A Step Into The Unknown

by Natalie Fee

First published in Kindred Spirit Magazine in 2007

A year and a half ago, in a field in East Sussex, I saw a man standing in a meadow. Dressed in white, up to his knees in wildflowers and in the middle of what looked like a dynamic energy practice. I’d practised yoga, t’ai chi and chi gong, but this was unlike anything I’d seen before. I watched him for a while, rhythmically moving his arms, co-ordinating movement with his breath, and I knew I had to find out what he was doing.

I approached him after he’d finished. We started talking and he began to tell me about the exercise he’d been doing. It was called ‘Falling Lightning’, and was just one of a number of practices he’d learnt on a course called the Energy Awareness Training. He went on to explain that when practised facing a particular direction, Falling Lightening would bring more energy into an area of his life. I was already a bit lost at this point, so happily he agreed to tell me more. So we sat in the meadow, with the sun shining high, and carried on our conversation.

He pulled out a pen and paper from his bag and drew an 8-pointed star. On each point he wrote a compass direction, and then for each direction wrote a corresponding energy. East was health, West was creativity, North was work & career and so on. He continued to explain that we all receive these eight energies, or ‘Life Ki’s’ from the specific directions, and how much of the energy we receive depends on the energies within us. By practising Falling Lightening facing South-West, he was beckoning more partnership ki, or life energy, into his life.

This was a complete revelation to me. I had no idea these life energies existed as something flowing from somewhere, and not only did they exist, but they could be harnessed and used! I’d heard before that feng shui used the directions in the home to improve certain areas of the home-owners life, but never before heard someone explain how that could be possible.

Inside I was jumping up and down with excitement and I knew that a new way of experiencing the world was about to dawn. I’d been shown a door, and I couldn’t wait to open it.  Continue reading →

Part 3 – Moving On From Energy Testing

Many years ago, Stephen was approached by a woman at an exhibition who cheerfully informed him that she was the best dowser in the world. The conversation went something like this:

“How did you discover you were the world’s best dowser?”
“I’ve just come back from Stanford University, in California, where they were testing a group of professional dowsers – and I got the highest scores.”
“Congratulations. How long have you been using a pendulum?”
“For over thirty years . . .”

Hmmh, if you really wish to develop your energy insight, pendulums, muscle tests, electro-acupuncture instruments and so on are only introductions to the world of energy – you certainly shouldn’t still be dependent on them for anywhere near ten, let alone thirty, years. Continue reading →