cant_grip (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} cant_grip) wrote,@ 2008-01-11 11:18:00 |
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Manifesting Latent Abilities #1
I've read many comics and watched many movies about people who can touch things with their mind, heal their bodies, fly, or have any number of special gifts. These types of stories, Star Wars, X-Men, Dune, have always resonated with me, and with my peers. Perhaps many harbor a quiet wish to lead epic lives of adventure and renown. We can experience this vicariously through fiction. Or, is there more too it?
Lying in bed last night after watching the first five episodes of HEROES, I meditated on the nature of super powers. Now I endeavor to formalize my theories. It's not the first time I've seriously considered the mystery of unlocked potential. Nor do I presume these talents, if real, are unique to me. There have always been stories of incredible human accomplishment, a shame they are so seldom verified.
The first time I was certain I had "used the force" I was 15. After swatting a fly from the air using a small comb, with my eyes closed. I had closed my eyes and focused on the buzzing, when I felt the comb hit, and heard the fly bounce against the wall I'd batted it into and then drop to the floor, I was astounded. Astounded and yet, I had the foolish notion more than mere chance had guided my hand. I would be willing to dismiss this, but for other moments of uncanny intuition, and nearly unconscious physical reflex. Enough that, I feel not merely justified, but compelled, to delve deeper into the nature of these epiphanies.
The goal of this exploration is to unlock the triggers which bring about enhanced moments. There are many theories of meditation and physical training which are reputed to elevate the practitioner to a higher state of being. Conventionally, these approaches involve centering oneself, balancing your mind on the point of awareness, giving it an keener edge for shaping events, and by extension, reality. For me personally (I suspect there are different triggers for different people, along with variations in the level of enhancement which can manifest), there needs to be an almost nervous physical energy, like being wound up, but not too anxious or tense. With the body thus charged and alert, if the mind can be focused on its tipping point... I don't know... yet.
I've read many comics and watched many movies about people who can touch things with their mind, heal their bodies, fly, or have any number of special gifts. These types of stories, Star Wars, X-Men, Dune, have always resonated with me, and with my peers. Perhaps many harbor a quiet wish to lead epic lives of adventure and renown. We can experience this vicariously through fiction. Or, is there more too it?
Lying in bed last night after watching the first five episodes of HEROES, I meditated on the nature of super powers. Now I endeavor to formalize my theories. It's not the first time I've seriously considered the mystery of unlocked potential. Nor do I presume these talents, if real, are unique to me. There have always been stories of incredible human accomplishment, a shame they are so seldom verified.
The first time I was certain I had "used the force" I was 15. After swatting a fly from the air using a small comb, with my eyes closed. I had closed my eyes and focused on the buzzing, when I felt the comb hit, and heard the fly bounce against the wall I'd batted it into and then drop to the floor, I was astounded. Astounded and yet, I had the foolish notion more than mere chance had guided my hand. I would be willing to dismiss this, but for other moments of uncanny intuition, and nearly unconscious physical reflex. Enough that, I feel not merely justified, but compelled, to delve deeper into the nature of these epiphanies.
The goal of this exploration is to unlock the triggers which bring about enhanced moments. There are many theories of meditation and physical training which are reputed to elevate the practitioner to a higher state of being. Conventionally, these approaches involve centering oneself, balancing your mind on the point of awareness, giving it an keener edge for shaping events, and by extension, reality. For me personally (I suspect there are different triggers for different people, along with variations in the level of enhancement which can manifest), there needs to be an almost nervous physical energy, like being wound up, but not too anxious or tense. With the body thus charged and alert, if the mind can be focused on its tipping point... I don't know... yet.
