Yipe! This is a toughie! How does one separate life energy from any other
forms? Or is all energy a form of life energy? I would tend to think that
the only time I've not fed from life energy would be those times I've been so
very, very low and have accidentally put out streetlights, however the
electricity in the streetlights is produced by either water or air turning
turbines, sun baking battery cells rather than animal or plant cells or organic
matter burning.
Can we really separate any kind of energy out from life? I suppose atomic
energy might count. Uranium and plutonium aren't living, nor are they caused
by any processes I can think of that are even the by product of living
organisms. Maybe this, besides the obvious dangers provided by degenerating
nuclear waste containers and the incidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl is
what wigs me out so much about splitting those atoms.
Weather is, to me, part of life and the life cycle of the planet. Sun,
wind, and rain are all influenced by or deeply ingrained in the life processes of
plants and animals. Lying in the sun soaking in the warmth and light of it,
bathing in that energy, I'm doing the same as the plants all around me and
the dog, of course, as she lies beside me. (Poor thing, she'll never get that
tan she's working so hard on.) I classify that as partaking of life energy.
When I'm immersing myself in music like I am now (because the (*^*(!!
cockatiels were hollering and they don't do it as much if there's music going-thank
you Guns 'n' Roses!) is that the electronic pulses, the sound waves, or the
preserved and repeated living, emotional energy of the artists that is
feeding my soul? I'm not certain. Perhaps it's a hybrid? Certainly the energy I
get from Guns 'n' Roses is very different than that from Orgy, or from Dvorak.
Curious. I hope someone wiser than I understands this better. When I'm at
a concert, I don't think the difference in volume accounts for the
difference in energy I get, for one thing, there's the crowd giving off sparks.
When I'm off on a road trip there's the motion of the car and all it's
electrical and mechanical processes and motions, but I'm passing through so many
different places, it's a smorgasbord of energies. One is all those other
travelers-some of whose driving is an amazing energy feed, or at least an
adrenaline rush! ("Learn to drive, you dribbling idiot!")
Sex, blood, crowds, food are all fairly obviously life energy feeds I'd
think, although there's the adrenaline coming into play with the first 3. This
makes me wonder how large a part stimulation of the adrenal gland has in
feeding? Would the endocrine system itself being over stimulated account for the
way crowds just burn me out? Goodness, it makes me sound like a toddler
who's been playing with the other kids too much and gotten into that crabby,
whiny stage.
When I'm walking in the woods or flying kites on the beach there's such a
lot of energy from the elements themselves, earth, air, water, sometimes fire,
but there's also all those live growing things all around me giving off
energy, and conversely so many dead and dying things giving off their particular
brand of energy. So I'd call that another prana feed.
When I'm working magic, I plug myself into the earth and stars, the
universal energy which is life itself. I always come out feeling stronger an
healthier, having charged up my own energy during the process. (We are star dust,
after all!)
How does feeding off this living energy benefit me? Well, using my
definition of life energy, there is no way to nourish body or soul without using
prana. I am very much aware that my definition is probably different than that
of other folks. I tend to see the universe as a huge colony animal. I can't
separate things completely from one another. It's hard to remember this when
I feel down and small and alone, but that's caused by me not fully
recognizing that connection to the universe, by ignoring it. Concious feeding whether
blood, sex, a walk on the beach or what have you opens me to the truth of
that connection. When I am thusly aware of it, I am smarter, fitter, happier,
more contented, more powerful and therefore more truly myself. It makes me a
whole, well being.
What suggestions do I have for others who seek this energy? Well, in a
strange twist of synchronicity, 'Dear Prudence" just came up on my random music
selector. Therefore, if I may borrow the words of Paul McCartney:
Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play?
Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue
It's beautiful and so are you
Dear Prudence won't you come out and play?
Dear Prudence open up your eyes!
Dear Prudence see the sunny skies!
The wind is low the birds will sing
that you are part of everything,
Dear Prudence won't you open up your eyes?
Look around, round
Look around, round, round
Look around.
Dear Prudence let me see you smile,
Dear Prudence like a little child.
The clouds will be a daisy chain,
So let me see you smile again.
Dear Prudence, won't you let me see you smile?
Deb