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Once in a while someone asks about how much it might cost to go Clear, or OT in the
Freezone. For example:
>"I have heard it is cheap to go up the bridge in the freezone. Can anyone tell me exactly
>how much it would cost to go all the way and/or to clear? I have never gotten the specifics."
The cost to get to Clear can vary quite a bit from one auditor to the next and the number of
hours auditing also
vary from one individual to the next.
One should approach an auditor and ask for a personal estimate of what you might need in terms
of hours of auditing and cost. Even then it will only be an estimate.
So what can be said here is only a very rough guide.
However, assuming you're starting from scratch.
The early steps mainly take time and persistence, rather than cost a huge amount:
1. Read books
2. Do a TRs course. You don't necessarily need a Pro TRs course at this
stage, but it needs to be more than a patty cake thing. I recently supervised
my wife and eldest son doing TRs and asked for them to do the drills for
at least an hour at a time and that they should be able to do all of them
for at least 30mins flubless. That isn't quite as steep a gradeient as
they expect on Pro TRs, but it quite hard to make that standard all the
same.
You need a twin for TRs. Ideally you also need the person you've managed
to get to do TRs with you to be someone who has done extensive TRs before,
or to get a check out on them from someone who has.
3. You need Objectives. If your TRs twin hasn't had them, then you can
co-audit them. You can get these from a professional auditor - but they
can take quite a lot of hours to run. It is far cheaper to co-audit. However,
I would suggest you still need someone to CS the sessions for you or to
otherwise supervise.
If you do need professional auditing on objectives, they are really quite
hard to estimate in terms of time. If you get them done properly then you
could easily be looking at 50 hours - maybe double - or more. Or you could
be lucky! (But if you get them done in the Church of Scientology they are likely to be grossly
quickied per my observation).
4. Run your own Self Analysis lists. Your auditor can and will do them
at some point if you don't - but why pay someone for something you can do
yourself. Alternatively your TRs twin can run them on you and vice versa
- takes twice as long that way, but another person will impose some discipline
on the session which some people find is lacking when they try to do it
on their own.
5. At CS discretion, you may also need some other early Bridge actions.
The Church of Scientology commonly insists on the Purif (Purification Rundown)
and some are certainly the better
for it. There are also other things that may interest you - or seem to
be desirable from the CS's point of view.
The Purification Rundown is one service, on the whole, the Freezone is not well set
up to deliver and you may be better getting that a Church of Scientology organisation. But
enquire here if you think you need it (i.e. have a heavy drug history including medical
drugs) - we may be able to help. It is better done before Objectives, if you need it.
The other early actions on the Bridge you may need are things like Life Repair Auditing
and/or the Happiness Rundown. These actions are done to address the immediate problems a
person may face in life and set a case up for the auditing that is about to follow.
This might take anywhere from between 10 to 25 hours
roughly. See below for likely effect this might have on overall cost.
6. At this point you really need to decide if you're going to co-audit all
the way to Clear, or if you're going to find a professional auditor. If you've been
working well with your twin, then co-audit has much to recommend it. If
not then you will need to get an estimate from your auditor of what hours
you might need.
Auditors and Case Supervisors vary somewhat in their opinion about the average number
of hours it takes to complete a grade. Most seem to be of the opinion that you'd be very
lucky to get away with much less 12.5 hours. And most seem content that the majority will
not need more than 25 hours. With, perhaps, 15 to 20 being something like a consensus.
So, for the purposes of this page I will take the average of the likely minimum (12.5) and
maximum (25), i.e. 18.75 hours
for illustrative purposes. Now there are 6 grades altogether, straightwire and zero to four
inclusive). So that is about 112 hours. The grades are not all the same length, but, for
our purposes, they average out - so I'll consider they are the same length.
Then you will need Dianetics which might be in the order of 50 hours. But your auditor
may think differently in relation to you personally.
A great many people have gone Clear somewhere before they get to the end
of the above. So you're looking at (probably) around 160 hours to get to Clear.
Perhaps more towards 180 with Life Repair etc if you need it.
You could also be one of the ones that need Power, R6EW and the Clearing Cousrse, but I won't
go into that as most don't need them.
Cost
Auditors vary in how much they charge. If you're paying much more than 2.5 bucks
a minute (150 an hour) for auditing at that level, then you're being ripped off by freezone
standards I suggest. One European auditor charges (at the time of writing = mid 2004)
75 euros (very roughly the same as a dollar) per hour for lower grades up to Clear. One
North American auditor is charging at the rate of 100 dollars per hour for the
same auditing. (Though one or two may be thinking about raising rates soon, after I
prompted a discussion of this subject!!!) You'd be extraordinarily lucky to find a
professional auditor anywhere in the West charging less than 60 bucks an hour. It simply
would not be ecconomical.
You may be very lucky to find a student auditor who will audit you for nothing,
except perhaps for direct costs (which could include a few hours of a professional
case supervisor's time). And you could also find an "intern" (this is someone who has
progressed beyond student level, but is still learning to be a professional auditor). An
intern would typically charge 50% of the full rate. However, the cost may not be as
little as one might think as auditors lacking full professional skill may take longer.
So, a likely range for the cost of professional auditing to Clear may be something like
160 hours * 75 = 12,000 to
180 hours * 100 = 18,000.
Quite a bit more if you don't co-audit your objectives or do your own Self Analysis lists
(see above).
On top of the above, you would need to factor in the cost of staying away
(or getting the auditor to come to you which a few are willing to do).
How long is quite variable. Some PCs get blown out quite easily and can
barely be audited for an hour a day most days. Others are gluttons for
the hours. But you can think in terms of at least 10 weeks - maybe more. As
an example, you can stay in place like Semmering in Austria for about 60
euros a day (again at the time of writing, mid 2004), perhaps less if you find somewhere
with cooking facilities.
But you're looking at something in the order of 4000 for 10 weeks accomodation
- plus whatever the cost of travelling may be.
Not exactly a give away, but cheaper than the Church of Scientology, less hassle and cheap
considering that you're going to be going Clear.
You don't need to try to do all the above at once, of course.
The cost for more advanced level auditing, beyond Clear, may be in the order of
Solo to OT3 Euro 1800
OT4, 5 Euro 100/hr (25 hours is generally more than enough)
Solo Nots + OT8 Euro 1800
Pleae note, again, that the cost of going Clear varies from individual and no auditor
accepting a new person through FZAOINT is bound by this estimated cost and the number
of hours required can vary considerably. The cost
of this mentioned here is given as a guide only.
The cost can also vary from one area of the world to the next. For example, the cost
of living is generally cheaper in Eastern Europe.
Co-audit
If you prefer to get to Clear by co-auditing all the way, then you will probably find that
the cost is less than half the cost of getting the auditing by a professional. And, since
most people soon come to the realisation that they really need the training anyway (once
they get into the OT levels), then the cost is really nothing, in the end. You will,
however, need a good deal of persistence to not just get yourself to Clear, but help your
co-audit partner as well.
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