The aura is the vibrational energy surrounding everyone and everything. Everything in the universe has energy, including our thoughts and consciousness. Even what you might think of as non-living objects have auras. Observe the aura of an antique chair. The chair will have the aura of the energy it picked up wherever it was, as well as subtle energies left behind from those who have sat in it. Even new items have auras. While they may not have imprints left by time, they will have the vibrational energies of the materials they are made of, and possibly, those of any humans who came in contact with them throughout the production process.

The aura is the spiritual embodiment of our true nature. Observing a person’s aura allows you to diagnose dis-ease within the body long before physical symptoms become evident. By consciously controlling your aura, you can actually heal yourself. You can often tell if someone is not being honest with you by certain colors and fluctuations in their aura. You can decide if you wish to purchase a certain house, vehicle, antique furniture or other furnishings, just by observing its aura (I will address "cleansing" later). Seeing and reading auras can do wonders for your consciousness, spiritual development, and awareness of your true nature.

We can all see auras to the extent of our intuitive ability. While it seems we may be seeing auras with our eyes, actually, we are seeing the aura through our intuitive nature at a higher level of consciousness, or our "third eye," where you can also "see" angels and spirit guides. If you haven’t yet mastered the ability to see angels, spirit guides, or auras, you can still learn. And with practice, you can exercise and master your intuitive ability.

Children see auras naturally (at least until someone tells them they can’t). Infants frequently look above a person in front of them. When they don't like the color of the aura above the head, or if this color is much different from their parent's aura, they cry, no matter how much smiling and cooing the person does. But you can learn to manipulate your aura to display a more favorable or calming color.

The following will help you learn to see auras, and as I mentioned earlier, it will help you to see angels and spirit guides, too, as they are all "seen" in the same manner.

How To See The Aura

This exercise is designed to help you to practice seeing auras. This is easiest to accomplish in a dimly lit room, but with enough light to see the aura. (To see your own aura, follow the instructions below standing about 3-4 feet away from a large mirror.)

1. Have the person sit or stand in front of a very softly illuminated plain white or light background.

2. Focus on the person’s "third eye" - the spot in the middle of the forehead between the brows - for 30 to 60 seconds. Throughout this entire exercise, remain focused on the third eye area.

3. After about 30 seconds, you should see that the person’s body is surrounded with a white light or glow emanating an inch or two from the body.

4. Remain focused on the third eye. Gradually you will begin to see colors emanating several inches from the body. These colors may also fluctuate.

5. Have the person move very slightly and slowing from side to side. You should see the aura "catching up" with the body as the person moves to each side.

Daily practice (10-15 minutes) helps to stimulate and develop your auric sight. You can practice wherever you go. Sit in the back of an auditorium or movie theater and focus on the backs of people’s heads. However, I would warn against the rudeness of staring at anyone straight on. Better yet, practice with a friend.

What Do The Colors Mean?

Usually, people have one or two dominating colors in their aura. In addition to the dominant colors, the aura reflects thoughts, feelings, and desires of the moment as fluctuations in color combinations, intensity, and hue. For example a flash of orange in the aura may indicate a thought or desire to exercise power and control. As the person’s thoughts or feelings change, the aura will fluctuate and take on other colors.

The list of colors below is simply a guide. As with books on dream symbols, you must also tap into your own intuitive nature to clearly define what the color or symbol really means. Slight changes in intensity or hue and combinations of colors can mean a big difference in what the person’s aura is actually revealing.

Purple: Indicates a high level of intuition and truly spiritual thinking. People with purple in their auras are often spiritual teachers, leaders, and healers.

Blue: Indicates a calm, relaxed, reserved, and balanced, spiritual individual. People with blue in their aura are born survivors. Blue thought is a thought about relaxing the nerve system to achieve the balance of the mind or a thought about surviving. A bright blue hue indicates that the person is receiving and/or transmitting energy or is in telepathic communication.

Turquoise: Indicates dynamic quality of being, highly energized personality, capable of projection, influencing other people. People with turquoise in their aura are well-organized and good team leaders because they take the time to explain their goals and influence their team rather than execute commands.

Green: Healthy, balanced, calming, charming, sensual, sensible natural healers. People with green dominating their auras are natural healers. They also love nature and enjoy gardening - they usually have a "green thumb" - and anything grows for them. Being in a presence of a person with a strong green aura is a very peaceful and restful experience.

Yellow: Intellectual, thinking, working faculties, joy, freedom, non-attachment, freeing or releasing vital forces. People who glow yellow are full of inner joy, contentment, very generous, and not attached to anything. A yellow aura appears as a result of a highly active "third eye" (which can often be seen glowing with violet) indicating a person who is very spiritually evolved. A yellow aura around the head indicates high spiritual development, a sign of a spiritual teacher. Buddha and Jesus had yellow auras extending to their arms.

Orange: Friendly, open, approachable, uplifting, absorbing, and inspiring. A sign of power. Ability and/or desire to control people. When orange is dominant, it usually contributes to a yellow aura, which then becomes gold, indicating not only a spiritual teacher, someone capable of demonstrating powerful abilities.

Red: Physical energy; physically-based person personality or sensuality. Harsh reds tend to indicate emotionally charged physical animation, usually anger. Warm reds, sensuous, or physically charged and healthy. Can also indicate materialistic thoughts, thoughts about the physical body. Predominantly red aura indicates materialistically oriented person.

Pink: Unconditional love. Pink indicates a perfect balance between spiritual awareness and the material existence. The most spiritually evolved have not only a yellow aura around the head but also a large pink aura extending further away.

Gray or Black: Shielding or protective. A gray or black aura can indicate low energy, depression, or illness. Gray and black are very easily misinterpreted as these colors can indicate one who is very skilled who doesn't want to be noticed, scanned, or otherwise invaded (in which case these colors may appear to be metallic).

Matching Your Aura With Your Environment

When we learn what our dominant colors are in our own aura, we can attempt to match our surroundings or clothing with our aura. Redecorating your home to achieve a better match will result in a positive stimulation of our psyche and will help to promote our well being in many aspects.

Cleansing And Balancing Your Aura

Every morning upon arising you should "cleanse" and "balance" your aura. This is a simple exercise in visualization. Sit quietly or meditate by first surrounding yourself with divine white light. Next, visualize the colors you wish to emanate that day. Perhaps you could even choose your clothing colors to fortify your aura. This can change your aura temporarily, but with practice, you can learn to manipulate your aura to match and achieve your goals.