Bad Part Became Good
Adolphius
Orlando, Florida, USA
This incident occurred almost 30 years ago. I was working for Martin
Marietta (now Lockheed/Martin), a central Florida Aerospace Corporation,
as a failure analysis engineer. Whenever a project had an electronic
component fail the component was sent to my laboratory. At the time it was
important for engineering production group to keep track of failed
semiconductor components in order to determine if they had a vendor
problem, a design problem (it happened a lot during initial design phase),
or if the part was removed by mistake (it happened a lot). In almost every
case a request form was filled out before analysis was performed and a
written report was issued.
One day two project engineers brought down a JANTX2N5036 transistor for
failure analysis. This was a very common but expensive MIL-SPEC NPN power
transistor. This transistor had failed to operate in a system and was
removed. Project needed to know right away why the transistor failed. This
transistor had been checked out in the engineering laboratory and found to
be defective.
No damage or defects were visible on the case except for normal handling. I
checked out the transistor using a Tektronix curve tracer and found the
Base terminal to be open with respect to the Collector and Emitter. The
Collector-to-Emitter connection appeared normal (for this type of
transistor). I explained what I was doing to both engineers who witnessed
this test. They confirmed that the Base terminal (or junction) was open
during system test. I did a second continuity test before I removed the
lid.
I was expecting one of two possible failure modes: an open or loose Base
bond wire or a completely vaporized bond wire. Instead the die cavity was
clean and no damage, defects, or anomalies were visible on the die. The
Base bond wire connection was intact. The construction was typical of a
high quality Mil-Spec component. I then performed a continuity test between
the external Base lead and the internal Base bond wire. It had continuity.
I attached leads to the external terminals and all junction breakdown
characteristic curves were as expected of a good transistor. I then
inserted the transistor into a socket and the transistor passed all of the
normal tests at both high and low power. I could not find any reason for
the previous failure. (A remark was made: "the badness escaped when you
removed the lid")
Project took the component with them and did not request a written report
nor did they let me perform additional analysis on the transistor. I never
had a "bad" component become "good" after it was opened in the last 29
years as a failure analysist.
Note from Cynthia: Thanks for sharing this story about a bad part
becoming good... noteworthy for having happened in such a controlled
environment where such things are presumably not a typical part of most
work days! I especially liked the comment about "the badness escaped when
you removed the lid," as most people love to have some sense that even the
most unexpected events have something to do with our actions. And in a case
like this... who knows? Maybe they do!
Missing Socks Dramatically Reappear
Charles
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
I had two separate 'reappearances' occur with my socks about two weeks
apart. The first time, I had a sock disappear one day and come back two
days later. It was a really stand-out shift because I had literally just
put the pair of socks down beside me on the edge of the bed, turned my
back on them to put on another piece of clothing, and when I turned back
to them, suddenly there was just one sock. And the other one was nowhere
to be found. Not on, under or beside the bed. Nor caught up in the sheets.
Just gone. But two days later it was on the floor by the bed, just as if
it had been freshly dropped there. Exactly where I expected (and looked
for) it to be when it went missing. And of course, that area had been
cleaned at least once in the intervening time.... (smile)
I'm sure many people have had something disappear and reappear later, but
the second event I have to relate here really stretches this to incredible
limits... Two weeks after the first sock reappeared, I was cleaning out
old boxes in my girlfiend's basement. Stuff that hadn't been touched since
before I ever visited her home. And in the bottom of one of those boxes,
flat under dusty old papers, I found one of my socks! I cannot emphasise
enough the complete 'impossibility' of that sock being in that location!
This is an extraordinary rarity for me, as most shifts I have experienced
tend to move an object from one 'possible' location to another. This was
just not 'possible' at all! All I can speculate is that the earlier
incident with the socks put the 'thought' into the back of my mind to be
manifested further. This has been happening more in the last year....
Oh, and just for interests sake, it wasn't an 'extra sock'. I did
actually have one go missing from my laundry sometime last summer.
And that in itself was slightly noteworthy because I'm very attentive
(borderline OCD) to keeping pairs together in the laundry, and yet one
got away from me. Didn't think much of it at the time, but now.... (smile)
So strictly speaking, the sock did 'disappear' and 'reappear' in the same
room. But how it 'decided' to appear at the bottom of that box....
(shake head) It's going to be an interesting year!
