That stare sure sounds amazing. I know I could never do this. Hold my eyes open for 2 hours straight? No way!! "Surely those Scientologists must have amazing superhuman powers to be able to do this, and to teach others to do it." Isn't that what we've all secretly been thinking?
Guess again. Scientologists do blink. They're allowed to blink. The following is a direct quote from "the tech", HCOB 16.8.71RA (Re-revised 4 Sep 1980), "TRAINING DRILLS REMODERNIZED". This is probably still copyrighted. So bite me.
Automatic body functions which are not distractive, such has normal breathing, swallowing, blinking, are not taken up by the coach or the supervisor. To clarify what has been known in the past as "Blinkless TR 0", the statement should be made that this does NOT mean the person never blinks. It is defined here finally and in full to mean that when a person's TR 0 is in he doesn't exhibit manifestations of inability to confront, including blinking nervously or flinching or doing anything else that would be distractive to a pc and shows non-confront.
I sure was sorry to read this. Another Scientology myth deflated. The legendary "Blinkless TR 0" is mere hyperbole, just like the story that ashtrays can be made to float with a Tone 40 command. (In practice the student has to raise the ashtray up with their hand.) No one in SCN has actually demonstrated a freely floating ashtray, but it remains part of their folklore. Apparently they haven't escaped the need to blink either.Sigh. I'm *so* disappointed.
Original post from Dave Touretsky (dst+@cs.cmu.edu) Wed Oct 11 13:04:25 BST 1995