Natural gift versus acquired skill

There is often a deep and exhaustive debate in professional circles about who can actually practice dowsing. Are these skills available to absolutely everyone, or is access reserved exclusively for those born with specific abilities? Although in the past there were opinions, expressed even through certain percentages, that every person could master this skill, long-term practice irrefutably indicates that this is not the case.

However, top and exceptional experts in this field are not necessarily only those who possess this innate, natural gift. It can happen that this gift is present and expressed through an extremely high coefficient of dowsing ability, and that same person never achieves results in his life that would classify him as a real connoisseur. It can be compared to any other human talent, for example for music, mathematics or singing. Having a talent for something means absolutely nothing if it is not nurtured, honed and put to the test through hard, long-term and continuous practice.

In other words, talent without deep study and constant work remains completely unexpressed and unused. A musical instrument can serve as a classic example: the violin can be played at the highest level only by a gifted musician who has tirelessly practiced and perfected his technique for years.

Measurement of dowsing coefficient

It is interesting to point out that dowsing talent can be measured exactly. However, this giftedness coefficient, which is expressed in a certain number, is not always identical during the test - the values ​​can differ depending on who exactly does the testing. In addition, each expert applies his own and specific measurement method. Individuals do this by carefully counting individual pendulum oscillations, while others rely on counting the full circles the instrument makes.

One of the widespread field measurement methods works as follows: the examiner grasps the right hand of the person being tested with his left hand. Then, with his right hand, he swings the pendulum toward the subject and counts the exact number of swings until the instrument comes to a complete stop. That obtained number is then multiplied by ten, which gives the final amount that represents the coefficient of dowsing giftedness. According to the established norms of this type of testing, if the number of oscillations is less than 20, that is, if the total coefficient is less than 200, it is considered that that person does not have a sufficient level of sensitivity to be able to achieve significant results, even with daily practice.

It should be emphasized again and again that these are purely orientational coefficients and that each practitioner builds up his own scales of values ​​that differ from each other over time. However, relying on rich experience, experts can always classify candidates quite precisely based on their parameters.

Caution, self-control and moral responsibility

At this point, one extremely important warning for all beginners must be pointed out. Namely, when inexperienced practitioners feel the first concrete results of measurements, they often neglect subsequent checks and immediately act extremely authoritatively. They are ready to claim and prove that the situation on the ground is absolutely as they detected it, convinced that there is no room for error.

However, it must be borne in mind that the results obtained in this way always contain elements of numerous possible omissions. The source of those errors are most often the examiners themselves, but also external factors, current mood, fatigue, as well as insufficient mental concentration. Precisely because of this, every result should always be approached with a certain amount of reserve regarding its absolute accuracy.

This is extremely valuable advice that reminds you of the necessity of questioning your own findings. Nature itself teaches us that true talent is really necessary in this business and that success cannot be forced where there is no cover: it is extremely difficult, almost impossible, to make a top racing horse out of any ordinary horse.

In any case, regardless of the level of technical training, a true and recognized practitioner of this skill should primarily be a humane and good person — intellectually broad, and morally and psychologically completely stable and up to his task.