Be expecting a miracle

[oxbow]

I subscribe to a Yahoo group called Daily Dose of Gratitude

In the last day or so, it has been revealed that several members have gotten the same message from their guides: Expect a miracle to happen. So I'm passing on the miracle bug to you guys-



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There are currently 837 members in this group so if we all are
consciously expecting a miracle we are indeed, seeding the
collective consciousness for such an occurrence. The process is
referred to as the 100th Monkey Phenomena. Here's some info about it.

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Have you ever heard the theory of the 100th monkey? In the 1950's
biologists and anthropologists were studying the behavior of a
species of monkeys that live on some of the outlying islands around
Japan. In order to gain the confidence of the monkeys and get close
enough to study their behavior, the scientists would place sweet
potatoes on the beach. The monkeys adored these moist potatoes
(called batatas), but disliked the sand clinging to them.

One day an adolescent female monkey (about eighteen months old) on
the island of Koshima, solved this problem by washing her batata in
fresh spring water. She taught the "trick" to her mother, and then
to her playmates, and over a period of time most of the monkeys on
the island learned to wash their batatas to get rid of the sand. At
this point perhaps 99 monkeys had been trained in this behavior. One
day the 100th monkey learned how to wash his batata. By the next day
every single monkey on the island of Koshima was doing this - even
the ones who lived a bit more isolated from the others and had never
witnessed a demonstration. But what was particularly astonishing was
that this new behavior was suddenly observed in the populations of
these same species of monkeys on the other islands. Every monkey in
the remote outlying islands was washing away the sand on their sweet
potatoes without ever having been taught how to do it!

Critical Mass

The number 100 may not be exact, but the theory of critical mass
evolved from this study: That once a certain number of a species
learns a new behavior and that number reaches a critical mass, it
can spontaneously be transmitted to all members of the species. This
was very encouraging to metaphysicians and philosophers, who
envisioned a time that a significant percentage of the human
species, having learned to live with one another peacefully and
harmoniously, would reach a critical mass and transmit this behavior
to all of humanity.

I first learned about this study about the time I opened my private
practice in LA in the mid-80's. I so enthusiastically embodied the
ideal of the 100th monkey, that whenever I treated a new patient I
would think "maybe this is the 100th monkey. Maybe if he or she can
learn to take responsibility for the state of the world and make the
appropriate inner changes, the world will become a better place."
One day I made an important discovery: I AM THE 100TH MONKEY!

more at link-
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDose_Gratitude/message/131

[trotsky]

1. Not to poop on the parade, but...

"The 100th Monkey" isn't a true story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundredth_Monkey

In 1985, Elaine Myers re-examined the original published research in "The Hundredth Monkey Revisited" in the journal In Context. In her review she found that the original research reports by the Japan Monkey Center in vol. 2, 5 and 6 of the journal Primates differ from Watson's story in significant ways. In short, it contains no evidence that the 'Hundredth Monkey' phenomenon exists; the published articles only describe how the sweet potato washing behavior gradually spread through the monkey troop and became part of the set of learned behaviors of young monkeys. There is no evidence at all of a critical number at which the idea suddenly spread to other islands, and none of the original researchers ever made such a claim.

[sasha031]

2. I have heard of the monkey phenomenon

wasn't aware there was a specific number that created a new behavior.

what it represents to me is a shift in mass conscientiousness...

I have often wondered if the religious right and their apocalyptic belief system combined with the mega church's, if it is their negative energy that is catapulting us all to disaster.

they are organized, whereas a pagan might tend to be more isolated.

just a theory I have wondered about, of why the world has become so mad or perhaps it always, but the nuttiness is just so in your face.