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by Stony1205

For those of you who have made any kind of energy construct before, you’ll know that the process takes a “mental picture”. This kind of visualization has to be performed many times in order to become stronger, as with any skill. However, visualization can go way beyond just picturing things for a construct. If done properly, first person visualization can be used as a very powerful exercise tool. How so?

If you’ve read any Remote Viewing articles, there is a technique in there that calls for you to “look” at your target in a first person setting. What does this mean? It means that what you are visualizing should be seen from your eyes. You should not be seeing your body from above, or from the side. Just from your eyes. If you don’t get the first person perspective down, this will not work. In order for you to understand this, you have to realize that you can trick your Subconscious into thinking something else.

The first step to this is keeping the visualization as real as you possibly can. In this article, we’ll use a weight room’s bench press as an example. I would assume most of you have been in a weight room at one time or another. Even if you haven’t, I’m sure you’ve seen a bench press. Although this is primarily a visual workout, try to use every sense possible. Try and smell that nasty man sweat, the old iron (or steel) bars. Listen to the clang of the plates, and the grunts of other people lifting way to much :-P. There’s nothing to taste in a weight room, unless you’re odd like that, anyway…

The visualization is the meat of this process. It is hard to explain without an example, so I’ll just take you through one repetition of a bench press. To further assist you in these visualizations, it is best to lay down, so you can concentrate fully on the visualization. Be sure to turn off all distractions, and silence all noise, in order to help you keep your focus. Now that you’re all comfortable, we can begin with the fun.

“You walk up to the press, and your friend has already set your preferred amount of weigh on the bar for you. They smile and say, ‘Ok three sets of ten, let’s go tough guy.’ You smirk back. You loosen up your shoulders, take a few deep breaths, and sit yourself on the end of the press. You lay down, and notice that the gym was too cheap to buy new padding, and can feel the imprint of the last guy to use the machine. Wiggling around a tad, you get in that perfect position. Your slightly sweaty hands grasp the bar and find their mark. The muscles in your arm tense up, as you push the bar off of its holders. Another deep breath is taken into your lungs, and you let the bar down onto your chest. Exhaling heavily, you thrust the bar up, feeling the burn. You hear the count of ‘one…’ by your spotter. Breathing in, you let the bar down again, slightly relaxing as the weight seems to feel a tad bit less. You exhale again, and a little grunt lets out as you extend your arms up again, and raise that heavy bar up into the air. ‘Damn light, it’s right over my face. What moron designed this?’ you say to yourself…”

Although that was a lengthy paragraph, you can see the type of detail you’re going to need in order to pull this off correctly. I’ve read articles about Olympic athletes who use this very same technique along with their training, in order to become stronger. How does this work? Your subconscious can be tricked into thinking that a visualization is real, and actually work your muscles in the process, even though you’re completely relaxed. Using this with regular exercise can boost your rate of improvement drastically. Even using this method alone, can make you stronger. This exercise can improve how your constructs react to your visualizations, and make them “listen” to you better. Remember, detail matters, and keep practicing!

by Cullen

Hi again everyone! I doubt that any of you have ever heard of thread constructing, since I am pretty sure that I just made up the name. Others might have done this before, but I have been experimenting with it and found it to be pretty awesome.

Prerequisites:
1. Be able to control decent amounts of energy.
2. Be able to hold several constructs in place with your mind.
3. Be able to leave constructs alone for more then three days and have them NOT fade away.
4. You really do need a good amount of experience with constructing, this is not a beginner skill.

The way this programming method works is by using highly portable and condensed constructs that I like to call Threads. Basically you need to do two things to make a Thread construct.

1. Focus a decent amount of energy into a point in space without actually programming it, just guiding it with your mind.

