How to feel energy

[saltyseedog]

Look at a person. Do they make you feel a certain way? Now look away from them. Only focus on what you are looking at. Do you feel different now? This is difficult with chaotic thoughts.

[Zhaylin]

I do this all the time... not to consciously feel energy, but to "read" the person. And I am very good lol. It's the only thing I do which I actually take pride in, because it's the only thing I do that I'm naturally good at lol Which is why I think most fortune tellers and such have no "magical" abilities. When I was young, I was so good at it, I thought I was a witch It wasn't until I learned about micro expressions that I understood the ability (I was a fortune teller for awhile at one time, thus the bias )

[saltyseedog]

Yes you are a very empathetic person zhayln Girls are often more intutive and good at reading what other people need. Many people feel energy from people unconciously and react based on that. Some people conciously feel energy but don't understand it. Some people don't feel other peoples energy much at all.

[Zhaylin]

My ability comes as a result of the household I grew up in and my natural tendency toward introversion. My house was VERY chaotic. My [step] dad called my mom names like bitch and frequently told her to get off her "fat ass" or lose weight or _____. Dad was very heavy handed with my half brother. It wasn't an outright abusive home (for the most part), there was just TONS of negative energy. By the time I was 13, I was sneaking out after bed time just to get some peace, quiet and solitude. I learned to read people so I could mediate or stave off arguments entirely. I project positive energy even when I'm depressed. Again- a product of my younger years. I'm always wearing a grin or a smile and people have commented on. Today, at Goodwill, when it was my turn to check out, the cashier was near tears. She's borderline mentally handicap and the job stresses her out sometimes. 2 people ahead of her were negative. I told her she does a great job and she brightens my day with her smile. She told me I'm one of her best customers lol- I only go there once every few months. I wish everyone could read people. I've tried teaching it to my kids, but (for the most part) they just don't get it. People, now-a-days, seem to always want to impudiate bad motives on everyone instead of assuming the best, they assume the worst. I guess impudiate isn't a real word lol. It roughly means (in my head anyhow) to imbue or assign.

[Erii]

I will try this I catch vibes from certain people, you know, the people who make you feel good when you are around them (even complete strangers) and the ones that make you feel uncomfortable. This is also something interesting having to do with energy fields, if you put your hand right up to someone elses' (or even to your own) it starts feeling hotter because of the 2 energy feilds, and when you pull them away slowly it is like a magnet. I just think that's pretty cool

[saltyseedog]

Yes Zhalyin, I live in a house that often has alot of negative energy too. I know how you feel. For me it got to the point where I just left home and was homeless temporary, but then I was freezing my ass off at night and called my dad to have him pick me up and he was nicer then so it was ok. Erible thats cool If you ever feel uncomfortable around someone try to focus on the feeling in the center of your chest as much as possible and try not to look at them. What you will begin to realize if you practice this enough is that you can focus on a persons energy without looking at them. You can focus on their energy when they are miles away.

[Erii]

Yes Zhalyin, I live in a house that often has alot of negative energy too. I know how you feel. For me it got to the point where I just left home and was homeless temporary, but then I was freezing my ass off at night and called my dad to have him pick me up and he was nicer then so it was ok. Erible thats cool If you ever feel uncomfortable around someone try to focus on the feeling in the center of your chest as much as possible and try not to look at them. What you will begin to realize if you practice this enough is that you can focus on a persons energy without looking at them. You can focus on their energy when they are miles away. that is really interesting! I will try that, and also, my aunt studies the Chakras (sorry I misspelled that) and she says that my the energies in my heart, throat and brow were extremely high, she might have added solar plexus (lol thats like every one almost hahah) but it was a while ago...I see her tonight and I will ask her again and also, you know about the people who can see auras, is that just a natural ability?

[saltyseedog]

Well the feeling you get actually is the aura. I don't see colored energies but I know people who do. When you get the feeling you know what it is. I focus on peoples head regions and I can feel what they are thinking and when I focus on their heart region I can feel their emotions.

[Snowboy]

Interesting. I will try to pay a bit more attention to that.

[Replicon]

So, it's a fact that when we look each other in the eye, we "feel something" - my question is, what leads you to make specific conclusions about the nature of what it is you feel? How do you know we're not just subconsciously responding to subtle facial expressions and tics and such? Pretending that it's energy is probably a better way to harness and develop the skill of reading people, because consciously interfering with a subconscious process that works fine on its own is not productive (just try consciously focusing on exactly how you walk and see what your walk looks like), but I think of that more as a model than "absolute truth".

[nina]

I prefer not to allow myself to be infected with other people's energy. I'm only empathic on drugs.

