Spoonbending (how to!)

[Jamie]

I've considered writing on this thread in the past, but hesitated due to thinking that others may consider the pictures of my spoon being unbelievable or a hoax, although I promise it's 100% real.
Done by my two hands in a few seconds.
The problem is my spoon turned out looking nothing like any spoon bending I've seen online.

I keep the spoon as it's precious to me as reminder of just what's possible with the mind.
In fact it's been a while since I bent the spoon, so on taking photos of it yesterday, I noticed the area which was bent now has some very light rust markings on it.


Anyway it was my first attempt at bending a spoon about 8 years ago, in which I followed a short Youtube video about spoon bending.
You held the handle in one hand, whilst imagining the molecules of the metal in the spoon handle becoming more active and vibrating faster, and softening.

Over 10 minutes I would give around 2mins of focus on the handle and then give a 'gentle' attempt at bending. The first 3 tries, there was no give in the spoon.

On my fourth try, there was a slight hesitation (disbelief in being able to bend the spoon, I guess), at which point as soon as the hesitation occurred this loud voice in my head shouted at the top of its voice...
with an irritated tone..."GET OUT OF YOUR WAY!!"
and without a seconds thought I rotated the spoon head three times in a row with little if any effort.

I don't know if my recollection is correct or not, but whilst holding the handle in one hand I swear I only used my thumb & two fingers of the other hand to do the bending.


The truly annoying thing about this is although I keep the spoon to remind myself of what humans are capable of, I actually haven't been able to bend a spoon since this first attempt of mine.

I have the proof right in front of me that I can do it...yet whenever I try... the little voice is my head says "you'll never do that again"
And I guess 'my' reality provides me with that belief.

[Patient]

Posted by Jambo (here)
I've considered writing on this thread in the past, but hesitated due to thinking that others may consider the pictures of my spoon being unbelievable or a hoax, although I promise it's 100% real.
Done by my two hands in a few seconds.
The problem is my spoon turned out looking nothing like any spoon bending I've seen online.

I keep the spoon as it's precious to me (almost like an heirloom to self) as reminder of just what's possible with the mind.
In fact it's been a while since I bent the spoon, so on taking photos of it yesterday, I noticed the area which was bent now has some very light rust markings on it.


Anyway it was my first attempt at bending a spoon about 8 years ago, in which I followed a short Youtube video about spoon bending.
You held the handle in one hand, whilst imagining the molecules of the metal in the spoon handle becoming more active and vibrating faster, and softening.

Over 10 minutes I would give around 2mins of focus on the handle and then give a 'gentle' attempt at bending. The first 3 tries, there was no give in the spoon.

On my fourth try, there was a slight hesitation (disbelief of being able to do it I guess) by myself to bend the spoon at which point as soon as the hesitation occurred this loud voice in my head shouted at the top of its voice...
with an irritated tone..."GET OUT OF YOUR WAY!!"
and without a seconds thought I rotated the spoon head three times in a row with little if any effort.

I don't know if my recollection is correct or not, but whilst holding the handle in one hand I swear I only used my thumb & two fingers of the other hand to do the bending.


The truly annoying thing about this is although I keep the spoon to remind myself of what humans are capable of, I actually haven't been able to bend a spoon since this first attempt of mine.

I have the proof right in front of me that I can do it...yet whenever I try... the little voice is my heads says "you'll never do that again"
And I guess reality provides me with that belief.

I guess because you only needed to do it once to know that you can!

[Ewan]

Posted by Jambo (here)
this loud voice in my head shouted at the top of its voice...
with an irritated tone..."GET OUT OF YOUR WAY!!"

That's brilliant!

(We're always stopping ourselves through hesitancy, disbelief etc. Getting in OUR OWN WAY).

[I am B]

I have not too seriously tried, but I do feel uncapable.

I "borderline subcounsciously" feel like im being silly-treated by some internet trolls, with all due respect.

