Reverse Speech & Microexpressions

The truth is a funny thing, isn't it?? Firstly it's quite colorful & warm as we're always splitting it into degrees, (of honesty) as well
as various shades of grey. Next we want to reserve it for only the select self-chosen ones, and if that doesn't wor! then we protect
& defend the truth, with a ring of lies. "very#ody lies, $ust as any#ody% &ere again we have a ind of color code for our lies'
little white lies are the ones we allow ourselves when sparing another's feelings is of equal importance as our eeping a secret.
The other end of the spectrum would then #e the black hearted lie when the liar taes perverse pleasure in the deception of others.
Those who most often and flagrantly lie to us, demand total honesty from us when it is largely a#sent in society, #usiness &
politics. (t is perhaps the worst of the dou#le standards which society prefers to ignore rather than remedy.
)ying is something we all do all the time, if not every day, in every conversation! #ut ('m getting to that. The thing here is that
lying is supposed a #ig no*no if you put credi#ility into the Top 10 +commandments.,
( grant you it is rather low on the list, and does seem to condemn #earing false witness against thy neighbor, while #eing rather
o#scure regards the fellow across town. -hat's the use of having such &oly commandments from the creator if we can ar#itrarily
$ust hold ourselves and others somehow immune from them as it suits our will? .ood question, huh? -hat is worse, are all the
pantomimes everyone goes thru pretending that society actually honors truth. /on't you thin it's getting pretty grotesque?
There are the lies we tell others, and then there are the lies we tell ourselves! and in #oth instances, the reason why is always the
#etter story. 0ometimes the reasons even mae a ind of sense. -e tell ourselves that, so as to #etter hide our shame. -e lie to
our children generation after generation, encouraging their #elief in 0anta & the tooth fairy! then wonder why as adults they no
longer #elieve us a#out much of anything.
1efore ( retired! ( spent a couple decades as a professional counselor. ( started out as one of two counselors at a Vietnam Veteran
Outreach Center in 2lasa. Five years of woring with traumati3ed souls taught me many things, #ut the most important was to
treat the soul on the etheric level, not the meatsack in 4/% -hen our center's five year grant expired we closed the doors, each of
us taing what we'd learned forward into the future with us. 2lthough there were no more vets to wor with! ('d found my calling,
and figured ('d find a surplus of clients in the civilian population to help. ( mention this #ecause #y far the num#er one killer of
relationships, is the lie that #ecomes a pattern of deception no#ody will acnowledge.
2s a holistic practitioner ( was usually open to new methods which produced interesting results, adding them to my tools & sill
set whenever ( could. 5ne of these tools is something called Reverse Speech! discovered in 6784 #y 2ustralian linguistic
researcher /avid 5ates. -hen #ac masing tapes of human speech, or playing them #acwards! 5ates discovered that within
the gar#led, unintelligi#le #acwards audio, there very often are clearly heard phrases, spoen normally% /avid 5ates first #oo,
9:eyond ackward !asking:; and media attention came in 678<, and a couple of years later he moved to the =nited 0tates to promote
and advance his ground#reaing research in what he calls Reverse Speech.
>eople #egan paying attention and taing it seriously when 5ates appeared on the 2rt 1ell radio show, coast to coast in 677?, a
year after his second #oo was pu#lished 9:Reverse Speech" voices from the unconscious:;. 5ates soon #ecame a popular guest as he
always #rought a nice selection of reverse speech examples, usually from the politicians and newsmaers of the day. The one
presidential reversal which got a lot of attention was when #eorge $% ush was speaing a#out the war on terror, #ut in reverse he
says :We'll rule the world, dad.: @ust one of many very revealing & truly spooky reversals from the smiring chimp president.
Not only did this new emerging technology interest me in general, ( also saw what ( thought would #e a perfect application, in
personal counseling & therapy. ( purchased the #oos, a study course, and a reversing machine which is a slightly modified
porta#le cassette recorder! altered to allow for playing the tape #acwards. Aight away ( reali3ed there were some potential issues
around using this new technology, primarily informed consent and non*infringement! as well as getting to really comprehend the
things you are hearing & what they represent.
