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Content THE HUMAN PERFORMANCE INTENTION EXPERIMENT

The Human Performance Intention Experiment
A Quantum Field Framework
by
Toper Taylor
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC PRICE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF POLICY, PLANNING, AND DEVELOPMENT
August 2024
© 2024 Toper Taylor

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Acknowledgments
This dissertation is dedicated to my wife, Jennifer, who supported me
unconditionally throughout this four-year program. I am grateful for Peter Robertson, who
introduced me to quantum physics and its applicability to policy, planning, and
development. Thank you to Varun Soni, Dean of Religious Life at USC, and Jeffrey Gold,
director of USC’s Institute for Integrative Health and Wellness, both of whom were
outstanding dissertation committee members and leaders of mindfulness and dynamic healing
practices in their respective fields. I am grateful to Mike Bohn, former athletic director, Jen
Cohen, the current athletic director, Lea Maurer and Hongping Li, the swim and diving team
coaches, respectively, who were supportive and collaborative in establishing my experiment
with their athletes. A deep bow of admiration goes to Austyn Wells, who intended daily with a
competitive, loving spirit. Another deep bow to William Tiller, who was a pioneer in the
study of energetic sciences, and the Tiller Foundation, which carries on his research
postmortem with a talented team led by Bill Roberts and Dr. Cindy Reed. Aaron Griffith is a
gift in organizing data and establishing formulas for data analytics. To Lynne McTaggart and
my Power of 8 group where I experienced and witnessed the impact of intention through
community in our daily lives over the course of a year. I am grateful for the long debates with
Peter Graves over the origins and future of our universe and universal consciousness. Thank
you to Sivavikraman Palani, a globally renown energetic healer, who confronted my
perceived skepticism of our energetic entanglement, “There is nothing to believe. It’s just
energy. We are shifting energy that exists within and around us and is ever-present and
abundant throughout the universe. The Great Karmic Board awaits your intentions” (personal
communication, May 1, 2023).

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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements....................................................................................................................ii
List of Tables..............................................................................................................................v
List of Figures...........................................................................................................................vi
Preface......................................................................................................................................vii
Abstract......................................................................................................................................x
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION........................................................................................1
Context and Background…………………………………………………………….. 3
Summary ……………………………………………………………………………12
Purpose and Research Question……………………………………………………..12
Key Definitions …………………………………………………………………...12
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW ..........................................................................14
Quantum Foundations ……………………………………………………………………………………………………14
Universal Consciousness, Psychology, and Biophysics ……………………………17
Impact of Intention ………………………………………………………………….20
Effect on Human Systems …………………………………………………………..23
Cause-and-Effect Implications ……………………………………………………...25
The Value of Need is Significant …………………………………………………...30
The Experience of the Influencer is Relevant ………………………………………30
Altruism is Present ………………………………………………………………….30
Measuring the Impact of Intention is Complex …………………………………….31
Summary…………………………………………………………………………….32
CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY ................................................................................33
Research Question ………………………………………………………………….33
Methods …………………………………………………………………………….33
Data Collection ……………………………………………………………………..36
Validity and Reliability ……………………………………………………………..40
Ethics ………………………………………………………………………………..41

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CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS ................................................................................................43
Swimmer Improvement …………………………………………………………….43
First and Last Time Improvement …………………………………………………..43
T-Test ……………………………………………………………………………….45
Summary ……………………………………………………………………………48
CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS .........................................50
Discussion of Results ……………………………………………………………….50
Recommendations for Practice ……………………………………………………..57
Limitation and Delimitations ……………………………………………………….60
Recommendations for Future Research …………………………………………….61
Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………….62
References................................................................................................................................64
APPENDICES .........................................................................................................................69
Appendix A: Tiller – Swim Team Intention.............................................................................69
Appendix B: Wells – Swim Team Intention ............................................................................71
Appendix C: Consent Form .....................................................................................................73
Appendix D: Confidentiality Agreement.................................................................................79

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List of Tables
Table 1: Analysis I Method and Result.....................................................................................24
Table 2: Analysis II Method and Energy Emitter/Conduit.......................................................25
Table 3: Literature Reviewed for the Human Performance Intention Experiment..................28
Table 4: Performance Improvement by Swim Style Year over Year…………………………43
Table 5: Performance Improvement for Earliest Recorded Swim Style to the Last Recorded
Same Style ...............................................................................................................................44
Table 6: Fastest Performance per Swim Style in Each of Two Years ......................................44
Table 7: T-Test Average Swim Time All Styles, All Swimmers Year over Year against a P of
.05.............................................................................................................................................45
Table 8: T-Test Average Swim Time All Styles by Group Year over Year against P of .05.....46
Table 9: T-Test Fastest Time for Each Style by Group against a P of .05 ...............................47
Table 10: Average Ratio of 2022-23 and 2023-24 Times by Gender……………………….. 47
Table 11: Control Group – Ratio of Average Times………………………………………...48
Table 12: Control Group – Ratio of Fastest Times………………………………………….48

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List of Figures
Figure 1: Robot Behavior with Control Group ..........................................................................8
Figure 2: Robot Behavior with Chicks Present..........................................................................9
Figure 3: Experiment Number 35 Robot Response to Chicks .................................................10
Figure 4: Swimmer T2M’s Performance 100 Yard Freestyle over Three Years ......................53
Figure 5: Swimmer W1W’s Performance 100 Yard Freestyle over Eight Years .....................54
Figure 6: W1W’s Performance 50 Yard Freestyle over Eight Years .......................................55
Figure 7: TW1M Performance 100 Yard Breaststroke over Six Years ....................................56

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Preface
I am a successful entrepreneur who has led local startups with less than 20 employees
and global organizations with more than 2,000 employees over the past 25 years. I have
raised over $1 billion in equity and debt from private and public markets. These companies
enjoyed one significant commonality. They required creativity, innovation, and human
performance to thrive. I experienced the profound impact of technology, accelerated sharing
of knowledge, and our humanity’s expanded interconnectivity resulting from the dynamics of
the information age. Innovation and human performance are the driving forces behind our
growth, relevance, contribution, and sustainability. Innovation and human performance
transform our society and advance humankind. Innovation and human transformation occur
alongside emergent, ever-developing stages of our consciousness.
The origin of consciousness is debated. The traditional perspective is that
consciousness is a phenomenon that occurs within our bodies and is unique to ourselves.
Recently, scientists have been exploring the possibility of an ever-present, universal
consciousness that binds and influences all matter to which we connect, download, and
upload energy and data. Scientifically, the concept of humans tapping into a shared
consciousness emanated from quantum physics, whose fathers were Niels Bohr and Max
Planck, each of whom won a Nobel Prize in Physics. Quantum physics studies the
interconnectivity of matter and energy at an atomic and subatomic level, where particles can
be in two states simultaneously and where one object can instantaneously influence the other
without respect to time and distance.
Management and organizational design transform alongside human evolution. Our
pre-historic selves focused on fundamental needs, then cognitive needs, and now our
modern selves seek self-actualization and transcendence (Maslow, 1943). Human

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consciousness evolved from an archaic, instinctual state of survival to power gods where the
strong succeed and the weak serve, to a scientific, pragmatic, truth-seeking state, and
ultimately to the sensitive being who believes in community and the relationship between all
human beings where there is a common purpose (Wilber, 2017). Laloux (2014, pp. 37-40)
stated, “Throughout history, the types of organizations we have invented were tied to the
prevailing worldview and consciousness” from early humanity’s family kinships to more
modern accountable meritocracies to the latest evolution of organizations where
empowerment and decentralization thrive within a networked organization that expresses an
inspirational purpose and exemplifies a values-driven culture. Is it possible that our human
brain is a quantum brain that is connected to the quantum field and is, therefore, a unique
but networked energy-driven engine in a universal consciousness where every thought we
transmit influences both our own biochemical-energetic lives and the lives of others without
regard to time and distance?
This study explores methodologies rooted in quantum physics, especially our
interconnectivity and the ability of one being to influence another regardless of time and
space. Specifically, we will explore if intentional energy emitted from one human being
affects another human to break through a metaphoric roadblock and innovate or improve their
performance. If conscious intention impacts human performance, humanity can use the power
of our interconnectivity to pioneer discoveries that may improve the human condition.
Consciousness may accelerate innovation or bring human performance to new heights and
efficiencies. As we will read later, researchers have studied and proven the healing power of
intentional energy emitted from one human being to another. However, intention has yet to be
accepted by healthcare payors as a reimbursable method to improve outcomes and lower
healthcare costs. At a time when healthcare and all institutions are being criticized for not

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being inclusive, the universe, notably, does not discriminate and is not impacted by race, age,
time, and place, making conscious intention universal in its appeal and practice.
The acceptance and use of consciousness and human intention is nascent, cutting-edge
research. The New Age movement was once the discourse of hippies, and drug
experimentalists have moved to mainstream culture as people explore ways to be their best
selves and pursue personal enlightenment outside of traditional religious frameworks. At the
same time, organizations transform from objects of lifelessness to fields of interconnected
energy brimming with life and potential. Will the broad awareness and acceptance of
quantum mechanics enable a new generation to be energetically connected and act in the best
interest of humanity? Will they pursue and apply consciousness to their governance,
leadership, and physical potential? Let’s dive in.
“It is not matter that creates an illusion of consciousness, but consciousness that creates an
illusion of matter” (Haisch, 2009, pp. 56-58).

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Abstract
The Human Performance Intention Experiment uses a quantum field framework, namely our
energetic and particulate interconnectivity and entanglement, to establish a remote energetic
connectivity from two emitting sources to 22 participating NCAA Division 1 athletes to
improve their athletic performance in timed swim meets. The basic framework for this study
was used in numerous previous third-party intention experiments for healing. Energetic
positive intentions were sent from both an experienced shaman in remote energetic healing,
on the one hand, and an electronic intention broadcast device, on the other hand. The subjects
were world-class amateur swimmers at the University of Southern California. Performance
data, specifically times recorded for each style by all swimmers during competitions, was
compared year over year (the 2022-23 season and the 2023-24 season) and throughout the
2023-24 season. The results were statistically significant (.022). There is enough
improvement in performance and outcomes from athletes receiving intention from the
electronic intention device and shaman that further research is warranted.
Keywords: quantum field, entanglement, intention, human performance
“Witches call it spells. Christians call it prayer. Spiritualists call it manifestation. Atheists
call it the placebo effect. Scientists call it quantum physics. Everyone’s arguing over its
name. Nobody is denying its existence” (Dunn, 2023).

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CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
What is intention, and can harnessing intention be impactful? Various uses of intention
are extremely popular in today’s culture. “The Secret” is a book by Rhonda Byrne that sold
over 35 million copies (Associated Press, 2020) and told the world with great certainty that
intention is about the manifestation of dreams – I want, I share, I get. “Your thoughts are the
primary cause of everything. So, when you think a sustained thought, it is immediately sent
out into the Universe” (Byrne, 2006, p. 32). Bob Proctor, a motivational speaker, agrees, “We
should build images in our mind about what we want to achieve and set out to do it. Edison
and Marconi did that. Tesla did that. The law of attraction is always there, always working”
(Proctor, YouTube). In his best-selling book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,
Steven Covey proselytizes that we should “begin with the end in mind” and that “all things
are created twice,” first in the mind and then in the world (Covey, 1989, p. 111). Best-selling
author and mindfulness speaker Deepak Chopra believes intention is “a seed in
consciousness. If you pay attention to it, it has within it the means for its own fulfillment.
Intention has infinite organizing power, orchestrating countless details simultaneously”
(Chopra, 2003, p. 86) Each of these New Age gurus quoted above asserts with absolute
conviction and belief that intention can be harnessed and is profoundly impactful.
The concept of intention as the manifestation of thoughts into reality is not new to
humanity. Intention through prayer and belief appeared in the Bible. “And all things,
whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive” (Matthew, 21:22). “Ask and it
shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you”
(Matthew, 7:7). Prayer and intention are related, but not the same. Prayer is a supplication to
a belief in a higher power. Intention is a secular, quantum science-based request over the
quantum field.

