OCKHAM
Jedi
Here is a student experiment I would like some feedback on.
In the book, ISOTM by Ouspensky, he talks much about the moon and its power over us organically. He also states that we can measure the moon as everything in the universe. I got to thinking again about what he originally said [Saturday night ISOTM reading], and reading Ark's new thread about beliefs and influences in the mind.
Has anyone ever heard of grass growing and/or dying under a piece of wood or any flat surface that is laid down on the ground? I've noticed this over the years where at certain times grass would literally go crazy if you covered it up, in an attempt to grow long, and other times when it would seem to want to die. Having lived in the country helps to discover these weird anomalies, I guess. I've always felt this is a strange force that has something to do with the moon's influence in our monthly cycle. People often say we do crazy things according to the moon but no one provides any data that is worthwhile.
Would there be any value in knowing when the moon has the most affect, since the moon is the measurable factor in the sun cycle, and you could possibly pin point a high and/or low affect?
I had thought of an idea to make up a experiment of which I now only have one week to prepare, that would last 60 days starting on the new moon August 12 and a period of consistency in rain and normal growing grass, and applying a grid pattern on the ground of 30 wood pieces [18 inches X 12 inches approximately] placed in a square grid 6 inches apart and each numbered, and sequenced for rotation in a moon cycle of approximately 30 days. This might allow one to pin point the two points of extreme growth and non-growth, would it not? Adding one per day for 30 days and the last one inserted would end at 30 days by being removed, taking notes on each one per day. In this experiment, August 31 would be removed from the system and no board placed on that day.
Grid example layout: 1 represents the first board inserted, one each day. The first date records it and the second date the board is removed.
This method would allow me to mow the areas of grass that had not been covered yet, as to keep the test more consistent. Also, the rain events would need to be recorded in an attempt to understand how big a role it might play in the results. Everything would be recorded, and photos taken to document color effect, peaking under boards, etc.
In the final analysis, one might be able to say, at one point in time, when the moon is new per se, life wants to live even without light? - and at another extreme, maybe a full moon, life gives up easily? This should be discussed.
Has anyone every heard of a test like this, or think this would have value? I can find no one who has done this, please provide references to this type of experiment if you know of any.
In the book, ISOTM by Ouspensky, he talks much about the moon and its power over us organically. He also states that we can measure the moon as everything in the universe. I got to thinking again about what he originally said [Saturday night ISOTM reading], and reading Ark's new thread about beliefs and influences in the mind.
Has anyone ever heard of grass growing and/or dying under a piece of wood or any flat surface that is laid down on the ground? I've noticed this over the years where at certain times grass would literally go crazy if you covered it up, in an attempt to grow long, and other times when it would seem to want to die. Having lived in the country helps to discover these weird anomalies, I guess. I've always felt this is a strange force that has something to do with the moon's influence in our monthly cycle. People often say we do crazy things according to the moon but no one provides any data that is worthwhile.
Would there be any value in knowing when the moon has the most affect, since the moon is the measurable factor in the sun cycle, and you could possibly pin point a high and/or low affect?
I had thought of an idea to make up a experiment of which I now only have one week to prepare, that would last 60 days starting on the new moon August 12 and a period of consistency in rain and normal growing grass, and applying a grid pattern on the ground of 30 wood pieces [18 inches X 12 inches approximately] placed in a square grid 6 inches apart and each numbered, and sequenced for rotation in a moon cycle of approximately 30 days. This might allow one to pin point the two points of extreme growth and non-growth, would it not? Adding one per day for 30 days and the last one inserted would end at 30 days by being removed, taking notes on each one per day. In this experiment, August 31 would be removed from the system and no board placed on that day.
Grid example layout: 1 represents the first board inserted, one each day. The first date records it and the second date the board is removed.
This method would allow me to mow the areas of grass that had not been covered yet, as to keep the test more consistent. Also, the rain events would need to be recorded in an attempt to understand how big a role it might play in the results. Everything would be recorded, and photos taken to document color effect, peaking under boards, etc.
In the final analysis, one might be able to say, at one point in time, when the moon is new per se, life wants to live even without light? - and at another extreme, maybe a full moon, life gives up easily? This should be discussed.
Has anyone every heard of a test like this, or think this would have value? I can find no one who has done this, please provide references to this type of experiment if you know of any.