Truth vs Falsehood (18 page)

Adolescents respond primarily to the pressures of peers and the media and give lip service to parents. This disrespect for parents is aided and abetted by current social, educational, and political forces that derive a sense of power from disclaiming the authenticity of all authority. The error is based on the misperception of integrous, true authority as nonauthentic authoritarianism, i.e., the ‘postmodern’ rejection of logic, intelligence, rationality, and ethics.

Thus, today’s adolescent is barraged with nonintegrous programming and seduction by the media and peers (Guthrie, 2004). At the same time, the protections of traditional standards of ethics and morality are under vociferous attack. The difficulty is that free speech, in and of itself, is actually neutral and, like money, it is the use to which it is put that ascertains whether it is beneficial or harmful. The downside is somewhat analogous to giving guns to children who have had no training in safety, much less morality or ethics.

A society that rejects morality becomes dominated by sensationalism, glamour, and expediency. It finds that the downside of its youth is difficult to salvage because it lacks the strength of the convictions of ethical certainty in times of decisional crises. The consciousness field of this subculture is like an engine without a governor or a flywheel. Interestingly, shopping malls have discovered that playing classical music in the parking lot repels adolescents, who then quit ‘hanging out’ in them.

Artists — Creative Works

For lack of space, the list is limited, and there are many more in the database. Art, like any other form of communication, reflects the intention as well as the vision or genius of its creator, some of whom become celebrated.

Of great value to artwork is the discovery that consciousness research techniques can instantly detect forgery. This was demonstrated in the 1995 videotape where a fake Picasso made the test subject’s arm go weak (Hawkins, Videotape #1). This is important to art gallery owners as well as art collectors who are the target of forgers.

Authentication Process (Cal. 600)

The testing technique to verify authenticity of art, antiques, relics, historical documents, archeological specimens, or any other objects is simply to make a series of statements and utilize the simple arm-strength response. The item does not have to be actually present but merely silently held in mind or visualized by the tester, e.g., “The painting I am holding in mind is authentic.” Then quickly press down with two fingers on the test subject’s wrist. To validate, additional questions can follow, e.g., “The painting is an original Vermeer.” (Yes or not-yes response.) “It is over 100 years old.” (Yes or not yes.) “It calibrates over 400.” (Yes.) “Over 450.” (Yes.) “Over 500.” (Yes.) “Over 505.” (Yes.) “Over 510.” (Yes.) “At 515.” (Yes.) “Over 515.” (No.)

This can be followed by statements about the details, history, location, etc., to trace the item’s pedigree, age of the canvas, age of the paint, integrity of the artist, and other facts. These statements can be made verbally, silently, or imaged. Inasmuch as great works of art sell for millions of dollars, and even experts are sometimes puzzled or disagree about their authenticity, the verification process is obviously of great value and easily detects forgeries in less than a minute.

While an explanation of the verification technique appears detailed or even laborious or time consuming, in practice it is very simple and actually only takes a matter of seconds to perform. It is also obvious that the same technique instantly detects whether a witness or public figure is telling the truth, or whether a product advertised on television will do what is claimed. It will be discovered that often the statements of a public figure are actually 100 percent lies.

When the above process is applied to the daily news, the results are quite astonishing and can be initially somewhat dismaying regarding famous crimes, trials, and worldly affairs where deception prevails. In contrast, it can be gratifying to discover that accusations are frequently false, and justice often does prevail.

For accurate results, it is necessary that both persons doing the test procedure are integrous, and the intention of the questions is devoted to the discernment of truth for its own sake and not biased in trying to prove a point or obtain supportive evidence for a personal viewpoint. In practice, ‘checking out the truth’ of various aspects of life and truth leads to progressive wisdom and compassion. A sense of humor also helps.

Sports and Hobbies

Sports can be roughly divided into competitive and recreational, both of which calibrate quite highly and thus represent enthusiasm, the pleasures of games, and the spontaneity and fun redolent of youth and its physical vigor. With age, chess, bridge, and golf provide the benefits of recreation, which calibrates at a very positive level.

Physiologically and psychologically, the effect of rest is anabolic. Physicians as early as Hippocrates often prescribed it for grave illnesses. He recommended the therapeutic benefits of massage, exercise, rest, and beauty, such as are afforded by today’s health resorts.

Sports and hobbies calibrating below 200 derive the energy from more innate primitive animal levels of rivalrous battle accompanied by the cheers and admiration of the crowds. At the very bottom of the so-called sports is the no-contest killing for the sake of killing itself, a very primitive level of consciousness. (The Roman gladiator arena calibrates at 80.)

The lure of gambling is vigorously glamorized, and the bait is not only money but also the thrill of ‘winning’, which, as society has learned, can become addictive (due to dopamine released in the brain [Volkow, 2004]). Gambling has always been of questionable morality. In the traditional mid-twentieth century, parental ethics determined whether or not the game of marbles was allowed to be played ‘for keeps’. In the same era, slot machines were confined to not-for-profit charities and fraternal and benevolent tax-exempt organizations. Bingo was a church-oriented source of revenue, but gambling itself was illegal, and police raids were looked upon with approval.

Gambling, at consciousness level 180, continues to be a moral enigma, the politics of which are another form of game playing. Society has found a compromise by having the profits regulated by law as to their distribution, which, as the media has revealed, are often bypassed by foreign nationals at great cost to the Native Americans.

Movies

(See
Appendix for Calibrated List of Over 200 Movies
)