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The idea that intention originates in the mind and soul also has origins in the Greek
philosophy of sport. “Most ancient Greeks conceived of the human being as a combination of
soma (body) and psyche (soul), a word commonly translated as “soul” but also encompassing
our modern ideas of life, mind, spirit, and emotion” (Reid, 2022, p. 3-14). Psyche was
considered the source of human thought and intention while also being the source of physical
movement and athleticism. “Intentional movement of the body originates in the psyche and
gymnastike, the kind of training and exercise associated with the gymnasium” (Reid, 2022, p.
3-14). The combination of psyche mental training and fitness training was considered
essential to the whole person. The enlightened athlete uses sport to win contests and make
themselves whole and wise. The wrestling school was a place where people could wrestle
physically and intellectually, which begets a “cooperative contest in which one opponent’s
challenge improves the other opponents’ strength” (Reid, 2022, p. 3-14.).
Both the athlete of antiquity and the modern athlete of the 21st Century live a life
filled with intention. The accomplished amateur and professional athlete is focused and
disciplined, exemplifying the ability to concentrate, be aware, and live in the moment. Every
day, they practice running faster, swimming longer underwater, jumping higher, diving
perfectly, concentrating longer, and breathing more deeply. They know their previous
performance record and practice every day to beat that previous record – even if by one-tenth
of a second. Their intentions are specific, and their purpose is clear: Win. Hit the bullseye.
“Like an arrow flying toward a target, intention is clear, specific, and has the power of
commitment behind it. This one-pointed commitment activates not only the healing forces
within the body but also benevolent forces from outside” (Bloch, 2013). Tarver (2021) shares
the following perspective:

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Intentions represent who you want to be, what impact you wish to create, and your
commitment to carrying out an action. The power of intention lies within your
willingness to become intentional. Setting intentions enhances your emotional
energy and mindset, which then has a positive impact on your physical energy.
This introduction describes philosophies behind intention. Around the turn of the 20th
Century, science and engineering stepped into the intention discussion with the advent of
Quantum Physics and its unique attributable phenomena, such as entanglement and duality.
Physicists discovered that the universe is comprised of energetic and particulate
interconnectivity in the Quantum Field (Radin, 2006).
Context and Background
This intention and manifestation experiment lives at the intersection of philosophy,
science, and sport. This study explores the possibility of one person being positively
influenced by intentions sent remotely on a consistent basis over time. Specifically, we will
explore if positive, intentional energy emitted from one human being or broadcast device
influences another human to break through former peak measurements of human
performance by world-class student-athletes at the University of Southern California. Manek
(2019) states the following:
Miracles don’t necessarily defy the laws of nature. They’re a bit less grandiose than
that – instead, a miracle is a phenomenon that was previously considered
unimaginable. Witnesses to that miracle are called upon to reframe their assumptions
and resolve contradictions. In short, they must start to think about their world in a
new light.
Quantum physics introduces the concept of the quantum field, an omnipresent
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called entanglement. Entanglement is a phenomenon that occurs within a quantum field
(Schrodinger, 1935). Entanglement is evidence of our interconnectedness. What happens at
one point instantaneously influences a happening at a second point without regard to the
space between points (Radin, 1997). In quantum theory, “things had no meaning in isolation,
they had meaning only in a web of dynamic interrelationships” (McTaggart, 2007, p.12-17).
Meaning, therefore, is established by our interconnectivity. Space and time are simply
constructs that create an illusion we are all separate entities. Quantum physics suggests we
are one entity that is connected without regard to space and time.
During my research for this dissertation, three physicists who study quantum
mechanics — John Clauser, Alain Aspect, and Anton Zeilinger — were awarded the 2022
Nobel Prize in Physics for their research in entanglement. As reported by the New York
Times (Kwai, 2022), physicist Daniel Kabat explained the reason behind the Nobel Prizes'
award.
We’re used to thinking that information about an object – say that a glass is half full –
is somehow contained within the object [but entanglement suggests] objects only
exist in relation to the other objects, and moreover, these relationships are encoded in
a wave function that stands outside the tangible physical universe.
This concept of reality only existing in relationship, suggests that we are both
observers and creators of our experiences. The double slit experiment, where a light beam
(later electrons, atoms and molecules) passes through two narrow slits and the light waves
from the slits overlap and interfere with each other, was the first scientific experiment to
express this phenomenon: (1) the duality of an electron that exists both as a particle and a
wave of energy simultaneously; (2) when observed, the particle behaved differently as though
the electron was aware that it was being watched (Rabinowitz, 2003).

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Quantum theory is a description of our world and universe based in physics and
elegant mathematics (Radin, 2006). The phenomena that occur in a quantum world are eerily
similar to those occurrences known as psychic phenomena or “psi” which include telepathy
(mind to mind), precognition (foreknowledge of events), clairvoyance (information gained
through extrasensory perception), and psychokinesis (mind to matter) (Radin, 2006). The
original conceptualization of psi was created by British psychologist Robert Thouless to
explain an occurrence without a framework of origins or methods (Thouless, 1964). Psi is
the penultimate letter of the Greek alphabet and is pronounced “sigh.” The Greek word
psyche, according to Online Etymological Dictionary (www.etymonline.com) is the
invisible animating principle that occupies and directs the physical body, and may be
considered the soul, mind, or spirit. There are psi experiences in every culture and
throughout history. Quantum theory is relevant to understanding psi phenomena because our
individual consciousness is connected to the universe, the quantum field.
German physicist Bernard Haisch (2009) asserts the quantum field transmits
consciousness. Consciousness does not emanate from the individual but exists universally
and has quantum field-like properties (Haisch, 2009). Galen Strawson (2017) asserts that
consciousness is fundamental because every physical system has it, down to the level of
elementary particles. Strong consciousness creates a reaction in physical systems.
Consciousness influences the matter we observe. “As the mind moves, so moves matter”
(Radin, 1997, p. 242). “The consciousness of the observer brought the observed object into
being. Nothing in the universe existed as an actual ‘thing’ independently of our perception
of it. Every minute of every day we are creating our world” (McTaggart, 2002, p. 11). If the
universe was created by conscious observation, a joint effort between the observer and the
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Emitted energetic intentions from a human being is impactful. Grad (1979) of McGill
University researched the psychokinetic effect of intention on the chemical composition of
water. Specifically, Grad gave water to shamans and asked them to enable the water to
enhance the growth of seeds to productive plants. Grad (1979) used chemical spectroscopy to
analyze the ‘growth water’ he received from the healers. The intention sent by the shamans
significantly changed the bonding of oxygen and hydrogen in the water and the productivity
of seeds. Experiments, where human intention enhances seeds to be more productive are
reproduced consistently over time with significant results. In one study on lettuce seeds, the
enhanced seeds yielded a 10% larger total crop and enjoyed a significant reduction in slug
and fungal damage (Roney-Dougal & Solfvin, 2003). Energetic intentions are measurable. In
an experiment by Stanford University professor Tiller (2003), a shaman’s emitted energy
when attempting to manifest an intention was measured to be 100,000 times the normal level
of human energy emitted.
If energy is a networked, distributed, universal, ever-present field, then we as human
beings are nodes in this network with our own energetic field that contributes to the quantum
field. According to the first law of thermodynamics, energy is neither created or destroyed: it
can only change form. The total energy of the universe is constant (Atkins, 2013). Our bodies
are efficient thermodynamic machines, where energy is obtained from food and converted to
power cellular processes (Atkins, 2007) including our thoughts. A thought emanates from the
brain. The human brain has “100 billion nerve cells (neurons) interconnected by trillions of
connections, called synapses” (Dougherty, 2011). A thought is an electrical signal that is first
emitted like a wave through channels in our bodies called axons, which in turn causes an
electronic response in our neurons, and within milliseconds that thought is manifested into an
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Our energy-driven thoughts effect our biology. Thoughts are so powerful that our
bodies cannot tell if they are real or not. Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic proved that
thinking about exercise and visualizing muscle movement improved muscle strength in a
group of subjects (Quinn, 2020). In a Harvard Medical School study, placebo medical
interventions, specifically sham acupuncture applications, “powerfully shape patients’
experiences and outcomes” and often provide results as successful as “powerful IBS
pharmaceuticals” (Kaptchuk, 2020).
According to the second law of thermodynamics, entropy, energy spreads within a
system, like the human body, while also contributing to overall entropy increase in the
universe (Atkins, 2013). “A resting male can put out between 100 and 120 watts of energy, in
theory enough to power…your cellphone (about 1 watt) and your laptop (45 watts)” (Ozcanli,
2010). Why simply apply our biological energetic emissions to a thermodynamic device? If
our body energy can power a Seiko Thermic watch, can our electronic intentional thought
emission impact machines at a distance through entanglement through the quantum field?
In a fascinating and inspirational study by scientist Rene Peoc’h (1995), a group of
chicks psychokinetically influenced the direction of a robot. A robot was programmed to
move within a rectangular field, starting in the middle at point at the bottom of the field
represented by the number 0, then moving one-half the time to the right up to 500 units in
length, and one-half the time to the left up to -500 units in length, then up the field to 100
units in length and back down the field back to 0 (see Figure 1).

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Figure 1
Robot behavior with control group
Note: From Rene Peoc’h study “Psychokinetic Action of young Chicks on the Path of An
Illuminated Source” Journal of Scientific Exploration, 9(2), 223–229.
The robot moved as programmed repeatedly both horizontally and vertically
throughout the field, from the bottom mid-point of 0, covering the entirety of the specified
field as evidenced by the horizontal black lines that looks like an earthquake measurement on
a Richter scale. When 15 caged newborn chicks were placed on the right side of the field and a
candle was placed on top of the robot, the room darkened, the chicks cried when the light
moved away from them and stopped crying when the light returned. In 71% of the 80
experiments conducted, the robot spent more time near the chicks (see Figure 2).

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Figure 2
Robot behavior with chicks present
Note: From Rene Peoc’h study “Psychokinetic Action of young Chicks on the Path of An
Illuminated Source” Journal of Scientific Exploration, 9(2), 223–229.
In one experiment, the robot remained near the chicks throughout the experiment (see
Figure 3). The simple, clear, loud, repetitive cries from the baby chicks appear to have
significantly impacted the programmed movement of the robot in this instance. This specific
example of the impact of intention by a living organism (a baby chick) and a machine (the
robot) shifted this researcher from skeptic to insatiable curiositist and served as the inspiration
for The Human Performance Intention Experiment.

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Figure 3
Experiment number 35 robot response to chicks

Note: From Rene Peoc’h study “Psychokinetic Action of young Chicks on the Path of An
Illuminated Source” Journal of Scientific Exploration, 9(2), 223–229.
Peoc’h’s (1995) experiment powerfully shows the influence of mind on matter, or
psychokinesis, because the robot responded to the simple, clear intention transmitted by the
chicks: move the light closer. Or as Neils Bohr, a physicist and early contributor to quantum
theories, once said, “The question as to whether the machine really feels, or whether it merely
looks as though it did, is absolutely as meaningless as to ask whether light is in 'reality' waves or
particles. We must never forget that 'reality' is a human word, just like 'wave' or
'consciousness.' Our task is to learn to use these words correctly -- that is, unambiguously and
consistently" (Rosental, 1968, p. 234).

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If a simple living system like a baby chicken can influence a robot, can a more
complex living system such as a human being affect another live system, perhaps even another
human being? This question piqued my curiosity. Now that we understand that living
systems emit energy that can affect matter, I aggregated five published studies exemplifying the
psychokinetic and psychoenergetic effect of a human being’s specific intention on another living
system, specifically human beings. Are there more profound implications for the use of
psychokinesis in our daily lives? The use of intention to heal another human being is the main
theme of the case studies outlined in the Chapter Two literature review.
The integration of the quantum physics’ unique phenomena of entanglement and our
interconnected, collective consciousness are the core foundations of this research. Entanglement
occurs at the particulate level, in our collective consciousness and in our creation and broadcast
of an intention. This research stands on the shoulders of scientists predating this experiment and
aspires to limit the knowledge gap between our particulate and energetic entanglement among
humanity living in a connected universe, as measured by a physicist, on one hand, and our ability
to expressly use this quantum phenomena as a scientific explanation for the impact of positive
intentions on our interconnected selves.
In this experiment, energetic sciences will be used to influence the energy field of worldclass athletes, to improve their human performance. Human performance is the ability for an
individual or a team to perform at an optimal level within an environment (Kelly, 2024). There
are many influences that contribute to optimizing human performance including physical fitness,
mental fortitude, emotional consistency, nutritional supplementation, and energetic intention.
When these elements are managed successfully, breakthroughs of achievement are possible.

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Summary
The summary provides a brief review of the purpose of the Human Performance Intention
Experiment, research questions, and key definitions.
Purpose and Research Question
The purpose of the Human Performance Intention Experiment is to understand if
intention impacts human performance. The research problem explores the utilization of a
quantum field framework involving entanglement, and attempts to answer the question: can a
sender of energetic intention improve the performance outcomes of world-class amateur
swimmers at the University of Southern California?
Key Definitions
This section provides definitions of key terms associated with the research.
Quantum Field
A large, ever-present, pervasive, invisible energy field consisting of waves and
particles that constitutes the building blocks of our world and the universe (Schrodinger,
1935). Within the quantum field there are unique phenomena that occur such as entanglement.
Entanglement
When one particle in the quantum field is influenced, another particle is
simultaneously influenced without regard to time and distance they are entangled (Radin,
2006). In this study, a shaman and an electronic emitter attempt to remotely influence the
energy fields and thereby the microparticulate matter of competitive swimmers to improve
their performance.
Intention
A blast of thoughtful energy emitted from one source and sent to another to influence
the receiver’s energy field and bioenergetic composition. In this study, an intention is a
positive directed thought with a specific request or command of peak performance.

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Human Performance
A series of mental, physical, and energetic processes executed to accomplish an ideal
outcome (Kelly, 2024). In this study, human performance is measured by the time it takes for
a swimmer to start and complete a race.

