April 30th Solar Eclipse - Global Mass Meditation

On Saturday, April 30th 2022, there will be a Solar Eclipse beginning at 2:45pm EDT, and ending at 6:37pm EDT. With this time being an incredibly powerful opportunity for intention setting and manifestation, we invite you to join us for a global mass meditation. At the end of this article, two links are provided - one for a guided meditation, and one with only music. You may choose which one you feel drawn to, or of course, you can use your own style of meditation or visualization practice during this time.

If you choose to use the meditation we provide, it is designed to take you through a journey of expanding your light, anchoring in the energies of unconditional love, purity and positive transformation, and activates your heart center/chakra, with a focus on creating Unity Consciousness on planet Earth. We recommend starting the meditation at 2:45pm EDT, as this is the starting time of the eclipse and is when most of us will be participating in this global meditation. However, if you cannot join at that time, any time of day will do.

In the rest of this article, I will explain what makes this eclipse (and also the New Moon, which happens to fall on the same day) such a powerful time for this process and global event. If you are not interested in the astrological and energetic side of things, you can simply proceed to the end of the article for the links to the meditation and the recommended steps.

Eclipses are known for bringing rapid shifts and transformation into our lives, and they’re believed to help realign us with our destiny. If you’ve been feeling lost or questioning where to go next, the energies of the April 30th eclipse may shine some light on what your next steps should be, and how you can bring opportunities and positive change into your life.

With the Sun in Taurus during this event, connecting to the energy of the eclipse can be a powerful time for manifestation and setting intentions. The energies of this eclipse will be aligned with healing, global peace, loving relationships, greater awareness and disclosures regarding the truth of our existence. When the Sun visits Taurus, it’s important to focus on personal values, beliefs and self-worth. It’s also a good time to take a look at personal finances and inner talents. There may be sudden new opportunities opening up in the realms of money and resources - but keep in mind, there could also be a sudden “closure” of things that were not in your best interest, so that better things can fall into place.

Interestingly, on the night of April 30th we also have a New Moon. This brings awareness to what is of true value and importance. New Moons are always about new beginnings, a time when things take root, and a Taurus New Moon is especially focused on doing things that are “real”. It’s about making things happen that have substance and meaning. It’s a great time to anchor projects and ideas into reality, especially in a physical and tangible way.

That may mean literally planting some seeds in your garden, or it may mean actualizing and solidifying your ideas for a new project with pen and paper. Whatever you feel called to do during this time is what you should do - there is no right or wrong.

Lastly, we are in the middle of a rare planetary alignment (Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn), as well as the Lyrid meteor shower that began on April 14th, and we have been also receiving many M-class and even some X-class solar flares in the past few days. With all of these factors combined together, consider that any practices and intention setting you do today and through the next few days will be greatly amplified. These energies will last approximately until the middle of May, and on May 15th we have a total lunar eclipse - which brings the energy of endings, breakdowns and breakthroughs.

During the meditation, it’s possible you may receive realizations or messages from the higher versions of yourself. You may receive an answer regarding your next steps, or where you should focus your time and energy. It’s important to keep a notebook nearby so you can write down any messages and realizations you receive. Make sure to keep some water nearby as well, as it’s important to drink water after the session to get grounded and fully anchor in the new, higher energies from meditation. 

This guided meditation for the April 2022 Solar Eclipse and New Moon will allow you to ground, align, activate your heart center and tune in with the frequency of Unity Consciousness. We start at 2:45pm EDT.

Guided Meditation (English): www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FHRc4-JcdU

Music-Only Version (no narration): www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMr1g4uKg8k

Spanish Version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQm_K4QmzBw

Italian Version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VqH3BDx77I

The recommended meditation process:

- Have a glass of water nearby, and a pen and notebook to write any messages, guidance, or realizations afterwards which may occur during the meditation. 

- Take three deep breathes and close your eyes. Begin the 4-4-4 breathing pattern. Repeat this breathing pattern, and make sure you inhale and exhale from your stomach.

- Envision a pillar of white light shining down from the center of our universe, shooting down through the top of your head, down through your heart, down to your stomach, legs, feet, then out into the ground, to the center of the Earth. Then, see it rising back up, up through your feet, up through your legs, into the center of your heart, and hold it there.

