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In reading The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe, I learned of a study done by Karl Lashley in Florida in 1946 relating memory storage to quantum fields.

The study was designed to determine a body’s ability to remember something it was conditioned to do, absent the brain function that is generally thought to carry the memory of that responsibility. The study used rats as test subjects and trained them to make a leap over a can of water to get a food reward. Once conditioned, the rats were then surgically altered in attempts to blot out the memory.

The rats were then tested again to see if they knew, or remembered, how to make the leap. They in fact did. Even in cases where the rats were given severe brain alterations, they still knew how to make the jump. And when Lashley moved to a crude form of brain alteration - a curling iron - the rats, although exhibiting impaired motor skills, still remembered the routine.

The conclusion of the study was that the rats had somehow remained conditioned, which means they were storing memories in other parts of the brain, body, or elsewhere. This study opened the door for others that would follow, exploring the idea that the brain didn’t have localized memory stores - rather the memories were distributed throughout the brain, or even elsewhere.

I find this study very fascinating. It seems to be one of the first studies to open the door to the possibility that we interact with a special force, something that all things are connected to. Whether you call it God, the Zero Point Field, or the Force (if you are a Star Wars fan), there seems to be mounting evidence of some sort of existing energy that can be tapped into and communicated with.

The Field discusses many ideas of how we can harness the power of the Zero Point Field - light speed travel, time travel, extremely advanced medical treatments, remote viewing, and the influencing of inanimate objects. If any of these interest you, you’d enjoy the book. I am particularly interested in the idea that humans can learn to communicate across the Zero Point Field and use quantum physics for things that at the moment seem impossible, or at least improbable.

It sounds kinda crazy, but I think it is so cool.