I'm a Newbie, and I could use some help...

[Fat_Turkey]

Is it just me, or is every single person who calls energy Ki into some form of DBZ crap?? Personally, flight is just quick levitation, and levitation is something that recquires vast amounts of energy, in your case, jing.

Jing is just energy strong enough to become physical, in my opinion.

And about wishful thinking, get that thought out of your head. From what I read here, you've already created a ki ball. Your method of seeing it is exactly perfect, auric sight (slight clairvoyancy). Read the article on how to see auras and I'm sure you'll find a similarity my friend.

Energy is simple really, it only takes a bit of convincing your SUBCONCIOUS thoughts to believe. When I come to do a technique I have recently heard about, but do not believe as such (such as the alleged ki blast, which I personally think is inspired by a bunch of DBZ fanatics) to be possible, it takes a bit of trance states and argueing with my subconscious to get results. Don't rush the energy and relax, and don't be so negative! Try gathering energy in your ribcage first, and THEN sending it to your hands for better results for beginners [].

And about power levels. Everybody who says they can measure power levels is an idiot who can't use energy for crap. They make up things like how they can run 60mph and things like that.

Which brings me to my last point, the websites you read. Try to find good ones for god's sake. I don't know how many countless sites I have visited with mindless philosophy, 4-year-old spelling and grammar, DBZ techniques (involving power levels and such), and bad instructions over all. Psipog.net is a fantastic site with good articles, albeit their opinions biased that energy is psi and ONLY psi. Bunch of numnuts. Practice as much as you research, but research WELL. I combined good websites with personal experience and some books to create my own personal philosophy, and as soon as I can get to learning HTML I'm gonna make a website that is WORTH reading.

Just remember this equation:
Positive thoughts = results + backed up positive thoughts = more results.

Negative thoughts (scepticism) = failure + backed up negativity = more failure.

If you still need help, add me to MSN or AIM. It's in my profile []

-FT

[kakkarot]

sorry kyokushinka, ma'am. []

ok, about the grounding: i may have been wrong. i just went to realmagick.com and searched for it and both articles i looked at on the site said that when grounding, you first gather up energy (they each said a specific type, but each article said a different type from the other), use it to cleanse your spirit, and THEN send the bad ju-ju's back into the earth.

i guess i forgot about the first part.

~kakkarot

[panabelle]

Just curious, FatTurkey, but whose to say what's possible and what isn't?

And I also disagree about the wishful thinking. I had THOUGHT that I was sensing my Ki (energy - excuse me) but I really wasn't. When I finally did it, I knew that I was doing it.
Although I do think that negative attitudes DO hurt your chances of success with K..energy. Don't worry, you'll get it eventually.
And you've already had more success with a Ki ball than I have! []

[Kyokushinka]

I've been trying for a while now, and I just can't seem to get anywhere, I don't know what I'm doing right or wrong, I'm totally lost, even though I've been researching energy manipulation alot.
I think I may have managed to create a weak ki ball once, and I may have powered up a little, but I can't tell, I think it's just all wishful thinking. I know that these things are possible, I mean I can sometimes be clairvoyant, I can do some pendulum dousing, and I just all out believe in it. But I'm just not sure I can do it.
When I created that one ki ball, or at least when I thought I did, my fingers and hands tingled and I may have seen kind of a translucent outline of it. I grounded myself before and after attempting it, using the rooting technique. The other day, after reading some of your posts, I tried to power up, and I could see a greenish inch-wide outline around myself, but maybe it was just an illusion?
I've done 2 styles of karate, goju ryu, soo bak do, and now I'm on my third which is kyokushin. I'm not saying I made it to black belt in all of those, but I'm definitely more advanced than the white belt I am at the moment.
I figured if I told you a little about myself you'd have some ideas to share with me, I would really appreciate any advice you have to give.
-Mera