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CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
Quantum Foundations
Before we dive into the literature review, let’s further understand the supportive
science behind quantum mechanics and our interconnectedness by starting with theoretical
physicist David Bohm, a protégé of Robert Oppenheimer at Berkeley and later Albert
Einstein at Princeton. Bohm studied quantum mechanics and wondered if entanglement is
showing that there is something going on at a deeper level of existence. He established a new
enfolded order of reality to our very being called the implicate order (a variation of physicist
Neil Bohr’s ‘observed system’) which is a holistic view of the universe where everything is
connected in an unbroken and undivided totality. Bohm calls this the Holomovement (Bohm,
1980). In the Holomovement, any individual element in the universe can reveal information
about every other element. Bohm suggests that explicate order (a variation of Neil Bohr’s ‘the
observer’) is the surface phenomena to the implicate order. Explicate order represents our
personal experience, perceptions, or viewership of the world around us (Bohm, 1980). A good
metaphor would be that human beings while walking their dogs and looking at trees on planet
earth are completely unaware the world is spinning at 1,000 miles per hour; we are living in
the explicate order while the earth is the implicate order. In explicate order, concepts of space,
time and separate particles exist; whereas in the implicate order space and time are not
important to determining relationships between and among elements (Bohm, 1980). Bohm
believed the universe is a magnificent hologram, where each part of physical reality contained
information about the whole (Bohm, 1980).
For Bohm, consciousness and reality are a coherent whole and that matter, which we
humans can see or hold in our hands, is a tiny quantized wavelike excitation extracted, or
sitting on top of, the quantum field, like a tiny wave on an immense ocean (Bohm, 1980).
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motion this way, “What is the relationship of thinking to reality. May not thought itself thus
be a part of reality as a whole? How are we to think coherently of a single, unbroken, flowing
actuality of existence as a whole, containing both thought (consciousness) and external reality
as we experience it?” (Bohm, 1980, p. xi).
Bohm later worked with Stanford neuroscientist, Karl Pribram, to create the
holonomic brain model, which establishes that the brain works in accordance with quantum
mechanics principles, including the nonlocal storage of information and the diffraction
patterns of electronic waves in association with consciousness. Pribram (1999) suggests that
human cognition is formed by memories that are encoded on oscillating electric waves and
that, like a hologram, any part of the hologram-like brain network contains the whole of the
stored information. Our brain’s quantum mechanical processes allow for our distributed, nonlocal memory storage, to be pulled up instantaneously through entangled axons and synapses
for fast association (Pribram, 1999). The quantum mechanical explanation of our
consciousness, including entangled axons and the non-locality of our memories, is why some
people who have lost a part of their physical brain have no memory loss. For Bohm, thought,
emotion, and matter are indistinguishable (Prideaux, 2021).
Bohm was fascinated by the phenomenon of entanglement (aren’t we all?); a
phenomenon in the quantum world which name was coined by physicist Erwin Schrodinger
in 1935 describing the coherence of two particles without regard to time and distance – where
information is instantly and freely shared (faster than the speed of light!) between the two
entangled particles. Schrodinger (1935) believed that entanglement is the defining trait of
quantum theory. Entanglement means you can instantaneously affect the properties of a
particle located in the opposite corner of the universe by prodding its entangled twin particle
in front of you. When asked how two particles become entangled, Ronald Hanson, a professor
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Technology answered, “Entanglement does not happen automatically. It requires interaction
between particles…we have to establish a link…once this entanglement has been
established…without any interaction, without any rope connecting the two particles, without
anything…entanglement will persist” (Brown, 2016).
Does entanglement sound like a spell that comes from a Harry Potter novel? Indeed.
But entanglement is real. So real, in fact, that entangled pairs of quantum particles are used
every day now with nanotechnologies, quantum computing, and quantum information
sciences (Strecka, 2023).
Recently, studies are showing that entanglement between and among particles exists
everywhere, all the time, and not just on a quantum or microscopic level – but at a
macroscopic level too (Brooks, 2004). Sayatani Ghosh, a physicist at the University of
Chicago, created an experiment that expressed quantum entanglement between holmium
atoms that affected the heat capacity and behavior of magnetic salt crystals (Brooks, 2004).
“It’s not just magnetic salts, this (entanglement) should be a more universal thing,” said
Vlatko Vedral and physicist from Imperial College of London who is an expert in
entanglement (Brooks, 2004, p. 32). Understanding the uses of entanglement as a tool to
profoundly impact our daily lives is an ongoing race being conducted in laboratories around
the world. “Are there some other forms of entanglement that we haven’t yet discovered? I
think there are,” said Benni Reznik a theoretical physicist from Tel Aviv University (Brooks,
2004, p. 32).
Can the laws of quantum physics apply to large complex objects, like human beings?
“What happens if humans are entangled? What happens if I’m entangled with a particle?”
asks Renato Renner, head of Zurich’s Institute for Theoretical Physics and the Quantum
Information Theory Group; Renner continues, “Whether the laws of quantum physics also
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One (viable scientific explanation) says everything is quantum, things are entangled, and we
are entangled with one another” (Brown, 2016).
Universal Consciousness, Psychology, and Biophysics
Now let’s explore universal consciousness, psychology, and biophysics and our
individual participation in this great quantum symphony. This section gets pretty heady, so
bear with me.
The concept of a universal consciousness is a core concept to many of the world’s
religions. In Indian Adviata Vendata literature, Brahma is a universal consciousness; in
Buddhist philosophy, Dharmakaya is the light of one consciousness; the Tao refers to the one
that transcends its human manifestations; in Jewish Kabbalah everything is revealed as one in
mystical meditation; and in Christianity there is heaven (Goswami, 1993).
Psychology, too, ponders universal consciousness. At the turn of the 20th Century
William James, the godfather of American psychology, asked a prescient question in one of
his final papers, “Is consciousness already there waiting to be uncovered and is it a veridical
revelation of reality?” (James, 1910, p. 92). Carl Jung (2014) described a collective
unconscious as an objective psyche that is inherited and not shaped by personal experience
and there is a knowing that all of humanity shares. Gestalt Theory proposes the whole of
anything is greater than its parts and that the attributes of the whole are not deducible from
analysis of the parts in isolation and the relationship between psychological and
psychophysiological processes are mediated by electromagnetic fields (Wagemans, 2014).
Kurt Lewin’s field theory establishes that human behavior is a function of their environment
and forces in the field, a holistic approach that helped understand group dynamics and
organizational change (Stivers, 1986).
Transpersonal psychology, which explores non-ordinary states of consciousness and
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relevance. Harald Walach (2013), a German clinical psychologist and PhD in the history of
science asserts,
We have claimed that it is fruitful to conceptualize mind and matter, consciousness
and brain, as two complementary descriptions of one entity, the human being. They
are complementary in that they cannot be reduced to one another. Both are needed for
a full description. We assume that there holds a general type of entanglement between
mental and physical states…entanglement would provide the ‘mechanism,’ albeit of a
non-local kind with no signaling happening, that co-ordinates the mental and physical
system. It then also becomes clear why mental states can be causal for physical states.
This, then, could foster the field of transpersonal psychology with a basis to stand on,
and a minimal consensus with the mainstream: Consciousness as complementary to
matter allows for epistemological access of consciousness to reality in its own right
(pp.79-80).
If mind and matter are complementary forces of creative evolution, then the affective
connections between the individual and the world or universe bind us in a shared destiny
making humankind’s interrelatedness and sustainability a concern for all of us (Hartelius,
2013).
Let’s apply the quantum field’s ever-present, unbroken whole theory to biology. “The
basis of the new biophysics must be the insight into the fundamental interconnectedness
within the organism as well as between organisms, and that of the organism with the
environment. The new biophysics therefore will be an integral, holistic biophysics” (Bischof,
2003, p. 3). Recent biophysics research is influenced by Pribram’s and Bohm’s holographic
theories which have been described earlier and Nobel Prize winner Sir John Eccles’ (1986)
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responsible for the coupling between consciousness process and neural events” and that
consciousness has an existence independent of the brain (pp. 411-428).
Is it possible that our potential to become, to manifest, awaits in the quantum field for
our consciousness to grab it and enable us to materialize our created self? The quantum field
is a non-observable vacuum of boundless energy and interfering wave functions. Unified and
coherent characteristics of the biofield correlate with quantum theory and spawned research
in relation to vacuum biophysics. Vacuum biophysics’ central task is to investigate the process
of manifestation, the arising of actuality from potentiality (Bischof, 2003). The German
theoretician, Marco Bischof, said this of vacuum biophysics, “The assumption of a prephysical dimension of potentiality is a prerequisite for the full understanding of life”
(Bischof, 2003, pp. 44-45). Stanford University professor and Physics Fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science, William Tiller, believes potentials
mediate between the vacuum and electromagnetic fields including the macroscopic quantum
states of solid matter (Tiller, 1993). Tiller proposes the “subtle energy fields” of the vacuum
domain belong to a higher dimension beyond space-time, organize the structure of spacetime, and generate the corresponding electromagnetic fields that create our observed reality
(Tiller, 1993). Hal Puthoff (2000), director of the Institute for Advanced Studies and is a
consultant on leading edge technologies to the Executive Branch of the United States
Congress, said,
[The quantum field] and its energy sea is a blank matrix upon which coherent patterns
can be written. [The goal of my life’s work in physics] would be an increased
understanding that all of us are immersed, both as living and physical beings, in an
overall interpenetrating and interdependent field in ecological balance with the
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metaphysical would dissolve into a unitary viewpoint of the universe as a fluid,
changing, energetic/information cosmological unity.
From physicists to psychologists to religiosity, universal consciousness, and our
interconnectedness is a ubiquitous idea and with historic, literary precedent in human cultures
from around the world. We’ve established scientifically that there is an ever-present quantum
field that connects everything in the universe with energy and matter, boasting phenomena
like entanglement and duality, implicate and explicate order. We’ve also established that
human beings are an active contributor to this grand, distributed, networked system, creating
their reality through the interrelationship of universal consciousness, mind, and body. The
question remains, can we humans tap into the quantum field and use unique phenomena like
entanglement and coherence while living our explicate lives?
Impact of Intention
Enter the shamans, New Age scientists, self-actualization specialists, and spiritualists.
They’ve evangelized human beings’ capacity to heal themselves and manifest the life they
craved for decades, if not centuries. With quantum mechanics they feel scientifically
vindicated and empowered. As it turns out, they may have been right all along. Today, the
power of intention and our ability to connect to the quantum field is a growing part of our
self-awareness, best-self culture. Joe Dispenza, a best-selling author and chiropractor has
made millions of dollars tutoring people how to use intention and the quantum field. Here’s
an excerpt from Dispenza’s book Becoming Supernatural:
“In fact, the energy that is created when the heart opens makes the heart become more
orderly and coherent, just like the brain, so it produces a measurable magnetic field.
It’s this action that connects us to the unified field… It makes sense, then, that the
new electromagnetic signal you broadcast (your intention) would attract those
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you as you become a vortex to your future. You have to become pure consciousness
and change your energy and then you will draw that future experience right to you”
(Dispenza, 2017).
There are dozens of best-selling self-help books on manifesting everything from love
to wealth to happiness. Those books include “The Secret” (law of attraction) by Rhonda
Byrne, “The Power of Now” (living in the present) by Eckhart Tolle, “The Millionaire
Mindset” (abundance mindset) by T. Harv Eker, and “The Soulmate Secret” (attracting love)
by Arielle Ford.
A more scientific, intellectual, less evangelical approach to our interconnectedness
and the power of intention comes from authors like Lynne McTaggart (“The Field”) who
studies master healers, conducts global scientific experiments, and teaches thousands of
people how to transform their health and relationships; Dean Radin (“Entangled Minds”) who
focuses on exploring the complex nature of parapsychology and is the chief scientist at the
Institute of Noetic Sciences; and Deepak Chopra (“Quantum Body”) who bridges science and
spirituality making him a prominent figure in the New Age movement and the advancement
of human potential.
Higher education too has embraced the study of intention, consciousness, and how
humanity may bridge the quantum world. The University of Arizona spawned The Center for
Consciousness, Princeton the Anomalies Research Lab, Stanford the Tiller Foundation, and
perhaps most relevantly there is the San Francisco Bay Area’s well-funded non-profit The
Institute of Noetic Sciences which was founded by astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell who said
when returning to earth, “I realized that the story of ourselves as told by science—our
cosmology, our religion—was incomplete and likely flawed. I recognized that the Newtonian
idea of separate, independent, discrete things in the universe wasn’t a fully accurate
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becoming… We are one” (Mitchell, 1973). Stanford’s William Tiller pioneered the field of
energetic sciences. Tiller developed an electronic remote broadcast intention device that was
used in numerous healing experiments which provided significant positive results (Tiller,
2012). One such experiment reduced anxiety and depression among patients from three
healing practices -- a chiropractor, an emotional healer, and a medical intuition class (Tiller,
2010). More about the impact of Tiller’s electronic intention device will be covered later
because we use it as part of The Human Performance Intention Experiment.
What is undeniable is the mass cultural interest in our interconnectedness, the
marriage of science, spiritualism, and philosophy, the hope that we will all one day see that
we are indeed one broken, undivided totality who will manifest a better future for all.
Before you manifest your way out of this dissertation and go practice mindfulness to
attract a better life for yourself, let’s discuss the literature used for this dissertation.
The literature review began with a search for any experimental report that examined
the effect of human intention on another human. The USC library website was used to search
all linked databases. “Intention” was used in hundreds of thousands of non-applicable
experiments and articles. Further additions of the adjectives “conscious” or “human” to
intention reduced the number of results but did not provide accurate results. The specific
search for “psychokinetic experiment” provided only 556 results. These studies ranged in
topic from the studies of the occult (ghosts, mediums, Ouija, anomalous events, etc.), to
precognition and the ability to affect the role of dice (mind influencing an object). The search
“psychokinetic healing experiment” resulted in 146 recommended articles. The accuracy of
potential application improved dramatically, as 18 peer-reviewed articles (about 12%) were
applicable because they focused on impact of an intention sent from one human being and
received by another to improve the recipient’s health. 13 results ranged from the impact of
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study of magic on human belief formation. Only five studies focused on the cause-and-effect
relationship of a specific intention emitted from one or more humans to influence another
human(s). These five studies represent a sampling of studies studying the impact of
psychokinetic intention to improve the well-being of another human. These studies, which
comprise this literature review, were from (1) R.N. Miller, (2) William Braud and Marilyn
Schlitz, (3) John Hagelin et al., (4) Fred Sicher and Elisabeth Targ, and (5) William Harris, et
al. The experiments in these studies occurred between 1979 and 1999. Authors Braud,
Schlitz, Sicher, Targ, and Harris are pioneers in their field and are referenced in numerous
newspaper and magazine articles on the subject of universal consciousness and the
psychokinetic impact of intention.
Effect on Human Systems
Each of the five studies set forth a specific intention, or effect, on another living
system, such as improving outcomes for patients who entered a coronary care unit (CCU) at a
hospital, lowering the severity of AIDS in patients, or improving systolic blood pressure. The
cause, or the action taken to emit the specific effect, ranged from prayer to focused intention
to meditation. The emitter of the specific intention varied in experience and number. Miller,
Braud, Hagelin, and Fischer used experienced conduits. Miller (1982), for example, used
professionals in prayer or healing, such as ministers or established healers. The number of
transmitters differed. Hagelin (1999) used 4,000 well-healed meditators to influence the
consciousness of a city. At the same time, Braud (1983) experimented with varying degrees of
impact among various combinations, including one trained and 20 untrained influencers.
The intention emitters (healers) never met the targets (patients). Many of the healers
lived far away from their targets. The receivers were primarily located in one geographic area,
such as a hospital, clinic, or community. The amount of time the influencer spent each day
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intention was agreed to in advance and consistent from session to session. The receivers did
not know if and when they were being targeted by focused intention.
Four out of five studies used control groups, where patients with the same severity of
illness were not the targets of psychokinetic activity. The statistical outcomes of the targeted
patients and the control groups were compared. Instead of a control group in Hagelin’s (1999)
experiment, twenty years of crime data were reviewed during that week in the community.
Data clearly showed consistent peaks in crime at that exact time of year; previous anomalies
in crime patterns were weather-related. During the experiment, the weather and increasing
amount of crime leading into the meditation program were consistent with previous years.
None of the experiments measured the energy emitted by the conduit – the priest, the shaman,
the meditator, etc. None of the experiments measured any biodynamic changes to the target
during transmission. Below you will find two summary analyses of the five experiments
described later in this chapter. The first analysis describes the method used by each emitter of
energy, either intention or prayer, in the various experiments, and the effect, outcome, or
result (Analysis I) achieved by that methodology. The second analysis describes the chosen
emitter of energy or conduit, either traditionally religious or new age healer, used to achieve
the outcome in each experiment (Analysis II).
Table 1
Analysis I Method and Result
Experiment Method Result
Miller, R.N. Prayer Improved systolic blood pressure
Braud, William Intention Changed swimming orientation of knife fish
Intention Increased the locomotion activity of a Gerbil
Intention Decreased the rate of hemolysis in red blood
cells in a human
Intention Increased the electrodermal activity in a
human
Intention Decreased electrodermal activity of a human

