The Truth Rose
Liars, when they're not good at it, drop visual clues. Downcast eyes, lack of animation. Even their breathing changes. Then again, some people can lie in your eye and smile while they're at it. Sometimes they don't even know they're lying: they just want to believe they wouldn't hurt a fly or that it's always snowing in Canada.
Truth is a vibration, I'm told. It sends out it's own signal as surely as FM or uranium. You just need a receiver...or a detector.
I first heard about the Truth Rose from the Washington Psychic Institute. I'd all but forgotten about it but then it popped up when one of my characters in Walking In used the technique. You know how characters dredge through an author's mind to find what they need. It happened like this:
"...He was an intrusive little man and Jadarva instinctively did not like him. She did not like that he kept taking photos earlier when she was lecturing. She did not like his energy. She did not like his transparent ass-kissing. “Go,” she said. “We are busy.” “If you're looking for people to help, I got lots of time. I'm retired. I could run errands. I'm pretty good on computers.” Jadarva planted an imaginary rose in the air between her and the annoying man, and watched it wither. “My truth rose died,” she said to the others..." (Walking In, Chapter 4)
Okay. Here's how the rose works. Someone is talking to you and the question arises in your mind: Is this the truth I'm hearing? Then you do two things.
1. You ground. (You know how to ground, don't you? Imagine roots growing out from the soles of your feet down deep into the earth, taking all your tension and self-doubt with them and distributing that negative energy safely into the depths of the planet.)
2. Next, you plant an imaginary rose between you and the person you're talking with. Give the rose deep roots, too.
Now watch the petals of the rose. If they start to droop, you're not hearing the truth. If the petals start dropping, someone is really laying it on you. If the rose withers and dies, believe not a word of what you're hearing.
But let's hope with most people your Truth Rose is brilliantly luminescent, the sign that you're being told the truth, and nothing but.
Try it out the next time you see a politician or a commercial on television.
Myles Murchison
Truth is a vibration, I'm told. It sends out it's own signal as surely as FM or uranium. You just need a receiver...or a detector.
I first heard about the Truth Rose from the Washington Psychic Institute. I'd all but forgotten about it but then it popped up when one of my characters in Walking In used the technique. You know how characters dredge through an author's mind to find what they need. It happened like this:
"...He was an intrusive little man and Jadarva instinctively did not like him. She did not like that he kept taking photos earlier when she was lecturing. She did not like his energy. She did not like his transparent ass-kissing. “Go,” she said. “We are busy.” “If you're looking for people to help, I got lots of time. I'm retired. I could run errands. I'm pretty good on computers.” Jadarva planted an imaginary rose in the air between her and the annoying man, and watched it wither. “My truth rose died,” she said to the others..." (Walking In, Chapter 4)
Okay. Here's how the rose works. Someone is talking to you and the question arises in your mind: Is this the truth I'm hearing? Then you do two things.
1. You ground. (You know how to ground, don't you? Imagine roots growing out from the soles of your feet down deep into the earth, taking all your tension and self-doubt with them and distributing that negative energy safely into the depths of the planet.)
2. Next, you plant an imaginary rose between you and the person you're talking with. Give the rose deep roots, too.
Now watch the petals of the rose. If they start to droop, you're not hearing the truth. If the petals start dropping, someone is really laying it on you. If the rose withers and dies, believe not a word of what you're hearing.
But let's hope with most people your Truth Rose is brilliantly luminescent, the sign that you're being told the truth, and nothing but.
Try it out the next time you see a politician or a commercial on television.
Myles Murchison
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