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[JediKaren]

Anyone have a good topic for us to talk about for this coming Sunday? Note that I don't want to do practice any skill yet until everyone is more comfortable with how these chats work.

Some ideas of my own are:

1. What is combat and why it is generally not accepted on many psionic sites.
2. What are some other energies besides psi and how they are different/same.
3. Should psionics be brought to the public's attention for funding?

[AnimalGurl]

I understand the other two and they are interesting but whats the point of #3? I don't see how the public funding thing could work.

[pyrokinetic]

I like the other energy option. A lot of newbies are confused with that rule about only psi here. I think that a lot of people will reap the benefits of that chat and fill it up. I would enjoy that one.

[Barriss Offee]

I like the first option. I know from personal experience that newbies at psi often join up thinking that, after a few hours of training or so, they'll be able to shoot lightning from their fingertips and stuff like that. Even the "wiser" newbies often have this preconceived notion that they will quickly hold the power to kill or severely injure their "enemies". Not only are most if not all of these warlike ideas that people have false, they are also not what this site is about, and it would be good for new members to realize that.

[linkmaster03]

I agree with edward, number one would be fun.

[bigdognick6]

other energies, since most people prefer this site to others(otherwise they wouldnt be here) and like the way things are done. most other sites are to fluffy and if we made this one day exception and talked about other energies than we would all be more educated and those noobs would learn what they wanted and wouldnt need to ask again.

[JediKaren]

Ok sounds like you all want number one.

[The Adfeng]

I think we should do both one AND two at the same time. Psi can be used for combat and people need to understand proper self defense, but other energies as well can be used for better self defense.

[pspeters]

I say #2.


Number 3?!!! NO i totally disagree. No one excepts psionics so just leave it that way the people do not need to know

[psidan]

The government knows but if we started advertising psionics or Metaphysics more than we have before I bet either the government would take advantage by giving fake advertising or publicly claim it fake, even though they have gotten things such as telepathy proven.

[tamarin89]

I think #2 would be better for the group seeing as a lot of newbies (including myself) come to this forum believing psi, chi, and other energies are all the same.

[Ness]

It is all the same, though. If you'll notice, any place telling you how to make a kiball, for example, will give you the exact same directions for making psiball. They'll just be calling it ki.

I prefer to call it energy myself.

[watergod367]

KI\CHI Is NOT the same as PSI.It's absolutely different types of energies.One is of the body and one is of the brain(mind).I thing we should discuss this.#2 (although #1 is good too).

[Electrotonic]

I think it should be number 1, because most people come to learn how to be jean grey and make their teachers IQ go down to 1 if the teacher gives them a D+ on a test or something like that so you should tell them what combat is really for. but don't forget to teach them that Combat can also be used as a good thing in some communities like for tournaments or practice with shields or protecting yourself in general

[psidan]

The Ki articles which give the same techniques as the ones used on this site for psi is not Ki. Ki or Chi really is properly called Qi, and working with it is called Qi-Gong, which translates into breath work. forums.vsociety.net/index.php?topic=10188.0 is a basic article on Qi. The meditations may sound like they are similar and that's because some are. The main focus for meditation is clearing your mind. They also prove techniques which will balance, or cycle your Qi, and in the more advanced articles provide how QI combines with Martial Arts. Please try and get all ideas of psionics or Naruto related anime out of your head before. Real Qi isnt like that.

Yeah. We REALLY need to have a talk to clear that up.