- Now place your awareness on your heart, and see your heart surrounded and enveloped in this pure white light. This light slowly moves out from your heart center, now expanding and filling the entire room. Now feel this pure, white light, filling your entire home or apartment. Now your entire neighborhood. Expanding out into all the neighborhoods around you. Now your city. Now all the cities around your city. And now your entire state or province. Slowly zoom out your awareness, to see all the other states or provinces around you. As this light expands even more, finally spreading out to your entire country or region. 

- It expands out even further, out to all the other countries and regions, eventually spreading across the entire earth. You continue to zoom out your awareness and see this white light encompassing all of planet earth. Now, zoom out even further and see your white light spreading out into the rest of the galaxy. It reaches every planet, encompassing every planet in the Milky Way.

- As your awareness zooms out even further, this light now spreads out into all the other galaxies. You see hundreds and now thousands of other galaxies, as your pure white light expands out into each one of them. Until, finally, the light reaches the end of our observable universe. Your awareness zooms out even further and you now see multiple universes. Until, eventually, you see your light encompassing every universe. 

- Now, simply breathe in and out calmly. If scenes of daily activities and obligations enter your thoughts, just let them come and go. Observe each one without judgement, and allow them to float away. Allow yourself to be enveloped in this vibrational energy of quiet, and allow the thoughts of the outer world to fade away.

- If your thoughts return, bring your awareness back to your breath and the present moment, allowing the silence to return. Continue in this state of silence until you feel it's time to return and come out of the meditation. For some, this may be an hour, and for some this may be thirty minutes. You may stay in this state of silence as long as you'd like.

- When you feel complete and guided to end the meditation, take some time to return back to your body, and make sure to drink some water. If during the process you connected with the higher parts of yourself, you may want to write down any messages you may have received. Then, allow yourself to settle in the new, higher vibrational energies you experienced, and return to this meditation whenever you'd like.

A Once in a Lifetime Event!

Throughout our human existence, we experience many once in a lifetime events. Some of these events are astrological, and it’s important to understand what these astrological alignments mean and how they may affect us. A rare celestial event is taking place this Tuesday, April 12, at exactly 9:43 a.m. Eastern Time - a Jupiter and Neptune conjunction, in Pisces, for the first time since March 17, 1856. A conjunction is when these planets will appear at the same exact point in the sky. What does this mean? Many astrologers believe that this Jupiter-Neptune conjunction may result in a cultural reset. So what makes this specific planetary alignment so special?

Although these two planets link up approximately every 12 years, they only meet in Pisces every 165 years. So what can we expect? Well, since this exact conjunction hasn’t occurred since 1856, we don’t totally know. However, understanding the symbolism of these two planets moving through Pisces, it’s likely that the Jupiter-Neptune conjunction will initiate some form of spiritual/creative renewal or awakening on both a personal and societal level. This means that matters relating to beliefs, spirituality, perception and artistic expression will be greatly amplified.

Jupiter is growth-oriented and loves to expand, while Neptune brings us intuition and dreams. When both of these planets are in Pisces, there is an amplification of transformational energy. Our spiritual sides will be easier to access and creativity will be flowing. The energy here is pretty serious - in fact, many are saying this is the best day of your entire lifetime for manifesting your dreams. So get out that manifestation journal, write down some intentions, or visualize what you’d like to see in your future - for yourself, and for the world.

This conjunction will bring an incline towards humanitarianism, and we may feel inspired to help people. We may feel more drawn to our higher purpose, or feel called to change something in our lives. Maybe there’s a dream or vision that you’ve always felt called to, but never pursued. This would be a great time to start following your passion and taking the steps needed to create the life you want to experience.

Being a once in a lifetime event, this is an excellent opportunity to set intentions, start that meditation practice, or practice raising your vibration in whatever way that looks like to you. Take time on this day to get quiet and listen to what’s going on in your inner world. Even if you don’t use this time to practice meditation or visualization, take this time to practice stillness - as it is the quiet moments that allow us to hear the messages waiting for us.

April 1st 2022 - A Clean Slate

As you may know, new moons are a time of new beginnings and clean slates. On April 1st, a new moon will form in the courageous and determined sign of Aries. It is also the first day of the astrological new year. This brings the perfect time to plant a seed of intention, as the projects we begin around this time have the best possibility of being successful. It’s a perfect time to set your goals and visualize what you want to manifest in the upcoming weeks and months.

It is a perfect time to find a new way to express yourself, or to build upon the ways you already express yourself. Whether it is art, music, poetry, writing, or though a business or initiative, the new moon in Aries will be a powerful time to use your skills and abilities to express yourself in a new way. It’s time for us to take action with boldness, courage and confidence. We need to take responsibility for where we are in life, currently, and where we want to be. We must let go of any fears that keep us stuck in self sabotage.

