Multiple discovery (also known as Simultaneous invention)

What is multiple discovery/Simultaneous invention?

This can be defined as breakthroughs or discoveries made independently and almost simultaneously by different people who are not aware of each other's work.

Notable examples

• Independent formulation of Calculus by Isaac Newton and Gotfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

• Record player by Thomas Edison and Charles Cros

• Theory of special relativity and general relativity by Albert Einstein and Henri Poncaré.

• Telephone by Graham Bell and Elisha Gray.

• Discovery of oxygen by Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Joseph Priestley, Antoine Lavoisier.

• Chemical phosphate fertilizers by John Lawes and James Murray.

• Theory of evolution of species by Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin.

• Electric telegraph by Morse and Wheatstone

Recent example.

Ian Leslie (a British writer) wrote an article for The New Statesman titled: 'How mistakes can save lives: One man's mission to revolutionize the NHS', while Matthew Syed (an English journalist) wrote a book titled: 'Black Box Thinking: Marginal gains and the secrets of high performance'. Both authors wrote about turning failure into success (learning from errors) using the same analogy - medical sector and the airline industry - and referencing the same incidents as examples. Ian Leslie's article was published before Matthew Syed's book. This prompted allegations of plagiarism. Matthew Syed's saving grace, as mentioned on a BBC Sounds podcast titled: 'Originality Armageddon', were draft emails he sent to his wife, two months before Ian Leslie published his article. This email exonerated him because it contained contended references and incidents.

Cause (mechanism behind this process)

An often used expression is: 'To materialize an idea'. To materialize means to make the invisible, visible. This expression acknowledges the existence of a sphere not visible to the naked eyes but called upon to attain actualization. Although the expression is used without forethought in most circumstances, it helps drives a picture that I hope to project in this article. How does this process of multiple discovery/simultaneous invention work?

We are surrounded by a neutral Power. This Power is invisible to the physical eye but visible in Its outworking (i.e. in the various forms in which It is manifested to the physical eye). This Power sustains our existence. We cannot take any action without using this Power. Everything that exists uses this Power. This Power is known as Divine Power and it can also be referred to as The Living Creative Power. We are all equipped with a gift called free-will. This gift gives us the ability to make decisions. Every decision is preceded by a thought. Immediately we entertain a thought, we have employed our free-will and The Living Creative Power. This combination triggers a form, hence all our thoughts take form outside the brain. It is true that the activity of the brain generates our thoughts but our thoughts are formed outside the brain at a location called Fine Gross Matter. Directly below this location (i.e. fine gross matter) is another location called Medium Gross Matter. This location (i.e. medium gross matter) is where our words take form through sound-waves. Directly below this location (medium gross matter) is another location called Coarse or Dense Gross Matter. This location (coarse/dense gross matter) is where all visible actions take form (i.e. visible to the physical eye - our visible environment). All three locations are collectively called the Gross Material World.

Depending on the potency of this generated thought, it can attract similar forms or it can be attracted by similar forms. These forms are called 'thought-forms'. The congregation of these forms are brought about by a natural law known as The Law of Homogeneity (like attracts like). Similar thought-forms in this sphere of homogeneity, joins and strengthens your original thought, refines it, modifies it until your original thought attains maturity at this level (fine gross matter). With this attained maturity, this thought now has the strength to effect changes in the location directly below (medium gross matter) by combining with similar forms which were formed via spoken words (sound-waves), A replication of the process described above (i.e. in the sphere of fine gross matter), is repeated here also (medium gross matter) through union, refinement and modification of forms. Upon attaining maturity at this level (medium gross matter), the transformed thought seeks an opportunity to manifest at the level directly below (coarse/dense gross matter). This maturity is the manifestation or materialization of that initial thought in a tangible (physical) form. These processes highlight another natural law which is the Law of Reciprocity (only in giving can anyone receive).

To summarize the above: First of all, you put your thought into Creation (you sow a seed) using Divine power (bear in mind that by using this Living Creative Power, responsibility automatically sets in). Secondly, this thought, whatever the nature is, gets modified using Divine Power. This modification process can be likened to a physical soil that a seed has been planted into. Picture this to yourself, the same way a soil is watered and cared for to aid germination, is the same way your initial thought gets modified at this sphere. It develops deep roots which reaches deep into the soil (thought-forms) for nourishment before sprouting. The longer this plant (your thought) is provided with nutrients (similar thoughts) from this soil, the stronger and more matured it will become before producing fruits. Finally, your thought (seed) is ripe for harvesting of the fruits. Bear in mind that the word used here is fruits (plural). As soon as an opportunity is presented in the physical world, these fruits - which started as a thought - are harvested. The nature of these fruits can either uplift or pull down. Herein lies another natural law which is the Law of Gravity.

