Energies…What Are You Talking About And How Do They Effect Me?

What is enegery?

Energy cannot be destroyed or created according to Albert Enstine. There is this essence of life that we recognize whether it has to do with plants, animals, or humans. We really realize it when it’s gone. It’s what we feel and mourn over. We feel energy. We sense energy. We are effected by energy. Do we realize all the energies that effect us?

Eckhart Tolle (https://eckharttolle.com/) explains mindfulness by talking about a seperation between our minds (organic brain) and our soul (energy or life source). Our brain is a collection of memories, thoughts, feelings, beliefs. All these are based on what’s happened to us and how we have made sense of it. Our brain feels fear, excitement, sadness, anger, etc. Our soul carriers our past lives, love, fears, knowledge, spiritual growth and past talents. If we can connect more in our soul we can observe the brain and what it does. We can stay mindful of our thoughts and feelings and be more objective with practice. There is energy connected to our organic brain. Richard Barrett realizes this and wrote the book “What My Soul Told Me.” It sounds easy, but trust me it’s not and takes practice. He explains the practice of getting in tune with your soul by quieting your mind and letting your soul lead you.

We know that we can measure energies. We can differentiate low vibrational energy and high vibrational energy and neutral energy. Low energies are negative emotions (like anger and sadness) and high vibrations are positive feelings (like happiness and love). We also know that like energies attract like energies. This is why it’s very important to work on mood regulation, especially with PTSD triggers, and practicing switching your mood out of a negative emotions. If we get stuck in negative energies and stay there we are pouring that negative energy out into the world. We will attract those who are also negative and eventually all the negativity can produce it’s own entity energy (which many spiritual people have been saying is happening.).

There are collections of negative energies all the time. They can drain our energy and make us feel crappy if we cannot see the holes in our auras. There are several people working on helping people shield their energies and learn to perceive where there are holes in our auras and how to repair them. We can even image protective energies around us in different forms (bricks, mirrors, walls, etc.).

What energies effect us?

As I mentioned above, we can be affected by positive and negative emotions. Have you ever been by someone who makes you feel great? Have you ever been around someone who also leaves you feeling drained? We are effected by these positive and negative energies. If we focus on feeling grateful and blessed, we can feel more positive, attract positive things in our life, and we give off positive energy towards others. We create Dharma, positive karma. When we are negative, stuck in pain and sadness, or depression we attract negative things to keep happening in our lives, we feel worse, and we put negative energies out into the world, creating Karma.

We have other energies from: the weather, the moon and its phases, the planets and their alignments and interactions with each other, the collective energy, psychic attacks, whispers from your soul and connections with your soul and past lives, the energies from your own personal birth chart, ley lines, vortexes and portals, and chakras. You can see all the layers of energies that can affect us at any given time. I try to keep track loosely of all these things or when I notice my energy changing I question what all is going on around me. I have felt many things and have been baffled as to why I am experiencing it. When you are sensitive, you are usually sensitive to everything around you. There are a lot of energies to think about.

The weather

The weather is miscounted and often forgotten about. The barometic pressure is a real thing. We are made of 98% of water. Have you seen the water meters that show how the barometric pressure is pushing down or not? The higher the number the more pressure per metric inch. I’m very sore around 29 and 30, forget about it. It feel like my head is in a vice. If you have any injuries, inflammation, arthritis, sensitivities or weakness, you will feel it! Here’s a link to learn more: https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/meteorological-instruments/barometric-pressure.htm.

The Moon

The moon affects the tides. It cause high tides and low tides. It is also what women’s mental cycles are based on. Women that usually experience their period during or around the full moon are often referred to as healers or Red Moon Cycles because other women who have their periods most frequently around the new moon need taken care of by women who have already experienced their periods ( this only applies to women not taking birth control or hormone supplements because that changes cycles). Most women have their periods around the New Moon and are referred to as White Moon Cycles. The moon energy can also effect us and how we feel and think. That’s where the word lunatic comes from. Ask anyone who works in an Emergency Department, police services, community mental health they can tell you that the full moon can be very busy. It also depends on what planet the moon is in as well.

Each moon phase has it’s own energy and we have defined them so we can work with the energy and not against it. It may help to know these and to understand the energies you are feeling and/or energies you are feeling around you. I try to pay attention to the moon phases but sometimes life is really busy and I turn to see a huge full moon in the sky and I say, “yeah, that tracks,” lol. These are just guidelines to think about and it is up to you how closely you follow or do not. It’s helpful to join social media and/or apps that keeps track of these energies. People often share what they are doing for the moon phase and you can get lots of ideas searching on the internet.

