Have you tried it?

I have read many posts on dowsing on this forum and others. I have witnessed many interesting things in my life and I have opened up my field of possibilities and beliefs.
My total dowsing experience comes from a lady visiting a relative of mine and the subject of dowsing came up. I said I wasn?t sure that anyone could find things with a stick. The lady said that she believed I could do it and asked if it was OK to cut a dowsing rod. My relative told her go right ahead because he wanted to see it work. She cut the Y shape out of a forked branch from one of the old fruit trees on the property and handed it to me. She showed me how to hold it. I held it with the single end pointed straight up and the two sides of the fork in my hands with my fingers gripped around them. She told me to hold around in a in a zigzag pattern. I came across a spot in the middle of a gravel road and I actually felt a tug that felt like someone pulling forward on the tip of the forked rod. I stopped and looked at everyone and the lady smiled and asked what was wrong. I told her about the tug and that I wasn?t sure what to do. She said find the strongest pull. The pull got strong enough that I had trouble holding the stick. The stick bent forward and down until it was pointing at the ground. I tightened my grip and even tried to twist the stick back to the original upright position. She said that there should be a water source in that spot. She then took the stick and walked over the spot and got a similar reaction. She then held the stick sideways and moved over the spot. She looked at my relative and said the source was his well. My relative said sure enough, that his well was right there under the middle of the gravel road.

I find it interesting that some respond on the topics by simply pointing out the foolishness of the whole idea. I have met many that stand on their academic or logical pedestal in this way and debunk everything that doesn?t fit into their world. They are similar to some religious people in this way.

My question is, as a believer or non believer, how many of you have physically tried to dowse? As a follow up question, were you in any way successful in the experience?


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I recently started investigating dowsing but have intentionally not tried it myself yet as I did not want to prejudice myself in any way.  I have wondered if the "faith" aspect of dowsing is the key.  Your post seems to support this.  The power of the mind to heal is known to science.  The "Placebo Effect" is one example.  People in double blind scientific tests are told they are being given a certain medication and it will do a certain thing and instead of being given the medicine are given a sugar pill that produces the "healing" just as the "medicine" would have.  We are composed of water, electrolytes, energy, elements.  Our bodies work like biological batteries.  We even need to "charge" up for 8 hours a night.  Why would it not seem reasonable to postulate that we can project and interact with other electromagnetic/electrochemical fields and systems if the computer (brain) is able to get its "mind" right and set parameters that allow for the interaction?

I am just rambling and thinking out loud here.  Of course, like any human ability, there are some that can do things that others cannot.  Some can do some things exceptionally well and if that skill has value in the marketplace they get paid large amounts of money to display or use that skill.  These people are called "Professionals".  Physical examples of this are the typical athletic activities of football, golf, basketball, soccer, etc..  Mental examples include hedge fund managers, top level stockbrokers, handicappers who consistently are better than 60% in their selections and the brilliant genius level scientists.  The physical side of things are clearly seen and understood by all as "seeing is believing".  The mental side tends to be more "invisible" as they do not trumpet their abilities and are not as celebrated by the general public, although they are certainly celebrated by their professional colleagues within their fields.  Some ascribe intuition as a key part of their mental abilities.  Some who demonstrate prescience attribute it to good planning and preparation...others admit to "luck" at times.  Those with the healthiest egos will take full credit for anything they do without a second thought to any other source as it fits their purposes.

My wandering mind at work...

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Not that what I have to say means anything, I will no longer Respond to post in Upper Case letters unless it needs moderated and Removed.

This is the second time in a week that I had to say something about it.



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	Not that what I have to say means anything, I will no longer Respond to post in Upper Case letters unless it needs moderated and Removed. This is the second time in a week that I had to say something about it.

Well said Homefire maybe we will just start locking or deleting them  Please do not post in all cap's or bold type. I am tired of fixing them will delete the next one

Posted on: November 25, 2010, 02:52:48 PM

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Homefire clean out your in box

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I understand that. A well was drilled about 3000 feet from the one described and it hit a different aquifer. The water even tasted different.
The well was a concentrated point.
Don't see how anyone was tricked. A person told us she could find the well on the property and let m have a go at it first. I didn't know where it was. When I got a reaction from a stick, it got me a bit interested. This was nearly 30 years ago and I still have an interest.
Actually thought about trying map dowsing myself. Might be interesting, might be nothing, but I'll know I tried it.

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