When it comes to learning/developing psychokinesis aside from spontaneous cases, one of the first lessons that is taught is the creation of a psi-ball. The student is instructed to gather psi (preferably from their environment so as to not drain themselves unto exhaustion) in order to make the psi ball. This lesson is generally considered to be one of if not the easiest in psychokinesis development however I wonder:
When psi is gathered, does it naturally form into a ball and float through an inherent antigravity property or does the psion have to mold it as such and concentrate on levitating since by itself psi cannot actually float and is subject to gravity? Often times gathered psi is depicted as floating balls though I sometimes wonder if that depiction may not be accurate to how gathered psi generally behaves without prior expectations. Think about it. The psion is tasked with making a psi-ball. Ball. Suppose they were only tasked with gathering psi but weren't given any instructions how how it should be done or what it should look like. Would the gathered psi still take the shape of a ball even without any preconception of what it should look like and if so, does this generally happen? For example, perhaps psi when gathered doesn't always naturally form into a ball but it does have the tendency to do so. The same could also be said of their common floating depiction. Either the gathered psi doesn't need the psion's concentration to float and thus has some antigravity properties, that's generally the case, it's reverse or by themselves gathered psi would actually sink without the psion concentrating to levitate it.
Well regardless of whether the common depiction of gathered psi as floating balls is representative of their natural characteristics as opposed to being constructed or not, either way for most practicing psions, the programming of psi seems to be rather easy so it's a bit ambiguous as to how psi would naturally act without any programing.
When psi is gathered, does it naturally form into a ball and float through an inherent antigravity property or does the psion have to mold it as such and concentrate on levitating since by itself psi cannot actually float and is subject to gravity? Often times gathered psi is depicted as floating balls though I sometimes wonder if that depiction may not be accurate to how gathered psi generally behaves without prior expectations. Think about it. The psion is tasked with making a psi-ball. Ball. Suppose they were only tasked with gathering psi but weren't given any instructions how how it should be done or what it should look like. Would the gathered psi still take the shape of a ball even without any preconception of what it should look like and if so, does this generally happen? For example, perhaps psi when gathered doesn't always naturally form into a ball but it does have the tendency to do so. The same could also be said of their common floating depiction. Either the gathered psi doesn't need the psion's concentration to float and thus has some antigravity properties, that's generally the case, it's reverse or by themselves gathered psi would actually sink without the psion concentrating to levitate it.
Well regardless of whether the common depiction of gathered psi as floating balls is representative of their natural characteristics as opposed to being constructed or not, either way for most practicing psions, the programming of psi seems to be rather easy so it's a bit ambiguous as to how psi would naturally act without any programing.