by FrozenFlames
In all of life we realize that weaving brings strength and stability. Every day we rely upon the intricate fabric that makes up the simplest things, such as our clothing. Each thread, woven in a labyrinthine manner. And yet, some weaves are as simple as a crossing, interwoven layer. Some weaves even make up yet another weave, such as a braid constructing a single thread that lies as part of a larger weave. However, one thing that stays the same with any weave: A proper weave brings strength and stability.
This common factor is something we all take for granted, I'm sure. But when it comes to the realm of parapsychology, the realm of psionics and energy manipulation in particular, many of us do not even think of how a weave might come into play. As it strengthens many things in our physical life, why not strengthen things that many would consider "non-physical"? Well, it can.
Weaving + Shields and Constructs
Although there are some other instances this may come in handy, we'll only discuss these two main ones.
Shields: Allow an easy example, than you can apply all of this however you like: One of my popular shield types is something I created entitled "The Vine of Thorns" shield. Although it has a very "lame" and "corny" name, it is fitting and the shield itself works quite well. One of the reasons for the shield's success is the weave. I use thick vines and weave them around me into a shield, though I think a "tangled mess" is a better way to describe how they look. Either way, the shield is the average shape (oval) and size, but instead of being constructed as one solid wall, it is a thick woven mess that is so tight it becomes impenetrable. The weave gives the shield "extreme strength and stability". Another factor is filtering. I can have the weave retract in one spot to let good energy through. Once that energy is through, the shield weaves itself back together. Or if a section of the shield is damaged, it simply extends the weave to cover up the hole (if it has a self-heal program). Mess around with these ideas and see what you get. One good way to test weaving is to make a mini-shield. Take a water bottle and put a shield around that (using thick woven strands rather than a solid wall). Than play with the shield, applying pressure and seeing how it responds. Once you're done with learning and experimenting on the small one, make a real shield around your body and see how it works. Just note that the weave must be tight, if it is not then two bad things can happen. The first, the weave might fall apart (much like Thread constructs will). The second, energy can pass through the holes in the weave pattern.
Constructs: The first idea that comes to mind is a shell. If you need a good shell, weave it. Basically a shell is like the reversal of a shield, in mini form (a shell's program is "hold stuff in", while a shields program is "keep stuff out"). The second idea that comes to mind are Threads (if you haven't read Cullen's Thread Construction article yet, do so now and then come back). Threads are very thin and dense strands of energy, with programming to enforce its program on surrounding raw energy. Sometimes threads are used as singular strands, other times they're used as a braided strands (for more stability), and other times they're used as woven shells (like I mentioned previously). One large factor of threads is how well they work, and one of the reasons for this is because they're woven. Cullen likes to use intricate and confusing weaves, but I like to stay on the simpler side of things (even if they don't work quite as well). Although, Cullen is a better energy manipulator than me, so perhaps what I think of being complicated, he thinks of being easy.
Conclusion
This article wasn't meant to be anything awesome, it isn't some huge "breakthrough". It's just here to give you some ideas to work with, and to realize that a lot of things that help you in life can help you in psionics. For example, weaving. Some other things that come to mind are shield shapes. Don't be foolish and make your shield in the shape of a square. When pressure is put on a physical square, it cannot support itself as well as if it was a sphere (because of how the weight is distributed). Remember, think before you construct.
by FrozenFlames
Shelling is the skill of wrapping an extra energy layer around your energy (a psiball for example) and programming that extra energy layer to hold itself together and to also keep any energy that is inside of it, inside. In short, an energy "shell" does the same thing that a physical "shell" does: keeps stuff in. I do not know a single energy manipulator that cannot, and does not, shell. The entire point of creating a construct is to have it do something, and usually that "something" is being done without you focusing on the energy. Occasionally, the energy manipulator will send the energy away, perhaps towards a target.
For example, perhaps the energy manipulator also practices telepathy and empathy. In this case, he wanted to send the thought and feeling of "tiredness" to his sister that lives in California (meanwhile he lives in New York, across the country) because she is having insomnia problems. He can either send the thought for a few minutes until he gets tired of doing it, or he can program a construct to send the thought for him. The construct option, being the most economical decision, is what he would most likely choose to do. So he would make and program the construct. After it was made, he would simply let the construct go and then continue along his daily life. Meanwhile, the construct would go to his sister and send her the feeling of sleepiness all night. Now let us consider the possibility that he never took the time to shell the construct. As soon as he let the construct go, the energy would diffuse into the air, the construct would die, and his energy would have gone to waste. Without shelling, 90% of all energy manipulation wouldn't work.