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Experiment Method Result
Hagelin, John Meditation Decreased crime in a city
Sicher, Fred Intention In human patients, lowered: AIDS illnesses,
illness severity hospitalizations and doctors
visits. Improved: moods
Harris, William Prayer Lower CCU course scores on hospitalized
humans
Table 2
Analysis II Method and Energy Emitter/Conduit
Experiment Delivery/Conduit
Miller, R.N. 4 Science of Mind practitioners
1 Presbyterian minister
1 Church of Christ minister
1 Director of Seventh Sense Institute
1 Well-known independent healer
Braud, William Intention 1 or 2 experimenters
1 psychic
10 volunteers in two groups of 10
Hagelin, John Meditation 4,000 Transcendental Meditators
Sicher, Fred Intention 40 experienced Distant Healing professionals
Harris, William Prayer 75 intercessors (15 teams of 5 people)
Cause-and-Effect Implications
The results of the five experiments showed a range of cause-and-effect implications.
For example, Hagelin wanted to show that by “increasing coherence and reducing stress in
the collective consciousness” of a community through focused, intentional meditation, the
crime rate in a major city would decrease (Hagelin, 1999, p. 153). He had moderate results
(3% decrease) with 1,000 meditators. But as he increased the number of conduits, the results
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showed the most significant results when increasing the number of trained meditators. In this
study, the target was a community versus an individual.
Miller (1982) intended to improve systolic and diastolic blood pressure, as well as the
heart rate and weight of patients. Only the systolic blood pressure showed significant
improvement, whereas the other measurements showed slight improvement over the control
group. Four of the eight healers were more effective and more consistent in achieving
intended results. Miller showed that prayer could lower patients’ systolic blood pressure but
not the diastolic blood pressure.
In one of the more celebrated studies of intention healing humans, Sicher et al. (1998)
were able to improve the health of advanced AIDS patients through remote healing. Ten
experienced healers were used to treat each patient. Significantly, nobody in the target group
died from advanced AIDS, which unfortunately was not the case for all patients in the control
group.
Harris et al. (1999) studied 990 patients admitted to a hospital’s coronary care unit
(CCU), 446 of whom were targeted with intention, the remaining 524 were the control group.
The targeted patients were unaware that they were targets of healing intentions from a prayer
group and the patients never met the individuals in the prayer groups. Prayer groups were
given the first name of the patients and were instructed to pray for their patients daily for four
consecutive weeks. To qualify as an emitter, all intercessors must have a track record of daily
prayer and weekly church attendance. All patient charts were reviewed by an unrelated thirdparty doctor from admission until release. The prayer groups overall CCU scores were 11%
better than the control group scores. More than two dozen conditions were measured
including congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation, pulmonary embolism, gastrointestinal
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Braud and Schlitz’s (1983) study was inspired by Braud’s 1979 studies. The early
experiments showed a consistent and robust psychokinetic (psi) effect among forty subjects
and twenty-two influencers. 75% of the experiments yielded positive outcomes. The results
were not profoundly affected by the influencer’s background, whether a professional psychic
or an untrained volunteer. However, the outcomes improved when the conduit was more
emotionally vested in the target’s result or well-being; the most negligible impact was
universally on the spatial swimming orientation of an electric knife fish, increasing when the
target was a fuzzy gerbil, and the greatest when the receiver was another human being. These
conclusions led Braud and Schlitz to conduct another experiment four years later. In their
later experiment, they wanted to increase the magnitude of the psi effect. They determined
first to use both human conduit and human target. To magnify results, both the emitter and
receiver expressed a sense of need. The receiver needed healing, and the emitter had a strong
desire to help the sick and needy. The result was the greatest observed in this and previous
experiments, a 10% improvement in electrodermal activity (EDA) which is the electrical
activity in the sweat glands – lower levels are attributed to relaxation and higher levels
indicates stress. Table 3 below reflects a summary of the literature reviewed.
All five experiments asserted a positive impact from the psychoenergetic power of
intention and were rooted in a theme of healing. The following reflects key findings from the
literature review.

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Table 3
Summary of Literature Reviewed for the Human Performance Intention Experiment
Publication Case Studies Methods Conclusion
Miller, R.N. “Study
on the
Effectiveness of
Remote Mental
Health.” The
Holmes Center for
Research in Holistic
Healing. 1982
Los Angeles.
Holmes Center
for Research in
Holistic
Healing, 1982.
Test effectiveness
of
remote healing
Eight professional healers
and 96 patients
Improvement judged by
changes in diastolic blood
pressure, systolic blood
pressure, heartbeat, and
weight.
Healers used: a relaxation
step; attunement with the
universe; visualization of
the patient in perfect
health; an expression of
gratitude to the source of
all power and energy.
Significant
improvement in
systolic blood
pressure of healer
treated group vs.
control. No
considerable change
in diastolic,
heartbeat, and
weight.
1983
Location not
specified.
Measure the
effect of psi or
psychokinetic
influences on
living systems
Two series of experiments.
The first was in 1979. 22
influencers. 130 sessions.
Influencers were (1)
scientist, (1) professional
healer or shaman, two
groups of
(10) ten volunteers, or
(22) influencers total. An
Influencer beyond the
sensory range of a freely
responding target
organism attempts to
influence the ongoing
activity of the organism
psychically. Equal
amounts of activity occur
during control and
influence epochs.
In 1979, a positive
psi effect occurred in
75% of the trials; the
results did not vary
by an influencer; the
psi effect was more
robust on targets that
have meaning to the
influencer (human
vs. fish).
There appears to be
a correlation
between the
effectiveness of psi
impact and the
“need” or desire to
be influenced by the
target and for the

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Publication Case Studies Methods Conclusion
Targets ranged from
gerbils, knife fish, red
blood cells, and humans.
The second experiment
took place in 1983.
Sixteen targets with high
sympathetic nervous
system activity (need to be
calmed) and sixteen
targets with low activity
(no need to be calmed).
Influencer to help or
heal the target.
A significant psi
calming effect
occurred in the needy
group.
Hagelin, John;
Maxwell,
Rainforth; et al.
“Effects of
Group Practice
of
Transcendental
Meditation Program
on preventing
violent crime in
Washington D.C.
1998
Washington, D.C.
June-July 1993
Measure the
effect of
transcendental
meditation on the
collective
consciousness
4000 Transcendental
Meditators; increasing
from 1,000 to 2,500 to
4,000 over eight weeks.
The goal was to reduce
violent crime by
increasing coherence and
reducing stress in the
collective consciousness
of the citizens of the
District of Columbia. The
organizer collected five
years of crime data taking
into consideration time of
year, weather, and other
less significant data
points.
There was a 23%
decrease in crime
when 4,000
meditators were
deployed by week 8;
a 10% decline when
2,500 meditators
were used by week
6; and approximately
3% when 1,000
meditators were used
in the first four
weeks
Sicher, Fred, and
Targ, Elisabeth, et al.
“A Randomized
Double-Blind Study
of the Effect of
Distant Healing in a
Population with
Advanced AIDS.
1998
San Francisco
1998 Forty patients with CDC
Category C-3 advanced
AIDS were randomly
selected for a ten-week
study either in the control
group or the target of
psychic healing from
distant healing by
selfidentified healers
working remotely around
the United States. 40
healers were used; 10
healers treated each patient
over the period.
Patients were followed for
six months.
The result was fewer
new AIDS-defining
illnesses, lower
illness severity;
fewer
hospitalizations and
doctors visits,
improved mood
states

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Publication Case Studies Methods Conclusion
Harris, William,
Gowda, Manohar, et
al. “A
Randomized,
Controlled Trial of
the Effects of
Remote,
Intercessory Prayer
on Outcomes in
Patients Admitted to
the Coronary Care
Unit. Arch
Internal Medicine
Journal 1999
1999 Mid
America Heart
Institute, Kansas
City, MO
To determine if
intercessory prayer heals
Randomized, controlled,
double-blind,
prospective, parallel
group trial. 990 patients
were admitted to the
coronary care unit (CCU)
Patients’ first name was
given to a team of outside
intercessors who prayed
for the patients daily for
four weeks.
Prayer was
associated with
lower CCU course
scores. Length of
stay was not affected.
Course scores were
defined by a
complete blind chart
review for each
patient from
admission to hospital
discharge.
The Value of Need is Significant
Braud and Schlitz (1983) took great care to measure the magnitude of need as that
value relates to the success of the specific intentions. Need and empathy may be why most of
the current experiments involve healing. On the one hand, a recipient is ill and longs to be
healthy. On the other hand, an emitter understands the target is a human in need and can
convey empathy and compassion through intention, even if the recipient may be on the other
side of the nation and is not known.
The Experience of the Influencer is Relevant
The professional energist, psychic healer, or shaman showed consistent, reliable,
positive results. Sicher’s (1998) distance healers had an average of 17 years of experience and
previous experience attempting to heal more than 106 patients.
Altruism is Present
In all five experiments, success was evident where altruism was present. None of
these experiments, by contrast, intended to hurt another individual. In a business application,
the ultimate innovation breakthrough should help humankind.

