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Reactive tendencies are stopped in the process of auditing, a non-evaluative therapy. The auditor uses an e-meter, a device Hubbard invented to measure tension, to help identify painful memories. Then a subject unburdens herself of bad decisions or events, thus ending neuroses and contributing to a feeling of well-being. Some Scientologists claim that after enough auditing they can remember all the way to their birth, and back further into their past lives...
...listens) question and aid a subject. The e-meter runs a slight electric current—no more than a battery, Jeff explained—which forms a circuit through the subject’s body. If the subject sits still, the e-meter measures his or her internal tension. The subject holds two shiny metal cylinders, which attach to a console that looks ripped from a 1920s airplane cockpit. Jeff explained that triggers can access different parts of the memory, which is stored in photographic images. I sat down across from him and held the e-meter cylinders...
...little tension there,” he smiled sagely...
Then it was Allen’s turn. He took up the e-meter and agreed with Jeff that, indeed, his work is a source of tension...
...Zimbabwe tour, the first of Chappell's tenure, was also the first away test series India won in two decades?were over. But Chappell's ambition hasn't sat well with some players: bowler Harbhajan Singh complained to reporters that the new coach was subjecting the team to "fear," "tension" and "immense pressure." The row peaked last week when Chappell and Ganguly were summoned by the Indian cricket board, which enjoined the two sides to rebuild their "professional working relationship"?despite widespread expectations that one or both would be shown the door. ("Look how we are cheated!" grumbled...