Density Counts
Before I move onto the "How-To" of shelling, there is something that needs to be addressed: Density. If you're reading this article, chances are that you're a beginner that doesn't know anything about energy manipulation. But now, from the point of this article and on, you're going to have to start realizing some important "laws" of energy. The first and foremost being: Density. In all of energy manipulation, density is better and more preferable than size. This means that - in most situations - a psiball that is large, but not dense, is much worse than a psiball that is small, but very dense.
Don't ask my why this is and how it works, because I don't have the answers to those questions, I simply know that it is true. In relation to this article, this means that your shell would work much better if it was thin and dense than if it large, but not dense. If you did make your shell very large, but with very little energy (so the energy is not densely packed together), it would probably fall apart and let the energy out.
Shelling: How-To
So how do you shell a construct? By now you should be adept in making psiballs and manipulating energy. This translates to: Before you attempt shelling, you should be able to make a decent psiball within three minutes. It would also be a good thing if you can make some psi-cubes and other shapes, so try working on that before moving on. When you create a psiball, you visualize the energy forming into a ball. But for a psi-cube, simply move the energy into a cube shape instead. This is simple for most people, but it helps your energy control, so it is an invaluable practice method for beginners.
To shell something, you first need energy to do it. Begin by creating energy within yourself and moving it around. When you're ready, make a psiball. Try to add as much energy into this psiball as you can, and remember: Density. When you feel good about the amount of energy in the psiball (which should look something like Illustration One), begin to push most of this energy towards the outer rim of the psiball. It should start to look something like Illustrations Two and Three.
You might be wondering how to move the energy as you see in the illustrations. Simple: The same way you moved energy from your stomach, into your hands, and into a ball shape: Visualization - Will - Intent. I'll start you off with a few examples that I use. If your method is visual visualization, the most obvious choice is to use the images you see here in the illustrations. If you want to get creative, you can visualize the energy as snow. As you made the dense psiball, you were "packing" a snowball together. Now you're "pushing" most of the snow towards the edge of the ball. You can even visualize the outer edge freezing into thick, solid ice.
Along the lines of tactile visualization, things get a big harder to describe. You basically want to "feel" the energy creeping towards the edge of the ball. If you want, you can even repeat a phrase over and over in your head (or aloud), to aid you with the visual and/or tactile visualizations. The phrase may be something like, "All the energy is moving towards the edge, all the energy is moving towards the edge, all the energy is....etc.". Or maybe, "I am pushing 90% of the energy in this psiball towards the outer rim, I am pushing 90% of the....etc.". Experiment and do what works.
After you have moved most of the energy towards the outside, as seen in Illustration Three, you want to start forming this part into a shell (as seen in Illustration Four). If you're a visual type person, visualize the energy going from the image you see in Illustration Three, into the image you see in Illustration Four. Remember, your will/intent is a huge factor in all of this, so while you are forming the shell, you need to be thinking strongly about what the shell will do. Think about how the shell is going to hold firmly together, and how it will keep in all the energy inside of it.
For all you tactile people out there, I have a few tactile visualizations as well. Have you ever poured candle wax on your hands or dipped a finger in a container of hot wax? Did you feel the wax slowly hardening? That is a feeling we want to replicate. You can also just use your imagination and create the feeling of something else. If you were using the snow-packing method, you can try visualizing the energy as water or snow and "feel" the outer edge freezing and hardening into ice. The main goal here is to feel the outer energy hardening into a firm shell that will hold all the energy together and inside.
As before, actually more so, repeating a phrase over and over in your head (or aloud), can greatly aid you. A phrase you may like to use would be something along the lines of, "I am forming the energy into a hard shell that will hold itself and the energy inside of it together, I am forming the energy into a hard shell that will hold itself and the energy inside of it together, I am....etc.". You may even like the idea "talking" to the energy. With this example, something like this may work, "You are hardening into a firm shell and you will contain all the energy inside of you, you are hardening into a firm shell and you will....etc.". Feel free to try out what works. Remember, your intent is everything.
