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I tried this technique long ago, and got results very fast.  So did many others.  It does not make a super powerful ball, but it made a weak one and allowed me to feel energy better.

1)Create a sphere with your hands as large as it can comfortable be, making sure the tips of your fingertips touch.

2)swiftly and firmly for about 1 minute, separate your hands about an inch then bring them back together, making sure your fingertips collide.  Do that with your eyes closed, putting your attention on the sensation of your fingers colliding.   Realize this act gathers energy between your hand.  

3)then separarate your hands, so they might hold a basketball size energy ball.  Realize an energy ball can be any size.  Now your hands should be tingling or warm with energy, even if only faintly.  Imaginge an energy ball forming from the energy between your hand.  It is touching each hand.  Now bring your hands togather, making the ball smaller.  You may feel a little resistence or pressure, but it is usually subtle.  But it is there.  Sometimes it is stronger.  Last night I actually felt substantial walls with this method.  This morning not so much.

Remember, this excercise probably wont make an uber energy ball, it it sould increase your ability to feel energy, and make a weak ball in the process.

So I read the not_important tk article on psipog.  I canm across this paragraph: I find that very interesting, and would like to learn how to do that.  But google did not turn up much.  And even if it did, I dont know german.  Perhaps someone over where you are can help

That is really cool.  Anyone know that technique or speak enough german to track down that info?

So I asked this guy his technique on high velocity running, where he achieved speeds of 30 miles per hour.  Unfortunately, I do not have the skill to use the technique.  I am also too fat.  I would probably hurt my legs .   However, some of you more practiced people out there may enjoy it.  Here ya go (directly from the email.  You may need to fill in some blanks n stuff):

"The technique (as I remember it - it's been a while) basically revolves
around a very regular natural rhythm. We found that the optimal frequency is
different from person to person, but usually it is close to the rhythm you
have while walking casually. Start by walking easily in the direction you
want to go; feel the pulse of your steps and start adjusting all of your
cycles to that frequency. Various visualizations help here; if you are
experienced in biofeedback you'll likely already know the best way to reach
a certain frequency this way. You should be able to feel the pulse in your
whole body; your natural energy levels should peak each time your foot
strikes the ground. Practice just doing this until you can do it in a
near-trance state and simply focus on the rhythm.

Once you can enter the state quickly, it's just a matter of balancing the
mental control with the physical motions of running. We found that various
postures and stances affect the speed significantly; my personal favorite is
to keep my axis of balance basically straight vertical, and lock my knees at
about an 80 degree angle. Simply run with your feet moving to your natural
rhythm, and you should feel a bit of weight loss as if you aren't really
hitting the ground. If you feel any discomfort in your legs, stop
immediately; when done properly you will not feel yourself touching the
ground at all, aside from a dull pressure in time to the rhythm you have set
up.

This may take a few runs to get used to; as with most things it is really
rather hard to describe what it feels like, but you'll know it when you do
it. The mental aspect is really the most important, although as I said your
physical motion has an influence as well. If you try the posture I described
normally, you should find it very uncomfortable and difficult to move fast,
without leaning your center of mass forward (as you would normally do when
running). When you are in the correct mental state, you should be able to
move the fastest with your mass centered directly vertical. Of course we
really only have data from my friend and myself, so this might be different
for you.

You will not immediately feel anything when this works properly, but be
careful; after two or three attempts you can drain your energy levels very
severely. It is best not to try running two days in a row, and if you have
any kind of medical conditions (asthma, etc.) be sure you are in good
condition before making the attempt.

The most telltale sign of accomplishing the run will be that you totally
lose track of time. You may not even feel like you are moving fast; in fact
I rarely feel like I'm moving at all, I just sort of wake up a lot farther
down the path than I should be. I've also done the exact opposite and spent
nearly 20 minutes taking a handful of steps.

As with all things, experiment and see what works best for you."

What do people think of Bardon?  His books look pretty good.  I have his books 1 and 2.  Specifically, what do you think on his separation of astral & mental body for astral projection, and the ecstacy state?  How is his method different from the methods common on this board?  What makes this board's methods non-lethal?  If you do not know what I speak of, look in book 1 on page 282 I think.  He states that in a state of ecstacy a human touch will kill you by breaking the silver string.

I was reading about astral travel in Introduction To Hermetics by Franz Bardon.  He said when you travel astrally, your astral body leaves, connected by a thin silver cord.  He also said that it is dangerous.  If you are touched by another human, the energy from it will break the cord, killing you.  I trust Franz Bardon as a source, so I do not doubt that fact.  But in what circumstances is that true?  Is astral projection an OBE in such a manner?  What manners of OBEs are potentially lethal?

Is there a technique to decrease sleep time?  Life is short, and I want more time.  Something like inducing REM sleep instantly or anything that would work?

I let my mind wander off a few days ago and I thought of a question that is mostly dumb (IMO).  Here it goes:  Are there beings native to the astral plane in the same manner we are material beings?  And if so, do they teach themselves material projection?

