Seeing Auras

[Euphoric Sunrise]

I sometimes see the same thing although i haven't really been working at aura seeing.
My guess is that yeah it's probably that you're beginning to see auras. I'm no expert or anything, just my thought.

[WalkerInTheWoods]

I am not expert, but I can see auras sometimes if I try, mostly my own though because I feel weird if I stare at other people. What are you seeing exactly? Is it just a thin outline around the person/thing/etc. that looks sort of white and hazy? If so you might be seeing the etheric body and not really the aura. The etheric is pretty easy to see and is what you will usually see first when you are training to see auras. It sounds like you are well on your way and should be able to see color soon. Just keep at it, and try not to be too surprised when a color suddenly flares up around what you are looking at.

[filipcza]

I'm not very good at seeing auras, but this method gives me results.
Try this:

1. Dim the lights slightly in the room, open notepad(in windows) with new document and resize it to full, so that you have plain white backlit backround.

2. Position yourself about 0.5-1 meter away from the monitor and bring your hands between you and the monitor. Your palms should be facing you with fingers pointing to each other so that there is about 2cm gap between middle fingers. Fingers of same hand should also be apart. You should be in a position like you were hugging a tree.

3. Move your arms slowly up and down, so that when right hand goes up, the left hand goes down and vice versa. Range of motion shouldn't be too wide. Move one hand about 5cm up and at the same time the other 5cm down. Keep moving hands back and forth and keep looking at the fingertips as they move. Don't stare intensily, just gaze at them softly.

You should begin to see white creamy like "string" going from one finger to the opposite one. Move your hands around and watch as the "strings" stretch as your hands move.

Tell me if you see more that just the white creamy stuff.

-Pete

[phobe]

Hey guys! Thanks for the replies!

Fallnangel, what you described as the etheric body sounds very similar to what I see. I've heard from a thousand different places that the aura is generally pretty big, but I see just a hazy white outline around the person. Yesterday I saw a little color surrounding my fingertips but it might have just been the background I was looking against.

As for the technique filipcza suggested, interestingly enough I too use notepad quite often as a background. I tried the technique and saw the haze quite easily and distinctly, but no "strings". Understand, though, I only tried it for about a minute [] but I'll definitely do it again!

Thanks!
- phobe

[Nick]

Hi phobe,

This is a nice thread with some great replies from our members. I thought that the topic would be better suited to our General Metaphysics forum as a sub-category there is entitled auric vision. I went and moved this from the Spiritual Development forum, and I hope that's ok with you. If you disagree, please pm me and we'll work something out.


Very best,

[wisp]

When I first noticed an aura it would be in the dark around my hands. When I decided to explore it a bit I found that the dark background worked, light background didn't. Later, the light background worked better. With time and practice the background doesn't matter.

If you see a white cloud you might see darker areas within the white. Pay attention to the darker area because that is where the color develops. This dark area is made up of small little gray/black dots. If there is more than one darkened area focus on one of the patches. Concentrate long enough and color will show up. These dots have energy. These same particles may show up as light or sparkles, or stars in the dark.  

Aura may have a clear appearance. It looks like streaming water coming outward. Think how something warm steams in a cooler environment, this kind of aura may first appear this way. Once you see the clear wavy watery part, keep going. []

[hypnotist]

Hi everyone this is a script that I found that can help I hope.  It help'd me. (See Auras)

Easy New Way to See Auras http://www.worldtrans.org/spir/aura.html
by Robert Bruce


All colours have a uniquely coloured aura of their own that are of a completely different colour. These auras, given off by colours, are denser and far easier to see than any other aura. Using this as a basis, I have designed a simple, graduated training method that has most people seeing an aura the first time they try it.

The auric colours you will see building up from coloured objects are similar in appearance to the after images generated by staring at a brightly coloured shape and then quickly looking at a neutral coloured wall. The similarity in the colours, rather than contradicting the validity of the auric colours of colour, confirms them. Why would they be any different?