After you think you've successfully formed the shell, add energy into the psiball again. Because you used up most of the energy in the psiball to form the shell, the energy inside the shell should be strong and dense, but the energy inside the psiball should be very weak. Add energy the same way you did when you made the psiball. Just visualize the energy going through the shell and becoming "locked" inside, then keep adding more and more psi until your satisfied with the amount you have.
Side Notes and Tips:
A little "extra" you may want to add in is a timer or self-destruct sequence. One thing you must realize is that energy programming (the shell), works just like computer programming. It does exactly what you tell it and will not adapt unless you give it adoption commands. This means that if you program it to hold energy in, as soon as it does that (even if it is for a split second) it may think its job is over and will die out. This calls for something extra. One method is to tell the energy to follow out its programming indefinitely, it will then last until it gets destroyed or until it eventually degrades and dies out. Another method is giving it a timer: Tell the energy to last for five minutes (or some other time), and it will hold together for five minutes (or whatever that other time is) and then automatically die out. Lastly there is the self-destruct sequence. You can tell it to survive until you snap your fingers (or some other physical, mental, or verbal command) and then it will survive until you do so. Visualization ideas are up to you. Try visualizing a timer sinking into the psiball and merging with it. Be creative and do what works for you. I will delve deeper into these aspects in my Programming articles (as this is more on the lines of Programming, not simple Shelling).
How Do You Know It's Shelled?
Well I'm guessing you can't scan energy yet, seeing that you're a beginner. So how can you be sure you shelled the psiball? There are two ways:
(1.) Put the psiball down somewhere and leave it for a few minutes. Come back and see if you can still feel it.
(2.) Have another (,.more experienced) person to scan it for you.
The first method is easier, but less reliable. The reason being that because you're a beginner, you probably aren't that sensitive. Thus, you may not be sure if you're imagining it, or if you're really feeling the energy. Also, if you do feel it, there is a chance it is your brain tricking you into thinking that it is there when it really isn't. The second, assuming the scanner is experienced, is much more reliable. However, it might be a bit harder to get somebody to scan your construct for you. The best way to go about this is to ask the person politely in the chat, explaining what you want and why you want it. If they say "no", you can pose the question, "Will anyone else help me out?" But if nobody answers, then stop right there. The last thing we want is people pestering us. You're not the only one to ask this, so take into account that maybe we just scanned for somebody else, that we're having a bad day, etc.
Conclusion
One of the two big rules in psionics is: "Experiment!" and "Keep Trying!". So if it doesn't work, keep working at it and try out different things. Be creative. Hopefully this article gave you some good ideas to work with, but sometimes it's just best to make up your own visualizations. Shelling a construct is one of the most important things in Energy Manipulation. If a building doesn't have a proper foundation, it will crumble to the ground. Psionics works the same way; if you do not have a proper grasp of the basic skills, you won't be able to move on. The skills you learn in the beginning are built on later, so work at this with perseverance. Keep your goal in mind and think about the future - how good you can be. Practice hard, stay safe, and remember: Experiment with your own visualizations and methods.
by Stony1205
Ever since man made his first psiball, there has been the desire to actually see it. Normally when one makes a construct, there is no visual aspect of it. Many times all you will be able to get are pushes, pulls, or temperature variations. Only if you are very lucky will a construct flare on its own, and even then, the process is highly uncontrolled and doesn’t last very long. My first unintentional flare lasted only a split second, and what whitish in color.
But there are methods out there that will allow you to control this phenomenon. Although I’m only mentioning one of them here, feel free to experiment and be playful, perhaps you’ll find one that works better for you. So what exactly is a flare? Simply put, flaring is the process in which a construct becomes visible to the average person, either with programming or visualization. Flares can usually be programmed to come in an unlimited range of colors and textures. There are some good examples in our media section of some psiballs that I recently flared.
There is still some argument as to whether or not constructs reflect or give off light. The small amount of reliable photos that have been taken do not always give the best photographic angle to research on, but seeing as many of them are shown in the dark (or poorly lit) conditions, the assumption has been made that constructs give off light when they are flared. Using the method described below, you can do your own research, and make up your own mind on the mechanics.
Begin by creating your average, run of the mill psiball. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy, it just needs to be solid and dense. Density is important when flaring, if you don’t have the right amount of psi, your results may not turn out. A rule of thumb: denser is always better. Visualization is going to be key in construct flaring. You may use either Visual or Tactical, it doesn’t really matter, but you must be very experienced with your preferred method, or you won’t be able to pull off the flare. I personally use a visual method, so that’s what I’ll be describing here.