"The Truth Points to Itself"
(t didn't tae very long for me to appreciate how very powerful reverse speech can #e. ('d had the equipment for a few wees, still
learning how to properly use it in hopes of folding it into my counseling practice. 2 friend of mine who is a professional audio
technician was visiting from 0an Francisco one 0aturday afternoon, and when he ased what new stuff ( was into, ( pulled out the
recorder and explained the #asics of reverse speech to him. By friend was intrigued, and wanted to try it $ust for fun. 0o it was
we agreed to $ust carry on our visit with the recorder on, and my friend #egan taling a#out all the things he had planned for the
wee. 2#out fifteen minutes later we reali3ed we'd #oth inda ignored the tape recorder while focusing on the conversation. -ith
the tape ready to hear in reverse, we waited with anticipation to see what, if anything we would hear. -e didn't have to wait very
long at all' there, amid the unintelligi#le gi##erish of language played #acwards we #oth heard it clear as a #ell, it was my friends
voice saying :&'m so lonely.: By friend looed at me as if ( had $ust committed the greatest possi#le #etrayal of his very soul. (
could see the anguish on his face, he was devastated! and angrily gathering his things to tae his leave. &e made it quite clear that
he thought ( had set him up with a fae tape! never even considering it was his voice, or that he'd showed up unannounced. By
friend stormed out of my place, and ( haven't seen or heard from him in the ten years since. >owerful stuff%
(n fact, reverse speech is so powerful in revealing the truth, that the white house devised techniques to try to defeat it! teaching
the president to alter his cadence of speech to try #reaing up the reversals #efore they occur. This has met with limited success
though, as the condemning reversals $ust eep popping up whenever a politician is taling. Aeminds me of the one a#out how to
tell if a politician is lying * his lips will be moving% ( continued woring with reverse speech after that initial disaster #ut was
unsure of how to use it as a counseling aide, or if ( should even try as ( was discovering some interesting facts along the way. (f
they are hearing reversals from the president or some movie cele#rity people are $ust fine with reverse speech, until they are the
one #eing recorded! then it #ecomes something else altogether. ( discovered that the vast ma$ority of people simply don't want to
know what their own speech reversals are saying a#out them. They don't want to now, and they don't want anyone else nowing
either. Cinda limits it's use as a tool for therapy or self*improvement.
There exist several credi#le applications for this technology, #eyond personal growth. Aeverse speech is #eing used in #usiness
partnerships & transactions! as well as #y homeland security, the police, and private investigation companies. The world of
reverse speech is filled with metaphors such as (agle) $olf) $hirlwind and many others, each with their own unique meaning and
interpretation. Aecogni3ing, and understanding these metaphors is key to properly using the technology. Furthermore, there are
two #asic types of speech reversals which commonly occur! &ncongruent reversals are saying the opposite of what is actually
#eing said! and Complimentary Reversals are those which agree with and give added weight to what is #eing said. (n it's most
#asic form then, reverse speech serves as a most excellent lie detector which is so efficient that it even reveals the lies we tell
ourselves without reali3ing it. Aeverse speech reveals the truth of the matter #ecause it #y*passes all nown human defense
mechanisms and gets right to the very heart of the matter. (t can #e a very #lunt and #rutal awaening to truth! one that the
ma$ority of us are not yet ready to em#race.
"Ain't no way to hide your lying eyes"~ The Eagles
2nother intriguing new technology was discovered some years #ac #y *r% +aul (kman, an expert in non*ver#al communication
& #ody language who pioneered the science of face reading! the fascinating world of !icroe,pressions% /r. "man has compiled an
:2tlas of "motions: comprised of over ten thousand unique facial expressions, and is nown as the human lie detector. &is
seminal wor is on specific #iological correlates of specific emotions, demonstrating the universality and discreetness of
emotions, using the /arwinian approach. 0imilar to reverse speech, these very #rief facial microe,pressions reveal the truth of
our emotions despite what our words are saying. )asting fractions of a second, these microexpressions are usually as invisi#le to
the eye as speech reversals are to the ear. -hile no#ody has learned to actually hear speech reversals in real time (to my
knowledge), it's a different story with microexpressions! as one can learn to spot a great many of them, and now $ust what they
mean.
