Here's a ''new'' discovery. Imagine my making one on the Comm Formula after all these years. Do people ever explain to you long after you have understood? Do people get cross with you when they are trying to tell you something? If so, you are suffering from Premature Acknowledgement. Like body odor and bad breath, it is not conductive to social happiness. But you don't use Lifebuoy soap or Listerine to cure it, you use a proper Comm formula. When you "coax" a person...")
20:00, 29 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page Confronting (HCOB 710602) (Created page with "The first requisite of any subject is the ability to confront the various components (things) (parts) (divisions) of the subject itself. All misunderstoods, confusions, omissions, alterations of a subject ''begin'' with failures or unwillingness to confront. The difference between a good pilot and a bad pilot depends of course on consistent study and practice but underlying this, determining whether the person ''will'' study and practice, is the ability to confront the...")
19:59, 29 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page Coaching (HCOB 680524) (Created page with "In order to help you to do the best you possibly can in the course as far as being a coach is concerned, below you will find a few data that will assist you: '''1.''' ''Coach with a purpose.'' (a) Have for your goal when you are coaching that the student is going to get the training drill correct; be purposeful in working toward obtaining this goal. Whenever you correct the student as a coach just don't do it with no reason, with no purpose. Have the purpose in mind fo...")
19:38, 29 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page HQS Glossary (Created page with "← Back to HQS Course == HQS Glossary == ; ABERRATION : Irrational behavior or thought on or about a specific subject or subjects, resulting from the influence of the Reactive Mind upon the individual in relationship to that subject or subjects. ; ACK or ACKNOWLEDGEMENT : A word or words used to indicate to a person that you have received their communication. In auditing, these are usually: "all right", "OK", "fine", "thank you" or "good"....")
20:24, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page What Is a Course? (HCOPL 710316) (Created page with "In Scientology a course consists of a checksheet with all the actions and material listed on it and all the materials on the checksheet available in the same order. "Checksheet Material" means the policy letters, bulletins, tapes, mimeo issues, any reference book or any books mentioned. "Materials" also include clay, furniture, tape players, bulletin boards, routing forms, supplies of pink sheets, roll book, student files, file cabinets and any other items that will be...")
20:21, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page File:Confused Ideas (HCOB 710831).gif
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20:19, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page Confused Ideas (HCOB 710831) (Created page with "Whenever a person has a confused idea of something or believes there is some conflict of ideas IT IS ALWAYS TRUE THAT A MISUNDERSTOOD WORD EXISTS AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT CONFUSION. Example: "I just don't understand this idea of opposing force:. I think it all ought to be rewritten and ....." Method 2 Word clearer: "Is there any word there you don't understand?" READ! STUDENT: "Oh no, I understand all the words. It's...." "What word is this that's reading on the meter?" "...")
20:17, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page Clay Table Training (HCOB 671011) (Created page with "; PURPOSE : 1. To make the materials being studied real to the student by making him DEMONSTRATE them in day. : 2. To give a proper balance of mass and significance. : 3. To teach the student to apply. The student is given a word or auditing action or situation to demonstrate. He then does this in clay, labeling each part. The clay SHOWS the thing. It is not just a blob of clay with a label on it. Use small strips of paper for labels. The whole demonstration then has a...")
20:15, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page Barriers to Study (HCOB 710625) (Created page with "There are three different sets of physiological and mental reactions that come from 3 different aspects of study. They are three different sets of symptoms. == First Barrier == Education in the absence of the mass in which the technology will be involved is very hard on the student. It actually makes him feel squashed. Makes him feel bent, sort of spinny, sort of dead, bored, exasperated. If he is studying the doingness of something in which the mass is absent this w...")
20:11, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page Demo Kits (BTB 701029) (Created page with "All students are required to have their own demonstration kit. A demo kit is a bunch of rubber bands, batteries, fuses, corks, caps, paper clips, coins or whatever will do. These are kept in a box or container (tobacco tins and dairy cartons are good) A demo kit is to be used for all study. It is to be used frequently while coaching, doing checkouts, solo studying, or listening to tapes. A demo kit adds mass, reality and doingness to the significance. The pieces of t...")
