This would be an excellent opportunity to prove whether or not the Lifewave patches work as they claim. Even if we do not fully understand how the Lifewave patches work, if you can prove they do what they claim under the terms of the challenge agreement, we will applaud your efforts and throw another $10 into the prize money pot ourselves.

This is a serious challenge and the money is real. Details regarding the money itself may be found here:

http://www.randi.org/research/faq.html#3.1

Lifewave patches should absolutely qualify for the challenge itself. The definition of "paranormal" on their FAQ web page includes:

"departing from what is usual or normal especially so as to appear to transcend the laws of nature;"

The next question and answer also includes:

The following things are paranormal by definition:

Homeopathy. Chiropractic Healing (beyond back/joint problems). Therapeutic Touch (aka "TT"). Psychokinesis (aka "PK"). Reflexology. Acupuncture. Applied Kinesiology (aka "AK"). The Existence of Auras.

The science, theories and traditional Chinese medicine referenced by yourself and others in explaining the Lifewave patch technology all include references to these various modalities. In your online video lecture called "David Schmidt Seminar Patch Test" you tell the first volunteer that:

"What we're going to do now is just some very simple Kinesiology" - David Schmidt

LIFEWAVE SEMINAR TEST

Various tests described by people with Lifewave reference "energy fields":

"I am testing numerous people using a Spectravision machine and have not had one LifeWave test failure. Spectravision shows all the energy fields in the body and how LifeWave immediately affects the fields." - Warren Hanchey

In the California Aggie article about Sean May (linked from the Lifewave corporate site) it states:

"May, the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, was wearing LifeWave, a two-patch system that uses acupuncture techniques to boost energy and endurance so athletes can sustain consistent performance levels, according to the company's website."

California Aggie

Ronald Morefield, a member of the Lifewave Executive Staff, is a Nationally Certified Acupuncturist, Master Level Reiki Certified, and an author of a book about Vibratory Medicine. He said in a testimonial:

"...patches by LifeWave have remarkable properties for harmonizing Yin and Yang forces in the body. They are excellent tools for regulating and restoring energy in the meridians and work more effectively than acupuncture (needles) for many situations. In my experience patients benefit from using these unique tools in the healing process."

The SpectraVision machine, touted by so many Lifewave affiliates as proof of efficacy, is designed to read "meridian stress" and "chakras":

"The ability to sample the activity of the electrical activity of the body, particularly readings from the Chakras is now possible! You will be able to actually see the fluctuation and activity of each Chakra in relation to one another!"

SpectraVision

In many ways, Lifewave patches and the theories and science of David Schmidt are ideal candidates for the $1,000,000 challenge. We will liaison with Randi and the JREF organization to facilitate the process in any way we can. Here is the link for the:

Application for Status of Claimant

I visited the website that you reference below and found this information concerning the One Million Dollar Challenge":

"At JREF, we offer a one-million-dollar prize to anyone who can show, under proper observing conditions, evidence of any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power or event."

LifeWave has never claimed that it's LifeWave patches utilize any sort of "paranormal, supernatural or occult power"; the claim that we DO make is that our LifeWave product improves energy and stamina.

Since you indicate that you are willing to correspond with James Randi on our behalf in order to facilitate a testing of LifeWave, and when LifeWave is proven by Mr. Randi to do what we claim we will be awarded a cash payment of $ 1,000,000, we will be happy to accept this challenge (I will make the assumption here that this cash award will be placed into an escrow account to be released to LifeWave by a third party attorney upon completion of the agreed upon tests). As you are aware from our previous correspondence there are several pieces of FDA recognized equipment that we could utilize for such a test including HRV, Indirect Calorimetry and Capnometers.

As I will be traveling for the next 2 weeks on business, in order to expedite this process both you and Mr. Randi may correspond with Dr. Haltiwanger, MD with regards to the conditions that we may agree upon for this test. Once the conditions for the test have been agreed upon I will put my business attorney in touch with Mr. Randi so that we may make arrangements to have the $1,000,000 placed into an escrow account.

Thank you for this opportunity and we will look forward to proceeding.

Sincerely,