Once you have your psiball nice and dense, picture the outer layer beginning to swirl around, similar to Cirrus clouds. Begin to move that outer layer faster, but do so at a regular pace. Do this with each “layer” (I usually have about 10 or so) of the psiball, until you get close to the “core”. Do not spin this core. Instead, have the core glow the color you wish to flare the ball as. Let’s make it green in this example. The core should be brighter than the rest of the ball, and you may feel a small bit of warmth if the visualization is vivid. Now, start to slowly condense the layers into the core of the ball, and remember to keep them spinning. Once you have condensed the ball to about one-half its original size, condense it the rest of the way using one quick motion. You may want to picture a “snap” effect, where the layers cling tight to the core, and meld as one. As soon as these layers “snap” on, visualize your construct igniting and erupting to the color of the glow, but this time add more intensity. If the flare hasn’t started yet, picture the ball erupting into a bright flash, and even expanding rapidly.
Although this method has worked very well for me, it took me a while to get it just how I wanted it. Each person is different, and your mind will take everything a different way. Be playful and loose with this method, and keep chipping at it until you get the results that you want. I’m going to assure you, you probably will not get it the first, nor the second, nor the third time. Flaring is a difficult skill to learn, especially for newbies. Do not try more than two of these in one sitting, as it should take a very large amount of energy to accomplish. If you get any flares on film, feel free to e-mail them to me by clicking on the “Contact” button on the sidebar. Good luck, and keep practicing!
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Cullen: Hello everyone and welcome to my second class on Energy Manipulation
Cullen: FrozenFlames will be handling questions today
stony1205: `voice FrozenFlames
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Cullen: so please direct questions to him Via Pms
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Cullen: In the last class, we covered a basic method of generating psi
Cullen: creation of a shelled psiball
Cullen: and attaching basic constructs to physical objects
Cullen: Today, we will spend about the first half of the class working on simply moving energy around in more complex ways
Cullen: and the second part working on generating multiple shelled psiballs
Cullen: any questions on what we will be doing?
Cullen: Alright then, lets begin
Cullen: everybody gather up some psi and store it in your chest
Cullen: similar to how we did it last time (except you don't have to shake your hands, unless you really need to to remember the sensation)
Cullen: let it grow there and spread throughout your whole body
Cullen: feel the warmth of it
Cullen: once you have what you feel to be a good amount, PM frozen with a "ready"
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stony1205: PM all questions and comments to FrozenFlames, snyper
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Cullen: alright
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Cullen: now that you have a good amount, like last time ,move it to whichever hand you feel most comfortable with
Cullen: inside your body, move it around.
Cullen: from hand to hand
Cullen: down to feet
Cullen: and back up
Cullen: all the time keep adding energy to it
Cullen: let it build
Cullen: once you feel you have warmed up enough in this way, PM frozen with a "ready"
Cullen: good
Cullen: go ahead and move it back to your main hand
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Cullen: alright
Cullen: now move the energy out of your hand, into just a semi-cohesive blob of psi in the air in front of your palm
Cullen: once you have that, picture the psi like water
Cullen: let it flow around your hand. moving around it clock wise in a flow
Cullen: but never touching it
Cullen: just flowing outside your hand
Cullen: and around it
Cullen: from here, allow the flow to move up your arm, but still away from it
Cullen: move it entirely while it is outside your body
Cullen: let it flow up an down your arm in a band, as a snake would
Cullen: once you feel you can do that well, PM frozen either a "ready" or any questions you might have
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FrozenFlames: 01,0701,00feel free to ask me questions whenever you feel the need as well, not just when cullen says
Cullen: yes, please do
FrozenFlames: 01,00flyboy: I can't move it up my arm but my hand is freezing
FrozenFlames: flyboy: it seems that it is only staying in my hand
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Cullen: it takes focus to control the movement of the psi
Cullen: you have to know how it is going to move, before it will
Cullen: therefor try moving it back into your hand, and forming the psi-glob in your palm again
Cullen: then work on moving it around your hand, and then up your arm.
Cullen: Alright, save flyboy, let us move on
Cullen: now move the flow of energy all around your body, around the outside of it
FrozenFlames: 01,00KMiller once said something like, "those fools think its all passive, its not, grab the dang energy and move it! force it."
