ST0 - The Tone Scale

The scales are the practical measuring sticks an auditor uses to determine, where his pc is at. Since the purpose of auditing is to move the pc up on these scales, the auditor, that knows his scales well, will be able to keep track of his pc's progress or possibly lack thereof.

The term "gradient scale" can be applied to anything, and means a scale of different steps or degree of something. It can go from zero to infinity. Depending on the direction you follow on the scale, it could go to an infinity of wrongness or an infinity of rightness.

Absolutes are considered unobtainable.

The difference between one point on a scale and the next could be wide, a huge step - or it could be so tiny, so you need the outmost attention and close observation to see it.

Life in its highest state (top of the scales) is total understanding. Life in its lower states is less or lack of understanding.

Understanding is composed of Affinity, Reality and Communication. Of the three, communication is by far the most important. Affinity and reality, you could say, exist to support communication.

Under the heading of affinity we have the Tone Scale.

The characteristics and abilities of the top of the scales (or near the top) are:

Unbounded creation, outflow, certainty, certainty of awareness, outgoing, explosion, holding apart, spreading apart, letting go, reaching, goals of a causative nature, widening space, freedom from time, separateness, differentiation, giving sensation, lightness, whiteness, total awareness, total understanding, total ARC.

The characteristics and abilities of the bottom of the scales ( or near the bottom) are:

Death, inflow, certainty (of unawareness), implosion or collapse, pulling together, holding together, withdrawing, effect goals (ambition to be an effect rather than a cause), space getting smaller, no time or infinite time in a moment, being stuck, identification, fixed identity, being at the receiving end of sensation, condensation, blackness, solidification, no awareness, no understanding, no ARC.

The various characteristics or intentions are observable for any dynamic and any universe.
(Universe: A complete set of created things. There are 3 principal universes: The physical universe, Your own Universe and the Other Being's Universe).

Between these two extremes you will find your pc. In the band between 3.3 on the Tone Scale and 36.5, there is constructive action.

By knowing the scales well you will be able to find an individual on any of the following scales. That will give his level of ARC. As a person goes up-scale in auditing, he goes up-scale in small steps, on gradients of ARC.

Basic References: Chart of Human Evaluation from the book: Self Analysis.
Also: Scn 0-8, Book of Basics (with Book of Scales). Science of Survival.

The basic tone scale is the most important scale to an auditor. Each level can be determined by direct observation. Each emotional tone has a number of characteristics visible in appearance and behavior. If things are going well in auditing you will see: 1) the pc moves up and down on the tone scale, 2) at the end of a process he will be above 3.0 on the tone scale. 3) At the end of an auditing program his chronic tone will have improved.

The same tone scale can be applied to individuals, to businesses, to groups, to nations, etc.

An individual will have a chronic tone. That is the tone that is characteristic for his general outlook on life.
He will have an immediate emotional tone. Good news or events will bring him up the scale. Bad news or events will bring him down the scale. He will have a different emotional reaction to different spheres of life. His good friends, his interests and hobbies will put him in a good mood. Detested jobs, chores and detested people will probably put him on a much lower level.

During a normal day, you may find the same person go through many different emotional tones, depending on who he meets and what he faces.

4.0 Enthusiasm
3.3 Strong Interest
3.0 Conservatism
2.5 Boredom
2.0 Antagonism
1.8 Pain
1.5 Anger
1.2 No Sympathy
1.1 Covert Hostility
1.0 Fear
0.9 Sympathy
0.8 Propitiation
0.5 Grief
0.375 Making Amends
0.05 Apathy
0.0 Being a Body (Death)

Here are some observable characteristics on the most important levels:
(Taken from Chart of Attitudes in Self Analysis).

4.0 Enthusiasm
Behavior: Excellent at executing things (work, plans). Quick reaction (relative to age group).
Speech: Capable of easily exchanging ideas and beliefs.
Reality: Can see others' reality. Searches for different view points and a change of reality.
How literal things are taken: Can easily differentiate facts from fiction - as jokes or lies.
Method used to handle others: Gains support by contagious enthusiasm backed by reason.
Condition of belongings: In excellent condition. In excellent repair.

3.3 Strong Interest
Behavior: Good at executing things (work, plans), also sports.
Speech: Will talk about 'deep' beliefs and ideas. Will accept or consider them.
Reality: Can understand others' reality and change viewpoint. Agreeable.
How literal things are taken: Good grasp of statements. Good sense of humor.
Method used to handle others: Gains support by creative reasoning and communication.
Condition of belongings: In good condition. In good repair.

