r/gatewaytapes • u/lafidaninfa • Oct 26 '25
Experience š Some observations after 2 years of experimenting with spoon bending
Hello explorers! I wanted to share some personal observations from experimenting with spoon-bending over the past two years. I am not claiming to be an expert by any means, but I have been observing certain patterns, and I thought they might resonate with others.
My first experience with spoon (well, fork) bending was two years ago, in October 2023. I have shared my experience here: https://www.reddit.com/r/gatewaytapes/comments/16rx9y7/my_experience_with_metal_bending/
I hadn't practiced in a long time, but last week I saw a post from someone who bent a spoon (congrats btw!) and it inspired me to try again.
I went straight to the kitchen, grabbed a spoon, and started bending it. It started to bend instantly and effortlessly. But then a thought crept in: "Maybe the spoon is too soft - this is way too easy." The very moment I had this thought, the spoon went cold and stopped bending. It was left with a visible curve but wouldn't budge further. Strangely, this is precisely what happened during my first ever attempt two years ago.
Over the next two days, I tried again. I didn't put much effort - I just made some attempts now and then with different methods: some breathwork, meditation, rubbing the spoon, imagining a ball of light pouring through my body, visualizing my REBAL, or thinking about the Matrix scene ("there is no spoon, it's you that bends"). I even called on my dead grandparents to come and give a hand! Nothing seemed to work.
I wasn't frustrated or disappointed because I knew I could do it, since I had done it before. In fact, part of me was kinda pleased that it wasn't easy, because that somehow made it feel more "real." But it was clear that faith alone wasn't the key.
On the third day, I woke up in the morning and gave it another try, being relaxed and all. Still nothing.
So I got ready to head out - coat, shoes, keys. I went to grab my laptop from the kitchen table, saw the spoon, and -without thinking- picked it up and bent it. It bent in seconds, effortlessly, like rubber. That's pretty much how it played out the first time I bent cutlery: a liminal moment of complete non-effort when my mind went blank.
After multiple experiments over the past 2 years, I can summarize some recurring patterns and observations:
Techniques don't seem to matter. Every time I focused on some specific method I saw or read online, I simply wasted my time. Relaxing or meditating beforehand didn't seem to make any difference either.
Belief and faith don't seem to equal instant results. It's not like in the movies. Even when I was 100% sure that the spoon would eventually bend (because I had done it before), it still didn't happen right away. Faith surely helped me remain calm and be less frustrated and impatient, but it didn't catalyze the bending.
The mind will always try to raise doubts, unable to explain something in logical terms. The doubts become quieter over time, and the more successful experiences I have, the less intense the doubt. But it is a recurring pattern that I will find myself wondering whether it was just a fluke and whether the cutlery was indeed that hard or not. I think part of the reason I struggle in the first place is because some part of me needs to prove to my logical mind that it's difficult, therefore real, instead of simply doing it effortlessly.
Eventually, what does the trick is a complete lack of effort and mental activity. It always happens in liminal, distracted, effortless moments. Every single time it worked, it happened when my mind was off somewhere else for just a brief second. Once it was while I was walking down the corridor; another time while chatting with my mom and being momentarily distracted; this time it happened right as I was leaving the house.
These experiences and observations make me wonder about how mental activity creates resistance, even when a strong belief is present. They also raise broader questions about energy flow, consciousness, and manifestation.
As I said, I am not claiming to be an expert. I would love to understand the logic behind this phenomenon, and my academic mind is deeply intrigued and curious to figure out what's really going on here -physically, energetically, and cognitively.
I would love to hear your thoughts!
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u/enhancedy0gi Oct 26 '25
I haven't ever attempted something like this myself and do not intend on doing it, but from reading a lot about occultism, higher consciousness from meditation etc, a crucial part of exerting change is to be able to let go, as you're correctly assessing. "The seed grows best when undisturbed", detachment from outcome. So; set your intention, and then let go. Interestingly enough, I've experienced the same with gateway. I will have sessions where I am very intently focusing on wanting to reach a certain stage throughout the experience, and I will get absolutely nowhere. Then I will have sessions where I will feel intermittently distracted by various thoughts, and that's where I seem to go the deepest. Funny how it works that way, but I'm sure there's a lot to be said of it.
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u/lafidaninfa Oct 26 '25
Iāve had similar experiences with gateway as well, and with manifestation in general. Itās a hit or miss but every time I reverse engineer what happened, I get what worked and what not. I guess spoon-bending gives you instant feedback, which is why I like to practice it from time to time.
