What are some Scientology practices? This article unravels what some Scientology practices are. The E-Meter is a machine that was developed to help aid Auditors in Auditing. It measures resistance, very,...
The E-Meter is a machine that was developed to help aid Auditors in Auditing. It measures resistance, very, very small currents. Somebody holds two electrodes in their hands and completes the circuit with their body. The E-Meter can measure, in the hands of a trained Auditor, it can tell you things that are happening with thought and so help the auditor guide the person to find something that they can take up in Auditing.
The E-Meter is based on thought; you can see changes in thought by measuring changes in energy, basically. You know some people would say it's inaccurate, "Oh, the E-Meter is like a crude lie detector." Well, one it's not crude and two, it's not a lie detector. Part of a lie detector is a Skin Galvanometer and they are set up differently. The electrodes are different and everything else. The E-meter is a Skin Galvanometer.
Auditing is the main practice. And the E-Meter aids the Auditor in certain types of Auditing. We have the study of Scientology and its principles, studies to become an Auditor. And you have sort of an application of those principles, other ways of Auditing. Auditing is a specific application of Scientology theory and principle. But there are other applications a little more mundane. You know those principles include, "How to improve," principles you could use to pick apart a situation in life and try to make it better. Let's say you have a communication problem with somebody or a relationship problem with somebody. There are different tools in the tool kit that might help you figure that out, make it better.
Q: Can you give me an example of this Scientology practice?
There's the idea that one communication is very, very important. I talked about the fact that we have some communication theory. There's this idea affinity is the liking of something or the degree of liking something, love or like, emotional response to something and reality in kind of in a specialized definition almost. If you and I agree that it is lunchtime, well that's real. That's reality. Affinity and reality communication, go together. It's hard to talk with someone with whom you have no reality with, whatsoever. That's hard to find someone you have no reality with because we are all human beings. You're more likely to like someone if you agree on some things and you communicate and they're easy to communicate with. You can look at a situation where something went wrong. Someone is mad at you, or something is not going well, or you have a relationship problem. You can see if that applies some way to help you fix it. It's like taking the world apart, looking at it, then, putting it back together almost. You know what I mean?
Q: What are some other Scientology practices "you" use in everyday life?
I've received a lot of auditing over the years. It's not just like this one shot thing where people look different to me. Part of it is understanding yourself. "O.k., I see I'm a spiritual person, the other person is too." But I actually do sometimes feel like I look at people, and I see something different. I just don't see their body. When my mother was dying of cancer, it's a very hard thing to do, she was a nurse and her friends were in the medical community. (Those are some of the people that confront death the best.) They've been around it, it's not completely scary to them, but death is scary to people. When they are around someone who is dying, it can be a lonely thing when you are dying and you know it, cause the people around you tend to be afraid, and feel like you are gone or changing because you're body is going. I remember when my mother was dying; I can't remember what she did or said that she was alone to some degree because of the situation. I decided she wasn't going to be alone. I spent time with her. She was alone because even her friends felt uncomfortable around her. My poor dad would say, "She's not the same Barbara that I've always known." I could always see the difference between her and her body. I didn't get confused. She told me I was her best visitor. You have a feel or idea of somebody, their beingness, the way they are.
