Subject: 'life force' Date: Wed, 18 Dec 102 23:21:13 Eastern Daylight Time From: richard macnamara Dear Sir please let me first say how much I have enjoyed your website thus far. I'm particularly pleased that certain things that, as an interested layman, I had noted as being anomalous and ignored in current paradigms, you have explained via the UEF theory. For example, a story in Scientific American a couple of years back suggested that the speed of light might not be a constant as accurate measurements were not consistent with each other gives rise to the obvious conclusion that E=mc2 must therefore be looking rickety... a conclusion which was not even hinted at in the article. To the main thrust of this letter. For some time now I have been practising t'ai chi and its associated meditative art chi gung. For a very long time I remained agnostic about the existence of chi, continuing my practise merely because I was getting the benefits of relaxation, improved balance and better internal sensation. I had, however, noticed that occasionally through the history of western science, certain people had raised the idea of a life force under various different nomenclatures only to be derided as mystics or, worse, fakes. Mesmer is an early example: perhaps the most recent is Reich, who died in prison in 1957 (I think) after the AMA had a supreme court judge state (as though he might be qualified to make such a pronouncement) that there was no such thing as 'orgone energy' (Reich's term). (A small digression...) My 'theory' (a grandiose term) is that the struggle for the power of legitmising the political system that took place during the 'Enlightenment', (see, for example, Richard Lewontin's The Politics of DNA) in which science won out (leading ultimately to Darwinism, political prejudice masquerading as science), led the notion of a life force, however expressed, to be placed firmly in the area of religious experience rather than a legitimate area of scientific enquiry. The adoption of a mechanical paradigm during the Industrial Revolution further militated against an unbiased look at this idea. Back to Reich. Reich's model bears a very close resemblance to that of the Taoists who originated highly advanced practises of chi cultivation. A brief statement of this model would be that, as children, we are born with orgone or chi flowing abundantly through our systems, and consequently tremendous reserves of energy and sensitivity. Sooner or later, we suffer a disagreeable experience, which gives rise to unpleasant emotions which have direct counterparts of physical sensations within the body. To suppress these sensations, we do two things: tense our muscles and decrease the depth of our breathing. You may even yourself have childhood memories of holding your breath and tensing when upset or annoyed. Over time these tensions become chronic, leading to what Reich called 'character armour', and it is these tensions - and consequent chi blockages - that the meditative practises of chi gung and t'ai chi seek to alleviate. It is an interesting consequence of this that, as one armours oneself against pain, so also one's capacity for pleasure becomes reduced. Reich was, after all, a pupil of Freud (don't let that put you off) so his perspective is perhaps rooted in the Victorian age denial of sexuality: his seminal (sorry) work is, after all, called The Function of The Orgasm. It's still well worth a look, in my opinion. However, Reich's work and persecution by the scientific establishment are a matter of record, as are the replications of many of his experimental results, ignored by the scientific community for over 50 years. My own personal experiences since taking up the practises of chi gung and t'ai chi convince me that not only is chi (or orgone, prana, ruach or many other names) real - whatever it may be - but it is also the medium of sensation and/or consciousness. This becomes clear as a practitioner becomes more advanced, and develops the ability to sense things beyond the boundaries of his skin. If you take up t'ai chi, sooner or later you will have experiences that force you to alter your paradigm of the world as it is currently taught. If you are lucky enough to meet someone who has truly mastered the internal arts, you will get demonstrations of things that our current paradigm insists are impossible. It is from this perspective that I look at your views on feng shui and water dowsing. If you have not done so, I think you would be very interested on Reich's perspective on all of this: James DeMeo's book (alas, I've forgotten its title) on orgone and its nascent technology might give you some food for thought. I have been absolutely ACHING for someone within the scientific community to give the phenomena associated with this some serious attention, as for example it might simultaneously resolve long-standing dilemmas in the fields of biology, the study of consciousness, and physics. I have no idea whether UEF theory can resolve these problems. I do suspect that you'd find Reich's works of interest: and should you wish to experience for yourself someone who can genuinely perform 'impossible' feats, I would point you at www.energyarts.com, the website of Bruce Frantzis, the only westerner to become a 'lineage master' in several of the Taoist internal fighting arts, and someone who really can articulate the ideas behind a living Taoist tradition. There is simply not the space here to flesh out this argument with the kind of references I would like: I can only hope to have piqued your interest (rather than come across as some sort of nutter). As well as the previously cited references, I would commend you to Brian Inglis' splendid Trance (I believe that's the title), and direct your attention to the subject of radionics. It's interesting that all these dismissed people have much in common, and that these ideas periodically surface only to be rejected outright by the 'establishment'. My personal experiences lead me to believe very strongly that there's something behind these various theories. And if you've got this far... then thanks for your time and attention Richard Macnamara ----------------------- Subject: antigravity Date: Wed, 18 Dec 102 23:32:24 Eastern Daylight Time From: richard macnamara It's a big world out there and you may not have noticed the stuff about a Mr. Podletnkov (spelling?)... according to him, a rotating superconductor causes a reduction in the gravitational field. I've only got a little way through your website, but it seems consistent with the 'jet' consequence of UEF. If you do a web search on TR-3B 'Manta', you may come across a description of an allegedly secret US craft which has given rise to the 'flying triangle' UFO reports. While its gravity shielding effect is supposedly explicable within the current paradigm, you may find UEF provides a more elegant solution. Hope this stuff is of interest. -------------------- Subject: life force (2) Date: Wed, 18 Dec 102 23:51:19 Eastern Daylight Time From: richard macnamara If you have received another email from me marked 'life force', please ignore this. It was quite a screed and the mail system may not have worked. I just wanted to draw your attention to parallels between the work of William Reich and ancient Taoist models of the human being. My own experience of practising t'ai chi for many years leads me to conclude that 'chi' or 'life force' - whatever its ultimate explanation - gives rise to a variety of phenomena not modelled or even accepted as real under the current paradigm. Further, others have periodically raised the idea of a life force within western science only to be ridiculed and their works buried. I regard this as a consequence of the division of political territory between scientists and the church that occurred during the 'Enlightenment'. (I'm really compressing an argument here.) Further, 'chi' or whatever you call it, is the medium of sensation, as t'ai chi practitioners eventually gain the ability to sense via their chi field, which extends beyond the body. From the moment you experience physical sensations beyond the boundary of your own skin, you are no longer able to accept the current orthodoxy on these matters. There are also people who can use their chi to affect others. It would be nice if the scientific community started to deal with these facts on their own terms rather than simply devise experiments whose protocols militate against the demonstration of the effect... Rather than reiterate my argument - which I would be prepared to do at length should you be interested, although I'm sure your time is in heavy demand - I would simply provide you with the following references: W. Reich - "The Function of The Orgasm", "Character Analysis" et al. Brian Inglis - "Trance" Myron Sharaf "Fury on Earth" (biography of Reich) B. K. Frantzis, "Opening the Energy Gates of the Body" plus his website at www.energyarts.com A search on 'radionics' ought to throw up some items of interest. Thank you for your attention Richard Macnamara ------------------------------- FURTHER REFERENCES GO - "search perceptions" - in SEARCH-ENGINE file-ID www.perceptions.couk.com/uef/macnamara.txt