Now I can see Yellow

I had an interesting experience last week that I meant to write about sooner, but you know how time slips away sometimes... Well, anyway, I got in a little disagreement with my grandmother and said some unkind words to her.  I felt really bad about it and apologized right away, but I was still angry so I took some time out and went into another room to cool off.

About two hours later, I walked into my room, looked in the mirror and saw bright yellow glowing around me.  At first I thought I was seeing a reflection from the light behind me, but the yellow was so bright and it was shaped like me and it expanded around me, it couldn't have been from the light.  I decided to take a look at my color, and what I saw was different from what I have ever seen before.  I could see the yellow in my aura again, but it was dark and muddy around my face.  The violet was there too, but it was more like a deep, dark, rich purple.

I thought it had something to do with the fact that my grandmother and I had just had a little argument.  Our auras record our emotions and you can see how someone is feeling.  I think the darker colors have something to do with that.

I went back to the same spot I was in when I saw the bright yellow just to confirm once again that it hadn't been coming from the light and I didn't see it this time, so I know it was my aura.  I have to stop second guessing myself so much.  I know what I see... sometimes I just test myself because I don't have anyone else to confirm what I'm seeing with.

I can see yellow in my aunt's aura too.  I saw yellow and violet in her and she had a reading with a psychic who sees the colors and she confirmed it.  Again, I need to trust myself more.  I know what I see, I just need to trust.

On Pam's radio show

I called into Pam Oslie's radio show a couple weeks ago and asked for her insights on how to increase my chances at getting a scholarship at the University of Rochester.  I had so much energy and so much excitement after the call.  All I heard was "I see you doing readings..." and then she continued, but that was pretty much all I heard.  Anyway... that may or may not be on my path.  But she gave me some really useful insights that can be beneficial to others as well.  I am the last caller on the show and come at 31:16.

Here's the link: http://www.netbriefings.com/event/auracolors/Archives/radioshow/Viewer/wmpviewerP216a.html?userid=

It's a great program.  I highly recommend listening to the archives.  Enjoy!

What seeing violet showed me

I can see violet very easily.  If someone has any violet, anywhere in their aura,  I can see it.  And that's about it... at this moment, I have difficulty seeing other colors.  Violet *is* the easiest color to see because it vibrates at the highest frequency, which explains why I have the easiest time seeing it.  At church this  morning, I saw the violet in the minister for the first time.  It's not her main life color, it was above her head a bit, but it extended about 3 feet on either side of her.  It was big and expansive.  I am curious to see what else is in there.

I have a feeling I am very close to seeing the other colors.  I will step into that world and know that I already can.

I had a private reading with psychic Pam Oslie last week and I asked her about how I could see auras easier.  I am looking for the quick-fix-take-this-pill-and-you'll-see-them-all-instantly answer.  Unfortunately, that's not the answer I got.  She told me to practice and to relax.  I can understand that - sometimes I give myself a headache looking at people's auras, especially at church.  It gets easier each time, so I know I am close.

The other thing she told me to do was to focus on how this can help people.  And she is right.  Sure, it's cool and exciting and fun, but there has to be more to it.  Reading the description of my color was such a transformational moment for me, I know other people can have the same experience.  Knowing who you are, putting all the pieces of your being together to have that "aha" moment, to have a deeper understanding of yourself - that's where the magic lies.  Align yourself with your color, with your true nature, and you are unstoppable.

But there's more.  It goes WAY beyond seeing auras, it goes way beyond a "personality" test or way of understanding yourself.  Seeing auras was my entry into something MUCH MUCH deeper.  Nothing that I hadn't heard of and played around with before, mind you.  But seeing auras gave me the understanding that there is much more to life than what we are taught to believe and what we are taught to see.  In our culture, we are not taught to pay attention to auras - we only see a very limited reality.  Yet, auras are right there for anyone to see.

We are much more powerful than we are taught to believe - we can really and literally, create whatever we want for ourselves.  We can have whatever we truly believe we can.  I had this experience:  I decided I wanted to get my MBA and began looking at schools.  I **knew** beyond a shadow of a doubt that I would get into the University of Rochester.  In fact, I looked at it as a shoein and it was my backup school.  No doubt, whatsoever.  However, I was fearful about how much it would cost.  It was double the price of the University of British Columbia and I felt much more comfortable, in fact confident about being able to get student loans for that school.  Well, to make a long story short, what it came down to was this:  The only school I was accepted to was Rochester.  And I got nearly a half scholarship from the school, which brought tuition down to the price for UBC.  And actually even cheaper because I can live with my grandparents and don't have to pay rent.  Now I have decided to pay for my entire tuition through scholarships.