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Measuring the Impact of Intention is Complex
None of the case studies measured energy being emitted by the conduit. None of the
experiments measured the biometrics of the emitter or targeted receiver. Only Braud
measured the electrodermal activity of the recipient as a post-analysis of cause and effect. The
other four case studies measured results by the manifestation of the intention. Did crime go
down? Yes. Did the number of doctor visits decrease? Yes. Did the CCU scores improve?
Yes.
More research needs to be done on the physics of consciousness. Our
interconnectivity with each other and the universe is a hot topic. Physics Nobel Prize winner
Roger Penrose and his anesthesiologist partner Hameroff (2020) suggest that the neurons in
our brain create a network that produces consciousness which should obey the rules of
quantum mechanics.
An extrapolation to this claim could be that our consciousness connects to the
quantum field and obeys properties of entanglement, enabling two people to connect
consciously without regard to time and space. I like to use the metaphor of a computer
connecting to the cloud to download and upload information. As the metaphor goes, when we
are born, energy and particles that exist in the universe come together to form us. The
formation of us involves the downloading of information from the quantum field. We become
the computer and the quantum field is the cloud. As we grow, we continue to download and
upload information to the quantum field, contributing to the expansion of universal
knowledge and consciousness. Continuing with the metaphor, our
computers connect with third-party servers in the cloud, not just a server that may sit in our
basement – computers are networked around the world. Well, so are we. Our brains, our
personal selves are connected to the quantum field; our consciousness is networked with
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computer, a person we do not know and have never met, is facilitated through a highly
disseminated and distributed network called the internet. This message, which may be in the
form of an email, when landing in another person’s inbox, could have a significant impact on
that person based on its content. The same is true for an intention being sent from one person
to another in the network known as the quantum field. When one person sends a positive
intention to another person, that intention has an impact. That impact is the nature of the
studies in this chapter and in research for The Human Performance Intention Experiment.
Summary
The researcher conducted the literature review to inform the current research study
and to understand how previous quantum field frameworks were implemented successfully to
impact human health and behavior. The literature review provided this researcher a
framework to explore the impact of intention on human performance. The literature review
expressly detailed previous studies that deployed energetic intention established by
noteworthy researchers and institutions whose frameworks were accepted, published, reliable,
and reproducible. Can the methodologies and positive results established in these five
experiments apply to a study between and among athletes striving to increase their physical
performance to be the best in the world in their specialty? We shall see.

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CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY
The purpose of the quantitative research is to determine if positive intention emitted
by an experienced shaman on one hand and an electronic intention device on the other,
positively impacts human performance.
Research Question
Many people are either unaware or deny that intention impacts other human beings. If
people knew their intentions positively impacted the performance of another human being,
would they think differently? By harnessing our interconnected energy, can we optimize our
lives, communities, and pursuits, as well as make the world a better place for the
sustainability of humankind?
Methods and Participants
The methods used in the Human Performance Intention Experiment are consistent
with past case studies using intention to heal, several of which are referenced in the Literature
Review set forth above. The researcher recruited twenty-two (22) student athletes from the
University of Southern California (USC) men and women’s swim team who competed for
USC for two consecutive years at the university. Selected swimmers were randomly put in
three groups: the Tiller group received intention from the electronic broadcast device, the
Wells group received intention from the shaman, and the Tiller/Wells group received intention
from both the shaman and the electronic device. Those athletes not included were those who
did not perform on the USC squad two consecutive seasons which included freshmen or
transfer students. Divers were also excluded due to the added variable that a third-party judge
rates each dive and, therefore, is more subjective than a timed swim meet.
The swim and dive teams were targeted because these sports are non-defender sports
like track and field or golf, to limit the number of variables; non-defender sports do not have
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Intentions were sent from two sources. The study utilized both an intention imprinted
electronic device (IIED) under the auspices of The Tiller Organization which hosts a
broadcast antenna in Northern Arizona, on one hand, and a human energist or shaman based
in Palm Springs, California, to direct focused intentions over time to each of the target
athletes, on the other hand. Both intenders started emitting on September 1, 2023, and
continued through March 31, 2024. This timeframe represents a full college season in the
Pacific 12 Conference.
The shaman and any member of the Tiller Foundation never met the student athletes
in person; they both worked remotely. Both received the same personal information about
each athlete, under a fully executed non-disclosure agreement, which included each athlete’s
name, email address, phone number, and residential address. The personal information,
specifically cell phone number, email address, and residential address, was a requirement by
the Tiller Foundation because when broadcasting intentions from a tower in Northern Arizona
the signal must be received by an antenna, specifically a cell phone owned and operated by
the intended recipient. Whereas the cell phone functions as a receiver, the location of that
receiver is further enhanced by the residential address and the email address. Previous Tiller
experiments express the significance of conditioning a space for intentional energy to be
positively impactful; that ‘conditioned space’ is the home. Cell phones are ideal because the
device is largely either held on or near the intended target. Because the cell phone is largely
carried by the recipient in their pocket, backpack, or hands, the intention consistently
permeates the personal energy field of the target which helps the intention first nurture a
person’s energy field then impact the energetic biochemistry of that athlete.
Tiller’s IIED was loaded with a specific intention prepared by the Tiller Foundation
(see Appendix A). The device broadcasts the intention 24 hours per day, 7 days per week for
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from the shaman. The Tiller Foundation was paid a student rate of $4,500 to cover the cost of
the broadcast. Nobody in the organization was paid a salary or equivalent fee. The IIED is
owned and operated by the Tiller Foundation, a non-profit company dedicated to the study of
energetic sciences.
The shaman was selected for her reputation as a successful healer and expert in
mindfulness; she was also chosen because of her competitive nature. She has been practicing
for 35 years. When the shaman was told the other intender was an electronic device, the
shaman was specifically motivated to prove that human intention would outperform a
machine. The shaman meditated and sent intentions daily, whenever possible, but no less than
weekly, from a source of water (a swimming pool, bathtub, etc.). See Appendix B for the
shaman's specific intention and process. Each athlete’s name that was assigned to the shaman
(14 total, 8 just to the shaman, and 6 to a combination of the shaman and the electronic
device) was placed in a plastic ball and allowed to float on the source of water. The shaman
attuned with the universe, visualized the manifestation of increased human performance, and
affirmed the target achieving their goal, and expressed gratitude while submitting to the
universe. The shaman enlisted the assistance of her ongoing intention group of six people
who also participated in the experiment and intended alongside the shaman with the same
intention, process, and frequency. The shaman and the group of six practitioners of intention
were not paid.
The Human Performance Intention Experiment was reviewed and approved by the
University of Southern California (USC) Internal Review Board (IRB). The USC Stevens
Center for Innovation provided a Data Use Agreement (DUA) which the university, the
shaman and the Tiller Foundation fully executed. The USC Athletic Director was approached
to seek permission to approach coaches, student athletes, and compliance. Permission was
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the swim and diving team before the coaches were approached. The coaches embraced the
experiment and gathered the student athletes from their respective teams for a meeting where
the investigator presented the experiment, answered any questions, then submitted a consent
form for each qualified participant who wanted to participate in signing. The identifying data
will be destroyed at the end of the study. The performance data will be kept in perpetuity.
In this experiment, the independent variable is the intention sent by the shaman or
IIED used by the emitter of the intention. The dependent variable is the outcome or effect on
athletic human performance of that intention. This experiment aims to demonstrate causality
or a link between intention and performance manifestation.
We will assume that the ambient mental energy generated by other human beings not
involved in the experiment is random and does not systematically affect the intention
experiment. Distance between the emitters of intention and the target will not be a factor. We
did not measure the energy emitted from either the shaman or the electronic device.
Data Collection
The study compares performance data from both the men’s and women’s swim teams
year-over-year and progressively throughout both the 2022-23 and the 2023-24 seasons.
Student athletes began training together in August and September of each year and engaged in
competitions with other universities starting in October of each year and finished their swim
season in March of each year. During each season there were fourteen competitive events.
Though fifty (50) student athletes signed consent forms to participate in the study, only
twenty-two (22) swimmers’ data was used in the study, 11 men and 11 women. Ten (10) were
divers. Divers were eliminated because the performance measurement of a third-party judge
providing a rating for a dive is subjective and not as empirical. Eighteen (18) swimmers were
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they did not compete for the University of Southern California two consecutive years (13).
The age range of the 22 swimmers in the study was 18-22.
The original design of the experiment included a group of USC swimmers that was
not going to receive intention, a control group. During the random selection process, a vast
majority of the athletes selected to be in the control group were new student athletes or
transfer student athletes and did not have two years of data to use statistically. Therefore, the
control group from USC swimmers was not large enough to be included in this experiment.
All new and transfer students were removed from the experiment and the control group from
USC athletes eliminated. Instead, eight randomly selected swimmers were chosen from other
swim teams competing in the Pacific 12 Conference, half were men and half women.
Schools represented in the control group were Stanford, Arizona, Utah, UCLA, Washington
State, and California. Swimmers from other schools must have competed for two complete
contiguous seasons at the school they represent (they could not be freshmen or transfer
students or been injured). In other words, the control group had the same background
requirements as the USC swimmers in the intention group.
Each swimmer has a unique expertise or swim event style. Some are specialists in the
50-yard breaststroke, others 200-yard medley, and so on. Overall, there were five different
swim styles: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and medley. Each swim style has a
variety of two to five varying distances. The swim styles and their various lengths in which a
swimmer competed during two seasons and applied to our experiment are: freestyle (50-,
100-, 200-, and 500-yard), backstroke (50-, 100-, and 200-yard), breaststroke (50-, 100-, and
200-yard), butterfly (50-, 100-, and 200-yard), and medley which includes medley relays
(200-, and 400-yard). A medley relay comprises four styles of swimming in one event:
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The data collected for each individual competitor’s performance was the time a
swimmer received for competing in a particular style. Each athlete’s timed performance data
is collected on site by the official scorers at each event and is posted to a website dedicated to
swimmers called SwimCloud (www.swimcloud.com). SwimCloud is the dominant site for
recording data in the sport and is used by most high schools, private clubs, and universities
who engage in competitive swimming. The lower the time (least amount of seconds) the
better the performance.
This study collected and analyzed both (1) year-over-year, and (2) current season
progression performance data. A swimmer must have competed in two consecutive seasons
for the University of Southern California for their data to be counted. The data collected in
2024 for the athletes and their performances in swim meets during the 2022-23 season creates
a double-blind study because neither the investigator nor the participants knew which
swimmers and styles were going to be included in the experiment in 2022-23. During the
intention season of 2023-24, a single blind study was established because the participants did
not know if they were actively receiving intention, which source was sending intention or if
they were in a control group and therefore did not receive intention. The control group also
represents a double-blind study, because the participants were randomly chosen after the
completion of the intention experiment and their data collected and analyzed after the USC
swimmers’ data was collected and studied. The single and double-blind nature of the study is
an important factor for an intention experiment because our thoughts and biases could impact
results (Simkus, 2023).
Twenty-two (22) swimmers were randomly selected to receive intention from either or
both of two sources. One group of eight (8) swimmers, five (5) women and three (3) men,
received intention from the electronic intention device and are called the Tiller Group. Eight
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named the Wells Group. The third group is called Tiller/Wells because these six (6) athletes,
two (2) women and four (4) men received intention from both the electronic intention device
and the shaman.
The data collected from USC’s swim team was analyzed two ways. The first is
swimmer performance in the 2022-23 season without intention (the pre-test group) compared
to the performance of that swimmer during the 2023-24 season. The second analysis
compares specific swim styles from the 2022-23 season (the pre-test group) to the 2023-24
season to understand progression. Performance data from the control group was collected
from the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons by swimmer and by swim style. The study also
analyzed the differences and similarities in performance metrics of men and women
participants.
Every single race for all 22 swimmers was recorded over two years, downloaded to an
excel spreadsheet, and analyzed. There were 67 rows of data and 73 columns of data
collected. Each row represented one swimmer and one style race. One swimmer may have
two, three, four, or five styles of swim event they race; so, one swimmer may have five
separate rows of data. The first column defined if the swimmer was male or female. The
second column was the name of the swimmer. The third column indicated the designated
group for each swimmer (Tiller, Wells, or Tiller/Wells). The fourth column established the
event type or style (200-Yard Breast, 50-Yard Freestyle, etc.). The following 69 columns were
used to collect data. Each column represented a meet. Year over year meets were recorded
adjacently. There were 28 meets over two seasons. The 2022 USC Invitational meet was
placed in a contiguous column to the 2023 USC Invitational while changes in times recorded
by each swimmer for each style of race were noted in the third contiguous column.
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After each meet, the times from every race from all athletes was recorded, and a year
over year comparison made, and the final columns represented statistical accumulations of
data. A median time and average time for each swimmer and each style race was recorded for
both the 2022-23 season and the 2023-24 season and then a comparison made year over year.
The fastest, earliest, and latest recorded times for every style race for each swimmer in both
seasons was recorded and compared. The total number of races for each swimmer in each
swim style was collected in separate columns, then in a third column compared between the
pre-test year and the intention year. Finally, a Z score was established for each swimmer in
each style race. The Z score is a mathematical fraction, where a swimmer’s average time for a
specific style race from the pre-test season is the numerator and the average swim time from
the same swimmer and style race during the intention year is the denominator. The numerator
is divided by the denominator and a value is created. If that value is greater than one, the
swimmer has improved performance for that style race during the intention year; if less than
one, the swimmer performed better in that race during the pretest season. A Z score is critical
to a fair comparative statistical analysis because each style race has a different length (50-
yards, 100-yards, 200-yards) and therefore the race times are four times longer for a 200-yard
race than a 50-yard race. If more 200-yard races are performed in the pre-test season than the
intention season, the average time for each swimmer in a race would skew longer than in the
intention season, which would impact statistical significance in the T-test. Using the numeral
one as the basis to show performance improvement (or not) year over year based on the Z
score for each swimmer and each swim style (a numeric representation of a fraction that is
greater than or less than one) eliminates length of swim race as a variable.
Validity and Reliability
The Swimcloud (www.swimcloud.com) website was the instrument used to review
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swimmers, college recruiters, coaches, and meet directors from high school through college.
The collection of data is valid and widely accepted within the sport worldwide. The
performance data collected by and shared on Swimcloud is reliable, accepted, and utilized by
key stakeholders of the sport worldwide.
The Human Performance Intention Experiment is a complex construct of intention
being transmitted remotely from two sources, a shaman and an electronic intention device.
There was no measurement of the strength of the energy being broadcast by the two sources
and there was no particulate proof measured of entanglement between the energy emitter and
the athlete participant. This study used previously established quantum field frameworks that
were valid, reliable, and reproducible but which measured improvement in health biometrics.
This study was consistent in the deployment of those established frameworks to study human
performance. Because this is the first study to utilize a quantum field framework on human
performance, more research is necessary to understand the reproducibility of this experiment.
Ethics
All participants were engaged on a voluntary basis and signed a consent form (see
Appendix C). The University of Southern California’s Internal Review Board (IRB) approved
the study. Although there is no known negative impact to human beings receiving positive
intention, participants were told they could withdraw from the research study at any time.
The shaman and the Tiller Organization signed confidentiality agreements relating to
the personal identification information of the participants (see Appendix D). The study does
not reveal the names of the individual participants, instead each participant is identified with
three value code, such as W1W or T5M. After completion of the study, all personally
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The shaman and members of the Tiller Organization never met the student athletes in
person or communicated to them by phone or email. The shaman and members of the Tiller
Organization never appeared at a swim competition or practice.
The student athletes did not change their daily routines for this study. They did not
add any additional activities to their normal practices. They were not observed.
Compliance within the USC Athletics approved the study. Compliance is a department that
ensures adherence to the rules of the NCAA, Pac 12, and university as well as the conduct of
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CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS
The results of the data collected are presented based on swimmer improvement (or not)
and a statistical T-test.
Swimmer Improvement
The data shows the Tiller intention positively impacted the performance results of
eight (8) swimmers in 16 out of the 23 total events (N=23) raced, including a variety of
styles, on a year over year basis 69.6% of the time; Wells positively impacted its eight (8)
swimmers who swam in 24 events 54.2% of the time; and Tiller/Wells six (6) swimmers who
competed in 20 events 25% of the time. See Table 4 below:
Table 4
Performance Improvement by Swim Style Year over Year
Number of swim
styles improved for
22-23 season to the
23-24 season Total N
Percentage of swim
styles improved for
22-23 season to the
23-24 season (%)
Tiller 16 23 69.6
Wells 13 24 54.2
Tiller/Wells 5 20 25.0
Overall 34 67 50.7
First and Last Time Improvement
In the 2022-23 season, the swimmers in the Tiller group showed improvement in a
certain style race from the first recorded time in a meet at the beginning of the season to the
last recorded time in a meet at the end of the season 68.2% of the time without intention (15
events out of a total of 22 events showed improvement, where Total N is the total number of
events of varying styles raced by the participants in the Tiller Group). The same group of
athletes received intention from the Tiller group in the 2023-24 season and showed
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of 22 events showed improvement); Wells group of swimmers showed the exact same
improvement rate of 79.2% in both seasons; and Tiller/Wells increased its performance from
70% in the first season to 85% of the time in the second season. See Table 5 below:
Table 5
Performance Improvement for Earliest Recorded Swim Style to the Last Recorded Same Style
Number of
styles
improved
from
beginning to
the end of the
season in
22-23
Total N
Percentage of
styles
improved from
beginning to
the end of the
season in
22-23 (%)
Number of
styles
improved
from
beginning the
end of the
season in
23-24
Total
N
Percentage of
styles
improved
from
beginning to
the end of the
season in
23-24
Tiller 15 22 68.2 20 22 90.9
Wells 19 24 79.2 19 24 79.2
Tiller/
Wells
14 20 70.0 17 20 85.0
Overall 48 66 72.7 56 66 84.8
Taking the fastest time for each swimmer in each style year over year showed that the
Tiller group had their best score in 18 out of 23 events or 78.3% during the intention season
of 2023-24; the Wells group had 70.8% of their best times during the 2023-24 season; and the
Tiller/Wells group had 50% of their best times in each of the two seasons. See Table 6 below:
Table 6
Fastest Performance per Swim Style in Each of Two Years
Number of styles
improved comparing
fastest times of 2022-23
and 2023-24 Total N
Percentage of styles
improved comparing
fastest times of 2022-23
and 2023-24 (%)
Tiller 18 23 78.3
Wells 17 24 70.8
Tiller/Wells 10 20 50.0
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T-Test
The recorded times for each swim style were aggregated and an average time per
swim style was established for the 2022-23 season and the 2023-24 season. The average for a
particular swim style in 2022-23 became the numerator in a ratio and the average time in
2023-24 became the denominator in a ratio. A ratio higher than 1 means the 2023-24 style
was faster than the 2022-23 style. Aggregating the ratios creates a level of conformity when
looking at a variety of swim styles where the times for each swim due to the length of an
event (50-yards compared to 100-yards or a 500-yard race) differ dramatically. If in one year,
there were longer meets where an excellent time was considerably higher, this would skew
the data. Therefore, reducing each average swim style to a ratio and comparing that ratio to 1
is the most logical approach to compare the data. The ratios for each swim style were
compared year over year to understand the differential between seasons. The differentials (if
greater than one indicates the swim style improved with intention) for each swim style
performed by all 22 swimmers over 19 different swim styles were averaged and a T-test was
conducted. If significance is assumed to be less than or equal to .05 and the total sample size
is 282, the P score for comparing the average times was .022 and therefore significant. See
Table 7 below:
Table 7
T-Test Average Swim Time All Styles, All Swimmers Year over Year against a P of .05
Base value of
2022-23
N Average ratio of 2022-23
and 2023-24 times
sig 2-tailed p ≤ .05
1 282 1.005854 .022
The ratio of average time for all swim styles was then broken down into the three
groups studied to understand if significance was achieved by each form of intention studied:
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by the participants in the Tiller group achieved statistical significance of .007. The athletes in
the Wells group improved their performance during the intention year, but the results were
not statistically significant. The Tiller/Wells group received better performance results during
the pre-test year. As a reminder, the average ratio must be greater than one to show improved
performance on average across all races to show improvement with intention; timing of the
swim styles in the Tiller/Wells group did not reach a significant level of improvement during
the intention season. See Table 8 below:
Table 8
T-Test Average Swim Time All Styles by Group Year over Year against a P of .05
The fastest times for each style in each swim season were put into a ratio with the
2022-23 time as the numerator and the 2023-24 time as the denominator. A ratio was created
whereby a number greater than one means the fastest time for a swim style was greater in the
intention year. If statistical significance is less than or equal to .05, then the swimmers in both
Tiller and Wells groups improved their overall performance during the intention year showing
statistically significant results. In contrast, the swimmers in the combination group of
Tiller/Wells did not improve their times during the intention year. See Table 9 below:

