Sloppy Zhang

Synchronicity hasn't gotten me where I want to go. In fact, more often than not stuff I don't want to happen gets synchronous for me. Not fun at all. Concern of lower ego self? Probably. But you know, it's getting kind of repetitive, which is why I'm looking to break out of that cycle. If the universe isn't giving me what I want, I guess I need to stand up and take it.

Hmm, maybe, I dunno. I guess it's one of those bits of wisdom I have yet to find I'm talking about knowledge from general life experiences. Earlier I talked about abuse of power. There have been circumstances in my life in which I, knowingly or unknowingly, abused my power (a power that I didn't fully understand, and something that I was experimenting around with). Now I have the "knowledge" that abuse of power is bad- but I don't have the wisdom to understand how every action I do impacts others. I can't look at a situation and tell whether I am doing the right or wrong thing, I can't always tell whether what I am doing is right or wrong- I just "know" that doing the wrong thing is not very good. I'll look into it, thanks

Actually your post was really awesome, thanks You made a lot of good points. so I'm not going to respond in detail to all, just stuff I have questions about... How do you raise your energy body vibration rate, and what are some practices that you recommend to do so? This is something interesting but kind of sort of a slightly different subject... What if something that you aim to do isn't exactly lined up with "the big plan"? Not necessarily against the plan, but you know, outside the scope of the plan? I agree with that last sentence. As much as I want power, I want to do it the right way- as in, right method, right attitude, and as complete a power as possible. Aleister Crowley's path, for example, isn't something I'd want to do. I'm going to do it, so I want to do it right- which is why I made the thread. Yeah well I haven't consolidated "power". I've got plenty of knowledge, a bit of wisdom, but without power it doesn't really mean much.

"Consider life as a tumultuous pool of water, and we are floating in it. Strong waves crash against the rocks. In order to survive, one must cling to a sturdy rock, lest the waves slam him into a rock, pull him out, and slam him into the rocks again. Eventually the waves get weaker, and although we may have spent that time being pounded by water, we are much better off than we would have been going with the flow and getting our skulls cracked open on the rocks. Then when the time is right we can leave the rocks and swim to safety." by me.

Ah, sounds fun, but contrary to what 3bob says, there IS a mundane! Or perhaps as goldisheavy might say, my mundane world has too much inertia and I don't have the mental strength to overcome it to make the trip! Thanks for the good wishes though 3bob: what did you mean by "there is no mundane"?

No offense meant but.... I see where you "think" I have a wall, but there really is none. You aren't quite aware of my situation, and this is why I was so hesitant to post this topic- most people see the quest for power as something "juvenile" and something that someone looks for who doesn't even know what it is they are looking for or why they are looking for it, nor do they understand the consequences of what happens when they get it. I understand all of that, I've been at it for a while and I've spent a lot of time on the whole, "love and act selflessly and give back to the source" and all that jazz and.... yeah, nothing's happened. For all the physical stuff- I've studied martial arts for a long time, been in school for a long time (still in school), have a good handle on that as well as have a good paying job. The mundane isn't the problem. Again, I'm not looking for this stuff to solve a mundane problem, I'm not looking for an emotional crutch. I assure you all, whatever reasons you think I have for looking for psychic abilities are not correct, at least, not in their entirety I have a lot more perspective on this whole thing than I had since I started, I've learned a lot about a lot of other things, but not a lot about what it is I set out to learn about. It's not like I'll forget about all the other stuff I've learned as soon as I get what I want And to zhoupeng: don't worry about hypocrisy or a "talking down tone", I pretty much expected all of those responses and am glad that there are so many posts in this thread that AREN'T like that. I'd like to thank everyone that has added a constructive post that actually helps with regards to my search, and I'd also like to thank everyone who has added what they think I should know or what they think I don't know- you have helped prove that my precognitive powers are improving, mwahahahaha or maybe that I already know your "truth" but it ain't working for me

Yeah, I got the mundane bases pretty much covered.

Yeah maybe. UNLESS they are real and all you gotta do is go after them. In which case, better to try and be wrong while having the chance of being right than not try at all and be wrong Like I said, I am not questioning their existence. I have had a few experiences which are good enough for me. The issue is that they are all sporadic, uncontrollable, and any time anybody mentions it all you get is, "that's not the point." Well stuff is happening, I am experiencing things that I want to understand, and people are all going on and on about all this tangentially related stuff. It's like, I'm at a batting cage and I'm just swinging a bat randomly at balls, and every once in a while I hit one, but if I just keep wildly flailing about I'm just relying on chance, sometimes I miss, sometimes I hit, sometimes I get hit. I only have a vague notion of what it is I'm supposed to do. What I'm looking for is someone to teach me how to swing the bat, not to tell me, "don't waste your time playing baseball, go get a real job."

