Anyone have training in seeing auras? I have been trying and have had some mixed results.

I can see auras from inanimate objects such as my sofa or a picture on the wall, but I cannot see any colors... just the outline of the aura.

Same with my own aura. I can see the aura itself, but it seems void of color... either that or it is a transparent white or some other light color.

Today, however, I did see whisps of what I perceived as energy sort of sprouting from the tips of my fingers. These too seemed devoid of color or a transparant light color of sorts.

Despite the apparent lack of color, the apperance of whisps excited me. My first inclenation was that I am always emitting some sort of energy even without intent.

Any thoughts?

very likely you are sending energy as well as receiving it without your knowledge. give time and patience and keep on practicing and you should be able to see auras soon.

ive found ive never been able to see my own aura. have you tried to shift your perspective to (spiritual) world? wrong words sorry but i hope you can understand. we humans seem to only really see one level of existence.... but there are more then around 7 layers. just shift through those till you are able to see what you want... unfortunately i do not know how to explain how you can do this. its more of the intention direction thing i think.

hope you understand if not just ask

I was glad to see in your reply that you have not been able to see your own aura. I have been trying to develop that sense by looking at myself. I think I will try my cats or my husband for a while and see if that helps.

there is one way that i found you can do it, once again this might not make sense. remove your minds eye and look outside of yourself as an observer would. once you have done this you can shift through the perspective of the different layers the second way which i find allot easer is if you take a memory and then view it like a movie. once again from an observers point of view.

as ive said, with enough practice and patience to let it develop itself seeing auras will come soon

My suggestion would be to shift the perspective in the mind's eye to a third-person-omniscient viewpoint.

Close your eyes, "imagine" or create, mentally, the image of yourself in your current surroundings. Then move the "camera lens" from the normal first-person viewpoint (which is what we use with our eyes open) to above yourself, beside yourself, behind yourself, etc...about 20 feet or so away from your own physical body's image. Then, ask to see energetically. Most commonly, people perceive energetic vision as looking like white noise on an empty television channel (yes, think of the movie Poltergeist). You should begin to make out the pattern of your own physical energy, as well as the patterns of your aural energy field, within a few minutes of practicing this.

Alain explained at conference about going into a peripheral vision point-of-view to perceive energetically. This works with the eyes open, in a dimly-lit room, with a subject to look at. This "subject" can be a pet, plant, person, or yourself, in a mirror. In order to get into a peripheral vision state, place your awareness or consciousness in the rear center portion of your head, sit still, breathe, and be patient. Let it come to you. "Reaching" for the information can sometimes bring results, but most oftentimes, it will not help...but cause the visionary process to take a few steps backwards.

Practice these techniques as much as possible, in a quiet space. Before long, you'll be able to perceive what Shawn noticed...outlines of whitish "light," which is the energy pattern...and soon, colors will begin to emerge from that pattern. When the colors come to you, ask your inner guidance what it means to you, and trust wholeheartedly what answers you receive.

I hope this helps you all in your efforts in perceiving auras, energy, and other dimensions of energetic existence.

Much Love to all of you!

I find that it greatly depends on the light around the subject. In more dimly lit backgtounds with a softened perigheral gaxe ith aura jumps out at you. Like a fine smoke surrounding the subject, You may think of a shadow. thats the first step, When you can see that the colors will come. one way is to know the colors intuitivly. Since it is extremely rare that other people see them exactly as you you have to be your own critic. As soon as you decide you can see them you can.

An update: Not sure if it is actually related to auras or not, and I do not know quite what to make of it. I did not intuit anything as it was happening.

I was again trying to realize my own aura. I had just called energy utilizing a vibrational technique and noticed my hands tingling excitedly. I held my hand aloft and gazed as if trying to see the energy again, hoping to see the colors.

This time, however, my hand, or more specifically, my fingers seemed transparent. not actually invisible, but see-thru. The effect existed even as I moved my fingers around.

I had to blink a few times, which of course made everything opaque, but my sight went back quickly to "see-through" mode.

Try as I might, I could not gain this same effect with any other object, living or inanimate.

Any insights?

Shawn, remember what I mentioned about the energy patterns looking like white noise on a TV? Kinda transparent, see-through, but definitely something there? It's coming to you through your own individual perceptive capability.

