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others were not. All the man and women got medical care. In this randomized, double blind study, neither the doctors and neither nurses nor the patients knew who would be the object of prayer. The result, were dramatic and surprised many scientists. Men and women whose medical was supplemented with prayer needed fewer drugs and spent less time on ventilators. They also fared better overall than their counterparts who received medical care but nothing more.
2. In a survey of 131 controlled experiments on spiritual healing, it was found that prayed for rye grass grew faster, prayed for yeast resisted the toxic effects of cyanide, prayed - for - test tube bacterial grew faster.
3. At the Mind Science Foundation' in San Antonio, Texas, researchers took blood samples from 32 volunteers, isolated their red blood cells (RBCS) and placed the samples in a room on the other side of the building. Then the researchers placed the RBCs in a solution designed to swell and burst them, a process that can be measured extremely accurately. Next the researchers asked the volunteers to pray for the preservation of some of the RBCs. The praying significantly slowed the swelling and bursting of the RBCs.
4. In another study at the Mind Science Foundation, volunteers in a room on one side of the building were asked to visualize volunteers in a room on the other side of the building becoming calmer or more agitated. Mean while, the "receivers" were hooked up to bio feed back- type equipment to gauge their reactions. The result showed that the "influences" exerted a statistically significant effect on the receiver's moods.
All above and other similar cases, including the effects of starring at objects tried by Rupert Sheldrake, can be explained on the basis of cosmic consciousness. The sender soul transmits thought waves through vargņā fields, which are directed towards a particular soul or a group of souls at a given location far or near. The target soul receives them if tuned to the frequency of transmitted waves. The receiving soul shall experience the effect of the message contained in the waves if his mental state is in favourable condition. If the mental state of the receiver is not in a favourable condition he/she may not experience the effect even if the waves are received. A sick person is generally mindful of his sickness and his mental state is in a favourable condition. A healthy person may be pre occupied with some other thoughts and his mental state may or may not be in favourable state. So the chances of a sick person getting benefited by prayers are more than that of a healthy person. Prayers may not affect mentally strong persons. Spiritually advanced persons who are awake may receive the message and be aware of it but may not experience any effect as their mental states are free of worldly consideration which is normally the subject matter of prayer messages. In any case, the effects of prayers and other similar intentional efforts can be explained only by taking soul into consideration. Without this the matter is like enjoying a play and forgetting the actor. It is the soul that has cosmic Arhat Vacana, 23 (4), 2011
