Seeing the Aura

This is an exercise that can help you see your own aura

Dim the lights so you can see, but so there are no bright lights in the room. Candlelight is often ideal.

Hold a peice of black construction paper in one hand.

Hold your other hand, with fingers spread, an inch or two in front of the piece of black paper.

Allow your vision to “soften,” that is, don’t try to focus on anything.

Slowly move your hand a bit closer, or a bit further away.

In a short time you should be able to see a golden or greyish glow around your fingers and hand.

This is the physical aspect of the aura. With practice, this glow will expand. That is, you will see more of the aura, including colors.

Seeing the aura of another

Put a lamp with a very small bulb on a small table.

Put the poster at the edge of the table. A small stand for the poster can help.

Have your friend stand or sit in front of the poster. His or her head should be centered in front of the poster, although you can set it up so that the person is closer to the top and their shoulders are in front of the poster as well as their head. Leave at least a few inches of poster above your subject’s head.

Turn off all of the room lights. Turn on the light behind the poster.

Look at the person. Soften your focus as in experiment one. Some people describe this as looking beyond the subject.

Once again, you should be able to see the physical aura fairly rapidly.

With practice, this can expand to other layers of the aura, including the more colorful ones.

One you have succeeded with these experiments, try the technique in a dimly-lit room but without the black backgrounds. Later, move on to more brightly-lit rooms.