[Manna]

It is my understanding that the "powers" of the force so often sought after are in reality a by-product of something else. That something else is a complete cleansing and harmonizing of body, spirit, and mind. The biggest obstacle to this cleansing and harmonizing is the accumulation and holding onto the past and the baggage of the past.

The first step, therefore, is inner cleansing. The top tools I have found for this are EFT, EC, & EMDR.

Tools to achieve this can be found at or through or by:
EFT - http://www.eftuniverse.com/ this is the new site for the old emofree.com site. Super tool for self cleansing and harmonizing.

This teaches how to release trapped negative emotions. "The Emotion Code" by Dr. Bradley Nelson.
5 Chapter sampler http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&&...ode%22&spell=1

also EMDR, if you can find it and afford it. It digs into your deepest paradigms and corrects them. I highly recommend a counselor to guide you through this. It can be done solo. Only not as effectively. It can be done using the next item...

SHARM - http://www.thesharm.com/ Has a free download demo version. breathing, Binaural, monaural and isochronics beats, medt aid. more. fabulous tool.

Donna Eden "Energy Medicine" is excellent as well.

Authors who are true Jedi Masters in my estimation:
Tom Brown, Jr. "Awakening Spirits"
Arnold Mindell "Quantum Mind and Healing"
Both are strong on awareness. Both give exercises. Both have lived awesome lives.

Most helpful reading- " The Inner Life" and "The Gathas, The Sufi Message, Volume 13" by Hazrat Inayat Khan.

[Kol Drake]

As with some who practice certain martial arts, after a time they might start experiencing 'odd things' when working with mind, body, and spirit. While cool and such, most masters remind their students to 'not get distracted' from what is important -- their learning and training -- not the 'side effects'.

Same for working with energies -- personal, living, or universal Force. I've not read most of the others but do have the 'old' Energy Medicine book from Eden. Plenty to chew on in that one.

[Manna]

Originally Posted by Kol Drake

... most masters remind their students to 'not get distracted' from what is important -- their learning and training -- not the 'side effects'.

Same for working with energies ...

True to the max. They are indeed distractions. I know too many Jedi, however who are attempting to make a bee line for the distractions. They don't realize that it doesn't happen that way.

[RyuJin]

quite true, it takes time to reach them(the distractions) sometimes you never reach them. not everyone has the same capabilities so not everyone will achieve the same distractions...

in either case it's something that takes time and dedication to reach, then once achieved you should not simply stop as there are always higher levels to be reached...