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The post is based on the presupposition that, objectively speaking, physical items can be charged with feelings or energy; this can be done consciously or not. The charged items can then effect individuals who come into contact with them.
Some interesting work has been done in this respect by Alan Sokal & associates at the European Institute of Energy Dynamics. Their research suggests that any item can retain energic-emotional 'particles' which can have a subtle effect on individuals, particularly those who are specially sensitive. Not only do cds, comics & records accrue energic-emotional condensations, but also clothes, money, and foodstuffs. However, the situation is rendered even more complex if one accepts Sokal's argument that not only do items become imprinted with one's own emotional energy discharges, but also the discharges of other people who come into close promixity with items, and those involved with the intial conceptualisation and production of said items. For example, a pair of three-years old secondhand Nike trainers brought by one subject bought from a thrift store on 5th Avenue were shown, through psychometric testing, to have retained not only strong impressions of despondency from people who had picked them up then decided not to buy them, but also retained powerful impressions of despair from the Korean sweatshop workers who had put them together, shot through with deeply troubling impressions of corporate cynicism from the egregore of Nike themselves. The subject in this case found the trainers had contributed significantly to her feelings of alienation and depression, due to the accumulated negativity which was most resistant to any kind of cleansing technique.
Sokal & co make the following observations & recommendations. As clothes can easily accumulate other peoples' emotional energy over time (just by promixity), they recommend avoiding public transport (particularly air travel) and, just to be on the safe side, burning your entire wardrobe every two years. All coinage should be periodically immersed in magnetically-charged water in order to remove the negative energy and karmic resonances that accumulate as they are passed around. Paper money should be ironed. Where possible, logos should be removed from items, as it is well-known that whenever one emits strong emotions, or just stares at a logo for any period of time, one will tap into the energy of the company egregore and unwittingly 'feed' it. Avoid heavily logo-intensive environments like television and the internet (or use a text-only browser). Some energy researchers advocate wearing dark glasses when out on the street in order to reduce the effect of advertising. Somewhat contraversially, the Instutue also recommends that people with items associated with mass production practices involving cheap labour in third-world countries should dispose of them immediately, as the accumulated negative residue may lead to ill-health. Similarly, in cases where an artist or producer has committed suicide or been murdered, the wave of negatitivity resulting from such incidents can be transmitted to all items associated with that producers. Sokal & co. demonstrate this trend with a survey of how many owners of Versace garments have committed suicide or themselves been murdered, in the years following Versace's own murder in 1997. Finally, the institute recommends wearing hand-made clothes, home-growing as much food as you can, and where possible, ensuring that purchased goods have been handled by as few people as possible. |
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