We are on the brink of major breakthroughs in the understanding of the science of human energy fields. The significance of this work is comparable to the discovery of penicillin and the deciphering of the DNA code. It will forever change the way we look at life and health. Back in the mid-eighties, Dr. Robert Becker, a leading researcher in the field and author of The Body Electric, suggested that a knowledge of life s electrical dimension would yield Òfundamental insights into pain healing growth, consciousness and the nature of life itself. Now at the close of this century, leading-edge scientists and physicians around the world are exploring the effects of numerous types of energy fields on the healing of illness with incredible success.

The Ancient Wisdom of Energy Flow

Today s exploration of energy fields unites ancient wisdom with modern science. Ancient Chinese theory talks about an invisible meridian system that runs deeply throughout the tissues of the body. Through these meridians passes nutritive energy known to the Chinese as Òch i. The ch i energy enters the body through the acupuncture points and flows to deeper organ structures, bringing life-giving nourishment of a subtle energetic nature. The Chinese also feel that when the flow of energy to the organs becomes blocked or imbalanced, dysfunction of the organ system will occur.

Similarly, ancient texts of Indian yogic literature speak of special energy centers, referred to as Òchakras, from the Sanskrit meaning Òwheels. There appear to be at least seven major chakras associated with the physical body. Anatomically, each major chakra is associated with a major nerve plexus and a major endocrine gland. There are also many minor chakras associated with the major joint structures of the body like the knees, ankles, elbows, etc. If one looks at all of the major and minor chakras, then there may be slightly more than 360 chakras in the human body.

The chakras are, in turn, connected to each other and to portions of the physical-cellular structure via fine subtle-energetic channels known as Ònadis. The nadis are formed by fine threads of subtle energetic matter. Various sources have described up to 72,000 nadis or etheric channels of energy in the subtle anatomy of human beings. These unique channels are interwoven with the physical nervous system.

Historically our Western culture has relied upon available technology to scientifically test, demonstrate, measure and validate various phenomena. Consequently, during the time when the fine continuous signal information of bioenergy fields could not be measured, the chakras and meridians were largely ignored by Western scientists as mystical constructs of primitive Eastern cultures. But recently the chakras. along with acupuncture meridians, are being validated with subtle-energy technologies which can measure their existence and functions and are expanding our vision of a formerly unseen universe. At the same time, a Ònew math of nature, fractals and algorithmic formulas, make it possible to describe dynamic, non-periodic, continuous vibrations like those from bioenergy field recordings.

Scientific Views of the Energy Field

Quantum physics tells us that material substances are composed not only of observable matter, but also more subtle field components with organized energy patterns, boundaries, and definitions. The deeper one probes into physical substance the more one encounters the underlying electrical energy or the energy field. All material substances, tree, rock or animal, have fields because all are composed of particles, atoms and cells. Each of these fields is in constant dynamic equilibrium. The less dense a substance, the more energetic the field with a greater potential to create a force.

Resonating frequencies are primary physical bonds in nature. For every frequency or frequency band there exist natural or created resonators. In other words, a field s frequency pattern at a given time is a resonating structure that determines the energy it will absorb or be affected by. Theoretically, all frequency vibrations exist in the universe which includes the body from sub hertzian to as high as modern man can measure Ñbillions and trillions of cycles per second. Nonetheless, each material substance, living or inert, mineral or chemical, has its own vibratory signature carried in the structure of its field. There are dominant and recessive vibrations in each field, giving it character. Field interactions relate to the strength and pattern of these fields, vibrations. These constitute windows, or thoroughfares for transactions.

The energy field is the primary source of the interaction of a person with his environment. What ever happens to you, it is your field that gets it first. The field responds in just fractions of a second before we pick up anything in the nervous system or the brain. Our energy field data carries one thousand to ten thousand greater frequency information per second than neurological frequency data. Our energy field carries one to ten thousand times more information about the health of our body, or the disease of our body that any other neurological or pathological information from our chemistry or tissues.

Linking Auras and Energy Fields

One of the leading researchers in the Science of Human Energy Fields is Dr. Valerie Hunt, author of Infinite Mind, The Science of Human Vibrations, published by Malibu Publishing in 1995. For the past 20 years, the Electromyographic Laboratory at UCLA, Department of Physiological Science explored patterns of energy from low-level baseline recordings connected with the neuromuscular system. This low-level activity was formerly discarded as a spurious, unimportant artifact coming from some unknown source.

Using Telemetry Electromyographic instruments (similar to those used to record astronauts brain, heart, and muscle signals in space), Dr. Hunt discovered that by amplifying the baseline bioelectric energy between muscle bursts and during rest, new dynamic tension patterns were recorded, unlike any other bodily tension systems. These were continuous rather than intermittent patterns, ever changing with individual variations which preceded rather than followed muscle depolarization or brain waves.

