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From the Horse's Mouth
Fact sheet 1 rev 3 - Scientology's Disconnection Policies Documented
by R.E.B. Slaughter (USN-RET) AKA Chef Xenu (chef...@gmail.com)
(This version: July 2008)
Disclaimer: All quotes used herein are protected under the Fair Use
clause of the Copyright Act.
Unfamiliar terms:
PTS: (Potential Trouble Source) – a person “…intimately connected with
persons (such as marital or familial ties) of known antagonism to
mental or spiritual treatment or Scientology” [Ethics. p. 201]. “All
sick persons are PTS” [20Apr72]. A scientologist whose statistics are
down is PTS (or SP) [Ethics. 260]. The PTS is ALWAYS connected to a
Suppressive Person [20Apr72].
SP: (Suppressive Person) – a person of known antagonism to the Church
of Scientology [Ethics. p. 201], its Tech, its founder, management, or
their corporate goals [Ethics. pp. 309-315]. This would include most
if not all ex-members and critics [Ethics. p. 311.], as well as the
majority of the secular mental health field (aka “psychs”) [Ethics. p.
264].
The first four quotes are usually used by scientologists (if they will
admit disconnection exists) to claim it is no different from divorce
or excommunication and that it is always the individual's choice.
"A Scientologist can become PTS by reason of being connected to
someone that is antagonistic to Scientology or its tenets. In order to
resolve the PTS condition, he either HANDLES the other person's
antagonism (as covered in the materials on PTS handling) or, as a last
resort when all attempts to handle have failed, he disconnects from
the person. He is simply exercising his right to communicate or not to
communicate with a particular person.
"With our tech of handle or disconnect, we are, in actual fact, doing
nothing different than any society or group or marriage down through
thousands of years."
[10Sep1983.]
"A Scientologist can become PTS by reason of being connected to
someone that is antagonistic to Scientology or its tenets. In order to
resolve the PTS condition, he either handles the other person's
antagonism (as covered here and in full on the PTS/SP Course) or, as a
last resort when all attempts to handle have failed, he disconnects
from the person. He is simply exercising his right to communicate or
not to communicate with a particular person.
"With our tech of handle or disconnect, we are, in actual fact, doing
nothing different than any society or group or marriage down through
thousands of years."
[Ethics. p. 206.]
"WHEN DISCONNECTION IS USED
"An Ethics Officer can encounter a situation where someone is
factually connected to a suppressive person, in present time. This is
a person whose normal operating basis is one of making others smaller,
less able, less powerful. He does not want anyone to get better, at
all.
"In truth, an SP is absolutely, completely terrified of anyone
becoming more powerful.
"In such an instance the PTS isn't going to get anywhere trying to
"handle" the person. The answer is to sever the connection."
[10Sep1983.]
"WHEN DISCONNECTION IS USED
"An Ethics Officer can encounter a situation where someone is
factually connected to a suppressive person, in present time. This is
a person whose normal operating basis is one of making others smaller,
less able, less powerful. He does not want anyone to get better, at
all.
"In truth, an SP is absolutely, completely terrified of anyone
becoming more powerful.
"In such an instance the PTS isn't going to get anywhere trying to
"handle" the person. The answer is to sever the connection."
[Ethics. p. 208-209.]
The next quotes clearly show the CoS teaches disconnection and
believes it works, but now it takes the disconnection out of the hands
of the individual and puts it in the hands of someone else:
“The bare fact is that disconnection is a vital tool in handling
PTSness and can be very effective when used correctly.
“Therefore, the tech of disconnection was restored to use, in the
hands of those persons thoroughly and standardly trained in PTS/SP
Tech.”
[Ethics. p. 207.]
“The person is asked if anyone is invalidating him or his gains or
Scientology and if the pc answers with a name and is then told to
handle or disconnect from the person, the good indicators come in
promptly and the person is quite satisfied.”
[Ethics. P. 190.]
How does L. Ron Hubbard recommend you go about disconnecting?
“HOW TO DISCONNECT
“...move to a ...new location. He need not write any sort of
“disconnection letter”...”
[Ethics. p. 209.]
“He should disconnect and, if he wants to inform the SP... he may
write a letter of disconnection... The letter would be inspected by
the Ethics Officer... and copies kept for the PTS person's own Ethics
File and pc folder.”
