Manipulation - the same in many languages ;)

YAY YAY YAY!

Week-end of joy and break through...

I always knew that juggling was manipulation... I had heard it discussed a couple of times amongst various jugglers.
This weekend I realised it in practice!
I know many of you will know this moment WELL and some of you wont be able to fully understand what I'm really chatting about...

I basically picked up my pois and thought I'd let it flow to practice 'performing.' I dont know quite how it happened. um... drug induced trance maybe?!
I just zoned out and let the pois guide me... I practiced and practiced and practiced and after a point I realised that those things in my hands were objects that I was manipulating to make shapes, patterns, sequences... They werent pois, there was no such things as a 'move.' Its felt as though they were extensions of my arms which I had full pivotal/twirling control over...

It was one of the most amazing experiences!

I really know what it feels like now; not just 'YAY spinny pretty things' and 'wow, check out this new move.'
FULL control...
Beauty! Peace!
That lovely state of focused, transcendental meditation! I was and still feel on top of the world. A new experience has begun and I am fully enjoying the ride...

Much love, drome

Yay little pixie!!!

It's a nice feeling isn't it.

Love and Light,

Finn

Mr Kato likened it to "being touched by and in touch with the gods".

Amazing way to describe it!

Mmmmmmmmmm

the feeling of control

Ooops,err sorry ShizNot, that was me...

what ever floats your boat

Sounds bewtiful

*runs out to play with poi seeking same experience*

sigh....but knows deep down that it will not come whilst seeking it...but runs out anyways

It might come if you call it though. I think it answers to Mitsy.

i agree its one of the best feelings ever *feels good just thinking about it* and nicely put too, my only problem is keeping it when i try a new move.

I have a witty response to your post Stella but, I fear, you'll just ignore it so it shall remain unspaken.

drome - 'tis a funny that you should post this now, as the deepest trance I have ever had during a twirl was last sat night (performing doubles + sharpy/burny) to cut a long story short, I cleared my mind and new moves and combinations came to my mind as I performed them and each jump and flip was performed with straight legs and firm landings - at several points I forgot there was anyone around. such a beautiful feeling! my meditative traces are soo much clearer now that deliberate negative emotions/smoking/caffeine are no longer part of my life. To feel the avalanche of great ideas when you free your head is so surprising! The only downside was that I had a bit of a headache while everything in my vision grew curly tips that kept wriggling lazily like worms. The question must be asked where such enormous serendipity comes from. My esotericism teacher discourages use of ****, explaining that such consicousness is only developed through years of hard, disciplined spiritual work, and that use of **** temporarily reveals only a hint of it, cheating if you will. That reason alone was powerful enough for me to quit smoking anything and even stop drinking/taking caffeine (all of which cloud the mind!) This issue is definitely become the focus of my life now, as it central to the way i structure the way i live, from firetwirling to karma debt!

My pseudo sword spinning practice has lead to great advances in my poi spinning - and my double staff - it's strange where you find inspiration and new hope.

We all have Karmic debts to solve people to meet and people to share energy with
Tis good that some are on the right track!

I meditate in many ways besides my pois/staff/juggling...
I dont think its 'cheating' seeing as you are focusing on one thing when you reach the trance like state described, which, in essence is meditation.
I do doubt you will reach enlightenment by practicing poi as that does take many years of dicipline and practice...
Thanks for sharing bender

Much love to all, drome

Good on you mate!

Inside the vortex life is all good...

C@ntus: Inspiration can be easily found in beauty whether physical or not

This is the closest painted image that resembles how i saw things on saturday morning, except the world's detail (grass, corners, stars) swayed and wriggled in the same floating lazy manner that underwater coral sways.

Absolutely magical.
The meditation came after the performances - Every time my friends tried to sit me up to dance, I'd break the trance and whine about 'focusing my eyesight' and 'drawing me back to this plane' the night was so fun and peaceful I was happy all weekend!
It's getting so easy to be happy now that I feel like a village idiot

Dromepixie, i should talk you through some of my artwok sometime. You'd be surprised where i get some of my inspiration

aaaah c@ntus, i might not have ignored your witty post, i might have appreciated your humour. that was very cool to hear about bender. im falling asleep at computer must finish pos...............

You Aussies never cease to amaze me!
I will get my ass to australia some day...
Then we can have one of those trancendental chats over a large *l*ff.

C@ntus I'd love to see some of your work! I am thinking about what I said and inspiration can also be found in deep dark places... My other halfs art for about 3 years was fueled by angst and fear...

Much love to you all, drome

fogotten

forgot what? ..let's wear some afghan wigs!

What about the beards?

shhhhhhh!
/whispers to drome
hey I'm hoarding the beards we had agreem- hey wait you aren't kinudin!!

nope not kinudin but i think the beard idea goes down well!

look at me I have FULL control
*gets smacked between the eyes*

yeah drome thanks for directing me towards this one! This is exactly what I was trying to get across

I can remember when this one was first posted and I read the first couple of posts - I still hadnt had the breakthrough where everything became simple in my mind and it seemed that I could just use thought to control the flight path of my poi, concentration on where I would like them to go and just letting my arms and body move at free will to get them there.

It really is like a feeling of enlightenment that clears all thoughts or worries

Mark P

It actually CAN be defined as a meditation (of sorts) because you are focusing all your energy into one thing. If you just let it go past learning tricks into the stuff straight from your heart then all is well and they shall soon be flowing so freely you wonder whether you are putting effort in!

Much love, drome