The following is excerpted from my latest book Return of Quetzalcóatl – The Morning Star

Yoda: “My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us, binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter.”

Dark Matter’s dark/subtle energy makes up 96% of the known universe while only 4% of universal mass-energy is occupied by atomic matter and electromagnetic energy. I would go one step further and state that the Otherworld is composed of 100% dark energy/subtle energy—The Force.

Our inner energy is simply a reflection of the greater play of energies in the universe as a whole—both the seen universe and the unseen universe or The Otherworld. The nature of dark/subtle energy is very different from that of electromagnetic energy. The strength of its action does not diminish with distance.

Dark/Subtle energy interacts with consciousness—6th Element. It is universally present, but it acts individually. Dark/Subtle energy rules at the core of our existence. It influences and affects everything that involves the 4% forces—gravitation, electromagnetism, the weak interaction, and the strong interaction. Most importantly, subtle energy affects the functionality of the physical body.

Dark/Subtle energy affects our life on all levels, including the deepest level of the regulation of biochemical processes in the body, the genetic level.

Most importantly, to become a Quetzalcóatl, realize that only 4% of universal mass-energy is occupied by atomic matter and electromagnetic energy. 96% is dark matter. Most assuredly, dark matter’s dark/subtle energy equals teotl. The physical world is a reflection of energy vibrations from more subtle worlds, which in turn are reflections of still more subtle energy fields.

It seems that energy medicine, a legitimate healing force/harming force, uses the universal energy belonging to the subatomic world that occupies 96% of the universe.  Ancients called this dark/subtle energy the lifeforce, chi, itz, and other terms. I call it the Force. The Nahuas called the sacred energy of the lifeforce or the dark/subtle energy, teotl. It exists as a single, dynamic, vivifying, eternally self-generating and self-regenerating sacred power, energy or force. Human consciousness is another aspect of this eternal, vivifying, dynamic energy of teotl. It is spirit—a concentration of power as a sacred and impersonal force.

Both humans and non-humans as well as living and non-living things partake of and share in the dark/subtle energy and movement of teotl. Even objects partake of a conscious universe and they can be said to be alive in this sense. All of nature—rocks, mountains, water, earth, etc.—are enspirited, conscious, and hence alive, and consequently there is no sharp, qualitative distinction between living and nonliving, human and nonhuman, and thus humans and the rest of nature.

Dark/Subtle energy, just like all energy in the universe, can have positive (healing) or negative (harming) effects. An environment that is energetically “dirty” will tend to weaken a person’s health and well-being – due to the presence of chaotic energy originating from various technological and environmental processes or residuals from interpersonal conflict or suffering. An energetically polluted environment significantly diminishes the healing effect of dark/subtle energy.

One of the most amazing features of dark/subtle energy is that it can be directed, and its action can be programmed by the human mind. The transformational nature of this energy arises from the vast potential of human consciousness. This means it has the ability to follow commands of the human mind.

Most importantly, our dark/subtle energy interacts with consciousness. It is universally present, but it acts individually. Consciousness is not an electromagnetic field; its energy does not dissipate over time and distance. Dark/Subtle energy participates in the communication between consciousness and the physical world in which we live.