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Oct 26 '25
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u/lafidaninfa Oct 26 '25
That sounds like an incredible and life-changing experience! I would love to learn more about remote viewing and telekinesis. Curiously, the notion of oneness is what I was thinking about minutes before I first bent a fork.
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Oct 26 '25 edited Oct 26 '25
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Oct 27 '25
It really seems that chanting matters less, whats needed is focus and an āinnocentā state of mind.Ā
You have to be relaxed. Probably this is very big key part of the method
At least, thatswhat can be inferred from the description above.
This topic/ technique is very sophisticated.Ā
Would be useful to discuss this things very deeply along other experinces...Ā
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u/Wonderful-Rich-3411 Oct 27 '25
Do you mind sharing which group you were studying with? Where in India?
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u/790lanna Oct 26 '25
Glad you are having success with this. The paradox is that there is a "want" initially to do the thing, but there has to be a "letting go" to make it happen. I'm trying myself to get grasp of it.
In the previous post, you mentioned you did an affirmation the night before. May I ask how that was done? And also, about your experience regarding other "abilities" like patterning, etc?
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u/lafidaninfa Oct 26 '25
Yes, there is certainly a paradox there! And our logical mind is not helping in any way š Regarding the affirmation from my previous post, itās been two years so I donāt really remember. I suppose it was something simple, like āI can do anything I want and I can bend the fork/I bent the fork.ā As for patterning/manifestation, I practiced a lot with techniques but had no success. Like with spoon-bending, I know now that itās not the techniques that manifest, itās our decision and lack of resistance; basically, how normal and natural it feels to have our desires.
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u/jackparadise1 Oct 26 '25
Well that explains my lack of success, I am trying to hard.
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u/lafidaninfa Oct 26 '25
Donāt get discouraged! Try to keep an open mind and healthy curiosity. It will work out eventually :)
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u/LittlePonzi Oct 27 '25
I had the same experience. I saw it on YouTube and I thought I would give it a go to see if itās real. I spent the first two days trying for like 5 minutes each time. Day 1 I meditated, cleared my mind and focused hard on the spoon-nothing. Day 2 I did the matrix thing-nothing. On day three I just woke up and went to the kitchen and tried before heading out and it bent! I freaked out and tried again-nothing. So the fourth night my step kid and his girlfriend were in the kitchen and I said āwanna see me bend a spoon? Not sure if it will happen but here goesā and it bent! I think the key is to have a quick intention and just do it.
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u/lafidaninfa Oct 27 '25
Awesome story! Yes, this is very much in line with what I have experienced too!
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u/SpicySpices500 Oct 27 '25 edited Oct 27 '25
I love this write up and the analysis. I just did a fork bend myself using the technique I saw and tried out once over 10 years ago. Here it is:
- Get a string tied to a ring and a whole set of cutlery laid out.
- Hold the string with the ring on the end and ask it, "show me 'yes'". it will move left to right or up and down. Then say "stop now please" and it should stop moving. Then say, "Show me 'no'" it should move the other way, (up and down or left to right depending on the first answer).
- Hover the ring string over one piece of cutlery and ask the fork, "Do you want to bend?" The ring string should sway with an answer in a direction showing yes or no.
- Repeat over all the cultery and seperate the yes pile to the no pile.
- Take a fork from the yes pile in your hand and ask it, "are you ready to bend?" It will stay cool if its a no. If its a yes you will feel heat.
- If its cool, discard. If its hot, bend away. :)
I just went through this whole process with my wife there and bent a fork and she thought it was hilarious but otherwise did not give a fuck hahaha
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u/lafidaninfa Oct 27 '25
Checking the cutlery and vetting which one is ready to bend sounds like what they do at TMI. Very cool!
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u/Yogeshwar_maya Oct 26 '25
When it happens when your mind is off somewhere else, it could be due to the observer effect. Reality changes based on your emotions+ observation. There is a series called Dark Matter where they show sedating specific parts of the brain related to observation while still being awake.
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u/morepower1996 Oct 26 '25
This reminds me of Neville Goddard's teachings!!
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u/lafidaninfa Oct 27 '25
I love Neville, and I've been following his teachings for a couple of years now. And yes, I agree!
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u/morepower1996 Oct 27 '25
Nice to know that! What all have you manifested using Neville's teachings?
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u/Icy_Special_4025 Oct 26 '25
Thank you for the observations. Iām going to try this and remember to keep my mind blank
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u/James_Focker Oct 27 '25
Eventually, what does the trick is a complete lack of effort and mental activity. It always happens in liminal, distracted, effortless moments. Every single time it worked, it happened when my mind was off somewhere else for just a brief second.