-ith reverse speech its all a#out the metaphors, #ut with face reading its the telltale manipulators that give us away when we're
lying, lie touching the face, lips, or ear. 2 wrinle of the nose or snarling of the lip lasting perhaps a fifteenth of a second denotes
disdain and contempt. -e've always heard it said that the eyes are the windows to the soul, and if you now what to loo for, the
eyes will also reveal if someone is lying to you. !ost usually if someone loos you directly in the eye when answering a
question, they are lying, repeating a practiced performance of deception, and they are looing in your eyes to gauge the success of
their lie. (f a persons eyes move or shift to the left when answering a question they are accessing the memory part of the #rain, and
speaing the truth from memory. &owever, if their eyes shift to the right, it means they are accessing the part of the #rain that
#uilds and constructs narrative, and lying to you% 2s ( said, most usually-
(n yet another case of art imitating life, /r. "man's wor with #ody language & microexpressions was turned into a TD series,
:.ie to !e: (/001-/022) starring Tim Aoth! which served to #ring the su#$ect to pu#lic awareness, as a ind of extension of the study
of body language in general. -hen someone you're speaing with suddenly crosses their arms over their chest! its an involuntary
defensive mechanism meaning they feel threatened or insecure, and don't want to engage the su#$ect matter for whatever reason.
Bicroexpressions present at the same time can give added insight into a persons mindset! if you now what to loo for. (n every
case, these su#conscious :tells: give us away whenever we are in conflict! revealing things we don't want others to now'
3 sudden) brief flare of the nostrils denotes apprehension or agitation%
'Crows feet' around the eyes with pushed up cheeks denotes happiness%
(yebrows down 4 together with glaring eyes denotes anger%
(yebrows raised 4 together with raised upper eyelids denotes fear%
*rooping upper eyelids with lip corners turned down denotes sadness%
.ip corner tightened and raised on one side only denotes contempt%
3 brief wrinkling of the nose denotes disgust or disdain%
oth corners of mouth turned sharply downward denotes arrogant disgust 4 contempt%
Obli5ue eyebrows with the mouth slightly open denotes surprise%
0uch non*ver#al communication is going on all the time, we $ust don't see it #ecause these expressions are so #rief in nature! still
with practice, they can #e learned. Aesearch indicates that a very small percentage of the population, around EF, are 6aturals,
meaning that they can see and understand the language of microexpressions without training * human lie detectors. ( can imagine
that #eing one of these naturals would #e a #lessing wrapped in a curse, #ecause #asic human nature seems to or#it the death star
of don't as * don't tell when it comes down to eeping secrets from each other.

Reverse speech) body language and microe,pressions are natural reactions to im#alanced energy within us. these things are the
#ody*mind's way of telling on us when we're involved in a conflict of truth. 1eing in harmony is the desired (remembered) state of
#eing we all secretly strive for and desire. -ithout such harmony of #ody*mind*spirit, the incongruent energy must manifest in
some way, so it comes out as involuntary su#conscious speech reversals #ody language and microexpressions! clues to the
o#servant that something is amiss. =nfortunately the vast ma$ority of us tend to ignore such messages from our corporeal form
rather than tae action to correct the im#alance. 5h, we tell ourselves we'll get around to fixing this or that little chin in our
armor, in order to consciously $ustify putting it off! #ut then we seldom follow thru on the hollow intention. 0omewhere deep
inside, in the silence at the heart of things, we know we're really lying to ourselves, which in turn can trigger still more defense
mechanisms and neuroses. (t turns out that the old saying has #asis in fact' 7onesty is the best policy.
87istory records no struggle more noble or long enduring than that of humanity against the truth8
GBrendan GillG
-e ignore and gloss over our own little self deceptions, which ( suppose maes it easier to overloo the everyday little deceptions
of those we deal with in our various entangled relationships. For example, when two people first meet and are attracted to each
other they often #egin the dating process' in which each person does everything they can to show themselves in the #est light
possi#le! while simultaneously hiding and concealing their faults and shortcomings. -e've all done it, #ut isn't it really lie
starting a relationship #ased on deception? 2re we so afraid of loneliness & re$ection that we prefer toxic relationships with other
wounded souls. Bay#e its also true that misery loves company, #ut it $ust seems lie such a waste to me, wasteful and ind of
pointless.
-henever we #ase & #egin (romantic) relationships for any reason other than the right one such liaisons often leave a small spar
of resentment in #oth people, which in time can rage into a nightmare full of all the nasty things resentment #reeds. 0ir -alter
0cott had it right! 8Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive%8 The other really cool aspect to honesty is
that you never have to remem#er what you said%
To one degree or another society has always worn a set of blinders when it comes to the honesty of our politicians, #ut these days
it has morphed into a full*on #lindfold we give ourselves! #ecause we $ust really don't want to know how deep the ra##it hole
goes, ind of lie my friend from a decade ago, we will re$ect even the #oldest of truths $ust to eep our illusions and deceptions
in place. (n other words, it is an act of insanity to #e well ad$usted to an insane world%
Until Net Ti!e ~ "e #ood to Each $ther
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