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Sean

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/03/11/o.energy.vampires/index.html
On CNN.
There are those who leave you feeling stressed out. Or guilty. Or exhausted down to your very last molecule. I call them energy vampires, and obnoxious or meek, they come in all forms.
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One of the first things to do is to recognize when you're being drained, and that begins with tuning in to your physical reactions. Is there a tightening in your chest when a certain person enters the conversation? Do you feel tired when you hang up the phone after speaking with someone? Does your head ache, or do you feel what I call "slimed" when another guest at a cocktail party starts talking to you?
The moment you feel zapped -- or hemmed in, or stressed out -- I recommend taking a breath. Breathing is a wonderful way to center yourself. Just follow the breath and tell yourself that you know what's happening and you can deal with it.
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Visualize a protective white light around you: an energy shield. You can still hear the person who's yelling at you or blaming you or pushing herself into your sphere, but she won't cut into you so viscerally anymore. You've created a buffer zone, where her negative influences can dissipate.
I was a little surprised to be reading this on CNN :-P.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/03/11/o.energy.vampires/index.html On CNN. [quote]There are those who leave you feeling stressed out. Or guilty. Or exhausted down to your very last molecule. I call them energy vampires, and obnoxious or meek, they come in all forms. ... One of the first things to do is to recognize when you're being drained, and that begins with tuning in to your physical reactions. Is there a tightening in your chest when a certain person enters the conversation? Do you feel tired when you hang up the phone after speaking with someone? Does your head ache, or do you feel what I call "slimed" when another guest at a cocktail party starts talking to you? The moment you feel zapped -- or hemmed in, or stressed out -- I recommend taking a breath. Breathing is a wonderful way to center yourself. Just follow the breath and tell yourself that you know what's happening and you can deal with it. ... Visualize a protective white light around you: an energy shield. You can still hear the person who's yelling at you or blaming you or pushing herself into your sphere, but she won't cut into you so viscerally anymore. You've created a buffer zone, where her negative influences can dissipate.[/quote] I was a little surprised to be reading this on CNN :-P.

Posted 4 years, 9 months ago

Anonymous Dark

Heh...Oprah the Psion! :-P
Heh...Oprah the Psion! :-P

Posted 4 years, 9 months ago

PsiEd

Can Oprah read the minds of USA???????
WILL SHE DOMINATE THE PSYCHIC THRESHOLDS OF MANKIND?????
two words only....
OPRAH´S VA-JAY-JAAAAY (TREMBLE IN FEAR!!!!!!)
Nice method, though. Works like a charm in charged places too, such as theaters or museums .
Just my two cents here:D
Can Oprah read the minds of USA??????? WILL SHE DOMINATE THE PSYCHIC THRESHOLDS OF MANKIND????? two words only.... OPRAH´S VA-JAY-JAAAAY (TREMBLE IN FEAR!!!!!!) Nice method, though. Works like a charm in charged places too, such as theaters or museums . Just my two cents here:D

Posted 4 years, 9 months ago

SheepKing

I think most people would interpret "Energy Vampire" as more of a figure of speech. Someone who stresses you out and makes you tired, mentally.
I read that article actually, I think it was on the cnn like a month ago or something like that? That's how I took it, though I only read it because it perked my interest in the Weirder-than-normal sense.
As to whether or not the article is "secretly" teaching the unaware about psi-related stuff; Sure sounds like it. Which may or may not be a good thing.
I've been thinking about what to type right now, for about a minute and can't word it. So I'll let the little sentence that just keeps popping into my field of view do all the talking for me:
Microsoft can suck my balls.
I think most people would interpret "Energy Vampire" as more of a figure of speech. Someone who stresses you out and makes you tired, mentally. I read that article actually, I think it was on the cnn like a month ago or something like that? That's how I took it, though I only read it because it perked my interest in the Weirder-than-normal sense. As to whether or not the article is "secretly" teaching the unaware about psi-related stuff; Sure sounds like it. Which may or may not be a good thing. I've been thinking about what to type right now, for about a minute and can't word it. So I'll let the little sentence that just keeps popping into my field of view do all the talking for me: Microsoft can suck my balls.

