I saw an aura today!

[heidie]

I learned about auras a year ago and since then I've been working on trying to see them. During my senior year of college I would practice on all my teachers in classes, especially in classrooms with predominately white walls.

At first I couldn't see much of anything. But as I learned to relax and worked on developing my periphial vision better, I started to see faint white glows around people. The glow wouldn't last too long though and it was hard if a teacher was constantly moving around. But I kinda made a habit of it especially if I was bored or sitting in a waiting room. I also started to take not of movements that I caught out of the corner of my eye and shadows that would appear. Eventually I could "hold" the aura in my vision better, but I still couldn't see colors.

I graduated school in May and I just started my first job. Today I was sitting in a benefits meeting. The room was all white and the presenter had trouble bringing the lights up to full power so the room was a bit more dim than normal. I sat back and just relaxed. The thought came to mind that "wouldn't it be cool if I could see her aura - colors and all". With nothing else to do but sit there and listen I started to see a faint white outline. Eventually this grew into a turquiose aura with hints of yellow. The aura came really easily to me and I was able to hold it in my sight as she moved. Another presenter came in and I was able to also see his aura as well. His was not as bright I think because he was able to turn the lights up a bit.

Anyway just wanted to share with everyone. After having practiced for almost a year, it was really exciting to see some colors today! I first got into seeing auras after reading "You Are Psychic" (which is a really cool book for learning how to pick up on your own psychic senses).

Has anyone else had an experience similar to mine? Does anyone see full blown auras on a regular basis and have any advice on the colors and their meanings?

p.s. Sometimes this stuff is so hard to talk about with people. Thank god for the Internet! I've had people joke and call me "aura girl" when I tell them about it. But it's hard to deny when you see it with your own eyes!!!

[bluesharpist101]

congradulations dude, that's really cool that you accomplished that.

[Old Soul]

oh that is so cool.... congratulations I wish I could see an aura

[Sam988]

I did some search on aura, since i dont like criticizing before knowing a bit about something, and already found some bs about it, at least about what one website says about aura.

Aura - Learn to see your Aura image with your own eyes


"Why do we need to see auras ?
Colors and intensity of the aura, especially around and above the head have VERY special meanings. Watching someone's aura you can actually see the other person's thoughts before you hear them expressed verbally. If they do not agree with what this person is saying, you effectively see a lie every time. No one can lie in front of you undetected. We cannot fake the Aura. It shows our True Nature and intentions for everyone to see."


Someone who can see auras can detect when people are lying? Yea right.. try bullsh*ting me with something else. If it was really possible to detect lies by watching auras, police/secret agents would all be trained in seeing other's auras. I've never heard of such a training..

Also, the person who saw auras would be able to claim the 1 Million prize offered by J. Randi. The person could run through all the tests detecting lies flawlessly if its so easy as the text of the website above says.

Auras appear to be just another trick played on us by our eyes.

[The David]

Yay!

I really, really wish I could have a weird experience like that just once.

Well, I kind of have, and I tried to rationalize it.

[heidie]

I found the less I rationalize the more easily it happens...

[LillyoftheValley]

Great, heidie! practice it!

I remember I could see it too when I was a kid, but had no idea what was it so I kinda shut it down with my ignorance. I hope it can come back.

[Signum]

Originally Posted by LillyoftheValley

Great, heidie! practice it!

I remember I could see it too when I was a kid, but had no idea what was it so I kinda shut it down with my ignorance. I hope it can come back.

When I was real little this man freightened me and i dont know why. something about him just terrified me.

My mom bent down and said, "Never let go of that instinct. No matter what happens always hang on to that."

I never let go and it eventually developed into what I believe is empathy.

I believe we have alot of paranormal senses as children that we loose as we grow up and society stomps them into the ground....

My mother was always strange about the way she dealt with people, it has always made me curious how she knew what I was feeling and told me to hang on and develop that.

[Holistic Star]

That is so cool.

I've always wanted to see auras so I have been using "I see auras" as an affirmation for about a year.

I started to see the white glow around people which is so cool. I couldn't believe it sometimes and kept shaking my head to see if it was just a trick of the lighting.

I saw a coloured aura about a month ago. I was hearing Matt Monarch talk about raw food and how it helps you develop spiritually. I kept seeing this green glow all around him and whenever he spoke more about spirituality he lit up even more!

Stunning and beautiful.

