Bearlee -> RE: Hundredth Monkey... (9/22/2006 9:43:58 AM)
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Actually, the Hundredth Monkey story is used as a model for social change…I was using it as an example of the power of thought… In Japan a group of 100 monkeys was studied for some 30 years. In 1952, a group on an island, were being fed sweet potatoes, that they liked…but not the dirty skins. One learned to wash hers…and soon others copied. It became a learned activity and soon all 100 monkeys were washing their potatoes before eating. But, then, just as the 100th monkey picked up the new trick… all of a sudden monkeys on other islands and the mainland were washing their potatoes, too. What the scientists believed was, when a certain critical number achieves an awareness, this new awareness may be communicated from mind to mind; and becomes a part of the collective consciousness. beverly
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