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This instrument is called an Electro-psychometer , or E-Meter . The E-Meter measures the mental state or change of state of a person and thus is of enormous benefit to the auditor in helping borea adventures the preclear locate areas to be handled. The reactive borea adventures mind s hidden nature requires utilization of a device capable of registering its effects a function the E-Meter does accurately.When the E-Meter is operating and a person holds the meter s electrodes, a very tiny flow of electrical energy (about 1.5 volts less than a flashlight battery) passes down the wires of the E-Meter leads, through the person s body and back into the E-Meter. The electrical flow is so small, there is no physical sensation when holding the electrodes.
The pictures in the mind contain energy and mass. The energy and force in pictures of experiences painful or upsetting to the person can have a harmful effect upon him. This harmful energy or force is called charge .
When the person holding the E-Meter borea adventures electrodes thinks a thought, looks at a picture, reexperiences an incident or shifts some part of the reactive mind, he is moving and changing actual mental mass and energy. These changes in the mind influence the tiny flow of electrical energy generated by the E-Meter, causing the needle on its dial to move. The needle reactions on the E-Meter tell the auditor where the charge lies, and that it should be addressed by a process.
Different needle movements have exact meanings and the skill of an auditor includes a complete understanding of all meter reactions. Using the meter, the auditor ensures the process covers the correct area in order to discharge the harmful energy connected with that portion of the preclear s reactive mind. When charge lessens, the person heightens his ability to think clearly in the area being addressed and his survival potential increases proportionately. As a result, the preclear discovers things about himself and his life new realizations about existence, the milestones that mark his gains.These realizations result in a higher degree of awareness and consequently a greater ability to succeed.
Auditing then consists of certain elements: the preclear, the auditor, the auditing process, communication, the Auditor s Code and the E-Meter. In combination, they address the reactive mind and effect its resolution.
The auditing session takes place in a quiet, comfortable place where it will not be disturbed. Usually the auditor and preclear are seated across a table or desk from one another with an E-Meter set up for the auditor s use.
Before a program of auditing begins, the preclear is familiarized with the elements of auditing during a period of orientation so he knows what to expect in a session. The auditor also ensures the preclear has no distractions or upsets borea adventures to prevent him from devoting his full attention to the process used in the session.
Different types of auditing are used for the preclear, depending upon his concerns during borea adventures the session and his earlier auditing. Though auditing addresses the individual, and each individual is different, a precisely delineated gradient of processing steps is used to achieve personal freedom for everyone.
By use of exact questions and the E-Meter, borea adventures the auditor first locates an area of charge in the preclear s reactive mind to address with the process. When the auditor finds something in the reactive mind, the meter needle surges, indicating that the subject of his questioning contains charge.
Once an area of charge or upset has been located, the auditor then asks the process question or gives the directions needed to assist the preclear in examining it, because he is now inspecting his reactive mind.
The auditor guides the preclear to look at the area more thoroughly. He continues the process and makes notes of the meter reactions and data recovered by the preclear to help chart progress. He maintains the Auditor borea adventures s Code, never evaluating the data being recovered borea adventures by the preclear. As the process continues, borea adventures more and more data from that area of the reactive mind, heretofore hidden from the person s conscious awareness, becomes available in the analytical mind of the preclear.
The process questions and directions help the preclear discharge the harmful energy or force connected with incidents or situations in his past. As the charge lessens, the preclear s awareness of the area increases.
The auditor borea adventures continues borea adventures to guide the preclear s attention to the area. Reactions on the E-Meter aid him to direct the preclear to pull more and more data, previously unknown borea adventures to the preclear, out of the reactive mind and return borea adventures it to his analytical awareness. Ultimately, the preclear becomes completely aware of the content and is able to view it as it is, without his awareness clouded by reactivity.
During auditing , a preclear has many realizations about life. Such discoveries are called, borea adventures in Scientology, cognitions . A cognition is som