Thought of the day: the idea of energy

The word energy is something of great value to me and finding the key to unlockng its potential is a never ending quest that I find myself set on continuing. I believe that in the end, no matter what your religion, your beliefs of the afterworld, your belief of creationism, your lack of belief in anything; it all comes down to how you divvy out your share of the universe's energy. Your "prayers," or "positive thoughts," or "visions" are all ways of transforming energy from one form to another. 

I therefore ask, and ponder myself, why shouldn't these energetic actions prove useful to the person perfomg them?  Why can't I say a prayer to my God and invest energy into that action, and someone else say a prayer to their God and have the interaction between them be linked by energy? 

Perhaps I am baing, and I'm getting off point. Energy is the key. How do we then unlock the potential of transferring energy into different forms? Can things like "the force" really exist, or is it simply our mind bending our surroundings to fit our energetic outputs? 

Philosophical, no? Yeesh...

Anyway, thought if the day has come to a close. Stew in that :P