Auric Sight in Mirror

[kifyre]

this has been messing with my head for awhile. before I knew what they were, I was seeing what appeared to be the etheric aura in mirrors. (the white hazy stuff close to the skin)

I know why that shouldn't be the case, not really light, etc, etc.

Anyone else have experience with this?

Mark

[Malcolm]

I, too, can see what I once thought was the etheric aura (in mirrors, and reality). I now believe this to be an afterimage, mainly because it is only visible on one side of my outline at a time. Allow me to explain. I will stare at myself in the mirror while keeping my eyes defocused. In a minute or two, my eyes will have drifted ever so slightly to the left or the right. The afterimage of my outline will travel with my eyes and give the impression of a hazy greyish white "aura" coming out of one side of my body. I can also cover my eyes and look away and I will see the same "aura" as an afterimage in my mind's eyes (if I concentrate, that is). So here's my question for you Mark: Does the etheric aura that you are seeing expand from your entire outline, or only one side of it?

Thanks,
Malcolm

[Adrian]

Greetings!

I believe that "seeing" auras is a clairvoyant visualisation, and not one related to the physical sense of sight.

One would assume therefore that as a mirror is a reflector of light, and which reflection in turn is perceived by the physical sense of sight, that Aura's would *not* be viewable as a reflection in a mirror.

That is not to say that mirrors do not have magic properties though - especially black ones

Take care!

Adrian.

[Kristen]

Hi All,

Regarding afterimages vs. auras, there's a picture on Art Bell's site (in the section titled in so many words "weird pictures" or some such... don't remember exactly... but anyway...)  there is, or was,  a picture posted, a black and white image... (I think its probably Jesus).  Stare at it for over 30 seconds and then stare at a white wall.  You will see a copy of the picture.  Move your eyes around... and the picture will track along with the movement of your eyes.  Auras don't do that - they stick to the body...an after image will not "stick" to your body.  An after-image is a coherent shape which is a copy of the original, where-ever you look - (this works better, is better illustrated, when the length of time you expose the rod and cone receptors in your eye to that particular light stimulous is longer... [how long you exposed the picture]).  You can do this with any image, including the image you see in the mirror, and you don't need a white wall, the back of your eyelids will suffice.  So, bottom line is, if you can see an image in the mirror, you can see an afterimage in the mirror, and the afterimage is clearly identifiable as such.

I'm thinking that an aura does not follow those rules... it doesn't track.  It isn't a negative image of the object being looked at; and, (I think) may not necessarily be only one color when you're looking at it.  It (may be) comprised of bands of color, and may "bloom" or "erupt" with color in ways that afterimages will not.  

Experiment with afterimages and you'll see what I'm talking about...

Also, as far as that narrow band of white hazy stuff close to the skin... you can see that in mirrors and without mirrors I've noticed.  I'm wondering if its presence has to do with variations of focus...  for example, when I look at the moon I see umpteen  discrete copies (exposures) of the moon superimposed over each other because I'm nearsighted.  When any object is far enough away, I see multiple exposures of it, with varying "tightness" of super-"imposition" depending on my distance from whatever I'm looking at.  So....multiple exposures may appear to me as one hazy lumped together set of images, or, may appear as quite a disparate albeit lumped-together group... Therefore, what if the etheric outline is "haze" occuring as a perception of variations of focus?

Just a question....
take care,

Kristen

[Arulok]

Food for thought!

Take the Real Time Zone, a duplicate of the physical world.  Add a mirror.  Would that mirror then have a duplicate in the RTZ able to reflect subtle vibrations - such as the aura - from its own level?

Alternatively, with the third eye's ability to perceive beyond the physical (such as remote viewing) is it possible for it to look at itself from a vantage point?  Maybe what is seen in a mirror is the third eye utilising a physical device to show ourselves what it sees in a way we can understand and accept!?

I suggest these theories for comment, not because I know them to be true.  They are some ideas I've had because I have come across techniques to use a mirror in regards to auric vision.  One is on the SpiritWeb website, the other I was taught at a KiForce training session (an energy healing technique).