PS For a long time I didn't think I was 'special enough' to see auras. I thought it was just highly developed mystical people. But now I believe it is a skill that can be developed by anyone with enough perseverance and practise - yeah!

[delirious]

Hey Heidi,

I too started practicing seeing aura's when I was studying. I practiced looking at my own hands since that is a lot easier to see than other people's aura's. Getting a glimpse of my own aura in color for the first time was one of my first confirmations of my beliefs. My best results always came after I had done some Yoga and deep relaxation. I can always see my aura faintly around my hands now but without color (not that I am really trying to learn).

Be sure to check out Barbara Ann Brennan's book: "Hands of Lights". It holds marvelous drawings of auras and very detailed information.

Cudos,
delirious

[mind-energy]

I have on my site a very interesting story of a guy from Australia.
He wrote a whole essay about him learning mystics and he appears to be able to see auras. He tells in the story of his first time that he saw aura and more.

See the story at:
Memoir of a modern mystic - a reader's submission - Parapsychology articles and blog

If you're into some more scientific view on auras, check out:
On Studies of the Human Aura - Parapsychology articles and blog

[Brutha]

Also, the person who saw auras would be able to claim the 1 Million prize offered by J. Randi. The person could run through all the tests detecting lies flawlessly if its so easy as the text of the website above says.

There are people (in peer-revied journals) who can read facial and bodylanguage to detect lies with the precision of a lie detector.

You don't need paranormal effects as explanation for successful lie detection, so you can't get Randi's million for performing that effect.
As long as their is a possible non-paranormal explanation you don't get Randi's million.

If it was really possible to detect lies by watching auras, police/secret agents would all be trained in seeing other's auras. I've never heard of such a training..

That argument is very weak, especially considering the amount of money that the US military invested in their Remote Viewing project over more than 50 years.
Unfortunatly the world is a bit more complicated then simply having a single authority that you can trust for the effectiveness of a given technique.

If you are really interested in using the lack of such training as an argument you have to dig up a study that showed that the skill is useless.

[heidie]

Thanks for all the encouragement everyone! I'm finding I'm starting to see them all the time now. Not so much with color - that takes a bit more effort and the right environmental conditions, but I see faint white glows all the time when talking with co-workers and such.

I wanted to share another experience I had a during a Labor Day picnic. I was sitting outside under a tree with my mom and few other people - just having a casual conversation after dinner. The sun was starting to set and it was shining down on where we were sitting. My mom had on an off white/tan colored blouse and she was sitting sorta to the side of the sun. When I looked at her, these rays of light started to appear off of her body. It looked like sun light was coming out from her arms and such.

At first I thought it was some sort of weird visual reaction to the sun light and her blouse. But then I saw the rays coming off of her head and hands. It was very beautiful - almost as if she was glowing quite literally! I think it was the environmental conditions of the sun light and her light colored blouse that allowed me to see her aura in that sense. I could also see the rays coming off several other people but not as strongly as my mom.

Just wanted to share!

[Billy]

Try a black background if you can because black absorbs light and brings out what is in the foreground. I have been seeing auras for years now although I mainly switch off the ability because it uses so much energy to do it that I need for my day. The peripheral vision is linked with this perception as well as the third eye, the rods at the sides of the eyes are better at percieving faster forms of light than the cones in the middle. So anybody who trains their peripheral vision can at first see fast moving grey lines then concentrate on them giving the third eye something to look for, the third eye then has a focus. The so called human aura is really an energy field that pervades everything including innanimate objects. The person who mentioned Barbara
brennan is definitely on the right track she is truly a genius and a gifted person. I would also say about people who call this ability a dellusion, we know what we can do and it has opened us up to a more beautifull world than most can imagine, in a world where there is so little beauty.

[AnaisKarim]

I used to always see auras and the vibrating energy of solid objects and people when I was very small. It was so strong that I never really saw solid colors or objects because I could see all these moving particles that were in the shape of whatever I was viewing. As I got older I concentrated on toning that down because other people didn't seem to be able to relate to what I was describing. Now I am seeing auras again, but just clear at this point. I hope to be able to see colors again in the near future.

[bamzone81]

congrats. the first time i saw one was when i waslike half asleep and i saw my moms. there was like no joke 5-6 colors. it was awesome. but now for some reason its harder and i feel like its screwin up my eye sight and ive been gettin migraines for like no reason and they last 2 hours or more. anyone know why????