You can, in the early stages of learning to see auras, cause an after image that is still seen when you look away. This is caused by staring too hard, and for too long, resulting in colour depletion of the rods and cones in the eyes. With practise, much less effort is needed and no after images are seen, only the aura.

The way the aura builds up is totally unlike the way an after image appears. If, while an aura is building up, you shift focus slightly, or blink, it disappears instantly. An after image does not.

I have been able to see the human aura for many years. I was not born with this ability but taught myself. It took me several years! I know the problems inherent in learning this and the new training method is designed to overcome them.

What is an Aura?

The human aura is an energy field that reflects the subtle life energies within the body. These energies make us what we are and in turn are affected by our surroundings and life style. The aura reflects our health, mental activity and emotional state. It also shows disease - often long before the onset of symptoms.
Close to the skin is the etheric aura. It is seen as a pale, narrow band that outlines the body, usually no more than half an inch wide. It looks like pale smoke clinging to the body. This is the visible part of the etheric body in it's contracted state. During sleep the etheric body expands greatly and opens to absorb and store cosmic energy. The etheric is better named the vitality sheath or energy body. After sleep it contracts, forming a dense sheath around the body close to the skin.

The main aura is banded around the body - strata like. Imagine a person with thick, coloured hoops of light dropped over them and you get the idea. These colours emanate from the chakras. Basic energy is drawn up from the planet through the feet and fed into the chakras, much like a plant does with water. Each chakra is a transformer that generates energy of a different type and colour. The strength of each chakra depends on the person's nature and life style. Together these chakras generate the dominant hue of the aura.

The main aura is photo-sensitive, it reacts and expands in light. The aura's chakra system can be likened to a tree. Energy/nutrient is drawn up through the feet/roots and fed through the body/trunk to the chakras/leaves.

Many experts suggest people can be classed by the basic hue, or the dominant colour, of their aura. For example, Blue means a highly spiritual person, trustworthy, honest. Orange means an emotional type of person etc... I have found this to be misleading. The aura is a complex and changeable engine and cannot be judged so simply.

The aura is sensitive to colour. It reacts to the colours of clothing and to that of its surroundings. This accounts for our natural likes and dislikes when it comes to choosing the colours that surround us.

The effect of colour on the emotions is well known and are they widely used in hospitals and institutions to calm agitated people and put them at ease. Pink is the most frequently used colour for this. It is the emotional colour of love and happiness. Watch a mother's aura when she first looks into the eyes of her new baby, and falls head over heels in love. At that special, happy moment, you will see this most lovely of auras in all its glory.

There is a whole science devoted to the use of colours. This is called Colour Healing or Colour Therapy.

It is impossible to get a clear view of the aura through clothing. The auric colours of the clothes react with the person's aura, causing interference that blocks and changes it. For example: A Blue shirt will flood the natural aura with Yellow. Even neutral coloured clothing will block and dim the aura making it difficult to see.

Disease: This shows up in the aura in many different ways, sometimes weeks before any physical symptoms. An ear infection, for example, will show up as a shadow over the side of the head before any symptoms appear. This shadow will gradually change into a murky, khaki Green. As the infection takes hold, it will become shot through with Red and Orange flecks. Khaki and murky Green with Red and Orange flecks, is commonly seen with any infection.

Death: When a person is dying the aura changes dramatically. I have observed the auras of people with terminal cancer in the weeks prior to death. First the aura fades and weakens, and then, a week or so before death it expands, changing into a beautiful pale Blue shot through with Silver sparks.

Why most people fail to see the Aura

The most common reason people fail to see the aura when they first try is simply the way they go about it. The human aura is not a good training ground for beginners.
This is what usually happens: Your volunteer sits and waits, for a long time, while you strain for a glimpse of their aura. You are trying to relax and concentrate and master a tricky visual technique, all at the same time. You subconsciously worry about what they are thinking of you. Are they getting bored or impatient? Do they think you foolish, a failure, or both? This kind of pressure causes tension that effectively negates the relaxed state needed to see the aura. Trying to get results under this kind of pressure, as a beginner, is next to impossible.

