The following is an abridged transcript of an interview on Sunday 8/13/89, 4-4:30 on Paradigm Radio Show, between hostess Juna Wodgton and Betty Calter. Juna Wodgton: Good afternoon, you�?re tuned to WXPN FM Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania. You�?re listening to Paradigm, bringing you news and information in the Holistic Movement. I�?m your host, Juna Wodgton. Juna Wodgton: We�?ll feature an interview with Betty Calter, the creator of Humanistic Alpha-wave Programming. She�?ll be talking about Psychic Self-defense. Juna: Statement: Gun Control may be one solution for stopping crime but my guest today offers another option. Betty Calter claims you can ward off criminals with the power of your mind. Juna: Question: How can your state of mind affect whether you�?re going to be mugged or not? Betty Calter�?. Answer: Your state of mind is something that it�?s possible to choose ahead of time. So that, instead of reacting negatively to the danger, to the awareness of the danger, if a crime encounter did begin, you could have chosen ahead of time the thought processes you want triggered automatically, that would calm you down, that would have you thinking, feeling, and acting positively, creatively, constructively - rather than reacting negatively and bringing out the worst in a would-be criminal that the stress situation may involve. Juna: Question�?. Well can you give us an example? Betty�?..Answer�?. Well, for instance�?myself Friday night, I had my Psychic Self-defense triggered. I came out of the theater at 19th and Chestnut Street. And, a crowd of teenagers were coming down, say 50 to 60 teenagers. And all of a sudden I was in the middle of them, and they were posing no threat to me or danger, but in my mind, I felt surrounded, and I had a tripping of my Psychic Self-defense and I became very relaxed and aware that the fears and paranoia were in my own mind and that by having the automatic relaxation response, I had a feeling of well being and I carried myself with confidence and I was self-assured and I just continued to walk through and appreciate the youthfulness of the crowd and that they were on Chestnut Street for the same reason I was, having seen a movie. So that�?s part of how it works. If I felt threatened for whatever reason. It could be a real or an imagined danger that can trip off the automatic relaxation response and I was very happy that I had this at my disposal on Friday evening. Juna: Question: You claim that your technique not only prevents the victim from being harmed but it also aids in the rehabilitation of the would-be criminal. Can you explain that? Betty: Well, the intended-victim no longer is a potential victim once this Psychic Self-defense Programming is inserted within the mind and that�?s the beauty of Psychic Self-defense. It transforms the victim mentality into a survivor-healer mentality, which means that you are not longer the potential victim; you are a potential survivor and healer. Which makes you a part of the solution to crime (prevention) rather than part of the problem. Because, as long as we have the victim mentality, we can create our own victimization. We can transform this victim mentality into a survivor-healer mentality. What we�?re doing is, creating sanctuary and survival for ourselves and if other people are involved, say projecting negativity�?we act as a healing mechanism for them because what we�?re doing is, automatically reflecting a positive self-image to these people, after our ego goes. See the ego�?all people try to keep their ego intact and have as strong an ego as possible and that�?s good. The thing is for when the ego goes to have a back up of positive alpha-wave energy there to act as a safety net for you to survive and to heal. Question: Juna, You just mentioned something, alpha-wave energy. Can you explain the process? Answer: Betty: All right, Any of the mind sciences that create a positive alteration in consciousness, any of the physical exercises that do the same thing, yoga, whatever. Whatever gets us to shut off our negative system off energy within, and create a laser type beam of positive energy for us to do a positive job for ourselves. To program the computer so to speak, (that�?s between our ears) to respond as you choose to respond. Once you get the alpha-wave energy not only along the border between the body and the mind but between consciousness and the unconscious part of your mind you have two safety nets in there and just say, for instance, if either through real or imagined dangers you feel a threat of impending doom, if you feel the threat of physical harm and your ego is severely threatened, bruised and/or punctured - to have that projection of alpha-wave energy simultaneously flooding your mind and your body - to stay with you until the crisis is over, can mean the difference between you�?re survival and your victimization. And that�?s what people learn to do, and it�?s the dignity and freedom of choice. People choose what thought processes they want to put along those two borders so that they can create sanctuary for themselves and healing for others, if/when others are involved. Juna: The question was what effect does this have on your would-be assailant? Answer:�?Betty:�?..The students who have come back to me and explained�?..they explained what happened but they didn�?t quite understand what happened - and what happens is�?.when the survivor has the humanistic alpha-wave programming tripped off�?.automatically what happens is�?.a transformation takes place, within the survivor and that transformation of the alpha-wave energy being projected through the mind and the body - it creates a space of healing and acceptance, and empathy and compassion. And what happens is - the person who�?s projecting negative energy picks up that you are not a threat to them, that you are not against them, that you are kin to them and it transforms the situation into one of sanctuary, healing and even apologies. It�?s ironic, I know that it�?s hard to believe until you actually experience it, but when you have someone who has just threatened you, even with a gun and you have this automatic relaxation response and all of a sudden the gun goes down automatically and the person is apologizing and saying �?I�?m sorry I was just trying to scare you..