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Originally posted by WingedWolf
The reason believing in psi so very often fails to actually produce psi ability in a person, is because psi is not belief-based.
You want to learn psi? Get off your butt, stop contemplating your navel, and start actually PRACTICING it.
Originally posted by Majic
Very valid and important questions on this, and a stumbling block for me for many years. The block was lifted when I realized that just because we cannot see sound does not mean that sound does not exist.
As far as I know, these visions of energy are not visible to others, generally. However, I consider it possible that others who are "attuned", or perhaps more accurately, of a mind to "see" such energy, might very well be able see them. Because I work alone, however, I cannot verify this, and exactly how this works is admittedly a mystery to me.
Photographing or otherwise measuring psychic phenomena with instruments designed to respond to the electromagnetic spectrum is problematic. This does not mean that "psychic energy" or whatever-you-want-to-call-it does not exist, simply that such instruments aren't designed to detect it.
Whether these exercises are "real" or self-hypnosis or pure fantasy is, in my opinion, missing the point. Their benefit lies in the self and one's relationship to what lies around us, visible and invisible, not in parlor tricks or "making a point".
Nonetheless, I have personally witnessed events that are otherwise not possible for me to explain via "conventional" science. But, as far as I know, most �conventional� scientific examinations of phenomena such as this attempt to measure them using techniques that are bound to failure if what is happening is truly �beyond� the five senses.
If you are skeptical or doubtful that there is any point to any of this, that's just fine. There's nothing wrong with that at all. Ultimately, the only one truly invested in your perception of reality is yourself.
If you wish to indulge in what might well prove to be a rewarding experience, then you may want to give it a whirl. Meditation and visualization exercises are, to the very best of my knowledge, almost entirely free of risk if these things are all you do.
The only price of admission is your valuable time, and possibly lost preconceptions.
Originally posted by mOjOm
Have you witnessed any 'events' that could have been related to psi-ball experimentation??
Originally posted by mOjOm
I was interested in what kinds of experimental research and results others may have done and what they were.
Originally posted by Majic
Energy beams I have played with more. Their major physical effect, for me at least, seems to be in how they influence my body.
For example, if I hold out my arm and visualize a beam of energy coming from it and passing through an adjacent wall, I can "let the beam hold it up" for as long as I can visualize the beam, without my arm getting tired. Sometimes this is surprisingly long. I think this is a form of self-hypnosis.
I am by no means a master of anything, except perhaps lengthy, rambling posts, but I can say that if you can quiet your mind and visualize what you will, you will not be disappointed with what comes with those things.
Whatever paths you may choose, I pray that they will be pleasant and satisfying for you, offering challenges commensurate with the rewards.
Originally posted by Majic
If I ever decide to follow a formal "martial arts" path, Aikido is likely to be my choice. While all traditional Asian martial art forms seem to invoke chi in some form or another, the way it is incorporated into Aikido, and the general philosophy of the art, seem closest to "the way I'd do it".
Originally posted by upuaut
I think I still haven't find the right one for me, and you have inspired me to try aikido !