2. Create a very small bit of programmed energy that will act as a thread.

That is it for what you need, the implementation is where it gets cool. This method starts with a basic psiball, but you do not need a large amount of energy. Focus a decent amount (probably about half of what you would need for a ‘strong’ psiball) into an area about the size of a dime. Program it now with a couple of general commands, and the specific command you want it to have: For example:

1. Hold together
2. Form energy around threads into ball shape
3. Split into threads
4. Hold compact thread shape.

Three and four tend to work together, and can be programmed simultaneous. The thread then takes control of the energy and uses it in the same way that it was programmed. Essentially making a homogeneously programmed psiball or whatever, but you only program a small portion of it. That is kind of cool, but the REALLY cool stuff is what happens next. Now you have a psiball that doesn’t need to be shelled because it is controlled by the internal threads. Well, you can fit a lot more than one thread web inside the psiball. For practice purposes, lets put in another thread set. Program another small clump of energy to send out an energy ‘ping’ every second or two. Weave this in so it meshes evenly with the threads that hold the psiball in place. Next you could ad a third weave that is set to draw energy back into the ball from you, or a nearby source. All of the tiny constructs utilize the same energy reserve at the same time. It creates almost a fabric of programming. As long as you don’t to any seriously constructing programs, you can fit many different programs into the same psiball. Also, you can “un-weave” it by pulling the threads out again, and you don’t have to de-program the original psi, because it was only being harnessed and formed by the thread constructs. (Very useful for energy recycling.)

There are other affects that I have noticed with this method of constructing. When you scan a construct that has been made you cannot tell that there are threads within it. The construct, from the outside looks like a normal construct, but if you can get inside it you can differentiate all of the different threads. The trick is the thread programming itself. You need to have a solid concept in your mind of what each thread will do once it has been entered into the energy ball. If you want the energy to be held in a shell, you need to weave in a thread that forms a shell on the outside. If you want a specific shape, another thread that governs shape must be added. The tighter together you place the threads, the more can be woven into the construct, limiting this method only to how many constructs you can create.

Just an afterthought in case you are confused about the production of the thread.
1. Create the condensed energy.
2. Program it.
3. While still condensed, have it ‘spool’ itself into an even tighter wound thread.
4. Reinforce the programming that keeps the thread shape.
5. Don’t over power it. I have had cases where flowing too much energy into the construct will ‘burn out’ the thread, causing it to loose it’s program.

Just one more thing to go over, and that is weaving the threads into the construct. I have found that different patterns work well for different objectives. Like, if I want the thread to control shape, I will have a central point, and have the thread spread out into spokes around the entire construct, connecting to the outermost part of the energy, thus giving it control. Any threads governing power regulation, or shelling, I will weave into a mesh that is on the outside of the overall construct. Then if I want to add a flare, or a construct that makes sure the other’s don’t loose their programming, I will spider web it amongst all the constructs from the inside out, connecting it to all the other threads and ‘tying’ it around them at several points.

Some difficulties I have had:
1. If the threads are not programmed very specifically they can ‘unravel’ in a sense and the construct falls apart.
2. If there is programming in the raw energy that you are placing the threads into, it has a tendency to conflict with the thread programming. (Don’t accidentally program a shape or something of the like into the raw energy.
3. While it is fairly easy to ‘unweave’ threads from the construct, actually de-programming the threads and destroying them I have found to be difficult, if made properly they are very resilient and resist changes in programming. While this is good for keeping your constructs intact, it makes clean up a bit harder then usual. I recommend surrounding the threads with energy programmed to ‘pull apart’ or ‘eradicate’ the thread. Then you just have to de-program the normally programmed psi-ball as opposed to trying to destroy a hair-thin dense energy thread.

That is my technique of Thread constructing. I hope you where able to follow along, if not, feel free to PM me on the boards or chat for clarification.

Have fun and experiment with this tech...

by SunTzu

All of the energy manipulation I have experienced relies upon two concepts; energy and intention. This article is on the intention part of manipulation. This, I think, is one of the easier subjects in all of psionics, once you understand it. I say this, because essentially, you have been doing it all along without ever noticing it. For example, when you create a psi-ball, is it round? If you said yes, then it was programmed to be round, as energy in its natural state is not. There are several approaches to programming. So, now that you have realized that you already know how to program, let's get into what it is. There are several approaches to programming, being conceptual, visual, and tactile (listed in accordance to how often I use them).

Also, a word to the wise, please do not be reading this article if you cannot at least create a psi-ball. Just a thought, but why would you be reading the article on programming psi, if you cannot gather it already?

