We can sense energies with our intuition and our extrasensory perception, but also we can sense them with our everyday five senses too.
-Frequency - how fast does it cycle? what is it's rhythm? think of a classic ringing phone, Ding-a-ling-a-ling, if it happens in one second, that's a frequency of five cycles per second. Frequency is sometimes used as another word for vibration, because we think of something as oscillating (moving back and forth) as the whole of what a vibration is. But there is so much more to what's going on with energies and it's important to know what else we can sense there, to make sense of our experiences.
-Amplitude - how intense is it? the peaks and valleys of the waveform - how loud or quiet is it? how bright or dim is it? how strong or mild is it? Scientifically, we can judge these by standard measurements like Decibels or Lumens or Joules, or we can compare it to other experiences we've had by our own personal intensity scales.
-Directionality - is it going in one or two directions? where is it coming from or going to? is it radiant or flowing from point a to point b? Is point a in the North or South? or to your left or your right? or above you, for example, and where is point b relative to that? Are you at point b as the target, or are you intersecting the energy on it's way to point b? In electricity Direct Current (DC power) flows only one way, where with Alternating Current (AC power) the flow switches directions between poles. In spiritual terms, this means the flow of energy could be passing in your direction and use you as a grounding point, flowing through you and out into the Earth instead of meeting it's target. How do you tell the difference if you are the target of vibes or simply in their environment?
-Polarity - is it negatively charged or positively charged, or alternating? electrons can carry a charge, either positive charge (cation) or negative charge (anion). I'll get into a bit more about ions in a moment. From a perspective of sending energies to someone, we can harness the benefits of charged air molecules by being in nature, near falling water for example, and build ourselves up in spirit by raising our own vibration before we do the work.
-Duration - how long do you sense it for at once? does it return in pulses? Returning to the phone example, the ringing might happen three times before you pick up the receiver, Ding-a-ling-a-ling, Ding-a-ling-a-ling, Ding-a-ling-a-ling... so that would be three pulses, rather than frequency. When we feel energies, sometimes they wax and wane, or come and go, and we feel something strongly for a moment, and then it returns another time, sometimes sooner than later. How long does your experience last before it fades?
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***What are some examples of good vibes and bad vibes that we can sense?
Basically, certain circumstances allow electrons to change their charge, such as when air and water are in motion, as the tide comes in on the ocean for instance, and that changes the ions in the air we breathe in the environment as the molecules break apart. This can also happen from sunlight and radiation of other kinds. Positive ions are more likely associated with the heavy feeling before a storm hits, or the lazy feeling we get from a haze of smog on a hot city summer day. So spiritually speaking, we don't consider these positive = bad or negative = good, they simply have different effects on our bodies and minds.
I want to say more about negative ions from waterfalls, the beach or shower. I've read that ions can be inhaled in the air and are metabolized into our bloodstream. Negative ions in particular could be creating biochemical reactions like an increase in serotonin for example, which combats depression and stress. We feel energized and more alert, then, and can be more productive or more active.
***What are some frequencies we are familiar with as humans?
1: Notes (sound waves)
& colours (light)
Scientifically these are very different from each other, in terms of their frequency, and can't be compared directly very easily. But as seekers who love correspondence charts, we can see correspondences between the traditional notes and scales of music and the colours of the spectrum.
2: human bodies while standing have a pretty standard frequency.
3: brain waves:
Frequency of Brain Waves
State / State of mind
Delta - Deep sleep
Theta - Drowsiness (also first stage of sleep)
Alpha - Relaxed but alert
Beta - Highly alert and focused
4. Heart beats, or your heart rate has a particular frequency. It can be changed if you get electrocuted, for example, which can cause a heart attack, or it can be brought back into a regular rhythm when you've had a heart attack, by a defibrillator. Some people say sound like music at a particular bpm can change the heart rate to match the beats. Others say that people in an auditorium will synchronize their heart rates automatically to one another. So spiritually speaking, other energies when in contact with us, can change our basic rhythms.
5. Molecules - like DNA, or like caffeine, have vibrating chemical bonds in the molecules.
4: Calories are an expression of an amount of energy expressed sometimes in Joules or KiloJoules, and a Kilocalorie (the relevant amount to our bodies and metabolism) can be expressed as KCal/mol which is easy enough to convert into frequency in Hz using a conversion tool that does the math for you. I'll list some conversion tools in the references section below.
5: Crystals
Quartz, magnetite, pyrite, hematite and other crystals can be cut into thin disks and measured for their frequency. Watches use Quartz to function because of it's rhythm of cycles.
6. Chakras - Some folks say the chakras correspond with the light/colours and sound/notes mentioned above. I'll post some tables I found in my research.
***how are these terms and calculations relevant to spiritual energies?
We don't yet seem to know how something just being near something else can cause the frequency of either to change ... like how keeping crystals in your bedroom might affect you while you are sleeping there... or how chanting OM or using singing bowls in a large circle might cause folks to feel a particular way during and afterward that's different from before. But it seems to be the case that we are influencing ourselves, either our brain waves, or our overall vibration, by intentionally choosing which types of vibrations we surround ourselves with. So keep in mind that the varying frequencies in Hz or GHz might be vastly different from each other, and there's no way that we are going to match up our heart rate to the vibration of microwave light, but even so, when you drop two stones into a pond, the ripples that flow from them collide and that influences how the shape of the ripples looks, so with spiritual energies, perhaps the effects are subtle but noticeable because there is in fact an influence happening. Which brings me to the next point.
