For those of you who subscribe to psionics.. what environment do you use or have for practicing?

Question

I would like some opinions from anyone who does this sort of thing (or, for that matter, meditation in general) regarding what conditions you use? Do you play a calming soundtrack in the background, or just use complete silence?

Answer 1

Everybody knows the only proper music for psionics is Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565.

Answer 2

If you are trying to practice, I would suggest that you simply use a quiet environment with few distractions. Typically you may need a comfortable chair to sit in and a table - I use my kitchen which is brightly lit - but some prefer to sit in a more relaxed environment with subdued lighting and music. I think it makes little difference but you should try different things and see what works best for you. Just keep a notebook handy and make notes about the environment/setting before you begin each session marking down techniques goals and agenda and you may want to make notes afterwards also regarding results - when you find something seems to regularly produce better results for you - you can then make the decision based on your experience.

Personally I think the important issue is your state of mind... not your environment.

That said; I think anything that improves your focus and attention should help - I used to practice on a Tatame mat - and I used to practice a ritual cleansing of the practice space because I learned much of this as a form of "hara" technique... now I consider all that stuff fairly superfluous and ornament to the basic technology -- nice ornamentation and good for discipline, but not absolutely required if you have a strong enough will and are stubborn as a mule. If not then I imagine that you will find that there are many important lessons to be learned from the techniques of martial arts and the discipline that it brings, so I would encourage you to explore them as an area of research that would be helpful to your interest in the psychic disciplines as there is much in common between them.

Answer 3

I like to use a sonic stimulus... I tend to be drawn towards music or sound that is complex in rhythm so that I cannot grab on to anything but impact (obviously hard metal music in a foreign language like Swedish is enjoyable) though I also like pink noise.

post-colloidal trance is nice too.

Green eggs in a bowl of glass as a sacrament is nice too.