Conceptual Programming

For those of you that have made a shield, did it stay with you if you walked around? It should have, merely because that is one of the things that you typically associate with a shield. This is conceptual programming. In order to do this, what you have to do is attach a concept along to the energy that you are working with. As you gather the energy, give it focus, give it intention, try to think of what you are gathering the energy for, and what you would eventually want it to do. This is conceptual programming, and is usually the hardest for beginners to grasp, and the one of the easiest for most advanced users. Don't worry newbies, you get used to it, but for now, attempt one of the other forms of programming for now, and rest assured.

On to Visualization!

As you make a psi-ball, what are you thinking that it looks like? You are seeing it as a round ball of energy, and thus it forms to one. In order to program visually, as you create it, see the energy that you control. I.e. watchit form a ball, see it turn, see the room getting colder.

Now, Tactile

As for tactile programming, you have probably already done it with the psi-ball, as well. When you were creating the psi-ball, what were you trying to get it to feel like? Later on as you created psi-balls, did you try to make them hot? Or cold? Doing so is tactile programming, or programming by feel. Essentially what you are to do with tactile programming, is impress the feel upon the energy. Visualize the feel of something (soft/hard, cold/warm, round/pointed, ect.), and focus that intention upon the energy, thinking that thought at it. If you did it right, the energy should respond as you programmed, or told, it to.

Summary

So, in summary, to program a triangle psi-ball that is cold, create a psi-ball, and think of it as a triangle with things you associate with a triangle, or see it forming into a triangle, or feel the points of a triangle. Then think at it the concept of being cold along with things you think of when you hear the word cold, or see it being a colder color (typically white/blue), or think at it the feeling of being cold.

by MindMover

Psi constructs can be programmed to perform a variety of tasks and effects. They can be used in a myriad of ways that can be useful and quite fun. Once you have learned basic programming you will want to expand on it and use it to create some physical sensations. This article is directed mainly at that, the programming of sensations into a psiball. Some examples of these physical sensations are hot, cold, and itches, although I am sure the possibilities are endless. In this article are some of the more useful programs as well as the techniques I use to program them. The below information is what I have found to work best for me, which means it might not be best for you, but either way, I think you will find it extremely helpful. If you are reading this article than I assume you are competent in making psiballs, constructs, and of course, programming. If not, please read those articles first because this will only get you confused and frustrated when you are not able to get results.

In the programs that follow, I will explain a variety of visualizations, and tactile visualization to put sensations into psi constructs. You do not need to use both when you're programming your construct, but you must have a clear idea of what it will be. If what you read does not connect for you then substitute something that does in its place. For example, if I say imagine red psi flowing into your hands to make it hot, it will not work for you unless red means hot to you. If you equate yellow with warmth then use that. Remember, the most important thing when programming is to have clear intentions, and to make sure you understand what you are doing and why you are doing it. Now that you better understand what this article is all about, it is time to learn and experiment. When programming sensations, it is important to understand what the sensation is that you want to program. You need to be able to recall the sensation and then transfer it to the construct. The first step is to get a feeling for the sensation. Remember what it feels like and try to duplicate that feeling.

Here are some ways of getting the sensations. Hot: Breathe warm air on your hand, run your hand under warm water, place your hand under a warm light bulb and feel the heat. Cold: Breathe cold air on your hand, place an ice cube on you hands and move it around, stick your hands in the freezer (don't get frostbite :-P) Itch: just remember what it felt like the last time you had an itch :) Visualization can also be a useful tool. Like I stated in the introduction, people associate different colors with different things. Maybe when you're making your warm psiball you like to visualize yellow psi flow in. However, visualization should not stop at color. Maybe visualize fire pooling and swirling in your hands. Maybe when you are trying to program an itch you can visualize feathers, as long as it connects for you. You must be creative here and try different things out. When programming sensations it is important to use a variety of the techniques described. And yes, combinations work very well. Now that you understand the basic concepts, I will give a brief outline of how I would go about programming a sensation into a psiball, and then put it in an example. First, I would figure out what sensation I wanted to program (it is important to know this from the beginning). Once decided on, I would try to recall the feeling, and if possible, try to feel it using some of the techniques I explained before. I would begin to allow the psi to flow into my hand, using whatever visualization possible, and try to put the sensation into the construct.

