AhSo:

Yes, I thought that too, that some abilities would maybe hinder other, more important things, to be accomplished. We don't know with what those abilities are connected.
  For example, I once asked in a meditation about wizard-like abilities. The answer was, when one becomes a wizard, one had to be ready to deal with nonphysical influences (and not always friendly) 24h7d, because the doors of perception then would have opened; one would have a lot of abilities, but also a lot of duties and new issues to deal with. You have to be solid like a rock, and fine as air for being something like a wizard. And at some occasions, the veil to my own deepest fears had lifted, that wasn't funny, and as long there are fears of some intensity, wizard-like abilities would drive you crazy. So I stated I would think about that lol, maybe in slow step-by-step approach...

Quite interesting what you said about mental colors and one's favorite color.

I have extensively studied colors when I was painting. I purchased a lot of artist's colors. It's really a world on it's own. I quit at some point to read about the symbology of certain colors, when my own impression of colors, and my ability to discern the hues of the different pigments became very strong and so rich, that those color symbologies became too narrow for me.

The last time I saw a bright rainbow I noticed that the low frequency side of the spectrum, red to infrared, and the high side of the spectrum, from deep blue to ultraviolet, the colors were going to similarize again, that's astonishing as they are on the opposite sides of the physical visible spectrum. Of course, they look not the same, the low end is sort of rusty, an LED type of red, while the high side is a more lively-airy violet, or light-but-deep-magenta. But they're both something like "reddish". Maybe that's a symbol for something? The circle is closed or so? The OT sign of the covenant between man and god. As above, so below.

About your experience with Becky, I just noticed, when you look at something and relax your eyes, and defocusing them, as Kathy suggests for practice, then as well I start double-seeing, as the eyes will synchronize for far-away-sight. Something similar you do with these 3-D pictures. So maybe actually defocusing the eyes is good for seeing auras, as it may take as well the focus away from the physical to other aspects of reality.

After images: A professor of psychology told us, there once was an experiment. Probands were asked to close their eyes and imagine as real as they could a rose elephant. Then they had to open their eyes and look at a grey or white screen, and observe what they see with their physical eyes. Some told, they see a greenish elephant. Why that is, is unclear; it's a sort of reversed-after image, where the initial input comes from the mind rather than the physical surrounding. Interesting!
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Seeker:

If there is a difference in what you see around people and (non-living) objects, that would indicate that you're onto something I would say.
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Yes Kathy, the outlook that I, with practice, could see such things as you can is quite exciting! So I think I practice several times a day. There's always time for this little exercise.


Spooky

i forgot who/what book, but one psychic said they saw a particular aura around someone and knew they were going to die soon, and they did

the_seeker wrote on Nov 15^th, 2007 at 11:19pm:



  I remember reading or hearing about something like that.   There is a book called Edgar Cayce on Auras, which talks about something like that.   Btw, this book wasn't really written by E.C., but by his friend Tom Sugrue, E.C. just shared a lot of his input and personal experience with aura seeing with Tom. 

  Anyways, Tom talks of a case, maybe with E.C. where Edgar was about to get on an elevator.  Some people on the elevator were wearing some bright red sweaters which stood out to him at first.  But when he was about to get on, he had a bad feeling about it, stepped back, and didn't get on.   The elevator wasn't working right, apparently, and those people fell to their death.  When E.C. reflected on it a bit later, and what had sparked the feeling of wrongness or offness about the situation, he realized what it was, he hadn't seen any auras amongst them.

  Both Kathy and i have talked about a phenomena which happens when someone is dying a more natural death (so called, i don't think death is natural but that's a whole nother can of worms), like from old age, well as they get closer and closer to that time, it seems their auras start to lighten up more and more, become brighter, more radiant or pronounced, and sometimes they start shifting into the higher frequency and more rarefied colors.   To me, it seems almost like they are starting to withdraw their energies from the physical and etheric levels, and starting to shift or concentrate their consciousness more into the faster vibrating emotional and mental bodies.

