END OF STAGE CRITIQUE FOR AGENCY 025'S STAGE 5 & 6 TRAINING.

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• Publication Date: October 25, 1988
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DATE: 25 October, 1988
REPLY TO
ATTNOF: DT,"-.S (0113)
SUBJECT: End of Stage critique for Agent 025'ss Stage 5 &. 6 training
SG 1 J TO: DT ??"S (ATTN:
1. (S-??;iaS) PERIOD OF TRAINING : 025 an Stage 5 lectures by
003 on September (:3, 1 '8# w i-iant:is-on training began September 12,
1988, under my tutelage, and finished October 21, 1988, along
with Stage 6 training, which was introduced during the on-going
hands-on training period.
2? (S"???SS) PROGRESS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS: During 025's St age 5 &
6 training, the foll.owi,ng accomplishments were made:
as STAGE 5: 025 progressed through Stage 5 training very
rapidly. After the initial Stage 6 training, 025 began to show a
slight bit of confusion between the techniques for Stage 5
regarding AOL perceptions and Stage 5 for valid signals. A quick
refresher brought performance back in line and no other problems
have been noted in this area since.
b. STAGE, 6: The many elements of Stage 6 training were
introduced ?t:.ta t?;;", cai"ie= at- ra 't i tile, along with selected target sites
which would give immediate practice in the technique just
introduced. The class was held at the designated work time,
lasted approximately 10-15 minutes, and ended with a session
which would utilize the material just learned. After all the
techniques except two (see below) had been learned and practiced,
sites were selected which could use mixtures of these techniques.
1) PROBING FOR PERCEPTIONS: 025 learned through
repeated practice that all Stage 6 techniques utilize "probing".
This principle was re-introduced with each technique, and 025 was
not allowed at any time to work Stage 6 using any other method.
By the end of training, 025 was fully proficient in self-
correcting the normal tendency to "slide" over the time-line,
scale "line, map, etc:.
2) MODELIi\.8: 025 produced excellent results with
modeling (see photographs of models in individual session summary
reports). The material used was Pl ay--Doha 025 appears to have a
keen sense of 3-dimensional awareness about site characteristics,
and very little trouble expressing them in this medium.
i~lrTTI.IOFORN
CLASSIFIED BY: DI:A (DT)
DECLASSIFY: OADR
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10
(REV. 1-80)
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3) TiMlI'?...L...;I;ICIIICII,aa 025 quickly grasped the concept of
time-lines, and had nc; apparent. trouble with them, either in the
beginning or later.
4) MAF'f':I:NL : During the mapping exercises, 02i5 really
became aware of the clangers of "sliding" versus the accuracy of
"probing" for perceptions.
;) SCALE-LINING: Scale-lining presented somewhat
more difficulty AT-6161-TV to a tendency he/she had to
associate the line with time progression. Scale-lines are purely
allegorical, in that the RVer is not allowed to know even the
slightest hint about what the line stands for unt.i 1 after the
perceptions are received and recorded. This tendency was worked
on, bt..tt training may need to be refreshed an this point from time
to time. 025's scale-lines, once divorced from the concept of
time, provided astoundingly accurate information about the
individual sites.
t's) DOWSING: 025 was introduced to Stage 6 dowsing
during the last se 'ssion off' training. Instruction stressed not
only the techniques of Stage 6 dowsing, but also the differences
between it and "normal" ciowsi ng. 025 immediately understood the
principles involved and produced a session with extraordinarily
accurate results. In this session, 025 was introduced to and
given practice in both "a.l.legor?ical.s" Stage 6 dowsing (where the
RVer uses a blank sheet of paper and doesn't know what he/she is
looking for) and "actual" Stage 6 dowsing (where the RVer uses a
standard map and is told what to look for on :1t.)
c? AOL/AOL SIGNAL: 025 has made tremendous strides in
being able Fa-recognize-10L. Only one session found 025
completely trapped in AOL drive, and wound up in failure, but
this is not :i.nconsi stent with the performance of other viewers.
Constant attention was given throughout all sessi. ons to stress
the importance of recognizing and objectifying AOL.
d. REPORTING: 025's only short-fall i,nct during Stage 6
training was the continued tendency to not stop viewing long
enough to write perceptions i rite the Stage 6 matrix. 025 reaches
a strong contact with the site, and must be constantly prompted
to write perceptions down. I do not feel that this wi.l.l change
with anything besides lots of experience, and constant pressure
from monitors. It will hinder solo work however, until it is
learned as an automatic reflex.
e. I::AI1_..L.RE. As mentioned above, 025 had only one session
where he/shre w