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The Effect of PK Parties on Individuals and Society
C. Siegel
Paradigms of Science
Spring 1983
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The Effect of PK Parties on Individuals and Society
PK Parties are among the first highly successful psychokinetic (PK)
training techniques where average individuals learn to exert PK. During
PK Parties, those in attendance, most of whom have had little to no per-
sonal experience of and exposure to psychic phenomena, learn to bend metal
using PK in a light-hearted group setting. PK is defined as affecting an
object without the application of known physical force. Although almost
everyone in attendance claims no ability in this area, and oftentimes are
very skeptical towards PK in general, approximately 85% of those who par-
ticipate in a PK Party successfully bend metal using PK. The potential
impact on people's belief systems, and inevitably, to society as a whole,
as a result of experiencing PK, is tremendous. PK Parties offer physical
evidence to individuals of psychic occurrences and the greater potential
of their minds. This paper will discuss some of the issues both I and
several PK Party hosts and hostesses I interviewed felt may evolve from
having more and more people exposed to PK Parties.
One of the areas everyone interviewed seems to feel will be the first
change is that just a single exposure to a PK Party will create some sort
of change in people's belief systems. In our society, people's exposure
to psi is through the media. Media coverage of PK gives the impression
that psychic phenomenon only exists among a few select "stars" and is very
mysterious. When the media portrays psychics and how their information is
obtained, the information is often sensationalized or cloaked in occultism,
mysticism, and laced with undertones of good and evil.
One psychic, we are told, loses ten pounds after each attempt to exert
PK and is in a state of exhaustion afterwards. Others obtain it from "darker,"
demonic sources of evil that must be feared, because it is something more
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powerful than we can resist.
The church has many tales of saints being
graced with a special gift of psychic ability above all others, but only
because they are special. Although generally not accepted, our society
does accept the possibility that psi exists, but only among a few unique
people. It is a shocking realization when an "average" person discovers
that s/he too has this ability, and has had it all along; they feel no
ill effects from it, did not have to summon demonic or divine sources;
and learned to do it on their first try. Being able to exert PK shatters
deeply embedded beliefs of reality, self-image, and limitations of abilities.
One thing which Tom King stressed is that once an individual has the
experience of discovering abilities in one area which they never knew be-
fore, it opens up the possibility that they have other abilities they didn't
think were possible before. He especially felt that suggestions and re-
commendations should be made for people to try other forms of psi at the
actual PK Party while they are in the state, or process of, belief change
and receptivity to newer possibilities.
One of the major reasons why I believe belief systems are so quickly
changed, and where the great potential for societal changes can emerge,
is that people's sense of their boundaries and separateness from each other
and the world around them no longer exists in the way they previously thought.
An awareness begins to seep into their consciousness of the interconnectedness
of each individual to all things. This is a major transformation in thinking
which many people I interviewed addressed on some level. The change in belief
comes mainly from the realization that thoughts can affect external things.
The concept that one creates reality based on thoughts takes on a new meaning.
Physical and mental realities have always been perceived as separate. Thoughts
are highly changeable and vary from person to person. Physical objects, how-
ever, are viewed as something constant, and generally perceived in the same way
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by everyone coming in contact with them. It is felt that thoughts and
physical objects have very different properties that do not blend - like
oil and water. You can re-shape, blend and alter one physical object
by interacting with another physical object, but you cannot take a
physical object to re-shape a thought or feeling the way you can re-
shape another object. Yet, bending metal merely through thought defies
all these understandings of separateness. Thoughts take on properties
previously thought only to be held by physical objects, because now
thoughts can affect physical objects.
It is increasingly accepted among allopathic doctors that our state
of mind can affect our physical body. Doctors are recognizing a positive
outlook and will to live as being very important to the healing process.
Although the majority of doctors have not gone so far as to agree that
our thoughts alone can completely cure us, it is definitely agreed that
we can make ourselves sick. (It is interesting how we are quicker to
believe a negative outcome than a positive one!) But somehow, the con-
nection is seldom made that we can affect a physical object and system
outside of our body through the same mechanism used to affect the body.
We have heard of psychic healers, but the source of their "powers"
seems to come from an outside source, supposedly available to only a
select few. The PK Party experience directly demonstrates that this
ability to interact with and influence outside physical systems is
accessible to anyone. The only way we are taught to influence an outside
physical system via thought is by affecting another person's thoughts,
which they then physically act upon. Instead of going through life thinking
we are separate from everything around us, and therefore assuming we have
privacy (of thoughts and what "touches" us physically - as we are taught),
we discover that these boundaries donot exist.
