Joylina Goodings - In Focus Auras: Your Personal Guide

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This book provides general information on various widely known and widely accepted images that tend to evoke feelings of strength and confidence. However, it should not be relied upon as recommending or promoting any specific diagnosis or method of treatment for a particular condition, and it is not intended as a substitute for medical advice or for direct diagnosis and treatment of a medical condition by a qualified physician. Readers who have questions about a particular condition, possible treatments for that condition, or possible reactions from the condition or its treatment should consult a physician or other qualified healthcare professional.

E verything in the universe is made up of energy, and that energy emits an energy field around it. This includes not only us but animals, trees, plants, insects, mountains, hills, rocks, planets, stars, and so on. This energy field surrounding all living things is known as an aura, and in most cases, it is invisible but there are some things that radiate an aura that are easy to see. For example, we can often see the aura around our moon and the sun as a faint shimmering energy radiating out of them. Auras can be photographed using special cameras, but with practice, you can learn to see, sense, and feel this energy field with just the naked eye. Exercises later in this book will help you hone these skills, which focus on our own auras, that is, the human aura.

The word aura comes from the Greek word meaning air or breeze. Its the pure life-force energy that in Chinese is known as chi, in Japanese as qi, in Hawaiian as mana, and in Sanskrit, within the Indian Buddhist tradition, as prana, where it is often depicted as a thousand-petal lotus flower enshrining the head of Buddha as well as all those who reach enlightenment.

Auras surround all things and interact with all things. A human aura is made up of electromagnetic particles that radiate from the body. It holds all the positive and negative information from our past, our present, and our near future. Its our life-force energy, and from this energy, a sensitive person can pick up on everything about usphysically, mentally, emotionally, and spirituallybecause our auras reflect our ever-changing moods as well as our physical, emotional, and spiritual health.

This means the personal aura surrounding you not only holds all the information about you, its also influenced by your surroundings and the living beings that are in your vicinity whom youre interacting with. This of course means that not only do others auras influence you, but your aura influences others as well.

You are probably aware that some places and some people feel good and others do not. Some are welcoming, some are not. Animals such as dogs are particularly sensitive to a persons aura. They know if someone they meet likes them or is frightened, and they behave accordingly. We all take instant likes and dislikes to others, and we dont know why. The reason is that we are unconsciously sensing anothers aura and the energy within it. For instance, we often sense someone is upset or angry, regardless of the smile on their face. We ask them how they are, and they reply fine and we know they are lying. If we know them well, we may persist in our questions, but if we are meeting someone for the first time, we probably wont trust them. Our auras are constantly changing and reflecting our ever-shifting moods and feelings as well as interacting with the differing energies that surround everything ourselves included.

The objectives of this book are to teach you about your own, how your aura interacts with those of others, and how that interaction then affects your own energy and moods. You will discover tools and techniques you can use to invigorate your aura and raise your energy when you are tired. You will find new ways in which to expand your sensitivity and intuition so that you can lead a happier and healthier life by maintaining a healthy aura and understanding the auras of those around you. You will see how when the mind, the body, and the spirit are in alignment, the aura is fresh and bright, and when they are out of balancewhether through accident, illness, or emotional or mental trauma how they can become blocked. You will discover how to identify and release these blockages, because where the blockages, also called smudges, are within the aura reflects back to us the underlying unconscious cause. Thus, the aura itself can enlighten us as to what we need to do to become balanced and whole so as to come back in line with the successful lives we were all born to live.

You will also learn how the energy of others affects our energy because of the interaction of the auras. You will find out how to help yourself and others with tools such as colors, crystals, essential oils, sounds, and healing energies, such as reiki or spiritual healing, to refresh, heal, and balance not only your own aura but also those of others.