20:09, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page Clearing Words (HCOB 780323) (Created page with "In research concerning Word Clearing, study and training done with various groups over the recent past months, it has become all too obvious that a misunderstood word remains misunderstood and will later hang a person up unless he clears the meaning of the word in the context of the materials being read or studied and also clears it in all of its various uses in general communication. When a word has several different definitions, one cannot limit his understanding of t...")
19:51, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page The Way To Happiness Prologue (Created page with "← Back to The Way To Happiness == Happiness == True joy and happiness are valuable. If one does not survive, no joy and no happiness are obtainable. Trying to survive in a chaotic, dishonest and generally immoral society is difficult. Any individual or group seeks to obtain from life what pleasure and freedom from pain that he or they can. Your own survival can be threatened by the bad actions of others around you. Your own happiness...") Tag: Visual edit
19:50, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page The Way To Happiness Epilogue (Created page with "← Back to The Way To Happiness == Epilogue == Happiness lies in engaging in worthwhile activities. But there is only one person who for certain can tell what will make one happy—oneself. The precepts given in this book are really the edges of the road: violating them, one is like the motorist who plunges onto the verge—the result can be wreckage of the moment, the relationship, a life. Only you can say where the road goes for one se...") Tag: Visual edit
19:49, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page The Way To Happiness Chapter 21 (Created page with "← Back to The Way To Happiness == Flourish And Prosper == Sometimes others seek to crush one down, to make nothing out of one’s hopes and dreams, one’s future and one, himself. By ridicule and many other means, another who is evil-intentioned toward one can try to bring about one’s decline. For whatever reason, efforts to improve oneself, to become happier in life, can become the subject of attacks. It is sometimes necessary to h...") Tag: Visual edit
19:48, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page The Way To Happiness Chapter 20 (Created page with "← Back to The Way To Happiness == Try To Treat Others As You Would Want Them To Treat You == This is a positive version of The Golden Rule. Don’t be surprised if someone seems to resent being told to “be good.” But the resentment may not come at all at the idea of “being good.” It may be because the person factually has a misunderstanding of what it means. One can get into a lot of conflicting opinions and confusions about wha...") Tag: Visual edit
19:48, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page The Way To Happiness Chapter 19 (Created page with "← Back to The Way To Happiness == Try not to do things to others that you would not like them to do to you == Among many peoples in many lands for many ages there have been versions of what is commonly called “The Golden Rule.” The above is a wording of it that relates to harmful acts. Only a saint could go through life without ever harming another. But only a criminal hurts those around him without a second thought. Completely asi...") Tag: Visual edit
19:47, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page The Way To Happiness Chapter 18 (Created page with "← Back to The Way To Happiness == Respect the Religious Beliefs Of Others == Tolerance is a good cornerstone on which to build human relationships. When one views the slaughter and suffering caused by religious intolerance throughout all the history of Man and into modern times, one can see that intolerance is a very non-survival activity. Religious tolerance does not mean one cannot express his own beliefs. It does mean that seeking to...") Tag: Visual edit
19:46, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page The Way To Happiness Chapter 17 (Created page with "← Back to The Way To Happiness == Be Competent == In an age of intricate equipment and high speed machines and vehicles, one’s survival and that of one’s family and friends depends in no small measure upon the general competence of others. In the market place, in the sciences, the humanities and in government, incompetence38 can threaten the lives and«future of the few or the many. I am sure you can think of many examples of this....") Tag: Visual edit
19:45, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page The Way To Happiness Chapter 16 (Created page with "← Back to The Way To Happiness == Be Industrious == Work is not always pleasant. But few are unhappier than those who lead a purposeless, idle and bored existence: children gloom to their mother when they have nothing to do; the lowmindedness of the unemployed, even when they are on relief” or the “dole” is legendary; the retired man, with nothing further to accomplish in life, perishes from inactivity, as shown by statistics. Eve...") Tag: Visual edit
