My name is Joy, and I love to write.
Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground.
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On Auras (?)
Prompt:
"...Auras, Davey. I see them, too. The longer you stare at them, the wider the energy field expands until more colors begin to show themselves.”
Christina Westover, The Man Who Followed Jack Kerouac
What is your take on human energy fields, sometimes called auras?
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If I ever say I can see auras, I'd be lying big time. When this idea first surfaced several decades ago, I pushed myself to see the aura of anything by squinting real hard. I could only see a slight colorless thin layer, something that's like when one looks into a fire or light bulb and sees it a thin layer of colorless light shimmering around it.
Yet, some spiritual, metaphysical, and holistic traditions claim that there exist subtle layers of colored light or vibration surrounding the human body. Seriously, who am I to argue with such traditions! Well, I looked it up.
It seems the word aura is an energy field extending a few inches to several feet from the body. So right now, I looked around my own arm. Yes, there is something there but I can see only about a millimeter of it, a colorless something, and it probably shows the heat rising from my body.
So I checked what aura really is, only to find out that modern science does not currently recognize a measurable energy field around humans in the way some traditions describe. Yet, weak though they may be, the human body does produce real electromagnetic signals from the heart, brain, and nerves, which can be measured with medical equipment like ECGs and EEGs. Just electrical fields though, mind you!
According to what I could find, that is proven, is that "no reliable scientific evidence has shown that emotions or personality traits manifest as visible colored fields outside the body." So, could this be eye fatigue? But then, science is known to fall behind human experiences.
Who sees the auras, in that case? According to what I read, energy healers or Reiki practitioners, mystics or spiritual teachers, and psychics or clairvoyants.
Still, I think just the idea of auras and being able to see and read them must be a lot of fun, if not an eye-opener that science hasn't understood...yet.
What most spiked my curiosity were the colors people claimed they were seeing around living beings. So, here's a list of colors that is said to exist in auras.
*Red: Energy, passion, courage. Strong will or physical vitality. Sometimes linked to anger or stress when intense or dark.
*Orange:Creativity, enthusiasm, sociability. Emotional expression/ Can suggest restlessness if muddy or dull.
*Yellow: Optimism, intellect, confidence. Curiosity and learning. Bright yellow often means clarity or joy.
*Green:Healing, compassion, growth. Balance and nurturing tendencies. Darker greens may be interpreted as jealousy or insecurity.
*Blue:Calmness, communication, intuition. Peaceful or spiritual outlook. Deep blue is often associated with wisdom.
*Purple orViolet: Spiritual awareness, imagination. Sensitivity and psychic development. Artistic or visionary qualities.
*Pink: Love, gentleness, affection. Emotional openness. Compassion and kindness.
*White: Purity, truth, spiritual clarity. Rarely claimed and often linked to advanced spiritual states.
*Gold: Enlightenment, higher consciousness. Inner peace or divine connection.
*Black or Gray: Blocked energy, fatigue, fear. Emotional heaviness or illness. Sometimes interpreted as protective boundaries
Possibly, these colors systems are symbolic. They may help people to reflect, meditate, or think they are gaining personal insight.
