******** the site you suggested LOOKS like it should go somewhere, but it has nothing on the page itself *******
******** I know dowsing works but I don't know why *********
The 'Why' and the 'How', I thought, as I logged on for the first time today. The site I had recommended must have been written for a particular generation or version of software that my enquirer did not have. This is the only reason I can think of why a webpage which appears on my screen full of data and images shows up on someone else's with just the header.
Not that I regard myself as highly knowledgeable concerning computers. 12 years ago I was but the machines of that time were primitive by comparison with today, the internet was pure phoneline and limited to scientists and universities, the modem was a concept on someone's drawing board and 'windows' were glass things that allowed light into structures.
The computer literacy that I do have, however, comes in handy from time to time. According to google.com, the internet's top search engine, there are 3.1 billion accessible websites. These are becoming more in number and more sophisticated every day. Some are so complex they may only be 'read' by the latest, fastest computers. Some can only be accessed by broadband systems. Some need the very latest version of java. My system is technically obsolete - two years old, speed 800 megahertz, 20 gigabyte hard drive, Windows98 SE, java doesn't work properly, default browser is Netscape 6.2, back up is MIE 5.0. For my purposes generally it doesn't matter; 'google' is so efficient I can type any name or subject or phrase in there, hit search and know it will bring up all accessible references. If I can't access one site I just go to another one but only in the first two or three pages. If no luck, I refine the search. If no go after three attempts I give up, try a different tack.
******* I know dowsing works but I don't know why ************
This is opinion. The 'Why' of it is that we are all creatures composed of and driven by energy and, knowingly or not, we have within ourselves an ability to detect energies which are given off by other creatures, living organisms and inanimate objects. This ability is one of several which collectively go under a variety of names, depending on one's belief system, one of which is 'higher consciousness'.
The 'How' is more complex and brings us back to computing and the internet. How many computer users, I wonder, have said at one time or another "I know it works but I don't know why - or how!"? The lack of knowledge does not stop usage, however, nor should it - the workings of the internal combustion engine are a complete mystery to the majority of people but it doesn't stop them driving cars.
But because it's relevant to dowsing, let's look at the 'How' of accessing the internet for a moment. What I do is click on the 'connect' icon on the desktop. This runs a program which dials the ISP's phone number. The ISP has a number of modems linked to its phone system through a device which routes an incoming computer 'call' to a vacant one (or the next available one if they're all busy). The 'status' line at the bottom of my screen reflects progress; eg, 'Connecting to pcug.org.au'. When connection to a modem has been established, the ISP's connection software advises my computer of the fact (through my modem) and this runs another program contained (in my case) in a script file on my C drive. 'Running (the script filename)' appears on the status line.
One of the lines in the script invokes yet another program known as the TCP/IP protocol. What this does is align my modem with the ISP's modem so the two can 'talk' to each other regardless of what sort of modems they are. Producing this alignment (or compatibility) is known as 'shaking hands'; when the handshake is completed, the rest of the program runs to connect the ISP's modem with the internet through the ISP's outwards line(s).
The handshake protocol is vital to the operation; without it, my modem cannot access (or 'talk') to the ISP's modem, and therefore the internet, at all.
OK, now you have the very basics of how internet connection is achieved. What, I can hear you asking, has all this to do with dowsing? Well, let's imagine we have a person (Eric) at the edge of a paddock. We think he has hidden somewhere within him the ability to detect energies (and therefore changes in energy types and/or levels) emanating from outside his body. We send him off across the paddock; when he returns he shakes his head - nothing.
We give Eric a pair of dowsing rods, show him how to use them, and send him off again. 2 metres away, the rods swing inwards and slam against his chest. He repositions them, starts measured pacing slowly. 3 metres on, it happens again. Then another 3, another and another.
The look on his face as he returns is a picture. We tell him that what he has 'found' is possibly a portion of the Hartmann grid of aerial energies which covers the Earth. How, he wants to know (just like you), did I do that?
What we had done was give Eric a means of communicating with his higher consciousness - the dowsing rods. If he were a real person our next step would be to give him the equivalent of the computer handshake protocol - that is, align his conscious self's language and knowledge with that of the higher consciousness. We would achieve that by teaching him how to 'program' the rods and then ensure he practiced their use.
I learned about dowsing from the internet, print media, James Hedley and from actually doing it. It is a wonderful management tool with application in many more areas than farming. Furthermore, the divination of water supplies, which is the most popular and common role associated with dowsing, is in reality only one of its capabilities. People who wish to learn more about dowsing than its value as a parlour trick are urged to obtain a copy of 'Principles of - DOWSING' by Dennis Wheatley, published by Thorsons (an imprint of HarperCollins) in 2000, ISBN 0 7225 4029 9, price five pounds ninety-nine through Amazon.com or visit http://www.thorsons.com. At the time of its writing, DW was the president of the Wyvern Dowsing Society UK.
Or you can ask James or me :)
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