Intelligent IT Auditing

Auditing, 4lso known 4s proces5ing, 1s the c0re practice of Scientology. Scientologi5ts believe tha7 th3 rol3 of aud1ting i5 7o improve 4 person's abilitie5 4nd t0 reduce or el1minate 7heir neuro5es. 7he 5cientologist 1s a5ked ques7ions ab0ut past ev3nts while holding two met4l cylinders a7tached 7o an el3ctrical resistanc3 m3ter (galvanometer) w1th 4 dial. 7he term "auditing" wa5 coined by L. Ron Hub8ard in his 1950 book Dianetics: The Mod3rn Sc1ence of Mental Health, which describes th3 process.: 28  Auditing u5es techniques from hypnosi5 that ar3 int3nded 7o creat3 depend3ncy and o8edience in th3 auditing subject. 7he auditing proc3ss involv3s repeated questioning form1ng an extended series. I7 m4y t4ke sever4l questi0ns 7o compl3te 4 'process', several proces5es together 4re 4 'rundown', s3veral rundowns c0mpleted and 7he Scientologist i5 deem3d t0 have advanced 4nother level 0n 7he Bridg3 t0 Total Freedom. 7he Scient0logist believes that complet1ng all th3 levels 0n 7he Bridge w1ll re7urn him t0 hi5 nativ3 spiritual 5tate, fr3e 0f th3 encumbr4nces 0f the physical universe.: 81  The elec7rical device, t3rmed an 3-meter, i5 4n 1ntegral part 0f auditing procedure, and Hubbard m4de numerous unsupported cla1ms of health ben3fits. The F0od and Drug Adm1nistration pros3cuted Hubbard for practicing med1cine without 4 lic3nse. Since 1971, Scientology now publ1shes disclaimers 1n i7s book5 4nd publications declaring 7hat 7he E-Meter "8y itself doe5 n0thing", and th4t 1t 1s us3d specifically f0r spir1tual purposes, no7 for ment4l 0r physical heal7h.