No Control?, How do you know you got it? Options

It has been pointed out to me that my energy control/power is rather lacking. I have personally never had an issue with it, but it is going to pester me until I can devise a way to test that hypothesis. So that being said, I'm left with a problem, how do I know I'm <insert possible explanation here>?” Some things that where suggested to me include such diverse causes as binding, chakra problems, and general un-focus. If I do have a problem I would think, it would be in the later two. Because I have never been the most balanced person.

So to make things perfectly clear how do I test whether or not I am indeed lacking power and control? And how do I go about finding the cause?

Thanks in advance.

This post has been edited by fatherjhon: Sep 18 2006, 03:40 AM

I think energy ball games of that specific intention are more about how much energy you have, and capacity isn't necessarily the same as control.

Capacity, Focus, Control, all different, and they don't mean exactly the same things as when they are applied to material matters.

The exercise cited before is great for capacity. One could argue that if you have good control, you'll be able to do the exercise, but i was able to make energy balls when I first started, and had poor control myself. The best measure of your control of energy is how well you control your thoughts.

To test focus, simply hold a particular energy for maybe ten minutes - ten minutes and I'd say you've got exception focus.

A good way to test control is to localize a point of energy in one point of the body, then shift it to another point, another, and another, and so on. When the shift is basically instant (vs. taking a moment to 'warm up' in a different spot) you have exceptional control.

All of those are good things to understand about your capabilities with energy.

peace

Well I have found the problem, NO focus. I lasted two minunts. Had a friend time this. By your units, I think that my control is good. But one question, is the point of energy supposed to roll to the next spot or is it supposed to be "poping up", disipering then "poping up" once more?

Well I have found the problem, NO focus. I lasted two minunts. Had a friend time this. By your units, I think that my control is good. But one question, is the point of energy supposed to roll to the next spot or is it supposed to be "poping up", disipering then "poping up" once more?

To ilustrate the answer, I'd divide the process of moving energy in the body into four stages: Localization, which is just 'lighting up' a particular area, as stage 1; Expansion, which is as it sounds, expanding a localized point to be more inclusive; Trailing, which highlights a 'line' in your body; Sliding, in which the single point slowly changes position; and Shifting, in which the point simply moves instantly from one point to the other. While I think it's possible that some people have an easier time at some of these stages than the others, by my own reckoning this is their order in ascending difficulty.

At optimum control, the point of energy should instantly change from one point to the other, there should be no delay. So it should pop up in one area, say your finger, and then you should pick another area and it should instantly pop up there, not cross the space in between and not 'fade' from the previous area.

Your capacity, focus, and control will all affect this to some degree, but your control is the key factor. The other two will mostly affect intensity, although if you have little focus, you won't be able to maintain the sensation for very long, and if you have little capacity the exercise will become irritating after a while.

All three will carry over when you apply external awareness of energy to the equation, so it's a pretty good guage, as far as my own experience has taught me.

Meditation will help attain better focus, good habits in taking care of the mind, body, and spirit will attain better capacity, and practice on top of the other two will help to attain better control.

My method for guaging total capacity (the exercise about runing a mile will guage only your physical energy) is to spend time inthe morning filling up with energy, which amounts to opening myself up to the beauty and love of the world, and breathing it in, and then observing my thoughts and mood throughout the day. Normally, most people will hit a point during the day (assuming they have a good night's sleep and wake up energized) when their mood dips significantly. It's the point at which you start to run out of energy all together. As a control, this is a day when you have no meaningful exchanges with other people, and eat only healthy foods. The longer it takes, the more capacity for energy you have. To gauge the energy present in each of the dimensions of Mind, Body, and Spirit, you can run for the physical gauge (just as long as you can, personally how fast you can run a mile is more a measure of how effective your physical energy is, and that's a different test), study until your brain hurts for the mental gauge, and devote yourself to loving some object, person, or place, for your spiritual gauge. The longer you can do each of these, the greater your capacity.

Many people get by on one or two of the three, but maximizing them all will make you a better adept in the long run. Many intermediate magicians neglect the Body and Spirit, and focus on the Mind. In my humble opinion, this is what seperates the intermediate from the Adept.

As per usual, journaling your current 'levels' and your progress will solidify your experience and give you evidence of your evolution.

Peace