Hey, lately I have been trying to see auras. Yesterday I was looking at my fingers, with a perfect blue sky in the back-ground, and as I looked at my fingers it looked like I had a blue outline around my hand, It looked like a blue fire, and outside that there was a sort of yellow haze.

So I was wondering, was the blue part my 'electron body', and the haze my aura? Or are there layers of it? Or is this from too much strain on my eyes?

Thanks for any advice. (Even skeptics)

Link to test

The common way people are told to see auras is to stare at the center of something against a while background for sixty seconds, then to use their peripheral vision to look aroaund or to look quickly away at a white background.

Test it with this.

What does retinal fatigue have to do with seeing auras? Neat test though, I wasn't expecting the colors to change.

I believe the answer is yes. I have had great success seeing auras against a blue sky. I think it works the best at dusk!

Yeah, I read a book and it said it was easiest to see auras at dawn and dusk. Well thanks for the help so far. I guess I'll just keep praticing and see if I can see different color auras.

Also, If I look at the sky, and it turns pink, what's that? Is that retinal fatigue, or could I just be seeing my red overlay?

EDIT: Could I resensitize my eyes by spending a couple days in a dark room?

Looking at your fingers is usually the easiest way to start.

Much easier then saying to someone 'excuse me, you don't mind if I stare at your head for a couple of minutes while I see if I can see your aura'.

I found when I was seeing an aura around a person it was more a case of 'seeing it' in my psychic mind rather then like the energy around your fingers.

I see auras all the time i have since i had a near death expirence at eight years old ever since then i have seen them on everyone except myself, try not to stare at people while you look at their aura, it might freak them out.

I heard arua colors represent something. Just out of curiosity. What does bluish purple mean?

I think everyone has a different meaning to me blue stands for the throat and the need to say something. Purple is your psychic/ spiritual area. Maybe there's something there you need to talk about instead of holding in.

Retinal fatigue is different- as I understand it, you are left with an afterimage of the exact opposite colour(test by going into Paint and inverting colours). Also, with auras its actually an aura i.e around the object as well as staying imprinted after moving the object away. and if you mve whatever you're observing while still holding your gaze, the aura will move to. An afterimage would not- it would take the same amount of 'build-up time' in it's new position.
Oh, and I AM was that book the Celestine Prophecy?

Yeah, that's the book. Have you read it Bloodshed?

Yes, and I'm so glad I did- The whole way it talks about energy, and control dramas and more than anything synchronities, everything else makes so much sense. Wasn't sure what to make of the whole seeing aura business until i gave it a go and found it to be true(with the help of some random excercises on websites)...

Yeah, it's such a great book, I wish there were more like it. I thought that control drama explanation was awsome. Have you read the second book?

P.S. It's the thing that got me into auras also

No, I havn't, is it worth a read?/how does it compare to the first?

I actually haven't, I was hoping you would have so I could ask you the same question .

ooh auras there a personal favourite of mine, I've always thought they where a sort of spritual effect, it what I alays see when i look at my aura or when I look at someone else when there doing something psychic.

So how well can you see them? and how long did it take for you to learn it?

Brilliant test! Very fun to do.

http://www.thiaoouba.com/aura_eye_exercise.htm

This is what got me started. When doing the first test, I actually saw the aura before reading what i should of seen.

Anyone ever look at an eclipse?.... the moon as an aura at that point because the light from behind is creating it.... when you put your hand up to the sky and see an "aura" it's just the way the light is bending around your hand..... so if the sky is blue... the aura looks blue...if it's red it looks red. I remember when I was younger I thought I could see "auras" too... then I realized every single time the "aura" was created by light being behind or around the object....

There's an obvious difference when you see an actual aura.

Hmm, you might be right about the bending of light, I'll have to practice more and make sure I actually see the real aura.

Hey but what if I've got my hand in front of a white bathroom tile and it turns bright blue? In answer to I am's question, I can see auras very well, I've always been able to see auras but until recently I never really thought about them.

