THE AURA

The Aura is an energy field that surrounds all living things, comprised of magnetic energy this field is unique to each individual. Humans are complex and dynamic, constantly changing beings and as such the auric field of each person is also unique and changing. When we perceive an event through our senses this information is given meaning in our brain. This electrochemical process has an effect on the body, the brain sends electrical and chemical information through our body constantly regulating everything from how we feel emotionally, to how we feel physically. The path of flow for information in our body is the spine. As information comes from the brain and travels down the spine a direction of current flow is established, at a right angle to this flow of magnetic energy is your personal field or Aura.

The Aura contains much information about us, this info can give us clues as to what has happened in the past, what sort of energies we are letting ourselves be open to in the future. Also past physical ailments or the beginning of new ones. Depending on the number of colours, the position of these colours, the shade of any particular colour and many other factors such as the overall shape of your Aura, size, and how quickly your auric colours change gives us a wealth of information concerning your past, and your future possibilities.

What does an aura look like?

Imagine a space filled with light. Energy flows and swirls through it in bright colours. this life energy moves around you as you sit directly in the centre. This place is your Aura, your own personal universe. It constantly moves and changes as you move and change. Some people see as many as nine layers, most seven layers. It can extend as little as a few centimetres to many feet away from the body. The size of your Aura is unique to you. Auras are flexible - they are changing all the time in size, colours and patterns. If you are someone that is very out going and likes to be noticed, your aura would be bigger then someone that is timid and likes to blend in with the crowd, not really drawing attention to themselves. This person would tend to have a smaller aura for they draw it in closer to their body. With each breath your Aura is in movement. The colours are changing and moving all the time. We do hold ruminate colours, some refer to this as "signature colours." The colour we radiate is affected by our physical surroundings as well as by the people we come in contact with and the energy fields they radiate.

What do the colours mean?

The Aura is comprised of individual and interrelated bodies of consciousness and layers of Etheric energy. The 4 subtle bodies of consciousness that defines our personality, our perception, our direction in life, and our soul's expression are known as:

The Etheric Body
The Emotional Body
The Mental Body
The Spiritual Body

The Aura also has 7 distinct layers of energy that are intimately connected to what is known as the Chakra System which is located along the spine. Essentially, the difference between an auric layer and an auric body is this:-

"An auric body is a body of consciousness and awareness. An Auric Layer is the representation of the chakra interacting in the aura" Stephen Bishop

The four subtle bodies of the aura are:

The Casual Body / Spiritual Body
Spiritual Body is a body of consciousness associated with our true spiritual path and direction in life. It is our highest potential and reflects our ability to manifest our soul's true potential here on earth. The essence of our soul's reality is the expression "to be" and this ultimately is the reason for our existence. Also known as the Causal Body, the Spiritual Body has the highest vibration of the auric bodies. Depending on the development of our spiritual nature, this body can emanate up to three feet from the physical body. It appears as a whitish glow and contains our true spiritual essence. "Casual consciousness deals with the essence of a subject while the mental level studies the subject's detail. The casual body deals with the essence of substance and the true causes behind the illusion of appearance. The causal plane is a world of realities deals with essence and underlying nature of things in question. Healing at this level is more powerful than the mental body." (Gerber)

The Mental Body
The Spiritual body is the blueprint to our spiritual potential. However, it requires the creation of patterns of energy for this potential to be expressed and experienced. These patterns of energy are stored in the mental body as thoughts - both conscious and sub-conscious. The patterns stored within the mental body creates the character framework for the soul to project its' personality. The "self" manifest and expresses concrete intellect through the mental body. The Mental Body appears as a golden yellow light radiating out and around the head and shoulders and extending around the whole body. It expands and becomes brighter when its' owner is concentrating on mental processes. Extending up to twelve inches from the body, the mental body filtrates thoughts down to the emotional body which reacts to the thoughts with an emotional association be it love, fear, happiness, anger, and so on. A balanced mental body will provide an individual with clarity and direction.

The Emotional / Astral Body
The Emotional Body is more fluid and of a higher vibration than the etheric body. The emotional body appears as coloured clouds in continual motion, reflecting the quality and intensity of the emotions. This is the part of us that likes to 'jump out' in times of trauma and shock, to produce a feeling of emotional numbness, which will allow us to slowly integrate the knowledge of the shock in our own way. The Emotional body, which is also known as the Astral body, is the seat of our emotions. It's the bridge between the mind and the physical body. Our emotional energy governs our fears and hopes, loves and pains etc. It governs the extent and nature of one's personality expression upon the physical plane. The Emotional Body (Astral Body) is the projection of our longings, moods, feelings, appetites, and fears. The emotional "self" is the expression of our mental "self". The emotional body is the expression of the mental body. Emotional blockages prevent the manifestation of clarity of thought and direction in the physical body. The energy of the emotional body impacts the Etheric body, which in turn impacts the physical body.

The Etheric Body
The Etheric Body appears as a bluish-grey colour or shadow, extending approximately one inch from the physical body. It is responsible for the transfer of life energy or vitality from the universal energy field to the physical body. The Etheric body is a body of Etheric or subtle matter which furnishes the basic blue print for the physical body. Every cell in the physical body has an etheric counterpart. The Etheric body also serves as a filtration system. Universal energy filters down through the Spiritual, Mental, Emotional and Etheric Body into the physical body. The Etheric Body is the interface between the physical body and the other subtle bodies of the Aura. When the flow of this energy is disrupted, the physical body is affected and if this imbalance is not corrected, illness and disease can manifest in the physical body. There is a synergistic relationship between each subtle body of the aura.