Your method of gathering energy (a compilation)

[Tarconiss]

heh... My own personal way of gathering energy.... well.. i have a few... but i'll post the ones I can best seem to decribe...

my first way...

I prepare myself, and get myself a good place to sit comforatbly.... i make sure i wont be disturbed that much, where i can focus on what i am doing... not nessicarily in silence. then i procede to consume what is on my plate.... * chuckles *... heh.. sorry... i had to do that... but in all seriousness...

when it comes to something that i just want a little bit of time to recharge, or freshen up, [im ususally standing when in this scenario] i take a light horse stance and bring my arms around in a kindof circular type motion [ theres no definate way, i just go with the flow, and use any arm gesture that comes to me at the time] and i draw my arms in to my side, all the while takeing in a deep breath, and focusing a little to begin drawing in energy from my surroundings. a feeling of something moveing inwards of my body and circulating with the rest of my essance, feeling a little bit of light, warm tingling, showing that i got my energy moveing a bit, also feeling the slightly different energy that im drawing in. after a little while of doing this [ and sufficiently creeping out anyone around me, who decided to take notice and doesn't understand; wich in turn is also slightly amuseing] where i feel that i've drawn in, and converted the new energy into me, i try to blend the energy a bit, then make myself feel as if im putting a cap [ any form of closeing type feeling] on myself, as to not let all the energy i've gathered dissapate, because it wasnt given a use, and i try to let the energy i've gathered, become a part of me.  a minor recharge, so to say. I then take another deep breath and stretch out a little bit, or get my body moveing a little, to re-settle everything, then i head back to whatever it was that i was doing.

and for more of a longterm way of gathering energy.... i havent really had the time to try and gather energy for myself, or for whatever practice, for more than 20 minutes to an hour. I guess i'm saveing that for when i finally achieve an astral projection.... I guess, i would say that, that long of a practice should be done in its proper place, where energy is more controllable, and is able to have more of an affect... I would use some of the same basics that i use for the quick way.... except make things more drawn out, and more focused and intense, to REALLY get my efforts worth for the action...

[[I've been trying to find methods of converting different forms of energy into more personal energy for the body. I kindof have something down for warm wind, heat, and rain... but im haveing more of a hard time useing cold, cold wind, snow, and the more harder types of earth types....[ opposed to sand/dirt/easily movable earth types] oh well.... my extra few cents on this thread ]]

[auraseer]

Hi,
I gather energy either through meditation or by putting my palm chakras out and feeling out the room's energy, and drawing it in through the palm chakras.

Cya,
James.

[Parmenion]

I open up the energy centres in my feet and use NEW to draw the energy up my legs two or three times.After that, it just seems to flow itself.

Another way i use is to breath it in.Close my eyes, feel the energy all around my and feel it entering me with each inhale.

Parmenion

[Tom]

Raising energy is good, but there are more important things to do. If you have a leaky container and put more fluid into it faster, you will only widen the hole. It is important to examine habits of using and losing energy. That will be the same as raising energy but will be longer lasting. The internal dialogue, incorrect use of the senses, habitual emotional over-reactions, tapping the fingertips on objects, etc.

[kakkarot]

i send energy out and gather more with it. or if i'm at an area that has enough energy, i'll just suck it in like a vacuum cleaner.

~kakkarot

[James S]

Tom's point is a very good one, and indeed more important than actually gathering energy.

The desired result should be increasing the ammount of energy we can maintain, rather than how we can take it in. This is because there are so many ways that we can absorb and raise energy, everything from NEW exercises, to just walking barefoot through the grass or along a beach. The ammount of energy available to us from simple contact with the earth is staggering! Energy is all around us if we take the time to look. Trouble is, if we don't modify the things in our lifestyles and attitudes that burn off large ammounts of energy in needless and wasteful ways, any extra energy work can become a waste of time.

It is just the same as building up body strength. A sugar or glucose hit will give you a momentary burst of energy, but it can't be sustained. Habits need to be formed that allow strenght to be built up and maintained.

James.

[kakkarot]

(GAH! my post got erased when i hit escape! guess i'll have to do it again)
i disagree.

gathering energy is important for those who work with lots of energy. those who work with less energy will place less importance on gathering energy, but none-the-less most people should spend at least some time of their day gathering energy if they want to learn how to use it.

after all, for the inexperienced (which is what most people are), using energy can be a very inefficient process, and they will most likely loose a lot during their experimenting. so it is important to gather more UNTIL THEY BECOME EFFICIENT. after all, no one started off riding a bicycle like a pro; they had to go through the bumps and scrapes before they got that good.

of course, like i said before, the more energy you work with the more important it is to be able to gather and use more energy. even if you have become very efficient in using energy, if you use lots of it, you'll need to gather lots of it too.

of course, gathering energy isn't the end all and be all of energy development, just like drinking water isn't the end all and be all of weight lifting. but they are both very important aspects of their respective experiences. without doing them, you'll only be having a much harder time than you could be having.

~kakkarot

[Tom]

Gathering energy is easy. Remove the obstacles and it will flood in on its own. This can result in more problems than not having the energy. There are consequences to rushing ahead just to get results. It is not better to take anything just to have something.

[kakkarot]

correction tom, gathering energy is easy for US []. i once thought that manipulating energy was a very basic skill, until a bunch of people complained that my explainations were beyond their skills.

everybody has different problems, and different strengths and weaknesses. some people have problems gathering energy.

but even so, i don't think ame wanted this thread to be a debate on what the use of gathering energy is, and how important it is. i think ame wanted a thread that just had a list of different ways that people gather energy, perhaps so that we could look at each others methods and get new ideas or whatever.

