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  When I set up my training area, it made me feel embarrassed with myself for even doing that. It made me paranoid that someone might find out that I was trying this stuff, and that they might think I was lost in a fantasy. Every time I had a success, my inner non-believer suggested an alternative explanation, a reason why it couldn’t have possibly been my own intention.

  The believer is like a well-intentioned friend who has faith in you but has to make up stories to back you up. It’s emotional. My believer was there inside me the first time I watched Luke Skywalker pull his X-Wing fighter out of the swamp with Master Yoda’s instruction, “Do or do not, there is no try.”[*] As the chill ran up my spine, I just wanted to believe so badly that this kind of thing could be true.

  You may really believe that telekinesis is real, but there’s one problem. You’ve never experienced it yourself, and you have no other data to show that it’s real.

  The helpful part about the believer is that it’s the reason why you considered this book in the first place. It’s the reason you began your search at all. It’s the aspect of you that will continue the training even when the non-believer and the pseudo-skeptic are telling you to give up because you’re just fooling yourself. When a moment of doubt arises, the believer will keep you going.

  When your inner believer and non-believer argue, neither truly wins because neither has a basis of proof. It’s simply a battle of emotions. For the skeptic, there is no argument. There is only data, or no data.

  So, when your inner believer is urging you on with your exploration, daring you to try new things, listen wholeheartedly. Let it fuel your passion.

  Once you have data, otherwise known as direct experience, you can share it with others if you choose. But do so as a skeptic, not as a believer. Let people make their own conclusions. People who don’t want to change their minds about how the world works, won’t, even when given new information. This brings us to the last of the four personalities, the pseudo-skeptic.

  The pseudo-skeptic is boisterous and a time-waster. It claims to be a true skeptic, and that its arguments are based on science. For example, it’ll say things like “Science still hasn’t proven that ESP is real.” Yet the fact is that many published studies over the last several decades do show that people are able to gain information without the use of the five senses. These studies involve double-blind experiments and multiple subjects. A statistical analysis of the results indicates a psi[*] effect far beyond chance, or beyond what most folks call “luck.”

  The pseudo-skeptic either is not aware of these studies because it would rather not look, or it’s hoping that you’re not aware of them yourself and you take its word for it instead. If a pseudo-skeptic encounters data which gives evidence for psi, it will argue that the experiment was flawed in some way, that the results were skewed, or that the researcher is manipulating the data. Then it will discard the results and continue promoting its preferred beliefs.

  Alternately, if the pseudo-skeptic encounters data that contradicts the possibility of psi, it will defend the study vigorously and refuse to consider any conflicting evidence from other studies. This is not science. This is what Charles Tart PhD labeled “scientism” in his book The End of Materialism.

  Educating yourself about what studies have actually revealed will help counter your inner pseudo-skeptic. Information is power, it gives you a sense of conviction. When you learn what others have discovered, you can use those facts to put the pseudo-skeptic to rest. This is also important when people challenge you.

  The best data is your own personal experience. At the same time, I strongly recommend that you read these three books: The End of Materialism by Charles Tart, PhD; Supernormal by Dean Radin, PhD; and The Reality of ESP: A Physicist’s Proof of Psychic Abilities by Russell Targ, PhD.

  These researchers are on the cutting edge of psi research using valid scientific methodology and statistical analysis. They will help you get caught up on what real scientists have learned. You will see that the data show strong evidence for telekinesis and other phenomena. This should give you much encouragement.

  Now that you know how to identify your four inner personalities, you can put these characters to good use.

  Assign your inner believer the task of cheering you on to discovery. Let the inner non-believer suggest where you can improve your skill or tighten up an experiment to reduce doubt. The inner skeptic will keep track of what works and what doesn’t work based on the results, helping you learn. Your inner pseudo-skeptic will challenge you to educate yourself.

  The best attitude to take during a training session is that of a skeptic. When you act and feel like a true skeptic, you remain emotionally neutral during the session. This helps you stay relaxed, which you’ll learn is vital to success in telekinesis.

  If, on the other hand, you train like a believer, the emotions of excitement and hope will devolve into impatience, worry, struggle, and defeat. This will only cause stress, which substantially weakens your potential.

  Let your inner believer fully celebrate after you succeed at moving the object. Celebration is valuable, at the appropriate time.

  3. Training Supplies and Recommendations

  For Level One

  A long sewing needle or pin.

