I'm not very sure this fits in the General discussion.... As I consider seeing auras quite normal, I don't consider it "paranormal" or that one needs to be a psychic to do it. Just a few days ago I realized that if I take my glasses off (I am short-sighted) my sight unfocuses the right way and I see auras everywhere... and that I have seen auras since I was a child but didn't realize it till now.
I see like a pale yellow-whitish silhouette around things and plants. I am now starting to see colours in them, you need to have a dim light and a white background if possible, as this gives you optimal results. I just tried with a big blue book. It you stare at it unfocussing your eyes (i.e. looking above it and stright over) you will start seeing like a pale light around it. Then if you concentrate on the top part of the book spine and stare past it long enough, you'll start seeing flashes of yellow. A blue book has a yellow aura. So here is where I got now... I have to try now with different coloured books and see what other colours they emanate. I saw my own aura in the mirror, kind of pale violet. You have to stare at the spot where your third eye is, and then you will catch with your side view a view of your aura. You wan't see it if you stare hard at yourself, you have to let the sight focus and unfocus on only one point. It is actually possible to see the aura in pictures too. It's not that difficult.

yea, i know this friend who reads auras... he is pretty good at it ... i will see if i can get him on board here.

Abhishek

O that would be wonderful!

hi aelis,
what r auras exactly? and what do they mean?
swetha

In rough words, an aura is the energy that the body emits. It is divided in several layers and the easiest to see is the one that corresponds to the etheric body. It can be seen around just about everything, animals, plants, people, things... everything emits energy.... I see the aura of a stone I use as paperweight on my table.
If you read books like Barbara Brennan's "Hands of Light" or Cindy Dale's "New Chakra Healing", there are wonderful explanations of the aura. Also you can spot illnesses in the aura before they affect the physical body, The physical body is in reality the last one to be affected.
There is a free Robert Bruce ebook, "Training to See Auras", which I just read and found very useful (the blue book experiment comes from there) at this page, which I think I already posted in another message http://www.xehupatl.com/freebooks.htm
Also, it is from one of the layers of the aura that you can access the Akashic Records, which is where our previous life records are archived. These records can be accessed through reiki or energy healing procedures.
There is a small booklet by Ted Andrews which has useful exercises to improve and clear your own aura.