Comments on: How do you sense “energy”? http://heartofhealing.net/2007/02/18/how-do-you-sense-energy/ Support for your healing journey Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:17:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mary http://heartofhealing.net/2007/02/18/how-do-you-sense-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-24321 Mary Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:12:33 +0000 http://heartofhealing.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/how-do-you-sense-energy/#comment-24321 Hi Rasuke, There are lots of different ways of sensing energy. You are feeling it with your hands. Some people sense it most easily this way, others by seeing. I do think it's possible to develop all the ways of sensing energy if you practice. As you sense the energy with your hands, let your gaze "soften". Don't focus sharply, just let your vision be very relaxed and perhaps you will start to notice some subtle impressions. With practice you can sense it through vision, but it may take time. Hi Rasuke,
There are lots of different ways of sensing energy. You are feeling it with your hands. Some people sense it most easily this way, others by seeing. I do think it’s possible to develop all the ways of sensing energy if you practice. As you sense the energy with your hands, let your gaze “soften”. Don’t focus sharply, just let your vision be very relaxed and perhaps you will start to notice some subtle impressions. With practice you can sense it through vision, but it may take time.

]]> By: Rasuke http://heartofhealing.net/2007/02/18/how-do-you-sense-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-24295 Rasuke Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:33:47 +0000 http://heartofhealing.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/how-do-you-sense-energy/#comment-24295 Hey Mary, I really like energy and talking about it. In Japan ( my country) we call it "ki" and there are some legends about it as well. I really like your post but can you make this energy visible by , perhaps, by practicing on it? I have practised and I have felt my hands pushing away from each other and sometimes trembling too. Can you please tell me whether its possible to make it visible? Hey Mary,

I really like energy and talking about it. In Japan ( my country) we call it “ki” and there are some legends about it as well. I really like your post but can you make this energy visible by , perhaps, by practicing on it? I have practised and I have felt my hands pushing away from each other and sometimes trembling too. Can you please tell me whether its possible to make it visible?

]]> By: Mary http://heartofhealing.net/2007/02/18/how-do-you-sense-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Mary Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:46:05 +0000 http://heartofhealing.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/how-do-you-sense-energy/#comment-48 What an interesting description, K! Thanks for taking the time to share your experience. I feel we all learn and become clearer in our sensing of energy as we listen to each other. What an interesting description, K! Thanks for taking the time to share your experience. I feel we all learn and become clearer in our sensing of energy as we listen to each other.

]]> By: K http://heartofhealing.net/2007/02/18/how-do-you-sense-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-49 K Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:25:01 +0000 http://heartofhealing.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/how-do-you-sense-energy/#comment-49 Hi There The "How" for me is : I presuppose energy is vibration. I them presuppose that I can sense that energy and interpret it through my inner and outer ears, eyes, feelings, smells, touch, taste. If I am trying to sense something I can't see, I use my hands but with imaginary eyes in them to pick up images/feelings...mmm and I wonder how it would be with ears in my hands? If I am "feeling" into another, I extend imagination energy as a hand image, "feel" into the energy which I then get images/feelings for. X Hi There

The “How” for me is :
I presuppose energy is vibration. I them presuppose that I can sense that energy and interpret it through my inner and outer ears, eyes, feelings, smells, touch, taste. If I am trying to sense something I can’t see, I use my hands but with imaginary eyes in them to pick up images/feelings…mmm and I wonder how it would be with ears in my hands? If I am “feeling” into another, I extend imagination energy as a hand image, “feel” into the energy which I then get images/feelings for.

X

]]> By: Mary http://heartofhealing.net/2007/02/18/how-do-you-sense-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Mary Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:52:43 +0000 http://heartofhealing.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/how-do-you-sense-energy/#comment-37 Hi Beatrix, This is a great question and has made me think about how I have been developing my ability to sense energy. I don't do formal exercises to do that -- I never really have. I think it's been more a matter of becoming aware of the energetic impressions that I am receiving all of the time. It's been of journey of acknowledging what I perceive, recognizing it and stopping ignoring it. It's natural to perceive energy. We all do it, but we don't recognize it. There are so ways of sensing energy and of subtle sense perception. People become especially fascinated with "seeing auras", but there are many other ways of sensing energy. I did check out your blog post on perceiving auras. You mention wanting to know if your partner is angry and not showing it. There are lots of ways to access that information without seeing it in the aura. I feel it's important for people to know that they don't have to be able to "read the aura" to get the intuitive information they want. You may already be sensing when your partner is anger, but doubting what you are feeling or not recognizing it. As for meditation, there are so many different ways to meditate. Some forms of meditation would help you to develop intuitive abilities. The type of meditation I favor does not block out feelings. (You can read more about my take on meditation on my Meditation Oasis blog (www.meditationoasis.wordpress.com.) I've been getting so many questions lately on how I sense energy and my journey with it, that I'll soon write some more posts on this subject! Hi Beatrix,
This is a great question and has made me think about how I have been developing my ability to sense energy. I don’t do formal exercises to do that — I never really have. I think it’s been more a matter of becoming aware of the energetic impressions that I am receiving all of the time. It’s been of journey of acknowledging what I perceive, recognizing it and stopping ignoring it. It’s natural to perceive energy. We all do it, but we don’t recognize it.

