Many of us know that solar energy is a good thing, but few really understand why. Therefore, I compiled a comprehensive list of solar energy advantages and disadvantages that will enable you to make an educated decision whether on not Solar Power is right for YOU.

Solar Energy Advantages

1. Saves you money

• After the initial investment has been recovered, the energy from the sun is practically FREE.
• The recovery/ payback period for this investment can be very short depending on how much electricity your household uses.
• Financial incentives are available form the government that will reduce your cost.
• If your system produce more energy than you use, your utility company can buy it from you, building up a credit on your account! This is called net metering.
• It will save you money on your electricity bill if you have one at all.
• Solar energy does not require any fuel.
• It’s not affected by the supply and demand of fuel and is therefore not subjected to the ever-increasing price of gasoline.
• The savings are immediate and for many years to come.
• The use of solar energy indirectly reduces health costs.

2. Environmentally friendly

• Solar Energy is clean, renewable (unlike gas, oil and coal) and sustainable, helping to protect our environment.
• It does not pollute our air by releasing carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide, sulphur dioxide or mercury into the atmosphere like many traditional forms of electrical generations does.
• Therefore Solar Energy does not contribute to global warming, acid rain or smog.
• It actively contributes to the decrease of harmful green house gas emissions.
• It’s generated where it is needed.
• By not using any fuel, Solar Energy does not contribute to the cost and problems of the recovery and transportation of fuel or the storage of radioactive waste.

3. Independent/ semi-independent

• Solar Energy can be utilized to offset utility-supplied energy consumption. It does not only reduce your electricity bill, but will also continue to supply your home/ business with electricity in the event of a power outage.
• A Solar Energy system can operate entirely independent, not requiring a connection to a power or gas grid at all. Systems can therefore be installed in remote locations (like holiday log cabins), making it more practical and cost-effective than the supply of utility electricity to a new site.
• The use of Solar Energy reduces our dependence on foreign and/or centralized sources of energy, influenced by natural disasters or international events and so contributes to a sustainable future.
• Solar Energy supports local job and wealth creation, fuelling local economies.

4. Low/ no maintenance

• Solar Energy systems are virtually maintenance free and will last for decades.
• Once installed, there are no recurring costs.
• They operate silently, have no moving parts, do not release offensive smells and do not require you to add any fuel.
• More solar panels can easily be added in the future when your family’s needs grow.

Solar Energy Disadvantages

• The initial cost is the main disadvantage of installing a solar energy system, largely because of the high cost of the semi-conducting materials used in building one.
• The cost of solar energy is also high compared to non-renewable utility-supplied electricity. As energy shortages are becoming more common, solar energy is becoming more price-competitive.
• Solar panels require quite a large area for installation to achieve a good level of efficiency.
• The efficiency of the system also relies on the location of the sun, although this problem can be overcome with the installation of certain components.
• The production of solar energy is influenced by the presence of clouds or pollution in the air.
• Similarly, no solar energy will be produced during nighttime although a battery backup system and/or net metering will solve this problem. See http://www.dsireusa.org for details on how net metering allows you to save electricity and money.
• As far as solar powered cars go – their slower speed might not appeal to everyone caught up in today’s rat race.

Studies on the body’s defense mechanism against stealth adapted viruses have provided important insight into a fundamental mechanism whereby the body acquires energy for cellular functions. The mechanism is referred to as the third or alternative cellular energy (ACE) pathway. Photosynthesis is regarded as the first cellular energy pathway of Nature and food metabolism as the second.

The energy utilized by the ACE pathway is derived from an environmental force termed KELEA (kinetic energy limiting electrostatic attraction). It is likely to correspond to what Nikola Tesla described as a radiant or as an impulse force. The fundamental role of the kinetic energy may be to prevent the fusion and annihilation of opposing electrical charges. KELEA can act on fluids and other materials, leading to a loosening of hydrogen bonding. KELEA activated water shows an increase in molecular kinetic activity measurable as an increased volatility. Moreover, the separated electrical charges in sufficiently activated water can directly absorb KELEA from the environment leading to further activation of the water and that of nearby or added water.

Although initially identified as a non-immunological defense against stealth adapted viruses, the ACE pathway has far wider significance in biology. Principally, the ACE pathway is an adjunct to the cellular energy derived from oxidative phosphorylation of food. The typical average daily consumption of food yields approximately 2,000 Calories. For a 75 Kilogram individual to maintain a body temperature 20oC above the environment requires 1,500 Calories a day. (The body returns to room temperature within 24 hours of death). This would leave insufficient energy from food metabolism for the various cellular functions of the brain, heart, muscles and other organs. In other words, humans and presumably other living creatures are dependent of an additional, non-food source of cellular energy.