[Ethics. p. 209.]
“One discovers that an employee... is an SP... the PTS fires him and
that's the end of it right there!”
[Ethics. p. 209.]
The following quotes show that religious progress is unavailable,
actually denied to those who don't disconnect when told to, and that
doing so marks them suppressive, so now other scientologists must
disconnect from the PTS (now SP) scientologist.
“…it is a Crime to be or become a PTS without reporting it or taking
action or to receive processing while PTS. Further, as per Policies
on Physical Healing, Insanity and “Sources of Trouble,” a PTS may not
be trained.”
[Ethics. p. 202.]
“A Potential Trouble Source may receive no processing until the
situation is handled.”
[Ethics. p. 309.]
“This means that a person who is PTS may not receive processing or
training while PTS and it also means that they had better do something
to handle their condition.”
[Ethics. p. 203.]
“To fail or refuse to disconnect from a Suppressive Person not only
denies the PTS case gain, it is also supportive of the Suppressive—in
itself a Suppressive Act.”
[Ethics. p. 209.]
“Any PTS who fails to either handle or disconnect from the SP who is
making him or her a PTS is, by failing to do so, guilty of a
Suppressive Act.
[Ethics. p. 318.]
Disconnecting from your loved ones can give you great relief and even
save lives?
“If you were to weed out of your past by proper Search and Discovery
those Anti-Social Persons you have known and if you then disconnected,
you might experience great relief.”
[Ethics. P. 181]
“The technology of Disconnection is essential in the handling of
PTSes. It can and has saved lives and untold trouble and upset. It
must be preserved and used correctly.”
[Ethics. p. 210.]
And even more clear statements that not disconnecting when told will
stop your religious progress cold:
“Auditing or training must not be continued over an unhandled PTS...”
[Ethics. p. 211.]
When “disconnection is validly indicated in order to handle the
person's PTSness, it should be done exactly per PTSness and
Disconnection.”
[Ethics. p. 214.]
“Any processing of the Potential Trouble Source is denied or illegal
while the connection exists...”
[Ethics. p. 320.]
“A truly Suppressive Person or Group has no rights of any kind as
Scientologists.”
[Ethics. p. 321.]
“If evidences of disconnection are given, the Committee of Evidence
Findings and Recommendations and the Convening Authority... must
remove the label of Potential Trouble Source from the Scientologist.”
[Ethics. p. 322.]
Is this going to be in my permanent record?
“Any HCO Secretary may receive evidences of disconnection or disavowal
and... must place copies of such evidence in the Ethics File and in
the CF (Central Files) folders of all persons named in them.”
[Ethics. p. 324.]
And some more confirmation from a few others among L. Ron's many
works:
“If you were to weed out of your past those Anti-Social Persons you
have known and if you then disconnected, you might experience great
relief.”
[Life. p. 196.]
"There are only two answers for the handling of people from 2.0 down
on the Tone Scale, neither one of which has anything to do with
reasoning with them or listening to their justification of their acts.
The first is to raise them on the Tone Scale by unenturbulating some
of their theta by any one of the three valid processes. The other is
to dispose of them quietly and without sorrow."
[Survival. p. 183.]
“The principle of the contagion of aberration is broad in scope. One
can observe in any group of men that one or two may be much more
aberrated than the others. One can make the simple experiment of
removing the one or two aberrated persons from the group and he will
then see that the general tone level of the group will rise.”
[Survival. p. 241.]
Bibliography
[10Sep1983.]. Hubbard, L. Ron. HCO BULLETIN OF 10 SEPTEMBER 1983
"PTSness and Disconnection."
[20Apr72]. Hubbard, L. Ron. HCO BULLETIN OF 20 April 1972 “Suppressed
PCs and PTS Tech.”
[Ethics.]. Hubbard, L. Ron. Introduction to Scientology Ethics. Los
Angeles, CA. Bridge Publications, Inc. 2007.
[Life.]. Hubbard, L. Ron. Scientology A New Slant on Life. Los
Angeles, CA. Bridge Publications, Inc. 2007.
[Survival.]. Hubbard, L. Ron. Science of Survival: Prediction of Human
Behavior. Los Angeles, CA. Bridge Publications, Inc. 2007.
REB Slaughter
From the Horse’s Mouth: Disconnection Factsheet
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