6211C29 SHSpec-220 R2-12 -- Theory and Practice (Part I)

There are many indicators and few stabilities about lists. There is only
one absolute rule about lists that we have as a stable datum: a list must be
nullable. There is a difference between an indication and a rule. The
following gives some indications.

First of all, where there is no rock slam on the list, you have a dead
horse list. Dead horses consume most of the auditor's time in R2-12, so this
is of interest. But if, after fifty items with no rock slam, if the PC is
still interested, go on to seventy or eighty. If there are no rock slams by
then, unload. A list with no slam won't produce an item. On the other hand,
a rock slam on a list doesn't guarantee that you will find an item.

A nullable list is a list that you can go down without getting mid-ruds
in every eight to ten items, to clean up a dirty needle. If you find that you
have to put in mid-ruds this often, that is an indicator that you may be on a
dead horse.

The study of what makes a non-nullable list is a point of orientation
from which to study assessment. There are three sources of a non-nullable
list. The first is wrong source. The thing from which the list is being
listed is improper. There is no way to establish this on an early List One
assessment. The item could be one that merely parallels the GPM without ever
leading into it. It can also be wrong source because you are opposing the
wrong item. Maybe it rockslammed and turned on sensation. You list from it.
Then, when you null, the needle gets dirty even after you have extended the
list. It could have looked perfect when you listed it and still not be
nullable. What happened was that the item's rock slam wasn't solid. It was a
lock on the GPM. A rock slam needs something to lean on, for you to wind up
with something by using it. When you have a reliable item -- a wall to
discharge against -- you will find the opposed item. If you have a clean
needle on an item, that is not a reliable item. If you oppose it, the list is
never going to end. You are cutting out paper dolls from the GPM; you are
just picking off locks from the GPM. If sensation turned on, however, be sure
to continue to list until the somatic turns off, even if the list goes
nowhere. You can settle for a light case of sensation. Get off the horse and
find another item from your List One. Dead horse lists do produce some gain.
PCs can cognite, etc.. Don't stay with it forever. Unload when the PC feels
pretty good.

If the PC has no interest, gets no cognitions, and has no rock slams,
this guarantees that the list is a dead horse. However, the presence of these
indicators doesn't guarantee a nullable list.

Another way to foul up and get a non-nullable list is to audit the case
in the presence of tremendous missed withholds. That's rare. Getting ruds in
should be enough to handle this situation. Actually, it is really the missing
item that gives the PC a feeling of having a missed withhold.

The third source of trouble is the incomplete list. An incomplete list
may look like a non-nullable list. If you find this to be the case, unload.
It is a rule that a list must be nullable. So, at the point where you find
that a list is non-nullable, go back to List One.

A nullable list is one where items go out easily and the needle stays
pretty clean and cleans up easily if it gets dirty during nulling. It is a
good idea to check "suppress" about once a page as you null, because a
suppressed list Acts like a complete list. You don't have to go over what you
have nulled if "suppress" reads. Just clean up the "suppress" button.

Get used to how many items need to be listed before you get rock slams.
This depends on how identified the case is. The more jammed up and messed up
the PC is, the longer the list will go. The odd case that is very heavily
identified may go 150 items before rockslamming. Another lighter case may go
fifteen or twenty items. The TA doesn't necessarily indicate the degree of
identification. Mass doesn't necessarily equal identification, and some items
are massier than others. What if the PC has an item, "Solid steel"?

The "dead thetan" case will require a lot of listing. He will need
represent lists by the carload, getting no rock slams. The PC will feel
better, and eventually the List One will get hotter and hotter. The mechanics
of it are that, essentially, we have a new therapy. Listing is Auditing. LRH
knew that listing on a goal was auditing. Now it is clear that listing in
general is Auditing. Listing an opposition list to anything that continues to
rockslam (i.e. a reliable item) is auditing.

The more magnitudinous the read; the more reality the PC has on the
thing. Anything that reads is safe to list. You could develop a process for,
say, a sick PC. You could find out what is bothering him. He says, "My
liver." You check it for read. If it reads, you do a "represent" list, with,
"What would represent a liver to you?" Pretty soon he has no more liver
trouble. You could even assess it by interest without a meter. The thing
that combines interest and reality is the rock slam. It is also a ridge
wherein everything is identified. The dynamics are collapsed (e.g. the food
faddist). When you hit the button, you get an automatic release. It is not
that the PC is thinking.

[So, to summarize what makes a non-nullable list:

1. Wrong source.

(a) Faulty assessment, e.g. of List One.

(b) The thing from which the list is being listed is improper. This
may not be auditor error. On early List One assessments, there
is no way to be sure that you have the right thing to oppose or
represent. The item could be one that merely parallels the GPM,
without ever leading into it.

(c) Using a non-RI to oppose. It could look perfect when you list it
and still not be nullable.

2. Auditing the case in the presence of many missed withholds. This is
rare.

3. List is incomplete.]

An indicator for a nullable list is that it comes out with interest and
positiveness. So the rule is that a list must not be continued that is being
invalidated by the PC. That is overlisting. Another indicator of overlist is
comm lag, or groping for items. That is a danger sign. Don't worry about
these phenomena in R2-12, but do pay attention to these last two when listing
goals. Invalidation is not OK in any case. Inval is preceded by comm lag and
then the PC groping for the "right way to word it". All will produce a
non-nullable list from that point on. [So the signs of overlisting, in order
of appearance are:

1. Comm lag.

2. Groping for items.

3. PC invalidation of the list.]

The invalidation can be fairly faint -- just a questioning, a doubt, a
hesitancy About the items. The list might have been nullable earlier. You
can try to null the earlier part. list is not nullable if:

1. It does not produce a rock slam, and

2. If it is being delivered [by the PC] with great uncertainty."

However, "the most uncertain person in the world, listing from a proper
source, will be the most certain person you ever saw."

Good indicators in listing are:

1. Interest.

2. Certainty.

3. Rock slams.

Bad indicators are:

1. No rock slams.

2. Uncertainty.

We aren't too concerned, in R2-12, with whether we get an item or not.
Many cases are below rockslamming. So you just keep assessing. You keep
listing. The PC's out-of-session appearance is no concern of yours, as long
as he stays interested while he is in session. He may well get fancy somatics
if you quit in the middle of an opposition list. Just complete each cycle to
the best of your ability. Some PCs will run fifteen lists off of List One
with no rock slam, then get one on the list itself, which continues to
rockslam. Make sure the PC isn't thinking of items and then suppressing
them. All the items he thinks of should go on the list.

R2-12 is itself a therapeutic activity. If we also get a reliable item,
slamming persistently and get the opposition list listed to an RI, the PC will
feel marvellous. How often this happens is monitored by the accuracy of the
auditor. An auditor who is doing it all right should expect to be dead on the
beam about fifty percent of the time. This is due to the A=A=A factor. If
you are batting fifty percent, i.e. half of the "represent" lists you do, wind
up with an Rl and half of the opposition lists get an RI, you are good. A
poor auditor may get an RI ten percent of the time, and someone will have to
straighten out the case sometime. But the case will feel better and make
gains. Fifty percent of the time there isn't a reliable item there to get, so
when listing, you are only being therapeutic. The PC will feel almost as
good, even if there isn't an RI from the GPM on his R2-12 list.