More Programming methodology for telepathy

Up until now, many of you probably make most of your constructs with very simple intentions. For the most part, there is no need to make use of anything too horribly complicated. Yet, sometimes there are instances where complicated programming is needed. Let me provide an example for you go chew on, a telepathic message filter. Perhaps it seems a tad easy at first, but let's break it down a tad. You'll want it to:

Keep its programming
Regenerate from your energy supply
Keep out all non-friendly thoughts
Make sure it lets out all of your sendings
Allows sendings from friends to come in, but only if they don't contain anything harmful
That's a short list, but I think you get the basic idea. Now, if you don't plan things out it can be easy for your sub-c and the construct to become confused. If your sub-c becomes confused, it can usually sort out what you want it to do on your own. However, your constructs lack that intelligence.
Definition of a Construct Error: An event that occurs when a construct's programming becomes corrupted due to personal confusion in the creation stage, overuse of the construct, age of the construct, or outside influence, like a virus.

The following paragraphs will show you just how corruption works, and what causes it.

Natural Corruption

I've found over my years of practice and communication with other psychics, that people tend to overuse their constructs. They put large stress loads on them, and don't take the time to properly regenerate. When they programmed them last week, they didn't think as to how much they would be used, instead, the said person just "did it". It's similar to, "Hmmmm, I'm going to build a house, I don't know its dimensions, or even if the ground is level, I just want to build a house. Now gimme some bricks."

If this was the conversation your contractor had, I'd suggest leaving your home... now. When you don't plan out your constructs before hand, you end up destroying them after, and sooner than you might think. What many people don't realize is that your construct will work only in the exact way you tell it to. Constructs don't adapt to situations. They work quite similarly to a Windows application. If you don't program it for every little situation, you get a nice lovely error, or sometimes nothing at all. Basically the same thing here. So when you force too many commands into your construct, it becomes twisted, and can't handle all the information coming into it. The programming begins to weaken, and it eventually cracks and morphs because of the pressure. These can range from change in color, to totally change in the main idea.

I have a quick personal story (no, you can't sit in a circle on my floor) to tell you. I'm not proud of it, but It serves a purpose in this article.

As some PsiPog members may know, I like to experiment with various construct oddities. You could say that's my psychic hobby. I recently had an unfortunate mishap with one of my more successful constructs. Now usually, I only have a few projects going on at the same time, so I can keep them all recharged and up to date. However, one specific project required not one construct to get the job done, but about ten or so. I knew that would be too many for me to keep going at one time, so I created another construct to pump them up for me. To keep this from becoming my life's story, I basically made a giant battery for psiballs (giggles from the crowd).

It took me about a week to fully get this giant dry-cell up and running but I finally connected all the "wires". My constructs managed to be stable for about two days when I found some of them began to move around, and lose their responsiveness. After another couple of days, they lost form completely, and fell apart. Weeks of hard work ruined. It wasn't without gains, however. I learned a lot about the way energy works from this. I found out that energy has certain "stress loads" based on its size, density, and programming. If you overload constructs with energy, such as the unregulated amounts coming from my battery, they tend to give out finding space for all that extra and sudden energy. Such weaknesses make complicated programming a tricky art to learn. It may not be necessary for everyone to learn to program as complex as this, but if you want to become specialized in energy manipulation, you are going to need it.

Viral Corruption

Although this is an extremely rare occurrence, there are forms out there that can be dubbed "viruses". Many just follow you around or play psychic jokes, but there are a few that could cause you some grief. Again, these are highly uncommon, but they are out there. In fact, my community (area of about 50ish square miles) had a rather odd outburst of them about a year ago.

So how do these work? Viruses tend to float randomly about, not being directed at any specific target. They are usually copies of the original construct that were released on a mass scale. They attach themselves to other constructs, mostly shields, then they release their destructive programming. Think of them as a bubble with acid on the inside. When the bubble pops, the acid spills all over your shield, melting it away, layer by layer. Of course, the programming is more complicated than that, but that's the general idea. Disclaimer: Please don't go around making these constructs. This is considered in most parts of the world as an attack. Nobody here is going to bail you out if you get in hot water. Point being, don't be an ass.

There are ways to prevent such a devastating thing from happening to you. I'll list a few here (I like the ul and li commands hehe)

Don't program your shields to deflect once hit, use them to repel things instead. This way, the construct won't know it attached to anything, and make a false infection.
Use "Anti-Virus" programming. This one is harder, but it can be effective on a long-term basis. Keep updating this one with construct signatures and examples, similar to Norton or McAffee.
Keep some repel shields around. These make viruses just zip away. Simple.
If you know an area is infected, use dummies to use up the viruses. Haven't tried this one, experiment for yourself.
So there you have it, two kinds of construct corruption. I hoped this helped make some of you realize that constructs aren't as pliable as you may think. Be easy on your programming. If you have to, make construct systems instead of one big one, and don't over do it. The simpler the better.
Stony

Beyond Visualization

Over the course of the past few years I've become accustomed to doing most, if not all of my psionics work in a different manner than most do. I now do psionics by simply thinking. Rather than visualizing, I merely move psi around as if it was my arm. To understand what I'm saying first move your arm. Did you notice how you didn't have to visualize for this to happen? This is what we are going for. Once you get used to this it is not a difficult proccess to master, though it may be a bit hard to achieve at the start when being used in conjunction to psionics.