At this point, whatever your goal was should start to be felt. If not, then keep practicing. Now to apply this to a sensation. A tickle can be felt easily, so let’s program that. I know what I want, so I’ll identify the sensation now. Simply tickling the palm of my hand helped me to get a hold of this sensation. Now, I am imagining small feathers flowing and forming a ball in my hand. I can start to feel a tickling sensation on both palms and my fingers. I have added enough psi, and my construct is complete. See, pretty easy, huh! Remember to practice this; it will most likely not come the first time. A little effort can go a long way. Have fun, experiment with this, and do what works for you. If you have any questions, you can post them on the PsiOnline forum.

by FrozenFlames

Advanced Energy Manipulation and Programming (aka psychoenergetics) requires a deep skill in trancing, sensitivity, and energy manipulation. It is a priceless skill, however, and can easily be applied to many other skills, such as Crowd Control (via Telepathic/Empathic Suggestion). To understand and accomplish this, you first need knowledge of how energy patterns work in conjunction with programming. You can find this information in my Basic Energy Programming article. From here, we expand.

Seeing the Patterns

The first step is to enter a heavy trance. When I say heavy, I mean as deep as you can go without falling asleep completely. Next, you have to expand your "vision" and sense out around you to begin feeling the vibrations of ambient energy. The goal here is to effectively combine your real vision with your psychic sight (the "eyes" that you use when you scan energy). Once this is done, you may begin to "see" patterns of energy flowing off of everyone and everything. All of these pattern waves are different, yet simple. However, when one person walks into a room (or even more effective, walks into the vicinity of another person) his or her pattern begins affecting the other patterns. It creates a complex wave of interaction in which every minor thing affects something else, causing an infinitely complex domino effect.

Theories of how Natural Empathy works can relate to these patterns; one human's EMF (Electromagnetic Field) will affect another's in a very subtle or drastic way. For this example, we will call the original person: PersonA. We will call the person who is being affected: PersonB. If PersonB's subconscious is sensitive enough to pick up on PersonA's distortion, PersonB's subconscious will duplicate it within his mind and body. This will cause the PersonB to actually feel what PersonA is feeling. Thus, Natural Empathy occurs. The size, energy strength, will power, and pattern of the person's EMF all play a role in how it will affect the world around it.

Once you begin to "see" these patterns in your heavy trance state, you're on your way to entering a PIM (Pattern Interpretation Mindstate). The next step is to learn, to some extent, how these patterns work.

Effecting the Patterns

Now that we can sense these patterns, we must begin experimentation with them. Once again, you must enter a heavy trance. Then, expand your sight once more to see these patterns affecting the world around you. Start simple for now; only view the area that is approx. ten feet out from you in all directions. Begin to see the energy pattern waves flowing all around you. See your field and it's unique pattern, and see how its pattern effects all the patterns nearest it, and how those patterns in-turn effect other patterns, and so on. Meditate deeply on this; it can be quite relaxing and, at the same time, very interesting.

Now we need to begin affecting these waves of complexity. Start by creating a simple psiball, then shell it. Once this is done, move it slowly around the ten-foot area. Watch as the pattern within the psiball's shell (the programming) begins affecting the ambient patterns in the room. Watch as, when the psiball touches your field, it effects that portion of your field ever so slightly. Next, bring the psiball back and program the psiball itself to emit a certain pattern wave (of your choosing). This pattern can be drastic or subtle, fast or sluggish. Then, set it loose in the same ten-foot area. Watch as the emitted pattern changes the pattern that flows through the room. Watch as it also changes the smaller patterns surrounding each object. Look the objects that are handled a lot or that you have emotional attachment to. Notice how they emit odd patterns of their own.

As a last step for this exercise, we will use our field as the manipulator. Begin by destroying the psiball and meditating on the patterns of the ten-foot area once more. Then, put about 75% focus directly on your field, and feel it as just another extension of your body (after all, that's what it is). After you have a firm grip on your field along with a strong focus of the energetic area around you, begin forming the intent. The intent to cause a wave of cause-and-effect (the butterfly effect) in a certain point of the room. From here, extend your field and intent outward to this point, and will that spot to do as you forethought. The patterns in the room should begin changing in a subtle way, effecting each other by a butterfly effect caused simply by the extension of your field coupled with your will. If you have begun to understand how these patterns work, then the state you are in is what I call the PIM (Pattern Interpretation Mindstate).