Cullen: make it longer, so it can stretch out
Cullen: make it shorter
Cullen: make it thicker, make it thinner
Cullen: just play around with it
Cullen: feel it move over your body
Cullen: feel the sensations over the parts it passes over
Cullen: if you wish, try adding more energy and split it into two
Cullen: keeping track of two takes more focus than one (obviously) and is a good practice
Cullen: make them move in different ways
FrozenFlames: 01,00Anyone who isn't idling PM me with a number sign (#)
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FrozenFlames: 01,00and if you're only observing, no participation, PM me with an exclamation point !
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Cullen: alright
Cullen: if you have all been having fun with that, now try to do four if you can
Cullen: control precisely how each band of energy moves around you
Cullen: try pushing them farther away from your body while still controlling the motion
Cullen: then bring them back closer
Cullen: please PM frozen with how many you were able to control
Cullen: alright
Cullen: very good everyone
Cullen: now is when we will take a five minute break
Cullen: go grab some water or OJ or Gator-Aid
Cullen: or whatever
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FrozenFlames: 01,00later no one
Cullen: Alright
Cullen: glad you all enjoyed that last exercise
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Cullen: lets move on
Cullen: now then, lets go back over the shelling method from last time
Cullen: gather energy
Cullen: make a psiball
Cullen: make a "cloth" of psi programed to let psi through one way, but hold it in the other
Cullen: then wrap the cloth around the ball, and let it harden as cheese cloth does after being dipped in starch
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Cullen: once you have made one, PM Frozen. Or send him questions
FrozenFlames: 01,00whoops, sorry, I'm back. i was doing the first exercise. Got up to twenty.
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FrozenFlames: 01,00:-P
FrozenFlames: 01,00they were the weakest little snakes you'd ever see
Cullen: anyay, back on topic
Cullen: alright, now this is going to be a bit more interesting
Cullen: gather up a large amount of energy and move it in front of you
Cullen: making a very large area filled with raw energy
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Cullen: pick out anywhere from 3-6 points inside this large area
Cullen: and just have all the psi congeal onto those points
Cullen: making each one a psiball
Cullen: then create a second large sheet of psi
Cullen: and program it the same way you did the cloth
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Cullen: once you have your field of psiballs, and your large cloth, separate the cloth into equaly sized segments, numbering the same among as the psiballs you made
Cullen: wrap them all up simultaneously
Cullen: PM comments about this exercise to Frozen please
Cullen: or questions
Cullen: AtlaRedux askers: Sorry for nagging you again...I found it easier to "cut" the ball in 3 pieces and then concentrating them even more...is that wrong? Also, the second cloth I stretched over the top field until it kind of "broke" down onto the other, folding in equally large pieces...I got the feeling I do it in a cheap way...
Cullen: this is a very good question
Cullen: there are several ways of doing an exercise like this
Cullen: separating one large psiball into smaller ones, and then adding more energy is as valid as creating a bunch from scratch
Cullen: the only difference is how you focus, and how you choose to go about it
FrozenFlames: 01,00sometimes we do things the slow way, for the point of the exercise. but it all depends on what we're doing
Cullen: excatly
Cullen: doing things a slower way, or a more difficult way in learning, makes it easier to do it other ways
FrozenFlames: 01,00i'm willing to take a quick glance at anyone who asks
Cullen: alright
Cullen: any other major questions?
FrozenFlames: 01,00if you're ready to move on, PM me. if you're not, thats fine too, PM me as well
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Cullen: Ok, time for the last thing today
Cullen: and that will be focusing on sensitivity
Cullen: when i say "go" i want everyone to close their eyes, and then do the following
Cullen: gather up a large amount of energy, and branch it out from you, creating an even field of psi spreading out as far as you can send it
Cullen: then feel your way through the field. feel for where the energy intersects any tangible surfaces, like desks and floors
Cullen: any questions on what we are about to do?
Cullen: alright then, "go"
FrozenFlames: 01,00nobody PM me for at least 30 seconds
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FrozenFlames: 01,00and then you can PM again
FrozenFlames: 01,00nobody PM me for at least 30 seconds
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FrozenFlames: 01,00and then you can PM again
FrozenFlames: 01,00alright guys, I'd like to see some progress PMs
FrozenFlames: 01,00i'm looking at all of you, but I'd still like to know what you have to say
stony1205: This music is rather depressing, now that I think about it...
