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Well, in that specific instance, power would be the person utilizing energies of the sort discussed here on these forums (and researched by robert bruce) in order to do such and such. Power could mean many things, just like energy could. If you need a description for what the "energy" we talk about is, check out Robert Bruce's NEW guide.

Power, as Yosso said, could be an ability, or it could be the means by which someone expresses an ability, i.e. subtle energy or chi. You have no hope of finding a single definition.

Interesting...

I'm not a super-active type of person who would normally have a lot of chi, but I have been toying with the idea of doing something like qigong or xing yi. The motivating factor would be to feel for myself the differences between the chi and etheric energies.

However, I also believe that the NEW system enhances chi flow and potency, and so could potentially be useful for enhancing endeavors of that sort as well.

Anyone else?

Well, once after an evening of vigorous energy raising, I woke up the next morning and went for a run. To my surprise I ran much farther than normal that day... This was a few years ago, when I had first heard about NEW. By much farther, I mean that at most I could run a mile at a time before I had to rest, but with NEW it seemed that the up and down of hills hardly affected me. I ran more than half a mile farther than normal that day.

I once attempted to inhabit a crystal during a real-time AP. It didn't work out quite like I'd hoped... It was a double terminated quartz, pretty standard, but I figured since I'd always found quartz to be great at storing energy, it would logically be the best choice.

In that attempt, I didn't really find the quartz crystal to hold any seriously special properties. I thought it might give the illusion of having more space within it, inhabitable in some way, but it really didn't... I simply moved through it in the same way I do most solid material in AP. I didn't try anything very special to get into it either. I suppose it would be interesting to experiment more, but I don't really know to what end research like that would help.

Heh. If you're doing it about the time you hop into bed and you're already exhausted, yeah, you'll get tired. It is mentally exhausting, for me anyway. If you're all ready to hit the hay, you want to go to sleep anyway and that's probably why you're feeling so fatigued with it. Alternatively, consider doing the exercises faster/less thoroughly any time you get a chance, as that may help you get to some of the other areas you don't get to at night.

Hey! Welcome! I hope you DO spend all day in the forums, there's a lot to check out.

For me the NEW system was really easy as well. It's easy to see the evidence of what's going on, so don't think it's too good to be true... When you spend an evening raising energy and run a mile the next day, THEN you'll see that it's not too good to be true!

To begin with I had an on/off relationship with the NEW system based simply on the fact that I am lazy. Too lazy to do MENTAL workouts. But projecting was easier than the book made it seem... Well, to me, anyway, and if you're having an easy time with NEW I think it possible it'll be pretty easy for you too. Once I settled down and got serious I did NEW for half an hour a day at least, sometimes more if I was feeling determined. Took about 2 weeks before I got out. But, I know people who've followed the system and gotten out in as little as a week, so just try every night and see what happens!

Again, welcome to the forums!

Heh. I knew I should have explained it.

Well, one person holds a dollar bill by the tip in between his fingertips. The other person puts their fingertips around the middle of the dollar bill. The first person drops the dollar with no warning, and the other person is supposed to catch it. However, generally people's reflexes are too slow, so it falls to the ground.

Any serious martial artist out there who works with the internal (ki) arts will tell you that it's possible to slow down your personal time. At least my martial artist friends say so. I believe them; their lightning quick reaction times can be attributed to higher levels of ki than normal people, I think. You know that trick where you hold a dollar out and drop it, and the person is supposed to miss it because they're too slow? It doesn't work on them

Thanks for the responses. To begin with, Tayesin, I do know it's all one energy and work with it as such. In fact, I was considering telling that to someone in the general metaphysics group. I know how to work with it, but my question was more academic in nature.

And moonburn, I think you may be right. Upon recollection, I think it really does seem as though the ground energies affect my physical body more than the atmospheric type. For instance, after an evening of energy raising through my legs only, I was able to run for a very long time the next day... This was back during the first days of my training. I suppose for practical applications affecting the energy body, the higher vibrations would probably be better. I'll try to figure it out more as I go along though.

