QUOTE(Dancing Coyote @ Jun 10 2011, 05:15 PM)
Amen. I'm not energetically built like a hammer, I'm more like a screwdriver and when I tried this experiment it took hours (approx 4 of consistant staring (which turned the whole experiment into a joke for me later)) of mental work and staring at the psiwheel, but after I got into a certain 'zen' mindframe I was able to spin it in any direction I wanted to. Which may be very cool and universe altering for those who previously didn't think it was possible but it is otherwise useless, and yes my teacher told me: If your head ever starts to hurt during any sort of practice, stop and continue later.
Just like Telepathy, it seems to be largely the sort of thing that works briefly and suddenly, but never when you try. I found that the harder I 'pushed', the more I just got frustrated. It worked best when I was able to clear my mind to the point of forgetting to breathe, and harbored only the barest hint of an intention, with such a blank emotional landscape that it barely counted as 'wanting' the thing to move. Perhaps one day I will reach a state of very boring enlightenment wherein i can maintain this state all the time - and therefore will not care to move anything telekinetically or read anyone's mind.
However, I have had two PK/TK experiences that stand out in my mind, the first was the one that made me want to practice, the second was around the time that I finally decided practice was not going to produce anything worthwhile. The first time, I almost had a car accident - I pulled through a red light like a stupid teenager (which I was) and saw the car coming at me towards the driver side. I wasn't afraid and it was too sudden to really be in shock either, I just sort of stared dumbly at this oncoming car in my ancient station wagon that make 0-60 in about a minute. I don't remember what my brain did, but I remember thinking something like "Well, damn." The car didn't hit me, didn't leave skid marks from brakes, and the guy that was going to hit me, after cussing me out, said I was a lucky retard.
Later on, after around I suppose two years of practice or so, I had decided it was too much effort for potentially no useful gain. I hadn't practiced at all, but had gotten in the habit of 'pushing' things mentally because I did it so often. Simple thing, I was leaving a room, turned to close the door, and it closed from sitting still at about 70 degrees or so open. Again, no idea what my brain did, and I can't really attribute it to the TK practice.
This lead me to the conclusion that there is not a reliable way to develop, direct, and control this kind of ability consciously. Unconsciously perhaps, and it's possible that the kind of enlightenment that is described as breaking down the wall between the conscious and unconscious mind will lead to this kind of thing - but pushing psiwheels, swinging pendulums, and making lamps spin - or not spin - is not the way to do it I think.
peace