That's when it clicked for me - I had literally created that in my life.  And got exactly what I asked for.  I have so many examples of those experiences.  Now I can do it consciously.  This is something *anyone* can do.  That's one thing seeing auras taught me - that there is more than to life than we are taught, that we are more powerful than we are taught.  We can really have anything we want.  We can create anything.  I believe it cause I can see what I couldn't see before.  Seeing auras has expanded my perception of reality, expanded what I thought was possible.  They have been there the whole time, right in front of me, they are there for everyone to see.  Most people just don't.

I am sharing this because I want everyone to be able to consciously create their own lives.  Its so much more fun this way.  So much more empowering.  All I want to do is talk about it with other spiritual people.  I want to sit down and pick their brains.  This feels so big and so expansive.  I want to keep playing, keep creating my life, creating my reality.

Aura reading ethics

When I first learned that other people could see my aura it felt like an invasion of privacy.  They could see something about me, they could know something about me, that even I couldn't see and I didn't know.  There were times I just wanted to hide, to cover my head and stay "Stop looking at me," not that that would have done any good.

But then, at the same time, I decided I wanted to learn to see auras too.  It seems like a bit of a contradiction, but I don't really think it is.  There's a paragraph I read on How to see and READ the AURA: Part 1 that made a lot of sense to me:

Also, aura is our spiritual signature. When you see a person with a bright, clean aura, you can be SURE that such person is good and spiritually advanced, even if he/she is modest and not aware of it. When you see a person with a gray or dark aura, you may be almost SURE, that such person has unclear intentions, regardless how impressive, eloquent, educated, "good looking" or "well dressed" he/she seems to appear.

Imagine changes on Earth if many people can see Auras of their leaders and start choosing them on the basis of their Auras.

When people realize that their Aura is on display and many people are able to see it, they will watch what they think. And they will try to see and improve their own Aura. In the process they will become better and wiser, being able to recognize intentions of other people. Surely, the entire world will become much better if all people can see and read Auras.

 Seeing auras is something that anyone can learn to do.  In fact, it's something we are all born being able to do, but our culture trains us not to do it anymore.  We unlearn peripheral vision by using computers, reading books, watching TV,  being told to focus our attention, and by the fact that auras are completely ignored and rarely talked about. Our culture has done such a good job of it, most people don't even know they had that ability in the first place.  Or that there are people that can do it.  It's like cultural amnesia.

There's no way of proving it, but I have a strong suspicion that this is a skill that Native Americans used to have and use.  I don't think it was reserved for a few people either, I think it would have been something everybody could do.  Mostly because their culture valued a connection with the divine, with the Earth, and with Spirit.  I know peripheral vision was part of their everyday life, and it follows that if they spent most of their time using it, and weren't trained NOT to use as they grew up, they wouldn't lose the ability to see auras.

I think the author of the above quoted paragraphs was right: seeing and reading auras makes people stronger and wiser.  Really, imagine knowing if a leader had a pure intentions or not before electing him.  Imagine voting for someone not based on what they promised, or on what they said, but on who they really were as a person.  We could avoid so much corruption.  On the flip side, imagine what it does for a person knowing that others can see their intentions.  There's no hiding.  To become elected you'd really have to have good intentions... ti would make for a much stronger world, I think.

Unfortunately, we are a long way from that place.  Most people can't see auras, most people probably don't even believe that you can, or that they provide information.  However, I still believe it's a good idea to learn to see and read auras.  If nothing else, it will make you a more effective person.

I will leave you with a question today:  What are you going to change now that you know your aura is on display?

Book Review: Life Colors

To continue from my last post - April 3, 2010: The first time I saw my own aura


The next evening I went to the book store to look for something.  I didn't have anything in particular in mind, and in fact, I'd actually wanted to find a math review guide for the GMAT, but somehow found myself in the Spiritual section.  I came across a book called Life Colors by Pamala Oslie.  I picked it up and immediately turned to the section that described my color - the color I'd seen in the mirror the night before.