Various materials can absorb KELEA and transfer it to nearby water. A striking feature of many of these materials is their dipolar or multipolar electrical property. It is presumed that the separated electrical charges are attracting KELEA, which may then be released from certain of these compounds, possibly in an oscillatory manner. This consideration led to the intriguing possibility that the fluctuating electrical activity in the brain and in muscles may serve as an antenna for bringing KELEA into the body. Support for this hypothesis was obtained by demonstrating a water-activating effect by participants in a laughing yoga class.

The role of the brain as an antenna for KELEA is presumably subject to both positive and negative influences. The latter are likely to include emotional stress. For certain individuals the use of cell phones or simply being under the influence of excessive electromagnetism may negatively affect the proposed antenna function of their brain. Several lines of evidence are consistent with certain generalizations regarding beneficial aspects of the brain’s electrical activity. These include I) a preference for alpha wave and even more so for gamma brain waves, rather than beta brain waves. ii) Brain waves of high amplitude, which are indicative of a greater membrane potential with less risk of unwarranted depolarization. iii) A lower overall level of activity, allowing the brain to more easily restrict its attention to enable clarity of thought, optimism and self-esteem. iv) greater emphasis on parasympathetic versus sympathetic stimulation. These generalizations are consistent with the widely touted benefits of positive thinking and mindful meditation.

The body can produce KELEA attracting materials outside of the brain. They are termed “ACE pigments” and can develop as a result of infections with stealth adapted and other viruses. ACE pigments are electrostatic, occasionally magnetic and can fluoresce, especially in the presence of certain dyes, including neutral red dye. Testing for ACE pigments in dried perspiration, saliva and urine can provide a means of assessing the ACE pathway. Their presence can, therefore, be used as an indication for insufficient cellular energy.

As reasoned elsewhere, effective homeopathy is likely a misnomer for the administration of KELEA activated water. The water is activated by herbal tinctures, which are presumably acting as KELEA absorbing and transmitting compounds. The compounds are largely removed by the progressive dilutions of homeopathic formulations. Mineral rich materials useful for activating water include humic/fulvic acids, zeolites, volcanic rocks, shungite (a product from Russia), mica and anhydrous magnesium oxide. The activating material can be removed once the water is activated, by various means including distilling the water or using a zero residue filtration. Indeed, some dipolar compounds can function without direct contact with the water and merely need to be place close by the water to be activated.

Broadly based health benefits have been attributed to several food products. A prime example is the leaves of the Moringa oleifera tree. Although usually explained by its rich source of nutrients, the major mode of action of Moringa oleifera leaves is likely that of water activation. The term enerceutical™ was introduced to describe foods able to supply cellular energy beyond their calorie or micronutrient content. Research by the author has also placed Ashitaba plants, cocoa powder and chaga mushroom extract into the water-activating grouping of enerceuticals™.

Evolving clinical data support the value of consuming activated water in various medical conditions. Formal rigorously controlled studies in patients with many clinical illnesses are now warranted. These illnesses are broadly categorized as follows:

1. Inadequate oxygen delivery as in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

2. Impaired blood supply as in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

3. Inefficiency of cellular metabolism as, for example in diabetes.

4. Increased energy demands as in infections and in wound healing.

5. Deficiency in higher level brain functions that are not fully supported by food derived metabolic energy.

An interesting possibility in this last category is that consuming activated water may increase the brain’s ability to act as its own antenna for KELEA, in a positive feedback mechanism. Increasingly, psychiatric patients are being identified as being refractory to any reasoned talk therapy or available psychothropic medications. Possibly they may become more responsive to these modes of therapy if they consume KELEA activated water or enerceutical™ foods.

An understanding of the ACE pathway can also challenge the presumed mode of action of various alternative therapies. For example, while EDTA based chelation therapy is generally assumed to work by deleting toxic metals, it may simply be supplying activated water. Electro-acupuncture bears similarity with the use of electrical stimulation to activate water in the laboratory setting. Mind body medicine and meditation, which mainly serve to limit distracting thought processes, may actually be a means of enhancing the KELEA antenna function of the brain. These and related topics are discussed in the book: Stealth Adapted Viruses; Alternative Cellular Energy (ACE) & KELEA Activated Water.”

Nuclear energy generated during the nuclear fission reaction can become a renewable energy source only if we find a nuclear fuel that can be used in the nuclear reactors and represents an abundant not a finite resource.

Another disadvantage that comes with the nuclear fission reaction using uranium as nuclear fuel is the nuclear waste generated, which is very dangerous for any living being and the environment.