***What is resonating?
Simply stated, resonating means vibrating together.
- harmonic resonance
There are two theories about harmonic resonance. One is that, if your energy is disturbed, harmonic resonance is a state of returning to the equilibrium state where we are at our baseline frequency. Because we respond to the electromagnetic fields around us,when two or more match up, this is also called harmonic resonance. Take for example a couple of guitars in the same room. If you pluck one of the strings on one guitar, then a string tuned the same on the other guitar will vibrate. This is true of other string instruments, tuning forks, drums, you name it. So, I think it follows that if we are "tuned" or attuned to a particular vibration, even if we are not energetically vibrating on that level, when someone else amplifies their vibration on that "note" or frequency, ours will resonate with theirs. Perhaps both make sense, given that if we are attuned to a particular frequency, but not vibrating on that level at the moment, it would bring us back into equilibrium to be influenced by another energetic influence that is where we are supposed to be at.
- Schumann resonance
This is the frequency (or more accurately frequencies) that the ionosphere (part of Earth's lower atmosphere) vibrates at. It is largely due to electrical storms that we have this closed circuit around the planet. More or less, people say this is the Earth's energy field or aura, and that attuning to this vibration is a healing experience.
*** What does it mean to raise one's vibration and how do we do it?
Could this mean aligning with a frequency of something else as in harmonic resonance? for example, aligning our vibration to the Schumann resonance, or to a crystal's frequency?
Or does this mean staying in our own best equilibrium despite interference?
***How do we send vibes?
There are conventional ways to do this, using technology such as UV light treatment for psoriasis. The patient stands in an upright tanning unit basically, and the specific spectrum of light such as UVB light, will shine on them for a few seconds to a few minutes of high intensity treatment.
But there are ways in which we can use harmonic resonance with our own energies, using singing bowls or tuning forks, crystals such as using an amethyst bio mat treatment or wearing jewelry, and so on. A lot of healing methods that are ancient but considered New Age fall into this category.
REFERENCES
Ions:
https://www.webmd.com/balance/features/negative-ions-create-positive-vibes#1
https://www.organiclifestylemagazine.com/how-negative-ions-and-positive-ions-affect-our-health
https://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/wposion.html
https://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Atmosphere/ion_solar_effect.html
Resonance:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resonance
Harmonic Resonance
https://www.holistic-mindbody-healing.com/harmonic-resonance.html
http://cns-alumni.bu.edu/~slehar/HRezBook/Chap2.pdf
Human frequency:
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001SPIE.4317..469B
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9306739
Heart rate
https://hypertextbook.com/facts/1998/ArsheAhmed.shtml
Schumann resonance:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schumann_resonances
https://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/q768.html
OM frequency:
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-7565/om-what-is-it-why-do-we-chant-it.html
Brain waves:
https://hypertextbook.com/facts/2004/SamanthaCharles.shtml
http://www.brainandhealth.com/brain-waves/
Mood and Alpha frequency
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3967/4dc06729f767ee12941e4f7f6be2f27b4342.pdf
Differences in frequency based on shape of sample
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2003-01/1042862176.Ph.r.html
Molecular bonds and vibration
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_vibration
Frequency in DNA base pairs
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1143999/pdf/biochemj00324-0036.pdf
About reciprocal centimeters
https://cccbdb.nist.gov/wavenumber.asp
Converting wavenumbers
https://www2.chemistry.msu.edu/faculty/harrison/cem483/wavenumbers.pdf
https://www.translatorscafe.com/unit-converter/en/frequency-wavelength/1-29/hertz-wavelength%20in%20centimetres/
https://convert.impopen.com/index.php
http://www.photonics.byu.edu/fwnomograph.phtml
Calories
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/263028.php
Energy units
http://www.ilpi.com/msds/ref/energyunits.html
Caffiene frequency
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/6810114_Computationally-Assisted_Approach_to_the_Vibrational_Spectra_of_Molecular_Crystals_Study_of_Hydrogen-Bonding_and_Pseudo-Polymorphism
Quartz frequency
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz_clock
Musical resonance
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/sound/Lesson-4/Forced-Vibration
Factors affecting wave speed
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/sound/u11l2c.cfm
Electro-convulsive Therapy (ECT treatment)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2933093/
Sunlight radiation frequencies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunlight
Frequency in crystals where grains are separated by other rock material
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264898895_THE_INFLUENCE_OF_PYRITE_ON_ROCK_ELECTRICAL_PROPERTIES_A_CASE_STUDY_FROM_NW_AUSTRALIAN_GAS_RESERVOIRS
Crystal frequencies
https://eprints.qut.edu.au/58147/4/58147.pdf
http://www.jpier.org/PIERB/pierb25/20.10072403.pdf
Polarity in electricity
http://carelabz.com/what-polarity-test-why-conduct-polarity-test/
Metabolism and energy
https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/nutrient-utilization-in-humans-metabolism-pathways-14234029
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26882/
Sound and frequency compared to light
https://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=2048
Chakra frequencies and correspondences
https://www.chakrakey.com/chakra-frequencies-and-correlations-2/