My Quantum Agriculture stirrings started in the 1990′s with Biodynamic Agriculture and Indigenous Knowledge. Betsy (Ma Helenita) Gamela of the Don Bosco Diocesan Youth Center, Inc., in Makilala, Cotabato had given me an early deep insight about Biodynamics which is occasionally posted in the media or the internet (examples are this one and another one).

An earlier documentation about her initiative may be read in a chapter of a book which I edited- Compendium on Sustainable Agriculture. Perspectives and Strategies of Advocates and Practitioners in the Philippines- by UNDP.

The book cover may be viewed here:
https://www.fapsodar.org.ph/graphics/headings/books/pages/book7_jpg.htm  and Betsy’s paper is the fourth one among the 4 NGO presentations herein:  SustainableAgricultureBiodynamicsArticle.pdf .

Then a lecture at UPLB by Nick Perlas was held in 2004.  A transcription of this talk on “Scientific Advances on Agriculture, Medicine and Societal Change”, which emphasized non-material aspects (I call these “quantum”), is available here : ScientificAdvancesinAgricultureWithNickPerlas.pdf .   Two meetings were subsequently held that same day, attended by some members of PABINHI: farmers , NGOs and academe staff.

Nick gave other lectures at UPLB, one of which was on ” Deep Spirituality in Agriculture” , held in 2006 (this was earlier posted in this same site).

Much earlier (early 1990′s), Nick already wrote a comprehensive article on the “Second Scientific Revolution” . Read article here:
You will see that the new things being talked about now were already known before and were popular elsewhere). Further writings embody the same but more updated concepts. One of these is the  “Science of the Impossible” (may be downloaded here: https://www.thinkoutword.org/pdfs/Nicanor.Science.pdf .

It has been 8 years since, and what Nick said then are only now starting to be talked about in the academic community. The outside community is more ahead in the understanding, accepting and the applying of these new scientific advances than the academia.

I am trying out a course in the academe. It is entitled Quantum Agriculture. I am also boldly infusing other courses that I teach with quantum concepts. Colleagues have a hard time following my logic. It is simple. A concept may be presented in various ways and at different levels. Quantum concepts do not conflict with those already contained in a curriculum. They simply bring one back to the synthesis level. From matter or material science to energy and information level. Understanding then becomes deep and comprehensive. There is another aspect in my teaching that makes students express what they imbibed through another avenue… through their heart or right brain… through arts and music. Earlier I posted a video produced by some students. Poems are other expressions in the course. Here are three poems by Mark Parducho, after his experience in a big event- Syensaya or Fun Science- where we featured Quantum Agriculture. The posters in pdf version may be seen here…

It is (seed)

In the book, in the box, in the drawer,
On a bread, in the fruit from a flower,
Or even floating on flowing river
These are seeds which we can find everywhere.
It is one of the best blessings from God,
Where complex things are embedded inside.
From a simple little thing to a bud,
Then to a plant where air and light collide.
It could lift our lives from ground to above,
Relieve us from pain to be as free as dove.
It’s a majestic curing that they and us have,
That would become better with our touch of love.
All we knew ‘bout them are not peculiar,
So we try to seek for unfamiliar.
Let’s go beyond our imagination,
And try to break the walls of restriction
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What a Seed

The air we breathe, light and heat,
Earth and water these are all we need
Able to mold, construct and build
A mysterious thing we call seed
Rushing water brought the chaos
But through rhythms of the cosmos
It had stabilized all the flaws
Thanks to the different concepts and laws.
Each has its own spirit in line,
But we try to mess with this design
And then we’re committing a crime
By modifying them each time.
We just can’t take them as they are,
Because of our greed and desire.
But it’s not late to start a fire
And make a spark on a rusty wire.

