Prompt Engineering Reality: The Energy Hack Nobody Talks About
[I'm sitting at my usual coffee shop right now, watching a fascinating energetic dance unfold between the barista and different customers. Some get warmth and banter, others just get a transaction. I've been observing this pattern for weeks, and this morning it finally clicked...]
The Coffee Shop Experiment
Holy hell, I just figured something out that's been hiding in plain sight my entire life. It's about how we create our own reality through the subtle energetic prompts we transmit to others — and it's blowing my mind.
For the past few months, I've been deeply immersed in Buddhist tantra practices — specifically the Six Yogas of Naropa, working with Vajrayogini in the generation stage. Part of this involves intensive vase breathing techniques and a practice called chöd (literally "cutting through"), where you visualize cutting up your own body and transforming it into a nectar of offering for all beings.
I know, sounds metal as hell, right? But bear with me.
The idea is to feed this nectar to the "demons" both within your own mind and to challenging people in your external reality. This symbolic feeding smooths out the karmic waves rippling through your energy field.
[Just got distracted watching a woman walk in radiating anxiety, and literally seeing the barista's energy field contract in response. Their interaction was stiff, formal, transactional. Science would call this "mirror neurons" but it goes way deeper...]
But here's where it gets interesting. I've been going to the same coffee shop every morning, interacting with the same baristas, and I've started noticing something remarkable: the same people behave completely differently depending on the energy I'm carrying when I walk up to them.
The Energetic Prompt Effect
When I arrive after my morning tantric practices — with all that delicious energy flowing through my system — the baristas get almost giddy. They bubble over with stories, laughter, and a kind of warmth that extends beyond normal customer service. They remember details about my life and share bits of theirs.
But on days when I skip practice and show up in a neutral or distracted state? The interaction flattens completely. Same people, same coffee order, radically different experience. Just... transactional.
[The espresso machine just hissed dramatically, as if underlining my point. Even machines get in on the synchronicity game sometimes...]
Once I noticed this pattern, I couldn't stop seeing it everywhere. And then I started observing something even more fascinating — the subtle cues my own system was generating to prompt these different responses.
Different facial micro-expressions would emerge. My posture would shift slightly. The tone of my voice would modulate in ways I wasn't consciously controlling. My system was broadcasting an energetic prompt that essentially instructed others how to behave with me.
The LLM Metaphor
This might sound familiar if you've worked with AI language models. When you input a prompt to ChatGPT or Claude, the specific wording, tone, and framing drastically changes what you get back. The same AI with different prompts produces completely different outputs.
[Just watched the barista's face light up with a guy who walked in radiating joy. She literally mirrored his expression before he even spoke. Like watching two tuning forks vibrate at the same frequency...]
Human consciousness seems to operate on a similar principle. The energy I'm holding transmits like a silent prompt to everyone I encounter, and their systems automatically respond by vibrating at a similar frequency. That frequency then activates a particular archetype within them — be it the friendly storyteller, the efficient serviceperson, or anywhere in between.
The Mechanics Behind the Magic
So what's actually happening here from a technical perspective? This is where Joe Dispenza's research offers some fascinating insights.
When we engage in practices like tantric vase breathing, we're generating a cascade of neurobiological events. The controlled breathing patterns increase pressure in the cerebral spinal fluid, which eventually pulses against the pineal gland — that mysterious little pine cone-shaped endocrine gland nestled deep in our brain.
[My tea's getting cold as I'm writing this, but I'm too engrossed to care. Some insights are worth lukewarm tea...]
As Dispenza explains, this physical pressure activates the pineal gland, causing it to release powerful compounds including DMT (dimethyltryptamine), often called the "spirit molecule." This creates a measurable change in our electromagnetic field — particularly the field generated by the heart, which is about 5,000 times stronger than the brain's electromagnetic field.
This amplified and coherent heart field doesn't stop at the boundaries of our skin. It extends outward, interacting with the electromagnetic fields of everything and everyone around us.
Your Energy Field Is Always Communicating
What's fascinating is that this is happening whether we're conscious of it or not. Every interaction you have is shaped by the energetic state you're in.
In Energy Vampires and Cosmic Surplus, I talked about how some people drain your energy while others seem to amplify it. Now I'm seeing the flip side — how we actively shape those interactions through our own energetic broadcast.
[A teenager just walked in absolutely radiating "leave me alone" energy, head down, shoulders hunched, earbuds in. Watched the barista immediately shift into efficient, minimal interaction mode. No smile, no chat, just the basics. The energetic prompt "Do not engage" was received loud and clear...]