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Table 9
T-Test Fastest Time for Each Style by Group against a P of .05
2022-23 fastest
time
time 2022-23 and fastest
time 2023-24
p ≤ .05
1-Tiller 1 1.016500 .000
2-Wells 1 1.006370 .029
3-Tiller/Wells 1 0.995634 .018
Swim style times were compared between men and women over two seasons to
understand if there was any measurable difference in the impact of intention sent to a male
versus a female athlete. A ratio of one or greater means scores improved during the intention
year. There was little measurable difference between the two genders, positive or negative.
This means that sending of intentions effected men and women almost equally. See Table 10
below:
Table 10
Average Ratio of 2022-23 and 2023-24 Times by Gender
Lastly, the control group of randomly selecting eight swimmers, four men and four
women, from other Pacific 12 Conference teams were compared to the three USC groups
receiving intention. The control group’s performance did not improve year over year. Rather,
the control group’s best performance was in the 2022-23 season. The total sample size for this
analysis is 381 and significance is less than or equal to .05. Please see Table 11 below:
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Table 11
Control Group Comparison – Ratio of Average Times (N = 381)
n
Base value
of 2022-23
Average times
Average
Ratio of
2022-23
and 2023-
24 times
Sig 2-tailed
P ≤ .05
Tiller 112 1 1.015503 .007
Wells 94 1 1.003150 .197
Tiller/Wells 76 1 0.994978 .041
Control 99 1 0.998194 .597
A comparison of fastest times year over year among the three USC swim groups
receiving intention was compared to the same control group contributors to the Average
Times analysis above. Once again, the control group did not improve performance year over
year. The control group enjoyed receiving most of their fastest time in their specialty style of
swimming during the 2022-23 season not the 2023-24 season. Please see Table 12 below:
Table 12
Control Group Comparison – Ratio of Fastest Times
Summary
In summary, the athletes in the study achieved statistical significance in the
improvement of their swim times during the intention season when combining the timed
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intention from Tiller’s electronic intention device consistently performed the best in every
analysis. The athletes who received intention for Wells shamanic intentions performed the
second best. The athletes who received intention from both Tiller and Wells performed the
worst of the three groups receiving intention. All three groups receiving intention
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CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This chapter presents a discussion, recommendation, and conclusion of the results to
examine the impact of intention on human performance.
Discussion of Results
Both the men’s and women’s swim teams improved in the final national rankings of
the NCAA year over year. The women’s team celebrated one of its best performances this
decade during the 2023-24 regular season. Heading into the Pacific 12 Championships, the
women’s team was undefeated. After the Pacific 12 Championships and NCAA tournament,
the women’s team ranked third in the Pacific 12 Conference and ranked eighth place
nationally. By comparison, in the 2022-23 season, the women were ranked third in the Pacific
12 Conference and ranked thirteenth nationally and Coach Lea Maurer won coach of the year.
The men’s team finished the 2023-24 season ranked fifth in the Pacific 12 Conference and
23rd nationally, while in the 2022-23 season they finished fifth in the Pacific 12 Conference
and 30th nationally.
The athletes who received intention from Tiller’s electronic intention device
consistently performed the best in every analysis. A possible reason for Tiller’s group
achieving the best outcomes is the consistency of the intention being broadcast 24 hours per
day, seven days per week. The broadcast never wavered and was not subject to human
variances, such as the shaman being in a positive emotional state when intending versus a
negative emotional state, or having distractions such as travel and weather interruptions, and
health issues -- all of which the shaman experienced during the eight months of intending.
The athletes who received intention for Wells shamanic intentions performed the
second best. One reason for this second-place performance could be that Wells got a severe
case of COVID for almost eight weeks during this experiment. She continued to intend
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for the results of her group could be that Wells changed the wording of her intention over the
last eight weeks of the experiment, so there was a lack of consistency throughout the
experiment (the Tiller group received the same intention throughout the experiment).
Consistency in sending intentions over time may be an important element of the cause and
effect of intention.
The athletes receiving intention from both Tiller and Wells performed the worst of the
three groups. A possible reason for the weaker performance by the athletes that received
intention from both Tiller and Wells may be due to the conflicting intentions sent from two
different sources but attempting to reach the same target, like two radio station frequencies
crossing as you move from one broadcast region to another – resulting in white noise or static
instead of the clarity of a broadcast where there was no conflicting signal. Dr. William Tiller
points to another possibility, asserting that the receiver of intention lives in a reciprocal space
which is the mirror image of the direct space where the intention was sent. In the direct space
there is positive mass and in the reciprocal space there is negative mass (Tiller, 1997). Said
simply, when you increase the intensity of intention by doubling the amount sent, there is a
reverse, negative effect to the receiver.
The control group did not improve performance year over year, from the 2022-23
season to the 2023-24 season.
The significant performance of the swimmers receiving intention from Tiller is
noteworthy and points to serious consideration for including intention as another performance
contributor like nutrition, exercise, and technical training.
A critic may look at the significance in the data and suggest the athletes who
participated improved their performance naturally and would have done so without intention.
The athletes continued to benefit from training, nutrition, coaching, practice, and experience
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from one season to the next. The question becomes by how much an athlete improves year
over year and can intention improve performance beyond a normal progression. But we also
must remember that these athletes are at the pinnacle of their field. Many of them will
compete for their respective countries in the forthcoming Olympics. When personally
interviewing various team coaches to understand the options for research, one coach said
anonymously, “Athletes come to USC at the top of their field. They’ve won state
championships and national amateur tournaments. What is dramatic improvement during their
careers with us? For a swimmer or a sprinter, it could be half a second. They work for hours,
every day, to achieve that goal” (personal communication, April 12, 2023).
In a normal T-test, such as drug testing, a patient takes medication or a placebo; the
averages of the vital statistics from all patients who took the placebo are measured against the
vital statistics of those who received the medicine. Either their condition was cured or
improved, on one hand, or it was not. There is little grey area in this kind of study. In the
Intention Experiment, the athlete continues to work hard to improve their performance by all
traditional methods AND they receive intention.
To further illuminate the impact of intention on a world-class athlete, let’s look deeper
at a few representative individual swimmers in the study. Below is the profile of swimmer
T2M who received intention from Tiller and is a male athlete who is an expert in the 100-
Yard Freestyle. He’s been swimming this event competitively for three years, yet his best
performance was this year. You will note that a typical swimmer has good meets and bad
meets. No swimmer has a perfectly ascending graph that shows consistent improvement from
one meet to the next consecutively. Every year he shows improvement in his specialty swim
race. In 2022, his season best score (marked SB) was 44.01 seconds. He had one time that
was exceptional during the 2022 season. In the next year, his season best score was 43.74
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season best score. But in his third year, he scored his all-time personal best time of 42.94
seconds (best time in three years) and came close three more times to beating his best score
of the 2024 season during the year. Why did T2M perform his personal best time during the
intention year? Please see T2M’s performance progression in Figure 4 below.
Not every swimmer who received intention during the experiment recorded their
personal best times, though many did. A swimmer receiving intention may have performed at
a high enough level to win, place, or show in a competition against other swimmers of similar
stature. If you look at Figure 6 below, another world-class swimmer, W1W, her personal best
score was in the 2021-2022 season.
Also note in Figures 4, 5, 6 and 7 below that these swimmers have been competing for
many years and in each year, not every timed race shows an upward trajectory. There are
large variances in swim times for each swimmer and in each of their specific style race.
Significantly improving the average swim time per style over a team of worldclass athletes is
quite a feat.
Figure 4
Swimmer T2M’s Performance 100 Yard Freestyle over Three Years