I have glasses, and they don't affect my auric sight. The reason being, the glass in the glasses bends light. When you see auras, they only appear as light; really this is an illusion made by our minds because it's a way to describe the auras to our brain that is easy to understand. We see them on a much more fundamental level than our ocular nerves.

Umm... I don't understand everyone's hangup. What's the difference if you call whatever you use to heal a cut biokinesis or vitakinesis? I don't think the energy you use cares by what name you call it. Aerokinesis, telekinesis, psychokinesis, biokinesis, hydrokinesis... WHATEVER. It doesn't matter. It's still all psi energy. It's not as though you once you think, "Oh, duh, it's VITAkinesis I want to use!" it's going to make a lick of difference in the way you handle energy.

Anyhow, the point is to give off an energy that will calm the nerves of the wound so they don't spasm. Also, call healing energy from the injured person's body to that point of the body. This is what I've found to be a good way of healing small wounds, also read Mr. Bruce's "Healing with the Heart" article, it gives some great ideas as well. Heart energy is the energy you're after to heal with, so use it as such.

My point, don't get hung up on nomenclatures. Just realize that the psi energy you use to influence things is all the same, but your intention is what differs.

The NEW energy system does say you should balance it. However, that doesn't mean you can't practice seeing auras. It's my understanding that stimulating the brow area alone is acceptable in that it helps activate it, much as you activate your other chakras during NEW training. Stimulating your brow chakra more often than your others because you're doing it for auric sight isn't a bad idea. Unless you see some seriously heavy effects from it, I'd give the go-ahead.

Ummmm... Forgive me, but I'm not sure many of us know what a poruse is... Or for that matter, a lorry...

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Gottagetlow... I just have to say that I've read a lot of your posts, and you need to realize that... Punctuation is your friend. You're on a message board, you don't have time constraints, you're not playing a first-person shooter in which you have to type quickly and without care.

This isn't meant as a flame at all. I just think that people would take you more seriously if you wrote with care and stopped making it seem as though everything you say is a flippant remark.

Alas, this is one of the prices we pay for living in a world of microtechnology. It's not exactly an uncommon problem... Usually I don't notice it, but when I do, it doesn't annoy me. There really isn't anything you can do about it except, you know... Unplug the device. Or, listen to some music. Or something to drown it out. To take your mind off it.

Bad boy! You probably sent him negative energy and he had a hard time dealing with it. I wouldn't worry about it, as it won't be permanent.

Try to refrain from doing so in the future, however, as things like that can mess up a psychic environment for everyone.

Erm... Well... Mana is a sort of all-encompassing term, as far as I know. It's the life-force, it's the qi, it's the kundalini... All of these things are forms of mana. Mostly it's just called "energy." If you're just wondering because you saw it in a video game, or something, it can be interchanged with the term "energy," as in games it usually indicates magical or special powers.

It's everywhere around you. You get it automatically as you sleep at night, and you can consciously raise it using the NEW methods on this very site. I suggest browsing the forums for methods on using it, and read up on the methods that interest you. Some examples would be healing, telkinesis, clairvoyance... Like I said, browse the forums.

Hope that helps.

Your confidence bolsters mine. I thought that his problems appear to be thought based, but I thought it would be because he was allowing something else in. Hmmmm... Also, because he half-doesn't want to BE helped, in which case I don't know what I can do.

Thank you so much for your help! I'll just keep trying to be a good friend and remind him that he's not as alone as he might think. That's all I can really do, I guess.

Come to think of it, although I only talked to him over AIM, he did seem more chipper today... Which is to say, he talked to me. I'm glad he's on an up finally.. He hasn't been for a while. But I'll continue to observe and try not to get so worked up. I just worry, 'cause he's my friend, you know?

Thanks again!

I tried telling him these things. I told him the fear lets it take hold, and made sure he understood it, but... To make the situation more clear, some background?

He's been doing martial arts for probably 80% of his life, and his father is a master kung-fu teacher. He has always had terrible family situations and never had any friends. He used to rely on his id for guidance, because he didn't have anyone else, and that's why he's so good at martial arts. But once he came to my high school in his freshman year, he found friends. Good friends, psychically active friends, and loyal. Since he had an outside source of guidance, his id... went into remission, one might say.

