EMC276 Quakes in Mind 1/2
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EMC276  Quakes in Mind 1/2        Release 2/12/01

Ever experience a Mind Quake? If yes, then you will know what it
means! If no, then, read on! I'll describe an event that was a
shaking up of the mind - a mind quake. As to how this effects
EMCOMM units, discover that in the next bulletin.

A decade ago another couple, along with my wife and I, were
present at an occurrence that....; well let me describe it for
it illustrates two "mind quake" potentials, both "impossible"!

We were visitors at a regional convention. A certain member of
the sponsoring association was to be a speaker. Instead his wife
was there in his place due to events known to some of the
members, but not all, and certainly not the four guests.

To a hushed room she began by saying that her husband was unable
to attend. He had been at work when a 40-ton cargo container fell
from a loading crane and plummeted to the asphalt dock at the
spot where he was working.

A cargo container is 8x8x40 feet of rigid steel with skids 4-6"
high on the bottom. Ever see what asphalt is like after a heavy
object lands on it? It's a huge deep imprint with strange bulges
shoved out of shape by the enormous crushing weight. Think you
could survive that? 

Not withstanding the impossible, we next heard his voice address
the convention by a tape recording taken from his hospital bed!
Later, she addressed the common questioning thought in our minds:
"How had he survived?" Her answer, in his words: "because I saw
the falling container and became one with it."

She said that he was a student of the human mind and knew beyond
belief, that "all are one" in both a mystical and a real sense.
It was what he knew deep within himself and thus - for him - it
was a powerful force.

Is the human "mind" (not brain) that powerful? Is it possible to
become "one" with another physical object? Yes, there are those
who say it is that powerful. But, if we can't accept that, then
how does the mind so control the thoughts that the body and brain
can survive being pummeled into asphalt by a 40 ton cargo
container?

The other Mind Quake occurred that night, while verifying audio
tapes of her presentation. They were blank, although they HAD
been recorded on BOTH machines we had brought. Others who had
recorded the session said "I don't know what happened, but my
tape is blank!" Even to one that was professionally recorded!

Tapes that otherwise recorded every word of each presentation
didn't record ANY of hers. Each person doing a recording had a
separate machine located in a different place in the conference
room. Each machine recorded events before and after the missing
presentation, but did not record that event. It seemed that it
was intended that only those in attendance in person would hear
her complete presentation for a reason we were not to discern.

Whatever you may conclude, for us the result was a shaking up of
perceptions and thoughts - a Mind Quake. Continues next bulletin

 Cary Mangum, W6WWW        E-mail: cary.mangum@macnexus.org
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