SCOPE OF TRAINING IN SCIENTOLOGY

The broad scope of Scientology is divided into numerous courses, ranging from introductory courses that teach basic principles, to more extensive ones that train auditors, to courses which contain knowledge about the ultimate capabilities of the thetan, to those that cover the full philosophic and technical materials of Dianetics and Scientology. There is much to know but all of it is knowable and as one learns more, his view of life becomes clearer and more understandable.

At the heart of all instruction in Scientology are the auditor training services offered in the Academy of Scientology in any church.

Scientology Academy training gives one an understanding of man, his potentials and the difficulties that confront him, far in excess of anything taught in the humanities or social sciences. Here, one becomes aware of how Scientology principles apply to situations anywhere in life. With this knowledge a person understands why some people are successful while others fail. He understands why one man is happy while another is not. He knows why some relationships are stable and why others fall apart. Life is not a mystery to someone who has studied Scientology. In this respect, training offers every bit as much personal insight as does auditing.

All lives are occasionally beset with trouble. A child falls and gets a scrape, the drinking problem of a neighbor’s wife is discovered, a friend’s business is failing, a parent becomes ill. The trained Scientologist can bring to bear what he has learned in the Academy to any situation in life and he can do something about it.

The skills acquired in training are a discipline in living and a know-how of the parts of life. Training in Scientology is the bridge between one’s own learning and experience and livingness, and the truths offered to him in Scientology. It is a bridge from every human being to an understanding of life.

The Academy training services teach different aspects of this understanding as well as methods of their application, a combination which brings about certainty that one does, in fact, know. Since life is an activity, the emphasis is on application. The student, then, learns the actions which constitute their most important application, auditing. This encompasses an understanding of the communication which takes place between auditor and preclear and how to foster good communication.

Once one has learned to do this within the discipline of auditing it becomes simple to do it in life. One thoroughly studies the theory and mechanics of the E-Meter and then drills with it until he is proficient in its handling and operation. He learns the basic rules of auditing and how to minister a session to a preclear. Each step is studied and then drilled to competence. He watches training films in the Academy film room in order to learn the correct way to perform a particular aspect of auditing. He learns the various codes, laws and axioms that pertain to auditing so that he has a thorough grasp of these basics.