Determination and Courage

Introduction: Determination and Courage: You could say that “those who say no” are more determined, and “those who say yes” more courageous. “Those who say yes” are the ones who set out for new horizons. They are the ones who invest in the future – and believe in it.

Determination and Courage

It is certainly a provocative statement, but to put it simply, you could say that "no-sayers" are more determined, "yes-sayers" more courageous.

Being able to say no is actually a skill – the ability to set yourself apart and ensure that your own interests are not lost. It may be a selfish skill, but it is important nonetheless. Because someone who can't say no quickly becomes entangled in countless obligations.

It is probably also the first time in many thousands of years that it is possible to simply say no. Today, we have achieved the level of prosperity that allows us to say no.

But does that make "yes-sayers" the losers? There may be a spark of truth in this. Because our system massively supports this behavior. Nobody starves because they say:

• “No, I'm not working.”

• “No, I don't want children.”

• “No, I don't want this job.”

• “No, I'm not volunteering.”

• “No, I live alone because living together is too complicated.”

Today, we can afford the luxury of saying no.

But if I had acted as a "no-sayer", I would never have got to know Scientology and would never have practiced it. My boss at the time even invited me to an expensive restaurant as a 19-year-old just to persuade me to say no.

I think "yes-sayers" are courageous people. They are people who set off for new horizons. They are the ones who invest in the future – and believe in it.

To become an auditor, you have to say yes. There are countless reasons not to audit – because it's so much easier to say no. There are many stops that make it easy not to audit.

In fact, work has even been done to fix auditors and staff on stops so that a session won't happen.

In my decades as a training officer, I have had to remove many stops not written by Ron from the technology of auditing. It is so much easier not to audit. I could sing a song about it.

Auditors will often remember for the rest of their lives when not to audit. That's the “safe side”. You won't be punished for it. Yes – an auditor has the right to say no. But then there is no session.

I respect an auditor, even if they make mistakes – that can easily be corrected. But if an auditor doesn't get going in the first place, it's hopeless.

Saying yes is the start, saying no is the stop. Both are needed – an auditor must also be able to say no.

But the most important things are: Determination and Confidence. In Scientology terminology, we call this “Tone 40” – defined as intention without reservation.

I want to give you some very important advice here. This advice is serious, and if you ever find yourself in an emergency situation, please remember it:

• If someone wants to rape you,

• If someone wants to shoot you,

• If someone wants to force you to kill someone,

• If someone wants to blackmail you,

• If someone wants to force a medication on you

• If someone wants to give you an implant – whatever:

Just say no clearly and firmly. Repeat your no.

You learn how to repeat yourself in the communication course.

You may have to package your no diplomatically – but still say no firmly.

You can also say an apparent yes – and still communicate a very clear, firm no. You learn this technique through TR 8.

Determinism and Confidence are the be-all and end-all. Even if you want to audit someone: “There is nothing good – unless you do it.”

Don't ask. Say what you are doing – and just get started.

Below you will find an excerpt from a lecture by Capt. Bill Robertson in which he explains how to deal with suppressive characters: namely with TRs.

Hard-trained TRs produce determined thetans.

If Scientology wants to give you something, it is: Determination and Confidence.

“In the beginning and forever is the decision, and the decision is to be.” – Factor #2 – Scientology 0-8 – L. Ron Hubbard

Life begins with a determined yes.

Much love

Max Hauri

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Excerpt from Technical Briefing 2

Full Technical Briefing # 2 from Captain Bill Robertson – Senior C/S

The main technology method of the Marcabian side is concentrating their intention on keeping people at fear and below on the Tone Scale. 1.0 all the way down to apathy. Because then they can control all the planet with their 1.1 actions. That is why they would then be the highest toned people on the planet. 1.1.

They really cannot confront Scientologists at all, because my goodness, they are most all above 2.0 on the scale. And all those Marcabians have retained certain OT abilities themselves, because they are relatively new to the planet, the ones who are here recently. You can handle 99% of them by TRs. A good TR1, "Get out of here", and they will.

So they are not very effective, except the cases where the people have so much spaghetti around them that they are restimulated by their intensity and their flow.

And the thing they fear most, of course, is exposure of themselves:

1. As being aliens to the planet,

2. As being the masterminds behind trying to suppress all the people of earth,

3. As being the people who are stealing you all blind of all your gold and real currencies, now owning more than 60% of the wealth of the world and

4. Of having their basic false data exposed such as "man only lives once".

You see, if man only lives once, then you can really scare the hell out of him with death. They are also being afraid of the money being found out to be worthless they are issuing. And they are also afraid of the wrath of humanity, once all the other four things are found out. They are very afraid of mob action against them. That's why they protect all their premises and so on with very heavy security operations. What other explanation do you have? They are running the terrorists. They are running the communists. They are running most of the politicians. So they can tell them, "Don't do anything to our area."

No, they are afraid of people that aren't under their control. And there are lots of people that are not under their control. There are lots of people that are in apathy and don't know what to do.

So that shows you that they don't have a control over the planet yet, and in fact, a very accurate analysis, they only have a great deal of control in the western world. They are only using 1.1 tactics with the rest of the world. And it is only at the top levels they have the control. They don't have the control through the middle and the bottom areas and the ordinary people in the street.

They don't have that control. They try to enforce it with the 5th and 6th dynamic procedures I mentioned before – the drugs and electronics and radiation, and bla bla stories on TV and so on. So that gives you a pretty good picture of the world as it exists today.

Capt. Bill Robertson

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