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At First… quantum exhibit

At first, it was like a required work
Just like the pairing of spoon and fork,
Until experience had knocked on the door
And let it enter and take my floor
At first, I don’t know what to find
I think I was lost like an abandoned blind,
But there was something that whispered in my mind
That brought me to a spot where spells have bind.
At first…all was at first
Never thought knowledge would burst
Just like a magic breaking a curse
A divine water that relieves my thirst.

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Let me also present another student project: Man in the Mirror, a video made by Juni Frio and Zeta Sanchez. The students advocate change starting with self. Education is self-reflection.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aMw6FTEjRU

Dance has an effect on the viewer and the watcher. But what about on plants? This is a question that many don’t think much about… Rituals with dances during different stages of crop growth are being performed by a community of people or by special members such as shamans and other spirit-filled people. I had a brief taste of eurythmy (“visible” speech; https://www.eurythmy.org/about_eurythmy.htm) and inner dance and they haunt me to tell their story in relation to plants. They are not just movements to heal people. They can be also an impulse to express into art. Johnny Danganan has brought his Inner Dance (as found by Pi Villaraza- https://www.bahaykalipay.com/?page=thei ; https://services.inquirer.net/mobile/07/10/28/html_output/xmlhtml/20071004-92442-xml.html) into some kind of quantum touch and healing, and ART (https://lingkod-sayaw.blogspot.com/  ). These dances may be used to change the atmosphere’s vibration and life giving forces and thus affect crop and seedling growth. My work is on seeds but my exploration on the subject, the link on dance and seed is still at stage 1 (curiosity and reflection). Yet I gather initial evidence and testimony from friends- that seed germination and vigor, seedling and plant growth form  respond to different “letters” when delivered as movement or dance form. Like sound or words and music, movement also affects the atmosphere and other aspects of nature entangled with it. We shall explore this farther… for now I believe that inner meditative dance and movement are very much a way to connect to the source, through a very strong cosmic antenna, the human body in which the spirit resides. For the Cebuanos, the effect of Sinulog dance (https://www.sinulog.ph/about_sinulog/backgrounder.html ; https://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Sinulog ; https://www.nowpublic.com/sinulog___ ) on plants would be intriguing to know…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYpGmrFCJkQ

Some other links

inner dance:

https://innerdance.multiply.com/journal/item/192?&show_interstitial=1&u=%2Fjournal%2Fitem

https://www.conscious-trance.com/2011/08/i.html

eurythmy:

https://atasteofwaldorf.blogspot.com/2007/06/eurthymy.html

https://www.tititudorancea.org/z/eurythmy.htm

https://througheurythmy.blogspot.com/

Filipinos’ deep and ancient culture is an exciting and intriguing exploration. The science behind indigenous practices of Filipinos and that of other groups reside in quantum. One cannot sufficiently explain or give justice to the validity of indigenous knowledge and practices if only material science is invoked. One cannot find deep alternative or quantum solutions to climate change and other seemingly hopeless challenges if ancient knowledge and practices is not invoked. Documentation and study necessitates looking at rituals, festivals, seemingly superstitious beliefs and practices; these bring the general condition of the area to one that is more akin to the intention of the community, farmers or individuals. They alter the subtle energy and formative forces of the place. One site one could go to for a journey to the past and the science application of the indigenous is https://simplescience.multiply.com/. I wrote earlier articles on the subject of indigenous seed practices, two of which may be found inftp://ftp.ciesin.org/kiosk/ElectronicBkShelf/Newsletters/IKMonitor/IKMonitorSep94/5art4.txt  and in  https://www.cipotato.org/library/pdfdocs/SW55512.pdf. Dr. Boni Comandante has applied his scientific study to the sleeping fish, giant shell or taklobo, baybayin or ancient Filipino scripts https://www2.baybayin360.org/ , alternative student learning through dance and writing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veoxSckke0A , terahertz and many more realms. And yes, to baybayin farming (will be featured later).

Schoolchildren dancing the Baybayin script. Learning is greatly enhanced through this movement.

Pam giving an introduction to Baybayin talk by Dr Bonifacio Comandante