Intentional Switch

One of the things I love to as a spirit is fix things and get them working again. And so I started a business being available to do odd jobs fixing things around the house, in the garden, and with cars.

First week in June 2009, I got a call to check out a garbage disposal to see how much it would cost to fix or replace, since the old one had quit.

I got there. I looked under the sink at the garbage disposal. It looked OK to me.

I turned on the water. Then, I intended it to “Run” and turned on the garbage disposal switch.

It ran, of course and sounded OK.

I then switched the disposal on and off several times to insure that it would go on or off as it was directed. It ran perfectly.

Next, I asked the tenant, “What was  wrong with the garbage disposal?”

“It wouldn’t turn on. It hasn’t worked for months. What did you do to get it to run?” He was puzzled.

“I intended it to ‘run’ as I switched it on. So it did.”

We both laughed.

It seems that electrical equipment can respond to the intention of the operator.

In my experience, if I flip on a switch and intend nothing, then nothing is more likely  to happen.

If I flip on a switch, while thinking “it won’t come on,” then often, it won’t come on.

When I intend it to “run” as I flip on the switch, then more often, it runs.

To prove that this wasn’t a once in a lifetime, fluke thing, I tried it again the next week on a different disposal with a different customer in another city. Her disposal hadn’t ever worked in the six months they had been in this condo. Wouldn’t even turn on.

Again, using my intention, I intended it to “Run” and and flipped the garbage disposal switch to the “on” position. It worked! The garbage disposal turned on!

This disposal, however, did need replacing because its outflow pipe was melted closed inside and there was nowhere for the ground up food to go.

This customer got the new disposal she intended AND I got to have a disposal “RUN” again, as I intended.

We both got what we intended.

What a turn on!