Guess its a matter to just keep trying.

[Inversion]

I tried to bend a fork and it didn't work for me. Recently forks have been disappearing.

Utensils and Other Disappearing Objects

[Tom Booth]

Posted by RunningDeer (here)
Perhaps I’ve got a ‘no-bendy-the-spoon' implant? It bowed only slightly. (That’s if I did it correctly.)

My honest feelings? The dialogue going on in my head right now is that I'm discounting everything I’ve accomplished in my life. I hear the words like ‘unworthy’ and ’fraud’ rattling around up there.

This is very interesting.

I was raised a Jehovah's Witness, but as a child, I don't think I ever believed it and basically couldn't wait to get out, once old enough, and the prediction was "Armageddon" would come BEFORE 1975 when I would be just 15, but when it became clear there would be no "Armageddon" I had to get my mind free of 15 years of "fundamentalist" Christian indoctrination. I started by reading the entire Bible from cover to cover (well most of it anyway) with the assistance of Greek and Hebrew dictionaries, concordances, dozens of different translation, etc.

Such "independent" study or Bible research was generally discouraged by the JW's. You should, they say, only read the Bible in conjunction with the publications of the Watchtower Society so as not to get lost in the weeds or "misinterpret" what it says. They would quote a Bible passage "Do not lean upon your own understanding" (Proverbs 3:5) Well, that passage has to do with trusting in God, not some made up religion.

Anyway, as I delved into the Bible, I came across a passage: "For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith." (Mark 11:23)

There were numerous similar passages. I'll spare the readers here from detailing the Jehovah Witness twisted interpretation of such passages.

Along with my unfettered Bible reading, I was also frequenting the local Bookshop, which had a fairly extensive Esoteric/New Age section. I became interested in other, alternative Bible interpretations, and other spiritual disciplines.

Well, I WILL saddle the reader with the JW interpretation: If you have any difficulty believing the JW teachings from the Watchtower, "don't make a mountain out of a molehill". Ask that this "mountainous" obstacle preventing you from fully accepting the JW teachings be removed and it will be removed!

In other words, the passage had nothing to do with "miracles" in a literal sense.

Well, now on my own, making up my own mind, reading and painstakingly translating the original Greek text, I concluded that it did indeed have to do with literal miracles. (Greek δύναμις dunamis), like raising the dead, healing the sick, walking on water, multiplying the loaves and fishes etc. etc.

Like bending spoons for example.

I had also been reading books I felt attracted to in the book store, like "The Crack in the Cosmic Egg" by Joseph Chilton Pearce, who wrote a lot about Carlos Castaneda's "The Teachings of Don Juan" so I read that series of books up to "Tales of Power".

In "Tales of Power" the character "Don Juan" talked about "Stopping the Internal Dialogue" as "The key to sorcery".

So when you mentioned: "The dialogue going on in my head right now..." this whole association with "...and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe..." and "stopping the internal dialogue", fired up the neurons in my head.

This lead to some interesting "experiments" and personal experiences maybe I'll start a thread on here sometime.

OH, I might mention Scientology. I also related this to "making a POSTULATE" or "consideration" What is a "postulate" in Scientology?

https://vinaire.me/2020/01/25/phoeni...res-chapter-4/


Well, it could be "I can bend that spoon", but the mind trying to make such a "postulate" is already full of previous considerations, beliefs, thoughts, opinions, fears, feelings etc. that say solid steel objects do not bend. Spoons do not just bend by thinking about bending them.

This can go very deep. I'm not worthy to been spoons, I'm not Jesus, I can't do miracles, It goes against scientific principles to bend spoons, its just impossible!, There was that time I accidently stepped on a bug but it couldn't help it... Our minds are so full of conflicting ideas and beliefs. fears, insecurities etc. etc. and when we make some effort to do something like bend spoons with our minds, all this "Garbage" wells up and comes to the surface.

