Zweifel-Lanz Bioenergy

Understanding the Language of Life
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-7386-6171-2
Verlag: BoD - Books on Demand
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 124 Seiten

"North foehn wind in Maloja, Switzerland. Swirling snowflakes - in the glistening sun they resemble a ballet of crystals. Is it not nearly a miracle that each snowflake is said to have its own individual vibrational field and its own unique crystalline structure? Each snowflake is one of a kind. A miracle?" In this nonfiction book, Irene Zweifel-Lanz describes bioenergetic phenomena and invites her readers to reflect and call into question, to researchand to test. In appealing ways, she uses personal account to illustrate the diversity of bioenergy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zweifel-Lanz, Irene

Leseproben

Martin Heidegger,

3. BIOENERGY

3.1 Fundamental notions

Bioenergy is usually defined as subtle energy with life information. We like to relate the term “bioenergy” to the above citation of Martin Heidegger in order to make clear in advance that bioenergy has nothing to do with the physical definition of the concept of energy. In different passages from his writings, the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) provides us with the somewhat simplified but, for an understanding of the essence of bioenergy, useful statement that energy is the truly being, and form the possibly being.3 Renowned research scientists, above all Albert Einstein and Max Planck, came to the conclusion in the course of their investigations that matter as such does not exist, and that matter is a concentration of vibrations in the smallest space. Thus vibrations are among the most fundamental characteristics of all beings. (Vibration is here defined as movement appearing in a regularly recurring, temporal interval.)

Put more simply: Form is condensed energy. The inverse line of reasoning is less familiar: that consequently, without energy there would be no form and therefore no material body. Without the existence of a soul, which doubtless belongs to the area of subtle energy, no living body would be manifest.

Inevitably, the philosophical subject of Being and Appearing, or of Having and Being in Martin Buber’s sense, suggests itself (Buber, M., (1973). . Verlag Lambert Schneider GmbH Heidelberg).Many great authors and poets, initially and particularly those of Spain’s baroque age, the so-called “Golden Age,” made the subject of being and appearing their subject above all others, anticipating (knowing?) in their poetry and writings that behind the misleading ostensible form, behind the real world, there is a form-building force – an energy. In this way, a large number of poets and philosophers such as Heidegger have dealt in their own way, whether they intended to or not, with bioenergy – with the vibrational patterns and the bioenergetic fields that give form to our life and our world.

For centuries, people were kept at a distance from true esoteric knowledge (Greek es?te??? [esoteros] = directed inward). Only the initiated and rulers had access to knowledge of the subtle energies. In our current Age of Aquarius – as it is related in books of wisdom and prophecies – ancient knowledge is to be discovered anew, and genuine esoteric knowledge made accessible to all who desire it. But at what price? Each person must be aware that he is today able (“uncalled” and “uninitiated,” it is true) to arrive at knowledge that had previously been considered secret – to knowledge that in earlier times, according to ancient laws, he was not entitled to. Dealing with such knowledge must – probably in contrast to earlier times – be learned and integrated as one’s own responsibility. Each person who, though “uninitiated,” is given the possibility of receiving ancient knowledge, should be aware of the great responsibility that comes along with receiving such knowledge.

Martin Heidegger, in his citation at the beginning of this chapter, may in his own way be giving expression to this responsibility – also in relation to bioenergetic fields: He anticipates, philosophically, the modern-day themes of “information” and “being networked.” Speaking about bioenergy without including the keywords “information” and “being networked” is just as meaningless as speaking about information and being networked without having any idea what bioenergy is.

Atoms, cells, organs, and systems such as water, plants, animals, and humans vibrate in their own different, individually typical ways. Greek philosophers from the circle of Heraclitus already pointed to the fact that living systems are open systems in constant interaction with each other. (Cf. the well-known Greek expression p??ta ?e? [panta rhei] = everything flows, said to originate from the circle of the Greek philosopher Heraclitus.)

