This is Part Two of the Energy Awareness Series.

Part one covered energy and what it is. If you missed it, click here to check it out. This post will talk about increasing your sensitivity to energy. There is a simple reason for doing this, it’s hard to direct energy or know how to handle energy when you can’t sense it or feel it.

Having a greater sensitivity to energy will allow you to know what’s happening around you, giving you the chance to act in a situation instead of reacting. Almost all of us have had the experience when we’re driving, and you get a sense that the car in the lane next to you is going to change lanes. There is no way to know that because they don’t have their signal on yet, and they aren’t quite in the position to do that, but you know it’s coming, and you slow down or speed up in anticipation of the move. What is that?

It’s you “catching” the energy of the driver’s intent to move over. Before we change lanes, we think about it, “I need to be over there for…whatever.” That thought sends out the intention to everyone around us that when we get an opportunity we will be making our move and gives them a chance to do what they need to do to make that happen, or not if they aren’t good road mates.

We have instances like this all the time, an “inkling” that something is about to happen even if we don’t know what it is or to what it relates. It makes us pay attention, and puts us in a watchful state, ready to do what is necessary for the situation.

This is a combination of intuition and instinct. When a car is getting ready to move over, we understand that our circumstances are about to change, and then instinct kicks in and gives us options to ensure our survival. Then it’s up to us to listen to it or not.

I know you’ve seen little cars jump in front of cargo trucks, then slow down and expect the big rig not to crash into them. Whenever I see that, it tells me that the survival instinct of the little car driver isn’t working well. My instinct works perfectly, and it always tells me it’s in my best interest to put as much space as possible between myself and the potential accident.

Sometimes when people do it, they’re completely unaware of what they’re doing. They’re preoccupied with something, things they worry about, or they might just be lacking sleep, or they could be drunk or high, who knows. The problem is that, for whatever reason, they are impaired and not paying attention. They are neither capable of receiving intentional messages from others nor are they able to send them, making it impossible for other drivers to compensate to prevent incidents.

That is an example of when becoming more sensitive to energy is to your advantage. Energy can be strong and forceful, like someone yelling in your face, or soft and subtle, like the adoring look in a dog’s eyes when he looks at you. Becoming more attuned to the energy around you will allow you to understand what’s really happening around you.

How many times have you said to yourself, if I had known what was going to happen there, I would have walked away? Becoming more aware of the energy can help you do that whenever you want.

Great, but how do I do that?

This is the hard part. You have to pay attention. Not only to what is happening around you but how you feel about it. The process is twofold.

Here’s an example: You walk into a room and notice tension right away. It could mean that an argument already happened or is about to happen. Your next job is to get a sense of whether it’s over, going to continue, or escalate now that you’ve entered the room. You do that by paying attention to your own energy field, your aura, to sense the energy in the room to make decisions on what you do next. This isn’t as easy as it sounds, as most of us are used to ignoring the information we get from our auras and from our intuition. We have been taught that unless you can experience it with one of your five senses and find a way to quantify it in a repeatable manner by strangers that it’s not real.

Don’t get me wrong. I love me some science, but conventional science doesn’t have all the answers, and even a die-hard scientist will tell you that. My point is that this stuff works on a scale that hasn’t been definitively proven by science, but that doesn’t mean it’s not real. Be brave, forge into the unknown for you and try it. Increase your sensitivity by gauging how you feel about something. Follow whatever your instincts tell you to, even if it doesn’t make sense. It means you are picking up something that hasn’t come into the awareness of your conscious mind yet. Trust it.

Friends and I were supposed to go out one night. I was getting ready to go when something told me to stay home. There was no reason for it, but I followed that instinct, called my friends, and said I wasn’t going. They weren’t happy with me, but I insisted. The next day one of my friends called and said it was smart of me to have stayed home. As they were on their way to wherever they were going, the car broke down, and they had to walk about a half mile to get to the emergency phone to call for help. (This was before everyone had cell phones). They then had to walk back to wait for the tow truck. By the time everything was said and done, they didn’t get to do anything that night. For some people, that wouldn’t have been a big deal, but it was dark, where they stalled, had no street lights, a bit rainy, and the walk to the phone was slightly uphill. I have asthma. I would have been miserable times ten if I had been there. I really wanted to go out that night, but I was spared all that because I listened to what my aura, intuition, and instincts had to say about it.

Pay attention to how you feel. If you get a shiver and not in a good way, there’s a reason for it. Look around and see what’s happening. You could be walking into an unpleasant situation or even something dangerous. You could also be getting the sensation of preventing someone else from being hurt. Listen to what your instincts are telling you, even if it doesn’t make sense. Proceed with caution and be prepared for anything. I’m not saying that you need to be constantly on alert. That’s not necessary and will cause your body no end of issues if you never turn off your fight or flight reflex. What I am saying is to acknowledge when you feel something is off and focus to see if you can figure out what it is and act accordingly. Keep practicing. That is how you will develop sensitivity to energy.