To first achieve this I reccomend that one first meditates, or at least find a way to calm your mind a little bit. There are various articles out there which teach you how to meditate so I think it's better to now move on. After meditating think about your arm. Think about what you did before, except now pay attention to the different sensations you get. You should hopefully feel differnt things going on in your head, small amounts of pressure here and there. You should feel the pressure in random spots. When making similir movements you should always feel the pressure in approximatly in the same area. Try to duplicate this feeling without actually moving your arms. Once you have this step done move on to the next.

Now, create a simple construct. A psi ball should be sufficient for our purposes. Whilst creating it pay attention to the different feelings you get in your brain. Now, move into your normal position for practicing. Duplicate these feelings, but unlike last time you must actually move something now. This may seem a bit confusing due to the fact that I've not given much instruction, but you should be able to understand what I'm trying to get across. Do this a few times until you can feel the actual psi ball in your hand. Congratulations, you now created a psi ball without having to visualize anything.

If this does not work after the first few attempts I suggest you stop and try again another day. Eventually you should get this to work, and once you do psionics will feel much more natural. Instead of having to visualize everything you want to do you should be able to use psionics as if though it was a limb you've had all of your life.

There is one thing I'd advise you to be cautious of. There is such a thing known as "muscle memory", this is not what we're looking to accomplish. I rember once doing this and it got to the point where my my mind would create a psi ball on it's own as soon as I was in my usual "psi ball creation position." This is not something I particularlary enjoy due to the fact that I want control over what I do. If you are looking for this to happen though, you can just keep practicing this one method and it should start to begin happening automatically.

This concludes my small explanation of how to go beyond visualization. Remeber to keep practicing, just don't overdo it. Good luck with your work, be careful, and remeber to have fun.

A Newbie's Guide to Shielding

In the psionic world today, it is important to protect one's self. In an area seen as non-existant, it is hard to find information on these various topics. Many people are now introducing themselves to psionics, and they need protection from various dangers. This protection resides in the form of shields. I find shields to be the most fascinating of all constructs. Their uses are limitless, and there is always something new you can do with them. Hosted in this article is my simple way of making a bubble shield. Note: In order to make any shield, you must be able to make a dense and long-standing psiball.

Let's get started. First, we need to decide on a purpose for our shield. The objective should be simple and clear to you. For this demonstration, let's use this: Keep out all outside energies, and keep deliberate energies inside. Now that we have our objective, we can begin creating the actual sheild.

Start by drawing energy and moving it around your body. You don't have to send it to anywhere specific, just move the energy around you. Don't push it, just let it flow like a small stream. Do this for about five to ten minutes or until you feel a strong, steady flow. Now move the energy up and out of your head, spouting it randomly like a water fountain. This will get you to feel what it's like to have mass energy rushing past your head. Warning!: If you feel lightheaded or sick at any time, stop immediately! Next time just move the energy more slowly. Keep moving the energy past your head until you achieve another steady flow.

Now it's time to create the sphere. Most shields have a round egg like shape to them, sort of like a force bubble. However, some shields rest on your skin. It's up to you what you want to do, just be sure to leave enough elbow room in your shield so you don't feel claustrophobic. Now, take the energy coming out of your head and begin to visualize it falling down and collecting at the floor. Picture the energy taking form of a bubble around you, one piece at a time. I sometimes picture my energy orbs as bricks stacking up and becoming one solid wall, but you're free to picture whatever you wish. While you are doing this, concentrate hard on your objective from before. Will the shield to do this intention and keep adding energy. When your shield surrounds you in an egg shape, add more energy to make it denser (just like the psiball!). Keep thinking on your intention!

The last step of this process will take some Will Power. What is will power? Ok, here's an example: Have you ever wanted something to eat right before dinner, but you stop yourself because it's not right? That's a (bad) example of will power. You force yourself to do something that you otherwise wouldn't do. In this case, you must WILL you shield to stay with you, and keep solid. Just visualize it staying with you and talk a little mean to it.

There, you've made a shield! That wasnt SO bad now was it? To keep your shields up, you'll need to add more energy to them every day. This is called regeneration. (duh!) If you ever want to get rid of your shield, picture it just desintigrating. If you take it down in one fell swoop, you'll end up with a monster of a headache. If you didn't get a shield the first time, try, try again! This takes lots of practice to get perfect.