I wonder what physiological correlates there are with psi performance. I'm feeling under the weather today, and incidentally I set a personal all-time high(79.1 to 1 odds against chance) on the gotpsi.com PK test, well above anything I've done before on the test.
In sports performance, (one of my prime areas of interest), an increase in performance is often noted just before the onset of a cold... one hypothesis of why this occurs is that a revved up immune system enhances nervous system output. I wonder if there is a similar physiological influence on psi.
I've also begun compiling a set of notes on my personal psi training... recording the various strategies I try that work. Already from some brief notes that have been compiled over the past week or two I'm beginning to learn more.... things I would have forgotten had I not written them down. I am trying to be more of a student of the art, as this will aid me in honing and refining...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
So after work I'm trying to get in the habit of doing SOME psi practice. The past few nights I've been practicing on the location test with sometimes maddeningly mixed results.
Something I try to remind myself is that the psi signal or perceptions are not the same as guessing.
I'm learning that while they are very similar in feel they are subtly different.
I'm a fan of some of Charles Tart's writings. In particular, "Towards Conscious Control of Psi" is an absolutely insightful look at psi and how the learning(and delearning) process occurs...placing the emphasis on a percipient's internal processes, which is where the emphasis belongs. I highly recommend reading it.
Something I try to remind myself is that the psi signal or perceptions are not the same as guessing.
I'm learning that while they are very similar in feel they are subtly different.
I'm a fan of some of Charles Tart's writings. In particular, "Towards Conscious Control of Psi" is an absolutely insightful look at psi and how the learning(and delearning) process occurs...placing the emphasis on a percipient's internal processes, which is where the emphasis belongs. I highly recommend reading it.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Location test
I just NAILED the location test!!!
9999 to 1 odds on a single target, ie right on the dot. Never had that happen before.
Recording my strategy here in case I forget it: What I did was that I closed my eyes and cleared my mind, then opened my eyes and immediately put my mouse pointer on the part that felt intuitively right. I then "calibrated" the exact position of the pointer along one of the axes. I had a run of lousy trials until I realized that often my initial position was lined up perfectly along either one of the axes. I then started to calibrate either along the y or x axis depending on intuition. Funny thing is I actually heard in my head the direction of where to move the pointer from its initial direction. I am a very verbal person and I should take advantage of that.
Haven't been viewing much lately... mostly caught up in work and sorting things through with my life. I want to make psi a part of my every day life though. On the other hand a lot of the time I feel extremely reluctant to remote view for whatever reason. I feel like my psychic aptitude fluctuates quite a bit. The last few days for instance I've been very intuitive in picking up some of the thoughts of others, like being able to guess who is calling. OTOH there have beem other times in the past when I am RVing and no data comes through... in session I feel psychic as a brick. Frustrating when it psi does not work, but the elation when it does work makes it worthwhile.
9999 to 1 odds on a single target, ie right on the dot. Never had that happen before.
Recording my strategy here in case I forget it: What I did was that I closed my eyes and cleared my mind, then opened my eyes and immediately put my mouse pointer on the part that felt intuitively right. I then "calibrated" the exact position of the pointer along one of the axes. I had a run of lousy trials until I realized that often my initial position was lined up perfectly along either one of the axes. I then started to calibrate either along the y or x axis depending on intuition. Funny thing is I actually heard in my head the direction of where to move the pointer from its initial direction. I am a very verbal person and I should take advantage of that.
Haven't been viewing much lately... mostly caught up in work and sorting things through with my life. I want to make psi a part of my every day life though. On the other hand a lot of the time I feel extremely reluctant to remote view for whatever reason. I feel like my psychic aptitude fluctuates quite a bit. The last few days for instance I've been very intuitive in picking up some of the thoughts of others, like being able to guess who is calling. OTOH there have beem other times in the past when I am RVing and no data comes through... in session I feel psychic as a brick. Frustrating when it psi does not work, but the elation when it does work makes it worthwhile.
Friday, November 2, 2007
Random thoughts
So I haven't done any viewing in a while... I want to start doing it consistently again.
So I'm working back into doing RV. I've done three sessions so far, and its a little frustrating. It seems I've got zero target contact going on. In the past I've had sessions where I could really get a decent sense of dissociation into the target... for example, one target I had on TKR was of a reporter running across tacoma narrows bridge and I could clearly percieve a running figure. When theres no target contact it just feels like I'm making stuff up in my head. There is a subtle but distinguishable feeling to it.
I think practicing energy work will aid the process. In the past I've noticed practicing energy work consistently seems to correlate well with my own RVing. Altered state/deep relaxation seems to help as well, perhaps to get out of the dominant left brain mode of thinking.
At the same time though, I feel reluctant to do it because I've always felt that energy work for whatever reason has a tendency to destabilize and unbalance me. I don't want to lose center, if that makes sense. Maybe I'm doing it wrong.
