In Working With Energies Options

Our internal energies

Ki
Qi
Odic force
Chakra
Kundalini

watever you call it, it's intertwined into mysticism and life greatly.

so i was wondering

what do you focus on when working with energies?

The feeling of the energy?

The appearance?

Color?

Sound?

Its Existence?

This post has been edited by davisxmonster: Nov 26 2008, 10:42 PM

I second what Goibniu said about the breath. It's a skill I'm still working on, but sitting quietly and taking deep breaths, then focusing on feeling your energy circulate as you breathe is a good place to start. Making psi balls too - that's actually what I first started with. I did a chakra clearing technique yesterday, which involves simply placing your palm about four inches away from the chakra, and turning it counter-clockwise for a few minutes to clear out energy blocks, and then clockwise for a few minutes too (clockwise as if the clock is lying on your chakra, facing your palm). After a few minutes of this I could feel the energy tingling. There was also a different sensation in each of the chakras. When I did the root chakra, I felt a definite sexual energy, whereas the second chakra was more of a glowing feeling of warmness, quite euphoric actually. The solar plexus chakra was just warm, the skin of that area actually got hotter than the surrounding areas. Unfortunately, my hands and arms were tired when I came to the heart chakra, as I had spent about 20 minutes just making the circling motion, so I did it somewhat halfheartedly and then stopped. But I believe its a really good exercise, and that with time and practice, I will get better at feeling the energies of the chakras.

I'm not sure how one goes about getting better at sensing external energies, such as the energy of a plant or person, but I think maybe once you get better at sensing your itnernal energies and manipulating them, you get a stepping stone to working with other energies. So I'd recommend the psiball approach to start, its fun too! I usually imagine drawing energy in with every in-breath, and feel the flow of it down to my palms, and then as I breathe out I push my energy outwards into the psiball.