Have you ever walked into a room and immediately felt that “the energy here isn’t right”? Or met a stranger and inexplicably liked or disliked their “vibe”? These everyday experiences are actually clues—connections to a much vaster world we rarely acknowledge: the world of energy.
From a Universe of “Stuff” to a Universe of Energy
We’re accustomed to thinking of ourselves as separate entities, bodies of flesh and blood wrapped in skin. But this view is deeply influenced by 17th-century Newtonian physics. Newtonian mechanics described the universe as a vast mechanical system composed of solid atoms—independent, objectively measurable objects moving in absolute space and time. This worldview shaped our self-understanding: we are isolated individuals, journeying through a linear timeline.
However, the 20th-century revolution in physics completely upended this picture. Einstein’s theory of relativity revealed that space and time are not independent; they are woven together into a four-dimensional “space-time continuum.” Matter, it turns out, is merely one form of energy—energy vibrating slowly, temporarily “crystallized.” Your body, in essence, is energy.
Quantum physics went even further, revealing the paradoxes of the subatomic world: particles can also be waves; “solid matter” doesn’t exist in a definite location but shows a “tendency” to exist. Physicists now describe the universe as an inseparable, dynamic web of energy. And each of us is part of this web. As physicist David Bohm put it, the universe is an “unbroken wholeness.” We are not fragments separated from this whole; we are the whole.
Field Theory: The Invisible Hand Connecting All Things
If everything is energy, how do these energies interact? In the 19th century, Michael Faraday and James Clerk Maxwell proposed “field theory.” They suggested that every electric charge generates a “field” in the space around it, and other charges feel forces through this field.
This concept has profound implications for understanding human relationships. Why can we sometimes know what someone will say before they speak? Why do mothers often sense when their children are in danger, no matter the distance? These can be explained as interactions of “fields.” We are constantly communicating silently through our energy fields—good vibes, bad vibes, reading each other’s thoughts—all are harmony or disharmony between fields.
Today, scientists can measure the energy field surrounding the human body with sophisticated instruments. The SQUID (superconducting quantum interference device) measures magnetic fields around the body. EKGs measure electrical currents from the heart. EEGs measure brain currents. These scientific tools are beginning to validate ancient wisdom about “chi” and “prana.”
The Universal Energy Field: A Cornucopia of Life
Each of us is surrounded and permeated by a larger energy field—the Universal Energy Field (UEF). This field flows through all space, connecting all living and non-living things. It is not a static background but a vibrant, ever-creating sea of energy.
Author Barbara Brennan describes observing the UEF: on a clear, sunny day, relax and gaze at the blue sky. After a while, you might see countless tiny, white globules of life energy moving like waves. They appear for a second or two, leave a faint trail, and disappear again. In the bright sunshine of the Swiss Alps, these globules are most vivid and abundant. In a smoggy city, they are dim and sluggish.
The UEF has intriguing properties. It is not an energy-depleting system but is “synergistic”—meaning the combined effect of separate but coordinated forces is greater than the sum of their individual effects. It’s like a cornucopia, always full, inexhaustible. This contrasts sharply with the Second Law of Thermodynamics (the law of entropy), which describes a universe gradually running down toward disorder. The UEF, it seems, is constantly creating more energy.
Living Beings: Vibrating, Radiating Bioplasma
So, what are we? Soviet scientist Dr. Victor Inyushin proposed that the human body possesses a “bioplasmic” energy field composed of ions, free protons, and free electrons—a fifth state of matter (distinct from solid, liquid, gas, and plasma). These bioplasmic particles are continuously renewed and kept in motion by the body’s chemical processes, forming a relatively stable energy balance.
If this balance is disrupted, health suffers. Even more remarkably, even when the bioplasma is stable, a considerable amount of energy radiates from the body into the air, and this energy can be measured.
What does this mean? We are no longer merely physical structures of molecules. We are constantly changing, constantly radiating, constantly vibrating energy beings. We ebb and flow like the ocean. We flicker and shine like the stars.
So, the next time you “feel” the energy is good in a room, or inexplicably dislike someone’s “vibe,” trust that perception. It’s not your imagination. It’s your energy field conversing with another. You are exploring, in your own way, an energy world far vaster than you ever thought possible.
References
- Brennan, B. A. (1987). Hands of light: A guide to healing through the human energy field. Bantam Books.
- Bohm, D. (1980). Wholeness and the implicate order. Routledge & Kegan Paul.
- Capra, F. (1975). The Tao of physics: An exploration of the parallels between modern physics and Eastern mysticism. Shambhala.
- Oschman, J. L. (2000). Energy medicine: The scientific basis. Churchill Livingstone.
- Rubik, B. (2002). The biofield hypothesis: Its biophysical basis and role in medicine. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 8(6), 703-717.