Note from Cynthia:What an amazing experience! I love the way the
sock vanished so dramatically, and reappeared even more dramatically in
such an unexpected place! I agree with you about the extraordinary
emotional impact of seeing something that's gone missing reappear in a
tremendously unlikely location. This has happened with some of the most
noteworthy reality shifts I've seen, as it is just plain shocking (and
wonderful) to discover something in a location there is simply no way that
item could have found its way there. The only thing more startling, in my
experience, is to actually observe objects in the process of materializing
into that unexpected spot... something I've only witnessed a handful of
times. I tend to think of such emotionally powerful shifts as being wake up
calls to us... asking us to pay even more attention than ever before to
what we take for granted, and challenging us to be even more open-minded
about what is and can be possible in this world.
Messages from Spirit
Martha
Tempe, Arizona, USA
I don't know whether you remember me, but about three years ago, you did an
over-the-telephone consultation with me about helping my husband, who had
been laid off his job and was very depressed. You helped me reach out to
him on a spiritual level, and together we "cleaned" his aura. There was a
lot of dark "grungy" energy in it, but other than that, you said that it
had the beautiful light blue of an engineer or person who works with
mathematics, and I told you that, yes, he is an engineer. Since then, I've
been reading your newsletters from time to time, but hadn't thought to
mention the story of what happened after that. However, while reading your
last newsletter it suddenly occurred to me that I should write and tell you
the outcome of the reading, because it is an interesting story. Also, my
poor dear husband passed away earlier this spring. Perhaps he would like me
to tell the story, as he is so sweetly on my mind right now.
First, there's a little background to share, so that the story will be more
understandable. For several years, the Universe and I have been playing a
"game." It started a few Christmases ago when someone sent me an "angel
book" for Christmas -- you know, one of those books with stories about
people being visited by angels. I read it, and there were some stories in
it about people receiving "pennies from heaven." That's when people find
pennies and believe that deceased relatives were "leaving" them as a sign
that "all is well," affirmations of love, or something similar. I like
those kinds of stories, and I was thinking about them. So I told the
Universe (which is one of my names I use for God or The Divine) that if
anything like that were to happen to me, I would like to get something
nicer than pennies. I would like a higher "salary level"! Maybe nickels. Or
no-- not nickels, I would like dimes. Dimes are small, silver, slim and
beautiful. I would like to see dimes, if anyone or anything would like to
let me know that I am so loved, or to send me an "atta-girl!" -- Or even a
quarter! Quarters are good. But, I thought, quarters are a bit much, and
dimes are beautiful, so I will stay with dimes. Since that day, I began to
find dimes a lot. I now have a coffer of dimes, and when it gets full, I
will make a donation to something wonderful. I love my dimes, and I love
the affirmation from the Universe that I am doing a good job, at least
sometimes, here on earth.
Back to the story with my husband. I didn't tell him anything about the
aura cleansing, because he was completely intolerant of anything
"religious" or "spiritual" at all. Mention of it in any way would get him
upset, and I didn't want to do that. Also, he had absolutely no knowledge
about my "game" with the dimes. The aura cleansing seemed to help him some.
He had seemed a little "lighter," -- or was it my imagination -- or wishful
thinking? About four days after we cleaned his aura, I was in the bathroom
putting on my makeup. He walked in and handed me a quarter. He said, "Here!
This is for you!" Stunned, I accepted the quarter. I had a deep feeling it
was a huge "atta-girl!" and that my poor husband was in a fugue state (an
unconscious state where he can still function, but his conscious mind has
been taken over by a higher awareness--perhaps his higher self). I wanted
to test the situation, so I laughed and asked, "What's this for?" "You
earned it!" he answered, and he swiftly turned, walked back to the family
room, and sat down to continue watching TV.
There are actually a LOT of things I could write in continuation of this
story, and with the processes related to dimes, but this is already getting
long. I did continue to send my husband love and light, and at times tried
to clean his aura, although I never got as fully "into" the process as I
did when you were helping me. In the long run, I don't think that anything
could have changed my poor husband's story. For many reasons, I believe his
leaving the world when and how he did were fixed--although I don't believe
in "fixed" things in general. But there are some things that are relatively
likely, and create strong curves or nodes in space/time through the
dimensions. Maybe he wants to share this story with you because he knows
you, as you already were in contact with him.
Note from Cynthia: Thanks so much for sending me the lovely
email, and giving me updates on what's happened since we last talked. What
a heart expanding experience you've been through with your husband -- thank
you so much for sharing all this with me. I can certainly appreciate what
you say about your husband's passing being something "fixed" or arranged by
some hidden order... I've felt that way about a couple of my beloved dear
ones who passed over, as well. I really love the way your husband brought
you that quarter and said "This is for you." I agree with you that spirit
does talk and move and work through each of us... all the more so when we
allow ourselves to be open to this experience. There are forms of spirit
communication in which people think a question in a crowd of strangers, and
receive spoken responses... often including their name in the beginning of
a sentence meant just for them. I've had this happen, and it was the most
amazing, surprising and delightful experience.
