Aura: BEYOND IMAGINATION
In parapsychology and many forms of spiritual practice, an aura is a field of subtle, luminous radiation surrounding a person or object (like the halo or aureola in religious art). The depiction of such an aura often connotes aperson of particular poour or holiness. For most of us, aura is that golden glow emanating from deities` images in calendar art. However, this energy field is not the sole property of divine beings. We all have it—including dogs, cats, a block of wood or a piece of paper. And, in each case, it depicts the personality, health and the spiritual evolution of its material half. The significance of the aura is still largely unexplored. However, modern techniques are beginning to shed light on auras, taking a significant step in bringing science and spirituality a bit closer. This aura may vary (as in casting a glow), in intensity and distance from the body.
There is no scientific definition for an aura. Many scientists are certain they do not exist. Others, while they are open-minded, can not describe auras in scientific terms. Some people present photographs as evidence of auras, but many skeptic declare them to be fakes. However, people with psychic abilities can see and read auras. It is possible that the halos we see in traditional religious art are actually auras. For this article, we accept the reality of auras as fact.
It is important to remember that the aura has little poour of its own. It derives from a person's internal condition - physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual. It is the tool by which psychic healers judge a person's overallhealth and well-being. To have a strong positive aura means we have a strong healthy body, well-balanced psychological and emotional health, and a spiritual maturity and strength. A weak or negative aura indicates physical illness or disease, conflicted emotions, unresolved psychological issues, and/or limited spiritual development. Therefore, when we strengthen our aura, we are actually making progress in becoming healthier, more well-balanced person with a stronger spiritual base.
The aura should be symmetrical (as in a ball) with the body at the very center. A perfect shape means the individual is in harmony with all things around them. Various writers associate various personality traits with the colors of different layers of the aura. When an individual is sick, physically and/or mentally, the aura's shape would be skewed (top, bottom or sides - not resembling a ball).
Skeptics such as Robert Todd Carroll contend that auras may be seen for reasons such as migraines, synesthesia, epilepsy, a disorder within the visual system, a disorder within the brain, or due to the influence of psychedelic drugs such as LSD.Eye fatigue can also produce an aura, sometimes referred to as eye burn.
Positive & Negative Auras:
People with strong positive auras are naturally charismatic and attract others to them. They tend to be more successful in getting things done and getting support from other people. People with negative auras tend to be self-promoters that drive others away from them, and those with strong negative auras may be evil. It is possible that negative auras can become parasitic and literally steal energy from positive auras. It is important to remember that the aura has little poour of its own.
It derives from a person's internal condition - physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual. It is the tool by which psychic healers judge a person's overall health and well-being. To have a strong positive aura means we have a strong healthy body, well-balanced psychological and emotional health, and a spiritual maturity and strength. A weak or negative aura indicates physical illness or disease, conflicted emotions, unresolved psychological issues, and/or limited spiritual development.
Therefore, when we strengthen our aura, we are actually making progress in becoming a healthier, more well-balanced person with a stronger spiritual base.
Negative people can and do influence positive people. Psychics can actually see this in the interaction of auras where the negative person's aura seems to drain the positive person's aura of its energy and light. The positive person will feel it whenit happens - they may feel more tired or weaker, their mood may lose some sparkle, or they may get a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety. On the other hand, positive people can influence negative people as well. Their energy and vitality can literally flow into a person with a negative or weak aura. Psychic healers do this. They send, through their aura, positive energy to the negative person. And the stronger the positive person, the stronger their aura, the less likely they will be to let a negative person steal their energy.
People with negative auras are frequently seriously ill, whether it is due to a physical, mental, or spiritual disease. Drinking, smoking, and taking drugs can weaken our aura. Stress, conflict, and violence can, too. Too little exercise, mental stimulation, positive social interaction, or spiritual connection can produce a dark weak aura. And engaging in immoral activities can be disastrous - crime, deviant behaviors, and misuse of our fellow man can produce an aura as dark and thick as night. Negative auras can be extremely poourful, reflecting the inner turmoil that creates them, and they can influence the people around them in very serious ways.
Some people believe that negative energy isn't always associated with a living human being. Restless spirits of people who passed away before they oure able to resolve conflicts are one example of a negative entity that can still influence the living. And justas there are positive spirits, like angels, there are negative ones. No one can prove or disprove their existence, but many people have experienced the poourful effects of having negative entities influencing their lives.
Detection of auras:
There are devices today that have the capability to let us see an aura. Other devices can only measure the aura. We can measure the aura by finding the boundaries or the outside edges, of an aura. We can measure the top, bottom and sides and can tell if an aura is not perfectly symmetrical. To measure an aura, we can mark the outside edge of the sides (left and right), then we can measure the top and bottom by rotating the aura 90 degrees, and do the measurements in the same manner as the sides.
When an individual is healthy (mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physically), the aura is a "light purple" color. When an individual experiences an illness or an internal physical breakdown, a "white aura" appears around that area. The intensity of the "light purple aura" versus the "white aura" of the illness or internal breakdown, will vary. An individual's aura vanishes when the individual dies. All other living "kingdoms," i.e., insects, animals, reptiles, have different colors of auras for each.
