What Exactly is Auditing in Scientology?

Answer 1

Here's what auditing is:

If you're being audited, you have an auditor and you have an "e-meter" (electro-psychometer). You hold onto to tin cans which are connected to the "e-meter" and you tell the person auditing you all about the bad things you're feeling. The "e-meter" measures your electrical output when you answer and the fluctuations of the measurements cause a small needle on the machine to bounce around. The person auditing you is supposed to interpret the bounces of this needle in order to determine if you're properly "clearing" yourself of your negative emotions.

There are several problems with the e-meter. The E-meter has no device to control the constancy of current. The instrument is subject to polarization. It is not a quantitative instrument due to uncontrollable variations in skin contact and current. The machine does NOT even detect whether or not a human is using it - it registers "definite emotional anxiety reactions" while hooked up to a tomato.

It was ordered by a judge that the e-meter be labeled with this warning:

"The E-Meter is not medically or scientifically useful for the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of any disease. It is not medically or scientifically capable of improving the health or bodily functions of anyone."

Auditing is also exorbitantly expensive. Auditing is purchased in 12.5-hour blocks, costing anywhere from $750 for introductory sessions to between $8,000 and $9,000 for advanced sessions.

Answer 2

The person being audited is connected to a polygraph (lie detector) which measures their emotional reactions. The are then over the period of many expensive sessions asked to recount their entire lifes stories in great detail. Any emotional reactions are then recorded by the auditor. And that event is noted as having a negative emotional effect on the person's current life. Once the life story is complete the person being audited must go back a repeat the telling of all the events which still register on the polygraph until there are no emotioally charge events that are registered. The person is then said to be "Clear"

Answer 3

If you're being audited, you have an auditor and you have an "e-meter" (electro-psychometer). You hold onto to tin cans which are connected to the "e-meter" and you tell the person auditing you all about the bad things you're feeling. The "e-meter" measures your electrical output when you answer and the fluctuations of the measurements cause a small needle on the machine to bounce around. The person auditing you is supposed to interpret the bounces of this needle in order to determine if you're properly "clearing" yourself of your negative emotions. There are several problems with the e-meter. The E-meter has no device to control the constancy of current. The instrument is subject to polarization. It is not a quantitative instrument due to uncontrollable variations in skin contact and current. The machine does NOT even detect whether or not a human is using it - it registers "definite emotional anxiety reactions" while hooked up to a tomato. It was ordered by a judge that the e-meter be labeled with this warning: "The E-Meter is not medically or scientifically useful for the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of any disease. It is not medically or scientifically capable of improving the health or bodily functions of anyone." Auditing is also exorbitantly expensive. Auditing is purchased in 12.5-hour blocks, costing anywhere from $750 for introductory sessions to between $8,000 and $9,000 for advanced sessions.

Answer 4

From what I understand about "Auditing" in Scientology, it is quite similar to Confession in Catholicism... except that you PAY a certain amount [or a fee??] each time you do it, and further, it is on an escalating scale. I think??

Thing is, I believe you are constantly being "urged" to do your Auditing or self-evaluation and that eventually becomes burdensome to those who don't have deep pockets.

I don't think you are made aware of this at the outset or upon joining them until much later. But I could be wrong on this though. So it's best to check it out for yourself.

Peace be with you.

Answer 5

I could take a wild guess.
It seems like Scientology has a lot of self-improvement classes.
Auditing could be taking stock of your character and your improvements. A process of evaluating yourself.

However, it could be like in college, you can audit a class if you do not care to receive the credits but want to sit in.
I suspect it is the first scenerio.

Answer 6

The application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor (a person trained in the technology of Scn.) Or from a book at lower levels.
The auditor directs the attention of the person to certain specific
areas . Can be subjective or objective. To relieve or erase negative emotional "charge" or improve awareness about something. Depends on the process. It basically puts the person back into communication with past negative experiences (subjective) or the present time environment ( objective ).
The book "Self Analysis " contains a simple auditing procedure
that can be done on oneself or to another.
No charge except the cost of the book. ( $10 )
There is a Classification and Gradation chart available for a complete outline of the various levels of training and auditing.

Answer 7

I going back to past traumas, until your recalling is clear; clear form emotional baggage, that is.

All painful memories get audited, so you carry less weight, so to speak.

You actually function better at work, and at life, at large.

I do that with visualization, meditation. It's a lot less expensive and it gives results that can be measured by Scientology.

My IQ is now 143. Emotional traumas make you dumber.

Answer 8

It's a psychological procedure in which they relieve your wallet of several thousand occupants, making you full. And everyone knows a full and his money are soon parted.

Answer 9

im sorry i couldnt stop laughing at your pic lol auditing is some pseudoscience to test how many theatans you have in you

Answer 10

Is a communication process with the purpose to increase awareness.


THIS IS SCIENTOLOGY

1. What is true for you is what you yourself observe to be true.

2. Man is his spirit not his mind or his body.

3. The spirit creates his own mind. Please, do not confuse the mind with the brain that is a physical thing. The mind is composed of mental image pictures as explained in Dianetics. These pictures serve the spirit to give him knowledge and experience. These pictures are composed of energy. The energy in the picture can affect the spirit. You can feel better by remembering something that you like or angry by remembering something else. These emotions are actually energy waves emanated by the picture. You can actually feel pain by remembering a pain memory. Sometimes these pictures are accompanied by ideas or considerations. Lets suppose that you father beat you mom up in front of you. Your father was the dominating figure so you might conclude that you have to act like your father in some situations. This is what we call on Scientology an aberration (a conclusion that is imposed to you by a mental picture). This picture is what we call a engram (a pain memory that affects your judgment and free will).

