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Fire the Grid Revisited

Kal Cobalt
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While it is impossible to determine how many people participated in the Fire the Grid project, by all accounts at least several thousand people did so. What did we accomplish?

The Global Consciousness Project watches random event generators for fluctuations and has found compelling evidence that anomalies in randomness correlate to mass societal events. Their study of the Fire the Grid project, showing a notable "spike" of positivity during the F.T.G. time frame, offers a tantalizing suggestion of the power of the event, although the Global Consciousness Project says they "do not believe it is appropriate to interpret single events even though it is tempting to do so when the 'picture' looks good."

Interestingly, I have read several accounts from participants who only lasted half an hour. The sharp dip in the graph seems to suggest that this had an effect.

On a personal note, I found the graph of the Fire the Grid hour surprisingly similar to my own level of involvement. While it was initially difficult to settle into the meditation (perhaps because it began at 4:11 am here), I felt "carried away" roughly fifteen minutes in, struggled halfway through, and ultimately experienced what I felt was a "reward" of visual imagery near the end of the hour.

Whether you participated or were only aware of the project occurring, what was your experience?

 

Thanks to bopes for the Global Consciousness Project information. Photo by "uglyagnes" on Flickr via Creative Commons license.

Comments

Alas, I was so excited about

Submitted by Talat Jonathan Phillips on Thu, 08/02/2007 - 10:14.
Alas, I was so excited about this event, then let the business of my day let me forget to set the alarm early. So, I missed it. I've done other collective energy events before and have been really suprised at the results, but I've never participated in one of this scale. What did people think who actually managed to set their alarm clocks?

I did wake for it and was a

Submitted by Martin D. Anderson on Thu, 08/02/2007 - 11:12.
I did wake for it and was a "half-hour-er" as well. In the deeper parts of meditation I did have an awareness, or thought, of other people around the world participating at the exact same time, which, true or not, gave me an intensely comforting and positive feeling. That alone was worth the price of admission. I'm looking forward to other events of this type in the future, whomever organizes them.

4:11 am

Submitted by Entropic Blur on Fri, 08/03/2007 - 16:49.
I also woke up at 4:11 and went to the roof for meditation. I should have chosen a more comfortable place since the SF fog was pretty terrible. I also felt a little bottomed out after half an hour when I started feeling damp and my limbs were falling asleep. Still, I felt energy coursing through me at the moments I could find peace and it seemed like the crickets in my neighborhood got noticeably louder above the sound of garbage trucks and the early morning MUNI. When I finally couldn't spend any more time there, I found the hour had passed nearly exactly. 
Overall it was a good experience, but not as powerful as I thought it would be. I'm interested to see how "Project Cause," the next phase according to Shelley, will unfold. 
Namaste.  --EB--