Understanding the energy field · perception
You only perceive part of your energy field. The work is done where the causes lie, and that is often outside this part.
That is why what you feel on a single day says little about whether and where work is being done.
Like the field of view of your eyes
Your eyes look forward. You don’t see what happens behind you, and yet it happens. This is how Rico also describes your energy field: you only perceive part of it.
“The range of perception we have is smaller than our whole system. You can compare it to the field of view of the eyes.”
Rico Brunner
How far this field of view reaches doesn’t always stay the same. It shifts depending on what you pay attention to. A new task, a new relationship, different priorities turn your gaze elsewhere. But according to Rico, one thing stays the same:
“But what I never see is what is behind me.”
Rico Brunner
The iceberg: what lies above and what lies below the water
Rico also uses the image of an iceberg for the same thing. Above the water is the part you experience and feel. Below it is the larger part, which you don’t experience. By his estimate, around 80 percent of your field lies outside what you perceive, and this is different for every person.
“When I work on the conscious part, it has an immediate effect in the energy field. You notice the change right away. When I work on the unconscious part, you don’t notice the change directly, you only notice it much later.”
Rico Brunner
A change in the unconscious part often only becomes noticeable once it reaches the area you perceive. How long that takes is different for every person and can’t be planned.
Where the work is done and why there
Rico could work where you quickly notice something. He deliberately doesn’t. He works where he sees the causes.
“basically it’s important to work where the causes are, where the energy field needs the support, and not where a change can be felt quickly.”
Rico Brunner
There is a reason for this that goes beyond remote energy work. Rico observes that many people don’t make progress because they always look for the cause in the area they perceive. A lot sometimes happens there, and in the end it stays the same after all. There is more on this on the page Why effort alone is not enough.
You already feel your field, you just don’t notice it
Many people believe they don’t feel their energy field at all. According to Rico, every person feels their own energy. Most just don’t notice, because they take what they feel to be normal.
“And most people think that if you want to feel your own energy, you have to feel something extra. You have to feel something more, and that’s a fallacy.”
Rico Brunner
On top of that comes a rule that sounds backwards at first. What works well hardly stands out. Rico describes it like this: you perceive your perception intensely above all when there is too little stability. Where there is a lot of stability, perception seems unspectacular, because the system can process everything.
So feeling more isn’t better either. According to Rico, someone who perceives more of themselves than they can process tends to be overwhelmed by it. That is why he works quietly. Many people therefore notice nothing on any single day.
Why feeling is not a good yardstick
Remote energy work isn’t designed for you to feel something. Rico says so plainly:
“The goal of remote energy work isn’t, after all, that a person notices that I’m working”
Rico Brunner
On top of that comes something human. What is no longer hard quickly disappears from memory. Rico observes that after two or three days people often no longer know that something was once hard. According to his description, the field and life are geared towards moving on. That is why it is worth writing down at the start what you are beginning with. Your concern is there for that, as a note for yourself.
Rico compares the first period to saving. Someone who starts putting money aside doesn’t have wealth yet, even though they are saving. And if you wonder whether you are doing something wrong because you don’t notice anything: as a rule, you aren’t.
Important
Not feeling anything doesn’t mean nothing is happening. But it isn’t proof that something is happening either. Whether something is moving in your field is something Rico sees in the field, not in how you feel. If you are unsure, ask.
What you can do instead
Don’t wait, observe. How to do that without effort is on the page Observing instead of feeling. Looking at your everyday life says more than the feeling of a single day.
If a lot is hard right now, it can be a relief to know that a quiet day without any feeling isn’t a lost day. If things are going well and you want to keep it that way, it is normal that you notice little, because what works doesn’t stand out. And if you want to develop further, a lot shows up first in your everyday life, in what you do, and not in a feeling.
Questions that come up often
- Am I doing something wrong if I don’t feel anything?
- As a rule, no. The work is mostly done where you don’t feel anything. You don’t have to do anything or feel anything for it.
- Should I learn to feel more?
- No. Feeling more than you can process tends to overwhelm you. According to Rico, a perception that works well seems unspectacular.
- Does feeling nothing mean nothing is happening?
- No, but it doesn’t mean the opposite either. Whether something is moving shows in the field, not in how you feel on a given day. Ask if you are unsure.
- What if I notice something straight away?
- That can happen when work is being done on a part you perceive. Then, according to Rico, a change can be felt immediately. It is neither a better nor a worse sign.
- Does Rico feel what I feel?
- No. He reads your field, not your experience. How he goes about it is explained under How Rico finds and reads your field.
Where to go next
What Rico actually sees when he reads your field is explained in How Rico finds and reads your field. How a field can be injured is described in How a field can be injured.