Advanced Programming

Now, we all realize that the programming of a construct is actually just that construct having a certain pattern to it. And this pattern is what causes the energy to behave in certain ways, essentially causing the energy to carry out any programming commands that was given it. Most of the time that we program, we simply state our will to our subconscious mind by means of visualization or command repetition. From there, our subconscious is the one who patternizes the construct. It is a good thing that this is the way things are too, because there is no way on earth any conscious mind could remember the millions of patterns, the millions of different ways each pattern effects the other patterns, and the millions of ways these pattern combinations work together. This is also the reason programming skill increases exponentially (if a steady practice regime is in place), the more you learn, the more you subconscious understands each pattern and the quicker it can interpret the others. Now, however great it is that patternization of energy takes place subconsciously, it can be even greater if done somewhat consciously. This is where all the aforementioned topics of this article come into play; all that skill and experience in consciously effecting patterns (though fantastic in and of itself, giving you the ability to program and manipulate faster as well as the application to Empathy) is needed in Advanced Programming. To begin advanced programming, you must once again reach the PIM. This is obviously done by entering a deep trance and then meditating on the patterns around you, as done before. Once in the Pattern Interpretation Mindstate, create a construct with some sort of program (just make sure that this program is much more complex then a simple "hold together"). Observe the pattern of this construct and meditate on it for a few minutes. Next, destroy the construct and move on to the next step. Begin pooling a mass of energy in front of you, it is easier (for now) to work with a larger amount of energy. Make sure that the energy is dense however; we do not wish to trade size for density. Next, you have to do something that will possibly be very hard, all at once. What we want to do here is manually insert a few simple patterns into the energy at once and have them affect each other. When three patterns affect each other, a more complex pattern is created. When four patterns affect each other, something extremely complex is created, and so on. So what we want to do is insert a few simple patterns into the energy and have the ending result be the construct that we previously programmed and destroyed. This manual method of programming is extremely difficult; perhaps the hardest part is actually understanding what to do. It is hard, at first, to know what patterns to combine. Most likely you'll find yourself sitting there, clueless. However, this manual method has many benefits. The first, most obvious benefit is the speed and simplicity of programming (once you get the method down). You can combat that with, "I can get just as fast with my normal method of programming". But, with this method you can program quite a number of constructs at once, spreading your pattern emission wave over a wide range. That can also be combated, so the question remains: why use this method? Self-Defense is one, very pertinent, answer. When struggling to interpret the programming of an attacking construct, you can simply enter the PIM and see through all the mechanisms that hide the programming and sig. From there, it is quite easy to insert your own patterns into the construct and bypass any resistance to re-programming. When in the PIM, you get down to the very base of programming and can see the mechanisms that make the construct function, allowing you to bypass anything that previously prevented your mental "hack" into the construct. This enables you to more easily destroy the program function that is harming you. When performing manual programming such as this, you become fluent in understanding and manipulating patterns, allowing your programming skills to improve more than previously imagined. This also improves the ability to shield against incoming attacks with more proficiency. There is one last method of Advanced Programming that takes place in the Pattern Interpretation Mindstate. This obviously includes manual manipulation as well, and actually builds upon the previous method (making this one slightly more difficult). The purpose of this method of programming is to make the construct more efficient, and to drastically cut down on any program corruption. This also allows for more efficient dormant programs that only "kick in" once a certain circumstance comes into play. You begin by entering the PIM and pooling a mass of energy in front of you. Next, you take the patterns that you would normally combine, and contain them inside a shell. You then insert these into the energy mass. From here, you would form everything into a more economical shape (shelling the energy mass and making is smaller, arranging the shelled patterns so they aren't simply floating around inside aimlessly, etc.). Also, as a side note, make sure that the shells of the patterns have an anti-pattern within them; this way the pattern within the shell does not affect the shell and cause a horrible mess of corruption. Next, you want to program these shells to release and re-contain these patterns when certain things take place. This makes the construct quite versatile. Basically what happens is the construct goes about its task, then when something happens that causes the shell to release another pattern, the construct is re-programmed and does whatever its new program tells it to do (as a result of whatever activated the pattern's release from the shell). Holding these patterns separately within the construct until needed cuts down on any corruption that might come from all of the patterns being mixed in what would be an over-programmed construct. Once a pattern is released it can change the entire nature of the construct, or only effect it on a small scale, depending. For those who have read my Core Construction Manual, the concept is very much the same. The construct itself operates like a team of smaller applicatio ns, much like a human cell.

