The young man was wheeled into the seminar and introduced to the group. I explained that we had already removed his head X-rays and now we would attempt to get his tongue reflexes stimulated and working. Looking around the room at the fifty pairs of eyes focused upon us, I commented in all humbleness, "I will not feel ashamed if we don't succeed, but I will feel ashamed if we don't try."

Len was requested to stick out his tongue, but it could not respond to the wave messages and consequently his efforts resulted in complete failure. This was my first experience with paralysis of the tongue and it was explained to the group that receptors, responsible for stimulating the reflexes of the tongue, must first be located. I started testing Len in the nose area and discovered disturbed receptors with circulating patterns along the right side of the nose from the bridge to the mouth. This type of testing is carefully described in subsequent chapters.

Next, I demonstrated by testing my own receptors on the right side of the nose, in the specific area corresponding to that on Len. As I moved my tongue in and out, I picked up a wave motion from my receptors which showed a normal and very different pattern from Len's; the recording wire alternated back and forth in a definite channel directed to my Vivaxis. However, if I moved any part, other than the tongue, these receptors supplied no responsive action in the recording wire and it remained motionless; a confirmation that the receptors we had marked on Len were indeed responsible for wave messages to the tongue. Also, I tested receptors on the left side of my nose as I moved my tongue but again the wire remained motionless.

When we were sure the tongue receptors of the face were correctly identified we began our search for other parts of the tongue circuit. Receptors were found on the back of the head, slightly off centre and on the left side only, at levels corresponding to those on the right side of the nose. Terminal receptors were also located on the hands and feet; all of these had disturbed patterns. However, Len had many circuits with similar disturbed receptors and it was imperative to make certain that we located and marked those connected with the tongue circuit. In order to test them, we exerted a slight pressure on these receptors individually, while wave testing a disturbed tongue receptor located on the nose. If the pressed terminal receptor belonged to the tongue circuit, then the recording wire ceased its circulating motion. When the pressure was released then the circulating motion began again. In this way each of the disturbed receptors of the tongue circuit was carefully identified and marked.

The seminar group vacated the room before we channelled Len. We first had to sit him in a swivel chair. It was quite an ordeal to help him into the correct posture but we succeeded with the aid of his mother and several others. We next stimulated the many marked receptors and then Len's mother and I assisted him while he channelled. As soon as Len was finished, his mother wheeled him to another room where, during the important post-channelling period, he concentrated all his efforts on moving the tongue.

We proceeded with the seminar and soon Len's mother sent word that his tongue felt very different and was now tingling all over. An hour later Len was brought back into the convention room. This time, when Len was asked to stick his tongue out, the tongue came out. His control improved as he repeated the movement. His mother voiced her incredibility, "It is four years since he has been able to do that." That day at lunch he was able to drink through a straw for the first time in four years, too.

A few days later we located and helped Len to reinstate the circuits to his paralysed left fingers and toes. Prior to this time, his left hand was rigidly clasped to his chest and was subjected to periodic spasms. We tried to get him to move his left fingers and toes, but the circuits and code receptors were disrupted and the messages were never received; neither the fingers nor the toes responded. On the head and at the terminal points of the hands and feet, we meticulously located and marked the many disrupted receptors which controlled the reflexes of the left fingers and toes. The individual receptors were simultaneously stimulated and then Len immediately channelled.

Two hours later we brought him back to the seminar group to demonstrate how wave messages were now being received. "Len, would you please move your left thumb?" The thumb moved! In fact, each finger of the left hand lifted in turn as he commanded; the code receptors were reinstated and the messages were now reaching their proper destination. The left toes also moved in response to his brain's command.

Next Len was asked to lift his left leg, which he was now able to do. He communicated to his mother with rapid movement of his right hand fingers: they both laughed. We laughed too, when his comment was relayed, "Where is the hydrant?"

Len had not been able to activate or control the left fingers or toes since the accident. But now he moves them at will, separately or together; ever since the day at the Island Hall, when he reinstated the necessary code receptors. However, the left elbow and hand are still quite rigid although they are improving slowly.

Len's story is not yet complete, Brian Cole, our instructor in that area, is doing an excellent job helping Len to reinstate other code receptors and leading him to higher plateaus.

When a person channels in a standing position the energies are grounded separately by each foot. If one of his heart receptors is tested at this time, the recording wire will move in a strong alternating motion which is a normal and salutary pattern. In contrast, the corresponding test of a person channelling while seated in a chair shows a vigorous but circulating pattern in the heart receptors, which is undesirable. Therefore, channelling in a wheel chair is only used when it is necessary to give a person an initial start. Len's father has built a turn table on which Len is now able to stand while he channels.

The reader is cautioned not to test another person while he is channelling as it is upsetting to both and contrary to every rule in the book. However, the foregoing tests were initially made to investigate the effects on a person channelling, while seated in a chair.

Len's balance is greatly improved and daily he works hard on his exercising bicycle. Reinstating wave messages is rapid and instant, but building new muscle is slow and only possible if the wave messages can stimulate the correct reflexes.

To reinstate the circuits, Len has used his own energies entirely and it would not be possible unless he was aligned correctly towards his own Vivaxis while he channelled. We have repeatedly observed the fact that nothing is accomplished when a person fails to channel in the right direction, even if the variance is limited to a few degrees. But if the procedure is repeated in the correct Vivaxis alignment, gains are instantly apparent.

An incident to illustrate this fact occurred one day when some work was being done on our house. The contractor arrived one morning complaining of a severe toothache. The nerve was exposed and he had been unable to sleep all night. The pain-stricken man had an appointment with a dentist for the next day but the pain was increasing and he felt that working under these conditions was impossible. For several years he had been a strong advocate of the powers of channelling, so he marked what he thought was his channel with a long carpenter's rule. He stimulated two disturbed receptors associated with the aching tooth and then channelled. The toothache persisted in its severity even though the man believed he had channelled in the correct direction.

I suggested checking the direction while he stood over the marking rule with his head level. Wave tests showed immediately that his body fluids were not aligned. He turned only a few degrees into another position and wave tests then indicated a sudden strong alignment of his body fluids. He moved his marker into the correct position and specifically channelled again. This time the toothache quickly vanished for a period of about three hours. He had to rechannel several times at about three-hour intervals and was thus able to work efficiently, completing his regular day without being hampered by the ailing tooth. The moral of the story is that your own energies have to be correctly harnessed and the mental illusion that you have aligned in the correct direction is completely ineffectual.

How are the wave patterns of a receptor recorded in the angle wire? Through a method we term "wave transmitting" which is detailed in the following chapter.