The most important factors are the development of concentration; visualization, & willful intention/desire.
Before getting into the influencing of others, one should develop strong concentration. One of the 1st things you may notice, if your concentration is strong, is that others will often come into resonance with the frequency of the strongest mind in the environment. If you meditate enough, or train with biofeedback, you may gain control of your own brainwave states.
One of the 1st things that many strong senders learn to do, is to put others to sleep or into a somnambulist trance. This type of trance is what many hypnotists go for, when they wish to bypass the critical mind for direct access to the subconscious. For those of you who have listened to any theta level entrainment mp3s; you may have either experienced falling asleep or going into a deeper trance than you may normally get into. Usually this is what hypnotists try to get you to, via verbal or otherwise mechanical prompting. However, if you can develop your concentration so that you can function easily from a theta brainwave state; putting people to sleep becomes very easy. Many times, as about 1 in 4 people are genetic somnambulists, some will fall unconscious from mere proximity to you while you are in theta.
Going beyond putting others to sleep, you can send more complex communication, if your visualization is strong. The higher definition the imagery the better. So let's say you wake up one morning, & want to influence a co-worker to wear a red shirt that day. You should picture them in your mind very clearly, while at the same time lower your own brain waves. The visualization & concentration can be done at the same time, or you can lower your brainwaves 1st if you want. Depending on how strong your concentration is, you will eventually come into resonance with the person. It can feel like the person is in the room with you, or even that you are the person of focus; distance really doesn't matter.
Once you have reached the state of entrainment with the person or persons, you can give commands/suggestions to their subconscious. this influence tends to work better when you visualize the impressions of what you want to take place in the present tense, rather than think verbally.
Lastly, you want to add the component of your will or strong desire. If you understand yourself well enough, this can be pushed on the fly. However, if you have more time, you can push the same intention over & over during the course of a few days, until the thought concerning the person becomes intrusive thinking(the thoughts pop up like a song that's stuck in your head).
I have found that most people tend to think the thoughts I push, are their own idea. Only occasionally do people seem to notice, & even then they still tend to think pleasantly be cause of the rapport which develops through entrainment.
Other things I notice, is that not only are everyone practicing telepathy unconsciously, but that there are a lot more conscious telepaths out there than one would think. There is also the benefit of parallel development of other psi powers which also depend on concentration/visualization(PK, OBEs)etc.
When I 1st started developing this skill, it honestly frightened me a bit. I mean it can be a slippery slope from influencing for convenience; to pranks, to abuse. I think though that it's a technology, like a knife, or fire. Any technology can be abused, I think that the positive outweighs the negative. As with any power, I think it's important to treat others, the way you would want to be treated.
I would say that there are many applications for this skill if you are good at it & have enough imagination.
i find that since meditation i can read peoples body emotion and thoughts alot better but this is inputting information not adsorbing output. ill try this some time thx O12
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That is only true if you believe it. If you can become proficient at this technique; telepathy, PK, OBEs, etc become much easier:
PK, is the same skill as the other psi skills. The distinctions are imposed for the sake of language.
It may help you to consider the idea of "Combing the Mirror". When you want to comb your hair; you don't attempt to comb the mirror, expecting change. Consider the possibility, that what you believe to be external objective reality, is analogous to a mirror.
Take the time to master what you believe to be your internal landscape. This includes; sense memories, emotions, & all thoughts subtle & gross:)
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This excerpt from Russian experimenters, definitely confirms my own experiences with telepathic influence. Generally, people tend to think the suggestion was their own idea. Occasionally, people do seem aware, but will be fascinated anyway.
The following is from "Experiments in Mental Suggestion" by L.L. Vasiliev 2002
(Letter from Dr. K. D. Kotkov To Prof. K.I> Platonov )
Dear Konstantin Ivanovich
In 1924 A. V. Dzhelikhovsky, professor of Physics at Kharkov University, and Dr. L.P. Normark a chemist, carried out a small but most interesting piece of work and in thought transmission at a distance. The principal instigator of te work and its heart and soul was Normark. I was invited by them to participate as an experimenter. That is why they kept all the experimental reports. I am sorry to say it never occurred to me to make special copies for myself. Dzhelikhovsky died during the German occupation of Kharkov, and I learned of Normark's recent death from you when we last met. Therefore there is no one from who one could obtain the reports of this remarkable work: I do not know of their fate.