Disposing nuclear waste is not an easy task, it is actually a pretty complex and expensive activity involving a secured transportation system and the construction of a hermetically sealed structure that will be heavily guarded.

Thorium, which is a radioactive chemical element that can be used as nuclear fuel in the nuclear reactors to generate clean energy during the nuclear fission reaction releases less nuclear waste than uranium, so is considered a cleaner nuclear fuel.

However, even if thorium is a cleaner and a more abundant resource than uranium, it is still a finite resource, so the clean energy generated by thorium is not renewable.

To make the nuclear energy renewable we need to use a nuclear fuel that is very abundant here on Earth and in the universe.

Hydrogen is used by the Sun to generate energy, heat and light during the nuclear fusion reaction that takes place every second inside our star.

Hydrogen is a very abundant element in the known universe, so the nuclear energy generated by the nuclear fusion reaction that uses hydrogen as nuclear fuel is considered a renewable energy source.

However, humanity cannot control the nuclear fusion reaction yet, so the opportunity to generated unlimited clean energy is pretty far.

ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) is an international project sponsored by countries such as the U.S., the EU, Japan, China, Russia, Korea, and India, and aims to build an experimental thermonuclear reactor in Southern France to host the nuclear fusion reaction and generate unlimited amounts of clean power.

U.S. scientists are also working to bring nuclear fusion closer to our time, but because the nuclear fusion reaction is an exceptionally complex process that involves non-linear phenomena the work at the project is slow and difficult.

The human society of today, needs to further evolve to master the nuclear fusion reaction, because the process is so complex that even the best computing resources of today are not fast enough to safely control this amazing nuclear reaction that can generate unlimited amounts of clean power for us.

Scientists estimate that nuclear fusion will become available by 2050, which means that the use of fossil fuels for energy generation could be ended at the middle of this century.

It seems that we need to wait at least three more decades to see the end of the fossil fuel era and the beginning of a new era of unlimited clean power generated by the nuclear fusion reaction.

For many, the concept of being able to tap into the sun and produce energy that can power their home, business, or automobile is a mysterious phenomenon. Unlocking the power of the sun in just a few simple steps can not only save you thousands on utility bills but also help create a more sustainable world by reducing our carbon footprint. Here is how solar panels work to produce energy:

1. Solar Panel Technology

Solar panels work to convert sunlight into electricity that your home can use, reducing your electricity bills. Panels come in a variety of sizes and shapes, and use a range of solar cell technology. The very best panels work harder by maximizing every drop of solar energy available throughout the day. The very best solar panels on the market can produce 70% more energy than lesser solar panels over the course of 25 years*. Studies have shown that a solid copper foundation adds strength to panels, and ultra pure silicon delivers optimal solar energy conversion. In fact, the world record efficiency of 24.2% delivers 44% more power per square foot of solar panels, meaning that they work to produce significantly more solar energy that panels made from other materials. It’s also imperative that your panels are engineered and tested to stand up to the world’s harshest conditions, including temperature swings, battering winds, humidity, hail, and more. If the design or quality of the solar panel is inferior, it could mean that you’ll be producing significantly less solar energy. A well-certified system has been shown to yield solar energy for more than 40 years.

2. Installing Solar Panels

Once you select the very highest quality solar panel technology, placement of the solar panels is key to generating solar energy. Some of the most popular locations for panel installation are on the roof of your home or business, surrounding areas on the ground, or a solar canopy. Your solar company will input your home’s dimensions into a Computer Assisted Design (CAD) program to aid in assembling a permit submittal packet. Once the solar company has determined which location will generate the most solar energy and the number of panels will be installed, a typical solar system installation only takes a couple of days.

3. Monitoring The System

Once your system is installed, you’ll immediately start producing solar energy that can be used to run your lights, computers, machinery, and any other electrical devices for your home or business. A utility meter tracks your energy use and counts both ways. You will earn credits for solar power produced but not used because it is pushed back into the utility grid. The utility grid still provides you with electricity at night, when you’re not producing enough solar power, but any credits earned during the day cover that cost. Remember, the amount of solar energy you’re producing can change throughout the year based on where you live and how much sunlight your panels are receiving on a daily basis. To check on how much solar energy your panels are producing you can use your online monitoring system to track production. If you notice a significant variation, notify your solar company to ensure everything is working properly.

* https://us.sunpower.com/solar-panels-technology/facts/

Few people realize how much wasted energy use at home impacts the environment, and makes us more dependent on foreign oil. Nor do they understand that they can quickly reduce their energy costs substantially by a variety of cost-effective conservation efforts.

