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Research: HAID and HUPRIKAR,
Listed in Issue 81
Abstract
HAID and HUPRIKAR, Northwestern University Medical School, Highland Park, Illinois, USA, investigated whether meditation on the water given to pea or wheat seeds with the intent to either stimulate or inhibit their germination and growth could in fact have actual effects on their germination and/or growth.
Background
Many ancient and so-called primitive cultures hold the belief that human thought processes, including those involved in many traditional ceremonies and rituals, can affect the natural world in which we live.
Methodology
In a double-blind, controlled series of experiments, green peas (n=504) and wheat seeds (n=2970) were given water 'treated' by meditation on the water with the intention to stimulate (in the case of the green peas) or inhibit (in the case of the wheat seeds) their germination and were compared with 'non-treated' controls (peas, n=504; wheat seeds, n=2970). Results were analysed statistically using contingency table, Fisher's test and Mantel-Haenszel analyses. For wheat seedlings, effects of 'inhibitory intent' on growth were also investigated and the results were analysed using analysis of variance (ANOVA).
Results
Peas treated with water with stimulating intent had a germination rate of 60.3%, which was significantly greater than that for control peas (51.8%). Wheat seeds treated with water with inhibitory intent had a germination rate of 70.7%, which was significantly lower than that for control wheat seeds (74.9%). Wheat seedlings from the sixth run of the wheat inhibition experiment were harvested on the 10th day after planting and individually weighed. The mass of seedlings treated with water with inhibitory intent (mean weight 97 mg) was significantly lower than that of control seedlings (106 mg).
Conclusion
This remarkable study demonstrated that meditation upon the water supplied to green peas or wheat seeds with the intent to respectively stimulate or inhibit their growth did indeed have measurable effects on their germination rates and growth.
References
Haid M, Huprikar S. Modulation of germination and growth of plants by meditation. The American Journal of Chinese Medicine 29 (3-4): 393-401. 2001.