3.0 Conservatism
Behavior: Fair amount of action. Sports.
Speech: Limited number of personal ideas, tentatively presented.
Reality: Acknowledges the existence of possible other realities. Conservative.
How literal things are taken: Can sort out the real meaning of statements.
Method used to handle others: Gets support by practical reasoning and built up 'connections'.
Condition of belongings: Fairly good.

2.5 Indifference, Boredom
Behavior: Somewhat inactive, but capable of action.
Speech: easy going on pointless conversations. Listens only to ordinary affairs.
Reality: Indifference or refusal to match conflicting realities. Too careless to agree or disagree.
How literal things are taken: Accepts little, literally or not. Tends to take humor literal.
Method used to handle others: Not concerned about support from others.
Condition of belongings: Shows some signs of neglect.

2.0 Antagonism, Expressed Resentment
Behavior: Capable of destructive and some constructive actions.
Speech: Talks in threats; invalidations. Listen to threats. Invalidation of theta talk.
Reality: Verbal doubt. Disagrees. Defends own reality and undermines others'.
How literal things are taken: Accepts threats and remarks of tone 2.0 literally.
Method used to handle others: Nags and criticize bluntly to get compliance and accept.
Condition of belongings: Very neglected.

1.5 Anger
Behavior: Capable of destructive action.
Speech: Talks mainly of death, destruction and hate.
Reality: Disagrees with or destroys reality of others. "You are wrong!"
How literal things are taken: Takes alarming statements literal. Brutal sense of humor.
Method used to handle others: Uses threats, punishment and lies to get his way and dominate.
Condition of belongings: Often broken. Bad repair.

1.1 - 1.0 Unexpressed resentment, Fear
Behavior: Can do minor actions.
Speech: "Sweet talks" with vicious intent. Bad listener, but likes gossip, doubletalk and lies.
Reality: Insecure. Doubts own reality. Skeptical of others' realities.
How literal things are taken: Doesn't like to listen to anything. Tends to take things literal, responds with doubletalk.
Method used to handle others: Seeks hidden control "black mails" and nullifies others to where they can be used.
Condition of belongings: In poor condition.

0.5 Grief to Apathy
Behavior: Can only execute relatively uncontrolled action.
Speech: Talks little; only speaks in sad or apathetic tone. Listens to apathy or pity.
Reality: Easily overwhelmed by others. Doubts own reality. Shame, anxiety.
How literal things are taken: Literal accept of any remark of this tone (0.5).
Method used to handle others: Cries for pity. Wild lying and 'scenes' to gain sympathy.
Condition of belongings: Usually in very bad condition.

0.1 Deepest Apathy
Behavior: Alive as a body, but almost no action.
Speech: Does not talk. Does not listen.
Reality: No reality. Complete withdrawal from others' reality.
How literal things are taken: Accepts anything literally.
Method used to handle others: Pretends death to avoid others and dangers.
Condition of belongings: Does not care for belongings or realize ownership.

(We are here using and covering the tones listed on Chart of Attitudes. See Self Analysis).

The Basic Tone Scale above is the directly observable scale on your pc or any human being. There is however a wider range for the thetan. This may very well be a normal thetan in a human body. However the range goes beyond, what can be directly observed by facial expressions etc. etc. as listed above and on the Chart of Attitudes.

Any human being usually has two different positions on the tone scale: There is one called the Social Tone (thetan plus body) and one is the Thetan's Tone.

The Social Tone is
sometimes like a
mask, behind which
you find a sad person .

Social Tone: The social tone is found in the normal observable band between 0.0 - 4.0. Social habits, upbringing and culture and "mental machinery" plays an important role as to how we behave to others and respond in different situations. This is the one you can easily observe by direct observation and 'obnosis'. It has sometimes been called a 'false' tone.

Thetan's Tone: This is different from social tone. This is how we 'feel inside'. It has a wider range than the 0.0 - 4.0 as you can see below. It has the full range from - 40.0 to + 40.0. You need especially to pay attention to the band between + 4.0 down to -10.0. This is not obvious to 'obnosis' but will reveal itself in special situations and through a pattern of behavior and 'moments of truths', etc. It takes a little bit of detective work.

