Post by Matt on Jul 20, 2014 1:32:11 GMT -7
This is just a very basic guide, and only covers the few meditations that I know of. I'll go into abilities and practices in later topics.
Meditation seems to be the key to most psychokinetics/psychic abilities in general, I've found it isn't absolutely necessary to be able to practice, but it makes things a bit easier if you meditate on a regular basis. Its just a good way to build up and harness your energy and focus, as well as patience, because when starting out, you need some degree of patience. There are five basic meditations I know and use on occasion. I can go into more detail on any of these if you feel I left anything out, which I probably did because its 4 am.
Yogi Complete Breath: This is basically just a rhythmic breathing exercise, though very effective, it can take some practice at first. All you focus on is breathing for this one. This involves breathing in for a set amount of time, and out for half the time. So you gradually hold more in, and has a nice energetic feel to it. It creates a surplus of oxygen to the brain and body. This focuses on three points while breathing in and out, expanding and contracting. You focus first on your stomach as you breath in, drawing in for 2 seconds, then allow it to come up further, to the point between your stomach and lungs, just below your rib-cage for 2 more seconds, and finally bring it in to expand your lungs for 2 seconds. So you've drawn in oxygen for a total of 6 seconds. Next you exhale in the reverse order for half that time. Push the oxygen out of your lungs for a count of 1, then the next step down and the next, exhaling for a total of 3 seconds. Now, you can do this for longer periods as well. Like breathing in for 12 seconds and out for 6, dividing it into each section accordingly. (Yes, I am aware that there isn't actually oxygen going directly to your stomach or anywhere but the lungs, but the point of the exercise is to give you points to focus attention on while keeping a steady pace).
Void Meditation: This one is very simple and the one I use most often, simply because my mind tends to be a bit over-active most times. For this, all you really have to do is dismiss any and all thoughts that come up while using rhythmic breathing exercises of preference. Your focus should be on nothingness, put yourself in a dark room or close your eyes. Don't focus on anything in particular, not your thoughts, emotions, presences, sensory awareness of any kind, just focus on the darkness, well and breathing, though that should be done subconsciously. If you forget how to breath, there's definitely a problem. This works much like most astral projection methods I've read, in the way that you dismiss all thoughts or emotions as they come up until they stop coming. But you take it a step further and dismiss all feelings, smells, sounds, everything around you, your every presence around you, and eventually your own presence is the ultimate goal.
Freestyle: This is my personal method that works to engage as many senses as possible by creating very vivid mental imagery around you. I'm sure it has its own name and I'm not the first to use it though. This is pretty much the opposite of void meditation. All you really do is create a world around you, different than your current surrounding. If there's flowers around you, focus on the smell of them. If there's wind, focus on on the feel of it on your skin and the sound of it. If there's grass or anything light around you, focus on watching it sway in the breeze. If there's a storm forming over you, watch the lightning, hear the thunder and rain coming down, wind getting louder and stronger, feel the rain and wind picking up, smell the change in scent as it hits the ground, stick your tongue out and feel and taste the rain if you have to. For some it helps to have background music playing, like the sound of rain or the ocean or whatever, but its not really necessary. Really, any stretch of the imagination along with rhythmic breathing with do for this one.
Transcendental: Another pretty simple method, it works similar to the void meditation, in that you detach yourself. Except you often do this technique coupled with physical exertion and exercise. It doesn't matter what kind really. But this technique involves putting your physical body into auto-pilot while you basically go somewhere else, similar to the freestyle method above, though you continue to do something. Usually a simple task, like walking on a treadmill or something where there isn't much physical danger involved. (I don't want to be sued).
Guided Meditation: This meditation is better done with a partner to read off to you in a calm soothing voice and environment, or I'm sure there are plenty of recordings online that give you the same basic idea. Basically, what your doing is similar to the complete breath, in that gently guides you through a meditation that is most frequently used to systematically release stress from the body, one area of focus at a time. It often starts with focusing on your breathing after you've gotten seated and adjusted comfortably, and them moving focus to releasing tension and stress from every area of your body from head to toe. I can give an example of one later if anyone would like one.
Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed.
Meditation seems to be the key to most psychokinetics/psychic abilities in general, I've found it isn't absolutely necessary to be able to practice, but it makes things a bit easier if you meditate on a regular basis. Its just a good way to build up and harness your energy and focus, as well as patience, because when starting out, you need some degree of patience. There are five basic meditations I know and use on occasion. I can go into more detail on any of these if you feel I left anything out, which I probably did because its 4 am.
Yogi Complete Breath: This is basically just a rhythmic breathing exercise, though very effective, it can take some practice at first. All you focus on is breathing for this one. This involves breathing in for a set amount of time, and out for half the time. So you gradually hold more in, and has a nice energetic feel to it. It creates a surplus of oxygen to the brain and body. This focuses on three points while breathing in and out, expanding and contracting. You focus first on your stomach as you breath in, drawing in for 2 seconds, then allow it to come up further, to the point between your stomach and lungs, just below your rib-cage for 2 more seconds, and finally bring it in to expand your lungs for 2 seconds. So you've drawn in oxygen for a total of 6 seconds. Next you exhale in the reverse order for half that time. Push the oxygen out of your lungs for a count of 1, then the next step down and the next, exhaling for a total of 3 seconds. Now, you can do this for longer periods as well. Like breathing in for 12 seconds and out for 6, dividing it into each section accordingly. (Yes, I am aware that there isn't actually oxygen going directly to your stomach or anywhere but the lungs, but the point of the exercise is to give you points to focus attention on while keeping a steady pace).
Void Meditation: This one is very simple and the one I use most often, simply because my mind tends to be a bit over-active most times. For this, all you really have to do is dismiss any and all thoughts that come up while using rhythmic breathing exercises of preference. Your focus should be on nothingness, put yourself in a dark room or close your eyes. Don't focus on anything in particular, not your thoughts, emotions, presences, sensory awareness of any kind, just focus on the darkness, well and breathing, though that should be done subconsciously. If you forget how to breath, there's definitely a problem. This works much like most astral projection methods I've read, in the way that you dismiss all thoughts or emotions as they come up until they stop coming. But you take it a step further and dismiss all feelings, smells, sounds, everything around you, your every presence around you, and eventually your own presence is the ultimate goal.
Freestyle: This is my personal method that works to engage as many senses as possible by creating very vivid mental imagery around you. I'm sure it has its own name and I'm not the first to use it though. This is pretty much the opposite of void meditation. All you really do is create a world around you, different than your current surrounding. If there's flowers around you, focus on the smell of them. If there's wind, focus on on the feel of it on your skin and the sound of it. If there's grass or anything light around you, focus on watching it sway in the breeze. If there's a storm forming over you, watch the lightning, hear the thunder and rain coming down, wind getting louder and stronger, feel the rain and wind picking up, smell the change in scent as it hits the ground, stick your tongue out and feel and taste the rain if you have to. For some it helps to have background music playing, like the sound of rain or the ocean or whatever, but its not really necessary. Really, any stretch of the imagination along with rhythmic breathing with do for this one.
Transcendental: Another pretty simple method, it works similar to the void meditation, in that you detach yourself. Except you often do this technique coupled with physical exertion and exercise. It doesn't matter what kind really. But this technique involves putting your physical body into auto-pilot while you basically go somewhere else, similar to the freestyle method above, though you continue to do something. Usually a simple task, like walking on a treadmill or something where there isn't much physical danger involved. (I don't want to be sued).
Guided Meditation: This meditation is better done with a partner to read off to you in a calm soothing voice and environment, or I'm sure there are plenty of recordings online that give you the same basic idea. Basically, what your doing is similar to the complete breath, in that gently guides you through a meditation that is most frequently used to systematically release stress from the body, one area of focus at a time. It often starts with focusing on your breathing after you've gotten seated and adjusted comfortably, and them moving focus to releasing tension and stress from every area of your body from head to toe. I can give an example of one later if anyone would like one.
Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed.
time to get to work.