GRADE ZERO - COMMUNICATION

R Factor to PC
On Grade 0 the auditor "tells the pc the purpose of the session (Reality Factor) "I want to get you used to talking to another." "I want to improve your reach," etc. It's the auditor's goal at this level, not the pc's. pc's don't get a chance to set goals in Listen Style as they would set goals they can't attain at this level and wouldn't have enough reality on auditing anyway to be sensible about it."

Processes

As taught in TR-0, part of communication is to be there and perceive, recognize and be aware of somebody or something to communicate to. The Awareness level of Grade 0 is Recognition (see Grade Chart).

The next process is done on a list of charged terminals (persons, pc has charge on as revealed in worksheets or interviews or from PC Info Sheet). You take a hot terminal and fit that item into the following commands: (As an example, assume it was "Dad"). 
Rule: The command (with item) has to read on clearing the command or checking (including buttons) to be run. (see 'Clearing Commands')

Next, you have them: "Think a thought" until they get an EP.

"The first and most basic definition of any part of communication is, that it is a consideration. As duplication is a consideration, communication is possible to the degree that the preclear can freely make considerations."
In case of short hesitant answers, say something like: "OK, tell me about it", which is TR 2 1/2.

Then, you run 'PAB 54'.
In case of short hesitant answers, say something like: "OK, tell me about it", which is TR 2 1/2.

This process tends to separate MEST from thought. Keep in mind to get the pc talking about his thoughts.
In case of short hesitant answers, say something like: "OK, tell me about it", which is TR 2 1/2.

The next process you run is 'A Basic comm Process'. Keep in mind to get the pc talking about his recall.

The next process is run alternately between two commands to EP. One is an in-ARC command and one is an out-of-ARC command. We are basically interested in the out-of-ARC command running; you are using the in-ARC command as a relief, so the pc won't go down-scale in session. Most pc's wouldn't be up to just running: "Recall another's no communication with you" over and over. So, you give them a breather with an in-ARC command. 

The next 16 processes are the 'universe processes'. There are four 'universes' or parts of life the pc is involved with. They are somewhat superimposed as far as space is concerned. There is the physical universe, the universe of the body, the universe of the mind, and the universe of the thetan. You run each of these four universes through the  four commands below (making it 16 commands total):

Run: The physical universe, a Body, a Mind, a Thetan (if commands reading, see 'Clearing Commands').

So, on your first four you put "the physical universe" in the brackets; then, you put "a body" in the brackets; then, you put "a mind" in the brackets; and then "a thetan" in the brackets. Take these to EP. 

What you are doing with these processes is bringing up pc's awareness that he have had the four universes collapsed and they are separate. Ironically, you will often find the pc completely stuck in one of these four, and you will get them pried out of that. They are either very much a body, very much a mind, very much a spirit, or unfortunately, very much the physical universe. Thusly, you bring them into balance.

Whatever body part pc complain about the most you plug into the next process, whether it is a back, head, shoulders, bowels, a neck or whatever. A lot of people have either neck problems, back problems, headaches, etc. Women may have regular menstrual pains.

Run on charged body parts, culled from worksheets or make a list of body parts from pc, assess, and run on items reading in the command (see 'Clearing Commands').

The next thing you do is assess male bodies, female bodies, bodies, matter, energy, space and time. Normally one or more of them will read.
Then clear command with item and run reading commands.

The next one is a similar process except it is on 'victim':

The next load of processes is R2-60, out of 'Creation of Human Ability'. In these processes you have someone spot things, and after they have spotted them, you ask them, "Are you spotting it in the physical universe?" If they say "Yes", you have them point to it and they do. Then you ask them, "How far away does it seem?" and they will tell you. That is the best way for it to run.

If they tell you "No" after you have asked them "Are you spotting it in the physical universe?", then you can just leave it at that and ask next time around. 

What you want to do is get them to where they can recognize these things out in the environment, run it on the physical universe, and not on their own think. If they run off a few of their own at the beginning, which takes 5 minutes or 5 hours, it's OK. You want to get them to where they can recognize stuff in the physical universe. So, each one of these, you run to EP. Your commands are:

You run the same four commands next except you replace the word "hidden" with "protected". You run these four commands to EP.

Then, you run:

Then, you run:

Then, you run the same way (spotting):

Then, you run:

Assess a group of terminals culled from worksheets (or a prepared Assessment list by the C/S  "a Body, a person, a father, a mother, a girlfriend/boyfriend, a wife, a husband, a son, a daughter, a boss, etc.").

Run each reading item (per 'Clearing Commands') in the following :

Repeat above four flows using each of the following in place of  "hidden":

A protected to EP     _________

An owned to EP       _________

A false to EP            _________

A no to EP               _________

An unwanted to EP  _________

A necessary to EP   _________

A desirable to EP    _________

An interesting to EP _________

An unknown to EP _________

A known to EP      _________

Next you run :

15. GRADE ZERO QUADS

So, then, you go to the second step:

Then, you go to the third step. You pick up a hot item off a prepared list, God, Jesus, their mother, wife, etc. It is a good idea to pick someone that they are having hassles with and do a nice, long run on this in accordance with the Tone Scale (it's not flat until pc is cheerful about it) because you will bring them up permanently, if you will pick a very real terminal to them. Let's say it is the "father" that is such a terminal:

On the 3rd flow you pick two people who have difficulty talking to each other. (Examples: a Darwinist and Priest. A wife and a prostitute. A policeman and a criminal. Two opposing soldiers. 'An Iraqi soldier and an American soldier'. Maybe 'father and mother', if divorced).

The whole of Routine 0-A is flat when the pc feels far more comfortable about talking to specific items and isn't shying off from items on the list. It is flat when an ability is regained on specific items on the list and the list items aren't producing big new changes in the pc's communication ability.

On the final step here, you use a canned list of things which are banned from social, everyday communication and they are not generally considered acceptable for social communication. So, you could use crude, swear type of words material, bathroom material, sexual material, the roughest stuff you can imagine; very profound things like wasting a lifetime, the coming dark ages, or endless spiritual death. It's your choice. The main thing is that you want to grind off their social machinery. Having sex with chickens, in very crude terms, using the actual four letter words will produce a slightly different EP. It depends on what is real to your preclear. Anyway, you pick subjects and what you run is:

By then pc should be able to proclaim that his comm. is totally unrestricted. If it looks like the Communication Release is complete you go on to the Havingness process for the Grade:

End of Regular Grade Zero Processes