In childhood, I had the sensation that there was something fascinating and mysterious hidden in every corner of existence. I did not exactly know the nature of what was hidden, but I constantly felt a thirst which invited me to go in search of it. More than curiosity, it was the feeling that every instant lived holds something transcendent. Perhaps the same thing has happened to you and what I speak of seems familiar. That feeling has stayed with me. With time, I came to the conviction that, in our deepest essence, we are explorers, not so much of the world but of consciousness. Nonetheless, perhaps the majority of us have forgotten this.
As human beings, we have no choice but to make a truly vital gamble between two options – which I consider to be the only ones possible.
On one hand, we could lean towards the idea that the universe is purely and exclusively material and finite. If this is so, then our existence is pure chance, an elaborate chemical process which is the result of some very specific conditions in this insignificant corner of the universe we have named Earth. Groups of atoms were organized over a time period spanning billions of years, creating ever-more-complex molecules via successive automatic events with a certain degree of randomness, all this thanks to the natural laws that govern this universe. Little by little, some of these molecules managed to encode information allowing them to replicate and chemically transform their environment in order to facilitate this replication. Successful processes were preserved and those that were unsuccessful simply disappeared. There was no intention in nature, only reactions and automatisms. Those molecules capable of encoding information became, over time, what we now know as ‘genes’. There came a time that it was more efficient to put the genes into a structure that was separated from the environment, creating a dividing physical-chemical membrane. Thus, the first proto-cells appeared. The genes, now relatively isolated from the environment, could evolve even further, generating a more favourable and, once again, more complex internal metabolic environment.
This process became so varied and diverse that it ended up modifying the planet and its atmosphere. Some cells were grouped, and thus the first multi-cellular organisms were formed. This increasing complexity continued – reaching the point where we are today. Those recipients of genes capable of replicating, living beings today, interact with the environment through a wide variety of sensory experiences. Some developed a complicated and advanced organ – the brain – which, in turn, produced a highly-refined function to adapt to the environment: consciousness. This adaptation through consciousness is another variation – despite its sophistication – within the automatism that drives genes to reproduce.
In this materialistic and mechanistic view, life – although interesting – is probably scarce in the universe. It is, moreover, senseless, given that it has no special purpose in and of itself. Although automatic mechanisms of conservation and replication of molecules exist, these comprise part of the inherent possibilities of chemistry. The consciousness of being is a natural eccentricity. All the information-energy transformed and accumulated by each living being is completely lost at the moment of its death, except if it has reproduced, in which case the molecular and biological component is transmitted, but not its experiences or life-lessons. When the cultural transmission of information takes place, then at least part of oneself lives in the memories of the others. Beyond this, the individual alone represents a disposable piece within a replicating mechanism.
In an exclusively physical and mechanistic universe, there is nothing beyond the possibility of a genetic (and occasionally cultural) transmission of information. The individual life is, at most, a mere contribution to the group, a piece that is replaced in a repetitive way; although lives, experiences and cultures have no specific purpose as such. For some reason, the laws of nature create a strong impulse for replication in their systems, and life only represents a particular and strange manifestation of this mechanism. Life ends and the individual ends with it. If you think that this option is the most likely one, the good thing is that it matters little if you decide to live like an automaton, because you probably are one – in the sense that natural laws and biological programs in your genes are what really govern your life and, therefore, the freedom you have is limited or possibly even non-existent. The sense of identity or meaning that you can give to your life is something created by your brain in order to protect your genes and reproduce them when possible. The long-term consequences of what you think, say and do, do not matter a great deal. Certainly, as an individual, you can enjoy or suffer the effects of your actions in the short term, but everything will disappear with time – even the universe itself.
The second option to which I have referred is to support the idea that life is the inevitable manifestation of the natural capacity that Infinity, if this exists, has to transform its own raw material. This fundamental substance would not be comprised of atoms or particles, but of pure awareness in the form of two primordial forces – the Nagual and the Tonal. Instead of being scarce, life would thus be the foundation of reality, since, in one way or another, everything would be alive or would be a consequence of the fact that there are living beings. The universe appears here as the fruit of the relationship between the Nagual, which is abstract and potentially contains the capacity to be, and the Tonal, which is concrete and provides the possibility to exist. Both of these are aspects of the Eternal, as is the dance through which they come into contact in order to generate existence in a variety of infinite forms and functions.
