THE ENERGY SECRET

 

THE ENERGY SECRET - EXPLORE AND ENHANCE YOUR PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SPIRITUAL ENERGY

"The Energy Secret is a magical storehouse of information, insights and practical techniques for understanding and directing vital energy. Jane Alexander has the remarkable ability to take ancient wisdom and make it available for everyone." Denise Linn, author of Sacred Space

Learning how to recognize, understand and work with our vital energy is a skill that can dramatically change our lives. Once we learn the secret of accessing all our latent sources of energy we have the power to tap into our hidden potential and make the very most of ourselves.

The Energy Secret provides you with clear, concise guidelines on how to work with and improve the flow of your energy in all parts of your life. You will learn how to:

· Sense energy in your body and learn how to direct it for healing and self-awareness

· Bring energy to your relationships so they become more exciting, more honest, more fulfilling

· Enliven your work so you find fulfillment and peace instead of the daily grind

· Make your sex life smoulder! Vital energy takes sex and sensuality onto a whole new plane

· Discover your soul and find a sense of peace and spiritual understanding As our lives become ever more demanding we all face a choice. We can turn our backs on the energy equation and just get by - or we can tap into the infinite possibilities of energyworking and start to live our lives on a whole new dimension.

THE ENERGY SECRET INTRODUCTION - WHAT IS ENERGY?

What links sex with shiatsu? What connects feng shui with cooking? Why is a business meeting similar to splashing into the sea? The answer to all these curious questions lies in one simple word: energy. Vital energy runs through all of life. It connects our bodies with our minds and souls. It links us with other people, with our homes and nature, with the universe and with the highest spiritual power.

We cannot see this subtle yet powerful force - but its effects rule every moment of our being. When our own vital energy is left sluggish or unawakened, life seems dull or difficult. We seem to move through life as if through treacle - there’s no joy, no dreams, no fun. Relationships seem difficult; we feel constantly under par in our bodies; work is a chore; our homes never feel quite right. On the other hand, if our energy is running out of control, life is a roller-coaster: we feel constantly stressed and strained, our nerves jangle, we seem to exist in a melee of arguments and irritability. However once we start to recognise vital energy and begin to work with it, everything can change. Our lives can take on fresh meaning and purpose. When our own vital energy is moving smoothly and serenely through us, we can enjoy radiant good health, abundant vitality and a sense of ease in our bodies. Our relationships - with partners, friends, family and workmates - become honest, exciting and supportive. Our homes become places of serenity and joy, filled with a warm, embracing atmosphere. We start to feel a link of kinship with the whole of creation - from urban cityscape to the wild elements of nature. Work and play become intermingled - fulfilling, exciting and creative. Best of all, we no longer feel alone in a large, often frightening universe: we become linked to spirit, joined to the source of all energy.

At first the concept of energy seems rather nebulous. We talk about feeling full of energy, filled with verve, enthusiasm, pure joie de vivre. We understand the scientific concept of energy - giving power, motion, light, movement. But now we are beginning to become more aware of what is known as subtle energy or vital energy. This is the unseen force that moves throughout all of creation - through our bodies, through our houses, through the landscape, throughout the universe. This is the energy that acupuncturists speak of passing along meridians, the unseen pathways of the body. It is this energy which the clairvoyant sees as an aura, a coccoon of shimmering light around us. It is this vital energy which feng shui consultants describe as chi as it moves through our homes and environment. This is what the Indian mystics call prana, the living force which animates our food, our bodies, our relationships.

The key to getting the very best out of life lies in understanding and working with this energy. Although we cannot see it, we can most certainly feel it. Simple techniques and exercises can help you recognise the energy within your body, in those of other people, in the atmosphere of your home and the wider world. Once you can sense vital energy, you can begin to work with it - helping it move in the most beneficial way. Because energy is a natural force - left to its own devices it will, like water, take the easiest route. If nothing stands in its way it will flow smoothly and harmoniously, like a river running through a wide straight plane. If however, it is forced into a narrow, restrictive pattern it will roar fast and furious - like a river forced between steep ravines or tumbling freefall down a mountain side. If, on the other hand, it becomes caught or entangled, it will become heavy and stagnant, like the water in a pool or a sidebend of a river, where it slowly becomes rank and murky. So our aim in most cases is to allow the vital energy around us to flow smoothly, taking away any restrictions without allowing it to run too wildly and crazily.

