Tingling Goosebumps Equals Life Energy
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What is that tingling, electric, goosebumps-y sensation that some experience?

Goosebumps
In this blog entry I talk about my experience with this sensation. This is not a new sensation but I recently experienced it in abundance.
Throughout my life I had felt tingling waves that went inside of my body and spread on the surface of my skin while meditating or praying, especially when in deep relaxation or concentration. When this sensation is on the surface it is accompanied by goose bumps that swarm the skin and traverse the body in waves. When inside the body, this sensation is like a cloud of charged tingling particles. I found it possible to direct this cloud of sensation with concentration. Does this sound familiar?
In the Past:
I felt this sensation for a very long time, ever since I was a teenager (when I used to experiment with unguided meditation accompanied by Christian prayer). I remember directing this sensation towards spots in my body that were in need of healing on some occasions.
As a teenager, with little knowledge or direction, I discovered this ’sensation’ on my own; it was not intense though; I had an inkling that it was a healing force. However, I always doubted and questioned everything that could not be measured scientifically; as it is, even after I read that this sensation was known as the ‘life force’ I was never a 100% sure that it was. I always exclaimed that feeling something doesn’t make it exist in a physical reality.
Recently
While at my first physical therapy session, I did 20 minutes of guided imagery meditation (Used: Relaxation & Wellness by Belleruth Naparstek – purchased from Health Journeys). This tingling feeling got generated inside of me with each deep breath, I was not expecting it; I was a little surprised when I felt this sensation. However it manifested in me and was more intense than I had ever experienced before. I also enjoyed this feeling because I felt a sense of relief and familiarity, it felt very well.
Interestingly, this sensation lasted even after the session was over; as I took in a deep breath it would increase and seemingly circumvent my body. It slowly dissipated as I got distracted by life.
What is This Sensation?
This is the life energy or the life force that manifests inside of every person. Some have never felt it, in fact they just are not aware of its presence. Every person is capable of feeling and amplifying this sensation.
Scientific Proof of Life Force
Let’s keep this simple and clear. As of today:
- The Sensation: I cannot say this sensation is anything else but a sensation. Sensations like smell, sight and touch are actually exist in the brain. Every person’s brain interprets senses differently. Every smell or image you see are actually interpreted electrical pulses in your brain. Human sensations are not accurate measure nor are they a scientific proof of the existence of something. We got to measure this sensation with equipment in order to proof its existence scientifically. I do not have such tools.
- The energy: I cannot prove this sensation is a measurable energy, whether it is static electricity, human cell electricity, cold electricity, life energy, the holy ghost or anything other kind of energy. I lack the tools needed for a measurement.
I can sense these things, every scientific observation is a result of sensing whether it is seeing, smelling, reading results off a monitor, we rely on senses all the time even in science.
What I Can Proof
- I know that this sensation relaxes me, refreshes me, and clears my mind
- I know that experiencing this sensation dissipates my migraine headaches
- I can feel my headache disappearing
- I can see goosebumps on my skin
In summary, I know that this is a sensation that I can feel, I know it works for me and reliefs my headaches, so I can argue that it is real to me and delivers real outcome.
Have you Ever Felt this Sensation?
How did it feel to you, was it electric, tingling, goosebumps, cold, warm??
If you haven’t that is fine.. In my future articles I will show you how easy it is to be aware of this life energy inside of you.
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I have also felt this for as long as I can remember. It really is nice to know there are others that have this phenomenon happen to them as well. The only thing is lately, this feeling has been getting stronger. I have been able to turn it on and off for a long time now, but recently, it gets so strong it hurts. I feel as if I am going to explode but don’t know how to release it…and even if I knew how, I would want to. I see that many people can turn it on and off, move it around, and even do some cool little tricks…but what about beyond that…I need some help…
Thanks for joining the rest of us here
Do you experience any visible goosebumps?
Do you experience shaking?
When you feel like exploding does that lead to a burst of shaking like what cats or dogs do to dry themselves up?
Try posting this again on this site: http://wholenessforums.com/index.php and click on “General Topics, Life Energy..” you will reach more people and hopeful get more advice.
Hey! I have been in search for an answer of this for years and years!!!
I am 17 years old and would really love to find the answer!