Email letters from a young man. It shows a common problem encountered when trying to see the aura:

>>David:> "I was sitting in Economics class when I started to see a faint white glow (not really though, I can't really describe it), it was surrounding the sides of his head. And I could also see a similar one coming from one of the students sitting in front of him, except the student's had a sort of bluish tinge to it. Then I started to see the same thing coming from some of the computer monitors that sit on the desk. At first, I was hoping that I could see auras but then when I saw it on the monitors, I had my doubts."

MY ANSWER:>> Every living, and non living thing has an aura, including monitors. The reason you saw them when you did is {let me guess} You were very relaxed, maybe day dreaming a little. Your eyes were tired, relaxed, and these are the PERFECT conditions for seeing the aura.

>>DAVID:> "That's exactly how I was. The discussion sort of went off topic and wasn't all that interesting to me."

>>DAVID:> "Anyway, I was wondering if you can tell me if I actually did see their aura. I tried staring at myself in the mirror to see my aura but it didn't work and I haven't been able to see their auras since that day a week or two ago. As for some of my questions. I was wondering what colours non-living objects give off (is it white?), how come it was brighter on their heads?"

MY ANSWER:>> You did see the aura! The colours given off by non-living objects vary with the colour of the object. The human aura is brighter around the head area for two reasons: 1. Clothing blocks the aura. 2. The head area is usually bare and is where the YELLOW of intellect is most active. This yellow varies in intensity according to the degree of mental activity. Maybe the student you observed was really on the ball that day.


How to see the Aura
To see the aura you have to be able to relax and concentrate, at the same time, and there is a trick to focusing the eyes in a special way.
1. You need soft light to train in, not dim, but good soft light. No harsh light shining or reflecting in your eyes! Get a book and cover it in Blue or Red paper. Stand it upright on a table several feet from you. Experiment with the distance until you find what is best for you. Make sure you have a plain neutral background. If the wall colour is wrong, hang a sheet of neutral coloured paper or cloth as a backdrop.

Note: The auras of the colours Blue and Red are the brightest and easiest to see. Blue has a Yellow aura and Red has a Green aura. The brightness and tone of the aura varies with the shade and tone of the colour used, so use bright primary colours.

2. Close your eyes, take a few deep breaths and relax. When you are calm, look at the book. Focus your eyes on nothing, a little to the side and past it. Gently hold and get used to that focus but don't strain your eyes or tense your eyes or forehead. Concentrate! you need a gentle, steady un-focus, similar to day-dreaming.

Note: When you need to blink, do so, or it will cause your eyes to tense and water. Blink normally and quickly without changing focus, and do not become preoccupied with it. It may cause the aura to disappear for a second, but it will reappear quickly if you stay relaxed and hold your focus.

After a while you will see a pale narrow aura coming from the book. Hold the focus, don't look AT it, soon a bright Yellow or Green aura will start building up from the object. Don't change focus or look directly at it or the aura will disappear.

There is a reason for this strange un-focus. Your outer field of vision is many times more sensitive than the focused area is. Have you ever seen a movement, out of the corner of your eye, only to turn and see nothing there? What you may have seen is an aura building up from something and your outer field of vision has detected it.

3. Once you have completed the first step, gather several books and cover them, each with a different coloured paper. Study these one at a time and write down the auric colour for it. Next try using two at a time, and watch how the auric colours affect each other.

4. Get a pot plant or some flowers and study it. The aura you will see emanates from the living plant and also from the colours of the petals. The Orange hue comes from the green of the stems and leaves. You will also see a more distinct etheric and a shimmering optical effect around them. This shimmering is the energy field or living aura of the plant.

5. For the next step use an animal, dog or cat etc, if you have one. Try and observe them when they are resting.

6. Observe your own aura. This can be done both inside and outside in the sun. Hold your arm out and study it against the sky or clouds. Alternatively, lie down and look at your legs. Make sure the skin is bare when you do this, and remember, grass will give off an Orange hue.