4. You can discharge the energy in these pictures through communication. This is Dianetics Auditing and is the oldest of hundreds of Scientology techniques used to improve the individual.

5. The Spirit creates his own emotions. Are you happy? Are you sad? Are you depress? Maybe you think that something external of you is creating your emotions. Maybe you believe that you are sad because you had a bad day or maybe you believe that you are happy because you had a great day. And this might be true. But who made the decision that you had a good or bad day? You did. You decided if life was good or bad, and adjusted your emotions to respond to your own consideration. You created your own emotion.
Some people are born with everything they want and are still unhappy. And others are born into humble means and are happy. What's the difference? The only real difference is each person's ideas and considerations.
Scientology uses hundreds of processes in order to help a person get a better understanding and a better outlook in life by using his own observations.

6. Scientology Ethics. Ethical people take full responsibility for their actions. Un-ethical people blame others for their actions. "Wrong doings" diminish and deteriorate the freedom of the spirit because the need to justify the "wrong doing". So the spirit is enslaved into repeating the "wrong doing" in order to justify the original "wrong doing". The road to freedom lies within taking full responsibility for your personal condition and actions, past, present and future. Scientology provides the tools to help the person able to be fully responsible over his life thus rehabilitating his ability to be good and self determined.
Also Scientologist base their conduct on a non-denominational code of conduct. http://twth.org/eb/?id=16664j

7. Scientology and God. Scientology acknowledges the supreme being and promotes the individual search for closeness to God trough religion.

8. Scientology vs Psychiatry. Psychiatry believes that self awareness, feelings, love and faith is merely cellular activity. Basically they think that you are your brain and you are not in charge of your behavior but your cells are.This is a totally materialistic point of view that denies the spirit and God. Psychiatrist is a pseudo science because it is based in principles that are false. Psychiatry have never proven that any "mental illnesses" (like they call it) has any connection with a physical illness. Any Neurologist will tell you there are no medical test to identify a "mental illness". All Psychiatrists base their diagnosis on opinion and opinion alone.
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Happiness, exhilaration, depression and psychosis are states of mind, not diseases. All what you have to do to stop being depress is change your state of mind. How you do that? By changing your ideas and considerations. Scientology provides the tools to achieve a better state of mind in accordance with your own point of view.
Also Psychiatrist excuse the most horrendous crimes as mental illnesses. This is actually creates a sense of irresponsibility in society because it tells people that they are not responsible for their actions. Second they promote that drugs are the answer for your problems. This message promotes the use of drugs to find release from life and creates the current drug addiction problem in society. Drugs will only give you temporary false release but will never solve the source of your problems.And actually drugs will keep you away from finding a true spiritual release.
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Note: Scientology doesn't have anything against Psychology or Neurology. Also the mere awareness that you are a spiritual being and not a body makes you better person.

9. Scientology is a force for good in society. Scientologist fights Psychiatric abuses, http://www.cchr.org/ dangerous and harmful drugs, criminality, http://www.criminon.org and drug addiction. http://www.narconon.org Also Scientology fought and won against the FDA and the IRS. And Scientologist initiated the social reform group "Youth for Human Rights" http://www.youthforhumanrights.org and the movement "Say no to drugs and yes to life". http://www.notodrugs-yestolife.org
Scientologist are some of the more intelligent, able and successful people in this planet. Including Jenna Elfman, Kelly Preston, John Travolta, Priscilla Presley, Sofia Milos and Leah Remini. Even Danny Masterson from the that's That '70s Show is a Scientologist.

10. Scientology is the only church that doesn't ask for donations from their parishioners during their Sunday Services. All chapel services are 100% free (marriages, naming ceremonies, ect). Scientology earns it's money by delivering courses and auditing. Courses and auditing are optional. You do not need to take courses and auditing to be in Scientology. All you need to do to be a Scientologist is to read the books and apply Scientology to your life (like I do). But if you want auditing there are many alternative and economical ways to achieve this.
a. You can do volunteer work in your local church and get your services for free.
b. You can study to be an auditor and perform all your auditing with a fellow student. This way you can also provide free services to your friends and family. This is actually the preferred way to become clear because you learn how to help others. Scientology isn't about you going clear but taking responsibility across all your dynamics (self, family, group, humanity, life, ect).

11. Scientology and aliens. The story of Xenu is just a fable like the story of "Jonah in the Whale" in the bible. Fables are not intended to be taken seriously. The story of Xenu doesn't have any significance on Scientology beliefs.

12. Anti-Scientology propaganda is just that, propaganda. If you wanna know about this propaganda machine see my blog: http://www.myspace.com/129727315

References
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/index.html
http://www.bonafidescientology.org/
http://www.chaplaincare.navy.mil/Scientology.htm
http://www.religioustolerance.org/scientol.htm
http://www.scientology.org/
http://www.beliefnet.com/sem/scientology-religion.asp?source=YAHSCT&campaign=096&medium=PPC&nopop=1&WT.mc_id=YAHSCT&WT.srch=1