For what would be the purpose of a dream that cannot be fulfilled? The universe does not operate that way, teasing us with potential we do not have. The only teasing comes when we cannot see our unrealized potential. We must realize that we are already creating and choosing every aspect of our lives - whether we like where we are at, or not. By taking accountability for where we are now and what we’re creating, we can begin to change the aspects that we don’t like. Take this time to look at what you are creating/choosing, and what you would like to change. Then, set the intention for what you would like to create instead. You can do this through writing, affirmations, and/or visualization. Use whatever method you are most comfortable with to put your intentions out there and to get clear on what you’d like to create in the future.

Remember, the only limitations we have are the ones we create for ourselves.

2/22/22 "Twosday" & Pluto Return

On February 22, 2022, Pluto's astrological position will return to the United States. This return takes place every 248 years. The last Pluto return occurred during the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Many believe that the planetary return represents rebirth as the date 2/22/2022 will bring upon a powerful shift. Pluto is the planet of death and rebirth for karmic cycles. A Pluto return signifies great change, a death and rebirth of some sort. For the US, Pluto's return can represent major shifts in finance, prosperity, and leadership.

While we will probably not see any kind of sudden change to our financial system or government, this date will most likely be the beginning of a major shift that we are overdue for. We may see some kind of event or change that, while it appears minor, actually represents the start of a much bigger change. It is also possible that we don’t “see” anything happening at all, however, there may be things happening “behind the scenes”.

Because this Pluto return also happens to fall on a “twosday” - the date of 2/22/22 - this represents an important date in terms of numerology. This date is a powerful date for setting intention towards what you want to create or manifest in your life, especially in terms of community, relationships and opportunity. The series of 2’s represents building something bigger than yourself, with the help of others as a community. It’s about interpersonal collaborations, brainstorming and problem solving that leads to innovation. It’s also about compassion, service to others, cooperation and helping those in need.

The number 2 symbolizes duality and polarity, but also balance and harmony. It represents the difference between two people but also their ability to find common ground, and finding cooperation and collaboration between “opposing forces”. So because it represents finding this unity and balance, there may be some kind of event that represents a new kind of partnership or cooperation.

So what should you do on this day? It’s a perfect day to set aside some time to either meditate, visualize, journal or a combination of those - especially towards your goals and manifestation. It could be towards manifesting a new relationship (or improving your current one), a new business or collaboration, and/or visualizing and setting an intention for global harmony, unity and balance in the world.

As many people will be participating in this activity at 2:22pm, we recommend setting your intentions and doing your visualization/meditation at this time, as global synchronized events have been proven to have an impact on the world and can be incredibly powerful. The time zone does not matter - you can participate at 2:22pm in your own time zone. No matter your personal intentions that you decide to set during this time, we ask that you include the intention of global harmony, unity and balance in the world. Remember to focus on what you DO want, rather than “getting rid” of the things you don’t want. In other words, focus on global peace, rather than the end of war. Focus on people coming together, to create a world where there is abundance and prosperity for all.

We won’t see this date again for another 200 years - so take advantage of this opportunity! Here is a meditation track with 22hz binaural beats that you can use during your visualization and intentions:

New Years Clearing and Declaration

New Years Clearing & Declaration Instructions

2021 was an interesting year for all of us. Besides all the social and political events, we’ve also had our own personal events. So we will be using New Years Day as an opportunity to clear all of the old negative energies and emotions that have built up in 2021 (and even before that), and then we will declare what we want to manifest in 2022 (and years moving forward). Even kids can do this.

The process is simple and can be done any time of your choosing on New Years Day. (Doing this event as a collective on the same day will make it an even more powerful process, the same way our collective mass meditations do - global collaborations have a significant impact on the collective consciousness, and can actually be measured. We have a page about the science of this, here).

Here’s how to do the clearing:

1. Get a blank piece of paper (one that you will fine with shredding, burying or burning)

2. With pen or pencil, write a list of the things you no longer want, starting with “I’m done with…”

   These can be personal things, or collective/society things, or a combination of both.

   i.e. “I’m done with the violence, I’m done with the separation, I’m done with struggling financially”

3. On a new piece of paper, write the things you declare to manifest in 2022 and beyond, starting with “I am choosing…”

   i.e. “I am choosing sovereignty, I am choosing freedom, I am choosing abundance, I am choosing love”

   or, you can start each sentence with “I live in a world where…”

   i.e. “I live in a world where there is peace, I live in a world where everybody has food and water”

4. Then, burn, shred or bury only the first piece of paper (the “I’m done” list). Please use a can/bowl of some sort if you burn it.