I believe it may have something to do with the raise in vibrations in one’s chakras; however, I am still not sure…
I can make the sensation get stronger and stronger and stronger!!! But I know EXACTLY what you are talking about and would love to talk to you more about this because I have not found anybody else that knows what it is!
email me at adambrob (at) gmail.com
Sat Nam and Namaste
Unfortunately it seems these energy-pulses can trigger even stronger energies. Which is the called “Pranotthana”: Intensified upward rising energy, which can be very dangerous when it starts. It naturally gives higher states of awareness, transcendent states and different/higher levels of conscious and self-consciousness. A warning here. I triggered strong energies by doing this pulsing thing and I afterwards had acute anxiety and panic attacks as a result of the new states of consciousness. “Pranotthana” is the pre-kundalini awakening and kundalini is an even stronger energy, and enormous heat that can fry the nervous system. Kundalini is able to cause permanent insanity and persistent psychosis-like states. So heed my warning, I learned the hard way. This pulsing thing started my awakening of stronger energies and it can be very much suffering and fear as a result of the altered perception and inner world that you will bbe drawn inwards to. I have struggled with this “Pranotthana” for now 7 months and I have been through unbearable suffering, although times of more peace and bliss as well. But this thing you are all doing.. I regret doing it after 7 months of panic and severe anxiety. So please stop this and instead stop it, or atleast don’t overuse it, as it can awaken enormous energies, that may give you temporary depersonalisation and mental anguish because the “Pranotthana” and then Kundalini makes you into a human vehicle of an unexpected and premature painful awakening process. That is what I learnt.
Don’t say I didn’t warn you all. This can have unpredictable results. Strong energies needs grounding and when the energy going straight up to the head you might experience hell as I did. Personally not worth the chance in my experience, but done is done and it’s too late to regret it.
Any questions are welcome. Feel free to mail me if you want to hear more.
Stay balances,
Espen.
The reason why you get relief from your headaches is that there is a release of endorphins; the body’s natural pain killers. They are those chemicals that give people the so called runner’s high.
@Adam
Adam, when I was your age I also felt this sensation.. I forgot all about it as yrs went by, then I felt it again. MANY do not know what this is even after I describe it, I am often surprised how so many just have not felt this. Just sent you an email.
@Eldnord
@Doug
Thanks!
ok so, this all started today. im tingling all over and visibly see goosebumps all over my body. its not while im meditating or in deep relaxation or deep thought. its everyday life. i just recently went through an enormouse paradigm shift. do you think that this could be a result of the shift? thanks
will
not.just.not at gmail.com
i think it is great, and ive stumbled across this myself, through inspiration
I beleive goosebumps and thier energy have the power to heal, they have the energy to change the molecular structure of cells .
I have a buch of examples , and things if you are interested. see-(fearless on utube by caroline myss. she talks about the unexpected people who wrote to her and said they were healed. after attending her book showings at barnes and noble, for interior castles.
and she was taken aback by it, since that was not what it was about. , but it changed the cours of her life.
I have a quiet a few events dealing with this in the past week, that are amazing
and instill a sense of awe and wonder
@Ethan Z.
hi , ethan——— my email is merton46 at gmail.com , i wanted to share with you some of the things ive run across in the past week, while searching for info on goosbumps. all the while
i started with my beleif that goosebumps have the pow to heal, and change cells on the molecular level. one such thing i found was an artical from 2006, on the net, where a man with month s to live , blogs with the american cancer society, that he has invented a machine that cures cancer with som waves or something, and as he is writes this , he says that it has caused him to have waves of goosbumps, , but he makes no conection
to the goose bumps, he thinks it is his machine , and he beleives it, becuase he went into complet remission, and was cured, when i read it , i thouht, he thinks its his machine.
which go to the saying — what we beleive, is what we think , what we think is what we feel, what we feel is what we do.. which all starts with waht we WANT, WHAT WE WANT IS WHAT WE BELEIVE, WHAT WE BELEIVE IS WHAT WE THINK , ——–
I can do this, I have done it since as long as I can remember, but its definitely not this life energy you talk of, its limited control your lymbic system
I know I’ve done this at least 15 years.
Hi there,
Yes I too can experience this when I give myself over to spiritual intuition. I feel as though I’m channeling God, a conduit as it were or getting in touch with my divine self. It really does feel quite empowering.
The ability was awakened through getting in touch with my spirituality through psychedelic use, mescaline in particular. Some of the experiences mentioned previously by people match extremely well with my own, particularly Bodnik’s.
While it’s always possible there’s a scientific explanation behind it, the fact that most people seem to experience it when in a spiritual frame of mind makes it extremely intriging.
Actually I’ve found a handful of songs that repeatedly set this off for me as well and as someone else has mentioned there seems to be a limited capacity for this experience, so I lean towards it being of a chemical nature. Something’s being depleted that has to have time to recover.