Obama Gets It

President-elect Barack Obama has announced that energy conservation is a strategic new way to help reduce energy costs for low income households. He has promised to provide conservation contractors for 1 million poorer households to reduce energy consumption and cut energy costs. This would represent a historic shift in emphasis for the government, reducing people’s energy bills instead of helping to pay them. At the same time, it will create tens of thousands of jobs for contractors to assist with conservation upgrades for these homes. This will be part of the new presidents plan to create new jobs, reduce consumer energy costs and at the same time make us less depended on foreign energy sources.

Global Climate Change

The scientific community agrees that increasing CO2 levels are contributing to global climate change. But not all of this CO2 comes from industry and transportation as many people assume. Households are responsible for one-fifth of the energy consumed in the United States. A little more than half of the energy used in our homes is in the form of electricity. The remainder comes from natural gas, coal and oil. All of this CO2 takes its toll on our environment. For example, the average home produces more than twice as much greenhouse gas pollution as the average car. If you add together the emissions produced by power plants that generate electricity, plus those from oil, and gas-fired appliances, the average house is responsible for the release of 22,000 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) each year. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), this compares to poorly with a typical car’s 10,000 pounds of CO2 annually.

Conservation and Energy Use

In many homes, we don’t even benefit from a lot of the energy we end up paying for. Unneeded lights, old appliances, poorly maintained Heating and AC systems, drafty doors and windows and under-insulated attics, walls, floors, and basements all take a bite out of the energy bill in almost every home. Studies have also shown that two families living in IDENTICAL homes can have energy bills that vary by as much as 100 percent — this means that an occupants energy efficiency habits and appliances can double (or halve) your energy bills.

Many people are reluctant to improve the energy efficiency of their home when they might be moving out in just a few years, or they think the costs will be too high for conservation efforts. But the published research is clear that investments in energy efficiency are often relatively inexpensive, extremely cost effective and also lead to higher home resale values.

A study published in The Appraisal Journal found that the market value of a home increases by $10 – $25 for every $1 decrease in annual fuel bills. The study was conducted by ICF Consulting with funding from the Environmental Protection Agency. The research was conducted at a sample of over 16,000 housing units all across the nation.

What You Can Do Right Now

Schedule an energy efficiency inspector audit of your home. My client’s report an annual net energy savings of $300 after implementing the cost-effective efficiency recommendations from my audits. I offer my audits at no cost if I am conducting a new purchase home inspection. Also, many utility companies sponsor free, or reduced cost energy efficiency inspections. In addition, utilities typically have a web based self-audit that the homeowner can complete to develop their own energy efficiency plan. Most utilities also offer rebates on the purchase of new EnergyStar rated efficient appliances and other conservation materials and services. Contact your local utility provider for more information. In California, visit the Energycheck website for a qualified energy efficiency inspector in California. energycheckup.com/content/findinspector.asp/.

A fast and cost effective way to reduce electrical costs is to replace current incandescent light bulbs with the new generation of CFL energy saving bulbs. Local utilities often provide incentives to retailers (including Cost-Co) to sell these bulbs at very low costs. I recently found these bulbs for sale at various retailers in California for less than $1 per bulb. Using these CFL bulbs can reduce your electrical use and bill up to 20% alone. There has been some misinformation about CFL bulbs emitting mercury during operation. These mercury hazard claims are false. However, if a CFL bulb breaks, (since it has a very small amount of mercury), it should be placed in a plastic bag, and discarded at the proper facility where you would for paints or batteries. CFL technology has been greatly enhanced: they turn on faster and last longer. However, they still have not been perfected for dimmer light controls.

So be smart by making your home more energy efficient, at the same time you will: save money, help the environment, and the economy, as well as reducing our dependents on foreign oil.

Energy therapy, also referred to as energy healing, spiritual healing or energy medicine is a branch of alternative medicine that proposes imbalances in the “energy field” within the human body results in illness. Therefore, any attempts to re-balance the energy-field can help restore the body’s health.

Proponents of this therapy reveal healing or treatment is about getting rid of blockages or negative energies in the mind. Furthermore, a subsequent episode of poor health and illness is advanced as a release of ‘contraction’ in the body and mind. Some modalities recommend further treatment to completely heal the condition in severe or persistent cases. Hence, the therapist would recommend conventional medicine.

Types of energy therapy

Energy therapy promotes the concept of a healer having the ability to channel healing to a person looking for help, using different methods, such as distant healing, hand-on healing and hands-off healing. Furthermore, energy therapy is non-denominational, meaning religious faith is not a prerequisite for receiving a cure.

