In the science of biology, energy is considered to be electrons stored up mainly inside mitochondria, small organelles inside cells. Potentially, electrons are attached to various atoms and those atoms are attached to other atoms forming molecules such as water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, glucose, and so on. When these various molecules break apart, due to enzyme interactions, the electrons are set free and move as kinetic energy as in chemical reactions. These freely moving electrons are what produce heat, movement and also help build other molecules such as tissues (bone, muscle, tendons, etc.), enzymes, hormones, and life itself.
In the field of physics, energy is defined as the ability to do work, which doesn't say a lot about what it actually is. Energy is considered to be a property of matter, space, objects and fields and cannot be created or destroyed. Energy has something to do with gravity, electromagnetism, and electricity. Electricity is said to be the movement of electrons as in lightening and their movement trough wires.
In chemistry as in biology, energy is seen as moving electrons. When molecules, which are made up of atoms, break apart, electrons are set free and produce movement, heat, light and so on. All 118 elements (atoms) on the periodic table are depicted as having a nucleus, made up of neutrons and protons, orbited by electrons. The bigger the nucleus the more the atom weighs. Hydrogen having only one proton and one electron is the lightest and oganesson, a synthetic atom, the heaviest with 118 protons.
So, the common denominator in modern science, as far as energy goes, has to do with electrons. This, we might say, is the materialistic point of view, which is okay, but doesn't reach down deep enough into the aspect of exactly what energy is.
Let's leave modern science and go into the more esoteric fields of qigong, yoga and tai chi and see what they say about energy. Hope to see you in the next post.
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