Floating Needle
July 1998 Friend Magazine


 

If you try to float a needle in a bowl of water, you can’t do it without help, because the needle is too heavy and narrow. But if you lay it on a small piece of tissue and lay the tissue on the water, when the tissue sinks, the needle will continue to float!  This works because of what’s known as surface tension. The molecules at the top of the water pull on each other, making its surface act like a kind of thin, elastic skin. If you look closely, you can see a “dent” in the water where the weight of the needle is pushing down on it. Eventually the needle’s weight will break the “skin,” and the needle will sink.  Explain that if followed correctly, it always has the same result because of physical laws. If you drop an item, it will always fall to the ground because of the law of gravity. Explain that spiritual laws also have predictable outcomes. We receive blessings when we obey laws.