Therapy can be distinguished between healthcare involving observable energy (Veritable Energy Medicine) and healthcare methods that invoke unverifiable or physically undetectable energies (Putative Energy Medicine).

· Veritable Energy Medicine (VEM)

Types of VEM include color puncture, light therapy and magnetic therapy. Generally, conventional medicine that uses electromagnetic radiation (magnetic resonance imaging or radiation therapy) is not advanced as energy medicine.

· Putative Energy Medicine (PEM)

Types of PEM include Bio field healing therapy where hands are used to modulate or direct “energies” that are believed to bring about healing. The technique includes Psychic healing, Spiritual healing, Therapeutic touch, Magnetic healing, Esoteric healing, Healing Touch, Qigong healing, Pranic healing, Reiki, Crystal healing, distance healing, Ayurvedic medicine and acupuncture.

Various terms have often been used to describe the putative energy fields, such as Prana, Qi (Chi), Mana, Vital fluid, Pneuma, Orgone, Odic force, etc. For example, Yoga is believed to alter the subtle pathways (the Prana) in the body. Nevertheless, yoga uses several actions like deep breathing and stretching that is believed to manipulate the energy.

Polarity therapy

This is a form of medicine that promotes the notion that the health of an individual is subject to both negative and positive charges within their electromagnetic field. As a result, polarity therapy is advanced as being capable of curing various human ailments, from cancer to muscular tightness. However, some recent research findings contradict the claims that polarity therapy does indeed treat disease, including cancer.

Spiritual and energy anatomy traditions including Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tibetan Tantric Buddhism, kundalini yoga, wicca, Kabbalah and more describe differences between the way women’s and men’s energy, or subtle, bodies function. If you are familiar with the chakras or meridians, you already know what ‘energy body’ means. If not, then just think of your subtle body like a field of energy that encompasses and interacts with your physical body. Understanding how your energy body works can help you to improve your health, intuition, personal power, and spiritual growth.

The following list is compiled from a variety of traditions, and not all of them may resonate with you. But read through them, and try experimenting with those that seem most true to you.

1) Women’s Energy is Centripetal, Men’s is Centrifugal

The idea here is that by default women’s energy circles inward, and is therefore attractive, drawing things towards it, while by default men’s energy cycles outwards, projecting rather than attracting. Both men and women can control and reverse this with their intent (conscious or unconscious) but by default women’s energy is centripetal and men’s is centrifugal. This especially comes into play with sexual energy, and the different ways the two sexes try and attract sexual partners. It also comes into play in families, with the women in any familial group said to be the energetic ‘organizing principle’, because of this centripetal quality.

2) Women’s Energy Bodies are More Sensitive/Absorbant, Men’s are More Solid/Protective

Women’s energy bodies are also generally said to be more sensitive to external energies, and more likely to absorb these energies, rather than repel them. This has pros and cons, as external energy can serve as the ‘raw data’ for intuition, but absorbing too much energy, or the wrong kind, can deplete or disperse a women’s energy field more quickly in certain situations, for example, in a large crowd.

3) Women’s Energy is More Fluid, Men’s More Fixed

Related to the idea that women’s energy bodies are more receptive is the idea that they are more fluid – that they change more rapidly and more often than men’s, in response to the environment and other people. In nature, this can mean that women merge energetically with their environment more readily and quickly, and the same thing in a group of people (so obviously this also has pros and cons, depending on what you are merging with.)

4) Women’s Energy Bodies are More Expansive

Also along these lines is the idea that women can expand their energy fields to encompass others around them more readily (think Bella as a vampire in the Twilight series if you have read it.) Personally, I am not so sure on this one, apart from a mother’s energetic relationship with her children (which I’ll get to in a minute), as I have seen more men with powerful protective abilities in this regard, perhaps because I have known many martial artists. The centrifugal nature of men’s energy seems to actually make their energy fields more readily expandable, in this sense, to me.

5) Women’s Energy Bodies are Fertile Ground for Energy Lines

This one is a touchy one. The idea with this one is that in interactions with others, and especially in close relationships, women become the anchor line energetically for both parties. In sexual terms, some traditions teach that a woman actually gets an energy line ‘planted’ in her energy body with every sexual encounter, that can take years to cut if she wishes to do so (and that this is not the case, or at least less so, for men.) But it’s not just sexual energy lines, it’s really in all kinds of relationships – the idea is that women naturally harbor these lines. And that this can become especially problematic for us if we are ‘anchoring’ too many people for us to handle.

