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reply posted on 9-11-2004 @ 04:54 PM by TheBandit795
Originally posted by Journey



sounds as if they are targeting very vulnerable people, at first glance.

Pretty much says it all for me.


That's the book
www.google.com..."The science of getting rich" by Wallace Wattles.

He's one of a lot of authors writing in a late 19th century, early 20th century literary genre called "New thought".


Deny ignorance...


reply posted on 9-11-2004 @ 07:25 PM by radardog
Bandit, neat thread. While personal testimony over the internet is hard to confirm, it typically makes -- in the least -- a neat story or something interesting to think about. I think, for the sake of argument, that we should accept your testimony as true. That is, you used a given device for a certain motive, and then later had your desires filled that were related to the motive. It is easy for the skeptic to deny this -- and rightly so; it is a bit irrational to take a witness' word of an event and celebrate it as truth. Generally, a formal investigation would like to be done.

However, since we have no means to do so, again, I suggest we should accept the proposition as true just as a means to interest. As most people know, coincidences are measures of correlations: "A happened after B, what are the odds?" The odds are, banks rarely make errors. Your ironic good fortuned most likely happened in the face of horrible odds. What many individuals on this board do not understand is that we make truth based conclusions on correlations everyday. A famous example is the conclusion, "The sun will rise tomorrow!"

After subsequent observations of the sun rising day by day, people tended to conclude that the sun will rise again the next day -- without a formal proof. This induction like step has something you [Bandit] are lacking, and it is something I would like to ask you to do. If it isn't too much trouble, I'd like to ask you to continue using the machine and record all measureable results (gain in material, etc.). If you start to log a considerable correlation between desire and gain while using the machine, it starts to become ever more reasonable that there is something more going on with respect to machine use and you.


reply posted on 9-11-2004 @ 07:59 PM by cimmerius
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Hey Bandit—I just wanted to offer some sympathy. I had a similar problem with one of my posts. I posted a link to a free on-line book . The entire thing, absolutely free. I thought that was so cool that I also posted a link to the sales page, so that anyone who wanted to could buy it if they liked it. I didn’t think it would be a problem, since the whole thing was available for free, but I got ripped. So, I learned something and I won’t do that again.

But I do think that the policy of no advertising links is a bit tricky. Obviously the intent is to prevent spam or other posts with an ulterior motive. Which is good.

Unfortunately, very few worthwhile material things in life are free. There are tons of excellent books, cds, or other items discussed on the web. Most have a sales link. It makes it hard to discuss the ones we like and point people towards a link without appearing to endorse the product. In the end, it is always a person’s choice to buy something or not.

One of my current interests is “mind machines” and audio cds that help a person change their brainwaves and state of mind. Some other interests are magick, meditation, and spiritual self-development. I think the computer, with proper software, is a potentially a tremendous resource for combining these fields and adding a modern update to their pursuit.

So I read your post with interest.

It should be evident to all that a computer program can indeed be used as a tool, as you describe, much like one would use a wheelbarrow to help carry a heavy load. It can act as an aid to meditation, much like a mandala. Certain frequencies of sound can alter brainwaves. Images can arouse emotion and focus attention. Intensive saturation along all these sensory channels can have much the same effect as ritual. It is an effect on the human mind. The mind does all the work (if you believe it works).

I think the problem people have with your post is that it gives the impression that the computer program does the work—that you enter all the variables and then turn it on and walk away and it runs on its own and causes things to happen. People just don’t buy that.

The distinction is whether the human mind does the work with the program as an aid to focusing, or whether the program somehow works on its own. I’m not entirely clear on this. Radionics is something few of us are familiar with. Some background on the theory of how it is supposed to work, aiding the mind, or working on its own, would be most useful, and give us some idea of how your amazing experience fits in with that theory.

Anyway, I hope you don’t give up on posting this kind of material. For me this is what makes ATS interesting. It’s just a discussion. People don’t have to believe anything here if they don’t want to.
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reply posted on 9-11-2004 @ 09:17 PM by Journey
Originally posted by TheBandit795


That's the book
www.google.com..."The science of getting rich" by Wallace Wattles.

He's one of a lot of authors writing in a late 19th century, early 20th century literary genre called "New thought".


Deny ignorance...


Perhaps, you should listen to your own advice, because I do not understand, please elaborate if I am wrong.... Are you suggesting that I deny ignorance in this situation of yours? You came here to thread wanting to share and seeking input....and you got it I guess...
anyhow, I have always found your posts interesting. And I respect you as a fellow member, and moderator, of this community. Please give me the same, as I give you.
Anyhow, I got some good laughs! Have a good one-
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