Energy Aptitude

We’ve all heard about emotional intelligence, which could be summarized as the ability to be aware of what we are feeling, mobilize our feelings so that we function well, and to empathize with and respond well to the feelings of others. Times are a-changing, and new concepts are gradually shifting the way we all look at the world, just like how Newton’s theory of the mechanistic universe changed the paradigms that existed a few hundred years ago.      The new paradigm for the 21st century is that of the quantum universe, that everything is made out of energy. Televisions, radios and mobile phones are all based on the findings that information can travel as energy. Pioneering scientists like Einstein and Stephen Hawking have stated that everything is made out of energy; everything that exists, even our human bodies.

     The quantum paradigm, made famous by people such as Deepak Chopra, sees us humans as holistic beings, with our body, mind and spirit inter-related, not as mechanistic beings with our bodies having little or no connection to our emotional and mental state. Even mainstream medical doctors are beginning to take into account the effects of stress on the human body. In fact, according to Dr. Herbert Benson, M.D., a pioneer in the mind-body connection, 60-90% of all visits to the doctor are due to stress-related causes.
     Energy medicine, which fits into the quantum paradigm, is becoming more and more popular in the world. Reiki is now being used in hospitals in the West, and even people with a psychology background such as myself are using emotional freedom technique, and experiencing almost miraculous effects with our clients.
 
     Hundreds of therapists from various clinical orientations have reported effective treatments. The radically effective energy medicine paradigm states that any physical or emotional difficulty we face can be found at the energy level within us, and can be treated at the energy level. In other words, as long as you have a health problem, are feeling emotionally unhappy or have a mental illness, energy medicine can relieve your problem, and in some cases even heal it completely. I believe that this paradigm is so effective that it will become commonplace throughout the world eventually, possibly within the next 50 years. I believe that it will become part of the school curriculum, and it will be accepted as common knowledge, just the way that we accept that the world is round.

     Just as emotional intelligence is becoming widely accepted as a key to success and happiness, our energy aptitude, the energy counterpart to emotional intelligence, could be a well-utilized concept of the future.

     Our energy aptitude consists of a four parts. The first part is our ability to recognize the state of the energies within us. For example, if someone was feeling angry, the person would recognize disharmony in his energy system, and locate it within his body and aura. The second part of energy aptitude is our ability to influence our energies which are disharmonious and make them more harmonious and flowing. In the above example, the person would practice an energy medicine or energy psychology technique to harmonize his or her energy field, thus relieving the anger.

     The third and fourth parts of our energy aptitude is our ability to recognize the energy state of others and to influence it for the positive. For example, if I felt that a friend’s energy showed that he was being critical of himself, I may say some encouraging words to my friend to improve his energy and thus make him more accepting of himself.

     Someone with a high energy aptitude would be able to detect imbalances or disharmonies in his or her energy system early on and shift them, before they turn into a chronic bad mood or physical illness. The person would know how to keep his or her energies in a positive, flowing state as much as possible, and thus be joyful and happy more often than not.

     Even if you don’t know anything or know little about energy, it is easy to learn how to increase your energy aptitude. It is particularly important to learn this if you are experiencing serious health or emotional problems, such as a sickness, a recent divorce or the loss of a loved one.

     My course in energy medicine provides you the tools to develop a higher energy aptitude. To me, this knowledge is highly valuable due to its ability to help us live happier, more peaceful and successful lives.

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