6) Maternal Energy Lines are Distinct, and Progress Through Time

This one concerns the energy line between mother and child. The idea is that the first 3-6 months after birth, a child really is an extension of his or her mother energetically – their energy fields are merged. Gradually over time this energy connection separates, and the child becomes a distinct energetic being, although a unique energy line remains between them for life. The energy line between father and child, or other relatives, is established through other means, through emotional bonding and history, rather than through this intrinsic energetic line.

7) A Women’s Energy Body is Cyclical

There are lots of variations on this one, but the primary one is that the nature of a women’s energy body shifts over the course of her menstrual cycle. Her energy body is ‘more’ of all the things listed above – centripetal, sensitive, fluid, etc. in the days leading up to menstruation, and especially right before and during, and then is a little less so in the days leading up to ovulation. So her energy body is always waxing and waning (moon cycle and all that!) in this way.

8 ) Women’s Energy Bodies Have Distinct Life Phases

Tied to this is the idea that women’s energy bodies go through very distinct shifts corresponding to the major reproductive-related physical changes they experience during their lifetime: The onset of menstruation, sexual maturity, pregnancy, nursing, perimenopause, and menopause. This has implications for both their energy health and spiritual path at each point along the way.

9) The 2nd, or Sacral, Chakra Plays a Unique Role in Women

Because of #s 6 – 8, the chakra or energy center related to women’s reproductive system, the 2nd or sacral chakra, plays a unique role in their personal power and energy health. Just as women and men are each at risk for different physical illnesses because of their physical and hormonal differences, they are at risk for different energetic issues as well. And in the case of the 2nd chakra, this means that any damage or blocks related to it are particularly damaging to women. And conversely, that a healthy sacral chakra has even more benefits.

10) A Women’s Sacral Chakra is a Unique Spiritual Doorway

This comes up in some form in all the ‘sacred feminine’ traditions, even in those that don’t define chakras per se. The idea is that the 2nd chakra (or corresponding area in other systems) in women can function like a portal, a doorway to other dimensions and to spiritual insight, in a way that in mainstream teachings usually only the third eye and crown chakra are said to.

Working with your energy body in a conscious way can open up new doorways for you in many areas of your life.

Before you reach that cup of coffee or that bar of chocolate, which will probably only give you an energy boost for a couple of minutes and your probably feel worse after it as your body crashes again and you end up at square one again.

Here is a breathing exercise you can use as a natural energy booster, find a place where you can relax either on a bed or upright in a chair, because this exercise can bring on a feeling of dizziness to the beginner trying it out please don’t try to do it in a standing position or whilst in your car!

Firstly get yourself comfortable position whether suiting in a chair or lying on your bed and keep your back in straight position so nothing is effecting the air flow. Close your mouth and start to breathe in and out through your nose in a rapid fashion, try to breath about 2-3 inhalations a second for about 10 seconds. I know that at the start it will probably feel awkward and you will fill your muscle are having to work harder (this is good for strengthening your diaphragm) but the more you practice it you’ll find it easier to do and when you feel comfortable and gotten over the dizzy sensations you can then increase the length of time you do this for, add up to 5 seconds more onto this but don’t get carried away… it’s better to do small amounts over the day than try to do it over too long of a period.

This exercise works because it helps to increase the amount of oxygen coming into your body and give the body and muscles the needed the oxygen they have been needing. While this exercise is great in the short term you really need to work on your breathing technique overall to improve your energy levels right through the day.

There have been many depictions of the human energy field and subtle bodies in the metaphysical and religious literature. The interesting observation in these depictions is the many signature features that can be associated with plasma. This suggests that the human energy field and the subtle body can be modeled as a bioplasma body. A brief excursion of the images in the literature and their similarity with structures often seen in plasma will be carried out below.

1. Magnetosphere

It is well-known in general metaphysics that the (relatively) dense bioplasma body sits inside an ovoid which is enclosed by a sheath. This ovoid is similar to the magnetosphere around the Earth as it protects the dense bioplasma body (inside the ovoid) from unwanted radiation, just as the Earth’s magnetosphere protects the physical-dense Earth from harmful solar radiation. The ovoid usually contains a dense body (relative to the rest of the ovoid) along the longer axis of the ovoid with low density (weakly ionized) magnetic plasma filling the rest of the ovoid. The field lines of the primary dipolar magnetic field generated by the central vertical currents (see #10 below) within the bioplasma body is largely embedded within the ovoid.