- Michael.

[Shirley]

Hi Everyone,

I have just read this thread with great interest. I have seen auras on and off for a long time. I say this because seeing auras seems to depend on me the subject as well as the object I am seeing. If I am very preoccupied with busy issues in my life, I seem much less able to see auras unless this are very pronounced. I had assumed that one could not see auras in mirros and therefore never looked for them for years. However several years ago someone showed me a piece of material that was the colour of my basic colour - and it was a  turquoise (my main vibratonal colour) - and  the colour I see around my twin sister. Shortly after this time I was meditating on my bed where I have large mirror wardrobes. I do not usually meditate in this room but on this occasion I did. Et voila!! I saw my turquoise aura... I have since seen less desirable colours in my aura such as blotches of browny red and some really nice colours which all seem to be related to my mental auric state - and I might add which clears up or seems to on meditating [] ... so whatever the scientific stuff is about mirrors and not being able to see auras in them I can only say that  I KNOW you can see auras in a mirror because I have seen my own aura sometimes in the mirror. (This I know because I don't lie to myself).. and it came as a surprise to me that I should be able to do so. I am sorry if this has upset any scientific applecart - but there you go !!

Love and best wishes,
Shirley

[Qui-Gon Jinn]

Haven´t seen this thread before, but I can only confirm what Shirley is saying, you can definately see auras in mirrors...  I´ve done a great part of my auric site training in front of a mirror (studying myself) and it is as good as without a mirror, staring at an object..  so YEP, it is quite possible to view auras in mirrors, and NO, it´s not an optic illussion, after-image or whatever, that much I am sure of.

  You have a nice ´main colour´ Shirley, turquoise...   mine is shimmery green, they´re quite amazing aren´t they?  I find them much more ´alive´ than ´normal  physical´ colours.

  Be well //Qui-Gon

- Your focus determines your reality -

[Fenris]

I fully agree with Qui-Gon Jinn I look at my aura in the mirror all the time, I use one to look at aura around my teeth sometimes- it just looks cool is all http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/images/icon_Smile.gif" border=0>

Something interesting is that I have a friend who is VERY talented with her auric sight, but she cant see her own aura in any way. She has said that she does not want to, so perhaps it is a mental block.

Malcome, I dont see how a mirror exercise would be good for beginers. Id try Roberts ones and if you can buy this book : Seeing and Percieving the human aura by Judith Collins. Its great, I have not read the book Robert co-wrote 'Capturing the Aura' (Im pretty sure thats what its called?) but Id love to.

A question for Qui-Gon Jinn:

A few times around peoples shadows (and my own) I have seen bands/layers just like those of an aura (but not coloured). This seems really wierd to me but Ive seen it several times. Have you ever experienced this?

best regards

David

Veni Vidi Vici

[Tom]

Seeing auras is really a form of clairvoyance. I, too, have seen my aura to some extent in a mirror. It isn't so much a matter of trying to. When the background, lighting, and mood are correct for it I just see auras. Colors are beginning to appear, usually blue but sometimes yellow. There are people who can feel auras but not see them. Some people hear particular sounds instead of color and can interpret a sound as a particular color. I've also heard of people who perceive auras as scents or flavors in their mouths. This is not to say that they have to lick a person to read an aura. It is more that they are focussing on a person and various tastes appear in their mouth. Seeing auras makes the most sense to me and I'm glad I don't get information through other senses. Because the information comes in through the third eye / sixth chakra, it can be interpreted in more ways than one. This includes looking into a mirror and seeing auras in the reflection.

