July 5, 2024
The Investigation of Extra-Sensory Powers of Perception
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As science begins to recognize
the fact that there are ranges
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of vibration outside of the
limited scope that we can
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normally experience, and that
countless reports of perceptions
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that are inexplicable based on
the outermost physical reality
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that we have heretofore treated
as our sole reality, we have
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seen a breaking down of the
narrow and blinkered approach to
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knowing that has ruled humanity
for so many millennia.
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00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:35,440
The insights provided by quantum
mechanics have also greatly
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00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:40,240
upset our formerly orderly world
view about things and force us
10
00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:43,560
to look at reality from an
entirely new perspective.
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00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,560
Thus, we see that numerous
scientists have developed
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00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:51,680
experiments to explore the field
of consciousness, to test the
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00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:56,200
potential for extrasensory
perception, and in particular,
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to try to determine the reality
and scope of telepathy, distance
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00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:06,360
viewing, clairvoyance,
clairaudience, and telekinesis,
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00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:10,480
among other things.
It should also be noted that the
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00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:15,160
Russian military and that of the
United States have invested
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considerable resources in
developing units of individuals
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capable of one or more of these
powers of perception or action,
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and not without considerable
results.
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In particular, the power of
distance viewing has been tested
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and actually developed into a
systematic methodology that many
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00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,360
individuals can actually learn
and apply.
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Sometimes such individuals have
been made part of police
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investigations which otherwise
had reached dead ends, and
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sometimes with very notable
results.
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Of course, as with any new power
of perception, there is a
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certain amount of translation
and interpretation of the
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00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:01,440
signals that have been received,
with corresponding errors in
30
00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:06,960
interpretation and application.
Thus, one must exercise care in
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00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:10,479
attributing any specific result
to such a cult action.
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00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:15,120
Yet we find a similar failure of
interpretation and understanding
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00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,080
with our physical senses as
well.
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00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:22,080
While we frequently repeat the
proverb seeing is believing,
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00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:27,640
there is no doubt that this is
not quite as failure proof as
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the proverb would indicate,
Shriorobindo writes quote
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constantly asserted by human
experience and belief since the
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00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,520
origins of thought.
This truth, now that the
39
00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,960
necessity of an exclusive
preoccupation with the secrets
40
00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:48,320
of the material world no longer
exists, begins to be justified
41
00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:51,160
by newborn forms of scientific
research.
42
00:02:51,920 --> 00:02:55,840
The increasing evidences, of
which only the most obvious and
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00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:59,320
outward are established under
the name of telepathy, with its
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00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:04,520
cognate phenomena, cannot long
be resisted except by minds shut
45
00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:09,200
up in the brilliant shell of the
past, by intellects limited in
46
00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:12,440
spite of their acuteness,
through the limitation of their
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00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:16,680
field of experience and inquiry,
or by those who confuse
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enlightenment and reason with
the face.
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Full repetition of formulas left
to us from a bygone century and
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00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:30,160
the jealous conservation of dead
were dying intellectual dogmas.
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End Quote reference Shrioro
Bindu and the Mother.
52
00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:38,400
The Hidden Forces of Life,
Chapter 6.
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00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:43,160
Hidden Worlds and Evolutionary
Forces, page 140.
00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:05,600
As science begins to recognize
the fact that there are ranges
2
00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:09,160
of vibration outside of the
limited scope that we can
3
00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:14,000
normally experience, and that
countless reports of perceptions
4
00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,960
that are inexplicable based on
the outermost physical reality
5
00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:22,640
that we have heretofore treated
as our sole reality, we have
6
00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:26,320
seen a breaking down of the
narrow and blinkered approach to
7
00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:30,640
knowing that has ruled humanity
for so many millennia.
8
00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:35,440
The insights provided by quantum
mechanics have also greatly
9
00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:40,240
upset our formerly orderly world
view about things and force us
10
00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:43,560
to look at reality from an
entirely new perspective.
11
00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,560
Thus, we see that numerous
scientists have developed
12
00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:51,680
experiments to explore the field
of consciousness, to test the
13
00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:56,200
potential for extrasensory
perception, and in particular,
14
00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:01,600
to try to determine the reality
and scope of telepathy, distance
15
00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:06,360
viewing, clairvoyance,
clairaudience, and telekinesis,
16
00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:10,480
among other things.
It should also be noted that the
17
00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:15,160
Russian military and that of the
United States have invested
18
00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:18,920
considerable resources in
developing units of individuals
19
00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:23,320
capable of one or more of these
powers of perception or action,
20
00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:26,520
and not without considerable
results.
21
00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:31,520
In particular, the power of
distance viewing has been tested
22
00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:35,720
and actually developed into a
systematic methodology that many
23
00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,360
individuals can actually learn
and apply.
24
00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:42,360
Sometimes such individuals have
been made part of police
25
00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:46,200
investigations which otherwise
had reached dead ends, and
26
00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,400
sometimes with very notable
results.
27
00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:54,520
Of course, as with any new power
of perception, there is a
28
00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:57,560
certain amount of translation
and interpretation of the
29
00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:01,440
signals that have been received,
with corresponding errors in
30
00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:06,960
interpretation and application.
Thus, one must exercise care in
31
00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:10,479
attributing any specific result
to such a cult action.
32
00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:15,120
Yet we find a similar failure of
interpretation and understanding
33
00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,080
with our physical senses as
well.
34
00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:22,080
While we frequently repeat the
proverb seeing is believing,
35
00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:27,640
there is no doubt that this is
not quite as failure proof as
36
00:02:27,640 --> 00:02:32,560
the proverb would indicate,
Shriorobindo writes quote
37
00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:37,000
constantly asserted by human
experience and belief since the
38
00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,520
origins of thought.
This truth, now that the
39
00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,960
necessity of an exclusive
preoccupation with the secrets
40
00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:48,320
of the material world no longer
exists, begins to be justified
41
00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:51,160
by newborn forms of scientific
research.
42
00:02:51,920 --> 00:02:55,840
The increasing evidences, of
which only the most obvious and
43
00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:59,320
outward are established under
the name of telepathy, with its
44
00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:04,520
cognate phenomena, cannot long
be resisted except by minds shut
45
00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:09,200
up in the brilliant shell of the
past, by intellects limited in
46
00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:12,440
spite of their acuteness,
through the limitation of their
47
00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:16,680
field of experience and inquiry,
or by those who confuse
48
00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,560
enlightenment and reason with
the face.
49
00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:25,040
Full repetition of formulas left
to us from a bygone century and
50
00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:30,160
the jealous conservation of dead
were dying intellectual dogmas.
51
00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:35,160
End Quote reference Shrioro
Bindu and the Mother.
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00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:38,400
The Hidden Forces of Life,
Chapter 6.
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00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:43,160
Hidden Worlds and Evolutionary
Forces, page 140.