Controling energies...?

[Veral42]

Many places that I have visited use the term sequence "Controlling energy and will towards a goal" (or some-such).  My question is... how?  I've never really understood this concept and would appreciate it if anyone would be willing to explain it to me.  Thanks for your help.

[CaCoDeMoN]

Maybe New Energy Ways and trance meditation as described by Robert Bruce will be a good start?

[clandestino]

Well, controlling energy & will are simple concepts, that apply in our everyday lives, & within magic.

Writing an essay is a good example. Most people will take a break, or allow their minds to wander slightly, whilst writing an essay. Even during an important exam, very few people will not let their minds wander for a few seconds from the subject matter.

In terms of visualisation / thought control, very few people have the ability to hold one single thought or image in their mind for an extended time, without letting other thoughts wander in on them. This kind of control takes practice.

This is the 2nd exercise of step 1 in Bardon's IIH, which should give you more food for thought :

The next exercise will consist in not giving way in our mind to thoughts obtruding themselves on our mind, unwanted and obstinate. For instance, we must be able not to occupy ourselves any longer with the tasks and worries of our profession when we come home from work and return the family circle and privacy. All thoughts not belonging to our privacy must be set aside, and we ought to manage to become quite a different personality instantly. And just the other way round: in our job, all thoughts have to be concentrated in it exclusively, and we must not allow them to digress or wander home, to private affairs, or elsewhere. This has to be practiced time and again until it has developed into a habit. Above all, one ought to accustom oneself to achieve whatever one does with full consciousness, whether in professional work or in private, regardless whether the point is a big one or a trifle. This exercise should be kept for a lifetime, because it is sharpening the mind and strengthening the consciousness and the memory.