Monday, December 15, 2008
On Talking Far Too Much About Far Too Little: An Honest Response to a Well-Intentioned Reader
It is a terrible thing not to speak the obvious when what is obvious is either truly terrible or truly wonderful. In fact, if you are the sort of person who claims to set some store by the saying of things there is surely nothing more terrible than refraining from saying terrible and wonderful ordinary things out of a fear for their ordinariness. It seems to me a genuine responsiveness to the world, from moment to moment, and a faithfulness of conviction is the best anybody can do. To attest to the terrible or to the wonderful, ordinary as they usually are, is incomparably more important than anything else I can imagine saying, and also more original too in the only sense that matters to me, as arising out of the originary perception and judgment of a thoroughly unoriginal person and offered up to the good sense of others no less ordinary and no less originary either, peer to peer.
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> To attest to the terrible or to the wonderful. . . is. . .
> more original too in the only sense that matters to me,
> as arising out of the originary perception and judgment
> of a thoroughly unoriginal person and offered up to
> the good sense of others no less ordinary and no
> less originary either, peer to peer.
Now I've been looking over the KRs in your file, and really,
we must handle your off-lines originations, your downstats,
your service facs and case on post. While your auditor and
C/S are in cramming, you will report to I&R for an investigation
and a program to handle this terminatedly.
Origination:
In auditing: A remark or statement from the P[re]C[lear],
that concerns his ideas, reactions or difficulties.
It is something he says that is important to him, but isn't
an answer to the Auditor's question. It usually comes
unexpectedly. It is different from a comment, in that it
is defined as an attempt to distract the Auditor or as an
attempt to blow the session. An Auditor is trained in handling
originations in T[raining]R[outine]-4.
Any distracting behavior on the part of a pre-clear being
audited, including verbal remarks, or attempts to chat
or socialize with the auditor.
"If you don't shut up with your originations of what you think a
Fall means, I'm sending you to Ethics for spouting Verbal Tech!"
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