Conclusion

Overall, even if you choose not to do these methods of Advanced Programming, through entering the PIM your Energy Manipulation skill will increase. This includes your skills in programming. Not only will entering the PIM allow you a much greater skill in Energy Manipulation, but it also allows for forms of Crowd Control and Manual Empathy. The skills in this Manual Empathy can also, as previously stated, be used to create more efficient shielding. And on the topic of shielding, through this newfound knowledge in patterns, your self-defense should improve as well. Overall, I hope this article has given you a few things:
1.) An overall improved understanding of how programming works
2.) A vast improvement in your Energy Manipulation skills through PIMs
3.) A skill in Crowd Control and Manual Empathy
4.) More effective shielding

by Devil's Advocate

The first very simple question is, "What is Visualization?" It seems relatively simple. It's forming a picture of what you want to do. The problem is when visualization gets mistaken for programming. The two are not the same. Visualization is the first step in programming. It is not, in and of itself, programming.

The primary purpose of visualization is to fix the idea of what you are attempting to accomplish in your own head, in terms you can easily and simply understand. The human mind is limited by what it can grasp. Now, I am not speaking in the terms of 'we only limit ourselves!' There are limits to everything. Try to actually conceptualize infinity. Intellectually it is easy to say 'it goes on forever', but the actual concept of infinity (the reality of endlessness) is not easy to fully conceptualize.

In the same manner, it is not easy to fully conceptualize psionics, especially for the beginner. Several things get in the way. The intangibility of the medium is the first roadblock. You can't touch telepathy. You can't see empathy. A shield is not something you can box up and give to your mother for Christmas. Telekinesis can be explained away by too many natural phenomena. These things make it difficult for the mind to grasp how what is occurring, works. Visualization, from a practical stand point, is designed to help over come this roadblock.

When a psion visualizes a psionic effect, they are creating a mental metaphor for what they are doing. Let us use a shield as an example. When a psion visualizes a wall between themselves and the outside world, they take the known tangible concept of 'a wall' and apply the same /concept/ to an utterly different mechanism. A wall is a known concept, a known blocking surface. Walls keep the wind and weather out of houses. Walls keep things out of gardens that are not supposed to be there. The visualization of a wall fixes the concept of a barrier into the psion's mind. It is this concept that is then translated into the actual programming process. No classic wall is created, but the concept of blocking something otherwise intangible was applied to a construct and to psionic energy (which form the shield). This is the basic building block for concept programming.

In more complicated settings visualization helps the mind grasp things that are either normally outside the realm of human experience, or are simply too complicated to easily map out step-by-step and still follow. Still using the shield example, you want a shield that will do more than one thing. You want it to block off only unwanted incoming projection and ambient noise. You want one that will redirect unwanted constructs away from you. You want one that constructs can't latch onto unless you want them to, and one that will 'give' a little if something pushes to hard against it, and anything it just can't block it lets through for other shields to deal with. Now, each individual concept is relatively simple to comprehend and follow and program. The whole is harder to juggle in its entirety. You choose the visualization of a finely made silk privacy curtain. It is very tightly woven. There are no loose threads to catch on and it gives rather than trying to resist while redirecting things and people away from you just by being there. This makes the entirety of the concept easier to grasp and easier to keep in mind as a whole as you program the shield. Then you can focus on what parts of that visualization you want to emphasize in the programming, such as a very 'tight weave' to the threads of the shield. (Note: Thread constructs are not a basic set of constructs. They take a great deal of practice to get right. This is not a beginner's shield, but it is a good example.)