Figure 1: Aura – plants, animals, and humans are open, dissipative systems. (Illustration: Jacques Laesser)

From the viewpoint of modern physics as well, living systems (plants, animals, and humans) are open and dissipative: Everything is in relationship to everything, or expressed in more modern terms, everything is networked. Life is communication. And communication only takes place where networking through bioenergetic fields is present.

If we take as our basis the threefold body-soul-spirit in man, bioenergy is to be found at the juncture between body and soul. It encompasses the preforming patterns, the vital and shaping forces. For this reason, our well-being and mood, health and illness are directly connected with this shining, luminous force of the body and soul.

This is the reason why it is possible, through bioenergetically oriented, therapeutic measures, to have a positive influence on the will and psyche in moments of grief, depression, and other emotionally difficult situations (e.g. exams).

In principle, the vibrational field of bioenergy can be ordered, rhythmic, or harmonious, in which case it is helpful, strengthening, and uplifting. But it may also be unordered, disharmonious, and disintegrating, in which case it has a weakening effect, even draining one to the point of promoting illness.

A bioenergetic vibrational field can also be lacking, or form a so-called zero field, which drains the vitality of the corresponding energy body.

Figure 2: Spirit, soul, body. (Illustration: BIONIK AG)

3.2 An overview of the characteristics of bioenergy

3.2.1 Tradition

The polar life energy, with the components plus and minus (yin and yang) that we call bioenergy, manifests itself throughout the world in sacred and religious buildings, as well as in places of healing and power. In Taoism and acupuncture it is known as chi and, according to the cultural background in question, is also referred to as vital energy, prana, galama, entelechy, od, forming forces, and so on.

Knowledge of this energy was already used in the earliest times, for example to find water and mineral resources. In addition, it formed the basis for healing methods, customs, rituals, and ceremonies.

One of the most impressive examples of the use of bioenergetic knowledge in our Western cultural milieu can be seen in the complex of Epidaurus on the Peloponnesian Peninsula in Greece. To this day it is still possible to experience and test the brilliant collaboration of architects, priests, and doctors. Knowledge of the intertwining of different subtle energetic fields seems to have been internalized at the time. Those who knew certainly sought out the location for this healing center. The theater, which served therapeutic purposes in ancient Greece and was for this reason erected directly beside the therapy building, is located – hardly by chance – on a crossing of powerful ley lines.

The theater of Epidaurus is world-renowned for its unique acoustics. If we analyze this extraordinary phenomenon with bioenergetic knowledge, it turns out that while declaiming, the entire body energy is concentrated on the throat chakra4, which is responsible for language. In the listener, however, the body energy is concentrated on the ears. The theater is probably also dimensioned with great geometric knowledge. Through it the production of an echo is avoided, firstly since sound waves only reach self-resonance values far behind the spectator room, and secondly, because due to the height of the logarithmically arranged seating rows, all spectators can hear equally well. The actor can thus perform at a normal volume. This also means that bioenergetic phenomena can not only be felt and tested, but also, as in this case, explained. For the Romans arriving later, the theater was too small. They constructed a few additional seating rows, but the ingenious system of sound wave transference no longer works for these rows.

Figure 3: Epidaurus – the original seating sections, built with knowledge of bioenergy, are visible, as well as the sections built later by the Romans. (Photo: Silvia Pfisterer)

Architects‘ bioenergetic knowledge also included the awareness that dome structures, through particularly strong ground radiation, provide a sort of feedback. Dome constructions are frequently found among ancient advanced civilizations. In later ancient Greece, springs in sanctuaries with dome structures were apparently not simply being covered or protected; their energy was intentionally potentiated by architectural means. Mosques are also often constructed according to the same principle. The renowned landmark that is the Vatican is most likely the largest dome construction in the world.

Bioenergetic knowledge was present among all ancient peoples to a more or less conscious and more or less cultivated degree. Still today, the sand paintings of the Navajo Indians testify to a traditional, conscious approach to bioenergetic phenomena....