5. You can do whatever you want with the other paper, keep it and put it somewhere safe, but then you can forget about it. (You have set the intentions for what you want, now you can let it go and detach from the outcome. Know that it is all coming).

BONUS: Freedom From The Past Through Forgiveness

This is another simple but extremely powerful process that can and should also be done on New Years. It involves writing a letter to the people who have hurt or wronged you (don’t worry, you won’t actually be giving them the letter - but on a psychological and energetic level, it’s as if you had). The most important part is truly forgiving them, regardless of what they had done. This doesn’t have to be specifically things that happened in 2021. It can be anything that happened before 2021 - you can go all the way back to your childhood, if you want.

It won’t be easy to forgive everybody. But as long as you are holding this anger, this grudge towards other people, you are giving them your power. As long as you still have that anger in your heart for whatever they did, you are giving them a piece of yourself, you are allowing them to take your power away. A part of you stays stuck there, back when it happened, and it stays stuck there until you truly forgive them and move on. So, take a moment to think about who hurt you or wronged you - it’s best to focus on the moments that you really stuck with you, or that you still hold anger/resentment about. Don’t worry so much about the little things, unless you want to - then you can write a short letter to those people too. But start with the big ones, think about what happened and what they did, and decide that you are going to forgive them - truly forgive them.

Once you do that, write a short letter to them. Start with telling them how their actions affected you. Make it clear that their actions hurt you and left an impact. Maybe it was something they didn’t do - maybe they weren’t there for you. Go into as much detail as you want, and really let your feelings out. Then let them know that you forgive them, and that you have moved on. You can even tell them “thank you for giving me the opportunity to grow through learning forgiveness and moving past anger and resentment”. The truth is, their actions may have been wrong but they were still a part of your experience and personal/emotional/spiritual development.

When you have finished writing the letters, you can shred them, bury them or burn them. That’s it! You should feel a sense of freedom, a lightness, and as if you have let go of a ton of weights that were pulling you down. Embrace that feeling of freedom and sovereignty, and if you want, thank the universe for giving you all the experiences it has given you. Then go do something fun, you deserve it!

Here is a good ambient meditation track you can use to assist in the above clearing processes.

Why 144,000? The Science and Significance

We have been asked by many, why have we chosen the goal of 144,000 participants for the global meditation on the solstice, and how can such a small number of people change the world by raising the global LoC (Level of Consciousness)? We will first list these reasons, and then explain each in more detail.

1) Specific goals/numbers become more attainable, easier to comprehend, and create a larger global reaction when those specific goals are achieved. It sets a clear intention, and a realistic, measurable objective for everybody involved.

2) The number is an approximation of the number of participants required to achieve critical mass. This number can be calculated by considering the average impact each participant has on others, on a global scale, in terms of exponential influence - or “chain reaction”.

3) The number has a very extensive history in spiritual and religious texts, is found throughout all of nature (within the Fibonacci Sequence, or Golden Ratio), has an extremely relevant significance in numerology, and relates directly to specific frequencies commonly referenced in spiritual practices and beliefs, including the chakra system and the dimensional volume of pyramids.

HAVING SPECIFIC GOALS MAKE THEM MORE ATTAINABLE

Let’s start with the simple fact that having specific goals makes them more attainable. When our goals are vague and undefined, this causes a few problems - it not only makes us less motivated to achieve them, but we also become unclear on what we are even trying to accomplish. When we get specific with our goals, we suddenly attain clarity towards what we are trying to achieve, and at the same time, the goal itself becomes more attainable.

Goals should always be S.M.A.R.T.

Specific - be as precise as possible

Measurable - there should be a way to clearly measure your success

Attainable - it should be something that is within your capabilities

Realistic - your goal should be attainable and possible

Timely - you should have a clear time frame in which you want to reach your goal

By having a goal of 144,000 participants in our global meditation, this follows all of those rules - making it specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely. It gives us a clear initiative, objective and deadline.

