Now I was raised a Quaker. No, I didn't wear funny hats and ride in a buggy. That is the Amish who are very cool and believe in Peace and Love which the Quakers do also. I was a modern Quaker and inconspicuous to the untrained eye. We had a Sunday thing called “meeting” where the “friends” sat in a room and waited to be “moved” by the “ inner light” sometimes called God.

In the room was a mobile, quite large, hanging from the high ceiling. The room was the assembly room of a Quaker school and was huge, square and drab. I was small, bored and looking at the large mobile in the huge room with the “meeting” of “friends” waiting to be “moved” by God. I decided to move the mobile with my incredible powers of concentration.

Proof is an arbitrary thing really. Like when my brothers would fight about something sooner or later one would shout; “Prove it”. Then the other would recite some “facts” of dubious origin and the now enriched fight would ignite once again. Proof depends completely on the rules of the game, so anyone can prove anything if they are making up the game.

The mobile hanging from the ceiling started to move in a clockwise direction. Slowly at first then accelerating oh so slightly as my face scrunched up with the effort of my concentration. Now slow it down, slower, slower. Now start it back the other way, that's it, now slow it down again. Man, this is tiring but at least now the “meeting” is over and it is time to play.

Sometimes in the morning I'd lie half awake or half asleep for a while because it felt so good. Occasionally I'd go flying, which is similar to moving mobiles in Quaker meeting. All you do is visualize the flying with a clear intense focus and intention. I loved it. At first I could barely get off the ground but over time I could get up above the trees and on rare occasions get into the clouds which was scary and a little cold. If I really worked at it (which I am not inclined to do at the moment) I could propel the transport-one-anywhere-at-the-speed-of-thought-thing anywhere in the Universe I wanted. Since it would be a lot of concentrated effort I instead decided to just make a little anti-gravity device. This is powered by the little energy gizmos that are everywhere and has a neat ion jet built right in.

Next: Part 6 - Forgetting to grow up