You can look up the moon phase you were born under using many free Birth Chart sites. There are books published that talk about what the phases mean when you were born. I have been more recently including those in some of my astrological readings. The moon phases are often taken into consideration during spell work because it is believed to help the spell with the current energies giving an extra push.

The planets: their alignments and interactions with each other

The planets and their transitions/aspects/interactions with each other that can affect us as well. Depending on how old you are, you might have an different view of how many planets we actually have. In astrology they observe: Sun (this is the zodiac sign most people are familiar with), Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Pluto (yes, they counted Pluto and it’s a power little one that affects us greatly and for long periods of time). There are several different types of astrology ( Western, Vedic, Chinese, Sidereal, Horary, to name a few) and even with in each type of astrology there are many different things to look at. Some people add in nodes of the moon, asteroids, comets, retrogrades, gateways, etc. I think it’s helpful to learn one and stick with that for a bit until you feel you have some mastery of it. There is so much to learn about astrology that it is not something you can master quickly. I have seen in depth books about each planet, each aspect or alignment, retrogrades, and moon phases you were born under. You can also take trainings, classes and earn certificates.

There are the astrological reports daily, as the planets change their positions and how they interact with your birth chart. One of the popular planet is Mercury in Retrograde. We notice around that same time communication, technology, and travel can be delayed, cause difficulty, and can be a hot mess. Unfortunately it gives retrogrades a bad repartition, but retrogrades are actually a time of rest, recoup, release, reflection, and deal with what’s going on internally with us. It’s a natural cycle of nature. I also like to add the the planets are not necessarily going backwards, but they are moving much slower and with everything else moving forward, they appear to be moving backwards.

The planets all take a different amount of time going around the sun. Because Mercury, Venus, and Mars take the least amount of time, they are referred to as personal planets, and they take the shortest time to change zodiac signs. The outer planets of Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto take longer so they affect the generational changes. Where the personal planets change very fast and last a short period of time, the outer planets affect us for longer periods of time and do not change as often.

We all have our own, unique birth chart from the day, month, year, and time we were born. You can go to an astrologist to have them done, you can look it up online for free on many different sites, or you can learn to do it yourself from trainings, classes, videos, and mentors. Most people know what their Sun sign is, your Zodiac Sun sign, according to your date and month of birth. I am a Capricorn and really was confused when people have told me I have really intense energy until I learned that my Moon sign was in Aries. We are so much more than out Sun sign.

There are some many cool things you can learn from your birth chart. How do you love? How do you communicate? What are you leaving behind from past lives and moving towards in this life? What does your destiny look like? Will you be famous? Are you a writer, a spiritual leader, a doctor, lawyer, or will you have issues with addictions? So many things we can learn and validate about how we feel that we are. Always remember that your health depends on what side of the planets and zodiac signs you will be on. Capricorns can be cold and focused on material things. I am very emotional and have been known to be very frugal. Everyone has a zodiac sign they hate based on experiences. That does not mean everyone that has that zodiac sign is like that. In fact, it sounds as if they may not have been very healthy. You can get your free birth chart here: https://astro.cafeastrology.com/natal.php , https://horoscopes.astro-seek.com/birth-chart-horoscope-online , or https://justastrologythings.com/pages/chart/ . You do nothave to have the time of your birth but it helps to get some more detailed information for your chart.

Again, if we work with the energies instead of against them we can feel better, get more accomplished, and be in alignment with our soul. I never use it to make major life decisions. I use it as a guideline. I enjoy listening to multiple interpretations of astrology predictions on different types of media and see what happens based on them. I have my favs that seems to ring true to me. They are based on the meaning of the planet, the zodiac sign that it is in, the house in the chart that it is certainly in, the aspects/alignments, and the past history when the sign was in before and what happened.

Sometimes I will write the predictions down, especially if it is a long one like Pluto changing into Aquarius, going into retrograde, and in retrograde with go back into Capricorn. Pluto changed into the sign of Aquarius from being in Capricorn January 20, 2024. Pluto went into retrograde and back into the sign of Capricorn and will go forward into the sign of Aquarius again and stay there until March 8, 2043! It’s a long period of time and signifies a different way of thinking, acting, and navigating life.

It is a lot to keep track of all these changes as well. You can get a pocket sized book to help you see all the planetary changes, you can listen to YouTube videos or Podcasts, you can search what astrology predictions are going on currently and/or you can follow a social media that tells you. I cannot tell you how many times knowing these things ahead of time have helped me feel so much better. You cannot stop the energies, but you can try to observe them from a distance to keep it from affecting you too much. I do enjoy a lot of the planetary changes though as well. In working on self care and resting, I totally see how retrogrades so that it is a cycle of being. So helpful in that cognitive shift for me. Be careful to take responsibility for your life, decisions and actions. It is not helpful and/or healthy to just blame the astrology on poor behavior.

