A Beginners Guide To Energy Terminology: Energy Fields and Energy Symbols

By Mary Kurus

Introduction To Concepts and Definitions

Many terms are used today that relate to energy work including terms such as cosmic energy, energy signature, auras, chakras, energy blocks, meridian system, prana/ chi/ orgone, consciousness, the brain, the mind, psychics,  the Universal energy field, different levels of consciousness, mind/body health, tree energy, gem and crystal energy, the symbols of energy, and many more aspects of energy.  To help deepen people’s understanding of the world of energy, I will offer the following definitions and explanations of commonly used terms.   Until 10 - 15 years ago, discussion of energy concepts was limited to Eastern cultures and certain Western sub-cultures including mystics, philosophers, and intuitives.  Then North Americans and Europeans began to look at energy healing and its many forms, and modified Eastern practices to blend with Western technology, or developed new energy practices that began to be used in parallel with traditional medical healing practices.  This included Hands on Healing, healing with flower and gem essences, Reiki, acupuncture, homeopathy, and other forms of energy healing   There are hundreds of different explanations of energy terminology.  I have developed my understanding and the following descriptions through my experience in my Vibrational Healing Practice, the knowledge I have acquired through working with so many wonderful people,  and especially through the spirits and guides who have directed me and shown me how to proceed when human knowledge or advice could not help in a given situation.    For more detailed information on my work in vibrational healing please visit my website at www.mkprojects.com .  

Definitions 

Aura 

An aura is an energy field that surrounds, penetrates and extends out beyond the physical body, that is electro-magnetic, and that is made up of varying types of vibrations or frequencies.  An aura surrounds not only every living thing including humans, animals and plants, but also every inanimate thing such as rocks, all objects made by man, and the earth, sun, moon, and all planets in our Universe.  The aura has layers of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual elements.  It consists of a constant flow of energy.  Each person can contract and expand their aura at will.   Auras contain all the primary colors of the rainbow at any given time and change color depending on the emotion an individual is experiencing at any given moment.  Happy and loving thoughts expand your aura while sad or angry thoughts contract your aura.  Auras adjust depending on the density of population where you live.  Residents of New York City have tighter auras in comparison to residents living in sparsely populated rural areas.   Our auras are made up of may colors and many shades of colors that are constantly changing.  This reflects the constant change in our thoughts and emotions.  Bright colors represent healthy areas in your aura, while muddy colors represent lower and disturbed energy vibrations.  When reading children who have severe forms of cerebral palsy, I have found they do not have the emotional or mental levels of the aura.  They have the etheric aura and an  spiritual aura only.    It’s quite an amazing observation.  Auras require regular maintenance and cleansing to ensure they remain clear of negative energies and entities.  Without a clear aura, vibrant health is difficult to achieve and maintain.  I believe that it’s the aura and the light body ( defined later) combined that constitute what we call the “soul�?nbsp; that goes on into infinity after the physical body dies and turns to dust.  

Brain

The brain neither thinks or knows.  It has no intelligence.  It is but a storehouse of recorded sensations that “remembers�?these records as man needs them.  It’s a big data base.  The brain operates all mechanisms of the body.  It is a central switchboard for all its instinctive, voluntary and involuntary actions.  The brain is the seat of sensation.  It keeps the body electrically informed of the condition of the body, through electrical messages.  These messages are not mental.  They are purely electrical.   It has a powerful magnetic system that connects allmagnetic systems within the body, in the meridian system, the chakras, the nervous system, and the surrounding and penetrating auras.  Illnesses such as Alzheimer show malfunctions with the magneticsystem in the brain and connecting magnetic systems in the body.