Hi Everyone,

Hi Lights of Love,

Yes, I found your descriptions coming from your direct experience on the subject both clear and easy to understand,
plus interesting, so thank you.

Fyi, Two sources I am familiar with who discuss this and related:

Some key things you have mentioned seem to be consistent with information given by Sri Aurobindo, whose writings have been inspiring and informative to me. If you or anyone is interested, and not already familiar - I would commend your attention to the chapter on 'Visions and Symbols' in "Letters on Yoga Vol II". (see link below) beginning on page 931 and for 60 pages, where he discusses color symbolism including related to auras, as well as the material on 'vision' (ie non-physical) as a general topic, and specific types of visions and symbols that might for instance be useful in dream interpretation, or those experienced in full wakefulness.

for instance (not verbatim):
That many pinks - reddish, rosey - are indicative of psychic love, or spiritual surrender (pure - as with white rose)
White may indicate psychic purity or the Mother consciousness.
There is more.
(note that in Sri Aurobindo's lexicon, 'psychic' is used to denote 'soul' related, not as in psychism a la Sylvia Browne, Edgar Cayce, etc.)

There is also a full chapter on the "Planes and Parts of the Being", which may have relevance to the other topic you brought up, so I will post the link for that material in the appropriate thread. (it is basically the same link, you just have to find the chapter in the table)

Many of the phenomena and issues non-physical explorers frequently discuss on this site are very clearly and in depth, presented in the writings of Aurobindo. The entire 3 volumes of 'Letters' (other writings as well) are available on line for free and can be downloaded in html or PDF format, so here I give the link for anyone interested. When you link, you will get the tables of contents (further linkable to the readings themselves) for all 3 volumes.

http://www.aurobindo.ru/workings/sa/22-24/index_e.htm


Another teacher I am aware of who has addressed color symbolism is Sri Chinmoy, who's book 'Colour Kingdom' was originally published in the 70's. Reportedly, he was so intent on having the colors represented as specific spiritual qualities correct, that he spent a great deal of time at the printer, directly supervising the color quality. The book confirms many of the Sri Aurobindo identifications, as well as making additional ones as well, and some spiritual comments related to each color. In addition, there are some interesting general comments. Among other things, he says, "Pure white light is not the highest color. There is no such thing as the highest or lowest color. Each color has its own highest and its own lowest..." Also he talks about colors changing and having different significance on different planes ie: Gold in the higher regions becoming red in the physical, colors of spiritual masters; another parallel to some discussion here, he talks about strong and saturated color having affinity with outer expression, and finer more rarified and subtle as connected to inner.

At www.srichinmoylibrary.com  you can find the partial text specific to each color, unfortunately no colors, nor the general text.
The below link will allow by further linking on the righthand column, to see both the colors and the spiritual quality embodied (and you will see a few colors that could be called orange there too- all with different meanings), but again, not the full general text which has all the 'interesting' stuff in it. http://www.srichinmoy.tv/tv/121


Hope this is useful,

- u

  Thanks for the interesting info Ultra.  For the purpose of clarity, i will address some of the specific ideas or concepts you related.

ultra wrote on Nov 17^th, 2007 at 5:44pm:


  I would suggest that perhaps the above author lacks discrimination or full knowledge on the subject.   For example, his comments on the white light.   Both physical and spiritual White Light is most definitely not a color, but rather represents a complete merging and perfect balance of all major vibratory patterns aka which can be perceived as colors, dimensions, etc.  Even science tells us this about physical light, and as above so below--or in other words, physical light is a reflection of spiritual light.

Aura wise, a person or any consciousness that emanates a completely pure White Light energy field, is someone who is complete, who has integrated, merged, and balanced all the major dimensional energies within and without self.   