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. (Galatians 6 : 7)

There are all sorts of thought-forms floating around which are in reality a variety of ideas. These ideas can influence or can be influenced by anyone open to them. It is like a frequency that one gets tuned into or tuned out of. If more than one persons are tuned into these ideas via these frequencies, they simultaneously unite, nourish, reinforce, modify and accelerate the maturity of these ideas even though they are based at different locations. The example noted above between Ian Leslie and Matthew Syed came about because they both interviewed the same person regarding the misfortune that had befallen him but the way the interviewee choose to address the incident made an impression on both of them albeit at different times and locations; and neither of them was aware of these separate interviews. They simultaneously fostered this impression - which began as a thought - to maturity. This explains the mystery behind multiple discovery/simultaneous inventions from different people at different locations

The same process described above viewed from a different light, paints a different picture. Assuming the thought generated is of a negative nature such as hatred, and it was generated by many people at different locations; these thoughts are reinforced through the Law of Homogeneity and attains maturity through the Law of Reciprocity. The fruits of this thoughts can have catastrophic effects, happening simultaneously, at different locations of the world. When these matured thoughts start manifesting at different locations, those who have fueled it are not aware that they have contributed to it through the nature of the thoughts they harboured or are currently harbouring. Due to the intricacies surrounding the formation and materialization of thoughts, the author of The Grail Message constantly reminds us to:

"Keep the hearth of your thought pure, by so doing you will bring peace and be happy!". In The Light of Truth: The Grail Message by Abdrushin

A different point of view.

A different school of thought is of the opinion that our thoughts are formed within the brain. This is contrary to the assertion made above that our thoughts are formed outside the brain. The following examples are proofs that our thoughts are formed outside our brains and they can be accessed by us and entities other than ourselves who have the ability to access this location.

• Mediums: These are people who are highly receptive to certain channels of communication and sometimes act as intermediaries during this process. They are able to access information about people who have either laid aside their physical body or still in possession of their physical body. The story of a medium by name Edgar Cayce was documented in the book titled: There Is a River by Thomas Sugrue. One of the intriguing aspect of this documentation is that the medium (Edgar Cayce) does not believe in reincarnation but when he is in this trance, he talks about reincarnation.

• Telepathy: This is the ability to communicate thoughts, images or emotions between two or more living entities without using the traditional channels of communication. There are well documented experiments regarding telepathy carried out by Dr. Rupert Sheldrake in two of his books: The Sense of Being Stared At: And Other Unexplained Powers of the Human Mind and Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home And Other Unexplained Powers of Animals. One of the books documented the story of a dog (Jaytee) who knows when his owner is coming home and the other book documented the story of a parrot (N'kisi) who could read his owner's mind. These books point to the fact that our thoughts can be accessed outside our brains and these animals proved that in these experiments.

• Reincarnation: This refers to a situation where someone who had previously lived on earth in a different body, returns back to earth in a different body and can recall their past life. There are multiple evidences that support reincarnation. One of such documented evidences was done by Ian Stevenson in his books: Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation, Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect, and European Cases of the Reincarnation type. Another compelling read regarding reincarnation is titled: I Have Lived Before by Sture Lönnerstrand (Translated by Leslie Kippen).

• Near Death Experiences (NDE): These are personal experiences associated with impending death or death. A well documented series of testimonies regarding this subject can be found in this book: Life After Life by Raymond A. Moody.

• Premonition: This is a situation where someone is aware of an event that is yet to take place and announces it before hand. Premonition is possible because our thoughts take form in the sphere of fine gross matter which is outside the brain and because that thought-form is yet to materialize but has taken shape, people who are receptive to this sphere are able to see an impending event before it materializes. They could use this awareness to warn others or make changes.

If our thoughts are formed within our brain then none of the examples cited above would be possible.

This article is based on the knowledge of the work 'In The Light of Truth: The Grail Message by Abdrushin'