~kakkarot

[Tom]

So far all of the energy raising methods I have seen in the forums are variations on a theme. A source of energy is identified. A destination is identified. Attention is placed in such a way as to direct energy from the source to the destination. Some methods add an additional step to transform the energy while bringing it in. There are numerous sources of energy. Any sense or combination of senses can be used to bring the awareness into action. The destination can be inside the body or outside of it. Chakras are usually used to step up or down the frequency of the energy used. If there is someone somewhere with a much different method for raising energy, I want to know about it.

[kakkarot]

besides, there's sooo many threads devoted to other aspects of energy development, why not just ONE for energy gathering?  []

~kakkarot

[Tom]

Often there are several threads just for the same variation on a technique for raising energy. It sometimes makes me wonder how many people here have actually read "Astral Dynamics". My guess is that the percentage was higher a year ago.

The experience you described, Kakkarot, of drawing in electrical and / or magnetic energy was the most interesting one I have read. The fact that the energy started in a much different form than what we normally use could have added contrast and intensity to the experience. It would be interesting to develop a mechanical sort of way to draw in power from electricity. That was what I was looking for in my thread about electricity and acupuncture.

[h2owong]

Raising energy is good, but is there any good way to cleanse and refine energy within our body?

[Tom]

The microcosmic orbit meditation is supposed to do that. Mantak Chia is my favorite author on this sort of thing. He learned both kundalini yoga and chi kung. His books are very clear on how to do the practices, controlling side effects, and what can be gained from them. Amazon.com seems to like him, too.

[James S]

H2owong,
I don't know enough about chi kung to be able to comment on its methods, but a basic idea of kundalini yoga, is that all the raw energy gathered in to the body should first come in to the base chakra at the base of the spine. From there the energy pathway up the spine will take the energy through the other chakras, or energy centres as Robert Bruce describes them. Each chakra itself acts as filter/transformer to modify and clense the energy as needed for the higher chakras. As long as the raw energy starts off in the right place - the base chakra - all the rest is kind of automatic.

Ame,
A basic answer to your first question - I use a combination of visualisation & breathing exercises for energy raising. If you grab a copy of the New Energy Ways doco from www.astralpulse.com this describes pretty much the method I consistently use, and indeed used before I even read the article, though I've altered the flavour a bit to suit my own tastes.

I've found NEW to be pretty easy to follow, and is good for beginners and those more advanced alike. It's mainly based on yoga, so if your mroe into martial arts, tai chi type exercises, then you might be better off with chi kung. As Tom mentioned, there are many ways to raise energy, and they all have the same end result in mind.

Its all good,
James.

[ame]

Thank you all for your reply.

I do agree that it is important to have agood foundation for energy to flow freely. That's why practising pranayama without doing asana can sometime lead to shortcircuit. The body ain't strong enough to handle overload of energy.

But gathering energy is also important IMO. I also agree on not rushing your development and allowing the body to increase the capacity that it can mantain. The body does raise energy on its own though. Else how do we have energy to live.

Using a method for raising energy is more like an act of focusing and it is somewhat hard for those who are new to it as Kakkarot says. For those experienced it may be as second nature as breathing, they do it all the time without noticing. That's why I started this thread. Not to downplay other aspect of energy development but for us to share method on how we gather energy. I'm pretty new in this though.

I am doing NEW right now but still in the stage of working with tertiary and secondary energy center and not into energy raising yet. The sensation on my hand are very noticeable but my legs are not as noticeable as my hand yet but it is improving slowly but surely. Also I don't think it is dangerous at all to use the energy breathing method in the NEW eventhough you just started?

As James said  they are all good.  
But you can't do them all. []
That's why you must pick and choose to your heart content while not forgetting doing it. [8D]

[Tom]

Raising energy only seems difficult at first. There is no limitation to the supply that is available. I tried for several years just to get anything to happen. It was the struggling to get any energy at all that kept energy out. I was using more than I was bringing in and it was causing problems. Of course it is important to continue to work at having more energy. My suggestion of avoiding its loss is actually a technique for raising energy. That is why I keep saying it in this thread.

[Lysear]

. It sometimes makes me wonder how many people here have actually read "Astral Dynamics". My guess is that the percentage was higher a year ago.

This was a comment madeby Tom earlier on in this thread. I have to admit I was a bit taken aback by it. I do eventually plan to read astral dynamics, but there are so many other books I want to read, you never have time to read them all. I maybe mistaken, but it sounded a bit like you were dissapointed more people havent read it. Is it that good a book that it can replace a mountain of others? I really have never read it so I would like to know. I apologise to Tom if this sounds a bit confrontational, as it is not intended in this way, or not exactly anyway.

[travisltk]

Robert Bruces' "NEW New Energy Ways" is about as good a way to raise energy as you will ever find.

     To answer the posted question: How do you folks gather energy?
 Chakara stimulation,

I also use a technique called "sung"

[Tom]

If I had to pick only one book to read about raising energy and working with chakras, it would be "Astral Dynamics". It does not just tell you how to raise energy (it contains a complete description of NEW) it goes on to suggest ways of using energy. Of course I am disappointed that more people haven't read it. Robert Bruce put things in this book that can help avoid years of unnecessary struggle. It could also help to avoid some of the debates as to exactly what Robert Bruce suggests and what he warns against.

[ame]

Hello all,

How do you folks gather energy. Is it by visualization, breathing food etc. There must be a method that you consistently used everytime (or most of the time any way).
Your help are greatly appreciated.

Thanks.