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Will Reiki help me to see auras? I was just wondering ??

Dear Ladyehawk,

I found when I got involved in Reiki, my perception of energy grew stronger, although not in a visual way. Everyone is different though, some people are able to see things, whereas I feel.

I guess what I'm saying is to expect to be more sensitive, but you can't really predict what form it will take.

Blessings,
Roxy

Otoharo!

You are the one who sees auras. Reiki assists you in all that you do.

finality

Hi Ladyehawk,

I too think that Reiki is the assisting factor. The ability to "see" auras is something of a personal trait. All our five senses (sight, hearing, touch etc.) have their subtle counterparts.

I saw the aura (a blob of bright colour over my son's nose and mouth) immediately after I was attuned to Reiki 3. Shortly afterwards we learned that his asthma was an allergic reaction starting in the nose when he breathed in an irritant.

My first Reiki Master, on the other hand, had a psychic ability that was uncanny - she smelled the issue you were processing. I was lying quietly with her and some others doing a Reiki session over me, when all of a sudden I had a flashback of my caesarean section (the surgery part). I didn't say anything but she turned to me just then and said "I smell anesthesia".

So unless you have already started "seeing", allow yourself the opportunity to experience the aura through all your senses. It may surprise you.

Live long and prosper,

Esin

n.b. Rose Rosetree's book on aura perception was quite good - you may want to read it - it helped me understand the process better.

Ladyehawk,

/*\ Namaste :-}}

- the only one who can say for certain about your case is you

- so, keep doing Reiki - perhaps this gift will begin to manifest

>:-}}

- yet, I know folks who have been doing Reiki and\or yoga for many years who say they have not developed this ability

- most of them, it seems, do no feel they have been deprived of anything

Reiki All Around,

All Blessings,

Firekeeper

I've been doing this for 6 years, and don't consistently "see" much of anything as if my eyes are taking in the vision. Mostly I find that heart-sense transmits directly to the hands. This is good for me, because "seeing auras" would tempt me to think it's my brain receiving the information through the eyes and then knowing how to proceed. It has been good for me to learn to rely on the heart center sensing where to direct the hands and breath and eyes. The brain then simply witnesses and records -- a clerical function that it excels at.

That being said, once or twice I've had startling and clear visual seeing of what could only be aura manifestation, similar to what was said about seeing the red around the nose, a flash of colored light showing the origin of an issue in the person's body. Quite attention-getting and fascinating.

I think it would be pretty demanding, to see auras all the time. Also, there's a permission consideration -- best not to view a person's aura unless they are aware and willing for you to do so. It's a little disconcerting to have people around you have deep intuitions about you, without your knowledge or permission.

So, whatever intuitive senses I have going, I try to keep them hooded when out in public, so as to respect others' privacy.

Hope that helps!

Blessings,
Aronaya

Otoharo!

You! I enjoy how you put things. Those of us high in earth energy see auras readily. In fact there is no way to awoid it. However, seeing is not more than or better than other senses. I have seen people walking across the street with some configuration above their heads. I began learning to see and to know what I see in the 70's when in the Inner Peace Movement. Fransico taught a class in aura vision. He had a number of tools to stimulate us. It was a weekend course as I remember. Taught in a barn. We sat on hay bales. During that time, I could see something above his head that stood straight up, like a line, standing up on his head. Later, when I saw some of his drawings, I saw that he draws a human as a stick man with a hallo above his head attached at the back of the skule.

That was my beginning. Now I see colors also. My hands light up the page of a book when I read.

How can one ask permission to see?

finality

Yes, good question, on asking "permission to see". This is hard to explain using a post, and I'm groping a little because I don't see all the time myself, so have no idea of that experience on a daily basis.

I feel, like there are two ways of seeing. One way, harmless and respectful, is simply to not hold onto any thoughts, judgments or conclusions about what I see in another person, especially strangers or acquaintances out in public. That is, let them go their own way without considering how they might be "healed" based on my thoughts about the condition of their energy field.

