What is the ‘Aura’ and How it Can Influence Your Life
By Manu Singh* – Chief Mentor, Varenyum**
The entire Universe is a vast playground of vibratory energy; every physical form has an energy field that envelops it. The energy field surrounding our physical bodies — a luminous biomagnetic and bio-plasmatic subtle body of vibrations — is called an Aura.
Auras have great influence over our lives and the lives we touch because we aren’t separated or individuated beings; we are all indivisible waves of this infinite ocean of interconnectedness. Our ancient scriptures exhort that this individuation occurs due to the ‘Moh jaal’ of ‘Maya’ or in contemporary lingua, the conditioning of the society and our limited sense of the dual nature of reality.
Living in this distorted and illusionary reality, we get disconnected from the cosmic consciousness, as we ignore the only device capable of tapping into it – our own body. This disconnection leads us into what meditators term as a heavy existence; an existence that is driven by grosser vibrations of reaction, confusion, ego, hate, lust, and violence. We grapple with every situation as a foe and try to look for all the answers without. This grappling severely affects our spiritual, psychological, and neural existence and vitiates our Human Energy Fields or Auras.
Any negative effect on our Auras has an acute adverse consequence on our relationships with our surroundings and other beings – as everything (sentient or non-sentient) is nothing but quanta of energy, and thus energetically relative to one another. This mal-consequence is tremendously magnified when we are faced with an invisible threat like COVID-19. A general vibration of fear and insecurity, in engulfing our entire species, has created a morphic field of suffering and stress. This is a perfect catalyst for the further prostration of our Auras and the collective Auras of our species.
The only cure of this individuation is individually curing our own selves, through a conscious, contemplative and meditative lifestyle. We must establish the lost connection with our bodies, and our consciousness, through insightful mindfulness practices, and by unlearning the reactive and addictive social cycles we have been relentlessly injected with. A simple exercise of just being observant and aware of our breath helps us to silence the chatter of our social mind, and once that chatter is muted, we start to hear the inner voices of instinctual wisdom. The practice of any meditative approach will transform us into detached observers, who anoint no judgments to what is being observed. This non-judgmental observer state is the only path to inner peace and joy.
There are several ways to begin this journey of self-discovery and cleansing the Aura. Let us begin with the simplest one. Sit in silence and close your eyes. Then slowly bring all your awareness to your breathing; ignore the distractions that set in, and keep bringing your awareness back. 15 minutes of this exercise will calm your senses and keep you grounded. Initially, even 15 minutes is a herculean effort for some, but invest in patience and persistence, and your Aura will undoubtedly positively transform.
*The author is a social activist, environmentalist, spiritual trainer and interfaith practitioner with more than a decade of experience of working at grass-root level in India on issues of human rights, animal rights, peace-building and sustainability.
**Varenyum is a movement that aims to bridge the distance between the conscious and subconscious minds, with a vision to maximize individual potential. A fusion of science and spirituality, this motion towards ‘Mindfulness’ is being led by Manu Singh.