How does the pendulum miracle work?

In the previous post we discussed a ‘miraculous ability’ all of us seem to have – ability to move inanimate objects by sheer ‘will power’

How were we able to move the object suspended at one end of the string without even touching it. We did no cheating. We did nothing to move it except mentally giving instructions that it seemed to obey!

How does one explain this? Many Gurus and ‘Spiritual’ people tell you that it moved by the power of your ‘will’. And as a corollary, they jump to the conclusion that you can do anything by merely ‘willing’. You make a strong wish and it happens!

That is a big leap. Did the object really move by your will power? Let us do some simple experiments.

Instead of holding one end of the pendulum with our fingers, let us suspend the pendulum from some support. All things remain,same, except that you are not holding the string.

Now go try giving the commands as earlier. Concentrate as much as you can. Does it obey? A big NO. Why???

Probably, your contact with the string was needed to pass on your ‘psychic power’ to the object. OK. Just touch the suspended string on one end with a finger without exerting any pressure. Try the experiment once again.

Does it move? Nope!. Why? Why does it move only when you hold one end of the string and not otherwise? Think about it. I will tell you towards the end of this series.

Let us look at a slightly different version of it in the next post.



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