7. When you feel proficient enough, try it with a human subject. Just remember not to try too hard. Do it exactly the same as in the original exercise with the book. Get your volunteer to remove some of their clothing and study the bare skin area against a neutral background.

On a human subject, again, the first thing you will see is the etheric aura, like pale smoke clinging to the skin. Next you will see the shimmering optical effect in the air extending from several inches to a couple of feet deep, depending on the strength of their aura. Keep trying and the aura's colour will build up, and out from, the etheric. It will first appear as a narrow band of colour next to the etheric. This will expand slowly, if you hold your focus, until it is several inches or more thick.

8. The brightness of a person's aura has a lot to do with how they feel. If they feel happy and full of life their aura is stronger, larger and brighter. Try playing their favourite music, this will help to energize their aura and make it easier to see.

9. Try it on your volunteer outside. Make sure the sun is behind you and use clouds as a backdrop.

Note: The basic auras of colours are as follows: Blue = Yellow aura, Red = Green aura, Green = Orange aura, Yellow = Pale Blue aura, Orange = Pale Green aura, Violet = Pale Gold aura, Indigo = Gold aura, Pink = Iridescent Green. These colours will vary slightly according to the shade and tone of the colours you use.

It takes practise to see the human aura, so don't be disappointed if you fail, or see very little, the first few times you try. If you managed to see the auric colours of the books, you CAN learn to see the human aura. Using this training method stimulates the forehead chakra, which is responsible for this ability. With use, it will grow in strength, and become progressively easier to do.

I have taught many people to see the aura using this method. The fast results build confidence and keep interest high. This ensures enough work and effort is put in to get the desired results... seeing the human aura.

[bink]

Whoa-- I tried the trick posted by filipcza and it works. I thought the "strings" were an optical illusion caused by the monitor, so I turned around and did the same thing with a plain wall as a backdrop. It worked there too! It was like pulling puffs of smoke or cotton candy. Cool!

[Glimmer]

Wow, I tried a red object and I saw a light green aura around the object. It was like translucent green light.

Thats really cool. I've never seen an aura before

--Glimmer

[Glimmer]

I have been practicing seeing Auras and just wanted to share some of the most amazing results I've had. In less than 5 minutes after reading Robert Bruces FAQ, I was able to see a pale green aura coming from one of my red floppy disks.

As far as how to see the Aura, it is totally peripheral vision. You can't focus directly on the object or directly on anything. You just have to stare into space with the object that you want to look at in your field of view. Then slowly, after about 30-45 seconds, the aura begins to appear around the object. It is like a translucent color just glowing.

Then I took it one step further and decided to try looking at my hand. Slowly, I noticed my hand's aura glowing Aquamarine and I was doing this on a white background. Later last night, I asked a coworker to volunteer her hand for a minute or two so I could practice seeing her Aura. Sure enough, after I was relaxed I saw a dark blue Aura around her hand. I am wondering what these colors mean now.

Also I've noticed the more and more I practice, the shorter amount of time it takes for me to see the Auras.

[phobe]

Okay, I don't know where this thread should go, so I'm sticking it here! I think its the right place...

Okay, so if there's anyone who can see auras, maybe you could give me a hand. I think I've sorta been developing the ability to see auras, but I'm not sure if I really am, or if I'm just crazy []...

Here's what happens: I'm not too good at it so I've got to 'try' to see them a bit. Most of the time I just try it while I'm riding the train. I just sort of stare at the area where the aura would be for a while, and then my eyes will relax and I will see a sort of glow/halo/haze of light around the person's head. Usually i lose my concentration and then it's gone. In a way, it almost seems as though everything darkens around the aura, but I'm pretty sure its not just my eyes. They don't go crossed or anything, just" relaxed" in a way.

Is this anything at all? Thanks!

- phobe