2. Concentric Shells

Plasma crystals, generated in the laboratory, are in the form of collections of particles which are held in a crystal-like array by a plasma of weakly ionized gas. When the assembly of microscopic particles was contained between two electrodes and illuminated by a laser beam, it could be seen, even with the naked eye, that the particles naturally arranged themselves regularly into as many as 18 planes parallel to the electrodes. In a subsequent experiment, the particles in the plasma crystal arranged themselves into neat concentric shells, to a total ball diameter of several millimeters. These orderly Coulomb balls, consisting of aligned, concentric shells of dust particles, survived for long periods. This onion-like layered structure, comprising of concentric shells, is also often seen in depictions of the human energy field or subtle bodies in the metaphysical literature.

3. Double Helix (Birkeland) Currents

The helical shape of the magnetic field around the gas cloud in the constellation Orion is believed to be caused by matter in the interstellar cloud moving in a straight line along the length of the filament. When this happens, it causes the magnetic field around the cloud to spiral around in a corkscrew pattern. Researchers were able to detect this spiral shape using the Green Bank Telescope, a radio observatory in Virginia. When helical magnetic fields form in plasma, charged particles move along the field lines generating helical currents.

Kundalini is a Sanskrit term is derived from the term kundala, which means a “ring” or “coil”. Kundalini currents have often been depicted in the metaphysical literature as a serpent coiled around the back part of the root chakra in three and a half turns (comparable to a solenoid or a compressed helical current) around the sacrum. The energy is supposed to originate from an apparent reservoir of subtle bio-energy at the base of the spine. The central vertical currents in the subtle body (described as Ida, Pingala and Sushumna in the yoga literature) are often depicted in the metaphysical (particularly the yoga) literature as a pair of mutually entangled helical currents with straight currents passing through them.

Mutually entangled (double spirals) currents are frequently seen in space and laboratory plasmas. Helical structures can also be found in dusty (or complex) plasma. This shows that there is a strong connection between plasma dynamics and the formation of the central kundalini and pranic currents in the (supersymmetric) bioplasma body as described by plasma metaphysics.

4. Hot Spots or Plasmoids

Plasmas can take up a variety of shapes and have “hot spots” which are visible. It has been observed that these hot spots in plasma emanate along axes. Secondly, these hotspots have different colors and temperatures than the rest of the mass. These observations agree with the bright blobs of light of different colors often found depicted in subtle body and human energy field literature along the spinal axis of the human body.

The hot spots are believed to be sources of intense X-ray emission as well as pulsed electron and ion beams. Hot spots require intense heating rates more commonly associated with focused laser beams. Pulsed beams have also been depicted in the metaphysical literature (see #6 below). Presumably these are generated by the hot spots, exit out of the vortexes (see #9 below), and undergo “lensing effects” while being ejected from the ovoid and being refracted by the clear material in the ovoid which could produce convergent and collimated beams.

5. Coronas, Spicules and Granulations

Coronal auras and discharges, granulation and spicules are all features associated with the Sun and our subtle energy bodies – the latter, as seen by clairvoyants. Coronal discharges and flares can occur suddenly on the Sun. The various particles that are discharged, together with these flares, are carried by the Sun’s plasma wind to cause magnetic storms on Earth. Spicules are short-lived phenomena, corresponding to rising jets of gas that move upward and last only a few minutes on the Sun. Spicules can also be seen in the coronas of bioplasma bodies. In addition, striations (which can also be associated with plasma and are seen on gas giants like Jupiter) are also seen. Coronas and spicules can also be seen in Kirlian representations of the aura. (In laboratory tests, it has been found that Kirlian representations of the aura correlate with the colors and shapes that human “seers” see.)

6. Beams and Jets

Using sophisticated scientific equipment, scientists at Jiao Tong University in Shanghai have shown that “subtle energy” has the properties of an electromagnetic current when flowing through acupuncture meridians but takes on the properties of coherent particle streams, similar to laser light, when projected out from the body through the hands of master Qigong healers who cure diseases by beaming their energy into the patient’s body.

There are important vortexes on the palms of the hands (of the subtle body within the ovoid). Jets or directed beams of light have been seen in photographs taken during events where subtle energetic practices take place (for example: Reiki, Qigong and Christian “Praise and Worship”). There are also Hindu, Taoist, Buddhist and Christian images showing jets of light issuing-out from the palms of saints or deities. One of the seers of the Fatima apparitions of “Mary” in 1919, “Lucia”, revealed that during one of the apparitions, “Mary” opened her hands and “rays of light” issued from them.

