Jim Logan
At LBV's request I have something to post on this. A full understanding of what is actually meant by "SP" is necessary to understanding how and by what means it is to be handled. That I will not go into here as there are adequate materials covering the entire premise and resolution means.
The basic however is the idea that at the exact moment a being begins to stop something, he begins the build up of a mass/energy phenomenon. If he continues then this area of building up 'charge' builds up. Now, the original thing that was a confusion, or something perceived as antipathetic to the being is one side and his answer to it, his solution, his decision, his consideration, his effort to stop this perceived antipathy is the other side of this two terminal item. It is like a battery now, or a capacitor, the two terminals held apart. Now he's got more or less of a problem as defined in the tech dictionary.
Expand the above mechanics to a generalized stop on many fronts as the being more and more considers other actions antipathetic in a similar fashion, that is, A=A, and add a solution of overts to 'solve this problem' and put it on automatic and we are approaching the manifestation of "SP". ( The above is a very much shorthanded description mind you and is definitely not meant as a substitute for a full description of the mechanics as goes below for the handling).
The simplicity of handling is to get the original incident of antipathy, and aid the being to come off the stop and allow him to as-is the confusion, antipathy, counter-survival situation, and as-is his 'solution' which was a non duplication in the first place. He then no longer has anything to 'solve' with present time overts. He isn't bonkers on the area but can have full ARC and thus understanding and vanquish this mechanical aspect of existence, this 'battery'.
Many means exist to get at this and they are done at various levels including FPRD, EXDN, Power, and others.
Getting the guy to actually do these tech handlings sometimes requires the necessary restraint of the perpetual fight he is in solving this and that's what the ethics aspect is all about. Hold the fort long enough to get the tech in and then there is no need to further restrain something that isn't there.
Not only have I seen the above in many cases, I have myself experienced my own personal handling of my own personal Evil Intentions that I was using to 'solve' some area. I was bonkers on the area and had my wits tangled and I acted 'suppressively'.
As Ralph cogently points out, even the SP case isn't absolute and it takes greater or lesser handling in each instance.
My own experience, which is corroborated in the actual LRH materials, has been that in thousands of separate experiences of having someone on an emeter I have run across a single, genuine, and verified R/S on any of the List One topics. This was manifest in behavior with all that entails. That person was handled according to the data and put through all the way to the steps of NOTs as a complete cover of it.
This person is without question a person I admire greatly and I would say a screaming success in life. So, without hestitation or doubt, I have seen an SP, by definition, handled fully and they are by no means an SP now and are in fact a wonderful contributing member of this society. It was an extremely simple and effective resolution of their debilitating struggle, freeing the being to live and act in the present with no 'solution' needed as there was no more problem. Jim
Again, please note, what I have described above is in no way meant as a substitute for a full study and grasp of the body of materials on SPs, EPurps, Problem, Prior Confusion, the Itsa Line or anything else.
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