THE APPROXIMATION OF CRITICAL MASS ON PLANET EARTH

The number 144,000 also happens to be an approximation of the number of people in the human population it would take to reach critical mass. First, let’s consider how many people an average person has the ability of influence. Believe it or not, that number is 10,000. That might seem like a much bigger impact you would think the average person has on others. However, we need to consider exponential influence, or what you might know as the Domino Effect or Butterfly Effect. Every person’s actions and words (and possibly even on a mental/energetic level) have a massive influence on their immediate reality and the people around them. Every person you speak to, every action you do in general, creates a “ripple effect” of actions, events and even things we don’t fully understand (happening on the quantum and subatomic level) to create a widespread change and affect the global LoC (Level of Consciousness).

Each person you interact with is influenced in some way, which affects their actions and words towards others, and those people’s words and actions towards others, and so on. This results in an exponential domino effect of change. Considering this, the number that most studies have shown is 10,000. That’s how many people are ultimately influenced by each individual.

We then need to know what percentage of a society is required to “set things in motion” via critical mass - the tipping scale of creating real, physical change and also a change in the collective consciousness. There are many studies that have come up with different percentages, but they all seem to range between 10% and 25%. So we’ve averaged out the different percentages and found that the average percentage for critical mass is 18% of a population.

Now we simply take 18% of the current population of 7.9 billion, which is about 1.4 billion. Then we just need to consider that the group of 1.4 billion people can ultimately be influenced by the collective group of participants working together towards creating change - and those people can each influence an average of 10,000 people.

That number comes out to 142,200 - that is the approximate number of people it would take to reach critical mass and influence the entire population. Keep in mind, the population of Earth is constantly changing, and there are other factors that come into the equation - such as, the actual number of people that each participant can influence, which varies. That being said, that number is very close to 144,000. So we’ve decided to, based on the other points we are about to make, round up to the number of 144,000 and make that our goal for number of participants.

SIGNIFICANCE IN SPIRITUAL TEXTS AND HISTORY

The number 144,000 has an extensive history in many spiritual texts, including the Bible. It appears three times in the Book of Revelation, where one passage states, “No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth” and that “judgments upon the earth, the sea, and the trees may not proceed until they are protected”.

The Jehovah’s Witnesses claim that 144,000 is a limit to the number of people who will reign with Christ in heaven and spend eternity with God. Those who are not among the 144,000 will enjoy what they call the earthly hope — a paradise on earth "ruled by Christ and the 144,000". 

The Unification Church believes that 144,000 represents the total number of saints whom Christ must find "who can restore the missions of all past saints who failed in their responsibilities”.

It also has significance on the mayan calendar, and other religious and spiritual works.

SIGNIFICANCE IN NUMEROLOGY

Now let’s take a look at the number in numerology.

Twelve is an important number in numerology, signifying completion and perfection. According to James Coffman, twelve multiplied by itself and then again by one thousand indicates completion and perfection to the ultimate degree. Let’s take a look at the number itself being reduced, as most numbers are in numerology. 144 reduces to 9, which represents humanitarianism, tolerance, compassion and philanthropy. There is an absence of prejudice and judgment. It represents help for individuals and organizations and making the world a better place. It is philanthropic for the welfare of people and the accomplishment of an idealistic vision.

To recap, the essence of the number 144,000 in numerology represents the ideas of:

- Humanitarianism

- Compassion

- Self-Reliance

- Independence

- Pragmatism

- Tolerance

- Exploration

SIGNIFICANCE IN SPIRITUALITY

The number 144,000 occurs in many spiritual practices and beliefs including the chakra system.

The 144,000 petals of the main chakra or coronal (located to the summit of the cranium) represent the 144,000 rays of light originated from all the seven chakras, or centers of energy of the body, deployed and balanced, or again the 144,000 vibrations of the divine creation which are the source of life.

When we add the number of petals of the five inferior psychic centers, we obtain a total of 48 petals. By adding 96 petals of the frontal center (the place of the third eye), we obtain the number 144, a symbol of the perfect and expressed spiritual work, that is to say of the marriage between the soul and the personality. If now we multiply 144 by the thousand petals of the coronal center, we obtain 144,000.

144hz is said the be the frequency of the third eye chakra, and 144hz is also commonly used in binaural beats and meditations as the frequency of “unity consciousness”. 

SIGNIFICANCE IN NATURE

The number 144,000 occurs in the Fibonacci Sequence, or golden ratio - which is a ratio found throughout all of nature and everything on Earth. It is the 12th number in the sequence (which is interesting because the number 12 in numerology is all about independence, individuality, initiation and new beginnings).

