DIRTY NEEDLE
An E-Meter needle that jerks, ticks and behaves raggedly instead of moving smoothly, and keeps on doing it. There are only three things that cause it: the auditor's handling is poor, the auditor is breaking the Auditor's Code, or the person has something he is not saying.
From the AOGP Abridged Scientology Dictionary — based on original LRH source materials, updated through 1982.
Usage
An auditor who sees a dirty needle does not carry on and hope; he looks at those three causes in turn. Most often it is a withhold, and once it is told the needle cleans up.
Why It Matters
The meter is honest about what is going on in the session, including about the auditor. A dirty needle is a signal to stop and find out why, not something to audit through.
Related Concepts
- E-METER — (Hubbard Electrometer) An electronic instrument for measuring mental state, mental mass and its presence or lack thereof, and change of state in individuals, as an aid to precision and speed in auditing.
- AUDITOR — A listener or one who listens carefully to what people have to say.
- AUDITOR'S CODE — A collection of rules (do's and don'ts) that an auditor follows while auditing someone, which ensures that the preclear will get the greatest possible gain out of the processing that he is having.
- WITHHOLD — An undisclosed contra-survival act.
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