As you can see below, where the expanded tone scale (the thetan scale) is aligned with the Know to Mystery Scale, a lot of normal human activity is depicted as taking place below 0.0.
In terms of the thetan, 0.0 expresses 'thetan death' - the point where one denies the existence of oneself as being a thetan - a spirit. This is the commonly held viewpoint of science - "there is no soul; death is the end-all of existence". But all these additional 'thetan emotions' will reveal themselves over time in auditing. (They are well known in religion, art and literature.) Observing them in auditing is also how they were first researched and classified. As in all the other scales, the sequence of tones were determined by what was the next one, one would experience or observe when moving (up or down) on any given scale.

"The below apathy area is
so low so it is fair to say it
is a no-affinity, no-emotion,
no-problem and no-consequence
state of mind about things
which are terribly important."

"It is an area without pain,
interest or beingness. Thus this
state of mind is a great danger."

The tone scale goes well below apathy and 'death' (as a tone rather than a body condition).

You will often hear people talk about 'what is worse than death'. Shame is often mentioned as being worse than death, but there is actually a full scale of things out of usual sight.

Mankind's biggest problems often get shrugged off this way. That was the attitude towards the atomic bomb in the 1950'ies and even today; about genocide in Africa, global warming and so on. We should be very concerned, but it seems so far outside our ability to control so we are more often than not below apathy in these areas. It is "not much of a problem" because "what can I do about it?"

People being audited on these kinds of problems have to be worked with for quite a while before they start to feel anything about it - starting with apathy. This may seem discouraging at first glance, but it is actually a solid step forward. At least the pc has started to show up on the observable tone scale. It's a first breath of life of the thetan. He himself has shown up on the scale and can be addressed.

But what the sub zero tone scale is about is this utter dead feeling, this complete oblivion about important matters. It is actually going up from there that one comes to the level of body death (as an emotional tone) and apathy. From there the person goes through grief, fear, anger, antagonism, boredom, enthusiasm and at the top, serenity.

The below apathy area is so low so it is fair to say it is a no-affinity, no-emotion, no-problem and no-consequence state of mind about things which are terribly important.

The area below apathy is an area without pain, interest or beingness. Thus this state of mind is a great danger. In rough neighborhoods in the big cities you hear about people being murdered in bright daylight and in plain view. Yet when the police asks around 'nobody saw it'.

You also see injured people paying no attention to their own injuries. They just carry on with their work as if nothing had happened and they don't even feel the physical pain.

If you have such a person operate powerful machinery he is a real liability. He may accidentally hurt others and think nothing of it. He can't answer questions about 'Control' and 'Help' in an intelligent and sensible manner - that is one clue to below 0.0 on the tone scale.

He can't stop anything, start anything or change anything. He depends completely on training and automatic responses and his own 'mental machinery' to perform at all.

If an emergency or an unexpected situation arises he has no proper response and accidents happen. If somebody is in desperate need of help, but the person seeing it has to go out of his way or break the rules to give it, he would rather not. Control and help have somehow been disconnected with his personality.

When you look for people responsible for bad accidents or expensive mistakes or other big time troubles you will usually find persons in the sub-apathy band are in the center of such messes.

A person who is in this condition cannot control things and is not there sufficiently to be controlled by anyone else and does strange and unpredictable things.

In a a normal conversation you drop great news and see how your partner reacts.
You talk about a cause most people are against (feel antagonistic about).
You talk about something Scary (Fear).
You talk about something sad or dreadful (Grief, Apathy).
(You can of course use tones in between).

You notice the partner's response to each. Where his/hers reaction is most significant, that is where he is on the scale.

Let's say you find the person is at grief (0.5) on the scale.
You can raise the persons tone by 'matching tone'. You stay on a tone level 0.5-1.0 higher on the scale. That would be Sympathy (0.8) and Fear (1.0) up to Anger (1.5) . You could express sympathy for their troubles and then your fears about something relevant; that would get the person's attention. Then you could express anger towards the source of the grief ("that bastard!" or whatever). This is the way you get the person's attention and raise him/her from the original grief. You can keep up the process until the person is cheerful.

Trying just to be 'enthusiastic' about things to cheer him/her up wouldn't work at all. It is too much of a jump for the person to consider. It's not real to the person. This is the ARC triangle at work. Tone=A. Subject matter=R. Conversation=C.

"Emotion is three things: engramic response to situations, endocrine metering of the body to meet situations on an analytical level and the inhibition or the furtherance of life force."

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