1. a sudden
drop or cutting of one's
affinity,
reality, or
communication with someone or something. Upsets with people or things come about because of a lessening or
sundering of
affinity,
reality, or
communication or
understanding. It's called an ARC
break instead of an
upset, because, if one discovers which of the three
points of
understanding have been
cut, one can bring about a rapid
recovery in the person's
state of
mind. It is pronounced by its letters A-R-C
break. When an ARC
break is permitted to continue over too long a
period of
time and remains in
restimulation, a person goes into a "
sad effect" which is to say they become sad and mournful, usually without knowing what is causing it. This
condition is handled by finding the earliest ARC
break on the
chain, finding whether it was a
break in
affinity,
reality,
communication, or
understanding and indicating it to the person, always, of
course, in
session.
(LRH Def. Notes)2. an incomplete
cycle of some kind or another. It's a lowering of
Affinity,
Reality and
Communication, so we call it an ARC
break. It's a sudden down
curve. It's a highly
technical term. It means exactly what it says but its
incept and so forth is an incompete
cycle of
action.
(SH Spec 65, 6507C27) Abbr. ARCX.