Here, reality is experienced in the form of bubbles of perception formed around attentional foci, which are concrete manifestations of the being in which the observer and the observed are encapsulated or interlaced: the Nagual and the Tonal, the selfness and the automaton. ‘Beginning’ and ‘end’ simply represent a way of speaking, of trying to put a certain order – from the point of view of the being – that linearly and cyclically traverses the phases of conception, gestation, birth, life, death and transition. In this explanation of the world, there was never a beginning and there will never be an end. Here, we are filaments of consciousness of being (naguals) that are stitched together in successive scenarios (tonals), accumulating experiences with the objective of increasing the possibility of perceiving and understanding more and more, without being able to reach the limit – given that there is no limit.
The good thing about this option is that everything is preserved and transmitted: everything matters, everything has a certain meaning. This moment that you are living and all the others are part of an unrepeatable existence, experienced from the focus of attention that you represent. Although you need natural laws and automatisms, in addition to that element of automation, you are a being, an expression of consciousness with a certain degree of freedom. Each moment represents a window of opportunity, since each moment hides a potential that is revealed to a greater or lesser degree thanks to the use of your ability to decide.
I believe that, of all the decisions that a human being can make, choosing between these two options and living according to that choice is probably the only thing that is of vital importance.
Over the years, my own search has become increasingly sophisticated, directed and, I would say, fruitful. This work reflects some of the answers and unanswered questions that I have encountered when leaning towards and living within the second option. Due to a variety of circumstances, I have generally placed myself on the periphery of collective consensus and outside academic circles. Despite the fact that these tend to present themselves as the only legitimate guardians of human knowledge, the truth is that throughout history there are sufficient examples that show us that, at times, the advances and turning points in the models of thought have their origin outside the predominant currents of the time. I admire and am fascinated by what has been achieved within the scientific field, thanks to those who have opted for the first option, and I consider myself a curious student of many of the current trends.
My vocation is clearly a self-taught one. I have been fortunate enough to learn and enrich myself through various systems related to the exploration of awareness and those which are generically known as ‘alternative therapies’. I have a great interest in medicine and in the knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, as well as in the different cosmological models theorized by modern physics. For more than two decades I have dedicated myself professionally to the investigation of awareness, emotions and personal sessions of Bioenergetic Resonance, a system whose aim is to integrate a transcendent vision into the mundane activities of everyday life. Curiously enough, much of what I understand and do today is also a direct consequence of the period in my life when I worked as an analyst and software programmer. It was then that I began to adopt the idea that existence and the universe itself are, in reality, an eternal flow of data, programs, processes and memories.
While I was fully engaged in the development of the second volume, I decided instead to make a second extended edition of the first. This is an in-depth review taking advantage of the years that have passed and the experience accumulated since I published it the first time.
While I was fully engaged in the development of the second volume, I decided instead to make a second extended edition of the first. This is an in-depth review taking advantage of the years that have passed and the experience accumulated since I published it the first time.
Here I establish the bases of what I have come to call Emoenergetica. Emotions will be considered as a very special type of matter-energy-information, forming part of the most essential level of organization of the universe itself. I will also provide an alternative view regarding the nature of consciousness, the human psyche, disease, healing, life and death. In addition, I will allow myself to affirm that there is a great deal more than that which is normally seen: there is a hidden face – physical reality has a counterpart that usually remains invisible to the common eye. This energetic-subtle aspect could be related -or not- to what physicists call ‘dark matter’. In living beings this manifests itself, before the eyes of those who can see it, as a luminous cocoon that completely envelops and penetrates the physical body. Objects also have this halo or aura, which extends beyond their physical boundaries. The entire space between living beings and the area they inhabit is completely filled with fibres of this subtle energy, which apparently create a field in which everything is connected to everything else. The perception of this type of subtle structures are totally unrelated to the phenomenon of synesthesia, which is a particular configuration present in some people's brains and which causes two or more senses to be perceived as mixed or connected, with visions of colours sometimes appearing which, in reality, derive themselves from different senses like that of smell or hearing.
This book can also be used as a manual. Anyone that aims to maintain a certain degree of emotional balance in their life should practice four phycho-energetic disciplines on a daily basis: relaxation, meditation, introspection and recapitulation. These exercices are both fundamental and complementary. I will give instructions and advice in case you are inspired to incorporate these practices into your daily life. On the other hand, if you already do them, you may learn something new through reading this text. Furthermore, this is, of course, also a reference guide for regular users of Bioenergetic Resonance, in which I hope you will find good material to consolidate and expand your knowledge on topics covered in the sessions.