Collective energy

The collective energy can effect us as well. The collective energy can be the town we live in, the counrty, and the world. Have you ever noticed feeling jittery and edgy but feel like there is not a reason you should feel that way. It can be the collective energy. There is a gentlemen that measures that by placing random number machines in different places all over the world. He has documented that these machines all over the world have a 0.001% chance of of two machines producing the same numbers, and even a smaller chance that multiple machines can produce the same numbers during assurances of high emotion (Black Lives Matters, COVID, Presidential Elections in the US, Wars, etc).

If you are reading this close to the time it was published the collective conscious is tough. Coming off all the changes that are happening so quickly, is really hard on some people. We all have trauma after COVID and the administration change in our government. It affects everyone on the planet (trauma is caused by long term anxiety, because our brains are built to manage short term anxiety well). When we experience trauma our brains get fatigued and we default to black and white thinking. Unaware of this and life being more in the grey areas can cause us a lot of difficulty.

I have been hearing that the collective conscious is so ill that it has manifested it’s own physic energy and it is growing. It can become its own entity if it grows so large over time and is feed by negative energy. That is why it is so important to work on your own mental health and well being. If we can take care of ourselves, we can stop feeding into the negative AND we create our own counter energy of positivity that can take over. Eckhart Tolle has free videos on YouTube that are examples form questions asked by others of how to use Mindfulness to get through a lot of tough times we all have been facing.

There is a positive side to all of this. Because so many more people, not just individual tribes, have been celebrating the solstices, the ley lines, which are full of positive energy are growing in width and in days/hours/minutes/seconds that energy lasts. That is so very exciting!! We can change things around with simply working on ourselves and our own energy. There is also the Butterfly Effect happening as well. When we are healthy and we have healthy interactions with others, they can than have healthier interactions after wards! I swear I hold onto that concept through days when I do not think anyone is nice anymore. It also helps me stay positive as a mental health therapist.

Physic attacks

I do believe in Psychic Attacks. This is when we are not doing well and have left holes in our auras, if someone has used a hex or magic against us, or we have spiritual issues in our homes or attached to us. When we are not well for an extended period of time, when we are drinking alcohol or using drugs we are not in a good place to fend those energies off or if we are in close proximity to spirits that are not well or evil. This may be another reason to keep your moods regulated and work on being able to raise your vibration (positive moods). Like energies attract like energies. Negative energies can also wear us down too.

As I mentioned above, when the collective energy is really negative or ill, it can create it’s own psychic energy or entity. We can be affected by it often. My house is my safe/quiet place. When everyone is not good and the energy is tense and heavy, I want to be home, on my deck listening to birds, or inside doing crafts. Taking a break from the collective consciousness can be hard. You need to unplug completely. Eckhart Tolle had a video up on YouTube during COVID. People were asking him how to stay mindful during this difficult time where people are afraid, mean, attacking each other, and fighting. He said to unplug from the collective consciousness. He said to turn off your phones, television, computers, radios, and podcasts. Turn off anything that connects you to other people electronically. Go out into nature, do crafts, organize/clean your home, play with pets/kids/family, work on model cars, fix/repair things, listen/look for wild, garden, etc. Sometimes it seems that we are too connected to everyone and everything and we need breaks.

Whispers from your soul and connections from past lives

The concept of Samsara is that we have life after life after life in the form of rebirth, death, rebirth, death and so on. Through each life we learn lessons that help our soul to grow. There is also the theory of soul retrieval. This suggests that our soul fragments in times if extreme stress during a life. The soul can feel this and has missing fragments or energy. Through astro travel in shamanism practices a person is able to go back through time, see where their soul was fragmented and call it back to it as a whole (to read more on soul retreaval: https://www.gaia.com/article/what-is-soul-retrieval , https://lonerwolf.com/soul-retrieval/). As I meantioned in the beginning, Eckert Tolle believes that we have a soul connected to an organic brain. All of these talk about our soul and human lives as separate but together.

We have connections to people in a couple energetic ways. If we were connected to someone ina a past life for example, we can still have that same connection. These are often referred to as “karmic ties.” We can be karmically tied to other people/souls as an opportunity to learn lessons, to heal, and to grow. We do not always take the opportunity, but it was there. There is also the concept of Twin Flames. The opposite polar of our soul. We have to heal and work on balancing gout the opposing energies in our own soul before we can unite with them to help the collective further. We may also referral to these as soul contracts or connected by an invisible thread. These invisible thread cannot be severed.

