I studied a bit of this, but I didn't get much out of it. I was able to see auras, kind of, but there are so many opinions on what they are and what they mean it was hard to keep track of all the data.
Anyway, you see an aura the same way you see the 3D picture in those magic-eye paintings. You starte at someone's nose and let the rest of your vision go out of focus, and wait. It might just be your eyes playing tricks on you (I believe in that stuff, but I also believe in reality), but you'll see a sort of light emanating around whoever you're looking at. It will be different colours in different locations, more intense in different areas than others, and it's constantly in subtle motion. I say it might be your eyes playing tricks because you can get that same effect staring at almost anything, but hey.
The idea of auras goes back thousands of years, and many theorists claim that's what the Judeo / Christian halo actually represents on angels. Every faith and religion seems to acknowledge this phenomenon in one form or another, hence all the different meanings.
Scientifically, people give off energy. Heat is one of them, and so is electromagnetic wave signatures. Whether that signifies spiritual energy (chi, chakra points, the force, whatever) is a matter of interpretation, but it does happen.
I got interested in the topic because I didn't so much see auras around certain people, but I sometimes felt them. Again, that could have been my mind messing with me every time. But since millions of people have believed in that stuff for thousands of years, maybe there's something there. I doubt it, but maybe. If scientists already knew everything there is to know, nobody would be doing research today.
An aura, according to New Age metaphysics, is a colored outline,or set of contiguous outlines, allegedly emanating from the surface of an object. Auras are not to be confused with the aureoles or halos of saints, which are devices of Christian iconography used to depict the radiance of light associated with divine infusion. In the New Age, even the lowly amoeba has an aura, as does the mosquito and every lump of goat dung.รย The aura supposedly reflects a supernatural energy field or life force that permeates all things. Human auras allegedly emerge from the chakras. Under ordinary circumstances, auras are only visible to certain people withรย special psychic power. However, with a little bit of training, or with a special set of Aura Goggles with "pinacyanole bromide" filters (available at your local New Age Head Shop), anyone can see auras. You may also use Kirlian photography to capture auras on film. At least that is what New Age spiritualists believe.
On the other hand, you may also see auras if you have a migraine, a certain form of epilepsy, a visual system disorder or a brain disorder. These auras, however, are somewhat different from the kind encouraged by most aura training exercises. These involve staring at an object placed against a white background in a dimly lit room. What one sees is due to retinal fatigue and other natural perceptual processes, not the unleashing of hidden psychic powers. Something similar happens when you stare at certain colored or black and white patterns. Vision is not the verbatim recording of the outside world. When looking at a colored object, for example, the eye does not transmit to the brain a continuous series of duplicate impressions. The brain itself supplies much of the visual perception. In short, even if auras are perceived, that is not good evidence that there is an energy field in the physical or supernatural world corresponding to the perceptions.
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I studied a bit of this, but I didn't get much out of it. I was able to see auras, kind of, but there are so many opinions on what they are and what they mean it was hard to keep track of all the data.
Anyway, you see an aura the same way you see the 3D picture in those magic-eye paintings. You starte at someone's nose and let the rest of your vision go out of focus, and wait. It might just be your eyes playing tricks on you (I believe in that stuff, but I also believe in reality), but you'll see a sort of light emanating around whoever you're looking at. It will be different colours in different locations, more intense in different areas than others, and it's constantly in subtle motion. I say it might be your eyes playing tricks because you can get that same effect staring at almost anything, but hey.
The idea of auras goes back thousands of years, and many theorists claim that's what the Judeo / Christian halo actually represents on angels. Every faith and religion seems to acknowledge this phenomenon in one form or another, hence all the different meanings.
Scientifically, people give off energy. Heat is one of them, and so is electromagnetic wave signatures. Whether that signifies spiritual energy (chi, chakra points, the force, whatever) is a matter of interpretation, but it does happen.
I got interested in the topic because I didn't so much see auras around certain people, but I sometimes felt them. Again, that could have been my mind messing with me every time. But since millions of people have believed in that stuff for thousands of years, maybe there's something there. I doubt it, but maybe. If scientists already knew everything there is to know, nobody would be doing research today.
An aura, according to New Age metaphysics, is a colored outline,or set of contiguous outlines, allegedly emanating from the surface of an object. Auras are not to be confused with the aureoles or halos of saints, which are devices of Christian iconography used to depict the radiance of light associated with divine infusion. In the New Age, even the lowly amoeba has an aura, as does the mosquito and every lump of goat dung.รย The aura supposedly reflects a supernatural energy field or life force that permeates all things. Human auras allegedly emerge from the chakras. Under ordinary circumstances, auras are only visible to certain people withรย special psychic power. However, with a little bit of training, or with a special set of Aura Goggles with "pinacyanole bromide" filters (available at your local New Age Head Shop), anyone can see auras. You may also use Kirlian photography to capture auras on film. At least that is what New Age spiritualists believe.
On the other hand, you may also see auras if you have a migraine, a certain form of epilepsy, a visual system disorder or a brain disorder. These auras, however, are somewhat different from the kind encouraged by most aura training exercises. These involve staring at an object placed against a white background in a dimly lit room. What one sees is due to retinal fatigue and other natural perceptual processes, not the unleashing of hidden psychic powers. Something similar happens when you stare at certain colored or black and white patterns. Vision is not the verbatim recording of the outside world. When looking at a colored object, for example, the eye does not transmit to the brain a continuous series of duplicate impressions. The brain itself supplies much of the visual perception. In short, even if auras are perceived, that is not good evidence that there is an energy field in the physical or supernatural world corresponding to the perceptions.
Studies of the Human Aura, by Kuthumi, is very helpful.
Generally, more soul field coherence, nurtured by meditation and general spiritual development, helps.
Open your third eye chakra
Me too