I know that my communication, unsupported as it is by precise documentation is of no value as being mere hearsay, but I will give you my recollections. I shall be extremely pleased if they prove to be of any use to you for any purpose whatever
A few words about the experimental subject. She was a student at the University, 18 or 19 years old, absolutely healthy, of varying mood, predominantly somewhat depressed, a perfect somnambulist. In Normark's laboratory i was able, in the presence of students , to give really marvellous demonstrations of experimental suggestions. Dzhelikhovsky and Normark asked me to be the experimenter in their work. I picked out this girl as my subject. But how to proceed after that
We thought it was impossible to experiment on her without her knowledge. We asked her permission, and she gladly agreed. She knew that we were going to experiment on her for two or three months, but where and when adn on what days and at what times, and in just what the experiments would consist, she did not know.
She used to fall asleep instantly under the influence of mental suggestion transmitted to her, and she woke up instantly under the influence of mental suggestion. She remembered nothing. Here is an example: she once fell asleep in Dzhelikhovsky's flat while standing up and holding a test tube containing some preparation which had been shown her by Dzhelikhovsky, and which she was examining with great interest. When she awoke she continued to examine it as though nothing had happened and imparted her impressions to the professor, continuing her conversation with him at the point where her thoughts were interrupted. She asked us several times: "Well, when are the experiments about which you gave me warning going to start?"
........Not very many experiments were carried out - no more than 30. Not a single one was a failure. The intervals between them were between 1 and 3 days; sometimes we experimented on two days in succession. We carried out expeirments not only in sending the subject to sleep and waking her up, but also in summoning her. While in my own flat I summoned the girl to Normark's laboratory at a time precisely agreed upon with Dzhelikhovsky and Normark. I used the same method. When the "ecstasy of triumph at my success" occurred, I stopped the experiment and went to the laboratory. I usually found the girl already there, or else she arrived a little after my arrival. When she was asked why she had come, she generally answered looking embarrassed: "I don't know..I just did...I wanted to come..."
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Holy smokes. That coffee cup idea is amazing. Thanks for posting the most recent video because I gotta say I would have never looked into this thread. I was trying to do the tactile method last night when I was meditating and because I broke focus I lost my chance at doing an OBE. :D I'm pretty excited right now if you can't tell. haha.
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Awesome! Hope I get the chance to meet you out of body someday. Touch everything you see & hear with your tactile sense memory. Imagine that you are touching everything, all the time & you will be:)
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I'll check that out. Thanks for posting. I haven't had anything to listen to on the way to/from work lately so this will be a nice change. :P I definitely hope to meet lucid out of body someday. I have no doubt that I'm doing some stuff already it's just my recall that stinks.
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Keep a dream journal till you get used to it, & use key words to represent memories that pop up when you are not in a position to write them down. Also, regular concentration practice will increase your memory & lucidity:)
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Also, I found recently directing energy to the mental centers/pineal will help enourmously. That is why 30min or more of sungazing helps most people instantly with dream memory. It is becuase the energy goes straight to the brain (mainly there). I read somewhere a while ago the resicrucians used to do a meditation to send energy upwards before sleep in order to help them with Astral Projection. William Bodris technique is good too, close the eyes relaxed (slightly open) and visualise a-as-white-as-you-can moon shining or a puple flame. You might notice your awareness will then sit on the pineal gland which is like being stack there. It feels like you are always in the middle of the brain in a way...if that effect is pretty strong try to center your awareness so that you are in the pineal gland exactly, then somehow throw your awareness behind. This will centre you exactly on the pineal gland then just keep it there. Its much easier than visualisation if you can do it and faster at transfering chi up there as well.
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Ah forget my signature, I have nothing smart to say...in a few months I will change my opinion probably :~p
Woah, interesting book Owl. I'm already finding a lot of things in my life that I've been manifesting without realizing it. I swear every time I realize something like this I am getting a stronger understanding of how we need to control our thoughts and emotions. Not in the sense of choking them to death but in directing/guiding them. It's the age old "Be careful what you wish for" but with an added "Be aware of what you wish for".
Good tips Arramu. I've never heard of that. Do you have any resources that go into more detail that I could look at?
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