Mind as a Radio

A senior research scientist at IBM has dem- When Vogel focused his mind on the plant, research in liquid cristais, optical microscopy
onstrated scientifically that the energy whichthe recorder indicated an accelerated rate; when
ac- and magnetic films, says that first you must get
companies the process of thought can actually the chemist released his breath, the recorder the mind energy pulsing in a coherent form, that
be measured. The discovery of thought energy jumped to a much higher point on the graph and is, in the form of a wave. To increase the energy,
by Marcel Vogel, a chemist who is a pioneer in
continued to plot a curve from that higher point. you mentally visualize and direct your thought,
luminiscence technology, suggest a view of mind In other words, it just totally exceeded the and then send the thought with an abrupt release
as not located in our physical body but rather normal
in growth rate and began a new curve at a of breath. This causes the energy to become
the energy field which surrounds us. much higher point. linear and one-pointed instead of transverse and
Vogel, who is with IBM Research Labora-"The whole rate of growth of that plant was wavy and thus the power is accelerated. He out-
tories in San Jose, Calif, measured this thought modified by the thought energy," according to lines the method as follows:
energy in experiments involving plants (philo- the scientist. "For example," he continues, "if I want to
dendrons) and his own thought processes. Vogel' He s explanation of how this mental energy communicate with you, directing it through the
describes his experiment, which has beencan re-be directed is that we are surrounded by an third eye, I first take a deep breath and hold it
peately duplicated, as follows: energy field. When this energy is focused and and create an image or picture of you in mind.
"The plant is connected by an electrode directed to a it becomes like a broadcasting or re- As soon as I mentally 'see' that image, I focus
recording device and sealed off in a case away ceiving station. intently on it and then release the image, the
from me. Then I focus a thought on the plant, In an interview at the Yoga Retreat at Nassau thought energy, with a sudden release of breath.
marking the time. The recorder picks up signals in the Bahamas, Vogel explained in terms of The energy of that thought, of that mental image
from the plant, and that signal is the energy Indian
of Vedanta philosophy how "the mind's of you, links up to you."
thought." broadcasting system" functions: Vogel emphasizes that his experiments with
A few months ago, Vogel visited the Bose "The energy of the mind can be focused men-plant communication and energy trans-
Institute of Research in Calcutta, India, where through any of the six chakras [astral centers lo- ference are evidence that a mind can act like a
he observed experiments which involved how cated in the spine; storage areas of pranic radio set. If we are tuned into the proper reson-
mind energy affects plant growth. The scientists energy]. It is very common to talk about focus- ant frequencies we can even receive messages
there used a recording cresograph to chart the ing the mind through the ajna chakra or what is from more "advanced intelligences" who are
growth rates of a plant - in this case, a blade of called "the third eye" which is related physio- not earth-bound, he claims. These entities have
grass. logically to the body's autonomic nervous sys- vibration rates at a very high level and include
The blade of grass was sealed off in a glass tem and is situated in the space behind the eye- teachers who are no longer in their physical
chamber and Vogel and his scientific colleagues brows. Mental energy can have various shapes bodies and our Guardian Angels, according to
could look on, but not physically interfere. and forms depending on the directional agent Vogel.
Vogel reports: one uses - the third eye, the solar plexus, or one "As we raise our level of attunement," the
"We watched the machine plot a growth of the other chakras." IBM chemist says, "we find it easier to get in
curve of this plant, a curve that would be con- How does one person set about communi- touch with these teachers; we need but to ask
sidered 'normal' in comparison to other growth cating with another even though they may be and the answer comes through." □
rates. As I watched, I suddenly decided to focus thousands of miles apart? Vogel claims that
my mind on that blade of grass. I exhaled while he is in California he is able to "tune in" to
quickly. The plant's growth accelerated. Swami Sivananda when the Swami is in New
"In other words," Vogel goes on to say, "the York. He likens this type of communications Edith Kermit Roosevelt is a Washington
energy from my mind went out into the plant and which he says he and some others can practicebased journalist who frequently writes on
that mind energy caused the normal growth rate as "rather like a radio set." health policy.
to change." The IBM chemist who is well known for his

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