[Oneironaut Zero]

http://www.dreamviews.com/f22/rsa-an...zation-111092/

[saltyseedog]

So, it's a fact that when we look each other in the eye, we "feel something" - my question is, what leads you to make specific conclusions about the nature of what it is you feel? How do you know we're not just subconsciously responding to subtle facial expressions and tics and such? Pretending that it's energy is probably a better way to harness and develop the skill of reading people, because consciously interfering with a subconscious process that works fine on its own is not productive (just try consciously focusing on exactly how you walk and see what your walk looks like), but I think of that more as a model than "absolute truth". It is much deeper than what I have described here. Everything has energy. Objects have energy, there is energy in the air, plants animals, it radiates from the earth. http://www.dreamviews.com/f22/rsa-an...zation-111092/ Cool video Oneironaut

[Zhaylin]

You have to be able to be brutally honest with yourself when attempting to read someone. Most people are familiar with basic "cues"- the person who frequently looks at his watch because he's (most likely) 1) late or 2) trying to get rid of you Then there's the person with the "far away look" in their eyes that usually indicates they're thinking deeply about or remembering something. But there is a danger of bias. I once (almost) REALLY disliked someone in my Congregation. It bothered me because the person was nice enough and had never wronged me. I finally realized I strongly disliked his voice. It was a combination of the way he talked (slightly nasally) and how he spoke (the way he read Bible passages). When I finally realized what it was that set me on edge, I was able to get over it. Another person in my Congregation, always made me tense and anxious. I thought long and hard and realized her natural facial expressions appeared aggressive to me. She always looked angry. But a medical or genetic "problem" shaped her face that way. I read negative energy from her because I perceived her in a negative manner. **gotta answer the door BBL**

[Replicon]

It is much deeper than what I have described here. Everything has energy. Objects have energy, there is energy in the air, plants animals, it radiates from the earth. That's true. Energy is stored in matter in the form of excitement of molecules, which can be transferred or dissipated as heat. But that's not the type of energy you're referring to. I guess to start, what is the definition of "energy" in the way you are referring? I suspect you mean it in the sense that people mean "vibe"... or "tension" like "man, you could cut the tension with a knife" Those words are often used as metaphors, because it's a very convenient way to model/represent a misunderstood, and potentially very complex system in our heads, so we can describe it to someone easily. My question was, how can you tell the difference? How do you go from "useful way to represent the information in your head" to "this is what must be happening?"

[saltyseedog]

Well you got to stop labeling everything, and trying to understand it. Don't believe anything I say, just do what I said in the OP and experience it for yourself. Its not that hard, unless you can't shutup your mind.

[Replicon]

Well you got to stop labeling everything, and trying to understand it. Don't believe anything I say, just do what I said in the OP and experience it for yourself. Its not that hard, unless you can't shutup your mind. I'm not saying I'm labeling everything and trying to understand it. Quite the opposite. You labeled it as energy, and I presented a different potential label. But if you DON'T label it, then you shouldn't really be calling it anything, but only experiencing it, which is what you suggested. I'm totally cool with that.

[Zhaylin]

Oy! Now that's a tough one, Replicon! Which people, so much can be written off as subconscious signals. But with objects... Perhaps you HAVE to have a sense of spirituality? If the object belongs to a person, you can often pick up signals as to how the person felt about it (the location on the shelf or table; the way it's looked at or handled)... but in nature?!... I have been places that just FELT evil, menacing, somehow threatening. I've picked up random rocks while hiking and have been overwhelmed with emotion. There's no explanation and no way (that I know of) to verify the "vibe" picked up on. Logically, I KNOW it ties in somehow to the subconscious and observing things that aren't readily apparent, but I couldn't explain the process or science of it all.

[Zhaylin]

lol Salty, For me, the more my brain "chatters" the better. But back in my fortune teller days, I used to draw out negative energy and "heal" people who were closest to me (they never knew what I was doing, concealed as it was through massage). THEN I needed silence and stillness-internally as well as externally. I wouldn't even touch them at first, but slowly move my hands JUST above their body. Then I would "feel" something and it was there I would message.

[Snowboy]

I wouldn't even touch them at first, but slowly move my hands JUST above their body. I have heard of that before. Would you mind telling me what it's called?

[saltyseedog]

exactly thats where blockages are in the body. Energy does get tied to objects through peoples intent, such as giving someone a gift. I know what you mean by feeling negativity in certain places, its like a pressing feeling in your chest. This could possibly be non physical dark beings or it could be from other people.

[Snowboy]

I know what you mean by feeling negativity in certain places, its like a pressing feeling in your chest. This could possibly be non physical dark beings or it could be from other people. I hate that feeling... I have experienced it so many times it's not even funny.

[Zhaylin]

I have no idea what it's called. I just did as I was drawn to do. I've not been overpowered by negativity in a place very often... less than a dozen times my entire life. I feel it as a sort of oppression, depression, chaos, sadness. It's almost like having a panic attack. To this day, I have a love/hate relationship with certain objects. Old, unfamiliar photos are the worst. But that's probably one of those subconscious observation things mixed with personal bias. Whatever the reason, I try to avoid them as much as possible.