This is a confusing topic for us with science backgrounds. In science we look for external verification through experimental methods, of abstract explanations of natural functioning. However, the energy that we are working with in tantra is, at this point anyway, entirely in the sphere of the subjective.
We call this stuff energy because that's what it feels like: sparkling, dancing, electric, magnetic, are some words that might be used to describe the experience. If the word "energy" is problematic for you, feel free to use another term of your own choosing. The word is not important. Having the direct experience is.
Typically we think of the world being divided into the physical and the mental. For me, it helps to think of this energy as a common locus between the two, perhaps even the underpinning of both.
There is certainly some external proof of this energy's existence. Acupuncture is based on an understanding of the body's energetic pathways. Acupuncture works, and so one might conclude that it is based on something real. At this point Western science doesn't have any explanation.
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