  A base to insert the upright needle into. You could use a pencil eraser, a cork, a small bar of soap, or a candle. It should not be any kind of material that could carry a static electrical charge. Stick the needle or pin into the base so that the sharpest tip is up. This is where the object will be placed. The reason for putting the sharpest tip up is to minimize friction between the object and the needle tip as much as possible.

  A rectangular piece of tinfoil the length of a finger, and about half as wide. Fold the tinfoil lengthwise so that it is shaped like a tent. Then balance the tinfoil upon the needle. Be careful not to pierce or indent the tin foil in the least. Placing it as gently as possible on the needle should prevent it from getting stuck. The piece of tin foil is now your “object.”

  You could use a similarly sized piece of paper instead, but it may prove more difficult than the tin foil. I weighed both types of objects on an electronic scale and was surprised to see how much heavier paper is than tin foil. Both are extremely lightweight objects, yet the relative difference is significant. I recommend starting as light as possible, with tinfoil. After becoming successful through Level Four, you could repeat the exercises with paper.

  A painter’s mask, handkerchief, or something else that you can use to cover your nose and mouth to prevent your breath from interfering with the object.

  Find a table and chair in a room where there is as little air movement as possible. Close any windows and turn off any devices like fans, air conditioners, or heaters. The air needs to be as still as possible. The table should be cleared of any other objects, especially electronic devices or anything else that could raise doubt about what’s causing the object’s movement.

  For Levels Two, Three, and Four

  A glass container with a straight, even lip. You won’t need to cover your nose and mouth anymore or close windows because at these levels, the object will be encased in the glass container. I recommend a clear, cylindrical flower vase. The glass should be fairly thin, not thick like a mixing bowl. These types of vases are available in hobby stores, flower shops, and thrift stores.

  Be sure that there is no static charge on the glass whatsoever. You can test this by seeing if hair, small pieces of Styrofoam or paper cling to it. If these materials cling to the glass, you’ll need to remove the static. The easiest way is to rub a dryer sheet over the interior and exterior surface of the glass.

  The reason we want to remove any static charge isn’t because it might make the object move, but because it will prevent it from moving. Think of it like the needle of a compass, always pointing to the northern pole of the earth’s electromagnetic field. We don’t want your object to be fixed in one position because of nearby static.

  Most glass conta
iners are well designed and will prevent air from passing between the edge and the surface of the table. If you want to be sure that external air movement won’t affect the object, you can use masking tape to seal the edge of the container to the table after you’ve placed it over the object.

  When you lower the glass container over the object, do it slowly. The air disturbance will cause the object to spin somewhat, and if it moves too quickly it will fall off the needle. Also, when finally landing the glass onto the table surface, do it gently to prevent a hard impact, causing the object to fall off the needle.

  At all levels, the object and the glass container should stay out of direct sunlight or other ambient sources of heat. You should even avoid placing your hot mug of coffee or tea anywhere nearby. Even though these are unlikely to heat the air inside the container, we need to avoid any alternative causes of movement. We’re eliminating doubt step by step.

  Your clothing

  You probably know which of your shirts or sweaters accumulate static easily. Don’t wear them during telekinesis training. Avoid wearing any clothing that might hold a static charge. Until you’re successful, try to wear short sleeved shirts to be sure that your clothes aren’t affecting the object. Again, we want to eliminate any alternative causes for the object’s movement, or non-movement in the case of static.

  After you’ve proven to yourself that the object is moving due to your mental and energetic influence, you can continue your training sessions with any clothing you’d like to wear, and with that hot cup of java nearby. By then, you’ll be certain that these things are not causing the object’s movements.

  Your appetite

  It’s best not to be distracted by hunger, thirst, or other bodily needs during a session. Have a snack and go to the bathroom before you begin. That way, you’ll be able to sit in front of the object for a sufficient period of time without needing to get up for any reason. Fighting an urge during the session can weaken your will and attention.

  Sleepiness

  Sleepiness is a sign that your energy is depleted. You should be well rested before beginning a telekinesis session. Otherwise, you will be easily distracted or discouraged, and give up too soon.

  Playing videos or music during a training session

  Keep your training room silent and free of distraction. You might think that playing comforting or inspirational music during training might be helpful. However, your intention will be directed toward perceiving that sound and listening. Your intentional energy will be divided between two interests, the music and the object.

  Your attention will also be directed toward the meaning of the lyrics, how it makes you feel, etc. At that point your energy will go into your mental experience of that song instead of toward the object. The same applies for video. You can’t watch a video and successfully do this training at the same time, at least in the very beginning.

  We want as much intention to be directed toward the object as possible.

