Healing as a Wave - not a Particle

We wonder about energy healing.  How does it work?  Why does it work?  

In our physical world, we look to science to explain everything.  The rules of science determine how things interact, from cells to atoms to photons of light.  

We like to think there are clear and straightforward answers to all of our questions.  However, deeper explorations into Quantum Mechanics reveal unexplainable mysteries of the material world.  As this fascinating field continues to evolve, the discoveries offer pieces of the energy-healing puzzle.

I continue to hypothesize about why and how miracles happen in my healing practice:

• Deep physical pain that lifts after a one-on-one healing session 

• Chronic anxiety that subsides into a peaceful mind after a Clinical Qigong session 

• The experience of lightness and presence after attending a Group healing 

In each session, we interact with Qi: Life Force energy, which circulates through the meridians of the body.  We release stagnation, enhance flow, and remind the body of its innate wisdom to heal itself.   How does this work?

Today we brush the surface of quantum mechanics to consider all of this.

The Observer Effect

In 1801, Thomas Young conducted the double-slit experiment to determine if photons move as particles (Isaac Newton's hypothesis) or as waves (Christian Huygens hypothesis).  

In the last 200 years, scientists have repeated and expanded this experiment, sending photons, atoms, electrons, grains of sand, and more through the double slits.  

The results of these experiments varied. 

Sometimes the materials behaved like waves, and other times the materials behaved like particles.  

As particles, the materials move straight through the slit to a predictable location on the other side. When we shoot granules of sand through a hole, the sand follows the laws of gravity, force, velocity, and mass to end in a determined location every time.

As waves, the materials undulate through the slit, ending up in various locations on the other side.  In the photon experiments, the back of the slits appear to be two sources of light; the photons from each slit interact with each other (interference), amplifying and dampening the brightness in different locations.

When does material move as a particle and when does material move as a wave?  

The difference depends on whether there is an observer.  

When unobserved, the material behaves like a wave.  It can move in many different ways, producing a range of possible outcomes.  There is a large data set of possibilities.

When someone observes or measures the experiment, the wave function collapses into a single data point.  The material has a single clear outcome, one movement, one direct motion through the slit, acting as a particle. 

This is a great article from Space.com explaining the experiments and the complicated results. https://www.space.com/double-slit-experiment-light-wave-or-particle

I find myself drawing parallels between the double slit experiment and the physical body's ability to heal.  

If matter can act like a particle or a wave, what does this mean for the human body?  Are the subatomic components of the human body behaving more like a particle or a wave?

Of course, every human is unique and there is a spectrum of subatomic behaviors within us.  Sometimes we are more dense, and other times we are lighter, depending on many factors in our lives. 

As particles, we are dense, structured, fully physical 3D objects.  Results are predictable and consistent.  

Roll your ankle? The physical stress creates a singular outcome of pain and swelling.  

Take medication? The same dose is prescribed for each person and has a similar effect.  

There is cause and effect.

When our bodies behave more like waves, the cause and effect dissolves.  We are lighter and in motion.  We can grow and change.  We are connected to a potential energy capable of switching course with ease.  

Roll your ankle?  You are lucky and bounce back as though nothing happened.  

Take medication?  The dose has a different result for you than for a family member or friend. 

Your body draws from the infinite possibilities in how it responds to stimuli.

In an energy-healing session, I believe we are working at the sub-atomic level to shift the behavior of the physical body to act more like a wave.  

When our bodies behave like waves, there are more pathways to enhance healing.  There is more space for change to happen, for new possibilities, for new results.  We unravel the particles and activate the potential energy for a new path.

Wave-particle duality is also interesting as we consider our interactions with time.  You hear me talking about letting go of expectations, releasing your hold on a specific outcome, and going with the flow.

Focus on the past?  We are interacting with particle energy.  Since the past has already happened, we know the outcome.  It is defined and known.  

Apply the past to predict the future?  We are interacting with the future as a particle, expecting a certain outcome, observing every step, and applying limitations to what can happen.  We stop looking for or expecting anything different.

Instead we can choose to be present and ride the wave of the unknown.   

If we can release our grip on the future and let go of our need for certain outcomes, we make space for the wave to undulate and flow.  The infinite possibilities become an option.  We can manifest from a greater set of outcomes.

When our focus is on the present moment, we can choose based on What Is.  What is in this now moment?  How do I feel in this now moment?  The present moment is the space of no expectations, and has access to limitless directions.

There is tremendous power in the limitless wave.  Here are some practices to help you incorporate more wave and less particle into your existence.

- Calm the nervous system: Meditate, relax, quiet your mind.

- Spend time in nature: tune in to the vibrations of the earth and sun.

- Vibrate in Joy: process anger, grief, depression, anxiety and allow your body into Joy.

-  Be in the present moment.  The past doesn't define you in this Now moment.  The future is not set in stone.  Welcome the present to guide your path.

Your body will vibrate at a higher frequency, with space for movement and growth.

Let me know what you think!