I trust that, throughout the study of this book, you will find inspiration and even entertainment. That said, it is largely a technical work, which is why there is a certain terminology with which you will have to familiarize yourself. Perhaps you realize that each chapter is devised as a complete unit in itself, as well as a fundamental part of the whole. Therefore, once the first reading is finished in an orderly and sequential manner, it is possible to concentrate on any of the sections and distill the key points, some of which are obvious and others which are hidden in the words themselves – therein lie riddles to discover.
I have repeatedly considered the most appropriate way to release this knowledge that I possess. I have often considered the possibility of doing so through a model that is easily accessible to the general public, assessing the suitability of giving it a purely psycho-emotional form, more in line with the collective consensus and with the mainstream way of understanding, that is to say, as devoid of esotericism and pseudoscience as possible. However, I have finally accepted that, although I could explain all this from the most common point of view, if I did, it would leave by the wayside the essence of how I got there. In any case, even if this work was expressed in terms that are more in line with formal psychology, it would still lack scientific validity. What I set forth here are the fruits of a direct experience as a perceiver of the subtle dimension of existence.
From the point of view of Emoenergetica, our reality is formed by a double nature: a physical nature, accessible to a degree by our ordinary senses and experienced in our everyday world, and another energetic-subtle nature, accessible only through the extraordinary senses. Much of human knowledge today is generated and addressed by science, supplemented – though with increasingly less force – by philosophy and, anecdotally, by theology. Nonetheless, there is a gap that can be filled by the ‘new perceivers’ – those who can take their perception beyond the boundaries of the ordinary in a controlled manner. Generally, in most people, this type of extrasensory perception is not developed. Thus, the emergence of a figure capable of accessing the vision of the subtle is necessary. This etheric realm is, or at least should be, within the shaman's domain. However, the old traditions no longer work. As a consequence, the new perceivers should evolve into neo-shamans: a new generation capable of harmonizing an extraordinary vision of existence with the composure and sanity that the science of the 21st century has contributed.
Conscious contact with the subtle part of reality forms part of my everyday life. This subtle field forms the tissues of what I call the second body, present in all living beings as well as, surprisingly, in inert matter. Of course, the perception of most humans and their technology is restricted to the physical order, which includes matter, gravity, the two nuclear forces and electromagnetism. However, from the point of view of a perceiver of subtle energy, this separate reality exists; no matter how much it has been considered by society as simply magical chicanery.
Although I did not originally possess these abilities of extrasensory perception (they are something that I have worked on for decades), as a child I did have a great capacity for connecting with the natural order and of converting the abstract into concrete. This has significantly helped me to reach the place where I live, am, and exist in the universe. I do not belong to any lineage of shamans nor have I connected with any directly. However, I feel in some way close to certain minority traditions that in Central America have been called Nagualism, and I share with them a large part of their conception of the world and of existence. On account of this, I have incorporated important Nagualistic influences, particularly that which was brought to light by the late anthropologist Carlos Castaneda. It seems that he and his teacher, Don Juan, were naguals (human beings with very particular configurations in their luminous cocoons). Generally, a shaman should be someone who has the ability to modify their ordinary perception to take it beyond the social consensus, conserving their sobriety along the way (otherwise they become a deranged or a charlatan). Not all shamans are naguals, nor are all naguals shamans.
In my case, I have trained my perception to perceive subtle energy as information, as data flows, as clusters of fractals which I can access, read and interpret. These readings, this ability to see and translate a fraction of the energetic-subtle dimension of the universe's own matrix, are the starting point – the origin of all this teachings.
I have to give thanks that the knowledge has been revealed insistently throughout my life. It has had many different faces. Sometimes learning has been costly, since I have known sickness and pain for most of my life. Other times it has been through true magic and delight, vibrating in an authentic romance with existence. In any case, with every step I have taken I have found inspiration to move forward. In the professional field, as an advisor, therapist and disseminator, I continue to research, discover and share day by day. On a personal level, as an explorer of awareness, I continue on a fascinating journey that fills me with a little more light with each breath I take.
Chema Sanz
Second Edition, January 2018 (First Edition, September 2011)
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