  4. Assumptions Which Impede Success

  There is one tremendous obstacle that a person can experience during his or her training. It’s not a problem with the instructions, the person’s capacity, or with telekinesis itself. The problem comes from inside the person’s mind. It is simply an assumption that the person may have picked up at one point in their life.

  Nowhere in the training method are practitioners instructed to focus on any parts of the body, not even the hands or forehead. You will engage the position of your hands for Levels One, Two, and Three to one degree or another, but it is the position of the hands, and not the hands themselves, which matters.

  I’ve heard from so many new practitioners who struggled because they made the assumption that they were supposed to do something more with their hands. They thought that they should be pushing energy out of their hands, or feeling energy streaming from them.

  Beginners often refer to the spiritual/metaphysical concept of chakras, the nexuses of energy transmission in the body’s subtle energy. They then wonder, “Why aren’t my hand chakras working?” or “How do I activate my hand chakras?”

  The roadblock is revealed in their next comment. “I’ve been focusing on my hands and the object still won’t move! It doesn’t work!” Or, “When I focus on my hands I feel energy, but I can’t make the object move.”

  They disable themselves by applying their attention and intention to their hands instead of to the object.[*]

  In the following chapters, you will notice that the instruction is always to keep your eyes and your mind on the object, and not on your hands, your third eye, your heart chakra, or anything else like that. You will learn the principle that energy follows attention. If you focus on your hands, the energy will go to your hands instead of to the object.

  Similarly, if you focus on your third eye, the energy will go to your head. This is the likely explanation for why some beginners experience headaches or wooziness during their training. They are accidentally flooding their heads with excess energy.

  When people makes this mistake, and produce peculiar sensations in their hands, head, or other areas, the experience bolsters this unfortunate assumption. It’s understandable because it’s a real feeling, something they can easily discern. But it can be a dead end. Instead of the energy going out there where it’s wanted, it stays in the body instead.

  The idea of the third eye, or the brow chakra, is especially problematic. This term is commonly found in online discussion forums, video comment sections, and many spiritual and metaphysical books. Yet the third eye means different things to different people in various traditions. Is it a location between the eyebrows? Or is it a few inches above that? Or does it represent the pineal gland in the brain? Or is it something in between, or completely different?

  I am not denying the existence or phenomenology of the third eye. What I’m pointing out is that it’s a concept found in many different traditions, each with unique modes of training, instruction, and theory. The concept is also misused and misunderstood by people who make up their own ideas about it and spread it over the internet.

  Because of this, many new practitioners assume that they need to “open” their third eye in order to do this work. Then they seek advice about how to open it from possibly ill-informed people. Some become disappointed, frustrated, and eventually give up.

  I will be clear. You do not need to open your third eye to do telekinesis. You do not need to push energy out of your

  hands[*]. Don’t pay any more attention to your hands beyond what’s needed to put them in place near the object. At Level Four, the hands won’t even be involved in any way at all.

  Your subconscious mind has far more knowledge and skill than the conscious mind does. Let it do the work of stimulating and coordinating your energy. All you have to do is tell it where you want to go, and it’ll take you there.

  When you drive a car, do you need to know exactly how the internal combustion system works? Do you need to get out and turn the axel with your own hands? Of course, you don’t. Your job is to keep your eyes on the road and look where you want to go.

  The car is useless without the driver, so be the driver, not the mechanic. Without intending your destination, you’d just remain parked, in neutral, and you’d wonder why your engine isn’t moving the car. Please remember this as you begin your training.

  It’s likely that you will feel spontaneous energetic sensations throughout your body, including your head and hands. Over time, you’ll notice that these sensations come and go without consequence.

  Sometimes, when moving the object during a telekinesis session, your hands will feel a little tingly. At other times, in fact most of the time in my own experience, you won’t feel anything at all.

  And still the object moves, without any peculiar body sensations occurring. You don’t even need to know how to negotiate the glass barrier. Your subconscious mind, in concert with the surrounding environment, figures that out for you. You just need to give it time to figure it out,
and that’s time spent in each training session.

  In every session, you will reach a particular state of relaxation. Relaxation increases your ability to feel. You will periodically notice movements, temperature shifts, and energetic events in your body. These feelings occur all the time on a daily basis, it’s just that we normally don’t notice them because we’re focused on other things.

  Meditation practitioners know this experience well. During a well-settled meditation period, they can feel their heart rate, the peristalsis of their stomach and intestines, and the flow or blockage of energy in the body.