Editing Auditing (Scientology) (section)

== Procedure ==

Each Grade on the Bridge has a list of processes that auditors should run. Some auditing actions use commands, for example "Recall a time you knew you understood someone," and some auditing actions use questions such as, "What are you willing for me to talk to others about?"<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hubbard|first=L Ron|title=Mini List of Grade 0-IV Processes|journal=HCO Bulletin |date=8 September 1978}}</ref> Below are sample commands from processes run in each Grade.

*'''ARC Straightwire:''' "Recall a communication."<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hubbard|first=L Ron|title=Expanded ARC Straightwire Grade Process Checklist|journal=HCO Bulletin |date=14 Nov 1987|issue= I}}</ref>
*'''Grade 0:''' "Recall a place from which you have communicated to another."<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hubbard|first=L Ron|title=Expanded Grade 0 Process Checklist|journal=HCO Bulletin |date=14 Nov 1987|issue= II}}</ref>
*'''Grade I:''' "Recall a problem you have had with another."<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hubbard|first=L Ron|title=Expanded Grade I Process Checklist|journal=HCO Bulletin |date=14 Nov 1987|issue= III}}</ref>
*'''Grade II:''' "Recall a secret."<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hubbard|first=L Ron|title=Expanded Grade II Process Checklist|journal=HCO Bulletin |date=14 Nov 1987|issue= IV}}</ref>
*'''Grade III:''' "Can you recall a time of change?"<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hubbard|first=L Ron|title=Expanded Grade III Process Checklist|journal=HCO Bulletin |date=14 Nov 1987|issue= V}}</ref>
*'''Grade IV:''' "What about a victim you could be responsible for?"<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hubbard|first=L Ron|title=Expanded Grade IV Process Checklist|journal=HCO Bulletin |date=14 Nov 1987|issue= VI}}</ref>

Each Grade targets at a specific area of potential difficulty a person might have. If the subject matter is not "charged"; in other words, if it is not causing any difficulty, then the E-meter will not show any reaction and the person will not be asked further questions on that subject.

John H. Wolfe differentiates auditing from interrogation, prayer, meditation, confession or hypnosis, instead likening it to [[nondirective therapy]]: "In its general philosophy and approach, auditing is closest to the nondirective therapy of [[Carl Rogers]] (1961), who stressed the importance of having the client find the client's own answers, while the counselor refrains from interpretation, but listens with empathic understanding. Auditing differs from Roger's approach by having the auditor direct the preclear's attention using auditing questions, and by breaking up the session into discrete cycles of action."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wolfe |first=John H. |year=2017 |title=Common Sense Scientology |journal=The Humanistic Psychologist |volume=45 |issue=1 |pages=84–97 |doi=10.1037/hum0000043}}</ref>