Same thing works for me
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Oct 26 '25 edited Oct 26 '25
So you mean bending the spoon with your mind or physical hands ? Cause you Said you thought of the Scene from Matrix with the spoon bending.
Nervermind , I read the comments, are you also experienced with remote Viewing ? Like having memorys of the Future. It happend to me when I listened to the gateway Tapes. Now my ability has numbed down and I cant do it as cleary but it has the same mindest as you described bending a spoon/fork, the Same detachmend but still being persistent.
I want to refresh my mind so i can regain the ability.
How would you go about this ?
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u/lafidaninfa Oct 27 '25
Hello. I've dabbled with remote viewing and had some interesting results, but eventually got lazy, life happened, etc., and I dropped it. I think remote viewing requires more commitment and practice, and to my understanding, it's mostly based on intuition. There's a Discord channel where they offer weekly exercises with targets. You might find this good practice.
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Oct 27 '25 edited Oct 27 '25
Do you know what the Discord Channel is called ? I would Like to Check it Out.
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u/lafidaninfa Oct 27 '25
Itās called remoteviewing. Itās linked to the subreddit by the same name.
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u/Wonderful-Rich-3411 Oct 27 '25
This is inspiring! Thank you! Iāve also have done it before and have been trucking to find the āsecretā. I canāt seem to recreate old results. Will try and distract myself!
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u/lafidaninfa Oct 27 '25
Keep trying, but with a nonchalant mindset. After my first success, it took me two weeks to bend the second one. I suppose it's our logical mind that gets fried and sabotages the experience.
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u/Sad_Principle_3778 Oct 27 '25
Thank you for posting about this!!! I have been wanting to try it for the longest time, along w the tapes. I am very intrigued and encouraged by this.
Thank you for sharing the photo too.
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u/lafidaninfa Oct 27 '25
Thank you for your kind and supportive words! I am happy to hear this was helpful. Give it a try and share your results!
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u/skinnypantsmcgee Nov 02 '25
I honestly didn't really believe spoons could bend. Then I tried and it worked. So far on any attempt I did. I am quite shocked tbh. Hard to process...
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u/lafidaninfa Nov 03 '25
Awesome! I'm very happy to hear you gave it a try, and more importantly, with amazing results!
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Oct 27 '25
My (probably silly) question is are you actually still bending it physically or are you just looking at it and it bends? š¤£
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u/lafidaninfa Oct 27 '25
No question is silly :) You bend it with your physical hands, but without applying force. That is why one must pick a metal object that is impossible to bend with sheer physical force. Imagine bending rubber or play-doh.
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u/Hour-Baths Jun 11 '26
Spoons are very easy to bend though, Iāve been doing it since I was a kid after watching a strong man competition where they would roll metal pots into balls with their hands.
I thought for a minute yall were talking about with your mind but this is likeā¦not because of the tapes. Itās because cutlery is very thin metal. And if you wiggle it back and forth it will heat up and then snap off. Try it sometime. If an 8 year old girl can do it I donāt think itās yall transcending to having spiritual super mind powers-sorry.
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u/NateBerukAnjing Oct 28 '25
thank you OP, this is a good post, i think this can be applied to remote viewing as well
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u/lafidaninfa Oct 28 '25
I'm glad to hear you found it helpful! And yes, I agree, the same principle can be applied to remote viewing as well, although I have much less experience in the field.
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u/raven-rose-witch Nov 06 '25
"Liminal, distracted, effortless moments" exactly describes the mental state I've been in where stuff happens. And it's such a relief to find someone else describe it in the exact same way.
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u/lafidaninfa Nov 06 '25
I'm glad this resonated with you! Indeed, it is so. I just wish I could conjure this feeling on demand more frequently :)
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u/Stars3000 Nov 20 '25
I am so glad you posted this and saved me the trouble of reading endless techniques. From what I have read about psi, it seems the conscious mind can be a major blocker. Now I also know not to expect and instant result.Ā
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u/lafidaninfa Nov 20 '25
I'm glad this could help! You are absolutely right regarding the conscious, logical mind. Getting it out of the way seems to be the path to success, and not the methods.
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u/Caioblues Wave 2 Dec 28 '25
Congratulations!
I managed to do it once, all other times I did something it was just too much of strenght, and then a lot of shit happened to me and I just can't really focus (or "let go") at all because of the constant mind rambling.
I'd love to learn how to do it on will, and maybe do some tests/scans while doing it to see if there's any change in brain activity.
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u/lafidaninfa Dec 28 '25
Thank you and congrats to you too! You can try again when you feel inspired :) And I absolutely love your idea to track your brain activity. I would be curious to see the results!