I have to say, it was like coming home.  Everything I'd been feeling, everything I'd intuitively known, but couldn't put words to was right there in that book.  It was like she had known me my entire life.  I felt weak and faint and had to sit down to finish reading, it was so spot on.  But the best part was, it gave me a voice... it put words to what I already knew, it gave me reasons for why I acted in certain ways and why I felt the way I did.  It validated the path that I was on in a way that I have never felt before.

I briefly mentioned in my introductory post that I thought there was a lot of garbage about auras out there.  This is definitely NOT one of those books.  I tend to ignore information most people give about the meaning of colors because they simply give a one or two sentence description of a generic meaning of the color.  A lot of people who "write" these, I question whether they actually can see auras and I doubt that they're as in tune with them as Pam is.

There's a quiz at the beginning of the book which tells you your color.  I didn't take the quiz since I saw my color.  But I do wonder, if maybe I have a secondary color in my aura that I can't see yet - though I don't think I do.  I also wonder about the accuracy of the test - not because I doubt her abilities, but because sometimes people have a tendency to project what think they should be, or what they want  to be, or take on characteristics that others want them to have.  And I think things like that would skew the results.

I gave the quiz to a couple of people, and the results were pretty accurate, though without seeing their color, I can't tell if it's because that actually is their color or because they were answering based on their actions, which would lead to a fairly good description of themselves, but not necessarily tell them their color.  My experiment will be to find a willing subject who will let me try and see their color, then have them take the test and see if the results match.  But that is something I will have to keep on the shelf for now.

Not only did this book tell me about myself, but it also gave me a better understanding of others.  By reading the descriptions of certain colors, I could see those traits in people I knew and it gave me a deeper understanding of them... what I could have done, if I'd known this information at the time... better ways to interact with people... know what works with certain people and what doesn't... how to relate to them... what they respond to and what they don't.

Reading this book renewed my interest in seeing auras.  I can see the benefits more clearly of being able to auras and I have a better understanding that other people can see mine too.  It's on display for the entire world... but that's for another post.

My family's colors

This week has been a week of viewing other people's auras.  My uncle is in town visiting for the week, and I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to practice on a subject other than myself.  While he read on the couch, I had a look at his color.  To tell the truth, I was actually quite surprised by what I saw.  He is a very easy-going guy who gets along with everyone.  From reading the descriptions of the aura colors in Pam Oslie's book, Life Colors, I would have thought of him as one of the tans, maybe with a bit of blue because he's so caring and nurturing.

But when I saw his color, he radiated violet.  At first I saw the violet about 3 feet away from his body and the beginnings of another color I couldn't quite make out near his face.  But the second time I had a look, the violet was more pronounced.  The color was around his face and around his whole body.

I was curious about this because I hadn't expected to see violet at all, so I asked him to take the color test at beginning of Life Colors.  He scored Environmental tan/ Sensitive tan - which is exactly what my grandfather (his father) scored and what I would have expected.  I looked at his color again, and again, it was violet.  There is no doubt, I keep seeing violet.  The last time I looked at his color, I started to see flecks of blue in it as well.  But I couldn't make the blue stable.  It showed itself and then it disappeared.  Apparently, violet is the easiest color to see, which would explain why it's harder for me to get a clear picture of the blue.

I'm still amazed by the fact that my uncle is violet.  It makes me wonder what to do about that - I mean, he thinks he's a tan, but I keep seeing violet.  So what does that mean?  If he aligned his life with his color and acted more like a violet, how would his life change?  Would he have a more fulfilling life?  What do you do and what is the responsibility when you can see that in someone?  Not that I think my uncle's life is bad or unfulfilling in anyway, but I wonder... what if he knew he was violet, and started acting more like a violet, how would he change?

Now my aunt.  I actually saw her color before I saw my uncle's.  Yellow appeared by her face.  It was hard for me to see and I didn't see much, just a bit around her face, but that was enough.  As soon as I saw that in her it made sense.  She is very much a yellow - very fun to be around and always laughing and having a good time.  She said the description of the yellow's in Pam Oslie's book was like an extreme version of herself and that it described about 75% of her.

There was also another color around my aunt that I couldn't quite make out.  I had been looking at her aura for about 1/2 an hour when I started to see it, and I had a bit of a headache from concentrating so much, so I didn't look any longer and haven't looked since.  But I am curious to see what that other color is.  She took the test and came out a Sensitive Tan/ Green.  Reading the description, she is definitely not a sensitive tan and she said the Green described her about 50%.  So maybe that is the other color I couldn't quite make out.

