Feeling Energy: My Introduction to Being an Emotional Intuitive

Some people are thinkers, intellectuals who analyze and interpret the world through logic and reason. Others, like me, are feelers. We move through life guided by sensation, intuition, and the unseen energy that pulses through all living things.

As an emotional intuitive, I’ve always been deeply aware of this energy, but I didn’t always have words for it. My first true realization of this ability didn’t come through human interaction—it came from animals.

The Bird Beneath the Canopy

When I was about nine, I lived in Japan while my father was stationed there with the Navy. At my school, there was a small grassy area next to an outbuilding used for assemblies and dances. Large trees grew beside it, their branches hanging low, forming a secluded, canopy-covered space. It became my refuge. Whether I was escaping the teasing of schoolmates or simply craving solitude, I would slip under those branches, feeling safe, hidden, and at peace.

One day, I found a small, lifeless bird on the ground beneath the trees. I remember the sadness that filled me as I gently picked it up. It still had softness, a remnant of life, but there was no energy, no electricity left in its tiny body. I didn’t have the words to explain what I was sensing, but I knew—on a level deeper than thought—that I could feel the presence of life in animals. And I could also feel its absence.

I made the bird a small grave, carefully arranging two sticks into a cross over the mound of earth. As I sat there, I realized I wasn’t just mourning the bird; I was mourning the absence of its energy. That day, I became aware that life is more than just movement or breath—it’s an electric current running through every living thing.

The Energy of Animals

I don’t experience emotions from animals in the way many people assume. I don’t feel their feelings, but I sense their energy—their life force, their animation. I can feel the electricity of their nervous system, the pulse of their heartbeat, the rhythmic flow of their breath.

With animals, this energy is strong and pure, uncomplicated by the mental clutter that clouds human energy. When I interact with people, their thoughts and emotions create a shifting field of energy around them, making it harder to sense their pure life force. But in meditation, when a person reaches deep stillness, I can feel their body’s natural energy more clearly.

With animals, it’s different. Their energy is direct, unfiltered, and instinctual. If they are ill or injured, their energy shifts, often becoming fragmented or weak in certain areas. I can feel the disruption, even when they don’t outwardly express distress.

The Cow With the Copper Eyes

One of my most vivid childhood memories of this ability happened on a school field trip to a dairy farm in Japan. Among the many cows, there was one in particular—a female with deep brown and copper-colored eyes—who caught my attention. The moment our eyes met, I felt it: a strong, undeniable energy. She was alive in a way that was almost electric. She radiated strength and uncertainty, pulsing with life.

At the time, I thought I was feeling her emotions—that she was communicating something profound to me. Looking back, I realize that the emotions were mine. I was interpreting her life force through my own feelings, projecting meaning onto her presence. This experience was another step in my understanding of how I interact with the world—not through thoughts, but through sensing the fundamental energy of living beings.

The Rescue That Rescued Me

Years later, after returning from a trip to India—a journey that had overwhelmed me in ways I hadn’t expected—I found myself in a pet store with a client. I wasn’t planning to adopt an animal. In fact, I avoided pet stores because I couldn’t bear to see the caged animals, all looking for someone to give them energy, love, and a home.

But that day, I walked past an adoption section I hadn’t known was there. Across the room, a pair of green eyes locked onto mine. I felt it immediately. I tried to ignore it. For four nights, I saw those green eyes in my mind before I finally returned to the store and adopted the cat who had chosen me.

I had thought I was rescuing him, but in truth, he rescued me. He reignited my ability to feel freely, to connect deeply with another being, and to embrace my intuitive nature rather than resist it.

The Science of Energy

I don’t consider my ability mystical or magical. For me, it’s science. The human body—like all living bodies—runs on electricity. The heart generates its own electrical signals, the brain pulses with neurons firing, and every cell carries a charge. When I sense an animal’s energy, I am simply feeling the electrical current of life moving through them.

Animals respond to us because we increase their energy. When we pet a dog, their body’s electricity strengthens. When we feed them, we restore the energy flow that sustains them. That’s why animals trust us, bond with us, and look to us for care. We are their source of warmth, safety, and vitality.

And in return, they do the same for us.

Embracing the Gift

Being an emotional intuitive is both a blessing and a challenge. It took me years to understand that the energy I feel in animals isn’t their thoughts or emotions—it’s their essence, their life force. And it took me even longer to realize that, with humans, their emotions and thoughts can mask their true energy, making them harder to read.

But through animals, I learned that feeling deeply is not a weakness. It is a way of understanding the world that goes beyond words. And in a world that often prioritizes intellect over intuition, I’ve come to appreciate that being a feeler—someone who senses life itself—is its own kind of wisdom.

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