However, almost all of his friends have graduated. He stayed back, (purposely I believe) and so did one of his other friends. However, his 2 best friends (myself and one named Dave) have left for college, and the rest of his acquanitances have as well.

Now, as I said, he has only met the id in projections, and in his dreams. But the problem is, while he is afraid, he is getting to like it (don't we all), and if it becomes necessary again, I fear he might be lost forever. As in, he will be consumed by it.

We are both sure it's the id, as his two other martial artist friends have also met theirs on projections. One basically took the person over for about a year and a half, and when it found out that by being itself it couldn't get its greatest desire, it left again. The other made peace with his (you should see HIS aura, it's yellow with flecks of gold...) and fused with it permanently. I personally never have seen my id, so I don't know exactly what to do. Also, since it's not really an intruder it's already inside the perimeter of defense, so to speak.

He is avidly against drugs, but his family situation is still garbage and he is finding fewer and fewer people to rely on.

He's had contact by wind elementals (which have helped him master some incredible moves) in the past, and so he's still very active as far as martial arts goes. And his id says he isn't doing enough. It's gotten to the point where he doesn't even have to be asleep, he can sometimes hear it whispering in his mind during the day, and that's what's frightening him, and making him believe it's almost taken hold.

Sorry for the lengthy post, I just think knowing these things is necessary to help. Or maybe not. But I still appreciate the help.

Well, this website is a great place to start! []

I know exactly how you feel... The first time I started feeling negative repercussions from this sort of thing, I felt as though it were a turning point.

Let me pose it to you in a way that you might understand more. I first started my junior year of highschool (i'm a freshman in college now). I was taught by a very good friend of mine when I asked her if she believed in telekinesis. I learned as much as I could and probably spent about a month browsing forums such as this, and web pages... I wanted to learn all I could

Then, I don't know... maybe a month later, I sort of lost some interest. I still knew it existed, and practiced some on a daily basis (keeping myself balanced, minor self-healing, that sort of thing), but I had lost that fire that originally burned. Maybe that's the way it is with you? It's like you've discovered a whole new universe you didn't even know existed, and you want to learn more and more about it.

Eventually, even if you learn about it, that doesn't mean you have to practice it. I found that after a month of not doing anything, you know, major (distance healings, astral projections, etc), I got back to a normal high-schooler's life, not worrying about negatives floating around in my school, or at home, since I had no reason to.

Non-psychic people enjoy a nice buffer zone which I like to call "the buffer." Since they know nothing of, and in most cases don't believe in, the metaphysical, they're somewhat protected from it, simply for those same reasons. This is what happens when you become disinterested with the subject.

So, feel free to PM or E-mail me with questions, because I'm always glad to help out someone who's just starting out. Or, if you don't want to get into all this, I just suggest you leave it behind you once your interest permits.

Hope that helps!

I've heard a lot of stories, as for some reason people choose to come to me with problems of this sort... I've gotta say, it's a negative entity.

What can you do? Well, there's just one thing I've done. Calling on God for help is a good idea, and will probably continue to help you... You could also pray very hard to God to banish it permanently.
Also, when it attacks, as you're praying, do what Steel Hawk said, with the white light. The white light has saved my butt more times than I care to count... It's not just a shell though, things can get through that.. It's sort of like.. Imagine that the white light is the water in an egg-shaped fishtank, but the fishtank has no walls. The light/water will stay in place anyway, if you will it to. But it must be the most pure, joyful light you can imagine, showering upon you and surrounding you in a field of protection.

As far as banishment goes, I've always had an intuitive use of energies, and I simply clear a room before I do anything related to this. I can't explain how I do it, and I'm very handy with words, so I'm sorry on that avenue. However, you might employ the help of crystals. I would suggest Garnet, Hematite, or Jasper. If you don't have a crystal store nearby, I hope I may be so bold as to suggest

http://www.mooncavecrystals.com

I've ordered there before and their crystals are always clean. If you don't want to deal with doing anything to the crystals programming-wise, I don't blame you, and you can let them sit passively, in your room, and do their thing. Also, it wouldn't help to wear the crystal. Have confidence in it, and in yourself. It's all in the intent.