Visualization is a useful tool for both beginners and advanced psions. It allows complicated programming to be done quickly, by concept rather than step by step. This has applications beyond constructs. Visualization in telepathy and empathy can achieve the same affect. We do not know the exact mechanisms either empathy or telepathy use to project and receive thought or emotion. This makes it very difficult for the mind to grasp telepathy enough to actually perform it other than on an inefficient reflexive level. Conscious control of the ability of telepathy requires some level of comprehension. The most common visualizations for telepathy are essentially of a 'signal' being sent out from the physical region of the head in a 'direction' to the individual in question. You do not have to know how the signal is getting there, the concept of the 'signal' is real enough and comprehensible enough to your mind that it works.

Psionics is, by definition, almost purely mental. It is what your mind comprehends that happens. Visualization is simply the tool your mind uses to wrap what it doesn't know in terms of what it does. This can lead to many useful additions as the 'concept' is larger than the visualization. For example, a shield that is visualized as faceted may disperse incoming energy, even if it wasn't specifically told to do so. The concept of faceting involves the diffusion and refraction of light. Even if the psion doesn't understand the mechanics behind it, he or she has probably seen a faceted gemstone and the concept is still there. Visualization and concept programming are intrinsically linked, and a clear visualization can save a great deal of effort to a concept programmer, but visualization is not the program, it is simply your mind organizing itself in terms it can understand, so it can act on that organization.

by Stony1205

Up until now, many of you probably make most of your constructs with very simple intentions. For the most part, there is no need to make use of anything too horribly complicated. Yet, sometimes there are instances where complicated programming is needed. Let me provide an example for you go chew on, a telepathic message filter. Perhaps it seems a tad easy at first, but let's break it down a tad. You'll want it to:

• Keep its programming
• Regenerate from your energy supply
• Keep out all non-friendly thoughts
• Make sure it lets out all of your sendings
• Allows sendings from friends to come in, but only if they don't contain anything harmful

That's a short list, but I think you get the basic idea. Now, if you don't plan things out it can be easy for your sub-c and the construct to become confused. If your sub-c becomes confused, it can usually sort out what you want it to do on your own. However, your constructs lack that intelligence.

Definition of a Construct Error: An event that occurs when a construct's programming becomes corrupted due to personal confusion in the creation stage, overuse of the construct, age of the construct, or outside influence, like a virus.

The following paragraphs will show you just how corruption works, and what causes it.

Natural Corruption

I've found over my years of practice and communication with other psychics, that people tend to overuse their constructs. They put large stress loads on them, and don't take the time to properly regenerate. When they programmed them last week, they didn't think as to how much they would be used, instead, the said person just "did it". It's similar to, "Hmmmm, I'm going to build a house, I don't know its dimensions, or even if the ground is level, I just want to build a house. Now gimme some bricks."

If this was the conversation your contractor had, I'd suggest leaving your home... now. When you don't plan out your constructs before hand, you end up destroying them after, and sooner than you might think. What many people don't realize is that your construct will work only in the exact way you tell it to. Constructs don't adapt to situations. They work quite similarly to a Windows application. If you don't program it for every little situation, you get a nice lovely error, or sometimes nothing at all. Basically the same thing here. So when you force too many commands into your construct, it becomes twisted, and can't handle all the information coming into it. The programming begins to weaken, and it eventually cracks and morphs because of the pressure. These can range from change in color, to totally change in the main idea.

I have a quick personal story (no, you can't sit in a circle on my floor) to tell you. I'm not proud of it, but It serves a purpose in this article.

As some PsiPog members may know, I like to experiment with various construct oddities. You could say that's my psychic hobby. I recently had an unfortunate mishap with one of my more successful constructs. Now usually, I only have a few projects going on at the same time, so I can keep them all recharged and up to date. However, one specific project required not one construct to get the job done, but about ten or so. I knew that would be too many for me to keep going at one time, so I created another construct to pump them up for me. To keep this from becoming my life's story, I basically made a giant battery for psiballs (giggles from the crowd).

It took me about a week to fully get this giant dry-cell up and running but I finally connected all the "wires". My constructs managed to be stable for about two days when I found some of them began to move around, and lose their responsiveness. After another couple of days, they lost form completely, and fell apart. Weeks of hard work ruined. It wasn't without gains, however. I learned a lot about the way energy works from this. I found out that energy has certain "stress loads" based on its size, density, and programming. If you overload constructs with energy, such as the unregulated amounts coming from my battery, they tend to give out finding space for all that extra and sudden energy. Such weaknesses make complicated programming a tricky art to learn. It may not be necessary for everyone to learn to program as complex as this, but if you want to become specialized in energy manipulation, you are going to need it.

