List: You can read all about Backster in Chapter One of "The Secret Life of Plants" by Christoper Bird. The entire chapter is dedicated to Backster's work.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan B. Britten" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 7:07 PM Subject: Re: CS>It can be done -- but only in conditioned spaces! > Reality is very, very weird indeed. Unfortunately for those interested > in the "margins of reality," the vast majority of the bizarre > observations that everyone starts seeing are nonsense, like the > homonculus that some researchers used to "see" inside the sperm cells. > > It is only the disprovable claims that endure over time that are really > interesting, and Tiller offers some of these, as does Dean Radin, > Elmer Green, and some others. Backster is new to me and I hope to > learn more about him. Thanks. > > BTW, I can not help but wonder whether the "fraudulent" fusion > experiments some years ago might have been a case of the "conditioning" > that Tiller described. I wonder what happened to those scientists who > claimed the table-top cold fusion. . . . > > Regarding the apparent sudden "widespreading" of once-observed > phenomenon. Sheldrake has an interesting hypothesis that might be > useful food for thought. His book is "The Hypothesis of Formative > Causation" is a worthwhile read. > > > > JBB > > > > > On Tuesday, Mar 16, 2004, at 02:05 Asia/Tokyo, Marshall Dudley wrote: > > > Yes, Cleve Backster proved this back in the late 60's. Thoughts can > > influence experiments significantly. Also what is believed by the > > majority > > of people to a large extent forms the reality of what is possible. > > > > I think the buckyball thing is very telling. (I am talking about the > > buckminister fullerines). They had never been seen, and a chemist > > published > > that they should be one of the most stable forms of carbon. But much > > searching turned up nothing. After many chemists and many > > experiments, they > > finally produced a little of it via a vapor deposition method in a > > vacuum at > > high tempartures. Well funny thing is that after publishing these > > results, > > then all the chemists suddenly believed that this rare form of carbon > > existed, it suddenly started showing up everywhere. Plain old soot > > contains > > lots of it, but before the chemists believed it existed, soot always > > tested > > negative for it. > > > > It is as if nature completely overlooked this molecule as possible, > > and once > > it realized it should be in the mix for soot, started making it. But > > it is > > even weirder than that, old soot, which initially contained none of it, > > started having it as well once the chemists all believed it should be > > there. > > > > Reality can really be weird sometimes. > > > > Marshall > > > > "Jonathan B. Britten" wrote: > > > >> List, > >> > >> Someone posted links to a group that promotes a method of emotional > >> therapy. Dr. Tiller of Stanford was a speaker at one of their > >> seminars, and he is well known for scientific research on the > >> influence of intention on physical reality. > >> > >> In making colloids and such, it seems to be true that the intention > >> of > >> the researcher can, literally, have influence on the result. Tiller > >> claims that even things such as pH and temperature undergo > >> demonstrable, repeatable, changes based on the influence of trained > >> persons. > >> > >> Some will say this is nonsense, but Tiller argues that some > >> experiments "disproven" by independent experts are actually not due to > >> incompetence or fraud, but rather due to physical influences of the > >> places in which they were originally conducted. > >> > >> Tiller has a new book on this; check amazon.com. > >> > >> JBB > >> > >> On Monday, Mar 15, 2004, at 14:12 Asia/Tokyo, Christine Carleton > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Marv, > >>> > >>> Good line. > >>> > >>> Like the young boy who saw frogs grow their legs back. When he had > >>> an > >>> accident and lost his leg, he knew no better (under five years old > >>> and > >>> had > >>> not gone to school) and he grew his leg back. > >>> > >>> The only thing we can't do is what we think we can't do. > >>> > >>> The rest is do able. > >>> > >>> Christine > >>> > >>>> From: "Marv Hacker" <[email protected]> > >>>> Reply-To: [email protected] > >>>> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:42:30 -0600 > >>>> To: <[email protected]> > >>>> Subject: CS>Re: OT> It Couldn't Be Done > >>>> Resent-From: [email protected] > >>>> Resent-Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 19:50:14 -0800 > >>>> > >>>> Thank you! > >>>> > >>>> I also like: "The one who accomplished it is the one who failed to > >>>> realize that he could not do it." > >>>> > >>>> Best regards, > >>>> :) Marv > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>> From: "Jim" > >>>> > >>>> IT COULDN'T BE DONE > >>>> > >>>> Somebody said that it couldn't be done, > >>>> But he with a chuckle replied > >>>> That maybe it couldn't, but he would be one > >>>> Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried. > >>>> > >>>> So he buckled right in > >>>> with the trace of a grin > >>>> on his face. If he worried he hid it. > >>>> He started to sing as he tackled the thing > >>>> That couldn't be done, and he did it. > >>>> > >>>> Somebody scoffed: Oh, you'll never do that; > >>>> At least no one ever has done it; > >>>> But he took off his coat and he took off his hat, > >>>> And the first thing we knew he'd begun it. > >>>> > >>>> With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin, > >>>> Without any doubting or quiddit, > >>>> He started to sing as he tackled the thing > >>>> That couldn't be done, and he did it. > >>>> > >>>> There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done, > >>>> There are thousands to point out to you, one by one, > >>>> The dangers that wait to assail you. > >>>> > >>>> But just buckle in with a bit of a grin, > >>>> Just take off your coat and go to it; > >>>> Just start to sing as you tackle the thing > >>>> That cannot be done, and you'll do it. > >>>> > >>>> Edgar Guest > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > >>> > >>> Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > >>> > >>> To post, address your message to: [email protected] > >>> Silver List archive: > >>> http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > >>> > >>> Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > >>> OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > >>> > >>> List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > >> > >> Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > >> > >> To post, address your message to: [email protected] > >> Silver List archive: > >> http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > >> > >> Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > >> OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > >> > >> List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > > > -- > > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. 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