Ananas and Anionites 115"Exactly. To think is to create. By triggering certain
electrical charges, your brain starts thinking. By think
ing, you create forms and shapes, igniting a number of
ananas. These move in the air, all with charges of equal
chemistry. When they mingle with anionites, your
thought is materialized, because ananas and anionites
organize matter."
"Is that how you always know what I'm thinking?"
"There's more to it than that. Watch this, here on this
rock."
The rock was about the size of an average coffee table.
Since we were sitting down, it was like a table to us.
"Now, I want you to concentrate," Rama said. "Let's
make believe I have a can of aerosol spray in my hand.
The label on the can reads: Thoughts Materializer. Now,
make a mental image of something. Don't tell me what it
is. Don't close your eyes."
I imagined a brown felt toy bear with round ears up,
glass-buttoned eyes, embroidered nose and mouth with
a piece of red fabric giving the impression it was sticking
out its tongue.
Rama went through the sounds and motions of
spraying the rock with her make believe can. Then right
before my eyes, the teddy bear that was only a thought
in my mind took shape. It had become real. Incredibly, I
saw it materialize on the rock. I felt the hair raise on the
back of my neck as a thrill of panic rushed through my
whole body. This was no joke, or entertaining magic
trick. I was so frightened that to my ignorant mind, I
thought this was the work of the devil.
I sat there, staring, dumbfounded, unable to believe
what I was seeing. Rama broke the spell with an
outburst of laughter. She picked up the bear and hit me
on the head with it, then tossed it into the river.
"Well, big man," she said, "so you've been through a
lot, huh? You're such a tough guy that nothing I do or
tell you can shock you? A little act of magic and you fall