I hope you have trouble fending off this attacker. And, I wouldn't be too worried about the bloody nose... It's a classic scare tactic that I've heard of, but never experienced.

Oh, and one last thing... About feeling through the looking glass? I personally prefer it on this side, but I have to concede that yes, you no longer enjoy the non-psychic buffer zone that most of society does. So I suggest you beef up your creativity and confidence, because those two things will keep attackers away.

Hmm. I'd take a less harsh tone, no offense to you, Steel Hawk

You guys are trying to run before you can CRAWL. You're "into" these things, but these are probably the first of the sort that you're trying. You guys should try things like guessing the color the other person is thinking of, which is very simple. Just have one person think of the color, imagine it surrounding their body, like an electrical field of that color. Then have the other person try to guess what color it is. Intuition should tell you, and if you perform energy exercises (the NEW exercises under the tutorials section of this site are fantastic!!), you will most likely get much better at it in time.

However, like Steel Hawk said, possession is something you should try only once you are intimately familiar with energy. And I mean, INTIMATELY. Like, so familiar that you don't think of it as a possession anymore, if you know what I mean... Like, you can sense energy currents flowing through a room, and through ordinary objects... And know how they relate to said rooms or objects...

Anyway, hope that helps. Please don't jump into anything, if you do, you can disrupt psychic environments and that would have negative effects on everyone/thing in said environment.

Maybe, or maybe you can simply channel raw energy. Control isn't just in making something happen, it's making it do what you want it to... The more complicated, the more control it takes...

I wouldn't say it's weird for you to develop auric sight as a result of energy exercises. I mean... You've probably developed a great brow chakra, which is the one normally associated with auric sight, as you probably know... I don't have it in sight, but I can sense them...

You're not "pretending" anything, you're visualizing, and it's necessary for making a psiball. A psiball is best thought of as a contrivance... It doesn't really mean anything in and of itself, other than the practice you get by making it. I have never seen a psiball or it's aura, but it's very easy to sense. If your hands tingle and when you move your fingers, they feel... sticky... you're doing it right. I usually project energy from my fingertips and concentrate it into a point between my hands... As long as they're cupped, I don't think the position of them matters much.

I understand your question about telepathy, and all I can add to it is... I don't know. I've asked that question myself quite a few times. When you'll think something, you won't even notice, and someone else will say it, and you'll be sort of thrown for a loop? I don't know if there is a practical way to tell that sort of thing from your own thoughts, other than very great familiarity with other forms of telepathy.

Hope it helps!

I've been using crystals for a while, and can tell you with confidence that a salt bath is NOT a good idea.

Why not? Well, some crystals, such as calcite, can disintegrate in water, giving it a scratched appearance. If you submerge it in RUNNING water, such as a stream, the crystals might not be there next you go check! Also, salt or sea salt can scratch the surface of crystals. Tumbled crystals are less susceptible to this, but it's still a risk.

Lastly... The crystals just don't like it. Back when I used to use that method some of the time, the crystal wouldn't become "clear"... It's odd. There was a slight negativity, never persisting but always present for a time after the bath.

In order to clear them, I suggest holding them in a manner that would be conducive to transferring energies INTO them... Imagine the energies inside the crystal, see them swirling... And simply... Releasing as white light, leaving the crystals ready to be imprinted upon.

Leaving your crystals together is actually a good idea, as they each help each other cycle out unwanted energies, as it were... I heard that somewhere, and in practice have not found it to be false. I don't know that you should carry them all together... If they're all tumbled to a smooth finish, it's probably not a bad thing, but if any are rough, they can scratch the others.

I'm currently doing research into magnetics and metaphysics, seeing if it's possible to affect magnetics from the astral or ethereal plane, but I don't think magnets would "recharge" a crystal. How about some more info on what you're using these crystals for? Are you programming them, or simply letting them do their thing?

I think it's also important to know that experimentation will very rarely turn out badly. The good part about crystals is that nothing is "written in stone" (sorry, bad pun ) as it were... You can always clear a crystal and reprogram it.