rice experiment v2

[waldosia]

I ran a rice experiment to test whether meaning carries more influence than sound alone.
I used three jars. With the third jar, I spoke words from languages I didn’t understand. My thought was: if negative words have an inherent effect regardless of comprehension, then the rice should still respond even though I didn’t know what I was saying.
But it didn’t.
That led me to a different conclusion. It suggests that it’s not just the sound of the word that matters it’s the meaning attached to it. The emotional and mental intent behind the language seems to be the real carrier.
So my hypothesis now is this:
Even if someone spoke complete gibberish, if they held a strong mental image or emotional charge like focusing on an evil archetype or destructive intent it might still influence the outcome. In other words, intention could act independently of language, while language itself only works when the speaker understands and emotionally connects to it.
This experiment shifted my focus from words → to meaning → to intention.
And that opens a much bigger question: Are we influencing things through sound… or through consciousness?

Keen to hear everyones thoughts

 

[Yazata]

What did you speak to the other two jars, and what type of response / effect were you trying to detect in the rice?

 

[waldosia]

good question I should’ve explained the setup better.
One jar I spoke to positively using words I understood and emotionally connected with. The second jar was left completely silent as a control. The third jar I spoke negative words in a language I didn’t understand.
What I was watching for was differences in how the rice aged over time smell, mold, discoloration, and decay.
The interesting part is the third jar ended up looking almost identical to the silent jar. Because I didn’t understand the negative words, there was no emotional meaning attached to them it was just sound. That’s what led me to conclude the effect seems tied more to intention and comprehension than the words themselves.

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Im thinking of conducting a similar experment with water and then freezing it to see what shapes come out

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good question I should’ve explained the setup better.
One jar I spoke to positively using words I understood and emotionally connected with. The second jar was left completely silent as a control. The third jar I spoke negative words in a language I didn’t understand.
What I was watching for was differences in how the rice aged over time smell, mold, discoloration, and decay.
The interesting part is the third jar ended up looking almost identical to the silent jar. Because I didn’t understand the negative words, there was no emotional meaning attached to them it was just sound. That’s what led me to conclude the effect seems tied more to intention and comprehension than the words themselves.

Post automatically merged: Jan 29, 2026

Im thinking of conducting a similar experment with water and then freezing it to see what shapes come out

Ill get photos this time

 

[Robert Ramsay]

The interesting part is the third jar ended up looking almost identical to the silent jar. Because I didn’t understand the negative words, there was no emotional meaning attached to them it was just sound. That’s what led me to conclude the effect seems tied more to intention and comprehension than the words themselves.

This is absolutely the case. Magic is defined by intention. Without intention, what you have is synchronicity; meaningful but not always useful.