Cullen: ok, good job everyone. That was a tough exercise
Cullen: that is as far as we are going today
Cullen: Homework
Cullen: I would like you all to work one the energy snaking exercise
Cullen: try to do that at least once a day
Cullen: and if you can work on moving energy around you in different paterns almost constantly during a day
Cullen: it is good practice and builds the more you do it
Cullen: experiment with different patterns
Cullen: also, please do the multiple psiball exercise a couple of times before the next class
Cullen: thank you all for coming, this concludes today's class.
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Cullen: First off we are going to do a basic warm up exercise
Cullen: Everyone just relax, stretch out a little, and get comfortable
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Cullen: What we are going to do, is draw/create energy, pool it, move it around, and then make a couple of basic psiballs
Cullen: FrozenFlames asked" If one were to trance, would now be the time?
Cullen: If you want to meditate or trance, just try to clear your mind for a minute... we will continue in one minute
Cullen: while we wait, again, please direct all questions to Mind via PM
Cullen: Ok, minds clear, lets get down to the first basic exercise
Cullen: Please wait until i say "begin" to start
Cullen: the exercise goes as follows:
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Cullen: 1. Shake your hands, not too hard, but strongly for about 30 seconds.
Cullen: 2. when you stop, your hands will tingle, this is blood flowing too them, but gives you a guide on what to feel
Cullen: 3. draw that tingling sensation up your arms, into your shoulders, and into your chest
Cullen: 4. let that sensation grow and warm you, feel it continue to grow untill it is within your entire body from head to toe.
Cullen: now please begin
Cullen: please PM me when you are holding the energy within your body
Cullen: a simple "ready" is fine
Cullen: Ok, that looks to be about everyone
Cullen: next condense all of that energy into one hand, whichever your prefer
Cullen: keep producing more energy in your chest as you do that, and feed that into that hand as well
Cullen: once you feel a strong amount of energy in that hand, move it to your other hand
Cullen: pass it back and fourth a couple of times, all the while adding to it from the energy growing in your chest
Cullen: then move it to each of your feet
Cullen: and alternate between feet and hands
Cullen: once you feel you have a strong control over where the energy is, please PM me another ready
Mind: SNG wants to know if there is a certain way to position hands
Cullen: Whatever is comfortable will work fine
Cullen: as long as you are not tense
Cullen: ok, now move the energy back into whatever hand you started with
Cullen: Picture in your mind a perfect sphere
Cullen: look at every aspect of it, the smooth surface, how it would catch light from the sun or a light bulb
Cullen: maybe even rotate it around in your mind
Cullen: once you have a good picture of it, flow the energy inside your hand into your palm, and 'feel' the sphere form out of the psi
Cullen: once you have a smooth sphere of psi, PM me with a ready, if you are having any trouble, PM mind with questions
Cullen: Alright, that seems to be working well. Congratulations on the psiballs.
Cullen: Now, keep an energy flow going into it while you hold it in your hand
Cullen: but don't let it get any bigger, let it get denser
Cullen: once you feel you have it dense enough, create a second flow of energy into your other hand.
Cullen: make sure your psiball stays intact while you do this
Cullen: with the second flow
Cullen: create a smaller psiball
Cullen: once you have the smaller ball, change its shape the same way you made it a sphere
Cullen: change it into a cloth
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Cullen: Because Mind has to go, from this point on please relay questions to Frozen
Cullen: once you have the Psi in a cloth shape
Cullen: feel in your mind an effect of psi being drawn from one side of the cloth to the other. Think of it as a one way gate
Cullen: energy will flow through one way, but not back the other way
Cullen: once you have impressed this into the psi-cloth, wrap it around the psiball in your other hand.
Cullen: orient it so that energy will be pulled 'in' towards the ball, and not let out of the ball. Then change the psicloth into a hard shell
Cullen: as an example, think of it as cheese cloth. When you starch it it is all wet, but if you put it around a balloon and let it dry, it grows hard
Cullen: and maintains that shape
Cullen: once you have it nice and hardened, push a flow of energy into the ball. The ball should grow denser
Cullen: also, psi should not leek out
Cullen: This is a shelled psiball. Once you have it, please PM Frozen with a Ready. Frozen, please tell me once everyone has checked in.
