The Psychology Behind Esoteric Energy

A basic tenet of esotericism is that thoughts are energy, and thoughts combined with intense emotions can create powerful energies.

The concept of energy in this sense can go by different names depending on what philosophy, religion, or culture you are reading about, but the basic idea is this:

Positive or negative energy that is projected outward will attract similar frequencies and return positive or negative energy back to you.

This is the idea behind several concepts such as the Law of Attraction, prayer, spells, rituals, positive thinking, thought forms, etc.

These ideas go back thousands of years, yet they aren’t discussed in our school systems, with the exception of some psychological concepts like self-fulfilling prophecy.

Because of this, many people deny the existence of these concepts and consider them to simply be “woo”.
But, I think that instinctually we may know them to be true on some level.

You may even notice the idea of esoteric energy in your own life or the lives of those you know.
For example, things may seem to go well for your friend with the positive outlook while your friend who is pessimistic may seem to always be troubled with problems.

This isn’t to say that having a bad day or going through an emotionally hard time will necessarily bring you more negativity.
Life is naturally filled with darkness and light.
It is necessary for our mental health to process and integrate negative emotions and experiences.
The type of situation that could bring more negative energy into one's life would be intense irrational and unnecessary negative thoughts and emotions that were projected on a consistent basis over long periods of time.

The way I view this subject is that while I can’t scientifically prove it to be true, I feel it to be true in my own reality.

I have enough experience with unnecessary negative thoughts and emotions and the resulting downward spiral of dark depression which makes everything else in my life worse.

When I make an effort to reject and banish unnecessary negative thoughts before they can negatively affect my emotions then my life is better.

When I actually take it a step further to think and feel positive then I “feel” better and my life runs smoothly.

And if I can try to remain detached enough to know that everything will eventually be OK when the inevitable storms of life do happen then I’m better off.

This is actually the process of my Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

And that’s all the proof that I need.