I'm thinking about my long terms goals and plans for psychic work. Especially in light of how psi is limited by talent. I'm considering whether its worth investing serious time into it or if its best kept a hobby. Its not just psi work, there are a lot of things I used to really enjoy doing and I'm losing interest... getting the wind let out of my sails. I WANT to get good at psychic work, but I question whether I will ever achieve anything notable. I'll end this post here before I get too depressing... heh.
So I'm working back into doing RV. I've done three sessions so far, and its a little frustrating. It seems I've got zero target contact going on. In the past I've had sessions where I could really get a decent sense of dissociation into the target... for example, one target I had on TKR was of a reporter running across tacoma narrows bridge and I could clearly percieve a running figure. When theres no target contact it just feels like I'm making stuff up in my head. There is a subtle but distinguishable feeling to it.
I think practicing energy work will aid the process. In the past I've noticed practicing energy work consistently seems to correlate well with my own RVing. Altered state/deep relaxation seems to help as well, perhaps to get out of the dominant left brain mode of thinking.
At the same time though, I feel reluctant to do it because I've always felt that energy work for whatever reason has a tendency to destabilize and unbalance me. I don't want to lose center, if that makes sense. Maybe I'm doing it wrong.
I'm thinking about my long terms goals and plans for psychic work. Especially in light of how psi is limited by talent. I'm considering whether its worth investing serious time into it or if its best kept a hobby. Its not just psi work, there are a lot of things I used to really enjoy doing and I'm losing interest... getting the wind let out of my sails. I WANT to get good at psychic work, but I question whether I will ever achieve anything notable. I'll end this post here before I get too depressing... heh.
Monday, May 28, 2007
May 28, 2007
I just started reading Tales of Power by Carlos Castenada. In it, he talks about the importance of silencing the internal dialogue and describes an exercise for this purpose. It involves going for long walks while softening the eyes and fixing them on the horizon, while allowing oneself to become fully aware of the entire field of vision.
I gave it a try and found myself feeling "in the moment" for a lack of a better description, and my feeling of awareness really seemed to expand. Everything experienced is more vivid and more real. It is rather zen-like in nature. While I was unable to perform it perfectly I guess that is where the practice comes in, and the practice itself is of value and not necessarily just the goal... This is something I will strive to do on a regular basis. I feel that this has the potential to really enrich my life.
I gave it a try and found myself feeling "in the moment" for a lack of a better description, and my feeling of awareness really seemed to expand. Everything experienced is more vivid and more real. It is rather zen-like in nature. While I was unable to perform it perfectly I guess that is where the practice comes in, and the practice itself is of value and not necessarily just the goal... This is something I will strive to do on a regular basis. I feel that this has the potential to really enrich my life.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
May 20, 2007
I have begun to practice qigong again.
I've come to realize the importance of some of the psychological aspects of this work. I am working on, primarily, acceptance of myself in totality, and understanding of myself including my motivations and underlying beliefs. Possibly the most underrated factors ever, in my opinion. Today, I had a very good session wherein I became very calm and relaxed, and was able to circulate energy through the small circulation(ren and du channels) effortlessly. Upon completion, I felt a strong feeling of peace and being in the moment.
I am working to achieve better balance in my life.
I've come to realize the importance of some of the psychological aspects of this work. I am working on, primarily, acceptance of myself in totality, and understanding of myself including my motivations and underlying beliefs. Possibly the most underrated factors ever, in my opinion. Today, I had a very good session wherein I became very calm and relaxed, and was able to circulate energy through the small circulation(ren and du channels) effortlessly. Upon completion, I felt a strong feeling of peace and being in the moment.
I am working to achieve better balance in my life.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
May 1
Did one session today.
I did essentially the same cooldown I did yesterday - fairly progressive in manner, got pretty relaxed. I need to work on avoiding negative self talk during my cooldown and insession. Session itself was ok. Made target contact, identified most of the basic gestalts including a sketch of a land water interface. I think I need to pay attention to my kinesthetic feeling while executing an ideogram, I think I could have identified the rising aspect of the mountains which were present in my target but I didn't really identify in session... the only major gestalt I didn't get. I got the forest, the land-water interface and the shape thereof, the strong visual component of the sky... just missed the mountains.
Not bad... gotta work on self-talk more though.
More practice!
Psi_Junkie
I did essentially the same cooldown I did yesterday - fairly progressive in manner, got pretty relaxed. I need to work on avoiding negative self talk during my cooldown and insession. Session itself was ok. Made target contact, identified most of the basic gestalts including a sketch of a land water interface. I think I need to pay attention to my kinesthetic feeling while executing an ideogram, I think I could have identified the rising aspect of the mountains which were present in my target but I didn't really identify in session... the only major gestalt I didn't get. I got the forest, the land-water interface and the shape thereof, the strong visual component of the sky... just missed the mountains.
Not bad... gotta work on self-talk more though.
More practice!
Psi_Junkie
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