[daj]

I think it's easiest to see energy in the dark. When you're in your bed about to go to sleep, or in a relaxed state of mind, start moving your hands slowly back and forth from each other about a foot above your eyes, and you can usually see traces of energy coming off your fingers. Just focus on the area between the tips of your fingers, as you do it. It looks like the smoke of a cigarette (and I don't smoke or do drugs so it's not that, lol). It's a smoky transparent hue when I see it.

It kind of looks like this, but not as bright, and it's made by your fingers moving:



I also sometimes see green & purple balls of energy circle/spin around me when I'm in meditation or doing breathing exercises. When they appear, I can see them with my eyes closed or open.

[i am mee]

goOd job.. im proud.. congratulations by the way,,



uhmm..

something weird happened to me... there's this guy i cannot read his mind, then one time i saw him glow.. is that called an aura?

[SarahLuvzYu]

I see aura's all the time always have (funnily enough, especially around my teachers ).

However I've never been able to see the rest of the aura...I can see as much as you can, sometimes more.

[intellisyte]

Hi heidi, that's awesome you can see an aura now! I think part of your problem of not seeing them sooner was trying to see them with a bright background. Dim lighting and an off white background color works for me. How would you like to see your own aura? I learned how to from a book written by Bruce Goldberg...

1. Stand in front of a mirror at least eighteen inches away, a little further if possible.

2. Place yourself with a white or neutral color surface visible in the mirror behind you, again eighteen or more is ideal.

3. Relax, breathe deeply and sway gently from side to side. You don't need to get to crazy doing this, just back and forth nice and slow.

4. Focus on the texture of the wall behind you. Try not to focus on your head.

5. As you stare past the outline of your head and shoulders, you will see the envelope of light around your body move with you as you rock gently. Mine kind of flows back and forth with my head. Like it's just a little behind me when I move, trying to catch up...

6. Remember to breathe as you do this since you are now both the viewer and the subject.

7. Lighting should be subdued, neither too bright or too dark. Experiment a little, Auras cannot be seen in total darkness and bright light will wash out all but the most vibrant of auras.

8. Color of your clothing is important. You might find that your auric color, when you get accustomed to seeing it, will clash with certain items in your wardrobe, but you will see your true colors regardless what you wear.

This was from Bruce Goldbergs book Astral Voyages. Hope to hear from everyone. I found this exercise totally cool! My wife on the other hand, thinks I'm a nut!!!
Gary

[SimonaRich]

I can see my own aura, it is very bright turquoise (the same as of the person you observed!). I have not tried seeing auras of other people, but I might do in the future

It is just so many good things are happening in my life, I have no time developing this ability, but I would definitely want to fully develop this seeing.

I know that you can see many layers of auras, but now I can see just the first layer.

It does not take long for me to see it, I just focus on one area and then I relax my eyes and the object (usually I focus on my hands) gets a bit blured and then the aura shows itself. The more often I practice, the quicker I am able to see it.

By the way, I also see shadows with the corners of my eyes, and somethimes they move. I had no idea why, but now I know that this is also something to do with auras.

Can you expand a little bit more on that? If I, for example, see a pitch black shadow with the corner of my eye, it quickly moves and disappears, is that aura of something? But can it really be, if it is pitch black?

It is not scary at all, but a bit strange to see that.

[sups]

wow heidi congratts
I have been trying to see an aura but am so far seein only a silver white glow kinda thing around ppl. I wasnt actually sure if it is just retinal impression or i do really see anything. I just had a few questions regarding this
yesterday i was trying to see my hubby's aura and then suddenly i saw a shape next to his head similar to his with 2 eyes but in that lighty, silvery glowy kind of colour.....similarly when i was in front of the mirror trying to look out for aura i saw this "aura self" nexxt to me of course in my outline.
Are these illusions , are these good? I hope to get some answers from you since you are definitely having more exp than me...I am just at sqaure one of psychism.
I also sometimes see tiny light bubbles around my little 6 month old daught i saw purple blue lights the other day. I know it is some sort of energy and i just hope it is something positive.
All insight into this is welcome.
regards
sups

[scents2]

I have read this thread and it made me remember something my mum told me in my teens. When she was pregnant with me she saw auras very strongly all the time. Once I was born the gift left her. She said it will be with me. I tried to see them and as i never practiced much, the best time I see them is on a cloudy day with the sky in the background of the person. Or between my 3rd and 5th beer. I can also control my pupils and make a lighten up room very dark in my vision.