Heisenberg
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I think one of the biggest things that you aren't understanding is that there are no diffrent types of energy. Energy is energy, joules = joules . There is no imprint energy no green energy no blue energy not negative energy and no positive energy. There are just joules . What you do with this energy is up to you.
Well said.
To OP:
We can think of the word 'energy' as shorthand, a quick way to say "measurable work potential". That means, if energy is not measurable, if you can't determine quantities, then it can't be defined as energy. You are speaking about some vague sort of influence and calling it energy, but if something is that vague, can we measure it?
Is this energy subject to the laws of thermodynamics? If it is, then we can make predictions about it's behavior and test it. If it does not follow thermodynamics, then again, it can't be defined as energy. Energy IS that which follows thermodynamics.
Now, sometimes people use the word energy as a way to describe something they have no other word for. Like when people say "there is a lot of energy in the room". They do not mean the room is full of the ability to do work, they simply mean everyone is in an excited mood. There is nothing wrong with using energy in this way, so long as we are careful to understand that it is being used as a description, and not an explanation. Using energy in this way may help you to convey your thoughts and ideas, but it can do nothing to give any validity to them, it does nothing to explain how something works.
And since I keep saying energy is "the ability to do work', I should probably explain what work is. Work is the transfer of energy from one object (or system) to another. E=mc2. Energy is equal to mass times the speed of light squared. This can be simplified. Mass can be expressed in grams, speed can be expressed in mps. So, energy is equal to the amount of transfer it takes to move a few grams a few meters in a few seconds. Energy is a measurement of work. How can a measurement of work be good or bad, sad or negative?
So when you are off reading about good energy and energy imprints, you should ask yourself, does this person know what he's talking about. Is this person telling me anything meaningful? When someone uses 'energy' in the descriptive way, but pretends they are using it in an explanatory way, they are trying to fool you and take advantage of confusion, or else they are fools themselves.
I am a skeptic, not a physics student, so this is the best way I can explain it to you, the way I came to understand it myself. It's not necessary to understand the full implications of physics, you just need to understand enough to keep yourself from falling for BS.