Richard Edgar wrote:
> > ever sit in a
> > non-moving car and then the vehicle next to you starts to move and you
> > (mistakingly) believe it is you that are moving? is this a "sense"?
>
> Surely it's simply your brain mis-interpreting the data sensed by your eyes
> ... or at least mis-interpretining from the point of view that it says you
> are moving as it has not yet collected enough data to rule out that fact,so
> you have a 50:50 chance of being told you are moving. this is not a sense,
> it is a misconception.
>
David:
not exactly what i meant. wasn't being clear. just meant that there
may be a sense of "motion" (whether or not we're moving)
> > lastly, the work i do with my actors has a lot to do with sending and
> > sensing energy. we did an exercise where the actors stood in a
> > circle and one actor would pass energy to another (all receivers had
> > eyes closed)...invariably, the intended target "felt" the energy.
> > (but not like they "feel" wind) (much like the "feeling" that someone
> > is watching you and you turn around and they are.)
>
> If you are expecting to feel something you will. it is well known that you
> can implant an idea behind a feeling on someone. for example, if i were to
> say, "have you got a head ache, it looks like you have a head ache. are
you
> sure you dont have a head ache" then i bet that several of the people
> reading this mail will start feeling as though they have a head ache. i
> feel it slightly myself, and i know i dont have a head ache. If the actors
> were to feel the energy without actually being told it was being sent then
> i'd be slightly more inclined to accept what you say but as it stands, i
> dont think it can be counted as an extra sense.
>
yes, i've seen that in action many times...i had a high school
teacher that told the class one day that there was something wrong
with the radiator in the room. it wasn't dangerous, he assured us,
but if we started feeling ill or whatever, he'd give us a note to see
the nurse - a friend of mine got so ill, he almost threw up
I might accept what you say except for the fact that the actors did
not know who would be getting the energy. so, nothing was planted in
the mind of the actor. all knew they "could" be the target. but no
one knew they "would" be the target. and the ones who weren't the
target almost always "sensed" the direction of the energy being
passed. so, they knew "when" but no "where." i have no way to
explain it except that there are some things that we pick up with out
(beyond) the "five" senses. actors were also able to pick up on
whether the energy was being "pulled," "pushed," or "thrown" nearly
100% of the time. i'm a clown and magician in addition to my theatre
work and i know that this is more than "suggestion" or "trickery"
Sorry if i sound defensive...just seemed like this very cool
experience i regularly have with my actors (adult and youth actors)
was getting poo-pooed.
shalom
david lind
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