Umm... get your eyes checked...sounds like astigmatism....

You think I haven't done that already? I'm not stupid. And besides, if you ask me it doesn't sound anything like astigmatism, go on, tell me I'm not telling the truth.

So what state of mind do you go into to see auras? I heard it helps if you're in a day dreaming state, and you don't expect to see anything.

I don't really have a distinct state of mind, I just think about nothing really.

The more you do it, the easier it becomes. It's more about the way you focus your eyes than your state of mind-though i spose it can't hurt.

All right, thanks for the advice.

I have natural auric vision. The more you do it the less you have to go into a alterd state of mind, or focusing your eyes differently. Like I can just look at something and see its aura.

I experienced the same "bright blue" I assume you are talking about, with lights on looking up at my hand against the white ceiling. When I get the initiative I'm going to conduct some experiences with living and nonliving objects and different types of lighting. Whenever I do I'll post the results on this forum.

In the mean time, I'm starting to doubt this is aura at all and not just the retinal stress as stated earlier in this thread. I didn't see the blue around a nonliving object, but I did see the strange outline after focusing. It's not looking good for auras.

Good luck with that. Make sure to tell us your conclusion when you're done.

Uggg.... Today I just realized the 'aura' I've been seeing all this time was just retinal fatigue spread out to the edges. I guess I'll have to practice more to get it right. This is harder than I thought it would be.

I hate to hijack topics, but the mods said it's best to use the thread at hand if it has to do with the topic you mean to discuss.

Must... listen to... teh mods... o_0



Anyways, I was attempting to see auras for quite some time but I stopped about a year ago. The reason is, every time I tried to see a person's aura, it would just be blue, or greenish blue, like you guys have been describing, I took this to mean I was just making my eyes tired and seeing the opposite of every color... retinal fatigue. I tried it on plants, and I've read that a plant's aura will often be orange, but I saw a vibrant pinkish glow around the plant instead... the opposite of green. I've researched quite a bit on how to "see" the aura, but I've still got this dilemma- how can I get out of "retinal fatigue" mode? I've been using white backgrounds for looking at auras.


I've done that...

A few years ago I tried aura viewing with no luck until one day I was driving my car. Something out of the corner of my eye caught my attention and when I looked over I saw a woman walking down the street with something surrounding her. I wouldn't call it a light because it didn't glow but it definitely radiated. If I had to pick a color I would say yellow. I had to do a double take and when I looked back the second time I saw nothing.

Recent events in my life have sparked my interest again. So I sat down and stared at my hand. Within seconds I noticed a faint shape around my fingers. I concentrated for a few moments and was able to really make out a little detail. It almost looked like steam coming off of my hand and fingers.

Aside from the woman on the street I have yet to see this on another person besides myself... and no I do not use drugs.

Interesting, in response to some earlier posts, the auras aren't always the opposite coulour of the object, often they can be completely different. A freind of mine generally has a bright green aura.

http://www.thiaoouba.com/see_aura_color.htm

Perhaps your friend has a healing ability? Or a garden, lol!

please explain wth an aura is. Although this sounds cool it sounds like bs.

Auras are bands of energy around all objects, with inaminate objects there pale and faint, around living objects they change colour depending on what animal and what mood that animal is in, they can be seen by anyone but it takes a lot of practice, certain people (like myself) are born with the ability to see them but this is quiet rare.

Alright I read a little thing about "auras" in a book I have called "Mind Games". Pretty cool and funny book by the way. As soon as I did some of the excercises for seeing auras I saw one on myself I think...

Although it was faint it looked yellow. Apparently you are supposed to look at the center of your forehead. Anyway, again maybe an overactive imagination, but I will research this a little bit more. I do dabble in all this paranormal junk and lots o people think I'm just an asshole for trying it, but I think it is just sorta fun to do. Sorta like reading a book and getting deeply into it or having an imaginary friend when you're little.

You can look anywere not just the forehead, in fact I don't look at the forehead myself, I prefer the hands.