Taped Correspondence.
As his eyesight was failing in later years Dennis Stephens corresponded with his friends by cassette tape. Below are five mp3 copies of those tapes which are of historical interest to the development of TROM.
- Dennis to Terry Scott 16 Nov 93
- Dennis to Ant Phillips 19 Nov 93
- Dennis to Terry Scott 18 Jan 94
- Dennis to Terry Scott 27 Feb 94
- Dennis to Ant Phillips 6 Jul 94
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Tape 1. Edited. This is an edited version of the voice recording, made by Dennis Stephens, to Terry Scott, on November 16, 1993.
It consists of a comparison of Scientology and TROM, discussion of “Erasure”, discussion of the TROM Level 3, known as “Timebreaking” and an explanation of “The Compulsive Games Condition”.
Edited out are,
Business Aspects, descriptions of Dennis’ and Terry’s locale, English & Australian accents, Scientology materials costs, organization names, mention of common aquaintances, Terry’s background, Dennis’s early interests, children, our early jobs, the sort of people who take to Scientology, and, what’s going on in the church these days.
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The complete version of this tape is available online at TROM, The Resolution Of Mind.com
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Tape 1. Unedited. Audio Letter to Terry Scott on November 16, 1993
0:00 Start 16Aug93 Glaucoma a problem so taped letters is best
0:41 Business Aspects.
2:55 Kettering, England, vegetation, location, climate, insects, bananas, best time to visit, more on weather,
14:03 Lovely to hear the English accent,
14:47 Taking up Terry’s questions
14:53 Calling it HASI vs church or org or Scn.
15:06 Handouts
15:44 Hearing the old names
16:00 I did the Briefinhg course in 1962
16:19 Terry’s background
16:53 Dennis background, hobbies,
19:14 Dennis’s Children
20:01 On Des Poppom is to evaluate TROM
21:32 Differences from Scn
22:54 Similarities to Scn
23:11 Scn requires auditor, TROM is solo – do it yourself.
23:54 Level 4 & 5 are not in Scn
24:27 Poor old Des
25:00 To do eval properly…
25:27 No one can do Level 5 solo without first having done Level 1-4 first
27:22 I feel for poor old Des Poppom. Only way to eval TROM is to try it. Can’t compare it to Scn.
28:53 Our jobs while growing up.
31:17 To amplify – there are no contradiction between Scn & TROM
38:34 Occams Razor (use the simpler theory)
40:56 TROM has more fundamental understandingof erasure
49:08 TROM Solo Auditing defined
49:36 Advantages over Scn is DIY, thus clearing the planet is possible
52:20 Trouble with Scn is it bcame a profit making venture
52:38 Truth is unobtainable throught games
53:10 The liabilities & dangers of TROM
57:25 Existing copy of materials has no errors
58:32 What sort of persons are going to take to TROM
1:01:29 Society doesn’t consider it safe to tamper with the mind
1:02:53 Time Breaking as an example
1:04:44 Dennis states he doesn’t know what’s going on in Scn currently
1:07:37 Profit Makers
1:09:11 Profit is opposed to Enlightenment
1:09:59 There is no enlightenment in compulsive games conditions
1:10:05 Unerasable goals package (profit)
1:11:54 Winding up, Dolbyize
1:12:59 Conclusion – quoteing the last paragraph of the book
1:13:24 Quote
1:13:57 Don’t sit and talk about TROM. Do it.
1:14:49 Reasons why people won’t start – not smart to tamper with mind, also one can have a compulsive game with his own mind.
1:15:57 Compulsve Games Condition with one’ own mind
1:16:44 Handling the Reactive Mind
1:18:16 You’re free to use this material.
1:18:30 End Of Tape`
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Tape 2.
0.00 Beginning – Ref Antony ‘s Letter 19Nov.
0:14 Date of recording Nov 19 1993. Dennis is not auditing due to advanced glaucoma
0:57 Touching on past details
2:22 I’m the author of TROM
5:54 Regarding Articles for IVy
8:29 Where we are – Redland Bay. Weather etc.
18:01 Not including the article on this tape.
19:21 Description of Tape 33 Contents
Uses of TROM, how it could achieve the goal of Scn to clear planet.