In a study of the effects of rolfing on the body and psyche (ÒA Study of Structural Neuromuscular energy field and emotional approaches), she recorded the frequency of low millivoltage signals from the body during a series of rolfing sessions. To make these recordings she used elementary electrodes made of silver/silver chloride placed on the skin. Simultaneously, with the recording of the electronic signals, Rev. Rosalyn Bruyere of the Healing Light Center, Glendale, California, observed the auras of both the rolfer and the person being rolfed. Her comments were recorded on the same tape recorder as the electronic data. She gave a running report of the color, size, and energy movements of the chakras and auric cloud involved.

The scientists then mathematically analyzed the wave patterns recorded by a Fourier analysis and a sonogram frequency analysis. Both revealed remarkable results. Consistent wave forms and frequencies correlated specifically with the colors Rev. Bruyere reported. In other words, when Rev. Bruyere observed blue in the aura at any specific location, the electronic measurements would always show the characteristic blue wave form and frequency in the same locations. Dr. Hunt repeated the same experiment with seven other aura readers. They saw auric colors that correlated with the same frequency/wave patterns.

ÒThroughout the centuries in which sensitives have seen and described the auric emissions, this is the first objective electronic evidence of frequency, amplitude and time, which validates their subjective observations of color discharge, says Dr. Hunt.

Primary studies with hands-on healers verified the uniqueness of the transaction between healer and healee. For example, healers who specialized in treating pain and quieting hypertension had strong blue-white, violet fields when healing.

Some people, particularly those with barrier diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Lou Gehrig s disease, and scleroderma, seemed to have such a rigid field that they were unable to receive energy from most healers. We realized that a transaction between the two fields was essential to hasten healing. When experienced healers had finished a healing session, the two fields of the healer and the healee showed an identical pattern. Apparently, when healers sensed that identical pattern with the healee, they terminated the healing session.

Electromagnetic Fields Effects on the Human Body

Later work, conducted in conjunction with the NASA Space Programs, measured the effect of electromagnetic field distortions on the energy field of subjects in a Mu Room (named for the Greek letter, Mu).

This is a shielded room located in the Physics Department at U.C.L.A. where the natural electromagnetic energy of the air can be altered with- out changing the level of gravitational force or the oxygen content. It is about seven square feet and high enough to stand up in. Using instruments inside the room, physicists could alter the quantities, as well as the specific frequencies of the electromagnetic field. During the recording an aura reader read the auric field by penlight while physicists manipulated the environmental field.

The findings were amazing. When the electrical aspect of the atmosphere in the room was withdrawn, leaving less electrical energy, the auric fields became randomly disorganized, scattered and incoherent. Sensory feedback was so impaired that subjects were totally unaware of the location of their bodies in space. The aura reader described the energy as no longer flowing, but rather as jumping between people and chakras. Inside the body, she saw energy flowing in an extensive mesh network, described as a fishnet energy flow that did not correspond with meridian pathways.

When the electromagnetism in the air was depleted, the only other electrical energy available for the subjects to interact with was the fields of other subjects in the room. As they drew upon one another s fields, both fields were weakened. In this absence of an atmospheric source of electromagnetism, the interaction increased between their confused fields. At that Stage general disorganization of both fields increased. Subjects burst into tears, an experience unlike these people had ever endured. Although they reported that they were not sad, their bodies responded as though they were threatened, as they might be if the electromagnetic environment which nourished them was gone.

When the electrical field of the room was increased beyond the usual level, the auric fields were restored to normalcy. The subjects thinking became clear and they reported an expansion of their consciousness. Their auras became light in color with increased white vibrations. On the other hand, if the electrical aspect of the room environment remained normal but the magnetism was decreased, gross incoordination occurred.

The Bioenergy Field Approach to Healing

Dr. Hunt believes that bioelectricity is paramount to the future of the next generation of biological medical and psychological instruments for treatment and evaluation. ÒWe now know that disease begins in the field. Consequently, health also can begin in the field. The field should be our place of primary diagnosis, asserts Dr. Hunt. ÒSo, why don t we go to the field and start treating. It could be our place of primary treatment. You don t need to keep shocking it. You do not need the constant medication to stabilize the field.

Research points to the fact that the primary and basic reaction in the world is between fields; this interaction is both the most dynamic and the fastest. By the time the mechanical and chemical responses are evident, the transaction between fields has already taken place. By experience we know that our personal physical field has responded to the force of an explosion before we hear or feel it.

In 1992, The Bioenergy Fields Foundation was created to carry on the twenty years of energy field research conducted by its Director, Valerie Hunt. Today, BFF s research shows promise for creating A Whole New Range Of Scientific and Medical Instruments to be used for diagnoses and protective health exams.