“Where you place your attention is where you place your energy”.
-Dr Joe Dispenza
The purpose of this article is not to make any declarative statements. It’s to expand and share that which I have been learning in regards to the power of our thoughts and our intentions, and the impact those two things can have on our lives and our careers.
Before we get too deep, I want to start by saying that I do not get close to fully grasping the whole picture here. What I know, what I will talk about, is simply what I have read and worked to apply in my own life. The best scientists in the world don’t yet understand this picture fully, so I’m not going to pretend like I do either. With that disclaimer aside, let’s get into it!
Energy
Energy is something we know exists, but don’t understand how to measure. You know how when you walk into a room, a facility, or are around a certain person, you get a certain energy? Some might call it a vibe. Whatever your word of choice is to describe this phenomenon, it appears that it might actually have some backing. That different people, different environments, actually give off different energies. And that we may be able to measure that energy.
Humans give off light in the form of biophotons. And the energy that a person feels or exerts, determines how many of these biophotons are emitted. Now, I want to make this clear: I am not one for hokey science and non-applicable “just visualize it” advice that some people offer. I’m interested in this because there are cases in which it has been literally, and physically, measured. Lynne Mctaggart’s website is a good place to get started if you want to read more about it (they made a leaf glow. Lol). She also wrote the book “The Intention Experiment”, which goes into much more detail on this topic.
Dr. Joe Dispenza, another thought leader in this field, is said to have healed himself of 6 broken vertebrae after being run-over by an SUV. It’s a truly amazing story and he has been dedicating his life to figuring out how it happened, and helping others discover the same power.
I present these extreme examples not to claim that everyone could do these things, but simply to raise awareness of just how much power our attitude and thoughts can have. I was extremely suspicious upon hearing and reading about these stories, and still am. But they nevertheless made me curious, and made me want to dig deeper to figure out how or if we could use and apply it towards baseball.
Light That We Can’t See
In his book“Becoming Supernatural”, Dr. Dispenza dives deep into the energy equation. He explains that the human eye is only capable of seeing a certain portion of the light spectrum (visible wavelengths range from 400 to 700 nanometers). Take x-rays for instance. We know they exist, yet we can’t see them. Our eyes don’t have that capability.
So if we can only see a small percentage of the spectrum, how much are we missing out on? This was Dr. Dispenza’s point. And while he dove into topics (such as quantum physics and how there are particles that don’t actually obey Newton’s Laws, but adhere to a completely different set of rules) that are beyond my understanding at this point, his message was clear: Our thoughts can create energy. The only reason we don’t yet know this, is because the energy that’s created is beyond our ability to see, and the science has just begun to have the capability to see and measure that energy.
Application
To expand on how this topic relates to us: exerting intentional thought, which we now know is energy, towards something that we want to have happen, can literally give us a greater chance of said thing happening.
Through the double slit experiment, and as discussed by Dr. Dispenza in his book, the reason the energy from our thoughts can bring about greater chances of our ideal future happening, is that particles in the quantum realm (again, somewhat above my understanding), behave differently when they are observed. To put it another way: the fact that they were being “watched”, changed their behavior.
I don’t know about you, but this blew my mind a bit at first. I’d always heard that I needed to “visualize”, but I was never presented with the facts behind why visualization was so important. I’d always looked at it as a waste of time. Needless to say, with this new information, my viewpoint has changed. While I know you can’t will something into existence from your couch (you still need to put in the work), giving yourself a clear intention of exactly what future you’re working towards, is going to create energy that you otherwise wouldn’t have at your disposal. Literally.
And this visualization needs to happen in a very specific way. For the full picture, I recommend digging into Dr. Dispenza’s book, but I can get you started here.
With the knowledge that our thoughts create energy, that our bodies’ give off light, and that the combination of those two things can connect us to the future we want to have, part of our visualization/meditation should include those two things. Instead of just thinking about the future you’d like to create, put yourself into it. Visualize yourself giving off light, giving off energy, towards those things that you want to have happen. Our bodies don’t know the difference between thought and reality, so by creating a new reality through our thought, we teach our bodies what that feels like, giving us a greater ability to make it happen in real life. In addition, as we saw with the double slit experiment, particles in the “quantum realm” will come together only when observed, and by visualizing our future, we may be literally observing those particles and helping them come together.
To close: I am still approaching this concept with a very critical eye, and I encourage you to do the same. But the fact that energy from our visualization has been physically measured, provided that process with a whole new meaning for me, and I think if you dig deep enough, it will for you too.
Shoutout to all that made it this far. I realize there were no swing or throw videos throughout the whole article and that this content is quite a bit different than what I normally cover. Nevertheless, I appreciate you taking the time to read it. If you have additional questions or comments on this topic, on our other articles, or would like to learn more about what it means to work remotely with DAC Baseball, send me an email at brady@dacbaseball.com and I’ll get back with you shortly.
Stay Hungry,
Brady