Feeling others' 'energy'- what does it mean?!

Q: A person in another country says I feel your energy, it’s like you’re next to me. What does this mean?

Krishna: You will get only science based answers here, not the type supporting some people’s belief systems.

If the person says 'you are next to me', it just means he is imagining that you are next to him. Nothing more and nothing less.

Imaginations are just imaginations. Pure and simple.

Feeling your ‘energy’? What does he mean by human 'energy'?

Auras or energy field claims are not supported by scientific evidence and are thus pseudoscience. When tested under scientific controlled experiments, the ability to see auras has not been proven to exist. (1)

 The energy system is a dynamic system that maintains and influences human life activities, including energy operations from microscopic to macroscopic levels such as chemical energy released by mitochondria and enzymes, and heat generated by food.

The human body includes both visible and invisible parts. The former is the material system and the latter is the energetic system. As matter and energy can be converted into each other, it is important to study the human body from the perspective of both the material and energetic systems, which can complement each other.(2)

The concept of the existence of a human energy field can be found in some of the eastern cultures.

Does the real issue become what happens to the released energy from the body? Do we simply feel it as heat (thermal energy) and that is it?

Or is it possible that a body releasing energy from these processes, as well as from mental and emotional processes, somehow creates a field effect and an energy system that obeys some subtle but detectable and measurable process?

Traditional and eastern “ spiritual sciences” as well as the more recent humanistic research of the body-mind healing movement, would say this is exactly what occurs.

They all argue that indeed this process at the energetic layer of the human condition plays a vital and significant role in the health of the emotional, mental and physical aspects of the related body-mind system.

They all then approach how to diagnose, work and trigger rebalancing or flow or healing of this energy field, from different viewpoints, and using different techniques, none of which meets the scientific or medical criteria of empirical or evidence-based outcomes.

So there is no solid evidence of these energies.

Humans obtain energy from three classes of fuel molecules: carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins. The potential chemical energy of these molecules is transformed into other forms, such as thermal, kinetic, and other chemical forms. (4)

The body can use only one specific form of chemical energy, or fuel, to do biological work – adenosine triphosphate (ATP). How can anyone feel your ATP energy? Okay, if the person is in front of you and can see your work, maybe he can guess your levels of energy. If he is somewhere else, how can he feel it?

Thermal imaging: source: Research gate

All objects, including human bodies, emit electromagnetic radiation. The wavelength of radiation emitted depends on the temperature of the objects. Such radiation is sometimes called thermal radiation. Most of the radiation emitted by the human body is in the infrared region, mainly at the wavelength of 12 micron. The wavelength of infrared radiation is between 0.75 to 1000 micron (1 micron = 10-6 metres). This wavelength is longer than that of red visible light so this explains the name 'infrared', meaning 'beyond the red'.(5) The human eye cannot see it, but humans can detect it as heat. (6) But how can he detect this heat from another country? From such a long distance?

There is connection between mind feelings and body through biochemistry. One can influence the other. But between two different people?

Unless they are in love?

Some people can easily ‘feel’ others’ feelings. I certainly can. It is because of ‘empathy’. If you cry in front of me, I can intensely feel your physical and emotional pain.

Image source: Mirror Neurons and How to Harness Them

The discovery of mirror neurons allows a comprehension of empathy as an immediate and compassionate partaking of a response, enabling an understanding of the other person’s feeling. (3)

Yes, empathetic people can feel others’ emotions. Is this the ‘energy’ he is talking about? Is he feeling your emotions during your interactions?

Well think about them and come to your own conclusion.

Footnotes:

1. Aura (paranormal) - Wikipedia

2. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095754818300358

3. [Empathy and mirror neurons. A view on contemporary neuropsychologi....

4. Human Metabolism, Energy, Nutrients.

5. Radiation emitted by Human Body - Thermal Radiation).

6. Infrared Waves - NASA Science