The number 144 occurs in the human body, specifically, the brain. DMT is a molecule produced in the center of the brain by a gland called the pineal gland (spiritually known as the third eye). This gland is responsible for sleep, dreams, and near death experiences. If you convert the mass of the DMT molecule into frequency you get approximate octaves of 144,000hz.

The number occurs commonly within the great pyramids. If you divide the cubic volume of the great pyramid by the speed of light you will get octaves of 144,000hz. There were originally 144,000 casing stones to the great pyramid causing it to be a smooth slant.

The great pyramid is said to be 280 cubits tall. If you add the pyramidion (which is an exact octave of 144,000 cubits) and the cubic measure of the 1.25 cubit pyramidion divided by the speed of light in meters, you get octaves of 144,000 within 99% accuracy. 

Temperature effects the speed of sound. The temperature  in the great pyramid stays 68 degree Fahrenheit and causes sound to travel 343.9281 meters per second). That specific speed of sound divided by the speed of gravitational acceleration (9.81 meters per second) = octaves of 144,000hz (within 99.7-99.9% accuracy depending on humidity in the great pyramid). The Queen’s chamber divided by the speed of sound in the great pyramid also equals octaves of 144,000hz.

A few other interesting usages of the number 144,000:

- There is a measurement for the speed of light that translates to 144,000 minutes of arc per grid second

- As of 2021, there were 144 confirmed UFO sightings, and only one of them could be explained [source]

- 144hz is a commonly used frame rate for computer monitors, which use quartz crystals - 144hz is a harmonic of the quartz crystal frequency (i.e. when the frequency of the quartz crystal is divided generally by some number that is a binary fraction)

- If you divide the speed of gravitational acceleration by the speed of light you get octaves of 144,000hz (99.99% accurate). So this implies gravity divided by light = octaves of 144,000)

- The speed of light divided by the circumference of the sun = octaves of 144,000hz (99.94% accurate)

- There are 144,000 variants per genome [source]

- Planck time is the rate at which particles fluctuate in and out of the vacuum of space, at least on earth. Planck time divided by 144,000 = octaves of 144,000 (99.5% accurate)

- Euler’s number of exponential grown (known as “E”) x phi= octaves of 144,000 (99.91% accurate). Meaning exponential or perpetually expanding phi/golden ratio relates to 144,000hz

Hopefully you now have a better understanding of why we have chosen 144,000 as our goal for global meditation participants. Even if you don’t believe in any specific religion, belief system or even the power of humanity working together as a collective - the number clearly seems to have important significance, and we are finding it more and more throughout our reality, every day.

Join us for the global meditation on the solstice of December 21st at 11am EST - more information here.

The Hundredth Monkey Theory

The 100th Monkey Theory tells us how the behavior of an entire group of individuals can change when the critical mass is reached. Although this popular story explains how a morphic field works, Sheldrake never uses it to confirm his theory.

Lyall Watson was the first to mention the 100th Monkey Theory in his book LIFETIDE (1979): In the early 1950ies, on the Japanese island of Koshima the Macaque monkeys were fed sweet potatoes by scientists who were observing their behavior.

The scientist would feed these monkeys by throwing sweet potatoes into the sand. One young female monkey, named Imo, started washing the dirty sweet potatoes in the sea before eating them and discovered the improved flavors of washed potatoes.

Other young monkeys in her troop observed her and began doing the same. Soon all young monkeys washed their potatoes in the sea as well as their mothers. According to Lyall Watson, when the 100th monkey in the troop learned the new skill, over night all monkeys on the island began washing their potatoes before eating them. He goes on to say:

• “… Let’s say, for arguments sake, that the number was 99 monkeys who washed their potatoes in the sea, and that at eleven o’clock on the Tuesday morning, one further convert was added to the fold in the usual way. But the addition of the 100th monkey apparently carried the number across some sort of threshold, pushing it through a kind of critical mass, because by that evening almost everyone in the colony was doing it. Not only that, but the habit seems to have jumped natural barriers to have appeared spontaneously, like glycerine crystals in sealed laboratory jars, in colonies in other islands and on the mainland in a troop at Takasakiyama.”

It can not be confirmed that monkeys on the neighboring islands or mainland also adapted to potato washing. But as thoroughly researched and well presented in this article by Elaine Myers called The Hundredth Monkey Revisited, it is quite interesting how behaviors change from one generation to the next.

The article points out that the older individuals, who do not have a lot of contact to the young ones in their troop, would not adapt to the new skills. When the young ones reach adulthood, they teach the new skills to their offspring naturally and after a couple of generations the whole troop uses the new skills as a natural way of living.