I haven’t read any of those sources, but I might have something for this from a qigong perspective, as creating qi balls and storing them in the lower Dan Tian is a basic practice.
- I’m assuming a “psi ball” and a qi ball are the same thing.
- I’m also assuming “cultivating energy by storing it in the solar plexus area below the stomach” is a typo - the solar plexus isn’t below the stomach, it’s above it. This is the Middle Dan Tian in qigong.
No. Rubbing the hands is to make them sensitive. Pulling them apart is probably also a sensitivity thing.. dunno I don’t do that. Having them apart gives you a space to form the ball. The qi is emitted from your palms, specifically the acupuncture points called Lao Gung.
You can gently bounce your hands together a 1/4 inch and you should feel like they are magnetically pushing each other apart - this is the qi ball.
To not waste the energy, put it in lower Dan Tian id you are a man, and the Middle Dan Tian if you are a woman.
This isn’t a cultivation technique, it’s practicing moving your own energy. You’d have to get more energy from outside yourself to call it gathering aka cultivating.
Not sure what this means. The ground doesn’t need repairing?
These are two different things. You’d have to actually cultivate some energy to store it, no? Think of energy like water. You just said “fetch water by pouring it into the tank” - ???
To cultivate energy, breathe it into your body. Pore breathing works, like here: How to get energy from the earth and universe? - #7 by Mulberry
You see it in your minds eye. If you want to make a qi ball and then move it elsewhere, visualize it doing that. Energy follows mind. Exhale as you do so, it helps.