  The brain can be easily compared to a computer where the memory of experience is stored, like a data bank for information retrieval.   The brain is an electrical recorder, distributor, broadcaster and receiver for all the operational parts of that multi-celled machine (our body), but its actions have no relation to intelligence. ( The Secret of Light by Walter Russell)  

Chakra 

  Chakra is an Indian Sanskrit word that translates to mean “Wheel of Spinning Energy�?  Chakras are spinning wheels of energy of different color that perform many functions connecting our energy fields, bodies and the Cosmic Energy Field.  Chakras are powerful electrical and magnetic fields.  Chakras govern the endocrine system that in turn regulates all of the body’s functions including the ageing process.  Energy flows from the Universal Energy Field through the chakras into the energy systems within our bodies, including the Meridian System.    Our bodies contain seven major chakras or energy centers and 122 minor chakras.  The major chakras are located at the base of the spine (Root Chakra), at the navel (Sacral Chakra), in the solar plexus (Solar Plexus Chakra), within your heart (Heart Chakra), within the throat (Throat Chakra),  at the center of your forehead (Brow or Third Eye Chakra), and at the top of your head (Crown Chakra).  These chakras are linked together.   The chakras serve as linking mechanisms between the auric field and the meridian system within the physical body.  They also link different levels of the auric fields and cosmic forces.  They affect the flow of energy that has a real effect the physical body.   They absorb primary energy from the atmosphere (called chi, prana, orgone) and send it along energy channels.  I think of chakras as energy transformers.   Chakras can become unbalanced, can spin too fast or too slow, can become distorted in shape, or they can become blocked with negative energies.  Chakras can be adjusted, activated or de-activated by the very concentrated power of thought.    However, they can never be “closed�?although you will hear certain people make statements such as “your chakras are shut down or closed�?  If your chakras shut down believe me you have left this planet.  They can never be closed or shut down completely but the degree of openness and speed of each chakra can vary substantially.   Since the functioning of chakras directly affect the endocrine system and the slowing of these systems represents the ageing process,  it’s important to keep the chakras functioning at an optimum rate to ensure a slow ageing process and a long and vibrantly healthy life.  

Consciousness  -  Three levels

I would like to begin this section by saying there are many complex and varied definitions of the different levels of consciousness.  The following definitions are stated quite simply so that the average person can begin to understand the different levels, and hopefully in the future, learn how to use this knowledge to shift their thoughts, feelings, creativity, behavior, and many other possibilities.   None of these levels of consciousness reside in the brain.  As I stated earlier, the brain has no intelligence.  It is basically a storehouse, a recorder, a processor, a distributor, a receiver, a broadcaster.   It’s actions have no relationship to intelligence.

The  Conscious Level:  The conscious level or what is so often called the conscious mind is that portion of consciousness which weighs and analyzes the inputs and facts available to it to make decisions based on these facts and inputs.  It is the only part of the mind that we can directly control.  The process of decision-making also includes attention, intent, choosing, interpretation and doubting.   The decisions the conscious mind makes can be quite flawed depending on the scope and quality of fact and inputs available to it.  One of the key areas of decision-making is where to place attention, since this involves setting a hierarchy of priorities for attention.   Inputs to the conscious mind come from the five physical senses of seeing, touching, smelling, hearing, touching and taste.  These are the senses dealing with the “physical�?aspects and they are limited and can never sense the complete picture.  The conscious mind takes these inputs from the senses and evaluates, analyzes, judges, doubts, and thinks about the elements of information from the senses.  It then makes decisions based on the analysis.  Fear is generated in the conscious mind.   The primary focus of the conscious mind is order.   It’s most important to understand that the conscious mind does not create anything in any manner, nor does it come up with any new ideas.  It simply takes the imputs and puts these facts through a process to come up with a recommendation.  As you can imagine this decision or recommendation can very often be a very flawed decision.   The conscious mind resides in the physical body and the energetic body surrounding each person.  