There are so ways of sensing energy and of subtle sense perception. People become especially fascinated with “seeing auras”, but there are many other ways of sensing energy. I did check out your blog post on perceiving auras. You mention wanting to know if your partner is angry and not showing it. There are lots of ways to access that information without seeing it in the aura. I feel it’s important for people to know that they don’t have to be able to “read the aura” to get the intuitive information they want. You may already be sensing when your partner is anger, but doubting what you are feeling or not recognizing it.

As for meditation, there are so many different ways to meditate. Some forms of meditation would help you to develop intuitive abilities. The type of meditation I favor does not block out feelings. (You can read more about my take on meditation on my Meditation Oasis blog (www.meditationoasis.wordpress.com.)

I’ve been getting so many questions lately on how I sense energy and my journey with it, that I’ll soon write some more posts on this subject!

]]> By: Beatrix http://heartofhealing.net/2007/02/18/how-do-you-sense-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Beatrix Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:18:07 +0000 http://heartofhealing.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/how-do-you-sense-energy/#comment-41 Hi Mary, Thanks for your lovely site. Looking forward to seeing more posts in the future. I have a question: you mention that you are "developing more of my own subtle sense perception". How are you going about doing this? Is it just something that you do during everyday life, or do you do a specific exercise? I am trying to attune myself to seeing auras (see my blog - look under aura category) and I am doing a specific exercise for that. I have also tried meditation; calling a mantra, but I find that this somehow deadens my access to my subtle senses, as I feel as if through meditation I am blocking out my feelings. How do you feel about this? thanks. Hi Mary,
Thanks for your lovely site. Looking forward to seeing more posts in the future. I have a question: you mention that you are “developing more of my own subtle sense perception”. How are you going about doing this? Is it just something that you do during everyday life, or do you do a specific exercise? I am trying to attune myself to seeing auras (see my blog – look under aura category) and I am doing a specific exercise for that. I have also tried meditation; calling a mantra, but I find that this somehow deadens my access to my subtle senses, as I feel as if through meditation I am blocking out my feelings. How do you feel about this?
thanks.

]]> By: bobleckridge http://heartofhealing.net/2007/02/18/how-do-you-sense-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-45 bobleckridge Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:56:03 +0000 http://heartofhealing.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/how-do-you-sense-energy/#comment-45 I agree about the "material" models. Think you're spot on about that. I think the emerging model of "Complex Adaptive Systems" is looking much more useful. I think there's some connection between our idea of "energy", the idea of "flow" and the old idea of a "vital force". If you're interested to explore a bit more about the complexity model come over a have a peek at my blog heroesnotzombies.wordpress.com where I've written about this. Thanks for the Alice Bailey mention. I feel a little Amazon shopping coming on :) Bob I agree about the “material” models. Think you’re spot on about that. I think the emerging model of “Complex Adaptive Systems” is looking much more useful. I think there’s some connection between our idea of “energy”, the idea of “flow” and the old idea of a “vital force”. If you’re interested to explore a bit more about the complexity model come over a have a peek at my blog heroesnotzombies.wordpress.com where I’ve written about this.
Thanks for the Alice Bailey mention. I feel a little Amazon shopping coming on :)
Bob

]]> By: bobleckridge http://heartofhealing.net/2007/02/18/how-do-you-sense-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-47 bobleckridge Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:28:30 +0000 http://heartofhealing.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/how-do-you-sense-energy/#comment-47 There's something else interesting about energy. I often try this out with medical students when I'm teaching. I ask them first to rate on a scale from 1 - 10 with 1 being the worst they can imagine and 10 being the best they can imagine, what their energy level is right now. Then I ask them to repeat the exercise rating their "mental energy", and finally, a third time, their "emotional energy". And you know what? They all manage to come up with ratings. Every time! So I ask them, how did you do that? How did you assess your energy levels - your global, mental and emotional energy levels? Of course, none of them know. Well, that's because nobody knows. What are we detecting? What are we measuring? And as psychicdrawings points out we can even detect the energy levels of other people when we walk into a room or sit in a cafe. Sorry, I'm not providing any answers here but I do think its an amazing natural ability we all have and its a great way to get medical students to start thinking more holistically and less materially. There’s something else interesting about energy. I often try this out with medical students when I’m teaching. I ask them first to rate on a scale from 1 – 10 with 1 being the worst they can imagine and 10 being the best they can imagine, what their energy level is right now. Then I ask them to repeat the exercise rating their “mental energy”, and finally, a third time, their “emotional energy”. And you know what? They all manage to come up with ratings. Every time! So I ask them, how did you do that? How did you assess your energy levels – your global, mental and emotional energy levels? Of course, none of them know. Well, that’s because nobody knows. What are we detecting? What are we measuring?
And as psychicdrawings points out we can even detect the energy levels of other people when we walk into a room or sit in a cafe.
Sorry, I’m not providing any answers here but I do think its an amazing natural ability we all have and its a great way to get medical students to start thinking more holistically and less materially.

