We are surrounded by electromagnetic waves and other forms of energy that we are not aware of. For example, we know about the presence of Wi-Fi because our computer device connects to it, not because we physically sense it.
We can unconsciously feel the kind of energy associated with the thoughts and emotions of other people, says Dr. Bernard Bateman. Our bodies have receptors to capture this energy. He studies the work of the brain and the energy emitted by living beings in order to understand the physical nature of these "fluids".
Bateman is a visiting professor at the University of Virginia and former head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri. He attended lectures at Yale University School of Medicine and completed his studies in psychiatry at Stanford. He often had the feeling that he was capturing the state of mind of his patients, and it was not associated with objective clinical observations. He developed an interest in studying the nature of such a phenomenon.
Many people share similar experiences. Have you ever had a special impression (and then it turned out to be correct) about the person you just met, and this impression was not caused by his behavior, appearance and actions?
Perhaps something in this person's gestures and manner of speaking gave you information on a subconscious level? Or do humans emit energy that can be captured in the same way that we pick up odors in the air? Can we "smell" a person's personality?
Observations of nature support the theory of energy perception.
Single-celled organisms "react to light, chemical reactions, and electromagnetic radiation to maintain an optimal state," Dr. Bateman writes in an article that has not yet been published, but he sent it to The Epoch Times. In a similar way, he adds, our skin may contain sensors for the perception of subtle forms of energy and information.
Plants and animals are believed to emit and receive energy that we cannot see.
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Sharks have sensors in their skin to detect subtle electromagnetic changes in the water. Birds sense the Earth's electromagnetic field, which helps them find their way accurately when flying. But this hypothesis has not been proven. According to other theories, migratory birds navigate using the sense of smell, capturing the subtlest smells of their native places.
Research into the emission of biophotons, or "auras", has shown that plants emit and capture energy from each other and, possibly, communicate using this energy.
Aura: the energy that we emit?
The aura around the person's finger in the Kirlian photograph.
Dr. Gary Schwartz and Dr. Catherine Crete published a study in 2006 in a journal dedicated to alternative medicine called "Imaginary Auras Around Plants: A New View of Biophotons." The topic of the presence of an aura has always been considered very controversial in scientific circles, especially the assumption that the aura is a physical proof of the existence of the soul.
Dr. Schwartz received his Ph. D. from Harvard, taught psychiatry and psychology at Yale University, and is currently a professor at the University of Arizona. Dr. Crete is Adjunct Professor of Optics at the University of Arizona.
Schwartz and Crete write: “After examining thousands of images over the past two years, we began to notice that there are patterns in the 'noise' surrounding plants. Biophotons not only went beyond the plants, but also intensified when plants were close to each other. Could these structures represent the aura surrounding the plants? Is it possible that there is a resonance or some kind of communication between the plants?"
Then they answer in the affirmative: "The complexity of biophotons, the complexity of these structures between plant parts, suggests the existence of a potential 'resonance' or communication between plants, as suggested by the modern theory of biophotons."
Kirlian photograph of the plant aura from the book Vita occulta plantarum ("The Secret Life of Plants") by Mark D. Roberts.
Bateman believes that further research is needed on the ability of people to communicate in a similar way using energy. He knows that in scientific circles they are skeptical about such studies: "In our world, any thing must be measured before it is accepted or considered real." And measuring this kind of energy can be very difficult.
Can we deliberately enhance this perception?
Observing his patients, Bateman came to the conclusion that their attitudes toward prescription drugs affect how receptors in the brain respond to drug molecules.
“What we think about medication seems to affect our receptor function,” he writes. "Perhaps our intentions and expectations activate new receptors or change the sensitivity of existing ones."