The Subconscious Level:  This level or what is often called the subconscious mind is the area of what we call the mind where all emotions and feelings reside.  The memory resides in the subconscious mind.  All feelings reside in the subconscious mind, ranging from love, joy, trust, tenderness, appreciation, caring, to hate, greed, fear, lonely, just to name a few.  The subconscious mind remembers everything.   Emotions are triggered by memories, memories are the one and only source of emotions or what we often call feelings.  Emotions are energy reactions set off by memory patterns.  The memories triggering emotions in today can be from this life or past lives since we bring past life memories with us into each lifetime.   The subconscious mind is also the area that provides us with protection from trauma and other experiences in life that create emotional overloads.  It only allows those emotions to surface to the conscious mind that can be dealt with, blocking other emotions that would be considered as overload.  Certain types of depression or a blocked memory of certain life experiences provide this type of protection against an overload of emotions.  Excessive emotional overloads cause depression.   You can create “future�?memories in the subconscious through imagination, or what is often called daydreaming.   When you daydream, pore breath, breath with deep intention, or other forms of imagination, you are creating memories in your subconscious.  The subconscious views a memory of something that happened and something you imagines in exactly the same manner.    The subconscious mind is governed by the conscious mind.  This means that the subconscious mind will act on whatever direction is given to it by the conscious mind.  This is where the world of “visualization�?and “intent�?has originated.  The process of visualizing or putting intent into your subconscious mind by your conscious mind, will directly effect your thoughts and then of course your behavior.  However, this process of visualization or intent is not a simple matter of painting a picture in your mind and then expecting it to happen.  It can be quite a complex initiative that involves using all your senses.  Another approach used to seed the subconscious is called pore breathing and can be extremely effective as well.      The subconscious mind does not make decisions, but it has a major influence on the decisions made by the conscious mind.  The conscious mind will request information or guidance from the subconscious mind.  The subconscious mind is the conduit to the Superconscious Mind.  It is a gateway to abundance, vibrant health, and loving people and experiences in our lives.   The subconscious mind is also a communications center.  It communicates with the conscious mind and the superconscious mind.  The conscious mind cannot communicate with the conscious mind, but only through the subconscious.   The subconscious mind exists in the mental aura surrounding and penetrating your physical body. 

The Superconscious Level:  The Superconscious Level or what is often called the Superconscious Mind is the level that possesses infinite intelligence and all creative power.  It is part of the Cosmic Intelligence.  Everything is known in the Superconscious Mind and its intelligence is truly infinite.   It is in the Superconscious Mind that all creativity and originality begins.  It is the part of you that goes on forever, after you have left Mother Earth and moved to other dimensions.  The Superconscious Mind is what gives inspiration, insight, those special moments of knowing, and many abilities called psychic or mystical abilities.  It is the part of you that connects with the powers of other dimensions.   When we let go completely of the conscious mind and ask and believe that an answer will be given, it is guaranteed that it will come from the Superconscious Mind.  The answer will travel through the subconscious mind to the conscious mind, and memory will be generated through the experience for future requests, making future requests easier and easier.   You can develop the habit of asking your Superconscious Mind for answers to things that have puzzled you for many years.  Many an executive has learned to mediate and  go to their subconscious with a question and request for information when retiring, asking for special guidance or information, only to wake up the next day or the following day with ideas and answers they had not been able to obtain through their logical conscious mind.    The Superconscious Mind exists in the aura surrounding and penetrating your body as well as the Light Body which is the broader light body that extends far beyond the aura.  

Cosmic/ Universal Energy Field

  The Cosmic or Universal Energy Field is called many different names, including the Universal Mind, the Collective Consciousness, the Akasha, or the Universal Body.  This the energy of the entire Universe that connects the earth, all planets, all stars,  the entire cosmos, all people, plants and animals, all beings on all planets.  It links everyone and everything, past, present and future.  It can be compared to a huge energetic spider web that joins everyone and everything.  The Creator of the Universe is the center and soul of this Cosmic Energy Field.   In the Cosmic Energy Field, everything is constantly seeking to be in balance.  Instability seeks stability.  Inhaling is balanced by exhaling.   Wakefulness is balanced by sleep.  Natural electricity is balance by natural magnetism.  Death is balanced by life itself.  This is the wellspring of knowledge that provides us with the information, insight and wisdom we receive.  You can call this knowledge intuition, knowing, or by many other names.  