[Qui-Gon Jinn]

qoute;
 "A question for Qui-Gon Jinn:

A few times around peoples shadows (and my own) I have seen bands/layers just like those of an aura (but not coloured). This seems really wierd to me but Ive seen it several times. Have you ever experienced this?

best regards

David"

Not that I have been looking for bands/layers around shadows, but no, can´t say I have seen that...  and I doubt I would if I looked, sounds a bit odd that the ´subtle bodies´ would ´cast shadows´ - one would think that only dense matter, like ´normal´ physical matter, would do that...    so, how do you find these shadowy layers look differently from the ´basic´ shadow?  paler? I mean if they would have the same brightness/darkness as the ´physical shadow´ then they couldn´t easily be seen as something else than that.....  

   Be well //Qui-Gon



- Your focus determines your reality -

[Fenris]

I guess they are ligher shade/magnitude.  Like if you are in complete darkness with a street lamp behind you your shadow is darker than if you cast one in a dimly lit room. The aura shadow is like the shadow you would cast normally in the dimly lit room but in complete darkness. Make sence?

I have only ever seen it outside at night when it is nice and dark. I agree with your idea that it is unlikely for energy to cast a shadow, it is hard to believe. But I have seen it, I might experiment with it over a few nights and post again about it. Maybe I was hulucinating http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/images/icon_Smile_wink.gif" border=0>

regards

David

Veni Vidi Vici

[Qui-Gon Jinn]

Let me/us know if your experimenting leads anywhere my friend...  
  ..be well //Qui-Gon

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- Your focus determines your reality -

[Shirley]

Dear Qui-Gon Jinn

Sorry I've not had time to check into this site as regularly as I would like ...

Thanks for your confirmation about auric colours. Your response that yours is a 'shimmery green' (sounds nice!) reminds me that when conversing with a friend who also sees auras (it is wonderful to stumble across 'like-sighted' people ) she reckons I see more colours and that she sees more textures. When you wrote that  your aura is a 'shimmery green'  this reminded me of this. I seem to be able to see more nuances in colour than she does, she would probably notice the 'shimmering' more than me.

I agree with you absolutely about the 'aliveness' of colour. It makes me smile how we have to make up our own vocabulary in this area because there isn't  really  an acknowledged 'speak' for many of the things we notice are there? I call them 'organic' - they change and move depending on the different thoughts - apart from one's 'main' vibrational  colour. At least this is what happens to me. Also it makes sense that our view of what we see would be coloured by our subjectivity since we know at a quantum level that this is what happens to 'consciouness' - that what we find is affected by our intentionality or outcome: thatt our objective view of reality is affected by ourselves - there is no separation. So I guess we all have a varied perception of auric sight (or any other phenomenon for that matter).

Do you find it easier to see auras when the background is white or black. I do. In fact all the walls in my house are white for this very reason. I also find I see them better in the evening when I am more relaxed - although sometimes I am surprised if someone I am working with just comes into the room and their strong aura is just unmistakable. I cannot switch it on and off very easily. As seeing auras required a sort of relaxed focus I find it a little self-defeating 'trying to see' aura. It works sometimes but not often. This must make it very difficult for anyone learning to see auras.  I was lucky, my auric sight came unannounced. How about you?

Interesting also the menton that some people feel or sense auras. Before I saw them I would, as a child, speak about people's 'atmosphere' ... it's the same stuff...

I am interested in the different auric abilities very much. Also especially in how one interpretes them. I find book interpretations to be far too simplistic as there are as many shades of a colour as there are people (and this changes too). I find I just get a feeling about what certain colours mean and over time this is borne out and confirmed. However I am still sometimes seeing 'new' colours.

Don't you find it easiest to see the aura of teachers by a 'White Board' or a 'Black Board' - I certainly do.  I would recommend that is where 'newbies' should practice...   (Makes less interesting lectures much more interesting too)

[Malcolm]

I have a question:

Can someone with auric sight see their own aura in a mirror?

I am asking this because I have come across exercises that instruct the viewer to sit in front of a mirror. Does this really work? I've tried this several times over the years with minimal (no) results. I read in Robert's manual that the aura does not have the same properties as light, and thus cannot be reflected (I think this is what he said). Does anyone care to expand on this?

Thanks,
Malcolm