Posted 4 years, 9 months ago

Yujinn

im new here and i do study on what others have to say on these things....but im not going to try anything just sayin i no someone whoes an energy vampire but i myself hang out w/him cause he needs the energy and i have inf. of it to give :p
im new here and i do study on what others have to say on these things....but im not going to try anything just sayin i no someone whoes an energy vampire but i myself hang out w/him cause he needs the energy and i have inf. of it to give :p

Posted 4 years, 9 months ago

JK

Honestly, that fact that you even bothered to post me saddens me to no end. Sean you once had my greatest respect as a leader, a psion, and a site maker and keeper, but I see your days of glory have ended.
Think about what you are portraying when you post this article here. You are showing a mass media, drama queen who is incredibly fluff with her false caring and emotions, who feeds off of popularity and her carving for money, being interested in something extremely serious as psionics. We psions suffer from a lack of serious study and attention without the distracts of greed of money and fame. We have enough problems trying to get mere science to take a second, questioning look at us, that we can't even dream of getting the public to do the same. For her to even look into our research, and obviously she stole this from some fluff ridden site without really understanding what she and or the author is writing about, only makes our subject a bigger laughing matter.
Maybe why the stranger things in life get ignored, dismissed, or worse, laughed at, is because of people like you posting this like it's a serious thing. This is not the attention I want. Psi vampires as we all know, are a serious, real subject to study and understand. They are a real, dangerous threat, but not one to go on panic mode about. Oprah talking about this, not only makes the whole thing seem silly and easy to ignore, but something that will cause fluff bunnies to run around in circles panicking and "seeing" psi vampires all the time. Surely with all your newbie dealing, know how much a pain in the butt it is to deal with panicking newbies?
Honestly, that fact that you even bothered to post me saddens me to no end. Sean you once had my greatest respect as a leader, a psion, and a site maker and keeper, but I see your days of glory have ended. Think about what you are portraying when you post this article here. You are showing a mass media, drama queen who is incredibly fluff with her false caring and emotions, who feeds off of popularity and her carving for money, being interested in something extremely serious as psionics. We psions suffer from a lack of serious study and attention without the distracts of greed of money and fame. We have enough problems trying to get mere science to take a second, questioning look at us, that we can't even dream of getting the public to do the same. For her to even look into our research, and obviously she stole this from some fluff ridden site without really understanding what she and or the author is writing about, only makes our subject a bigger laughing matter. Maybe why the stranger things in life get ignored, dismissed, or worse, laughed at, is because of people like you posting this like it's a serious thing. This is not the attention I want. Psi vampires as we all know, are a serious, real subject to study and understand. They are a real, dangerous threat, but not one to go on panic mode about. Oprah talking about this, not only makes the whole thing seem silly and easy to ignore, but something that will cause fluff bunnies to run around in circles panicking and "seeing" psi vampires all the time. Surely with all your newbie dealing, know how much a pain in the butt it is to deal with panicking newbies?

Posted 4 years, 9 months ago

Sean

I think you might be reading into this a little too much, JK. I saw the article on CNN, and thought the ALW community might get a kick out of it, so I relayed it here.
The public could give two shits about what "science" thinks. Talk to people in public about psionics. Most people are pretty open minded and will share ideas, as long as you communicate on their level. Don't buy into the cynics argument that we are the weird ones. Out of the hundreds of people I've talked to in real life about the paranormal, I've only met two cynics, and both of them were laughed at when they stated their beliefs out loud.
Also, there aren't any panicking newbies around here. Relax man, it's just an article :-). No worries.
~Sean
I think you might be reading into this a little too much, JK. I saw the article on CNN, and thought the ALW community might get a kick out of it, so I relayed it here. The public could give two shits about what "science" thinks. Talk to people in public about psionics. Most people are pretty open minded and will share ideas, as long as you communicate on their level. Don't buy into the cynics argument that we are the weird ones. Out of the hundreds of people I've talked to in real life about the paranormal, I've only met two cynics, and both of them were laughed at when they stated their beliefs out loud. Also, there aren't any panicking newbies around here. Relax man, it's just an article :-). No worries. ~Sean

Posted 4 years, 9 months ago

ErikJDurwoodII

I LOL'ed.
I LOL'ed.

Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

Antisankari

In the end of the day, the deepthroat knows it all: "Sean, Psi is a SHAM!"
We can all sleep well now.
In the end of the day, the deepthroat knows it all: "Sean, Psi is a SHAM!" We can all sleep well now.

Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

funkydeath

This is a bit different from what CNN and OPRAH were talking about. but i find that when im practicing psi i have a very low success rate and it takes alot more effort to do simple things like feel the psi ball etc. My little brother in this respect is far better than i am at it. however, when ever he is practicing and im around him while he does it, i suddenly have the ability to do far more, ie turing the psi wheel fairly easily, making psi balls in a snap (fairly strong ones too). I found this interesting and began to wonder why this would be and the only explanation is that i am sapping his psi somehow. Needless to say i have stopped hanging around him while he practices just incase it stops him from doing it.
none of what CNN or Oprah said applies to me, but am i some kind of 'energy vampire' too? obviously i dont need to be around so its not really a vampire as such more like...well i dont know what its like, a vampire that doesnt need it but sometimes takes it by mistake? :S
This is a bit different from what CNN and OPRAH were talking about. but i find that when im practicing psi i have a very low success rate and it takes alot more effort to do simple things like feel the psi ball etc. My little brother in this respect is far better than i am at it. however, when ever he is practicing and im around him while he does it, i suddenly have the ability to do far more, ie turing the psi wheel fairly easily, making psi balls in a snap (fairly strong ones too). I found this interesting and began to wonder why this would be and the only explanation is that i am sapping his psi somehow. Needless to say i have stopped hanging around him while he practices just incase it stops him from doing it. none of what CNN or Oprah said applies to me, but am i some kind of 'energy vampire' too? obviously i dont need to be around so its not really a vampire as such more like...well i dont know what its like, a vampire that doesnt need it but sometimes takes it by mistake? :S

Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

Linked

funkydeath, have you seen any kind of drop in his success while you were around? cause you might just be useing the excess energy he was putting off into the room.
funkydeath, have you seen any kind of drop in his success while you were around? cause you might just be useing the excess energy he was putting off into the room.

Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

funkydeath

Hmm thats interesting... i hope you are right.
No there is no drop in his success.
i wonder if this is something im doing or something he's doing. Would i gain more if i was around someone with even more experience with psi or is it just that he is allowing others to use his? im also wondering maybe because we are brothers that might have something to do with it , as i havent meet a psion in person i cant say. either way its something to think about.
However i can consciously interfere with his, if i concentrate on taking it then there is a drop. mind you i only tried this once, as an experiment with his permission.
Hmm thats interesting... i hope you are right. No there is no drop in his success. i wonder if this is something im doing or something he's doing. Would i gain more if i was around someone with even more experience with psi or is it just that he is allowing others to use his? im also wondering maybe because we are brothers that might have something to do with it , as i havent meet a psion in person i cant say. either way its something to think about. However i can consciously interfere with his, if i concentrate on taking it then there is a drop. mind you i only tried this once, as an experiment with his permission.

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Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

Linked

your lucky your brother belives in/does this stuff. my little brother thinks i'm crazy and is closed to the hole idea of the possiblity of this stuff.
your lucky your brother belives in/does this stuff. my little brother thinks i'm crazy and is closed to the hole idea of the possiblity of this stuff.

Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

funkydeath

Has anyone come across this kind of thing before?
@Linked
why don't you show your brother some of the stuff you can do with psi?
Has anyone come across this kind of thing before? @Linked why don't you show your brother some of the stuff you can do with psi?

Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

Wandering Wolf

@funkydeath
“Would i gain more if i was around someone with even more experience with psi or is it just that he is allowing others to use his?” - funkydeath
Currently, I can only think of three possible causes that could explain this and, for all I know, more than one of the following possible causes could be present at the same time:
1. He leaks massive amounts of energy that you are subconsciously tapping into (not so much like a psi vampire, however).
2. His presence induces a semi-conscious desire in you to do better than usual. This desire, however hidden it may be, could compel your subconscious to help you achieve this goal.
3. His very physical presence induces a connective strengthening in your abilities in the way that sharing body heat with another can increase the overall body heat for both bodies.
The latter was expressed (not in the way that I presented it) by an author in terms of psychic cognition and competence. He more or less said that being with just one other person when using psychic abilities will square both persons abilities and will be squared again when another person is added and so on and so forth.
It did not involve psionic abilities, but it is definitely something to consider. It sounds more like a universal principle than something directed at only a select few applications.
“However i can consciously interfere with his, if i concentrate on taking it then there is a drop.”
- funkydeath
That sounds harmless enough. It seems like nothing to worry about from the sounds of it.
@JK
“They are a real, dangerous threat, but not one to go on panic mode about.” - JK
Are you implying that most psi vampires are draining energy out of malevolence?
If you are, then I am afraid that I am going to have to disagree with you. According to what I have read, psi vampires drain energy because they have to do so to survive. I even heard that they can end up in a hospital if they neglect to feed enough (this supposedly happened to an actual psi vampire). Psi vampires are said to have a strong need to feed due to chakra deficiencies/dysfunctions that they were born with and cannot help.
I have never heard of psi vampires seriously injuring anyone before either (not that you said this directly, but that is the impression that I am getting from you). They just need to feed once in a while to allow themselves to recharge and function in society. I am not dismissing the possibility, however, that at least some psi vampires take their feeding too far or do so sadistically. That is just a fact of life. There are going to be rotten apples no matter what, but this is no reason to consider them all to be a serious threat.
I do not believe that we should be fearing them so much. We, as a community, should be trying to understand them and should probably try reaching out to them to help them and those harmed by them with their problem.
JK, if I have misinterpreted your statement then I apologize in advance.
@funkydeath “Would i gain more if i was around someone with even more experience with psi or is it just that he is allowing others to use his?” - funkydeath Currently, I can only think of three possible causes that could explain this and, for all I know, more than one of the following possible causes could be present at the same time: 1. He leaks massive amounts of energy that you are subconsciously tapping into (not so much like a psi vampire, however). 2. His presence induces a semi-conscious desire in you to do better than usual. This desire, however hidden it may be, could compel your subconscious to help you achieve this goal. 3. His very physical presence induces a connective strengthening in your abilities in the way that sharing body heat with another can increase the overall body heat for both bodies. The latter was expressed (not in the way that I presented it) by an author in terms of psychic cognition and competence. He more or less said that being with just one other person when using psychic abilities will square both persons abilities and will be squared again when another person is added and so on and so forth. It did not involve psionic abilities, but it is definitely something to consider. It sounds more like a universal principle than something directed at only a select few applications. “However i can consciously interfere with his, if i concentrate on taking it then there is a drop.” - funkydeath That sounds harmless enough. It seems like nothing to worry about from the sounds of it. @JK “They are a real, dangerous threat, but not one to go on panic mode about.” - JK Are you implying that most psi vampires are draining energy out of malevolence? If you are, then I am afraid that I am going to have to disagree with you. According to what I have read, psi vampires drain energy because they have to do so to survive. I even heard that they can end up in a hospital if they neglect to feed enough (this supposedly happened to an actual psi vampire). Psi vampires are said to have a strong need to feed due to chakra deficiencies/dysfunctions that they were born with and cannot help. I have never heard of psi vampires seriously injuring anyone before either (not that you said this directly, but that is the impression that I am getting from you). They just need to feed once in a while to allow themselves to recharge and function in society. I am not dismissing the possibility, however, that at least some psi vampires take their feeding too far or do so sadistically. That is just a fact of life. There are going to be rotten apples no matter what, but this is no reason to consider them all to be a serious threat. I do not believe that we should be fearing them so much. We, as a community, should be trying to understand them and should probably try reaching out to them to help them and those harmed by them with their problem. JK, if I have misinterpreted your statement then I apologize in advance.

Last edited by Wandering Wolf, 4 years, 8 months ago
Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

Linked

@funkydeath
because he disbelives in it so much that he ignores what he feels and says he doesn't feel anything. I know he can feel it cause when i have asked him i saw a funny look on his face like a "i don't know whats going on" kinda look for a minute. But he says he doesn't so i didn't try to force him to.
sorry if i'm being kinda confuseing right now, i've have only had 3 hours of sleep. :p
@funkydeath because he disbelives in it so much that he ignores what he feels and says he doesn't feel anything. I know he can feel it cause when i have asked him i saw a funny look on his face like a "i don't know whats going on" kinda look for a minute. But he says he doesn't so i didn't try to force him to. sorry if i'm being kinda confuseing right now, i've have only had 3 hours of sleep. :p

Last edited by Linked, 4 years, 8 months ago
Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

funkydeath

@Linked
ah well each to his own.
Nah it wasn't confusing. and i know what you mean i have had similar experiences with other people.
@Linked ah well each to his own. Nah it wasn't confusing. and i know what you mean i have had similar experiences with other people.

Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

funkydeath

@Linked
ah well each to his own.
Nah it wasn't confusing. and i know what you mean i have had similar experiences with other people.
@Linked ah well each to his own. Nah it wasn't confusing. and i know what you mean i have had similar experiences with other people.

Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

keen31

sorry for offtopic, but when i was reading the new replies to this thread i got a kick out of the ad google served up in the sidebar.
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Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

somefatguy

Ha ha ha...
Ha ha ha...

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