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Again we have taken an exploratory look at the possibility
for toning to create the kind of coherence that we think of
as a global consciousness which might affect the GCP network.
A widely publicized gathering of people interested in toning
was set for February 14, 2008. Once again the
major organizer was Jonathan Goldman, who is the foremost
proponent of toning as a means to spiritual resonance and
growth.
He says, "As in previous World Sound Healing Days, this is a day
when people
throughout the planet will take five minutes to send a Sonic
Valentine to the Earth with the heart sound "AH" filled with
the intention of Peace and Love! I think you will agree that now,
more than ever, we need to consciously project sound to the
planet in order to assist in co-creating peace and harmony."
As was the case for the 2007 event, we set an exploratory
hypothesis test for the 24 hour UTC
day. The result has Chisquare 86101.201 on 86400 df, for p =
0.764 and Z=-0.716. The outcome is thus slightly negative,
and not interpretable as evidence for an effect for this
event. However, the result is very similar to that for 2007,
and moreover has some similarity of concept to focused
meditation events, which also tend to have a negative trend.
Please note also that for single events our signal to noise ratio
is too small for reliable, so while there is a growing
suggestion of consistency the
result should not be taken as evidence. It seems very clear
to me that by far the most sensitive indicator of effects
from meditation or toning events is the perceptions of
people -- we are more sensitive than any scientific
instrument for such effects.
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