The Tool Crib
How do we focus Intent?
I think the best way to understand intent is to work from the inside out. For instance, you don't have to reform the intent to breathe each breath.
Is there such a thing as setting too strong an intent?
There can be, especially in cases where it becomes overkill. The key with setting and applying intent is to gage the situation; use the intent and ratchet up the volume with will if you need to.
Are the intents of people always competing, or is it somehow also a choreographed dance?
The dance metaphor is a good one. Competing intent is when you form an intent of your own and you try to butt heads with somebody else who has an unyielding intent of their own.
What is Grounding?
Grounding is the process whereby we do two things: we first use earth energy to balance ourselves, and two; we use grounding to clear unwanted aspects from our energy.
What is intuition?
Intuition is the feeling, sense, etc., of some piece of information you can't possibly know through the rational mind. It comes in a lot of forms, you can intuit through sight, sound, smell, even taste.
What are the pathways to seeing energy?
I think the best way to approach this is in a practical way. Learning to see 'energy' is a function of both personal energy and learning to enlarge your worldview.
Is there a way to determine what kind of tool is right for me?
Let me step in and cause trouble.
Everybody uses tools and metaphors. Whether it's tarot, astrology, nephrology, or totem animals, they all act as structures that serve to trap attention.
How is ecstatic trance different from self-hypnosis or visualization?
There are some practitioners going around talking about shamanic trance in terms that are right out of a hypnosis textbook. The trance we're talking about can actually start that way,
How does one create the 'dreaming body'?
Well, you create it through controlling dreaming, using dreaming in practical ways. Basically you're creating the doppelganger.
What is the 'fabric' of dreaming?
It's your own energy manipulated by your reason. You can't trust normal dreaming.