Another way, more intrusive and potentially disrespectful, is to focus in on a particular person, and either intentionally or compulsively subject them to the full power of my probing "sight", which in my case wouldn't be seeing colors, but rather generalized heart-knowing. This is more active, and can make the person feel as if they're being scanned or probed. In my earlier days as a Reiki Master, I unwittingly did this until I was asked to stop -- I didn't know such a thing was even possible, and someone thought I was doing it. This triggered some self-examination, and realization that I was being defensive with the world at large, and one way of compulsively protecting myself was to reach out intuitively to anyone who crossed my path, to see whether they might hurt me or not.

This realization led me to the practice of letting my eyeballs settle calmly in their sockets, rather than straining out to "see" any threats. As I learned this practice, I felt more peace in going about in the world. I also, interestingly, took a different approach with my clients as far as relaying intuitions that arose during treatments. I started to give them more options, to let me "see" or "not see", and not just automatically report any clear images that had come up.

The respectful way of seeing, I believe, will come naturally when I have reached a certain peace within myself. In fact, this peace grows all the time. The penetrating, focused way of seeing, I believe, has its place, when the situation is already one of a healing exchange happening, and the other person has already consented to that intimacy, usually in a safe and more private setting.

I speculate:
-when we SEE another person, body and aura, as a beautiful whole, nothing lacking, in harmony with the Universe, then that is respectful and true (regardless of how that person thinks of him/herself in that moment).
- When we SEE that person, and focus in on aspects that we find lacking or deserving of our compassionate fixing, then we are silently saying, "look, you are broken, you should want me to fix you", and that is untrue and disrespectful. In this second case, we are likely seeing something in the person that we feel is broken in ourselves, and focusing that projection on them is a great way to hide from our own fears.

This may be one manifestation of the fascinating journey of learning to see myself as whole, in harmony with all around me. While I continue on this journey, as a precaution of respect, I practice the settling eyeballs technique whenever I am in crowds. The more I learn of seeing myself as whole, I suspect, the less I'll need to remind myself to soften my stare.

It is such a challenge, when these things are new and wonderful, to let them be and not attach to them. For you, finality, after many years' practice, I suspect you are always respectful and know how to let them pass by.

Thank you and
Blessings,
Aronaya

Otoharo!

Aronaya, thanks for you comment. In the examples I have given of seeing auras incidentally, downtown, I have no control over this. As an earth person in my second category, I automatically see energy. I make no judgements, that is true.

finality

Otoharo!

Aronaya, thanks for you comment. In the examples I have given of seeing auras incidentally, downtown, I have no control over this. As an earth person in my second category, I automatically see energy. I make no judgements, that is true.

You have described the life of a feeler beautifully.

finality

finality said on

>Otoharo!
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>You! I enjoy how you put things. Those of us high in earth energy see auras readily. In fact there is no way to awoid it. However, seeing is not more than or better than other senses. I have seen people walking across the street with some configuration above their heads. I began learning to see and to know what I see in the 70's when in the Inner Peace Movement. Fransico taught a class in aura vision. He had a number of tools to stimulate us. It was a weekend course as I remember. Taught in a barn. We sat on hay bales. During that time, I could see something above his head that stood straight up, like a line, standing up on his head. Later, when I saw some of his drawings, I saw that he draws a human as a stick man with a hallo above his head attached at the back of the skule.
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>That was my beginning. Now I see colors also. My hands light up the page of a book when I read.
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>How can one ask permission to see?
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>finality

He had a number of tools to stimulate us..that wouldn't be LSD by any chance would it??...ahahahahah

two good books about 'Auras'.....

Wheels of Light by Roselyn Bruyere and Hands of Light by Barbara Anne Brennan

and Reiki helps cleanse our Doors of Perception..... it helps us 'see' beyond the normal senses...