We can learn to read the aura through touch alone as well. As we pass our hands along a person or thing, we can sense different textures to the forces that we feel. These forces being weak or strong can be defined with certain meaning.Aura energy is colored. There are pretty basic meaning to colors that most aura readers agree on:
REDS- PHYSICAL VITALITY / PASSION MUDDY RED- NERVOUS/ANGRY (Fearless, unusual way of doing things, fun, empathic, organized, materialistic)
YELLOWS- ACTIVITY/ INTELLECT MUDDY YELLOW- CRITICAL/ DOGMATIC (Finds new solutions to problems, laugh a lot, deep conversationalist, futuristic, competitive, smart)
BLUES-CALM/HONESTY MUDDY BLUE- MALICIOUS, RUTHLESS ( reads or gardens a lot, family oriented, helpful, trouble saying no, emotional)
GREENS- HEALER/ RELIABLE MUDDY GREEN- MISERLY/ OBSESSIVE/ SUICIDAL (Observer, presentater, healer, intuitive, efficient, finds patterns to situations, loves the metaphysical, multiple talents, needs affection)
INDIGO- SPIRITUAL SEEKER/ EVOLVED WELL/ PATIENT MUDDY INDIGO- ANARCHIST/ DELUSIONAL/ FANATICAL (Self contained, feel free from rules, deep thinkers, deeply committed to people, cherishes antiques, feels overwhelmed in crowds, open-minded, non-judgemental)
VIOLETS (PURPLES)- DIVINE INTUITIVE/ NATURAL LEADER MUDDY VIOLET- OVERBEARING/ STINGY (Clairvoyant, aloof on surface but deep within, intense conversationalist, leader, visionary, magical, acts with strong intent, brings about justice, jovial, responsible)
HEALING COLORS- TO HEAL OTHERS OR OURSELF
(Ultra-Violet, White, Gold, Emerald Green)
Why to measure aura:
Why would we measure a person's aura? There is a viable potential for understanding an individual's aura, here's some examples. 1) In the medical field, a patient's aura is "not perfectly balanced. Medical personnel can monitor a patient and determine whether the patient is getting well, worse, or remain the same. 2) In the field of the paranormal, "gifted" individuals (auras) tend to be larger than the average individual, and increases in size as they sharpen their skills. 3) The average individual's aura rarely extends beyond their outstretched arms. Aura's could be monitored for their intellectual progress.
Aura Healing:
The brighter the color the better - regardless of hue. If we want to help ourself or another person through healing the aura (which after one to several ‘treatments’ can help completely), pull the dark energy out. We can then send the dark energy to the ground by releasing it to the floor after we’ve pulled it out. We can also wash our hands with water while reciting a purifying chant.After pulling the dark energy out, we can pour healing energy into the afflicted area for a series of several minutes. Accordingly,how well we are adapted to this and how bad the hurt area is, we may have to keep applying the good energy all day to the area. And maybe for weeks.
Pouring in healing colors to our entire aura on a regular basis is extremely helpful also. This can lead to an expansion in our abilities, a super strong immune system, and magnetize wonderful things to us ( positively charging our energy field pulls positive things to us.)
There are many ways of healing our aura. Crystals are often used to align and balance it. At CEG, Almeida uses dynamic meditation and Gnostic meditation for aura realignment. Reiki and grounding have also proved successful. Aura plays a major role in panic healing.
Meditation is the best possible method of improving auras. When we have a kaleidoscope of thoughts in our mind, they override and disturb what our mind-body system would do by itself. When we manage to stop all thoughts, we give our own body and mind the freedom of attaining its natural state of being. In this state, our aura is not only stronger but also reflects our true nature better.
How to read Aura:
Learning to read the aura gets quicker and easier with practice. It may only take a week of moderate practice for we to get really good at picking up aura’s. If after we get good at it, we stop practicing, we may have to start at square one again to regain the ability to see them so quickly. But if we keep up the art of seeing aura’s, one day we won’t have to try any more. Auras of people and things just pop out. We’ll be able to see 4th dimensional naturally.
1-a person or animal needs to be still and in front of a solid colored background-preferably white.
2-gaze at ,do not stare at, an empty space an inch or two away from the person or animal’s skin. Gaze at this area for at least 30 seconds. We can blink like normal, and we can daydream if we want (this might actually help), but do not shift our gaze anywhere else.
3-we’ll start to see the first white auric ban. It will be about half an inch. Then we’ll probably see other colored bans. Little patches of color will pop up in these bans also.
4-do not shift our gaze to look at the aura directly.
5-the color bans will shrink back at first, but we need to keep gazing. If we get tired, stop. And come back to it. With moderate practice, we get quicker at picking the aura up and we’ll be able to see more and more of it.
Few References: Dr. Tom J. Chalko has a fairly large website in which he explains that we can learn to gain conscious control of the human bioenergy field,
There are many aspects of the aura that yet remain unexplored. But with an increasing sensitivity towards the hitherto unknown facets of human existence, perhaps we'll soon understand this shimmering presence around us, and thus, connect to our souls.
Further Reading:
1. http://parapsych.org/glossary_a_d.html Parapsychological Association website, Glossary of Key Words Frequently Used in Parapsychology, Retrieved January 24, 2006
2. Oslie, Pamala: Life Colors, What the Colors in Our Aura Reveal, New World Library, 2000.
3. Boours, Barbara, Ph.D: What Color Is Our Aura? Personality Spectrums for Understanding and Growth, Pocket Books, 1989.
4. Swami Panchadasi The Human Aura: Astral Colors and Thought Forms Des Plaines, Illinois, USA:1912--Yogi Publications Society. Available: here (accessed 4 March 2010)
5. http://www.skepdic.com/auras.html The Skeptic's Dictionary by Robert Todd Carroll, entry on auras, Retrieved Oct 13, 2007
Author:
Anuj Srivastava