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During an interview, Elizabeth Rauscher and Jack, Houck pointed out
that crime, war, and the struggle for power will decrease as a result of
people recognizing their own ability to affect the world around them.
An individual's initial response to exerting PK is to begin to realize
their own personal power.
As Rauscher so beautifully explained it,
once an individual discovers his/her inner power, strength and ability
to affect the world around him/her, s/he may no longer feel like a victim
of fate. A greater sense of control over one's life may result. Once
someone becomes aware of their own personal power, they will not feel a
need to "take" other people's power in order to possess power themselves.
To take it a step further, we can affect not only our thoughts, but our
environment as well; then we discover that we can obtain everything we
need. Reality is no longer something outside our control, determined
by others' standards and actions which influences us, but something within
our own control, determined by our actions and thoughts. We do not need
to feel dependent on outside circumstances to supply us with our needs,
so we do not need to grab it away from others.
Inevitably, as society's paradigm of reality, human abilities, and
the interconnectedness of all. people shifts, war and power will change.
Jack Houck pointed out that besides the awareness of everything being
connected, the practical use of PK on war devices, such as missiles, will
make them ineffective. Imagine altering the direction of a missile, or
jamming firing mechanisms! The mechanical devices on which governments
rely so heavily for power and warfare could no longer be used!
On a smaller magnitude, but equally important to the peace and
comfort of everyone on the planet, would be the trend toward self-healing
through the power of thought and psychic healing.
The area of healing
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was stated by most of the people interviewed as becoming more understood,
accepted and utilized as a result of exposure to PK. Although not every-
one who affects metal with PK will think they are able to affect their
own body, as Bill Gough pointed out, eventually I think this connection
will be made by enough people to change our western perspective of medi-
cine.
This will most likely come about through the awareness that thoughts
can be channeled into action. Although several people envisioned an
adaptation period where some will try to use it for the purpose of obtaining
power, or to boost their own ego or self-image, this too will most likely
pass. As mentioned earlier, the more people's awareness changes, the less
power manipulation can be effective. It is my hope too that the "evil"
side which people always associate with psi will be reduced, as real
knowledge and understanding increase.
Several people interviewed felt that telepathy will also become greatly
increased, and become a natural outcome, as people become more exposed to
PK, and the awareness of the interconnectedness with all things becomes
more accepted. Through the technique of a PK Party, we learn that the
most effective way to achieve a goal is by concentrating, mentally com-
manding, and then releasing the effort of trying to "will" something to
happen. As Jack Houck mentions in an unpublished paper on PK applications,
by following this model in everyday life, stress will be reduced. Once we
learn that you cannot force or "make" things happen, but must learn to
trust and let go and not dwell on needs or wants, a much more positive
outlook will result. The positive powers of thinking can be applied to
any aspect of life.
PK also has applications for assisting people psychologically. Zepha
Bogert of southern California pointed out that many psi disturbances stem
from individuals feeling a lack of control over their psychic experiences.
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Oftentimes, people feel helpless as to when psi phenomena will occur,
and how to stop it, if unpleasant or untimely. Even though PK Parties
are for inducing psi on demand, they can also be used to show a person
that they can prevent the onset of psi, or stop it once in progress,
just as easily as inducing it. She felt that a person should use as
much command, conviction, and degree of belief in stopping psi as they
are willing to use to induce it.
There are many different areas of usefulness to humankind that many
people hope will come about as more and more people become exposed to
PK Parties and psychic phenomena in general. As Diana Sterling said
during her interview, where we are now (in our understanding of psi)
we still think the earth is flat. PK offers one of the quickest ways
to "convince" people of the existence of psi, because in our society
we trust our eyes and physical evidence above all our other senses.
Although many of the effects and visions discussed in this paper are
long-term and subject to many factors, I personally will continue to
dream of their possibility. Since PK Parties so clearly reflect the
impact of thoughts on outcomes, belief in these results may just make
them become a reality.
I would gratefully like to thank the following people for sharing
their ideas on what effect PK Parties will have:
Jack Houck
Elizabeth Rauscher
John Alexander
Diana Sterling
Tom King
Zepha Bogert
Wayne Stark
Mary Kay Wright-Malear
Bill Gough
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