Your aura
is controlled by how you feel. If you are fearful or feeling depressed your aura
becomes quite small and can be hard to see. If you are feeling very positive
your aura expands to a great size, becomes full of light and is very easy to
see.
Relationships
Normally your aura is sealed but feeling affection towards
another person causes your aura to open up to theirs. Most of us are familiar
with the effects of this. When you are connected you feel happy when they are
happy. Conversely you feel sad when they are sad. You are literally feeling the
emotions in their aura. This is welcome when a relationship is going well but
adds to the pain when it is not. In the latter case in order to reconnect with
your feelings it is often necessary to take a break of a few days away from your
partner and anyone who would try to influence you in any way about your
relationship. This will allow your aura to become clear of their influence. In
this isolated space you can reconnect with your feelings and this will
strengthen your aura. You can then re-enter the same space your partner occupies
with a renewed ability to distinguish your feelings from theirs.
Protecting
yourself from the influence of others
This exercise works well for partners,
your boss or anyone who rubs you the wrong way. It must be done before you meet
the person so I suggest you do it first thing in the morning before you get
dressed. Close your eyes and imagine your aura around you. Notice its oval shape
and imagine this shape filling with very beautiful and warm light. Something
very easy to imagine and hold. Fill it outwards from your body in all directions
rather than from the bottom up - like your body is the element of a light bulb.
Now imagine a golden seal forming just on the inside edge of your aura. Imagine
the seal hardening so that nothing can get into your aura. The seal acts like a
mirror reflecting away anything that comes near you. You feel totally protected
inside a cocoon. Now imagine the seal becoming soft and bright but it still
works with the same effectiveness. You now control what can get into your aura
and unless you allow it all negative feelings projected at you simply bounce off
your aura.
Spiritual Activities
Activities such as meditation or channeling also
open the aura. We are all aware of the need to take care of our physical body
but many people engage in activities which exercise the spirit body without
proper care for it. In a meditative state we assume a posture that encourages
energy to flow through us more freely. We also use our mind to raise our
vibration to connect with a higher plane. Whether we realize it or not this
opens our aura and chakras more than any other exercise. When finished the
exercise it is necessary to close ourselves down. Closing down is described
next. It is NEVER a good idea to remain open like this.
Closing Down
Stand up straight. With your eyes closed
imagine a golden light coming from the sky right above you and shining straight
through the center of your body and into the ground. Now, starting at the top of
your head, imagine that a strand of this light is moving in a clockwise
direction around you. Imagine the light is gently moving downwards as it swirls
around you. As it passes each chakra it closes it to the level required to
operate on the physical plane. You don't need to worry about what that level is.
Trust that the light knows what it is doing. The light then moves into the
ground.
That's the whole exercise. It takes less than two minutes
to do. Always leave the closing down to the very end of your evening. Also, try
not to talk about any of your spiritual experiences during the evening after you
have closed down as this will open you up again. If you do simply close down
again when you're done.