Skeptic to Believer
While sharing my gong passion with the world I frequently encounter scepticism and disbelief. We can shift the former into proponents, the later we cannot.
The Greeks and most notably Socrates discussed the concept of scepticism in its myriad forms. A sceptic asks, ‘What is the evidence?’ They hold a neutral position suspending belief until evidence is provided before accepting or rejecting it. Disbelievers flatly refuse to accept or deny that something is true.
I am the wisest man alive for I know one thing - I know nothing. Socrates
Last week I introduced gongs to a group of 40 university students from Baptist University Faculty of Integrated Arts. All gong newbies.
I know what I know, I don’t know what I don’t know. (Four stages of learning by Martin Broadwell)
The class was organised by their professor and attendance was mandatory. Compare them to a group of entrepreneurs on a work/pleasure visit whose assistant booked a gong experience as their afternoon wellness activity.
Nothing is as empowering as real-world validation, …. Steven Pressfield
Afterwards all of them had a look of wonder and awe, of processing while attempting to comprehend or label their feelings and thoughts based on their existing paradigms.
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. Socrates
One said:
I’ve been to many sound healings and nothing quite like this, most I have gotten annoyed and frustrated with… I walked away thinking I’d discovered something amazing… I’d love to be able to access this back home. Ted
This is what I do. Experiential transformation. Shifting sceptics to proponents, from ‘I don’t know what I don’t know to I know, consciously bringing the laws of quantum physics to life. One gong, one convert at a time.