Oct 14

Not all vibes are good vibes 

There are good vibes and there are bad vibes and many in between (OK vibes). These vibrations exist on many levels. Some are very physical, as in earthquakes, and some are very subtle, like those given off within a space, or by a person who is silent. Vibrations are everywhere because it is very plausible that vibrations create, surround, emanate from, and are all manifestations. Naturally it follows that there are vibrations that are 'good' and those that are 'bad.' There are those that support life and those that destroy life. What is good and bad depends on the person who receives these stimuli according to their own vibration and their own resonance with those vibrations in the external world.

Resonance

I usually use the word resonance in a positive sense. As in "that resonates with me," or, "that did not resonate with me." Yet closer to the reality is that resonance occurs for better and for worse. We need not look further then the physical reality of structures to know that during earthquakes resonance is not a good thing. On a more subtle level, I remember a man saying, "If you are in the habit of being annoyed, then the world is full of annoying things." This is another form of resonance, yet it is one that we greatly influence by our minds inner reality. So it seems that there are many forms of resonance based on the many layers or aspects of our Self/self. Perhaps there are those that happen organically and naturally from the basis of our greater or higher Self and those that happen based on a more limited experience as in the case of our current state of mind or current physical state. Whatever the case, it seems that to resonate is to be strongly moved by something in a conscious way; after all we are always under the influence of something. What particular aspect of us is resonating, why it is resonating, and whether it is a beneficial is a whole other thing?

Energy and Qi

Hmmmm. I wonder what is the translation of the word energy into Chinese and when did this word come about? I would guess that there was a time when the word energy was not in the mandarin language. In other words, there was not one word for energy and another for qi. If so, then energy and qi are simply two words that are attempting to describe a subjective experience in the body and an observation in the world. If so, I only know what it feels like for me to be and to move. That is, I know my own physical sensations and as I live I also get to observe life (movement, qi, energy) in others. Whichever language one speaks one still feels it. In that case, 100 words from 100 languages may not capture it, yet in the same breath those who have studied it most, and know how to use it, probably have a word that better describes it.