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Swimmer W1W has been swimming the 100-Yard Freestyle competitively for at least
eight years, going back to high school. The swimmer shows improvement each year, but in
2024 while receiving intention from the shaman, the swimmer performed her personal best
time of 48.20 seconds and her range of times narrowed. See Figure 5 below:
Figure 5
Swimmer W1W’s Performance 100-Yard Freestyle over Eight Years
The same swimmer is an expert in the 50-Yard Freestyle event, which she has been
swimming for eight years competitively as well. In this style race, her personal best score was
in the 2021-22 season. But this year, 2023-24, in the Pac-12 Championships her time won the
gold medal for best time in the event. This outcome begs the question, was the “best result” to
win the meet or to achieve her personal best time in the event? Please see W1W’s chart for
the 50-Yard Freestyle in Figure 6 below:

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Figure 6
W1W’s Performance 50-Yard Freestyle over Eight Years
TWIM was one of the worst statistically recorded athletes in the study. He was the
recipient of intention from both Tiller and Wells. He swims in four styles that were recorded
for this experiment. He did not improve year over year in any of his four specialty races. One
of those style races is the 100-Yard Breaststroke, which he has been swimming for six years.
His all-time personal best score occurred during the 2023-24 season when he received
intention. See Figure 7 below:

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Figure 7
TW1M Performance 100 Yard Breaststroke over Six Years
Both the aggregated data and individual performance data show improvements in human
performance during the swim season in which intention was received.
The student-athlete participants in the study were sent a survey after the conclusion of
the season asking two questions: (1) Did you feel or experience anything differently this
season (2023-24) over last season (2022-23); (2) Do you believe receiving intention
positively impacted your performance this season? Sixty-nine percent (69%) of the team said
they did feel or experience something differently this season. However, fifty percent (50%) of
the team were unsure that intention positively impacted their performance. Twenty percent
(20%) of the team said that intention probably did impact their performance and thirty percent
(30%) said intention either definitely did not or probably did not impact their performance.
Interesting to note that most participants felt something different occurring during the
intention season, but many did not want to attribute this feeling to an energetic shift that
positively impacted their performance.
The coach of the USC swim team, Lea Maurer, believed intention had a positive
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energy to the team in future seasons. “The USC men’s and women’s swimming team had a
fantastic 2023-2024 season, and we believe that the Intentions helped us on that endeavor. As
Toper Taylor explains and as we experienced - you don’t have to believe it - it’s science! We
are all connected” (Maurer, 2024).
Recommendations for Practice
This study empirically points to the effectiveness of intention on athletic performance.
This inquiry could lead to a commercial application of intention to help athletes improve their
performance. Currently college and professional athletes are supported by nutritionists for
optimizing diets, mental health professionals to manage stress and anxiety, physical trainers
for conditioning and injury prevention, coaches for technique and strategy, strength coaches
for strength and endurance, sports scientists for data analytics, and massage therapists for
muscle recovery. Could it be that an energetic scientist becomes one of the key contributing
forces to a successful athletic career or to turn around a short-term performance slump or
return to the starting line-up faster from an injury?
In previous studies, some of which were referenced in this dissertation, the use of
intention to improve human health may have profound implications. This investigator has a
master’s degree in healthcare administration and is profoundly aware of the goals to lower
costs, improve outcomes, and drive patient satisfaction in healthcare systems. If sending
intention and practicing positive thought becomes either a solution to cure or part of a pre and
post medical examination or procedure, all three goals may be achieved with efficiency.
Intention also has the potential to increase innovation. For pioneers of medicine and
technology, breaking down barriers is about disrupting the status quo. The status quo is often
rooted in past experiences and shoulds – x should happen when we apply y. Just as quantum
mechanics forced scientists to reshape their vision of reality, could energetic sciences among
humans unlock unimaginable innovations? If Ray Dalio can introduce Transcendental

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Meditation and require daily participation among his 735 employes to improve business
performance, so can the management teams working with the scientists within Alphabet,
Amgen, and Nvidia to create new technologies, cures, and intelligence respectively (Feloni,
2016).
Organizational management and design can benefit from the application of intention
and quantum field frameworks of our interconnectedness. Organizations evolve in parallel
with or as a reflection of our individual self-awareness and our relationship to the world
around us. Businesses must adapt to the science of change just as we learned the science must
adapt to change with the advent of quantum mechanics. In the spirit of conscious intention,
manifestation, and our ability to create our reality, management consultant Peter Drucker
once said of businesses, “The best way to predict the future is to create it” (Drucker, 2004).
As we approach a mature global economy where there exists the potential of diminishing
populations by the end of the century in most major countries, from Japan and Italy to China
and Brazil, we must create what a stock market looks like with no economic growth (BBC,
2020). We will be forced into a “closed loop economy with zero waste, zero toxicity, and 100
percent recycling” (Laloux, 2014). The ultimate organization will strive for wholeness and
empower its employees to be their best selves. Author and organizational design consultant,
Fredric Laloux, states, “As we learn to be fully independent and true to ourselves, it dawns on
us that, paradoxically, we are profoundly part of everything…where we can expect that
purpose more than profitability, growth, or market share, will be the guiding principle for
organizational decision-making.” (Laloux, 2014).
If we knew that our very thoughts could impact the people around us, including our
communities, nation, and world, would we govern differently? U.S. politics is very
incendiary in this moment. The correlation between threatening speech and violence is
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2017 and 2021) and federal judges (up 400% between 2016 and 2021) (Pazzanese, 2023). Is
it naïve to believe that Democrats and Republicans can become more philosophically
cohesive over time recognizing and enhancing our country’s coherence with mindfulness
training and the power of positive thought? What if we sent positive intentions toward our
elected officials to govern with kindness and fairness?
Our sustainability may be enhanced with intention. We’ve discussed how seeds
infused with intention can grow faster and be more productive than those simply planted
without intention. What if we really cared so much about all living things that we
energetically connected to plants, animals, and the earth in the same way we do humans, with
empathy and compassion filled intention? Could we increase productivity of our crops to
feed and nourish everyone on earth while taking care not to be wasteful and destroy the
environment with our carelessness and lack of compassion to the earth we stand on and the
trees which shade us and the sky which brings us rainwater to live?
What of local and world peace? In this dissertation we learned that transcendental
meditation lowered crime rates. Can quantum field frameworks, specifically the
understanding of our energetic and particulate interconnectedness, breakdown political and
religious animosity rooted in false pretenses of spiritual and cultural superiority, and create a
harmonious world of peaceful co-existence and equanimity? We are all connected to the
quantum field. Each one of us is a contributing node to universal consciousness. When
entangled we can instantaneously positively impact another human being. Together and with
intention, could we achieve a harmonious and sustainable world?
Some of these thoughts may feel unattainable or supercilious, but they are not. We
must start somewhere. I did.
This investigator joined one of Lynne McTaggart’s Power of Eight intention groups at
the beginning of 2023. McTaggart lectures participants from around the world every week for

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eight weeks about how to create an intention, send an intention, and work collectively in
small groups. Then she breaks up groups into eight to twelve people located in the same
geographic region. Each week we get together via teleconference, meditate together, then
share two to three intentions created by group members. Then the entire group reads each
intention and sends it to the target recipient, often for a member of the group or a friend or
family member. The group dynamic of working together to help another human being is a
wonderful, binding, kind, and loving experience. Some of you reading this may see this as a
form of prayer. Well, in some ways it is. However, when we pray, we are supplicating our
prayer to a higher order, or a specific god, and ask that being to take action on our behalf.
With intention, we send a positive thought to the targeted recipient directly through the
quantum field. In a world where secularism is growing (about 1 in 5 adults have no religious
affiliation today, up from 1 in 50 in 1960 [Zuckerman, 2023]), can a physics driven approach
to our interconnectedness bring humanity together in humility, kindness, and grace?
Limitations and Delimitations
The limitations of this study were numerous. The strength of the energy being omitted
from both the shaman and electronic device was not measured. There was not a laboratory
analysis of entangled particles between sender and receiver. The participants lived in close
proximity to one another by practicing in the same pool, training in the same gym, and many
lived as roommates in the same apartment building so ability to compare and contrast the
effectiveness of each of the intention senders (Tiller, Wells, and Tiller/Wells) may have
blurred and been either more or less impactful than if Tiller was sending intentions to team A
at university A, and Wells was sending intentions to team B at university B in a different city
or state.
A delimitation of this study was that it only focused on swimming. Future research
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could choose to add the variable of a defender-interrupter and analyze intention’s impact on
football and basketball. The impact of intention on performance goes far beyond sport.
Recommendations for Future Research
Though this experiment focused on athletic performance, there are other forms of
human performance including skills-based, knowledge-based, and rules-based (Klaess, 2021).
Shifting another human being’s energetic state remotely may have the ability to improve
human performance in innovation and research departments of corporations, on the
manufacturing floor of industries, and in scientific laboratories trying to discover the cure to
cancer. The researcher believes intention will positively impact innovation, helping another
human being breakthrough mental or scientific barriers.
There are significant implications for future research on the power of intention to
positively impact human health. For example, should intentional healing be an acceptable and
well-integrated therapy approved by the FDA and payors as a means to improve patient
results and lower costs? Sending intentions consistently and being intentional daily with
positive thinking could become the metaphysical equivalent of going to the gymnasium.
People go to the gym not because they are in crisis, but rather to improve their cardiovascular
systems, strengthen muscles, and provide an energy boost. A shaman or healer strengthens
their capabilities by practicing intentions consistently over time. All of us can unlock our
inner shaman by practicing the sending of positive energy to a beneficiary.
Just as the electronic broadcast of intention outperformed the shaman’s intentions, an
intention application for cell phones could be created, with a means to send intentions either
between two people with the same app or an intention being sent daily from a location
controlled by the app company. A small broadcast intention device could be created to put in
homes with a built-in intention that can be renewed or changed over time. Wouldn’t it be

