Science Discovers Eternal Wisdom

Author(s): Amarendravijay, J D Lodaya, Bhuvanchandra
Publisher: Jain Sahitya Academy

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The Soul Principle and ESP Research
Who forewarns the grazing sheep of an impending storm and directs them to seek shelter on the leeside of a hill? what agency motivates the tortoise to find a safe hideout before each spell of cloudburst? This enigmatic source of instinct or intuition continues to baffle scientists who are hardpressed to find a rational explanation for this strange but fascinating characteristic of all living beings.
Without any premeditation or prior reflection, sudden flashes of foreknowledge are known to occur to people from time to time. Under unusual circumstances, some people have experienced such premonitary glimpses intuitively. Louisa E. Rhine has catalogued a number of such instances in her book 'Hidden Channels of Mind'. Let us look at a couple of them.
Flashes of ESP :
On 6th August 1945, a man in USA woke up to tell his wife first thing in morning that "within three months, there is going to be an explosion in Bayonne involving thousands of gallons of oil and gasoline with great danger to life. However, if proper precautions are taken, it might be possible to avert the disaster." He had never heard of any such place named Bayonne earlier, nor did he know its location. He came to know from his son that Bayonne was located in new Jersey area and there was, indeed, an oil refinery belonging to Standard Oil Company situated there. He contacted the management at refinery with a view to passing on this premonitary information so that precaution could be taken. To