Programming
By Ness
Programming is what makes energy do something. Once that energy is programmed, the energy becomes a construct, and the construct does whatever it is you programmed it to do. This may sound like an advanced skill, but it can be pretty simple. For example, when you make a psiball, you program the energy to be in the shape of a ball. See? Simple.
Now, how exactly do you program energy? Well, there are a lot of different ways to do it. Visualizing is probably the most used, but chances are that you don't use it to its full potential. The more senses you use in your visualizations, the better they'll be, which, in turn, will lead to better results. For example, to make a psiball, most people just picture energy in the shape of a ball. This is fine, but there's more that could be done. You could imagine the feel of the psiball on your hands; temperature, texture, and so on. You could imagine how hard or soft the psiball is. There's a lot of things you can imagine.
The above was only using two sense, though: sight and touch. That still leaves hearing, smell and taste. If you were making a hot psiball, you could imagine smelling and, even though it's not very pleasant, tasting the smoke. If you visualize your psiball as fire, you could imagine hearing the roar and crackling of a fire. You could even add onto that by remembering how it feels to be hot and sweaty. Basically, just about any thought that relates to heat can help you.
Now that you've gotten a grip on some basic programming ideas, it's time to go on to slightly more advanced things. What if you want to hit someone with a psiball and get their attention? There's not really a sense you can use for that. What I've found to be a good method for abstract goals like this is to just think your goal and send it to the psiball.
Have your goal in mind and continue adding energy to the psiball. When you're ready, start to say your goal in your head. Think to yourself, "Fly to so-and-so and get their attention." As you think this, visualize it going down your arms and to the psiball. I actually visualize the words themselves going to the psiball, but you can visualize anything you'd like.
When the thought reaches the psiball, visualize it being absorbed into the psiball. I visualize the psiball flashing once or twice, just to make the absorption a little more clear to myself. Once again, do whatever you want. It's all about what works for you.
After you have your psiball programmed, the next step is to shell it. Shelling is putting a shield around your psiball so it will stay together. This is very important when you want your psiball to leave you and go somewhere on its own. To do this, simply move energy to the psiball, but instead of putting it into the psiball, put it AROUND the psiball. Then program that energy to hold the entire psiball and itself together. You can visualize the energy turning into a metal of some sort and holding the psiball inside, swirling around the psiball to keep it together, whatever you want to do.
When the psiball is completely programmed, visualize it flying from your hands to the target. You can physically throw the psiball if you'd like, but you don't have to. Simply visualizing it will work. Visualize the psiball flying to the target, hitting them and getting their attention. To destroy the psiball, you can visualize the psiball bursting when it hits its target, being absorbed into the target, or you can even just forget about it completely. The programming will wear off soon and the psiball will break apart on its own.
Those were two examples of programming, but there are so many other uses for it. You could program a psiball to send a thought/emotion to someone, or even to retrieve a thought/emotion from someone. If you're very good at telepathy or empathy but you can't control it, you could program a shield to block out stray thoughts and emotions. If you're cold, you could program a large amount of energy to warm you up, or if you're hot, you could program the energy to cool you down. The possibilities are endless!
Have fun and be creative with your programming! Good luck!
Energy Sensing
By Ness
Energy sensing is, literally, sensing energy. It allows you to feel how much energy someone or something has. The only problem with energy sensing, though, is that it's hard to tell exactly how much energy the target has. Energy sensing only gives you a feeling, and based on how strong or weak that feeling is, you have to decide how much energy you think that is. Of course a stronger feeling means more energy, but that still doesn't tell you HOW MUCH energy. Now that that's said, let's get on with the article!
Begin by picking your target. It can be a person or a thing, but keep in mind that a person will probably have more energy than a thing, thus giving you a stronger feeling, thus making it a little easier to feel if you're a beginner.
Clear your mind and relax. Make sure you're completely calm, and try to not be feeling any emotions. Try to feel "blank", in a sense. After you're relaxed and calm, focus on your target, and how the target makes you feel. Eliminate all other things from your mind. For example, I visualize the target and myself in a black void together. There is absolutely nothing else around, just us. Whatever you do, remember to stay focused on only the target and yourself.
This next part is hard to explain. While focusing on the target and yourself, visualize the target's energy, and wonder how that compares to your own. Just try to feel the strength of their energy. It's very hard to explain, but it's rather easy to do. Just experiment a little bit and see if you can get any results.
Now, as for exactly what you're supposed to be trying to feel, this is also hard to explain. In my experiences, I usually feel something like a knot forming in my stomach, and the more energy the target has, the bigger and stronger the knot is. Once or twice, when the target had a lot of energy, I felt physically weak, as if I were about to get sick or something. Another time, when someone was trying to hit me with energy, when I tried to sense it, I could literally feel it gently hitting me, but the amazing thing was that I could also trace it all the way back to the person who was sending it. Now, he was only about five or so feet away from me, but it's still pretty interesting.
So, there you have it. Just stay relaxed and calm and try to feel the target's energy. I'm sorry this article is so vague. I'll try to update it as I get better, or maybe even write a follow-up article.
Good luck with the vagueness!