How interesting it is to know there are others out there that can feel this sensation also. As long as I can remember, even as a child, I have been able to channel this sensation throughout my entire body. I can cover my entire body in goosebumps at will with this energy sensation, hard enough, if I try, to make them hurt. The other part to this is that I can also calm myself and cause the goosebumps to disappear within seconds, then surge my body with this energy and bring them back. However, if I intensify the energy to cause pain the bumps don’t go away until quite a few minutes later. The most I have done to experiment with this is to channel it into my hands and then surge it into other living things, such as animals or friends of mine. It doesn’t seem to cause any pain to them in any way. The weird part when I do that is it feels like their arm or hand I am holding is a part of my body. I have felt this about a foot up their arm where it feels like the energy is dissipating out. This second thing I am able to do with this energy, is to channel it from my hands into a ball(or at least it feels like it is). I get the sensation like I can float it between my hands and grow it into a ball, then toss it out, or let it dissipate. The only other effect that I can definitely feel is warmth. When I channel this energy I can warm the energized parts of my body, like I am expanding my blood vessels and releasing heat on command. This one aspect has come in very handy at multiple times in my life. Many times when it gets cold I just channel up the energy and voila! Instant warmth. One time I got stuck in the snow and had to dig my truck out while it was getting dark. I used this technique to charge my body with heat, dig snow, freeze my hands off, stop and recharge the energy again, and again until I was able to get it out of there. I have no idea if this phenomena is easily described scientifically or not. I am a christian and understand about certain gifts of the spirit. Could this be a healing energy? I don’t know. Could it be nothing but in our minds? Perhaps. On the supernatural side of things I will say that there are good and dark forces that exist. If anyone has read the showdown Moses had, the bible does show that the priests of pharoh had powers that could mimic the powers of God through Moses. Darkness and Light exist alongside each other, and one would be wise to proceed with caution when dabbling with this. I feel it is harmless and could be helpful, however do not wish to assume it. I am however greatly pleased to know now that I am not alone. Thankyou for that.
Hello,I have experience the tingling and warm sensation flowing throw my body like electric.It felt like I leave my bed.My stomach always tingling. The electric run from my feet up to my head.I feel this all the time. What do you call this? I was in a coma in 1998 I being feeling this way sence. Lois
@Will
Thank you for your comment. I’d like to know more about the shift you mentioned. I will send you an email. I had a similar experience.
Thanks
@Lois
Thanks Lois.
I am not a doctor, so I have to say this: if your doctor cannot find a medical reason why this sensation exists, then one may consider alternative explanations, one of which is ‘life force’. The mention of life force is common in eastern medicine and is referred to as Prana, Qi, Ki, Chee, and in the west possibly as L-field or Morphogenic field .. all the same or closely related.
Based on my research it is my personal opinion than when I experience this tingeling energy (during meditation, QiGong, hypnosis, when in nature, or on demand) that this is life force that I am feeling.
options exist that may help show if this force is real or not:
1- using this force to heal one’s self and others
2- moving objects with it
3- warming up objects
4- somehow photographic it or using experiments to see if others can sense this energy.
@Mike
Thanks Mike.. what you mentioned can cause this sensation, however many can just feel it when they choose to, some people feel it all the time, others with music, when meditating or during hypnosis.. many QiGong healers may also feel this sensation.
@John
Thanks John,
I have read that prior to having a seizure some people experience tingling, smelling odors that are not there, emotional changes. These originate in the Lymbic System.
the lymbic system according to our medical knowledge is involved in processing pleasure and reward, and these areas of the brain CAN BE activated by music creating a tingling sensation traveling from the back to the front of the head.
I must say: IF YOU THINK you may be experiencing a seizure or a heart attack PLEASE DO call 911 or get medical attention.
John: I’m curious to why you’d trigger this sensation in your body knowing that it’s just the lymbic system causing it? Is it because the sensation is enjoyable? Does the sensation annoy you at times?
Thank you for sharing your experience.
Ethan
love this where have I been? I have felt this I think my whole life. I have experienced this at many different levels. First of all someone mentioned the importance of grounding. SUPER HUGE along with intention
I agree there can be very unfortunate side affects.
ty namaste
Energy is very powerful. I have felt this knowing it was the presence of God. when something is accurate. lol if temp drops a dgree. i am a healer and have done alot of work these days I dont feel so much while feedback from clients they love it and feel it along with much warmth.I have had problems with the warmth and feeling as there was too much energy within me physical aches ect. until I learned I was an empath as well. The best advice is give that energy with love and this can be done discreatly as a simple a simple touch or intention sending it to another to heal them. You got to love learning
@Angie
I like the ideas you presented, I think they will help a few people manage this sensation.
