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How I observe

How do you observe something that most people don’t see? There is no microscope for it. My tool is my perception, and with it I have learned to observe in a way that changes nothing and reads nothing into it.

Observing without changing anything

Very early on I noticed that observing is tempting. You see an energy field that seems weak and immediately want to do something. A second problem is even subtler: an energy field notices that it is being looked at. It adapts to the observer and enters into a relationship with them. Then you no longer see how it functions, but how it reacts to you.

So I had to learn to be so calm and so much with myself that an energy field does not notice me. That was difficult, and it was decisive for my research. Since then I can compare: once observing while nothing stirs, and once observing while something is happening.

“And that is why observing is a superpower that helps to understand the whole thing.”

Rico Brunner

What I believed I knew, I had to switch off

One of my biggest challenges was to set aside everything I had learned about energies until then. Our mind fills in what we only partly see. This has always been vital for survival. Anyone who sees a large silhouette at the edge of the forest immediately thinks of a bear and runs. If they are wrong, it does no harm. If they first go and take a look, it can be too late.

When observing an energy field, exactly this reflex is the trap. You no longer see the field, but a mixture of the field and your own philosophy, and you bend what you see into shape until it fits. That is why for decades I observed energy fields without assuming any knowledge. My knowledge grew out of these observations, not the other way around.

In the beginning I kept asking myself: Is this my wish, or does it fit this person? I want to see what is, not what I wish for.

One or two years of almost only perceiving

As a young man I perceived a great deal and interpreted much of it wrongly. I interpreted a lot and observed little. At some point I turned that around. For one to two years, ninety percent of what I did was only perceiving, and I hardly drew any conclusions. During this time I found my way into energy field mechanics as I describe it today.

It has stayed that way today: observation and analysis make up the largest part, the conclusions only a fraction. The longer I perceive, the more details and connections I see. In the end, I often don’t have to interpret at all.

“because in the end perceiving replaces the interpretation, because everything becomes so obvious.”

Rico Brunner

Waiting until the movie is over

You may know this from the movies. After ten minutes you know how the movie ends. After half an hour you know it again, and after an hour too. In the end it turns out differently after all. It is the same with energy fields: whoever interprets too early is wrong several times, and whoever builds their work on a misinterpretation does not work where the energy field needs it.

That is why observing also includes recognizing when an observation is complete. For me, a session used to not end with the session. I often observed a person’s energy fields for days afterward, until I understood what I was seeing.

Three phases, countless times

My research had three phases, and I went through them countless times. First, observing without changing. Then questioning my own conclusions from this observation. Finally, checking whether what I had recognized is right. If it was not right, I started again from the beginning.

Once I noticed something I had not expected. When I recognize an energy field and understand why it does not function, that alone triggers an impulse in the field. I repeated this many times afterward before I believed it.

“I was very surprised and then repeated it many times to see whether it had been a coincidence.”

Rico Brunner

From many directions, stored in my head

One observation alone is not enough for me. I look at a spot from one side and remember the result. Then from another side, then from a third. Only when the result repeats and is confirmed from many directions do I assume that I have understood how something functions.

For a long time I did not write this down. I have a photographic memory, and not for things that stand still, but for things in motion. That is also why I did not notice for a long time that I have it. I see an energy field again and know where it has changed. Then I ask why exactly there.

“If I had not had a photographic memory, I could never have done this work with written notes, because the flood of information was much greater than what a person is able to write down in a day.”

Rico Brunner

What I have learned from my mistakes

Of course I was wrong, often even. When I had interpreted something wrongly, I did not only want to know what was right. I was interested in why the misinterpretation had come about. What had I overlooked? What had I not thought of? Why had I dealt with it wrongly?

I still ask myself this question today. A mistake shows me where my view still has a gap. Sometimes an energy field also seems to behave illogically at first. If I observe long enough, I see that it follows its own logic within a larger context.

What of this is in every piece of work today

Out of these years came the process I still work by today. That is why part of my work is still research.

I also found the simulation through observation. In my perception I can play through how an energy field would react to a step, without disturbing the field. In computer science there is the sandbox for this, a closed space in which you try something out without touching the running system. Something unexpected can still appear during execution. That is why I keep observing then too.

How these four steps work together in The Field (remote energy work) is described in the section How I work.

Questions that come up often

Does my energy field notice that you are observing it?

I have learned to observe in a way that an energy field does not notice me. Otherwise it would adapt to me, and I would not see how it really functions.

Do you see images or colors?

No. I don’t see images and I don’t see an aura either. I perceive how an energy field is built and where it functions or not. What I don’t see, for example, is where someone is right now or what situation in life they are in.

Can you learn to observe like this?

Perception can be practiced. In me it is a strong innate ability that I have honed with thousands of hours of practice. In my workshops we practice observing, see Workshop.

What if you are wrong?

That is why I check. The check at the end of every piece of work shows me whether what I intended has happened. For me, a mistake is material: I want to know how it came about.

Where to go next

What I have observed with this method and which principles have come out of it is described under What I have observed. Back to the beginning of my path: My research path.

Research section · Version 1.0 · 23.10.2026