by CHRIS BARRY

Name: David Masson

Age: 52

Occupation: Healer/proud owner of a VIBE machine

Bio: This way-chill Lachine resident first came across something known as the VIBE machine while in California last year participating in a survival camp headed up by noted survivalist Tom Brown Jr. After surviving two weeks in the camp with his son, David says he was “really burned out” and emerged from the bush to spend the rest of his vacation surviving in a nice hotel. Seeing an ad in the local arts weekly for the device, which is alleged to “eliminate the unwanted vibrations inside one’s body, raising the body’s energetic vibration and regenerating cells that are not vibrating properly,” resulting in a happier, healthier, more spiritually and emotionally well-balanced you, he decided to try it out and was so impressed that, upon his return to Montreal, he immediately forked over the $18K U.S. to purchase his very own VIBE machine. A former businessman, David, who chose early retirement to pursue “healing and his spiritual side,” now invites one and all to swing by his house to try out the VIBE machine for themselves, the first time always being free of charge. Call 833-8337 to check it out.

Why someone might spend so much money on a relatively new device that, to date, at least, has only minor scientific evidence of it actually doing anything: “I was really tired after the survival camp, and that fatigue went away immediately after one session. And I loved the spiritual feeling it gave me. I pray, meditate, contemplate and do those kinds of spiritual exercises, and within two or three minutes on the VIBE machine, I’m in the same state of being as with 20 minutes of sitting [meditation]. It’s an immediate uplifting state of consciousness.”

So the VIBE machine is a fast track to communicating with the Almighty? “I wouldn’t say that, nor is the experience exactly the same for everybody. I’ve had people come in with a sore back, not expecting anything, and after a session, the back pain they’ve been having for months—or, in one case, years—they lose by 80 per cent. The same thing for headaches.”

How the hell the gizmo is alleged to work: “VIBE stands for Vibrational Integrated Bio-photonic Energizer. Every atom in the universe has a frequency, whether it’s a grain of sand or an organ in your body—each cell resonates, at a specific frequency or oscillation. Your body consists of a variety of atoms, which contain protons, electrons and an overall bio-electric energy that runs through it. The way one takes care of their body physically, emotionally and mentally determines how many negative frequencies or toxins are being built up in it. When a body becomes overwhelmed with toxic substances, thoughts or feelings, the positive bio-electric field is immensely lowered in vibration and frequency.” The VIBE machine puts everything back in balance.

Last book read: The Disappearance of the Universe, by Gary R. Renard.

Musical preferences: The Doors, Mozart.

Words of wisdom: “All healing is self-healing, and any healing modality is merely a channel, or avenue, to help people heal themselves.”

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