That was a great description

So far the only benefits people have been listing is better health and being able to accept your current situation..... I'm down with better health, and I accept my situation.... Now I would like to change my situation, and I would like something beyond just "health and well being." What's wrong with believing in yourself? Oh, right, the whole ego thing.... I know, and I want more finite things Didn't you see the graph explaining my path? Sure, transcendence and freedom and stuff is all good and well, but I'd like to at least accumulate a few more material experiences before I start letting them all go. Can't let go of something you don't have I'm not looking for an outlook. I'm not looking to physically be a bum (no offense to the tao bums ) but mentally be all "transcendent". I'm not looking to be in the same crappy situation as everyone else, but just feel good about it. I'm looking to be able to TANGIBLY move from one tangible position (the one I am at now) to another TANGIBLE position... using non-tangible means Again, all that higher stuff, "let go" "change outlook" blah blah blah, yeah, I get it, I've been working on that for a long time. I am not as stressed out as I used to be, am more healthy than I used to be, I get along well with others which is nice..... but I started this whole journey 4 years ago looking for psychic abilities, and all I'm getting is health stuff. Again, nothing inherently wrong with it buuuuuuut........ well let's just say every time someone comes on this forum and asks how to meditate or what to do, everyone asks: "What's your goal?" My goal is attaining psychic abilities. My practice then, should be geared toward that. If I'm not getting that after four years, then obviously I'm not doing the right practice, or I am doing the practice the wrong way. So.... yeah.

I've already had a taste of abusing power- it's quite repulsive and it's something that I worry about on a daily basis. I have no way of knowing how I impacted the life of the person involved, and it's not something I care to get involved in ever again. That said, I really have no idea what I'd do with any power once I got it, just that it's something I feel a need to do

Yes, you have hit the nail on the head. I have no power, I want some. I'm tired of being a victim, tired of being blown about, or washed around by whatever forces are out there. So now what?

Occasionally that will happen to me too, I'll get a strong image of a shape and it'll be the next one.... but I don't know if that's precog or just random chance

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Hm, good points! All I know is you hear all about various cultivators going rogue and getting caught up in psychic powers. Obviously they still feel some reason to manipulate something they don't identify with- or maybe this still do identify with it, and psychic abilities have nothing to do with transcendence, and it is something altogether.

Thanks for the perspective

I am very sincere, about psychic powers Again, I am quite clear on what these things are and what they are not. I am not looking for a free fix for my emotional life. Actually I look at him in a different perspective: he actually walked the walk. Yeah, he did some stuff I wouldn't have done. Scratch that, he did a LOT of things I wouldn't have done. But you know, he said he was going to do something and we he out and did it, and he didn't take no for an answer. Uh huh.... So are you saying I have to figure this out for myself? Okie dokie. That's why I made this thread

I'm not too concerned with their verification- I believe them to exist, and I have had some experiences of my own that are enough convincing for me. I just don't know 1) what caused them and 2) how to use them perfectly on demand The problem with scientific verification is getting people to admit they have them, and then having them prove it in a controlled environment. A lot of people can do one, but not the other. Of course, the big issue is that the people being tested have to actually be able to do it. If you want to see how far away someone can make a basketball shot, you have to get people who can actually shoot a basketball. A lot of people go around saying stuff like, "well if it's possible than even if someone didn't believe it they should still be able to do it". Well, honestly that doesn't work, because if that were the case then making long distance basketball shots would be impossible but there are people who can do it, ways of training it, and those are well known. Not so much known with the psychic stuff. This website seems to have links to a few places, if you don't mind checking them out: http://vsociety.net/

While my long term goals are cultivation and stuff, in the short term my goal is attaining psychic abilities... So, I mean, if my priority is to get psychic abilities, then shouldn't my practices lead to my goal? I have a fairly clear image of "what I think I want", and, you know, the best teacher is experience, so if anyone wants me to find out how psychic abilities are not the answer, please, by all means, give me the method to get them

Ack, so true! Taomeow, help

6 out of 25! Yeah! (I was writing an essay while doing the quiz too!)

Thanks for the exercise

Pretty neat!

Thanks for the great response. Tying my shoes is the only psychic ability I've been able to repeat and know the causes behind and I know plenty of adults that can't whistle Don't worry about the quotes, I believe you, I've heard that a lot in pretty much everywhere I look. And it's not that I disagree- it is a valid point to be made, and I agree. But that's no different from, say, money. "For the love of money is the root of all evil" (1 Timothy 6:10- italics by me) not necessarily money in and of itself. I don't think having psychic powers is any different from having lots of money. You can be a great nice spiritual person and be super rich, and actively work to get lots of money. Just like you can do the same with psychic abilities, in my humble opinion. The temptation is going to be there either way. Overcoming that would then be a matter of cultivating the proper character- but that (in my mind, at least) is separate from psychic stuff. On top of that, there are all kinds of stories of yogis and other kinds of teachers who "go bad" and get drawn in with their power. If that power was a result of proper character cultivation, you'd think these people would lose their abilities quickly, right?