�? It makes you realize that you are now in a position of power, power to abort a crime encounter. Power to abort a stress situation that would have possibly crippled you otherwise. And it doesn�?t have to be a crime encounter; it can be any situation that would threaten you physically or psychologically to the point of threatening, bruising and/or puncturing your ego. Juna:�?.Question: So on a lesser scale, can you get out of an argument using this technique? Betty: Answer; A short time after this, I was having an argument with one of my neighbors, we were having a word fight, so to speak, and she looked like she was going to hit me - and it tripped off the programming and all of a sudden Ð this woman Ð who had looked like she would put a knife in my heart if she had a knife in her hand. She got this beatific smile on her face and she started apologizing and bringing up all our good points and saying we had been friends all these years; she didn�?t want to fight now. She realized we were good neighbors and she was sorry for what she said and I in turn said I was sorry for what I said too. I went in my house and inside the house I leaned against my vestibule door and thought. What just happened???? I didn�?t know what happened right away and then the awareness came upon me. My ego was threatened -- my ego punctured and this neighbor next door -- what she experienced was me having an automatic relaxation response to a perceived threat. And what she saw through my altered consciousness was a positive self-image which brought her back to her senses Ð which broke the spell of anger, rage and hostility that she was under. So I realized that, it was an accidental discovery, that it didn�?t just hold true for criminals in crime encounters. It wasn�?t just a means of aborting a crime encounter�?. it was a means of aborting any kind of an encounter that would reflect a negative Self-image to someone. So, it just was just a beautiful experience - this accidental discovery. Hopefully, my aim is that the people who learn psychic self-defense with Humanistic Alpha-wave Programming will learn it and pass it on to their peers and to other people, so that other people can get the benefit of this also. Juna: Question: How many sessions does it take to learn this skill? Betty: Answer: I usually suggest to people to come until they feel it tripped in their mind, till they experience it. For people who may only be in Philadelphia for the one time, when they call, I suggest that they bring a tape recorder and tape the hours class so that they can refer to it and play it over and over again for themselves. One time may be sufficient for some and it may take three to seven times for someone else. They also come back to be recharged. I�?ll have students come back a year later. They�?ll come back for a month, then I won see them for another year. They reach plateaus and then they keep going on and self-actualizing and reaching their potential on a fuller scale. Juna: Question: But in a crisis situation it�?s like�?you don�?t have enough time to really think about these things. Betty: Answer: That�?s why it�?s necessary to have it programmed in on a subliminal level, so that you don�?t have to think at all, it�?s there flooding your mind and your body with the alpha-wave production. And once you experience it, the sense of well being, to know that you are secure. That you have sanctuary within you. And the bonus is the ability to help rehabilitate other people who are projecting hostility, due to no fault of your own. You know, you hear these stories of the tragic lives of people. I can feel for them but I don�?t want to become a crime statistic because of them. So therefore, I chose to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem. I wanted to transform my victim mentality (which I had) into a survivor/healer mentality. I want to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem. Juna: Question: What comes to my mind is John Lennon. I mean he seemed to be such an optimist and idealist as to some of the music he wrote and yet he was brutally murdered. Betty: Answer: He never came to my class, and I don�?t believe he was programmed with Humanistic Alpha-wave Programming and the result you know what they say that the results are in the eating (meaning the result of the pudding is in the eating. Juna: Question: What effect does your technique have on stress? Betty: Answer: Stress is normal. Stress is part of life, it helps us grow. It helps us not only meet challenges, but to go after challenges. I found that having this back-up, so to speak, these safety nets along the borders within my own mind, within the structure of my own mind, well it enables me to take risks and maybe go after then things, whether it be or a job or a new career or whatever. Knowing that even if seven of these things don�?t workout, three of them just may, and I can handle the seven that don�?t work out as valuable learning experiences, rather than demoralizing failures. Juna:�?Question:�?.. So, what would be the most important way that this has changed your life? Betty:�?..Answer: It�?s caused me to realize that the victim mentality that I possessed was mine, - it was no one else�?s. It was a choice or a sell-out that I assumed at one time in my life and I may not even remember when it was that I adopted this (sell-out) victim mentality. But when I realized I had a choice on how I could think, feel and act during a crisis situation, that I could be transformed into a survivor and a healer. It was a very easy choice to make and I had a driving force in me to expose it to others who may have the misfortune to have a (sell-out) victim mentality also. And, not that it�?s anyone�?s fault that they have it. Sometimes it comes from selling out as children to please your parents, to please society, to please�?you know, to be a people pleaser. So, I just feel, just transforming my own personal victim mentality into a survivor/healer mentality is the most beautiful experience I�?ve had on the planet