This explains something I've observed in my Reality Transurfing practice too. When you shift your "importance level" around something (essentially the emotional charge), reality responds accordingly. What I'm seeing now is the mechanical process behind that shift — the actual transmission mechanism between your internal state and the external world.
The Buddhist Perspective
From a Buddhist standpoint, this makes perfect sense. The concept of emptiness (śūnyatā) teaches that nothing has inherent existence — everything arises through interdependent co-creation. What better example than watching how my internal energy state co-creates the experience I have with others?
In Dimensions Unveiled, I explored how different emotional states create different electromagnetic signatures that affect our biology and reality. What I'm observing in the coffee shop is this principle in action at the interpersonal level.
[Just caught myself smiling at a stranger who walked in, and they immediately smiled back. The dance continues...]
The tantric practices I mentioned earlier — particularly the chöd practice of offering — work partly through this mechanism. By visualizing the transformation of your own material being into a gift that dissolves boundaries between self and other, you're actually reprogramming your energy field. This shifted field then transmits different prompts to everyone you encounter.
The Experimental Approach
Once I recognized this pattern, I decided to play with it deliberately. I started experimenting with consciously shifting my energy before different interactions.
Before one visit to the coffee shop, I did five minutes of tantric vase breathing before arriving. Result? The normally reserved barista actually came around the counter to continue our conversation.
Before another visit, I deliberately focused on bureaucratic paperwork — getting myself into a dry, analytical state. Same barista? Brief nod, minimal interaction.
[My phone just buzzed with a text that perfectly synchronizes with what I'm writing. These moments of convergence seem to happen more frequently when I'm in high-energy states...]
What's most fascinating is that I'm not changing my external behavior in obvious ways. I'm not suddenly becoming more talkative or asking more questions. It's purely the energetic field I'm broadcasting that shifts the dynamic.
Archetypes and Energy
Here's where it gets really interesting. The energy we broadcast doesn't just create general states in others — it seems to activate specific archetypes within them.
When I'm in a high-energy, open-hearted state from my practices, I notice the baristas step into a "wise storyteller" or "authentic friend" archetype. When I'm in a neutral or low energy state, they step into an "efficient server" archetype.
It's as if each person contains multiple potential expressions of themselves, and our energy field helps select which one comes forward in any given interaction.
[Just realized I've been sitting here for almost an hour watching this energetic dance unfold around me. The coffee shop has become my laboratory for consciousness...]
This connects deeply with Jung's concept of the collective unconscious and archetypal patterns. Perhaps our energy fields are actually archetypal activators, calling forth specific expressions from the vast potential within each person we meet.
Practical Applications
So what can we do with this insight? A few thoughts:
Become conscious of your broadcast. Start paying attention to the subtle energy you're transmitting and how it affects your interactions.
Prepare energetically for important interactions. Just as you might prepare content for a meeting, consider preparing your energy field through practices like meditation, breathwork, or movement.
Experiment deliberately. Try consciously shifting your energy before routine interactions and observe the differences.
Recognize your responsibility. If our energy shapes others' experiences of us, we have a certain responsibility for the reality we're co-creating.
Develop your sensitivity. Practice feeling the energy broadcasts of others and notice how they affect you.
[The guy at the table next to me keeps glancing over as I type furiously on my laptop. I wonder what archetype I'm activating in him with my focused creative energy...]
The Ethical Dimension
This insight raises some fascinating ethical questions. If we can influence others' behavior through our energetic state, what responsibilities come with that ability?
I'm not talking about manipulation here — quite the opposite. This is about becoming conscious of what was previously unconscious. We're already influencing each other energetically; the only question is whether we're doing so with awareness.
In many ways, this is the true meaning of karma — not some cosmic accounting system, but the natural consequence of how our energy affects the world around us and creates the reality we experience.
The Cosmic Dance
What I'm describing isn't just happening at the coffee shop. It's happening in every interaction, every day, with everyone you meet. We're all broadcasting and receiving these energetic prompts constantly, creating a vast, complex choreography of consciousness.
[The sunlight just shifted through the window, casting everything in a golden glow. These moments of beauty seem to multiply when you're paying attention to the subtleties of existence...]
This perspective has completely transformed how I see my daily interactions. They're no longer random or solely determined by external factors — they're co-creations stemming from the energetic prompts I'm sending out into the world.
And the beautiful thing? Once you see it, you can't unsee it. The invisible becomes visible. The unconscious becomes conscious. And suddenly, you realize you have much more agency in creating your reality than you ever imagined.
Have you noticed how your energy affects the people around you? Have you experienced moments where you could feel your state influencing an interaction? I'd love to hear your observations in the comments.
Until next time, keep bending light and hacking minds,
Cian