With her too, I'm interested in the differing test results vs. the colors I see.  She knew instantly that she wasn't a Sensitive Tan when we read about them, but then why did she come out that color?  And why didn't she score higher on the Yellow section of the test when the description fit her so well.

The first time I read about my color, I shook and felt faint and had to sit down to finish reading, it described me so well.  I felt like for the first time in my life someone finally understood me - someone finally really got me.  And this came from a woman I never met or even ever heard of until the moment I picked up her book in the bookstore.  It was a profound awakening for me.  But I knew I had the right color because I saw it - I didn't even take the test.

I wonder if others would have such a profound experience if they understood what their aura color said about them and what it meant in their lives.  What if everybody aligned themselves with their true life purpose.  What if everyone knew themselves that well.  It's empowering.

I'm not questioning the validity of the test, but I am questioning what to do when you come across someone who behaves as one color, or thinks they are one color, but they are really a different color.  Of course, people can do whatever they want, and they might not even care what their color is, but some people do and it could really help.

The first time I saw my own aura

Just like most everyone these days, I am very busy.  It's often hard to find time to practice viewing auras.  I find it helpful to keep my cross exercise out in the open where I see it everyday and can easily take a few minutes to concentrate.  Sometimes I'll be doing something else and I'll see someone's aura or an auric pair color and that will remind me to practice.

That's what happened the first time I decided to try to see my own aura in the mirror.  I was sitting down vaguely staring at a bright red Santa Clause apron when I saw the auric pair color of the red.  It reminded me that I hadn't practiced seeing in quite some time.  I was away from home and although I had brought my cross exercise with me, I didn't have it set up and felt too lazy to find a comfortable place to practice.  Since I was right next to a mirror, I decided that was the perfect opportunity to try to view my own aura.

Practicing the cross exercise had helped immensely because it taught me how to look... how to focus my eyes, what to look at, and how to see out of my peripheral vision.  Within a minute I was able to see a glowing white halo around my head area - the same glow I had previously observed in other people.  I have always had a long attention span for looking in the mirror and I since was particularly intrigued by seeing my own aura, I was able to stay focused for quite some time.  I can't tell you exactly how long I looked, because time seems to take on a different dimension in that state of mind, but if I were to guess, I'd say it was about twenty minutes.

At that point, I started seeing some flashes of color in front of my face.  They were very elusive... they didn't stay in place and if I tried to look at them, if I tried to focus on them, they went away.  I could describe it as little shapes of color... squiggles, lines, and blotches.  The colors were so elusive I felt like I was seeing things that weren't really there.  But I'd read enough about auras at this point to know that it's common for beginners to think their eyes are playing tricks on them and I knew that I was just beginning to see glimpses of my color.

Seeing the color inspired me to practice more.  I practiced again the next day with the same results.  Then, the third time I practiced this exercise, I saw my own aura... bright and clear in the mirror.  It was a big halo of color around my face.  At times I was able to see it extend a few away from my body... other times I was only able to see the color around my face.  It was like a violet cloud of smoke... it was transparent and I could still see my face, clothes, and other objects around me through it.

As I continued to look at the color, I didn't want to move... I didn't want to blink... I wanted to keep my attention on my color to make sure it was real.  If I looked in a certain way or if I'd blink, the image would disappear and I'd have to concentrate again to see it.  It felt like a game of hide and go seek or tag... one second it was there, the next it was gone, then it would come back again.  I was afraid I was seeing things and since this is all so new to me, it's hard to remember what it looks like when I'm not experiencing it first hand.

It's hard to describe the feeling I had the first time I saw my color.  At first, I wanted to think it was just like any other life event and not really anything important.  But I couldn't shake the feeling that I'd just experienced something profound.

Immediately I began thinking of who I wanted to tell, and then had a terrible feeling that everything I'd just experienced in the past year had been a dream.  A the same time, I felt intuitively that everything was going to be okay.  All the pain, all the loss, any feelings of emptiness and purposelessness were gone.  It was like a clearing away of the beliefs and patterns that weren't serving me.  It was like suddenly it all made sense, but I couldn't describe it to you if you'd asked.   I was shaking and nervous and wide awake and knew I couldn't yet grasp the implications of this.

Okay, breathe.  Writing about this now, is bringing me back to that night.  The next day I found something that put words to what I was feeling... it was exactly what I'd been looking for, even though I hadn't been looking for it.  But I'll save that for the next post.