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wonderful to broadcast kindness into every home so people receiving the intention could be
more kind to their fellow man?
Conclusion
This research paper is being published in a zeitgeist moment. Quantum mechanics are
permeating our sciences. Quantum mechanics is used in computing to break new ground in
informational processing, establish precision in atomic clocks, and in MRI scanners for
medical imaging. Mind, body, spiritual awareness, and self-care are practices are pervasive
now in our culture. Traditional hospitals are adding ‘alternative’ medicine approaches to
improve outcomes such as acupuncture, message, and meditation. Universities and
corporations encourage employees, students, and faculty to participate in mindfulness
programs. Healers, spiritual gurus, intention experts, and best-selling authors like Lynn
McTaggart, Bruce Lipton, Marcie Shimoff, Deepak Chopra, and Greg Braden are building
global businesses around living powerfully in the context of a quantum universe.
Using a quantum field framework rooted in our electronic and particulate
interconnectivity including the phenomena of entanglement, the impact of third-party
intention on another human being’s performance appears to be positive and repeatable. The
statistical results of the study are significant and show the potential power of thoughts,
expressed as signals of directed energy, to positively impact others.
More research is needed as this study is the first study to explore intention as a vehicle
to improve human performance outcomes, in this case athletic accomplishment, but it is this
researcher’s conviction that intention could positively impact business, engineering, and
medical innovation.
Energy is everywhere and everything is comprised of energy and matter. Our thoughts
are bursts of energy. The study shows that our very thoughts impact other human beings. Can

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we use our thoughts to positively impact the environment and assist in the advancement of
humankind?
The hope is for this intention experiment to create further awareness that humankind
must become more mindful, awake, and intentional. This study describes how a quantum
field framework may be used to positively impact human performance. Can this framework
be used to increase innovation, improve outcomes, and transform our relational thought
process? Previous studies expressed significance in positive thoughts directed to others
improving health. In this study, positive thoughts directed at others improved performance.
These contributions to practice encourage further quantum field framework studies to
improve innovation and discoveries that may benefit humanity, the environment, earth’s
sustainability, and human advancement.
When we embrace our quantum selves, and the transpersonal nature of our
consciousness, a higher evolution of civilization may emerge that is harmonious, syntonic,
mindful, and distributed.
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“All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force…We must assume behind this force
is the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. The mind is the matrix of all matter”
(Planck, 1944).
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Appendix A: Tiller – Swim Team Intention
This intention is for all broadcast recipients to exponentially and robustly expand
wellbeing of their physical body and optimum functioning of their physical organism, to have
exceptional physical functional health, and to minimize any
physical/mental/spiritual/emotional conscious or subconscious self-limiting or selfsabotaging
beliefs, patterns or actions that interfere with the attainment of exceptional and highfunctioning physical and mental health so that they excel in their competitive efforts and
achieve a statistically significant improvement in performance score over last year’s data for
rating, ranking, form or speed.
The special characteristics for this intention are to manifest in them the ability, intention,
deep desire and motivation to:
1. Always choose and consume a balanced, healthy diet and feed their physical bodies what
they need to succeed and win.
2. Consciously and consistently choose healthy, self-affirming and encouraging thoughts
and mental activities, maintaining a positive and expectant attitude towards self, others,
and performance.
3. Acknowledge physical pain experienced while executing their respective events, and
manifest the needed power of will, perseverance and stamina to move through any
limitations, successfully achieving maximum performance.
4. Manifest exceptional physical coordination and balance.
5. Execute perfect timing and form in every dive or event
6. Eliminate, through normal channels, any conditions that prevent or inhibit the physical
body from being and becoming a perfectly normal, perfectly healthy, perfectly optimized
and perfectly functioning organism.

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7. Instill in each recipient’s subconscious - attitudes and actions that fully support normal
healthy conditions for, and operation of, all systems of the body.
8. Be mentally and consciously present while manifesting precise focus, a clear mind, serene
calm and supreme confidence to perfectly perform each activity (or instead event or
dive?). Be free from any doubt about their own performance abilities.
9. Significantly lift, maintain and manifest positive energies, thoughts and expectations
10. Stay consistently present and maintain a clear, calm, relaxed and focused mind
11. Swimmers Safely manifest significantly increased heart and lung capacity and the ability
to hold the breath for extended periods to maximize speed and performance, stay under
water as long as possible, and in addition, consciously remember to touch the board at the
end of the lap to stop the clock.

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Appendix B: Wells – Swim Team Intention
To begin, I (Austyn Wells) picked out an alphabet bead for each athlete. I held it in my
hand while reciting the affirmation, stating each athlete’s name, and stating the intention.
When I finished, I added the bead to my jar filled with purified water. Once the jar was filled
with a bead for each athlete, I said an intention while holding the jar that the intentions I said
were to repeat daily at 6am PT, radiating to the athletes throughout the 2023- 2024 swimming
season. This jar was placed in my pool on a bridge between the pool and the jacuzzi.
In the jacuzzi, I placed rubber magnetic floating balloons where I put each athlete’s name and
intention. They floated in my jacuzzi all through this experiment (see photo below). I
visualized the intention when touching or standing in water.
Stated Intention From September 16 to January 23
The divine essence eternally flows through the 2023-2024 USC swimmers grateful
bodies, minds, and souls releasing all limitations and dynamically aligning their souls to their
highest potential. The divine essence eternally flows through (swimmer’s name) grateful
body, mind, and soul releasing all limitations and dynamically aligning their souls to their
highest potential.
Stated Intention From January 24 through March 31
The divine essence eternally flows through (swimmer’s name) grateful body, mind,
and soul, releasing all limitations and dynamically aligning him to his highest potential and
destiny. May divine strength and resilience gracefully enlighten your being, propelling you to
unfathomable heights of athletic mastery. Within the depths of your soul, a boundless
reservoir of determination and unwavering focus awaits, harmonizing with each drop of water
as you surge forward with unyielding purpose. You are unwavering dedication and tireless
effort. You are the embodiment of grace and power, seamlessly gliding through the water,
transcending all barriers and limitations that impede your soul past, present, or future.

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Each time you stand ready to dive or swim you connect with an indomitable force, the
celestial spark of your authentic soul igniting your passion and aligning you with the 2024
Olympic torch. Embrace your purpose, embody your potential, and let the radiance of your
spirit illuminate the waters of destiny. The Olympic gold lays upon your chest, move to it
now.

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Appendix C: Consent Form
University of Southern California
Sol Price School of Public Policy
THE INTENTION EXPERIMENT
CONSENT FORM
DETAILED INFORMATION
PURPOSE
The purpose of this study is to understand the positive affect, if any, of conscious intention on
human performance. Specifically, will positive intention broadcast by an expert in the field of
energetic sciences improve an athlete’s performance as measured by time to complete a race
or event. We hope to learn that positive intention may achieve a measurable improvement in
athletic performance. You are invited as a possible participant because you are a world-class
college student athlete and have a minimum of six months of performance data gathered by
USC Athletics in your specific field. About thirty participants will take part in the study. This
research is being funded and led by fellow USC student and doctoral candidate from the Price
School of Public Policy, Toper Taylor.
PROCEDURES
This study does not require you to take any unique actions. You will conduct yourself in your
normal manner and live your current daily routine without interruption or qualification.
The consent is for you to accept receiving positive intention from an expert in energetic
sciences and to share your name, birthdate, mobile phone number, and address as a means for
the positive intention being broadcast from a distance to identify you like an antenna would a

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television or radio signal. You will not be contacted, emailed, texted, called, or communicated
with by anyone participating in the study.
The content of the positive intention being sent to you is simple: Perform better. Swim faster.
Run faster.
Everyone in athletics is familiar with the term “home field advantage.” What does that really
mean? This study suggests that home field advantage exists because of the positive energetic
intentions broadcast by Trojan fans, friends, and family who are cheering you to perform at
your best and win an event.
This experiment will broadcast positive intentions to you consistently for six months. Your
performance data for six months prior to the experiment will be compared to your
performance data during the six-month experiment and for three months thereafter.
RISKS AND DISCOMFORTS
Health Risk
There are no known health risks, physical or mental, for being the recipient of positive
intentions.
Breach of Confidentiality
There is a small risk that people who are not connected with this study will learn your identity
or your personal information.

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BENEFITS
The potential benefits to you may include short or long-term improved performance during
practice and in formal competitive events and learn a new means by which to improve
performance in the future.
PRIVACY/CONFIDENTIALITY
We will keep your records for this study confidential as far as permitted by law. However, if
we are required to do so by law, we will disclose confidential information about you. Efforts
will be made to limit the use and disclosure of your personal information, including research
study records, to people who are required to review this information. We may publish the
information from this study in journals or present it at meetings. If we do, we will not use
your name. The University of Southern California’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) and
Human Subject’s Protections Program (HSPP) may review your records. An energist/healer
and the Tiller Foundation, which is a non-profit organization specializing in energetic
sciences founded by a Stanford University physicist, will be given your identifying data
strictly to reach you with positive intentions (you will not be contacted by them).
FUTURE USE OF DATA
This study is collecting performance and identifying data from you. We would like to make
your performance data, but NOT your identifying data, available for other research studies
that may be done in the future. The research may be about similar conditions to this study.
However, research could also be about unrelated, conditions, or other types of research. These
studies may be done by researchers at this institution or other institutions, including

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commercial entities. Our goal is to make more research about energetic sciences possible. We
plan to keep your performance data in perpetuity and destroy your identifying data after the
experiment concludes.
Your performance data may be shared with researchers around the world. However, the
decision to share your data is controlled by the Investigator. To get your performance data
used in the study, future researchers must seek approval from the Investigator. The
researchers must agree not to try to identify you.
Your name and identifying information will be removed from any data provided before they
are shared with other researchers. Researchers cannot easily link your identifying information
to the data.
ALTERNATIVES
Payments / Compensation
You will not be compensated for your participation in this research.
Possible Commercial Products
Your performance data will be owned by the Investigator. The use of your data may lead to
new tests, devices, or other products or services with commercial value. These products or
services could be patented and licensed. If a commercial product is developed from this
research project, the commercial product will be owned by the Investigator. You will not
profit financially from such a product. There are no plans to provide any payment to you
should this occur.

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VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION
It is your choice whether to participate. If you choose to participate, you may change your
mind and leave the study at any time. If you decide not to participate, or choose to end your
participation in this study, you will not be penalized or lose any benefits that you are
otherwise entitled to.
WITHDRAWAL FROM STUDY INSTRUCTIONS
If you wish to withdraw, you may contact the study investigator (see contact information
below).
PARTICIPANT TERMINATION
You may be removed from this study without your consent for any of the following reasons:
you do not follow the study investigator’s instructions, at the discretion of the study
investigator, your condition changes which prevents you from behaving normally (such as
you quit the team or suffer a personal injury not related to the study that prevents you from
performing).y. If this happens, the study investigator will discuss other options with you.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have questions, concerns, complaints, or think the research has hurt you, talk to the
study investigator: Toper Taylor, topertay@usc.edu, 213-359-8243.

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This research has been reviewed by the USC Institutional Review Board (IRB). The IRB is a
research review board that reviews and monitors research studies to protect the rights and
welfare of research participants. Contact the IRB if you have questions about your rights as a
research participant or you have complaints about the research. You may contact the IRB at
(323) 442-0144 or by email at irb@usc.edu.

STATEMENT OF CONSENT
I have read (or someone has read to me) the information provided above. I have been given a
chance to ask questions. All my questions have been answered. By signing this form, I am
agreeing to take part in this study.

Name of Research Participant Signature Date Signed

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Appendix D: Confidentiality Agreement
Confidentiality Agreement
The Intention Experiment
Confidentiality Agreement
You have been engaged to participate as an intentionalist, or broadcaster of positive
intentions, by the experiment’s principal investigator, Toper Taylor, on the research project
entitled The Intention Experiment. The ethical guidelines of this study require that you read
and sign this form, signifying that you are willing to enter into a confidentiality agreement
with respect to the data collected in this study.
The participant information (target names, addresses, birthdates, and mobile phone numbers)
you will receive contain identifying markers of the participants as well as names of third
parties. You will ensure that all records, transcripts, and recordings, if any, are kept
confidential (i.e., materials are never left unattended and are secured when not being used).
By signing below, you agree not to reveal any information about what is contained in the
participant information and in any data collected or in any written transcripts related to this
experiment. Furthermore, you agree not to discuss anything regarding the participants, or the
data collected in this study with anyone other than the principal investigator.
By signing below, you are indicating that you have read and understand the above agreement
and that you will follow all of the specified conditions.
Name: ________________________________________________
Contact Telephone: ______________________________________
Contact E-mail: _________________________________________
Signature: ______________________________________________

Abstract (if available)

Abstract The Human Performance Intention Experiment uses a quantum field framework, namely our energetic and particulate interconnectivity and entanglement, to establish a remote energetic connectivity from two emitting sources to 22 participating NCAA Division 1 athletes to improve their athletic performance in timed swim meets. The basic framework for this study was used in numerous previous third-party intention experiments for healing. Energetic positive intentions were sent from both an experienced shaman in remote energetic healing, on the one hand, and an electronic intention broadcast device, on the other hand. The subjects were world-class amateur swimmers at the University of Southern California. Performance data, specifically times recorded for each style by all swimmers during competitions, was compared year over year (the 2022-23 season and the 2023-24 season) and throughout the 2023-24 season. The results were statistically significant (.022). There is enough improvement in performance and outcomes from athletes receiving intention from the electronic intention device and shaman that further research is warranted.

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