Upton Sinclair is a Pulitzer-Prize winning author who wrote over one hundred books, including the classic novel The Jungle. Sinclair had a deep interest in psychic phenomena and wrote a book called Mental Radio documenting a series of tests he conducted with his wife, Mary Craig Kimbrough, in order to understand her self-claimed telepathic abilities. Sinclair devised a series of 300 tests that were said to prove the reality of telepathy and remote viewing while revealing untold powers of the mind.
Sinclair is said to have sat in one room drawing a picture and then placing it into a sealed envelope while Mary, who was in another room, would "tune in" and draw what she perceived. In other tests, Mary would write out a message sent from someone "far away." Her accuracy rate was said to be astonishing, ruling out random chance as an explanation. The couple conducted these experiments for a period of three years. They conducted 290 trials consisting of 65 (23%) successes, 155 (53%) partial successes, and 70 (24%) failures.
Sinclair used radio broadcasting as a metaphor to explain how telepathy works. One person's brain sent out a mental "vibration" that the other brain picked up. Sinclair concluded that telepathy is real, unaffected by distance and can be trained, verified and scientifically studied.
Mental Radio documents these experiments and includes Mary's instructions on how to learn the "art of conscious mind-reading." William McDougall, known as the "Dean of American Psychology" at the time, was inspired by the Sinclair's work. McDougall went on to establish a parapsychology department at Duke University. Parapsychology is a discipline that seeks to investigate the existence and causes of psychic abilities and life after death using the scientific method.
Mental Radio was originally published in 1930 and republished in 2001 as a part of Hampton Roads series Classics in Consciousness, edited by Russell Targ. The 2001 edition has an addendum containing an analysis of the raw experiment documentation by Dr Walter Franklin Prince of the Boston Society for Psychic Research. Albert Einstein wrote the book's Preface:
”I have read the book of Upton Sinclair with great interest and am convinced that the same deserves the most earnest consideration, not only of the laity, but also of the psychologists by profession. The results of the telepathic experiments carefully and plainly set forth in this book stand surely far beyond those which a nature investigator holds to be thinkable. On the other hand, it is out of the question in the case of so conscientious an observer and writer as Upton Sinclair that he is carrying on a conscious deception of the reading world; his good faith and dependability are not to be doubted. So if somehow the facts here set forth rest not upon telepathy, but upon some unconscious hypnotic influence from person to person, this also would be of high psychological interest. In no case should the psychologically interested circles pass over this book heedlessly.”
- Albert Einstein - Preface - Mental Radio
In order to achieve a receptive state of telepathy and be able to distinguish between true psychic impressions and normal thoughts, Mary suggests that you
"Give yourself a suggestion to the effect that you will relax your mind and your body, making the body insensitive and the mind a blank , and reserving the power to break the concentration in a short time. By making the body insensitive, I mean simply to relax completely your mental hold of, or awareness of, all bodily sensation. After giving yourself this suggestion a few times, you proceed to relax both body and mind. Relax all mental interest in everything in the environment; inhibit all thoughts which try to wander into consciousness from the subconsciousness, or from wherever else thoughts come."
She adds, "the way to relax is to let go. Let go of every tense muscle, every tense spot, in the body. This deep relaxation is important for if the body is tense it affects the thoughts in the mind. Likewise, if the mind is full of thoughts it will tense the body." More precise instructions are given in the book.
Mental Radio - Project Gutenberg E Book
Of course. The so called 'Aboriginals' - indigenous people of Australia - knew that for hundreds of thousands years. We have been progressively and purposefully 'dumbed down' and severed step by step from our roots - inluding all what is truly natural within and without.
But don't dispair: we agreed to all this on the Soul level. It's a 'test' so to speak trial; a long long journey through this Universe and we came here for experiencing internal division to such degree that is possible only here in this Universe - the Universe of light and dark. The 'sinewave' which goes out of centre one way - then it has to go the other way to balance it out. That's what called 'frequency'. In it's very depth - beyond the subatomic or 'quantum' field is the 'field of underlying intention' where we are in harmony and unity with all that exists in this Universe.
We have incredible creative and perceptive powers: the Aboriginals call the creative powers 'Dreaming' and the perceptive powers 'Connectedness'. If we were still raised naturally it would be as simple as breathing to know not just what other humans think, feel or want no matter how far they may be - but also what the land, the trees the animals etc. around us 'communicate' - it's a natural part of life and the original human life - which we are pretty far from today:) But we still have the 'essence' of it all deep inside even if it appears to be latent for the majority today.
Our overall experienced 'reality' had to be distorted in order to experience the other 'half' of the 'sinewave' in small and at large, individually and collectiviely.
But we are getting closer to 'homecoming' -- back to 'centre' so to speak, relative to the 'sinewave' --each one of us on our own unique way.
Good point! Yes, our universe is only one of infinite universes. I was thinking about Edgar Cayce on Astrology (Edgar having been a major influence on my thinking/programming). saying that we make "planetary sojourns" and live "lives" on other planets which he referred to as those in our solar system. He pointed out that they are states on consciousness rather than physical experiences in the material plane. He said Earth is the only planet in this solar system, or maybe universe, in which we can experience physical life. I would have to brush up on it.
I was looking at George Kavassilas' YouTube channel again last night. Not as much there as I imagine is offered via his website which I did explore yesterday.
The "ancient Hungarian taltos (=shaman) traditon" sounds interesting. Maybe because it is the first I have heard of it. Something new! I am glad this discussion has led to new ideas to explore.
I have Leo Uranus in the 9th so, need I say more?