Differences & similarities between Scn & TROM in considerable depth
23:23 Kicked Out
24:32 No field organization Church activities Refers to Tape 33..
29:29 TROM in the Independent Field. Opportunity for gains.
31:14 What permitted TROM to occur
33:08 Winding up.
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Tape 3.
0:00 Start of Tape 18Jan1994
0:18 Good Wishes to Terry’s wife
0:36 Weather
3:21 Notes on the Article on the Creation of TROM
5:25 Tony’s progress on prep of TROM book and acceptance (pending completion of ‘action cycles’). ‘Beware of action cycles without postulated ends’
10:28 Design of TROM to break the hold of the reactive mind
11:36 Money changing `
15:47 Three reasons to listen to the Supplementary Tapes
1. Save time in therapy.
2. Provides the logical foundation of the technology.
3. Includes material not in the book.
20:45 Notes on upcoming subjects on this tape.
21:49 on the butchering of Ron’s book
23:01 Best of Scn is now in the field, not in the orgs.
23:27 On the Independent Field
25:0425:39 Notes on the SciFi Book ‘foundation’
25:39 On co Auditors Manuel
26:01 Taking up bits.
26:24 TROM Intro 18Jan94 On the Creation of TROM
1:22:55 Wrap up on tape.
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Tape 4.
0.00 Start Sun 27Feb1994 Hello to Terry & Greg
0:20 Thanks for 15Feb letter from Terry
0:32 Sorry to hear you have the flu
0:50 Australian Weather
7:57 Come Visit Us in Redland Bay
8:35 Business Matters & Decisions
14:37 The availability of TROM
16:31 Dennis’s Technical position
17:49 Summation of bus. matters
18:39 Dennis financial control is loose.
19:52 Dennis’ decision to not issue supplimentary tapes at this time. Various reasons
20:23 1st – No technical need for the supplimentary them.
21:07 2nd – Running the materila is therapeutic and also intensly educational. Release of the tapes may deny cognitions to users.
23:48 3rd reason – can’t deliver a standard quality tape
28:47 Issue promotion
29:23 4th reason – A. Validation of material. B. Technical curiosity whether others cogs after flattening are similar or not to his cogs.
31:21 If people cannot flatten Level 5, then issue some of the supplimentary tapes, then would release.
32:09 Note to Terry re Greg’s being archivist
32:55 Answering Terry’s questions re Dennis’s Article
34:07 Printer ribbons
35:44 TROM article on Trom will be in June 94 of Ivy magazine.
36:45 Regarding the tax office
37:40 No attention on making a profit off TROM
37:59 Terry on Banking
40:10 Degraded quality of a tape.
41:58 End of side 1 and start of side 2 18Jan1994
42:03 Dennis 18Jan94 copy 1 Intro talk on TROM
54:00 Dennis 18Jan94 copy 2 Intro talk on TROM
1:06:10 Dennis descriptions of the two preceding copies
1:10:13 Scn descent when money became object
1:12:24 TROM is only workable as a DIY activity
1:13:43 Why the church can’t touch it.
1:16:55 TROM is an ideal focus point of the independant field.
1:18:24 Terry’s problem of ARC with groups (lack of a body of tech to focus around.
1:20:12 Broad view – the Scn breakup was the best thing that could have happened to Scn.
1:21:49 Isle of Wight Glenn, The need for Case Histories of TROM.
1:22:39 Tnx of Terry’s org history re Scn heavy ethics
1:23:28 On Creative Processing. Lev 5 intensly Creative Processing
1:24:20 End of tape
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Tape 5.
0.00 Start 6July94 audio letter to Antony Phillips, the publisher of International Viewpoints (IVy)
1:30 Comments on 2nd ltr. – LRH, the man i knew.
3:11 Note on the TROM organization – Greg no longer being the distributer of TROM
5:38 Acknowledgement of Greg Pickerings help in publication of TROM
7:06 Fleming is still distributor for UK & Canada
8:11 To Anthony – contact me for any tech questions
8:37 No further “Reminisces on Ron Hubbard” and why
20:41 Much TROM technical material is available for publication
25:19 Summation