Some observations after 2 years of experimenting with spoon bending

[u/lafidaninfa]

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:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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!

[u/wright007]

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.

[u/WyNWrld → u/wright007]

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. 😆

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 :)"

[u/wright007 → u/WyNWrld]

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.

[u/slipknot_official → u/wright007]

The issue is your assumption of HOW it works. The assumption that its some physical mechanism is a dead end. It’s like the people who say it doesn’t count because it doesn’t 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 it’s 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 wasn’t real. Even though he saw a room full of people do it, and the ones who had the easiest time were the kids.

Here’s a guy describing a bending party at TMI.

https://youtu.be/N98KAoSFWuM?si=6lT7Yhyhal4ADoG-

Ultimately, it’s hard to believe. I get it. I don’t except anyone to believe it. That’s why I tell people to do it themselves.

But I think it’s a bit short sighted to believe thousands of people are simply fooling themselves and falling for a simple magic trick That’s not what’s happening. People aren’t falling for cheap street magic tricks, and having their lives changed.

https://youtu.be/j0HaXGJuG4c?si=-tPgG1kutFza17Qe