What is the Vibe?

Name: What is the Vibe?
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An Introduction

Created byJason Del Gandio, PhD

Last updated 10/2024

English

What you'll learn

Be able to explain and define the vibe.
Improve your conversations about the vibe.
Understand how and why people talk about vibes.
Apply what you’ve learned through guided exercises.
Develop a philosophical understanding of the vibe.
Deepen your connection to yourself, others, and the wider world.

Course content

9 sections • 28 lectures • 1h 53m total length

Introduction1:15
In addition to the video introduction, there is a free mini-workbook. Click on "resources" and then "download." It will open into a PDF.
Why Study Vibes?2:00
Explore why study the vibe, uncover three reasons—insight, application, and connection—and learn to feel the vibe in daily life for deeper personal and social understanding.
Who is the Course For?1:45
Explore who belongs in this course across beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, and elevate your understanding of the vibe while refining daily practice in meditation, yoga, and wellness.
Meet Your Instructor2:13
Discover how the instructor defines the vibe as bodily emanation, supported by decades studying non-verbal communication and human interaction, from individuals to global contexts as an existential guide.
Overview of the Course1:28
Explore how people talk about the vibe, define its nature as physical or metaphysical, and engage with guided meditations and visionary work through a PowerPoint-based format.

Overview of Exercise0:59
Join a guided meditation exercise to envision the vibe as a neutral baseline emotion that resides in you and extends into space, to sustain daily touchpoints for future slides.
Radiating Outward - Exercise5:48
Relax your mind and body, breathe deeply, and visualize a neutral vibe that expands from within to fill the room, then the world.
Reflection1:07
Explore how to envision, feel, and experience the vibe through guided meditation, turning it into a daily habit and a basis for future talks on how people discuss the vibe.

Introduction to Talk Examples2:04
Explore how people discuss the vibe by defining its variations: energy, mood, emotion, atmosphere, and examine when, why, and how they apply it across conversations and media.
When and Why Do People Talk about Vibes?5:28
Explore how the vibe operates across music, sports, spirituality, romance, and politics. Understand how people describe and negotiate energy and atmosphere to interpret experiences.
Three Quotes3:42
Explore the vibe through three quotes on emotion, physical rhythm, and mysticism, illustrating how vibrational energy links our emotions, bodies, and the environment around us.
Variations of and Associations with "The Vibe"8:52
Explore variations of the word vibe, including vibes, vibing, vibe in, and vibration, and their associations with energy, mood, atmosphere, electricity, fire, soul, spirit, and aura.
How Do People Talk About Vibes?10:38
Explore how the vibe functions as a catchphrase, metaphor, and general feeling, and classify its usages into most common, somewhat common, and less common—covering emotions, intuition, and spiritual meanings.

Overview and Importance of Definitions4:36
Definitions shape how we perceive the vibe through language, guiding our understanding and communication; the lecture reviews two general definitions, personal definitions, and their debatable implications.
How Would You Define the Vibe?1:48
Explore how you would define the vibe by articulating your own experience through notes, quotes, or a brief meditation, then reflect on your definition.
Two Definitions1:01
Explore two definitions of the vibe, evaluating their pros and cons, what they include or exclude, and how alignment with your own view shapes your understanding and experience.
The Exchange of Energy5:23
Define the vibe as the exchange of energy between you and the world, conscious or subconscious, ongoing and universal, and worth learning, practicing, and developing.

Introduction to the Exercises0:56
Attend to the vibe through two experiential exercises, using sound bowls to feel vibrations and a sensing practice to experience your own and the water vibe around you.
Sound Exercise8:49
An exercise using sound bowls. Be prepared to adjust the sound on your device.
Sensing Exercise7:28
This exercise also uses sound bowls. Be prepared to adjust the sound on your device.

Intro Video1:15
Explore the nature of the vibe by examining the energy exchange between you and the world, spanning physical and metaphysical dimensions and their material, spiritual, or non spiritual aspects.
Vibes as Physical7:13
Examine the vibe as a physical phenomenon by linking vibrating atoms and strings from quantum ideas to how light, sound, and electromagnetic energy manifest in the body and in others.
The Quantum Woo2:13
Explore the quantum woo critique of linking quantum physics to the vibe, including extrasensory perception and altered states of consciousness, noting science's limits and urging humility.
Vibes as Metaphysical11:16
Explore the vibe as a metaphysical, primordial energy beyond the physical. Compare materialist views and religious metaphysics, and examine mysticism, energy work, and cross-cultural perspectives.

Requirements

No requirements or prerequisites. Just bring an open mind and an interest in learning about human energy systems!

Description

What is the vibe?

Everyone from musicians and athletes to poets and gurus talk about the vibe. Bob Marley sings about “Rasta vibrations” and 2 Chainz raps about “it’s a vibe.” General Motors has a line of cars called “Pontiac vibe” and there’s a chewing gum called “Trident Vibes.” But what exactly is the vibe?

Good vibes. Bad vibes. Ugly vibes. Chill vibes.

Vibrations. Energy. Collective emotionality. The mood of a crowd. The atmosphere of a room. The electricity of a sports stadium. The connection between close friends.

We know what the vibe is, but it's hard to grasp and understand.

For example, how should we define or explain the vibe? What's its nature? Is it real or just a catchy phrase used in popular culture? How does it work? How can we experience it more deeply? How might we refine and advance our understanding of it?

If you find these questions interesting, then this course is for you!

The vibe is commonly associated with new age spirituality, the wellness movement, and hippie culture. This course is sympathetic to these traditions but acknowledges that the vibe is of global and cross-cultural interest. The course is designed to appeal to a variety of people of different backgrounds, levels, and interests.

The course addresses three main questions:

How do people talk about the vibe?
How might we define the vibe?
And what is the nature of the vibe – is it physical or metaphysical, spiritual or scientific, material or immaterial?

The course is intellectual, philosophical, and knowledge-driven. But the course also includes guided meditations and visionary work to help you feel and experience the vibe.

Finally, the course is approximately two hours long, but is divided into 27 mini-lectures, talks, and exercises. You will also get links to external resources, some suggested readings, and a free mini-workbook to aid your study of the vibe.

Let’s vibe, together!

Who this course is for:

People who think and talk about the vibe and vibrations.
People who feel the energy of a crowd or the atmosphere of a room.
People who like deep conversations about big ideas.
People who enjoy meditation, yoga, and alternative healing practices.

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Course content

Introduction5 lectures • 9min

Exercise - Envisioning the Vibe3 lectures • 8min

Talk Examples5 lectures • 31min

Defining the Vibe4 lectures • 13min

Two Exercises3 lectures • 17min

What is the Nature of the Vibe?4 lectures • 22min

Advancing Our Understanding Vibes1 lecture • 2min

Exercise - A Meditation1 lecture • 7min

Wrap Up & Close Out2 lectures • 6min

Requirements

Description

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