]]> By: Mary http://heartofhealing.net/2007/02/18/how-do-you-sense-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Mary Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:02:08 +0000 http://heartofhealing.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/how-do-you-sense-energy/#comment-46 Beautiful -- what a great exercise! It seems so important for all of us as we explore ourselves (and the world) as energy to be able to acknowledge our perceptions even when we can't explain them. That exercise alone with your students can open a whole world of knowing for them. I feel the field of energy medicine is really in its infancy. On the one hand, sensing energy is a natural human ability, as is using it to facilitate healing, and yet we understand so little about it. I think part of the difficulty is that we take recourse to three dimensional, "material" models to explain what we sense. It's like trying to understand electrons as little balls orbiting a nucleus. It doesn't really work. One of my favorite resources is Alice Bailey's Esoteric Healing. In it, she states that medicine will not really be complete until it incorporates the understanding of the energetic levels of our being. I agree. Hopefully your students will start to ask questions and help bring that about. Beautiful — what a great exercise! It seems so important for all of us as we explore ourselves (and the world) as energy to be able to acknowledge our perceptions even when we can’t explain them. That exercise alone with your students can open a whole world of knowing for them.

I feel the field of energy medicine is really in its infancy. On the one hand, sensing energy is a natural human ability, as is using it to facilitate healing, and yet we understand so little about it. I think part of the difficulty is that we take recourse to three dimensional, “material” models to explain what we sense. It’s like trying to understand electrons as little balls orbiting a nucleus. It doesn’t really work.

One of my favorite resources is Alice Bailey’s Esoteric Healing. In it, she states that medicine will not really be complete until it incorporates the understanding of the energetic levels of our being. I agree. Hopefully your students will start to ask questions and help bring that about.

]]> By: psychicdrawings http://heartofhealing.net/2007/02/18/how-do-you-sense-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-38 psychicdrawings Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:02:39 +0000 http://heartofhealing.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/how-do-you-sense-energy/#comment-38 2 Acadian: :-D héhé finding commonalities is always a good thing - not only to explain the science of energy transmission but also in human communication (and gaming up girls) :-) btw, I just had a deep look at how we (humans) learn and I noticed: a key element in learning is to find differences :-) 2 heartofhealing: "I see things it’s a kind of “inside” experience" that's intriguing! when I first heard about auras'n'stuff I was trying to see them outside too. Well didn't work out toooooooooo good and I forgot about that. But then I was staying for a couple of months in Sedona / Arizona and woops there they were :-) but kinda too late ... I was already happy with the “inside” experience. Then there are a lot of different qualities to “inside” experiences as well. They come in a couple of different formats. Anyways that's a too big story for a comment I guess. I just wanted to say that I totally agree with you :-) plus I have to make a side note: all this energy sensing is not different to normal sensing, it's just like it. example: when driving a vehicle most times you see the traffic signs, but sometimes you don't (and sometimes that gets you a ticket) ;-) 2 Acadian: :-D héhé finding commonalities is always a good thing – not only to explain the science of energy transmission but also in human communication (and gaming up girls) :-)

btw, I just had a deep look at how we (humans) learn and I noticed: a key element in learning is to find differences :-)

2 heartofhealing: “I see things it’s a kind of “inside” experience” that’s intriguing! when I first heard about auras’n'stuff I was trying to see them outside too. Well didn’t work out toooooooooo good and I forgot about that. But then I was staying for a couple of months in Sedona / Arizona and woops there they were :-) but kinda too late … I was already happy with the “inside” experience.

Then there are a lot of different qualities to “inside” experiences as well. They come in a couple of different formats. Anyways that’s a too big story for a comment I guess. I just wanted to say that I totally agree with you :-) plus I have to make a side note: all this energy sensing is not different to normal sensing, it’s just like it. example: when driving a vehicle most times you see the traffic signs, but sometimes you don’t (and sometimes that gets you a ticket)
;-)

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