The most compelling evidence we will ever encounter is personal observation and experience.
 
We're told in our modern education that everything is fundamentally matter and energy. As such, everything must behave as if it were just matter and energy.

This worldview—materialism—is presented not as a theory, but as an unquestionable truth.
 
Here's something you can do right now to have a direct experience that will prove this materialistic belief we have been brainwashed with is untrue.
 
This was one of my wake-up calls that there is more to reality--and you can repeat it.

At one time, I was faced with the problem of locating a drain line under a concrete floor in the warehouse at my office. The original construction drawings were lost. Experts offered no better suggestion than to start randomly breaking up the concrete floor—a daunting and expensive prospect.

Then a coworker offered a strange solution. He said he could "witch" the drain line.
 
He bent some coat hangers and walked about the warehouse until he had mapped out what he claimed was the entire drainage system, hidden under 6 inches of solid concrete. I watched as the wires mysteriously crossed in his hands and he put X's on the floor.

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​Intrigued, but thinking he was probably moving the wires voluntarily, I decided to try it. To my amazement, the wires crossed in every spot he had chalked an X. No visuals were at play since I even repeated it, closing my eyes.

We broke through the concrete in line with the X's and dug down. There was the drain pipe, three feet down.

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​On another occasion, after digging for an hour in my yard to find plugged drain pipes leading from my eavestroughs, I remembered dowsing. I bent some coat hangers and walked about the yard. In about two minutes, I found the pipe under three feet of dirt.

I had the same experience trying to find a buried electrical line going to an outside light that had become dead. I put a small piece of scrap electrical wire, like I was trying to find underground, in my hand. I then walked about using the dowsing bent dowsing wires. I again amazed myself as I was able to track the line buried two feet underground.

For centuries, dowsing has been used to find underground water; for centuries it's been pooh-poohed by the scientific community. What happens between the wire and the water (or other buried objects) and why the wires turn toward one another is totally mysterious. (Some dowsers use a y-shaped branch that will point down over the target; others dowse with pendulums.) There is some form of communication going on, but it hasn't been measured, harnessed, defined, or explained.

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Here's how you can experience this yourself to help open your mind to the mysterious and unseen world that exists outside of this material one.
 
Lay a hose on the ground and let water trickle through it. Slowly walk across it perpendicularly, very lightly holding your dowsing wires so they can easily swivel back and forth. Hold them body width apart, parallel to the ground, and pointing forward. Keep your elbows tight to your sides to help your hands stay steady. Feel for the wires' desire to turn toward one another and let them do it. They will do this as you pass over the hose. When you feel them start to turn, slow way down, or stop to let them finish their swing inward toward one another.

You can also experience coins communicating with one another by putting one coin on the ground and another in your hand as you hold the wires. Then walk over the coin and the wires will cross.

If it doesn't work for you, retry by moving very slowly and steadily, making sure the wires are held VERY loosely so they can do their own thing. Ask others to try if you're unsure.

On the other hand, if you prefer not to try this for yourself and just doubt, you can do that too and have plenty of support.
 
For example, in a debunking book entitled: Why People Believe Weird Things, the author, the founder of Skeptic Magazine, states, "Some things such as water dowsing . . . have been tested and have failed the tests often enough that we can provisionally conclude that they are false." (Nice touch with "provisionally.")

Another author, in the book, Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction – Where Real Science Ends . . . and Pseudoscience Begins, claims that dowsing is nothing more than unconscious muscular movements caused by expectation or suggestion.
 
Reading such criticisms after directly experiencing results in the real world is like walking into a room soaking wet from a rainstorm, only to be told it couldn't be raining because it wasn’t in the forecast.
 
According to these skeptics, everyone at my office blindfolded must have been delusional or coincidentally guessed the exact path of a drain system buried under 15,000 square feet of concrete.
 
That’s more absurd than the phenomenon they’re trying to disprove.
 
Try it yourself. If you're holding the wires correctly—loose enough for free movement—they’ll respond on their own. Not from “muscle movements.” They only work when you’re not influencing them.
 
Does it work for everyone? No. Why not? I have no idea.
 
Further evidence that the naysayers are wrong is the fact that some dowsers make a living finding underground water, unmarked graves, minerals, lost items, and archeological artifacts. Even governments and utility companies have hired them. Many work on a contingency basis and don't get paid unless they are successful.
 
A few professional dowsers
 
1. Marc Mondavi (California)
A member of the renowned Mondavi wine family, Marc Mondavi has been practicing dowsing for over 40 years. He charges approximately $500 per site visit, with additional fees if the located well yields over 50 gallons per minute. His clientele includes prominent wineries such as Rombauer Vineyards and Bronco Wine Co., producers of Two Buck Chuck. Mondavi also markets a wine label named "The Divining Rod" as a nod to his dowsing activities. The Guardian+4Time+4SFGate+4The Weather Channel+1Time+1Arkansas Online+4SFGate+4The Weather Channel+4
 
2. Rob Thompson (California)
Operating primarily in California, Rob Thompson offers dowsing services to locate underground water sources. He charges $1,500 for the first two hours and $650 for each additional hour. Despite skepticism from the scientific community, Thompson maintains a steady clientele among farmers and vintners, especially during drought conditions. Spectrum News 1+1SFGate+1The Guardian
 
3. Sharron Hope (California)
Based near Oroville, California, Sharron Hope has been dowsing since 1997. She charges around $500 per consultation, significantly less than the $10,000 to $50,000 fees typically charged by hydrogeologists. Her clients include farmers and landowners seeking affordable methods to locate groundwater. The Guardian
 
Save yourself some money, or make some, and go bend the wires.

This experience with dowsing was a mind-opener for me resulting in years of research that confirmed in many ways that our world, and we, are other than matter.
 
You too, if truth rather than belief is important, can do your own investigation. Don't take the position of the person who said to Margaret Mead, "This is the kind of phenomena I wouldn't believe even if it were true."