Also, people who "see" ghosts, spirits, etc. report that they seem transparent. It's all life force energy patterns...living or deceased, animal or plant, animate or inanimate. You picking up on your own is an incredibly awesome first step...most of us who "see" energy patterns noticed it with spirits, ghosts, random animals, random people's auras, etc. before we ever saw our own, or noticed that our own bodies were the same...energy patterns...just denser in form. You're definitely on the right path, dearheart!

Keep practicing, and allowing...it will come, I promise!

Much Love~

I can only the see outline of aura but not the colors. But I can feel the colors.

Keeping your eyes slightly out of focus and do not blink you eyes either.

That might help.

Yes...Alain says that most of us are "feelers" by nature, so we'll feel the colors probably before we actually see them. Sometimes, you just KNOW what color is coming through, followed by what it means. It's always the very first impression you get.
I remember back in school before we'd take our yearly achievement tests, the teachers would tell us that we should always go with our first hunch on answering a question we really didn't know...99.9% of the time, you're right, and if you second-guess it, 99.9% of the time, you'd be way off.

Much Love!

Hi Shawn,
Another way is to lower the lights in the room and look at yourself in a full-length mirror (you should be able to see a few feet around yourself). Direct your eyes to the reflection of your third eye, soften your focus, and become aware of your peripheral vision. You should see the the shimmer around your body then the egg-shaped aura extending a few feet beyond it. When you do, (with your eyes still directed at the reflection of your 3rd eye), next notice the reflection of your root chakra in your peripheral vision: see what happens to the coloring of the "egg" when you do that. Next shift your peripheral attention (without moving your eyes from the reflection of your 3rd eye), to each ascending chakra long enough to notice any changes in the aura's shading or tint. After you've done the crown, allow yourself to notice the whole core (root to crown), and see what the egg-shaped mist looks like then. Now would be a good time to start running energy and see what happens!

This routine worked for me: Hope it does for you!

Blessings,
Alfred

found this in one of my healing guides, might help, unfortunately it does not give how to see an aura, but the methods. you should find lots of this when searching key words on the net.

How is the aura seen

Due to the fact that the aura is an etheric plasma, it may be visualized in many ways.

· Some people have the ability to perceive the aura in a natural way with their physical eyes open, helped by the receptors inside the eye known as cones, which are in charge of the vision in color.

· Another way of perceiving the aura is with the inner eye (known as the third eye). This can be achieved through training, exercises, practice and constant personal work.

· To start training for visualizing the aura, we must recognize that inside the brain we have a perception area named the sixth sense. Feelings are a dimension, but cannot be measured, emotions are a dimension and cannot be touched.

· Fortunately science is already accepting there is an energy field that has great influence, if not total influence over everything that happens.

some more from the guide. if there is questions i should be able to do further studding in the guide.

Introduction – The Aura

[by Barbara Ann Brennan, Hands of Light]
What is the aura How is the aura seen

The human energy field is the manifestation of universal energy that can be described as a luminous body that surrounds and interpenetrates the physical body. After death there is no vitality in or around the physical body as the energy field has been withdrawn.
This energy field is also known as the aura:

· The aura stretches about 10 – 15 cm out from the physical body.

· The aura is divided into several layers that are referred to as ‘bodies’.

· These bodies interpenetrate and surround each other in successive layers.

· Each succeeding body is of a higher ‘vibration’ than the body that it surrounds and interpenetrates.

· The first, third, fifth and seventh layers (bodies) have a definite structure.

· The second, fourth and sixth layers (bodies) are composed of fluid-like substances that have no particular structure.

· There are seven bodies all occupying the same space at the same time, each one extending out beyond the last.

· There is a vertical flow of energy that moves up and down the spinal cord that extends out beyond the physical body, above the head and below the coccyx.

· There are swirling cone-shaped vortexes (funnels pulling in energy) called chakras within the aura and the physical body.

The first three levels of the aura represent the physical, emotional and mental experience of our world in the physical body.
The fourth level of relationship represents the bridge between the physical and spiritual worlds.
The higher three levels (fifth, sixth and seventh level) represent our physical, emotional and mental experience in our spiritual worlds. They are templates for the three lower levels (as described as first, second and third layers):

Seventh level is the template for the third level
Sixth level is the template for the second level
Fifth level is the template for the first level

Shawn and Ulea -- You may not be aware of Alain Herriot's excellent DVD on "How to See and Perceive Energy" available in the QT store. It is so excellent!

FYI.

ali
im buying all the books and videos as i can... which is usually once in every 3 - 4 months due to having to save up to be able to afford it all. in time i will have all the books and vids i need, then start going to the workshops. i hope to attend my first workshop by next year