Choosing to live with energy is to tap into an endless source of personal power and joy. It is a lifestyle choice, the lifestyle choice for the next millennium - affecting every area of daily life in the deepest possible way. As a wonderful bodywork practitioner I know, Margot Gordon, puts it: "We’re looking at the rise of Qi Culture - acceptance and understanding of energy will infuse all our lives in every way." I agree. In the near future, energyworking will become a familiar, accepted part of everyday life. We will think nothing of healing our bodies with energy, rather than crude medications. Ancient civilisations understood that we are not just flesh and bones; we are infused with a subtle form of energy which cannot be seen by the naked eye or under the microscope of science. Healers from China, India, Tibet and the Middle East all mapped the subtle energy centres and pathways of the body and used them for precise healing. Shamanic cultures from all around the world have shifted energy in their ceremonies - with often miraculous and seemingly inexplicable results. Some researchers and mystics even believe that long-lost civilisations such as Atlantis, Mu and Lemuria held the secrets of vibrational healing - turning away from surgery and drugs to use subtle energy healing methods - colour, sound, flower and gem essences.

Recently our modern culture is rediscovering these long-lost methods. For many years complementary and alternative therapists have worked with subtle energy and seen with their own eyes that by working on the esoteric level, they could affect huge changes in the physical body. Scientists remained sceptical: no-one had ever seen a meridian, an aura, a chakra, they argued. But in recent years new open-minded investigation into this field has shown remarkable results: you can see the aura and the subtle energy pathways. It has been proven that healers can affect physical change.

We stand on the brink of an explosion in energy medicine. In the future it will not seem strange to treat cancer with colour; rheumatism with sound. No-one will scoff at the concept of flower essences shifting emotions; homoeopathy (where not a molecule of the original substance remains) curing eczema; or acupuncture reversing infertility.

Energy healers will scan our bodies for lack of balance and be able to correct it without the need for invasive surgery. Even better, we will be able to detect imbalance in ourselves and take steps to redress it - without the need to seek professional help. This will become the ultimate form of preventative medicine, gently healing emotional trauma and even genetic material before it turns pathological. We will be able to uncover and eradicate the psychospiritual traumas which underlie much of modern illness before they become a physiological problem.

The homes of the future will be havens of peace and joy. Understanding the concepts of vital energy our architects and builders will produce homes with true spirit and soul. Decorators will realise that the colours, textures, lights and shapes they choose will affect not only our aesthetic tastes but also our moods and feelings - they will be able to tailor your home to fit your innermost needs. Simple energy techniques will enable you to create precisely the mood you need in your home - be it vibrant party place or serene sanctuary. Working with energy will allow you to guard your property and yourself - like an invisible safety fence.

Energy underpins relationships too. Just as we need smooth harmonious energy flowing through our bodies and homes, we need to invest some time sensing and smoothing the energy which exists between ourselves and the people we love and work with. Whether it’s your partner, child, friend or boss - when you learn how to harmonise the energy between you, your relationship will undoubtedly improve. If all of society were to learn energy healing techniques, the world would undoubtedly be a safer, happier, more relaxed place.

Continuing our look to the future, I would hope that an understanding of energy might bring about more respect for our environment, for the planet. When you understand how energy flows, it becomes a travesty to build houses, offices, malls in places where the earth’s energy needs to flow unrestricted. You can almost feel the earth wince as we ride roughshod over its meandering energy pathways - clogging its "arteries" and "veins" with concrete and iron. A feel for its vital energy could teach us where it is right to build and where to leave nature wild and free.

At the ultimate level, cultivating energy leads to a wonderful sense of spiritual renewal. Some people have a vibrant living faith, either as part of an orthodox religion or through a private sense of belief. But many people nowadays feel alienated from traditional religions or unable to reconcile their own feelings with the dogma and rituals of age-old sects. However, once you begin to work with energy, the outward trappings of religion become unimportant. Ultimately it doesn’t matter how you perceive God, Goddess, Creator, Great Spirit - when you connect to the living, vibrant energy of the universe, there is no need for names or titles. Instead there is a wonderful sense of belonging, of love, peace and connection. As beings of energy we become united with the source of all energy and therein lies our purpose and our meaning.

The aim of this book is to introduce you to the idea of sensing, understanding and working with energy in the simplest way possible. It is inherently practical - if you want to read about the science, theory and philosophy of energy there are other books which can explain it very well. My purpose is to get you working with energy - from the very first page. Hopefully by the end of the book, you will feel comfortable enough with vital energy that you will be using its power in every area of your life. How you work with it is up to you. You may find you are interested in certain parts rather than others - you might want to look at energy in the body and not be that concerned about how it affects your home or job. That’s fine - each segment stands more or less alone and you can use the information however it suits you (although I would point out that it helps to do the initial exercises before attempting any energy work). However, I suspect that, once you start working with energy in one area of your life, it will start to spill over into all parts. Energy is like that - as I’ve already said, it reacts like water - and have you ever tried to contain water once it spills out on a table? Before you know it, it has gone everywhere and affected everything.

Above all, I hope the process of energyworking is fun. If at any time it becomes boring or irritating or a chore then maybe this isn’t the right time for you to be attempting this work. Leave it aside and come back to it later.

Introductions over. Let’s get working. Let’s start feeling energy at work in our lives…..

.....now order your copy of The Energy Secret!!