  Color and color indications on the other hand, signify a relative, incomplete or imbalanced relationship to the White Light.  White Light is the active, creative, "masculine" aspect or energy of Source energy.  It is also the pattern, consciousness, and energy of what some have called "Christ" and Bruce here calls the Planning Intelligence consciousness, which in a sense (from his perspective) is a very large Disc which contains all other Discs in this Universe within it. 
Color represents a relative lack of Source attunement, its represents separative consciousness and depending on the color, to what degree.  The regular reds and oranges of course, represents the most separative type consciousness state or beingness, but it like all colors is part of the Whole, and the Whole is White Light.   True violet, and golden frequencies represent the fastest vibratory energies (that we can physically perceive at least) which are still color in essence.   Close to completion and full Source attunement, but not quite there yet. 

   All colors both physical and spiritual can be measured in terms of frequency or rate of vibration.   The faster the vibration of the color, the more expanded and inclusive in consciousness it innately tends to be--the closer to the White Light vibratory merged/completely balanced pattern. 

  So in a very real sense, we are the ones who create or rather temporarily manifest colors and those vibrations--NOT Source. Colors correspond to ego and ego tendencies.   This is because of the complete freedom of Freewill, and that many of us decided to entertain more separative self illusions over becoming true and full Co-Creators with Source and realizing our full Oneness with all of Creation and with the Creator.   The White Light is the reality, it is the ultimate, it is the alpha and the omega, wheras the colors are just different and non merged aspects of that consciousness and state of being. 

  How and why do i say this...because countless mystics from many different backgrounds and belief systems, not just the vaunted "eastern" ones, all speak of moments of tuning into the full, divine reality, and many of these perceived this reality as an unbelievably pure, radiant, White Light.   Credible modern psychic sources also point to this non relative truth as well, as well as countless NDE's.  It is also found in the bible and some other religious teachings prior to the rash of so called enlightened gurus in our more modern times. 

  Sometimes an "enlightened" consciousness, who normally exists in a pure white light state, when they become more active in service and while interacting with non enlightened consciousnesses, their energy will shift to a somewhat more golden white hue temporarily.   I don't know fully why this is the case, maybe because to some consciousnesses (particularly to most incarnate humans), the pure white light can have almost a 'harsh' feeling to them because of its unbelievable purity and intensity.   Golden energy is more "warm" and connects more to the Heart center.   
A consciousness who remembers the White Light state of being, for it is more a remembering than anything else, these become Co-Creators of other Universes, they phase out of the dimensional paradigms of this particular Universe, into a more raw consciousness state and start to create completely new and unique systems, galaxies, etc. for the pure joy of creating.  At this point, its not about "learning" so much anymore, but more about being and reveling in co creating with Source.

  As regards pink energies, many books on these particular energies, and also my own experience suggest that various pinks correspond more to more personal love, affection, essentially what i would call Venusian type love.   Both pink and green have long been associated with the unawakened or non merged (with all the other Centers) Heart Center (conversely the awakened and integrated Heart center corresponds to more Golden light frequencies and connects fully to the Crown Center).   Venus in turn, has an association in many sources with green and certain shades of pink energy (and to some extent lighter/pastel blue).     In short, pink is still yet a ways from Divine, impersonal, and universal love.  It is yet but a shadow of that more pure and unconditional love.   The love of pink and of Venus is somewhat conditional and emotionally based or oriented. 

  I've known plenty of people with amounts of pink in their auras, and whose charts also had a very strong and highlighted Venus energy (often Venus in 1st, 5th, 7th, and 10th houses).  They were and are very nice, gentle, kind, and giving people, but too attached to whether or not others give in return, or are kind or not to them.   I can also relate to this somewhat, having been born with 7th house Venus,  Libra Moon, and S.N. in 7th.   I've always liked a very bright, medium rose pink shade.   

  Hope this further clarification and holistic reasoning/perspective sharing helps. 

J.M.J./ "S"


p.s. perhaps many so called enlightened gurus, weren't as enlightened as they or others believed about them? 





   

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Hi Ahso...,

Yes, absolutely.
After reading what you have written, I feel very strongly that this is indeed true.
Thank you for offering this.

- u