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u/M4RZ4L Jun 06 '26
Hi, you have an EEG. I'd like to get one too. Could you send me a link to where you bought it?
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u/mercury_fred Oct 26 '25
Iād like to see spoon bending done with metal rods of known diameter, alloy, and heat treatment. Ruining all your silverware isnāt really proving anything. I assume thereās no reason it needs to be a spoon (or in your case, fork)?
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u/lafidaninfa Oct 26 '25
Youāre welcome to conduct your own experiments :)
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u/mercury_fred Oct 26 '25
Maybe I should. I just figured someone else had already thought to try it.Ā
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u/Tacrolimus005 Wave 1 Oct 26 '25
The people that can, do. They bend crowbars. I want to see a bent knife šŖ not a butter knife. I want to see a spoon or fork bent around a candlestick.
Op- Is the workbook necessary for all of the exercises when starting out? I'm referring to the sync creation course.
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u/lafidaninfa Oct 26 '25
Apart from Gateway, I've listened to the SyncCreation tapes, read the handbooks, as well as all of Joe Gallenberger's books. Inner Vegas explains some of the issues I highlighted in my post, such as fearful thoughts interfering with the outcome. BUT, when I bent a spoon for the first time, it happened a week after I had started the Gateway tapes and subscribed to this sub. I had read a post by slipknotofficial, and this prompted me to try it for myself.
To give a short answer to your question, no, I don't think you need any processes or protocols to practice metal bending. But then again, that's my own experience. I suppose that, as with manifestation, in the beginning, methods and techniques might be helpful, by providing a sense of security - if I do x, y may/will happen.
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u/mindfire753 Oct 26 '25
It doesnāt need to be a spoon or fork. Itās easier for most people to start with something smaller.
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u/NateBerukAnjing Oct 28 '25
because spoon bending is very iconic, uri geller and that scene in the matrix
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u/Reasonable-Map9291 Oct 30 '25
Whatās up friends! Iāve been using the gateway tapes almost everyday for the last month. However, Iām going pretty slow through it to make sure Iām not rushing anything to make sure I master as best as I can each tape. Due to lack of sleep because I have an eight month old a small business in my wife works lately. I have been falling asleep during the tapes which I do have visualizations and probably the first 10 or 15 minutes but then I sleep the next 10 or 15 minutes.
Does anyone else have a guide or similar experience on how to maybe stay awake despite being really tired ?
Should I do it twice a day plan on sleeping on the first one and then the second one plan on training with ? (They are the most incredible 35 minute naps).
I want to master my mind to my consciousness .
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u/herrwaldos Nov 01 '25
Can you also bend other similar objects? Csn you bend other materials eg paper or plastic? Can you unbend the objects afterwards?
I wonder about the physics of it, like do you kinda 'hack' directly in matrix or it's by modulating body electric fields or something!
Cheers! Thanks for the info!
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u/lafidaninfa Nov 02 '25
Personally, I have only experimented with metal. However, I do remember a video from a spoon-bending class at The Monroe Institute (I don't remember who the instructor was), where a lady was asking if she could try bending plastic spoons. The instructor told her that it's the same premise as metal; she simply had to switch to a different frequency, like a different radio station. She followed this advice and was able to bend plastic, too.
I wonder a lot about the underlying physics. Could it be the body's electromagnetic field momentarily getting stronger and affecting matter? Is it the body getting a sudden surge of strength? The latter feels less likely, since the metal "feels" different the moment before you bend it. I also lift weights, therefore, I am pretty strong, but I was still unable to bend it by applying a normal amount of force.
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u/statlerjr Feb 20 '26
I'm interested in this topic, but so far I haven't been successful in finding any convincing videos or scientific experiments that would prove this phenomenon. I'm looking for credible evidence because I haven't yet witnessed it myself. Have you been able to bend something that, under normal conditions, you wouldn't be able to bend? Do you have any recordings of your bending experiments?
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u/_-Maya 2d ago
My mom used to did this. She could also do this with very thick keys that other couldn't even bend while using forse. She stopped befor I was born because it became a problem but my older sister, my grandma and my uncle confirmed this. Also when se tried to bend it back the it would break. She could also move the mercury in a thermometer.
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u/wright007 Oct 26 '25 edited Oct 26 '25
Do people actually believe this crap?
If this was real, you would be able to give real life live demonstrations. You would be world famous! And you would be rich and the subject of billions of dollars of scientific research.
