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Originally Posted by John Freestone  PS - on the rare != nonexistent argument. Of course, that's true. Much of the argument again comes down to whether MrsCogan is right and there's such a thing as objective reality. However, a man can waste a whole life sitting by the shores of Loch Ness, endlessly not disproving the monster theory. |
Exactly - a man could well waste a whole life sitting by the shores of Loch Ness waiting to see if the monster will appear.
This is precisely why I had, somewhere earlier in this thread, referred to a range of science experiments whereby possible relationships between thought and reality might be tested ... and then I said that none of this really interests me.
Tiller has his experiments with manifesting long-lived fruit flies; Radin has his experiments with manifesting beautiful water crystals; Rosenthal has his experiments with manifesting high-IQ rats. These are all very interesting ...
... but personally I prefer to run experiments on my life, my own goals etc. At least that has, or potentially has, practical value for me. If it works (and it certainly seems to be working for me so far), then I benefit immensely; and if it does not work, I should find out soon enough, since I test it so much, and if I find out that it does not work, well, I can immediately wasting my time.
I have already completed my first full year of testing LOA. In 2008, I plan to be even more meticulous about recording my experiment; see how neatly I now entitle my records:
Creation & Other Adventures: Mind Session No. 1 of 2008 Creation & Other Adventures: Mind Session No. 2 of 2008 Creation & Other Adventures: Quite Awesome (Mind Session No. 3 of 2008) Creation & Other Adventures: Mind Session No. 4 of 2008 Creation & Other Adventures: Mind Session No. 5 of 2008
So I have done 5 mind sessions in the first 2 weeks of the year. At this rate, if the LOA does not exist, the number of my "misses" should become terribly glaring soon; and if the LOA does exist, I should soon amass a large body of evidence indicating that it does.
To put it another way, I am not sitting by the shores of Loch Ness waiting to see if the monster will appear. Instead I am summoning a very large fleet of sophisticated submarines and ships and divers and helicopters, and I am going to comb all the depths of Loch Ness and catch myself a monster, if it's really there.