01-17-2012, 12:20 AM
I have a question regarding the references to metal bending in the Law of One book 1. Ra mentions that this is an ability of 4th density entities incarnated in 3rd density during transition, or rather confirms Don's suspicion of this being the case. Uri Geller is mentioned in the introduction of this book as well as in this old interview (very beginning):
It's since become fairly apparent that Geller was in fact using trickery. Due to his prolific appearances on television there are lots of videos of him performing, one can then simply click through various examples found on youtube pointing out Uri's sleight of hand - many of which are very easy to spot.
In the interview at the top Don also mentions the work of John Taylor. When I found that Geller may have been being dishonest I thought oh well, there are apparently lots of cases of children doing it in controlled settings. This was, however, also a dead end for me. In his book, Superminds, John Taylor apparently speaks of children bending metal in controlled settings. However, he then retracted his support of this phenomenon a few years later and took on a stance of skepticism. See links below:
http://www.answers.com/topic/metal-bending
http://www.randi.org/jr/06-19-2000.html
The skepticism is apparently written into the book "Science and the Supernatural", but I haven't read any of his books to confirm. He supposedly attributes his initial stance on the subject to excitement over Geller's performances and being gullible enough to fall victim to other tricksters.
It seems to me that if people were able to do this it would be possible to find hard evidence of the actual phenomenon. There is no evidence I can find of metal bending in controlled settings, and in fact, not even an example I can find where I can't spot the trick being used now that I know how its done.
Why then would Ra confirm this as being possible?
This has been a bit disappointing to research, simply because I was so intrigued by the actual possibility of paranormal abilities like this existing. I then had the thought of the Global Consciousness Project conducted by Princeton which I've always heard referenced to with high confidence and never thought to investigate. So I clicked over to its Wikipedia and read the criticism section... that's enough personal bubble popping for tonight
Looking forward to anyones thoughts
It's since become fairly apparent that Geller was in fact using trickery. Due to his prolific appearances on television there are lots of videos of him performing, one can then simply click through various examples found on youtube pointing out Uri's sleight of hand - many of which are very easy to spot.
In the interview at the top Don also mentions the work of John Taylor. When I found that Geller may have been being dishonest I thought oh well, there are apparently lots of cases of children doing it in controlled settings. This was, however, also a dead end for me. In his book, Superminds, John Taylor apparently speaks of children bending metal in controlled settings. However, he then retracted his support of this phenomenon a few years later and took on a stance of skepticism. See links below:
http://www.answers.com/topic/metal-bending
http://www.randi.org/jr/06-19-2000.html
The skepticism is apparently written into the book "Science and the Supernatural", but I haven't read any of his books to confirm. He supposedly attributes his initial stance on the subject to excitement over Geller's performances and being gullible enough to fall victim to other tricksters.
It seems to me that if people were able to do this it would be possible to find hard evidence of the actual phenomenon. There is no evidence I can find of metal bending in controlled settings, and in fact, not even an example I can find where I can't spot the trick being used now that I know how its done.
Why then would Ra confirm this as being possible?
This has been a bit disappointing to research, simply because I was so intrigued by the actual possibility of paranormal abilities like this existing. I then had the thought of the Global Consciousness Project conducted by Princeton which I've always heard referenced to with high confidence and never thought to investigate. So I clicked over to its Wikipedia and read the criticism section... that's enough personal bubble popping for tonight
Looking forward to anyones thoughts