People who work with Reiki or energy can feel, sense, and remove attachments from our chakras. These are one way energetic cords that drain us of energy in the areas of the chakra they are attached to. They can create many discomforts and difficulties. Having them removed by self or a Reiki Master can be relieving and can create even a dizzy feeling afterwards. So these are definitely energies that affect us and make not be our own.

Ley lines, vortexes, and portals

Ley Lines are straight lines from ancient sites that connect and intersect places where there is thought to have concentrated energy. During the summer solstice the past couple of years there were dowsers (metal rods used to search for energy fields and water) noticing that the ley lines have been getting thicker and more concentrated during the day of the solstice and almost a day later. They noticed that this has been a trend for the last couple years and the theory was that it was because more people have been celebrating the solstice than ever. The solstices are special days of the year because day and night are perfectly balanced. In years past it has only been small tribes or individual cultures that celebrated the summer solstices and now there more people than ever individually celebrating it! I wish I could remember the YouTube video about this. I would have linked it for you. I found it very interesting. Here is a good article about ley lines: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20221102-englands-mysterious-ancient-pathways .

Vortexes are special sites that either have energy going into the earth or energy projecting off the earth. These are also found on ancient sites as well. Some people believe that vortexes have been left or used by aliens as well. A popular show Skinwalker Ranch (https://www.history.com/shows/the-secret-of-skinwalker-ranch ) on the History Channel and Netflix has identified some vortexes and were trying to figure out what to do with them or how to use them in a very scientific way. People believe that the energies are so elevated that these are good places for advanced meditation and emotional exploration.

There are several definitions of portals. It means a gateway. In spirituality you can have portals of energy of either negative or positive concentrations of energy. We probably talk more about negative energies of portals. It can be cold, dark, tense energy where fairies, entities and spirits can travel through from one place to another. Sometimes there are portals of negative energies where there has been a concentration of people dying, being killed, treated poorly, or abused. During a recent vacation I realized the increase of negative energy at a place on the beach where many people over the years have died in bad weather and rip tides. There was also a nearby fort where several wars have been fought and people have found dead bodies from murders because of the structure and remote place. I have a difficult time navigating all these energies and spirit issues that follow.

Portals can also be the areas of the in between. Fairies are often found in these in between areas. In between life and death (babies are born and people dying), in between the outside and inside (doorways), in between dreaming and waking, in between past, present, and future and so forth. These in between energies can be seen where fresh water mixes with salt water. It feels uncomfortable, edgy, and jittery to me in these spaces.

Chakras

Chakras are vortexes of energy along our spine that affect our body, emotions, and organs. There are more than 7 that extend into the Earth and up into the Universe, but mostly beginners are learning 7 that are centered to our midline of our body. Each Chakra is spinning in the opposite direction from the previous and one above it. When they are blocked or have cords connected to them, we may not feel good in certain areas of our body. We can do things such as work on any traumas we have had, do yoga, get Reiki treatments, and try to continue to work on healthy emotions. You can see if you have blockage by using a pendulum and holding them up to each chakra. Each Chakra are will make the pendulum swing in circles. Each Chakra will be the opposite spinning direction from the one below and above it. If it does not spin at all or you have two Chakras spinning in the same direction right next to each other.

What does all this mean?

The knowledge of all this can help you in ways perhaps you have never realized. Knowing that all these energies can be effecting you means that you are NOT CRAZY!?! It also means that there are many reasons why we think, act, and feel the ways we do. When I feel something and I do not feel it’s my energy I go through the above list. It’s usually somewhere in there. It can also be multiple energies, which means it can be very strong on some occasions. I have been known to take days off work for eclipses, certain full moons, and certain astrological transitions. Eclipses give me a lot of energy. I feel like I’m going to bust and I’m never sure what that will look like. I usually mill around nervously and not sure what to do with myself. My emotions feel like a roller coaster.

So many people will tell me something they are going through and then will ask, “Is there something going with the planets right now?” Yes! The answer is usually yes! And they sigh and say, “That makes me feel so much better!” I do too! It helps to also know that the planets cycle in with their energies and cycle out. some cycles (like planets in retrograde) are about resting, relaxing, recouping, going within and some energies are about transformation (Pluto) or sudden/abrupt change (like Uranus). They all serve our highest good and are good reminders that everything changes and that there is a season for everything. We have gotten so far away from these natural rhythms/cycles of life. Especially in cases or resting and death…those of us in the western culture. Remembering this and unlearning our thoughts of self direction/determination ALL the time does not serve us well.

Please feel free to leave a comment below to talk about how these energies effect you. Or please comment on how you think this knowledge has been or is helpful for you. It was life changing to me and I want to tell everyone who will listen. We need to be in touch with all of these energies. We need to check in with our body and our brain to acknowledge these thoughts and feelings.