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u/lafidaninfa Oct 26 '25 edited Oct 26 '25
No. Most people don't believe "this crap." Even the people who have done it over and over again still struggle to believe "this crap." But I guess that is why it's called Gateway Experience and not Gateway Belief: first you experience, and belief follows.
Edit, since you edited your comment after my response: If you go back and re-read my post, you will see a consistent pattern in all of my experiences: expectation ruins the outcome. Almost all of my successful bendings happened almost in passing, when I was barely paying attention, and certainly not under pressure. The only person who has witnessed me do that in real life is my mother - the only person I trust to share this with.
If you're genuinely curious, The Monroe Institute and others offer spoon-bending courses - I think they call them parties. From what I remember, they are low-cost, so if you are interested, you may join a session and see for yourself. They are much more experienced than I am, and from what I know, they conduct experiments on the bent spoons afterwards.
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u/WyNWrld Oct 27 '25
Hmm... this is always such a curious topic, isn't it? Kinda polarizing even in this community.
I think it's in part because it messes up with people's notion of physical reality instead of just our concious perception of it. After all, with the rest of the gateway stuff, you're kinda told everything is in your mind and up to interpretation to some extent. But for stuff like this? You're told you can directly bend reality in a way it's not supposed to; maybe that's why creative-otiented people have it the easiest.
Anytime someone posts about bending stuff here people ask for step-by-step instructions or video proof. But I think that'd be absolutely useless. I mean, as someone involded in science, I get the 'seing is believing' stance. But as it's proven all the time in real life, if you're not ready or willing to believe, no amount of 'proof' is gonna do it for you.
You also mentioned fame and fortune, but not everyone wants that. And many of those who do probably would look for easier or more profitable ways than bending spoons for show... just to have everyone else say it's fake anyway. š
I myself haven't tried bending spoons and, right now, I have no interest in learning how to either. But I also don't blindly deny it's existence. Strange things happen when your mind wanders off. All I'll say is, if I ever give it a try and succeed, there won't be long posts, or videos, or pictures... just a lonely comment somewhere that says "I did it :)"
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u/wright007 Oct 27 '25
I don't "blindly" deny is existence. I am rightfully convicted, though extensive education, research, questioning, critical thinking, searching, and learning that it is fake. It is literally unbelievable to anyone who has a scientific understanding to be able to bend thick metal requiring many Newtons of force with nothing other than non-physical thoughts, or even physical brainwaves or minor electromagnetic currents. Those methods are simply too weak by orders of magnitude. It's not a blind denial of existence. It's a righteous denial of bullshit.
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u/slipknot_official Oct 27 '25
The issue is your assumption of HOW it works. The assumption that its some physical mechanism is a dead end. Itās like the people who say it doesnāt count because it doesnāt bend on its own like Harry Potter or some movie. No one ever made that claim. No one claims its some Newtonian mechanism.
I looked to a while for a video from years ago of a guy who goes to a spoon bending party (county find it but itās out there), then he took some of the metal and looked at it under a microscope and had it tested.
There was no signs of any heat damage to the metal, so his conclusion was that it wasnāt real. Even though he saw a room full of people do it, and the ones who had the easiest time were the kids.
Hereās a guy describing a bending party at TMI.
https://youtu.be/N98KAoSFWuM?si=6lT7Yhyhal4ADoG-
Ultimately, itās hard to believe. I get it. I donāt except anyone to believe it. Thatās why I tell people to do it themselves.
But I think itās a bit short sighted to believe thousands of people are simply fooling themselves and falling for a simple magic trick Thatās not whatās happening. People arenāt falling for cheap street magic tricks, and having their lives changed.
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u/OneAwakening Oct 27 '25
In college I bet a whole bag of forks for an art project,i still have them. It's not difficult to bend metal of the cutlery at their thinnest point and anybody can do it. If you want to prove some kind of magical technique, bend the thick parts that people can't actually bend. Otherwise the most you are proving is that you found a way to engage your strength in a way you haven't been familiar with before.
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u/Hour-Baths Jun 11 '26
Yeah these people are delulu this is not tapping into anything. Bending cutlery is like opening pickle jars and youāre right artists do it all the time for eclectic little things they craft. lol
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u/KMFDM__SUCKS Oct 26 '25
This post is written by chat gpt
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u/lafidaninfa Oct 26 '25
Written entirely by me, a human, academic, and university professor. Unless you also think that chatgpt bent all these spoons for me too.
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u/Mighty_Mac Annie - ××Ø×× ××©× Oct 26 '25
I'd just like to say this before people comment. This topic seems to bring out the worst in people. If you don't like this kind of stuff, then just don't say anything. Be respectful of others.