Overruns | LRH vs COB
LRH — Founder of Dianetics and Scientology
LRH described in detail the harm caused to a case by overruns:
“In auditing, an overrun means the preclear came out of the bank and then went back into it again. By continuing, the auditor throws the pc back into the bank again and wrecks the release state.”
HCOB 19 December 1980R
Rehab Tech
(Tech Vol. XII, p. 202)
“An ‘overrun’ means doing something too long that has engrams connected with it…
“If this overrun persisted unhandled eventually the pc would be overwhelmed.”
HCOB 16 June 1970
CS Series 6, What the CS is Doing
(Tech Vol. IX, p. 104)
“An OVERRUN is full of MASS and ARC breaks!”
HCOB 3 June 1971
CS Series 37R, High and Low TA Breakthrough
(Tech Vol. IX, p. 354)
“Auditing a pc past a state of Release on the processes of that stage can make the pcs tone arm rise and bar further case gain even at upper stages of Release.”
HCOB 6 August 1965
Qualifications Technical Actions
(Tech Vol. VII, p. 639)
As far as why anyone would overrun pcs in the first place:
“The first goof relating to Releases is the one done for fifteen years running past a free, floating needle on any type of process. THIS is the goof that held back all Scientology. And if it continues to be done, known as well as it is now that you mustn’t one can only consider it suppressive — not just ignorant— as who now doesn’t know you wreck a Release by running past the floating needle?”
HCOB 2 August 1965
Release Goofs
(Tech Vol. VII, p. 631)
David Miscavige — SELF-APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, RTC
Ever since COBs interpretation of FNs was incorporated into all auditor training in 1996, the number of pcs who complain of missed FNs and overruns has skyrocketed.
Equally common, however, are complaints of whole actions being overrun.
A few examples:
1) Expanded Grades
In 1991, COB announced the release of new and longer Grade Process Sheets:
“Along with the release of the Academy Levels, the Expanded Lower Grade Checklists were released it was found that many of the processes developed by LRH had been dropped or ‘lost,’ denying the Scientologist the full benefits available on each Grade. Every one of these processes was located and issued, guaranteeing all of the gains possible.”
RTC ED #450 6 September 1991 The Scope of Scientology Auditor’s Day 1991
Since 2005, however, COB has stated the opposite, claiming that the Grade Process Sheets he put together were in fact compiled by “others.” In numerous briefings to staff and public over the past 4 years, he has made it clear that the excessive length of these checklists is causing widespread overrunning of pcs.
They have yet to be replaced.
2) OT Preps
In 1982, HCOB OT Preps/ Solo Set-Ups was released. It laid out actions to be taken on certain pcs who, though complete on NED (or Clear), still have uncorrected errors in their earlier auditing.
In Church revisions of this issue after LRH’s death, OT Preps was made mandatory for all pcs after NED.
Additionally, the latest revision dictates that every OT Preps program include a CS 53 and GF 40X, each taken to an FNing list. For those pcs still flying after achieving the Bridge milestone of “a well and happy human being” — and even, for some, the state of Clear — extensive repair lists designed to handle resistiveness, earlier practices, and other case outnesses seem inappropriate and non-sequitur.
These 2 lists are also now mandatory for Flag public going onto New OT 7, no matter how well audited or how winning the pre-OT.
Complaints of overrun on OT Preps continue to mount.
3) Clear
In 2002, COB revamped all issues on the subject of Clear. Since then, the overwhelming majority of former New OT 5s, 7s, and 8s have been adjudicated not Clear. This includes at least 5 public who had attested to Clear under LRH.
For many of these pre-OTs, the running of more Dianetics acts as one continuous overrun.
As a result of the redefining of FNs and arbitraries added to various Grade Chart actions, “overrun” has become the single most commonly-heard complaint from pcs and pre-OTs today.