What is life-force energy?

Life-force energy is the energy that flows through all living things without which life would not be possible. Life-force energy is everywhere, it is the connective force of the Universe and there is therefore a limitless supply of it. We are born with a natural supply of life-force energy which is constantly topped up by the air we breathe, by food, water and sunlight and by what we absorb into our auric fields through our natural environment and our connection to the universe. Life-force energy can be taken in at both a physical and a spiritual level, and good health at every level requires an optimal absorption of life-force energy in all areas.

Life-force energy worldwide

The concept and the conscious use and manipulation of life-force energy is and  has been part and parcel of most of the world’s cultures throughout history. In China life-force energy is known as Chi or Qi, in Japan Ki, in India Prana and in Polynesia as Mana. The ancient Greeks referred to is as Pneuma, the ancient Egyptians as Sekhem, in Hebrew it is known as Ruach and in Islamic countries it is referred to as Baraka. In the west, the existence of life force energy is still widely unrecognized, although the philosophy of vitalism has long been an undercurrent in western thinking. In the 1940s, Willelm Reich labelled life-force energy Orgone, while Russian researchers today refer to it as bio-plasmic energy.

Key to good health

Although life is not possible without life-force energy, its flow and its intake can easily become blocked or clogged up, largely through unhealthy daily living habits, poor emotional management and shutting down our connection to spirit. Although most illnesses have a physical component, the root of illness is generally to be found in a less than optimal flow of life-force energy through the physical body and/or the energetic body (the aura). On the same note, the key to good health is generally an optimal intake and managment of life-force energy at every level. While individual choices play a role, our physical, emotional and spiritual environment naturally also influences the state of health. Nobody is an island, we are all part of the same energetic web.

Life-force energy therapies

The knowledge that our bodies are filled with life-force energy and that this is directly connected to the quality of our health has resulted in the development of many different forms of energy medicine. While established western science still fails to acknowledge the existence of life-force energy as it cannot (as yet) be detected and measured by gross material instruments, fortunately today there is a resurgent interest in the west in an increasingly wider range of therapies based on life-force energy. Examples are acupuncture, shiatsu, reflexology, homeopathy and herbal and flower remedies. Examples of therapies in the area of hands-on healing are Reiki and Quantum Touch.

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