Cullen: Alright, good job everyone
Cullen: so, now we have one shelled psiball. Now practice changing the shape a little. Picture different shapes for the ball, and change the shape ofthe shell
Cullen: Feel that shape with your hands. Run them over any rigs or points.
Cullen: I recommend trying cubes, Pyramids, and dodecahedrons
Cullen: (the last one is a joke )
Cullen: Now i am going to recommend a 3 minute break
Cullen: go ahead and drink some Gatorade or water if you want to
Cullen: or just relax
* FrozenFlames shakes his head at his annoying dog sniffing his psiballs and goes back to eating pasta....
jaci: lol
no_one_2000: Mmm, pasta
Cullen: ok, back to the next part of the class
Cullen: Everybody, please make three shelled psiballs now
Cullen: PM Frozen with a ready when you have them...well... ready
Cullen: *also grab a penny or a plastic cup or a pen or something*
Cullen: No one asks no_one_2000: Where are we gonna put all three? I only have two hands Should I like... set 'em on the table or something? They'll keep there if I do that, right?
Cullen: Go ahead and place two of them on a table or desk, they should stay there. keep one in your hand, and the object you picked in your other hand
Cullen: Please get your psiballs ready
Cullen: Ok,
Cullen: now take your object in your other hand and study it a bit, flow some of your energy through it.
Cullen: once you have a 'feel' for the object
Cullen: take one of your shelled psiballs, and change the shelling to the shape of the object
Cullen: make it identical in shape and size
Cullen: shrink it down if you have to
Cullen: then move it so that the psi-shape and the object occupy the exact same space
Cullen: once they are together, visualize the psi-shape and the object merging into one. So that the psi is part of the object, intermixed between all its atoms and molecules
Cullen: if you want a sample visualization, think of it as a zipper with the psi as one side, and the object as the other. When you "zip" it onto the object, they form one solid piece
Cullen: if it doesn't work out the first time, discard the psi-shape and pick up afresh psiball
Cullen: and try it again
Cullen: Once you succeed, PM frozen with a "Done"
Cullen: Alright... so it seems like the majority of you were successful
Cullen: Congratulations
Cullen: Just so you know, if you want to keep track of a psiball, you can "zip" part of it to a desk or table so that you know where it is
Cullen: then just "unzip" it and you can take it with you
Cullen: that way only a small part is zipped on, and you can find your psiballs when you are trying to practice with several
Cullen: Alright, now the part you have all be dreading... Homework
Cullen: I am going to ask that everyone makes at least five psiballs a day. Try to manipulate energy inside your body as much as possible.
Cullen: Also, try to flow energy around outside your body
Cullen: and the last thing is, try to attack psiballs to at least three different objects by the next class
Cullen: If you had trouble doing it, just keep trying, and we will go over the last part of it in the next class
Cullen: Thank you all for coming, this concludes the class
by FrozenFlames
Triggering, in my personal definition, is: tying a psionic action to a physical action so that the psionic action may be performed with little or no psionic concentration. That may be slightly confusing and perhaps a little off, but that is basically it. Let my try to explain: has anyone ever called your name and you suddenly jumped and looked around for however called it, without even thinking about it? This is similar to triggering. Your subconscious is programmed so that whenever it hears your name, it tells you to look around for whoever called you. Some of you may be able to already perform some minor triggering without even knowing it if you’ve been making psiballs for a while. Let me give you a real example of triggering:
Lets say Johny has a position that he always puts his hands in when he makes a psiball, right? Lets say it’s the cupping hands position. Johny has been making psiballs for about two months now. So Johny, for whatever reason, decides to put his hands in this cupping hands position (but he doesn’t try to make a psiball). All of a sudden in a few seconds he starts to feel a psiball in his hands!
Why did this psiball form, you ask me? Because after making a psiball, whenever Johny puts his hands in that position. When he put his hands in that position; without even thinking about making a psiball, his subconscious assumed he wanted a psiball made. What does the lovely subconscious do? It begins creating a psiball. That is a rudimentary example of basic triggering
This might seem a little redundant at first, but when you think about it, it can come in handy. Maybe whenever you make a telepathic link you could put your hands in a certain position or do some sort of motion when facing the screen name or person you want to link with. Then maybe if you’re having trouble concentrating, if you do this motion while facing the person (or person’s name, etc.) while you try to link, it will help you link to the person a little easier. This sort of thing can be useful when you get into more advanced programming as well.