Viral Corruption

Although this is an extremely rare occurrence, there are forms out there that can be dubbed "viruses". Many just follow you around or play psychic jokes, but there are a few that could cause you some grief. Again, these are highly uncommon, but they are out there. In fact, my community (area of about 50ish square miles) had a rather odd outburst of them about a year ago.

So how do these work? Viruses tend to float randomly about, not being directed at any specific target. They are usually copies of the original construct that were released on a mass scale. They attach themselves to other constructs, mostly shields, then they release their destructive programming. Think of them as a bubble with acid on the inside. When the bubble pops, the acid spills all over your shield, melting it away, layer by layer. Of course, the programming is more complicated than that, but that's the general idea. Disclaimer: Please don't go around making these constructs. This is considered in most parts of the world as an attack. Nobody here is going to bail you out if you get in hot water. Point being, don't be an ass.

There are ways to prevent such a devastating thing from happening to you. I'll list a few here.

• Don't program your shields to deflect once hit, use them to repel things instead. This way, the construct won't know it attached to anything, and make a false infection.
• Use "Anti-Virus" programming. This one is harder, but it can be effective on a long-term basis. Keep updating this one with construct signatures and examples, similar to Norton or McAffee.
• Keep some repel shields around. These make viruses just zip away. Simple.
• If you know an area is infected, use dummies to use up the viruses. Haven't tried this one, experiment for yourself.

So there you have it, two kinds of construct corruption. I hoped this helped make some of you realize that constructs aren't as pliable as you may think. Be easy on your programming. If you have to, make construct systems instead of one big one, and don't over do it. The simpler the better.

by Anonymous (PsiOnline Donated Article)

Over the course of the past few years I've become accustomed to doing most, if not all of my psionics work in a different manner than most do. I now do psionics by simply thinking. Rather than visualizing, I merely move psi around as if it was my arm. To understand what I'm saying first move your arm. Did you notice how you didn't have to visualize for this to happen? This is what we are going for. Once you get used to this it is not a difficult proccess to master, though it may be a bit hard to achieve at the start when being used in conjunction to psionics.

To first achieve this I reccomend that one first meditates, or at least find a way to calm your mind a little bit. There are various articles out there which teach you how to meditate so I think it's better to now move on. After meditating think about your arm. Think about what you did before, except now pay attention to the different sensations you get. You should hopefully feel differnt things going on in your head, small amounts of pressure here and there. You should feel the pressure in random spots. When making similir movements you should always feel the pressure in approximatly in the same area. Try to duplicate this feeling without actually moving your arms. Once you have this step done move on to the next.

Now, create a simple construct. A psi ball should be sufficient for our purposes. Whilst creating it pay attention to the different feelings you get in your brain. Now, move into your normal position for practicing. Duplicate these feelings, but unlike last time you must actually move something now. This may seem a bit confusing due to the fact that I've not given much instruction, but you should be able to understand what I'm trying to get across. Do this a few times until you can feel the actual psi ball in your hand. Congratulations, you now created a psi ball without having to visualize anything.

If this does not work after the first few attempts I suggest you stop and try again another day. Eventually you should get this to work, and once you do psionics will feel much more natural. Instead of having to visualize everything you want to do you should be able to use psionics as if though it was a limb you've had all of your life.

There is one thing I'd advise you to be cautious of. There is such a thing known as "muscle memory", this is not what we're looking to accomplish. I remember once doing this and it got to the point where my my mind would create a psi ball on it's own as soon as I was in my usual "psi ball creation position." This is not something I particularly enjoy due to the fact that I want control over what I do. If you are looking for this to happen though, you can just keep practicing this one method and it should start to begin happening automatically.

This concludes my small explanation of how to go beyond visualization. Remeber to keep practicing, just don't overdo it. Good luck with your work, be careful, and remeber to have fun.

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.

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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.

Hosted by Cullen and Stony1205

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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
* FrozenFlames raises hand
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