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Originally posted by sinohptik
For me, i have to explore and find actual mechanics behind "how things work." i find that this is a continuous process, rather than something that turns up "answers."
Originally posted by Conciliatore
reply to post by Ophiuchus 13
i have a serious tumor, so explain how you can heal me with LOVE ?
Im serious, its not a bad joke, im really ill.
Go ahead, im waiting for your magical healingedit on 17-6-2011 by Conciliatore because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by traditionaldrummer
I can understand how positive attitudes and positive emotional states can directly affect us as well as those around us. What I'm having difficulty with is how exactly to convey such positivity to things such as the earth or other objects that don't directly respond to human emotion. Well, I mean I could hug a tree but how would I know it's even aware of whatever empathy I'm trying to convey?
Also,. let's assume for argument's sake that this actually works and we send love and vibrations to the earth, and the earth will somehow utilize this energy. What is the guarantee that the earth would use the sent energy to do something that would specifically benefit humans? Could it not also use this cache of energy to try to extinguish us if it felt we were harmful to it overall?
There's a lot of other stuff I still have questions about but I'm just trying to understand the basic mechanics of this idea. I apologize for all the tedium and I do thank you for the time it takes to engage my inquiries.
Originally posted by sinohptik
In that, i wouldnt mind if you put some of your own contexts forward, so i, and others if they are willing, can learn about how another sees this place as well
Originally posted by traditionaldrummer
Well, I'm sure you've seen enough of me on these boards to understand my viewpoint is mostly cold and scientific. And in regard to this topic I still remain skeptical and with many questions. Though I can't yet understand how this would work it would be crass and improper to outright deny it - at least until we can either find a way to falsify it or deem it an unfalsifiable hypothesis. Do you think there's an experiment we could devise to determine whether this could work, or maybe even measure the effects of the process? It would seem that if we can perceive this process working we should also be able to measure it. See/ cold & scientific - that's me!
Originally posted by sinohptik
As far as measurement, i think it is possible at some point, but currently, we have not designed the test platforms to be able to reliably do so. Our current scientific view is very limiting in that it feels what it knows is the "truth" rather than a human representation and understanding of the "truth." As i said, i feel it is a process rather than something that yields absolute "answers."
i also feel that proper observance is necessary, and that most current ways of "perspective" are simply not capable of viewing things in a way that is viable and applicable to the universe as a whole, as everything is filtered through a part of a part of what "we" are. That was the starting point for this exploration, for me. i went into detail about a specific related experience in another thread where we spoke. i felt that it was difficult to say anything with any level of certainty, if i could not even be aware of the continuous and simultaneous "goings-on" in my own body.
So, in this, the "experiment" is in the observance of personal perspective growth, in both the thinking and the doing (observer/action). Which, for now, we can only decide to do for ourselves. Even if it is verified by science at some point, it will still remain a personal journey based on personal choices being turned into personal action. C'est la vie!
Originally posted by traditionaldrummer
I wanted to address this since I think it came up before. I personally feel that absolute truth is useless and that our limitations as humans prevent us from acquiring it anyway. But being as close to the truth as possible is paramount. And in the case of this topic we could test to find out whether the claims are true or false or have at least some truth to them.
The good part is that even though our natural senses limit our observations, we have scientific instruments to extend our frontiers. We're no longer limited to just our biological perceptions.
As far as the claim goes; [paraphrased] send love to the earth and expect positive results, let's face it... it's a far-out claim, contrary to current knowledge, supported with esoteric concepts! If it's true it would change life as we know it. So we should find out if it is true, shouldn't we?
Wouldn't the observance of anything personal become a matter of subjectivity?
And while I agree that such an approach may lead to an introspective journey that may yield some positive results in the end, I think we could find out whether the basic claim here is true or false relatively quickly. One should devise a way to measure the input-by-humans vs. the output-by-earth. I think that'd be the most basic starting point.
Cold & scientific
Originally posted by traditionaldrummer
Originally posted by Ophiuchus 13
So whos to say your vibrations or electromagnetic fields cannot do the same or even more.
Well, I personally don't say they can't, though as I said before I'm having difficulty understanding the mechanical process. For example:
How do I know I am actually sending love or "vibrations" instead of just feeling like I am?
Are these "vibrations" literal things or just a figurative term?
How do I know that the earth is actually receiving them?
What mechanism converts the sent love into the desired positive outcome?
How does the sent love manifest, i.e., how do we know if it worked?
Thanks for taking the time to read and respond to me.