Suppressing all that "internal dialogue" or trying to "STOP" it, in my experience does no good. It needs to be brought to the surface and thoroughly examined.

I wasn't trying to bend any spoons, but I was trying to do something I thought would be impossible, or "a miracle".

What I found helpful was to get out a blank notebook and pencil, then TRY whatever it is, bending spoons or whatever "miracle" and listen to this inner stream of consciousness and write everything down that comes up in opposition to your "postulate" to bend the spoon or whatever it is you're trying to do.

Keep writing. IT may be just a lot of gibberish at times, but write it all down, all the doubts, fears, disbelief, contradictions, religious indoctrinations, scientific training, guilt, shame, feeling of unworthiness, etc. etc. whatever is lurking deep in the mind that opposes your intention.

Then when EVERYTHING is written down, start DEALING WITH IT. Examine each item and think about it. Is it really true? Do you really want to hold onto this? Is there a way to change your mind about it? do you really have to believe this or feel this way?

Start with the easiest thing there is on the list. Something that can be resolved successfully, then find the next easiest thing to resolve.

Once you have crossed everything off the list, try again, the "visualization" or the "intention".

Start with a new blank page and repeat the whole process of writing down whatever crops up.

Eventually, it should become possible to approach the "intention" or "postulate" with a clear mind. No opposition. No heckling.

"For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith."

"Stopping the internal dialogue" is a hack. Maybe knock out your thoughts, temporarily with some potent drugs, but I think fully conscious and fully aware examination and direct confronting of all the mental "garbage" is a much more effective and permanent approach in the long run.

Of course, after all that, when the spoon still doesn't bend, all the "doubts" may come flooding back with a vengeance.

That happened to me.

But sometime later, I came back and found a "bent spoon" on my coffee table. Not literally a bent spoon, my "intention' was something else, but I was not the same after that. I had experienced "a miracle". What I thought was impossible manifested.

Must have been a "coincidence".

4 When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. 15 “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. 16 I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.”

17 “You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.” 18 Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed at that moment.

19 Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”

20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

What is this thing "Faith"?

Amplified Bible
Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses].

Not trying to push "Christianity" here with these Bible references. Christianity, in general teaches that "Faith" is belief in the doctrines of the Church, but it is actually something much more profound.

[RunningDeer]

Posted by Tom Booth (here)
What I found helpful was to get out a blank notebook and pencil, then TRY whatever it is, bending spoons or whatever "miracle" and listen to this inner stream of consciousness and write everything down that comes up in opposition to your "postulate" to bend the spoon or whatever it is you're trying to do.

Keep writing. IT may be just a lot of gibberish at times, but write it all down, all the doubts, fears, disbelief, contradictions, religious indoctrinations, scientific training, guilt, shame, feeling of unworthiness, etc. etc. whatever is lurking deep in the mind that opposes your intention.

Then when EVERYTHING is written down, start DEALING WITH IT. Examine each item and think about it. Is it really true? Do you really want to hold onto this? Is there a way to change your mind about it? do you really have to believe this or feel this way?

Start with the easiest thing there is on the list. Something that can be resolved successfully, then find the next easiest thing to resolve.

Once you have crossed everything off the list, try again, the "visualization" or the "intention"..

Welcome to Avalon, Tom.

If you scroll a bit further on, you’ll see the photos. I bent two spoons and bent one of them back again. (post 24 & post 27). Thanks for your suggestions. I agree with your ideas of intention and visualization techniques.

I’ve found that when I’m in my head, i.e. writing ‘the list,’ it’s an intellectual exercise. What works best for me is to tune into feeling of the experience and pay attention to the inner knowing signal. It happens naturally, before too much thought gets involved.

I used to feel the sensation in the Dan Tian, the energy center just below the belly button. After a time, it shifted to the heart. Now, the heart center and inner knowing are my main guides.

I bent my spoon and then bent it back with a slight bump.