Angie, thank you for your comment and sharing your experience
My sensation is not one that annoys me so I don’t think about grounding it much, however when I practiced QiGong (I started a couple weeks ago), a few times I did feel overwhelmed by the force that I had to stop, I didn’t know how to handle it.
I agree with using “love”. Based on my reading and research I found that “emotions” is how we communicate with our subconscious and with the life force or even with other people and objects (the universe). For example, if you want world peace don’t pray asking for peace rather feel peace and god/the universe will understand you and you will create peace as a result. We are creators, I will be posting articles in the future showing experiments that confirm how we create or can influence what we call reality.
namaste
I also believe that goosebumps are physical manifestations of lifeforce energy flowing. They have always come very natural to me. 3 years ago I started a Spring Forest Qi Gong exercise called Small Universe. When I do this exercise I can feel the goosebumps go way deeper than the skin. It fells like liquid electricity flowing in the body.
I was surprised when I tried to make goosebumps appear at will on only one arm and they did! I have sent Qi Gong Master Chun Yi Lin a question about goosebumps to see what he has to say about it. I will keep you posted!
Now I wonder if having this ability is a sign that I should pursue becoming a healer?
Thank You for posting this great topic!
Warm Regards,
Jeff
It is when you are in alignment with your inner being and feeling the highest of emotions (for some that is no emotion) for me appreciation that you experience this wave of pins and needles or goosebumps over your body…There is no other feeling for me that compares and each day I strive to lift my vibration by noticing those things around me that please me and then quickly you will return more often to that aligned feeling of looking at the world through the same eyes as your true self wishes you to see it.
I recieve goosebumps when I begin speaking to somebody and their message is flowing through me to them. I could be writing, talking on the phone or with them. I feel blessed that I get to be apart of the that moment. I feel we all have this blessing in us to lift our Brothers & Sisters to enlighted.
@Jeff
Thanks for sharing your experience Jeff. I felt the goosebumps before I knew anything about QiGong.. I am however now learning SFQ. I took level 1 and 2 , this weekend I have level 3!
A lot of people find SFQ very healing
@squibby
@Eddie
Thank you for sharing your experience. I am positive many will benefit from reading about your experience with this sensation and energy.
I also agree with you Eddie, I think these can be a communication tool, a sort of feedback system. When I hear something or read something or say something and feel these goosebumps come along I am very intrigued, at first I was intrigued and these attracted my attention to what was being said. Now I am thinking this literally may be a truth meter, or at the least a sign that what is being said is worth paying close attention to.
These comments are very helpful to me. Writing, reading and thinking certain things causes this goosebump sense for me and until I read these comments I could find no one who also experiences this. Like post #4 from Eldnord, proceed with caution with this sense. I especially have to be cautious, I have bi-polar and this sense can cause grandiose thinking on my part. I do also believe it is like a truth meter and higher level of energy, inner wisdom. Learning to be balanced and grounded with it is the way of healing. In addition, I have written things that seem to be channeled and also get this sense when writing. I can get carried away. As I said, it is great to learn that others also wonder about what this sense means. Over all I think it is a very positive guide in a persons’ life but can be over whelming.
@Susan
I always enjoy reading others experiences.
Susan, thanks for your comment. Don’t worry about getting carried away
IMHO, life doesnt throw something at if that you cannot handle, like anything this sensation is as good or bad as you allow it to be
love
i’ve been looking everywhere for answers i came across the scientific community,most don’t want to believe it’s anything.
Those that are open minded say we are accessing our sympathetic nervous system but to be just sounds like vain guess’s at things they don’t understand.
I’ve always felt it as electric style energy;not quite electric and something,unexplainable combined.I always believed it to be a healing energy, which shouldn’t be used too often but shouldn’t be neglected either-making me think i’m balancing energy.
@spardanto
Thanks spardanto. I went to a wedding at a Church a couple days ago and when they played the Organ music i felt this sensation. Sometimes music causes it. When I do QiGong and breath universal energy through my skin i also feel this feeling. Sometimes when talking to someone, I get this feeling right before they start saying a story or something, I take that as a sign to listen to what they are about to say. I feel this during hypnosis, during meditation, during qigong.. and sometimes from music. I heard about the chills from music being the result of the sympathetic nervous system. Perhaps there are subtle differences between music-induced and non-music induced sensation, I don’t know.