7. Filamentary Currents

Plasma naturally forms filaments in response to electric fields within the subtle body (which according to plasma metaphysics is composed of a complex plasma of negatively-charged, positively-charged and neutral particles). Charged particles are guided within these filaments by magnetic fields and accelerated by electric fields – generating currents. It is a well accepted fact in metaphysics that there are filaments within our subtle body, which have been referred to as “meridians”, “nadis” and “channels” – in the Chinese, Indian and Tibetan literature, respectively. In Taoist and Qigong literature, they are also referred to as “circuits” and “orbits”. For example, Qigong practitioners may speak of microcosmic and macrocosmic orbits. The microcosmic orbit is really the main meridian through which particles are accelerated in the relevant practices to bring energy to the rest of the subtle body. According to plasma metaphysics, these meridians are “Birkeland currents”, i.e. currents in which charged particles flow through and are guided by magnetic field lines.

8. Plasma Focus Device

The plasma focus device produces, by electromagnetic acceleration and compression, a short-lived magnetically-confined, hot spot or plasmoid that is so hot and dense that it becomes a multi-radiation source. These plasmoids emit intense beams of accelerated ions and electrons (see #4 above). The plasma focus device is similar to the plasma gun which is a magnetically driven shock tube that ejects plasma in the form of a plasmoid, without pinching it.

The similarities in the image when we look down at the barrel of a dense plasma focus device and the image of the throat chakra as depicted by Leadbeater are obvious. Plasma focus devices are therefore already embedded in bioplasma bodies, with the vortexes in the bioplasma body acting as delivery systems of intense collimated beams of energetic particles that are seen in many religious depictions of deities (see 6 above).

9. Plasma Vortex

Charged particles in an ionized environment have a tendency to follow magnetic field lines. If the path of the particle is at an angle, i.e. neither parallel nor perpendicular to the magnetic field lines, the particle will spiral around the magnetic field lines using a helical path. When the particles plunge they collide with other particles in the ovoid, generating a light phenomenon similar to the auroras in the atmosphere at Earth’s magnetic poles. This process will generate a helical path that will have a cone shape when viewed from the side, with the apex of the cone meeting the surface of the bioplasma body. Dynamically, this can be described as a vortex. Since there are many particles streaming down into the bioplasma body, taking slightly different trajectories, smaller vortexes can also appear within a larger vortex.

Experimental metaphysicist Barbara Brennan has observed, as many other metaphysicists, vortexes within the human energy field or bioplasma body. Within each vortex, residing on the surface of the relatively dense body within the ovoid, there are also small rotating vortexes spinning at very high rates.

10. Fields

It has been observed and recorded in the metaphysical and religious literature that within the bioplasma body are both helical and straight currents (see #3 above) aligned with the longer axis of the bioplasma body. These are the “central currents”. In addition, there also numerous filamentary currents interpenetrating the bioplasma body (see #7 above).

A complex network of currents enveloping the bioplasma body has been observed by Barbara Brennan who notes, “The main vertical power current induces other currents at right angles to it to form golden streamers that extend directly from the body. These in turn induce other currents that circle around the field, so that the entire auric field and all the levels below it are surrounded and held within a basket-like network.” Moving charges generate magnetic fields which have been depicted often in the metaphysical literature. There are localized fields embedded within global fields.

© Copyright Jay Alfred 2008

People who want to minimize their carbon footprint and cut their energy costs at the same time are always looking for other ways to light their worlds. Sure, electricity is ‘right there’ at the flick of a switch, but it is also expensive and let’s face it, there are just some places where you need a more portable option for lighting. Enter alternative energy lighting.

The sun is our ultimate heater and our major light source during the days, but once that giant orb goes down we are left in the dark and while those in previous generations may have thought that signaled the end of the working day, we today go on trucking right into the night, so we need sources of light.

Fuel based lamps may seem old fashioned now, but they are in fact a great alternative energy lighting option. They are portable and easy to use and they give you light when and where you want it. They are also easy to find and purchase and they are usually locally made which is another thing that people are more cognizant of these days. Simply fill your lamp with kerosene or another fuel, light it up and you’re good to go. The candle is the simplest form of this kind of lamp, but they can be hazardous and it is not wise to leave them burning unattended.

And then there is solar power, grabbed from the sun itself and then used to light our way when the sun has gone down. Solar lanterns incorporate a solar module, a light and a battery all in one unit, they are portable and they are a great source of back up energy. Solar lanterns and lights are wireless meaning you can put them anywhere you choose and they come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Best of all, there is no environmental harm and no pollution that comes from using solar lighting and they don’t have black out periods like electricity can. Once installed the energy is free which is yet another bonus.

Generators that run on gas or diesel are another form of alternative energy lighting. They are stand alone units that you can use instead of the regular electricity for hours at a time for lighting and heating all without using the electricity in your home.

Electricity may be the easy option, but it can also be the expensive one, what about looking into alternative methods of achieving the same thing?