So I have been mediatating most of my life on and off, and my parents did too before I was born.  About 2 or 3 years ago I did a "residence course" which is a few days of intense meditation. However, during this period I started experiencing head pressure during meditation.  At some points I would even get a rotating burning sensation in my third eye area.  The pressure would then go away shortly after mediation.  I stopped a after a few days of that.  Months later I started again, and mediated for maybe 7 weeks.  But the pain didnt go away after mediation this time!  It is not as bad in normal waking state though.  Now, I am posotive I am doing the meditation correctly (dont ask how I know, its irrelevant).  So I have not meditated since, but the pain is always there, especially at night (it doesnt keep me up though).  I saw some woman who is intuitive in these matters and said I had massive energy flow.  Long story, but she does not know what I should do exactly (for the purposes of this post).  Anyway, what is happening to me and what should I do about it?  It is screwing up my life.

Lets say there are dangers.  It does not matter.  Let them rend your astral double.  You will simply wake up.  Unless they can break the velvet cord that connects to your mind.  But that is unlikely, and it is very durable.  Check out Bardon for more info on that.  Some of my posts on the magic forum will give you a link (actually, someone elses post has it).  And even if your real astral body was destroyed, it still does not matter a whole lot.  It is not your highest level of existence.  You reincarnate on the astral as you do on the physical.  Course, I guess this is only reassuring if you dont fear your own death...However, few here(if any) have the skill or desire to project their real astral body.

Sounds like a possibly dangerous technique to me.  There are also several stages of conscoiusness.  What one did you achieve.

Sleep
Dreaming
Waking
Transcendental
Cosmis
God
Unity
Brahman

?

The hopping on matt thing is levitation, alough it does look very odd.  I know the preliminary meditation, and my teacher knows the levitation technique.  It actually does not take too long to learn, about 4-6 months (although that particular technique is only taught.  You wil not find it online.  If it is online, it is either fake or a breach of contract).  Hovering however is much more difficult and takes either more refinement.  Annoyingly, the price of learning the techniques is very expensive now (but worth it).  The guru was tired of some people not being dedicated to meditation so raised the price.  He also had other reasons that I wont go into here.  The basic technique is called TM, taught by Maharishi. There are lots of meditations that call themselves TM, so dont get confused.

According to Servants Of the Light just doing rituals without development of yourself can be dangerous, as you can go insane.  There are "seeds" in the subconscoius of many that need to be addressed before magic, otherwise they can come out as insanity.

Hermes or Franz Bardon.  Fiction, neo.

Most people dont think TK is possible.

THere is something about a german anthropology professor who taught his students to read and sense a 360 degree area without using their vision.  The paragraph is in a TK article on psipog by not_important.  Unfortunatly there is no more info than that. If you can find out who the professor is I would love to know

Indeed.  However physical collision draws energy to your fingers.  Its an easy way to feel it. It was the first energy work I learned to do.  Not long after I could draw energy to my hand just by expecting the feeling in them.  It works for quite a few total newbies.  Anything after that it is not too useful.

Thanks.  I never even thought about not coming back before .

Since when were ki balls supposed to be visible?

I never said it would be easy.  I would guess most here cannot do it.

Ok, so I got some answers. Gandalf on the magic forum said:

"I DO know that the name of Franz Bardon is well respected in occult circles.

With regards to the lethal AP thing, he may be refering to a very hard to do and dangerous form of astral projection where you project your *full self* out of the body.

The technique Bardon talks about (from your description) is a rare type practiced by some yogis etc, where you bypass the double and project fully.

The advantage is that with a proper 'full on' projection, almost identical to what happens at death, you get a stable projection with no fluctuations and are in total control, with full clarity; the resulting AP is meant to be awesome.

This is in contrast to most common forms of AP where it is an astral double that is projected, like a remote control camera if you like, only much better as it makes you feel as if you are really out there.
With common AP everything is much more unstable and hard to control, it takes years of practice, although in time the quality of projections improve.

The downside is that with common AP, there is no risk, as no matter what happens to the double, you are always safely locked inside your body.
Howevever, with 'full-on' AP you really are outside and the link with your body is very tenuous. In fact, any disturbance will break the link causing the body to die. You will be fine but you've lost your body and your current physical incarnation is now over... oops!

This rare type of AP is very difficult to achieve however and only real masters attempt it, making damn sure they are well away from anything which might disturb them; I have heard that disiples will usually stand guard around the person attempting this so that no harm will come to them; it's WAY to risky to do by yourself!

I would recomend staying well away from this type of AP and stick with normal, well known AP and phasing techniques, such as those described by Robert Bruce or Monroe.

Douglas"

good.  AP kinda freaked me out because I did this.  And I am no where near being able to do this.  I have not decided to even start the basics of franz bardon until I master NEW and a few other things.

Karma is a universal law.  If you trust hermetics as a source, even it has laws of karma.

No.  Totally different technique.  He doesnt actually call it astral projection.  But it is, just different from what you guys do.  Dont worry about it.

Be rest assured that what you guys do is not what bardon was talking about, unless your heart stops while you project.  If you read my last post, the suspended animation state is dangerous.

So I skimmed the section in bardon's book about astral travel.  Apparently there are different types (sort of).  Keep in mind I have not read the whole book.  Anyway, he said usually a magician can project just the mental body.  But one can also project their astral body, which is dangerous.  It puts the magician in suspended animation, called ecstacy, no breath or heartbeat.  A touch in this state will break the cord.