Posted by Timne on July 2, 2009, at 15:44:51
In reply to This may sound foolish., posted by Dinah on July 1, 2009, at 23:31:00
> Even though the little princess spent most of her time sleeping, the house seems a bit emptier without her in it. It reminds me of how a house with people in it, even if they are not in the same room or sleeping or being still as can be, feels different from an empty house.
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> I wonder if there's some sort of life energy that you can feel even if you can't see or hear it.
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>When my friends say "maybe we were together in a past life" or "we have an energy connection" I usually refer to things in our "reality" that could be the cause. If it's good enough for my friends, I figure it good enough for general publication.
The expectation that another will wake up and engage one, or that the person will return home -- after work or after a long trip -- to engage one can account for the feeling of togetherness present in an abode when people aren't presently engaged with each other. Expectation can be measured in the form of heat activity in certain parts of the brain. Since it's a measurable, predictable form of energy, logic suggests it a much more likely source of feeling than an as yet unmeasured "life energy."
However, it is also a measurable sociological phenomenon that people in situations of social stress -- including loneliness, which is stress arising from lack of socialization -- more often allude to paranormal causes, spiritual concepts involving more than psychological foundations, or other unknown forces as causative of particular feelings than do people in stable, supportive, predictable social situations.
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