You can use triggering for anything (taking down shields, linking, drawing energy, etc.). Just make sure that your hand or body motions/positions are different from each other. You don’t want your shield disabling position to be one hand cupped. Then if you decide to make a psiball with one hand, you’ll find yourself defenseless ;-). Just try to use common sense with this method.
Also, make sure that your motions make sense to you. If somebody recommends putting your hands out in a defensive position every time you shield (to trigger shielding), but to you instead of meaning “defense” it means “scaredy-cat”, then don’t do it! Use stuff that makes sense to you. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a hand position. It can be a body position too, it can be any position.
This isn’t really a required skill. I know most psions don’t really use triggering at all, but it can come in handy. It all depends on whether you want to or not, that’s all.
Remember, you’re training your subconscious to automatically do a task. Teach it wisely.
by Stony1205
I can still remember when I made my first PsiBall. Ahh the good 'ol days. Being a new Psion was quite a lot of fun actually. I found it so exciting, learning all these new and weird things. But that's enough of my babbling. I suppose your here because you wish to know how to form PsiBalls. This may be your first psychic experience, it may not, either way, I'm going to take things nice and slow so you can follow along.
What is a PsiBall?
A psiball is nothing more than, well, a ball of psychic energy. This web site's focus is mainly on Energy Manipulation (Psiballs, shields etc), so naturally you'll need to know these. You can do many things with a psiball. For instance, you can program it to follow your dog around, or bounce up and down, etc. The ideas are limitless. Now there are 3 main things that go into forming a psiball.
-Location--Drawing Energy--Formation--
Location
Let's start with our location. You can make a psiball anywhere you like. For instance, you could make it on the president's desk, your mother's coffee maker, Uzbekistan, or the North Pole. It doesn't really matter. However, most people choose their hands to start because it is easier to do. Now, if you choose your hands, there are many positions you can put them in. I suggest putting them like your trying to cover a baseball with both your hands. (The inside will be ball shaped) Once you have decided where you want to put your hands, we can now learn to picture the psi.
Drawing Energy
Now we come to a difficult part. In order to successfully manipulate psi, you have to picture yourself doing it. It's sort of like playing pretend. All you have to do is picture it. Now you can picture psi energy as anything you like. It can be lightning, orbs, cubes, or even cellular phones. Once you have a picture in your mind, you can begin to draw energy.
"Where does this 'energy' come from?" Nobody knows. Some scientists (and most psions) think that this energy is nothing more than waste from the nervous system. This energy flows to an area just below the diaphragm , where it is stored for later use, or removal. However, there is still a belief that energy comes from the planets. I think it comes from our spines, but that's just my opinion. You can believe what you wish.
Now on to using this energy. Drawing energy is rather simple. Just picture your energy coming through your body. Don't just try to see it, give it a sound, a smell, a texture, anything that will make the picture in your mind become more realistic. Picture this energy moving through your body at a high speed and spouting out through the top of your head.
Formation
This is the part many people seem to have questions about. They don't really know if they've formed one. This is MY step by step process of how I do it. Begin to draw energy like in the last step. Get the energy moving fairly well. When you feel you have a good flow, begin moving the energy down your arms and into your hands. Picture that energy zapping out of your hands into a small ball. Keep the energy going in at all times. When you think you have enough, don't stop, keep adding more. Are you done adding? NO, keep adding a little bit more. Add until you can't fit in any, then add a tad bit more. Continue this rigorous adding until your hands can no longer stay still. You will find that the energy beginning to take a shape, and push your hands as it gets bigger. You may also feel tingling, or fuzziness, heat, or even coolness. If you're REALLY lucky you may see waves or perhaps a faint spark. These are all signs that you've made a psiball!
You can continue to make your psiball even stronger by adding to its density. I picture the ball squishing under lots of pressure into a smaller ball. While you are doing this, keep adding energy. (Note: you are not physically moving the ball. It must be done mentally or your ball may be crushed.)
It is now time to let your psiball vanish. All you have to do is let go. If you failed to make a psiball, don't give up. Some people have an easier time than others do. Just KEEP PRACTICING! You'll eventually get it! If you have any questions please e-mail me: psionline@gmail.com