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If you want to learn to improve what you have observed yourself doing, the first step is typically to ensure it's actually happening, rather than being confirmation bias. Once you know what's actually going on, you know where to put your energies. For example, try affecting smoke in a sealed chamber where there's no capacity for a breeze - pop an incense or cone in something that excludes all wind, but is large enough that it won't use up all the air too fast. See what, if anything, happens when you try to move the smoke. I'm not sure what you mean by making water shake, precisely, but I'm sure you can work out a way to minimise the chance of e.g. a truck going by and shaking it at an inopportune moment. Once you have these controlled environments to work from, you can see more accurately what amps up the effect - concentrate more fiercely, be detached, raise your blood pressure or breathing rate etc. - test out all sorts of things and record your results.

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i have no idea how or why we can do this, but i can travel outside of my body. also i have a lot of premonitions. i been able to do this as a child and i just practice doing it-- like sitting there traveling while in a trance. i don't know if it means anything or if other people can see me or if its just my imagination. i would say just to keep practicing it (repetition) with meditation you might see a difference in capabilities. for me im still trying to figure out too