Category: recovery

Last Problem:

Place a coin in the bottom of a bucket so that when you peer over the rim of the bucket the coin is just out of sight. Without moving the bucket or your vantage point, slowly begin to fill the bucket with water. What do you see happening to the coin?

Answer:

As the container fills with water, the coin will slowly come into view.

Light travels at different speeds through different substances. It travels more slowly through water or glass than it does through air. When light passes across the border between two different “speed zones,” it changes direction. This change in direction is called refraction. It makes light rays look like they “bend” at the point where two substances meet.

When the light from the coin reaches the surface of the water it is bent back toward your eyes. Since your brain does not sense what is happening, you perceive the light as coming from a place that is higher and farther back than the coin actually is.

What lens do we use to assess our own situation in the moment? Is refraction working in our favor in the moment, or are we being refracted from the truth of who we really are?

Today’s Problem:

Will a magnifying glass enlarge the image of a knife on the bottom of a pool if the magnifying lens is placed underwater?

Last Problem:

What happens when you barely touch the edge of a stream of water with a spoon? Why does this happen?

Answer:

The stream of water will follow the curve of the spoon. This is otherwise known as the Coanda effect.

A minuscule electrostatic force is generated when two molecules come close together, a force of energy that draws the molecules together. This attraction is the reason why poured liquids often dribble down the side of a glass rather than exit cleanly over the side of the glass.

When we join together as a force of people on the road to recovery, we are connecting with one another and creating a positive healing force that is more powerful than when an individual isolates themselves. It is this collective force of energy that will transform the false belief template about Parkinson’s.

Today’s Problem:

Why does a stream of water become narrower as it travels downward from a faucet? What in the world does this have to do with recovery from symptoms of Parkinson’s?