Dowsing

  Dowsing is the art of using different systems in the body and energy field to detect what are called subtle energies in order to obtain different types of information.  This information can relate to the inner functioning or an persons organs and systems, their emotional states, the presence of negative energies, earth energy grids, water, minerals, missing persons or objects and many other types of information.   Often simple tools such as pendulums or dowsing rods are used to obtain this information, but a person can read the subtle energies with his mind or other parts of his body and does not necessarily have to employ an external tool.   Dowsing is the ability to connect with a Natural Sensitivity which enables us to connect with energy vibrations and to read subtle energies to know things we cannot know by the use of our everyday brain, our personal experiences, or through using the five physical senses of seeing, hearing, smelling, touching or tasting.   Dowsing is often carried out at a distance and the distance has no bearing on the results; it can be carried out on someone or something in the next room or on someone or something on a different continent.  This is called distance dowsing.  An experienced dowser can read an individual at a distance using only their full name and birth date.  An experienced dowser can locate many pieces of information by reading a location on a map.   Distance Dowsing is often used in the area of health to identify the causes of and the remedies for different physical, emotional, mental/intellectual, psychic and spiritual issues.  This can provide information that is much more detailed that any technical test can provide.  

Distance Dowsing

Mother Earth and each planet and element in the Universe has its own energy network that surrounds it.  They can be easily compared to spider webs that are all joined.  Mother Earth has many places where energy is stronger and concentrated and these points are also called vortexes of energy.  Sedona and Tibet are famous for their special energy vortexes.  There are lines of energy that join these vortexes around our planet and these lines of energy are often called ley lines.  This is a vibratory network around Mother Earth and one that connects everything vibrationally in the entire Universe.  Each human, animal, plant, mineral, gem or whatever on each planet is linked energetically with vibration to the Universal Energy Network.   Distance dowsing uses the ability of an individual to connect with the Universal energy grid and to read this grid for the information requested.   

Earth Energies

There are many powerful energies within Mother Earth and around Mother earth.  The earth is filled with minerals, metals, crystals, gems, lava, water, and many powerful elements that act together to produce energy.  This energy directly affects everything that lives on our planet.   On Mother Earth, there are thousands of points of high energy called vortexes that are joined by energy lines called ley lines.  This energy system is a major conductor of energies around the earth as well as a conductor of energetic messages to the Entire Universe.   The earth is also surrounded by various energy grids that can seriously affect each one of us.  Two of these major grids are called the Hartman Grid and the Curry Grid.   Each planet in the Universe has its own energy system of vortexes, leylines, and surrounding energy.  The energies of the planets in our Universe affect Mother earth directly and so affect each person and thing living on Mother Earth.    

Energy Field 

The energy field is the electro-magnetic energy that surrounds and penetrates the physical body, including the auras, the chakras, the meridian system and all electro-magnetic energy flowing through and around the physical body.  All humans, animals, plants, gems, crystals, rocks, have energy fields.  All natural inanimate or man-made objects also have an energy field that surrounds and penetrates them.

Energy Signature 

  An energy signature is simply the energy field around a person or thing.  Just as each human being has a set of fingerprints that is unique to them, so does each human being have an energy signature that is also unique unto them.  Just as no two sets of fingerprints are the same, no two energy fields are the same, each being completely unique unto that person or thing.  A dowser like myself can use your full and complete name and can tap into your energy field and read a variety of things about you, based on connecting with your totally individual energy signature.  

Energy Blockages 

  Energy blockages can occur anywhere in the energy system including the auras, chakras, meridian system, or any channel or point used by the physical or energetic body to move energy.  These blockages can be caused my many things including negative thoughts, negative thought forms, emotions that have been repressed and are lodged in the energetic body, entities, spirits, spells, negative energy, psychic attack energies, past life memories, and all types of toxins.  Energy blockages can occur in the auras, chakras, the meridian system, and throughout the physical body.  An energy block reduces the flow of energy creating many different symptoms including fatigue, low vitality, confusion, slow thinking, lack in clarity of thought, depression, poor memory and a variety of other symptoms.  

Gem and Crystal Energy

  Crystals and gems have such enormous energetic properties and benefits that it’s impossible to provide a summary in one small section.  I will just say that gems and crystals have an entire spirit population that looks after them, represents them, and communicates with humans, if we will take the time to visit with them.  I make a group of essences called Choming Essences and with each essence I make I meditate and ask the spirits of the gem I’m working with to tell me a story about that specific gem.  The gem people always act out a little play for me, such a symbolic process.  I often have to ask for a second play to help me understand their message more fully.  Gem and crystal spirits are joyful, loving, playful and helpful.  It simply reflects the true healing energy contained within each and every one of them.