What is energy?  Einstein said, "Energy is an essence of life that forms its existence, fades, restructures its form, and then lives again."   Energy is that which makes up everything in the universe! 

We often think of energy as a burst of strength or even as the electricity that makes it possible to watch television or bake a cake or a myriad of other physical things.  Energy is much more subtle than that and, for our purposes, the word energy will be used to define that which we experience. 

We are ruled by Universal energy; that energy which makes up everything, including us, even though we are often not consciously aware of it.   This Universal energy is always in action.  

We feel it when we experience joy and more especially when we experience love.  We feel it when we are in a crowded room and our good mood suddenly begins to lessen for no apparent reason.  We feel it when we hear an inspirational speaker and their words begin to make us think and dream and imagine.  We feel it when we make contact with spirit for they are energy too.

Most often though, we experience the reality of energy when it is calling attention to itself by what we call negative energy.  For example, you are trying your very best to open to spirit, to make a connection and you get a headache.  Immediately you are alerted that something is wrong and you will inevitably say " well, the energy is bad".  You will begin to cast around and see where this "bad energy" is coming from and eventually lay it to the person in the room with you or the spirit you are trying to contact, when you should be looking in a mirror to find the culprit.  Yes, I said "looking in a mirror".  Energy is neither negative nor positive, it is just energy.  Our ability to handle energy is the issue.

Energy is as real as the skin on your body.  Would you willingly allow another person to walk up and place a burning twig against your skin?  No, but in everyday and in every way we allow others to penetrate our energy.  We give energy to others and feed off their energy.  This is not a judgment, it is neither right nor wrong, but a fact. 

When we are dealing with spirit communication we are dealing with energy.  Remember what Einstein said. " Energy is an essence of life".   Spirit is not dead, nor are the others in your immediate environment.  Nothing dies that contains no energy.  Even a tree cut down and made into boards continues its energy and when it rots away it continues its energy as fertilizer, and then reforms and comes back in the plants that grow from the fertilized earth.  There is no end of energy.

This is one of the most important lessons in mediumship and in life in general.  Learning to recognize your own energy, the energy of others and how to maintain a balance between the two.

Much has been said about protection in mediumship; about building a shield to protect you from negative influences.  What are negative influences?  Misdirected energy not of the same level as yours.  Negative energy does not match your own energy level and causes a dis-ease within you, hence the headache.  Is it coming from an outside source?  Possibly, but is the control of it up to the person directing it, or the person receiving it?  We should always be cognizant of the fact that what we think, feel, say or do is energy in action.  So it is with the person that is communicating with you.  It is up to you, the receiver, to adjust the incoming energy.  That doesn't mean that you should allow it to bring you down, but to recognize it for what it is and raise your own energy level to offset it.

So if you can control energy, and it is your job to control energy, why do we not do it?  Because we are very seldom conscious of the influence until it has alarmed us!  Someone pushes your buttons! 

Energy is all about control simply because we make it so.  If we could allow our energy to flow naturally we would be what is called centered.  This is one of the reasons I preach about meditation and centering and protection.  Have you ever noticed the glow that seems to emanate from some people?  They maintain a calm face and never seem to get perturbed?  They are simply centered and have learned to control the intake and outflow of energy.

Learn more about the chakras and how to adjust your own energy field.  Remember that everything has energy and energy cannot die.