Aura viewing is an integral part of my own approach to Reiki teaching as it is very easy to teach and much easier to perceive than the more subtle Reiki energies. Wikipedia defines an aura as a “subtle field of luminous multicolored radiation surrounding a person or object as a cocoon or halo. An aura may be held to represent or be composed of soul vibrations or chakras, and may reflect the moods or thoughts of the person it surrounds” and from my own perceptions I find this to be a very highly accurate and enlightening summary. 🙂
The Reiki energies are a bit difficult for many people to sense, yet advanced techniques such as Byosen (Reiki Scanning) depend heavily on it. Going through the entire Reiki series of hand placements is sometimes not an option due to time constraints, and so those able to immediately sense energy blocks, or energy surges, or any other type of energy disruptions and apply Reiki energy directly to those blocks will find it much more advantageous. The problem, again, lies in the ability to detect these subtle energies. My own solution is to first teach aura viewing, which can be accomplished in about 10 minutes, and then using that new found ability to help in sensing other subtle energies… like Reiki.
The approach I use to teach Aura viewing, although strange at first has met with 100% success. I have never had a student fail to see auras (although I find it much easier after they’ve received their first attunement). The approach I use (although I’m sure there are many) comes from this little book:
The book includes a pair of Aura Glasses which allow my students so see just the faintest trace of an aura… and with practice that trace will blossom into full fledged aura viewing. The wonderful part comes after they can easily see the auras and realize that they have been there all along… they just never seemed to notice. Such is true with the Reiki energy… its been there all along… most people have just never noticed.
For further explanation or discussion, your thoughts are most welcome and highly encouraged, please feel free to comment below!!!
2 responses to “Reiki and Auras”
people see what they believe they can see
or what they want to see
many things are easily hidden out in the open
because no one expects to find them there
certain things are just conditioned into our worldview from childhood. a favorite author of mine, robert anton wilson, describes a childhood memory in one of his books.
he was out in the yard one day behind the family’s house and saw a huge spider (nearly the size of himself) and was frightened. he ran to tell his mom, and she convinced him it didn’t exist (i think she actually slapped him). she was conditioning him to a particular worldview. (later on he would create “fnords” but to get into that here would take too much space. wikipedia is great, though. or if you’ve ever seen the movie “they live” you probably have an idea)
i remember a similar experience when i was a kid, asking my mom what these sparkly, fuzzy things i saw were (just little sparks, made things appear as if i was looking through a tv screen with static white noise on it. kind of.) she told me there wasn’t anything like that (she couldn’t see it) and to go to sleep.
years later i would see them again while looking down at the sidewalk and thought “hey, could this be some kind of energy?”
i jsut got aura glasses today. only if i foucs hard enough and have jsut the right light i can see the mere faintest centimeter of a trace if i hold my hands 3ft out in front of me.
practice makes perfect i guess