Aura Viewing
(This is an excerpt from a University Of Metaphysical Sciences course at www.umsonline.org,
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Introduction
What Is An Aura?
Seven Layers Of The Aura
Seeing The Aura
Aura Cameras
Kirlian Photos
Dicyanin Screen
3D Pictures
Peripheral Vision
Colors & Auric Pairs
Colors In Environment & Clothing
Colors & The Aura
Death & The Aura
Practicing Aura Watching
Exercises
Exercises For Viewing Each Of The Auric Layers
Conclusion
Written by Christine Breese D.D., Ph.D.
Introduction
Aura viewing is possible for everyone. Anyone who decides to see auras will be able to if he or she has knowledge of some of the simple training methods that will teach the eyes and mind to see. It is actually not hard to see auras at all. It does not require special giftedness, although some people are gifted with the ability to see auras without having to train oneself to see them. For those of us who are willing to do the training necessary, this ability is available to even the common person.
“There is nothing ‘paranormal’ in the Universe, except our limited understanding of Nature… Many great people in the past complained that ‘we have eyes and we do not see…’ What we think we ‘know’ on Earth now is just a tiny drop in the Ocean of Knowledge. In the distant past, people admired things they could not explain and called them ‘miracles.’ Long ago, people were able to see Auras. Advanced spiritual people such as Buddha, Christ and their immediate students were painted with golden haloes around their heads because some artists could actually see Auras. In the Australian remote West Kimberleys you can find prehistoric cave paintings many thousands of years old, depicting people with golden haloes. Nature gave us all we need to see Auras. All [that is] required is the knowledge how to use your senses together with your conscious effort. If you decide not to try, you will never see the Aura. On the other hand, when you see something for yourself, no longer will you need to rely on believing someone. You will know. And you can use your knowledge to learn more.” (www.thiaoouba.com/seeau.htm)
Aura viewing is a spiritual siddhi, one that has been sought by many a spiritual seeker. Gurus often reserved teaching this spiritual power to only those who had earned this privilege. Only a student who had purified the heart and mind was qualified to earn this ability. Gone are the days, however, of having to sit in the lotus position for 20 years before your guru will teach you how to see auras! All the teachings are publicly available now that were not so long ago coveted mystery teachings from the master to the student.
There is something to be said about a person needing to have spiritual maturity before attaining spiritual powers, but I don’t believe that you truly gain these powers unless spiritual maturity comes with it at the same time. It is possible to dabble and get glimpses of spiritual powers, but to truly have them become functioning abilities takes wisdom, understanding and enlightenment. Having a spiritual power is not indicative of enlightenment. A person can have spiritual powers, like aura viewing, psychic skills, and the ability to astral project or dream lucidly, but these powers could be misused if the heart is not in a loving space. Only when the heart is open is enlightenment possible.
In fact, you might want to be careful of spiritual teachers who use these powers publicly and for the purpose of drawing students. This is a sure sign that the spiritual teacher is not truly enlightened. Spiritual powers can be a distraction on the path to enlightenment. People who are not spiritually mature may think that they have reached enlightenment if they have spiritual powers, but in truth, enlightenment does not have anything to do with what you can “do.” Enlightenment means “to know,” and if you know who you really are, that you are eternal awareness who experiences the comings and goings of things, but those things are not who you are, not even the body, name and personality you have worn in a human lifetime, or any form for that matter. If you have experienced this directly, you have reached enlightenment. Everything after that is simply a deepening of enlightenment. Spiritual siddhis are one of the experiences that come and go, adventures for consciousness.
The ability to see the aura will cut through all the surface pretenses. We will even be able to know if each other is lying! There would be a new honesty that would be needed if everyone on the planet could see auras. We would also know about illnesses long before they physically show up, and we can take the steps necessary to address the illness in the auric field instead of the physical field, where it is easier to work with. As of now, the aura remains a new territory for exploration and understanding. Once it is taken seriously by science and medicine, great strides in the health and well-being of humankind will be possible. F.J. Rebman says on www.unexplainable.net, “Perhaps as ‘auralogy’ develops and our knowledge of this force becomes more definite, the study of the aura will be employed as an aid in diagnosing character, mental endowments, and thus fitness for certain positions in the business world.” It would be interesting to see which politicians would be elected if their auras could be seen by all.