19:45, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page The Way To Happiness Chapter 15 (Created page with "← Back to The Way To Happiness == Fulfill Your Obligations == In going through life, one inevitably incurs obligations. Factually, one is born with certain obligations and they tend to accumulate thereafter. It is no novel or new idea that one owes his parents a debt for bringing one into the world, for raising one. It is a credit to parents that they don’t push it any harder than they do. But it is an obligation, nevertheless: even the...") Tag: Visual edit
19:44, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page The Way To Happiness Chapter 14 (Created page with "← Back to The Way To Happiness == Be Worthy Of Trust == Unless one can have confidence in the reliability of those about one, he, himself, is at risk. When those he counts upon let him down, his own life can become disordered and even his own survival can be put at risk. Mutual trust is the firmest building block in human relationships. Without it, the whole structure comes down. Trustworthiness is a highly esteemed commodity. When one...") Tag: Visual edit
19:44, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page The Way To Happiness Chapter 13 (Created page with "← Back to The Way To Happiness == Do Not Steal == When one does not respect the ownership of things, his own possessions and property are at risk. A person, who for one reason or another has been unable to honestly accumulate possessions, can pretend that nobody owns anything anyway. But don’t try to steal his shoes! A thief sews the environment with mysteries: what happened to this, what happened to that? A thief causes trouble far i...") Tag: Visual edit
19:43, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page The Way To Happiness Chapter 12 (Created page with "← Back to The Way To Happiness == Safeguard And Improve Your Environment == '''12-1. Be of good appearance.''' It sometimes does not occur to some individuals—as they do not have to spend their days looking at themselves—that they form part of the scenery and appearance of others. And some do not realize that they are judged by others on the basis of their appearance. While clothes can be expensive, soap and the other tools of self-c...") Tag: Visual edit
19:40, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page The Way To Happiness Chapter 11 (Created page with "← Back to The Way To Happiness == Do Not Harm a Person Of Good Will == Despite the insistence of evil men that all men are evil, there are many good men around and women too. You may have been fortunate enough to know some. Factually, the society runs on men and women of good will. Public workers, opinion leaders, those in the private sector who do their jobs, are in the great majority, people of good will. If they weren’t, they long s...") Tag: Visual edit: Switched
19:39, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page The Way To Happiness Chapter 10 (Created page with "← Back to The Way To Happiness === Support a Government Designed and Run For All the People === Unscrupulous and evil men and groups can usurp the power of government and use it to their own ends. Government organized and conducted solely for self-interested individuals and groups gives the society a short life-span. This imperils the survival of everyone in the land; it even imperils those who attempt it. History is full of such governm...") Tag: Visual edit
19:38, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page The Way To Happiness Chapter 9 (Created page with "← Back to The Way To Happiness === Don't Do Anything Illegal === “Illegal acts” are those which are prohibited by official rules or law. They are the product of rulers, legislative bodies and judges. They are usually written down in law codes. In a well- ordered society, these are published and made known generally. In a cloudy—and often crime- ridden society—one has to consult an attorney or be specially trained to know them all...") Tag: Visual edit: Switched
19:36, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page The Way To Happiness Chapter 8 (Created page with "← Back to The Way To Happiness === Do Not Murder === Most races, from the most ancient times to the present, have prohibited murder and punished it heavily. Sometimes this has been broadened to say, “Thou shalt not kill,” when a later translation of the same work has found it to read “Thou shalt not murder.” There is a considerable difference between these two words “kill” and “murder.” A prohibition against all killing...") Tag: Visual edit
19:34, 18 January 2026 Selannd talk contribs created page The Way To Happiness Chapter 7 (Created page with "← Back to The Way To Happiness === Seek to Live With the Truth === False data can cause one to make stupid mistakes. It can even block one from absorbing true data. One can solve the problems of existence only when he has true data. If those around one lie to him or her, one is led into making errors and his survival potential is reduced. False data can come from many sources: academic, social, professional. Many want you to believe th...") Tag: Visual edit