Chapter 2
OUR EXTRAORDINARY BODIES - SEEN AND UNSEEN
Information
about our “seen” physical bodies has become much more medically available to us
in the recent past. With the advent of
the CT scan; the MRI and the well known X-ray as well as blood tests in the lab
and the DNA which proves a connection between any kind of matter with a person,
many things about our bodies become clear.
There
is also great information coming forth about the capacity of our brain. According to a PBS television series entitled
THE BRAIN, we have as much
information stored there as could be printed in a billion pages of the
Encyclopedia Britannica.
Think of that for a bit!
Surely
we're saying that all knowledge is within us.
It’s as though we are unlimited data in a computer, programmed by
omniscience available through omnipotence.
There
is so much active information in the ether that ONE HUNDRED MILLION SENSATIONS REACH OUR BRAIN EVERY SECOND!
Imagine
how delicately we are balanced that we automatically select impulses to which
to react. These aren't always the best
for us but we've chosen them.
One
inch of the outer layer of our brain contains ONE HUNDRED MILLION NERVE CELLS, WHICH ARE INTERCONNECTED BY TEN
THOUSAND NEURONS! This delicate
outer mass is so fine that if it were spun out, it would reach at least from
here to the moon and back! And how
casually we treat it! Yet think how
carefully a specialist approaches surgery on this delicate organ!
The
rest of our bodies are as marvelously made.
Part of them run on “automatic pilot” from the part of the brain
assigned to them. Our thinking
processes take place in this mighty bastion of intelligence and require active
participation.
All
of these are wonderful yet ordinary things and but still they don’t reach the
heights of the mystical qualities of the fascinating auras that are not
generally visible until one “looks.”
Neither can the seven chakras of eastern philosophy be seen, except
clairvoyantly.
We
have seven auras around our bodies. All
of them are oval - egg shaped - which is the general outline of our body. Physically, our head is at the top of the
oval; our torso widens out and then tapers in; the closed feet form the
bottom. Is this symbolic of our
auras? Will the oval “break open” only
when we are finished growing spiritually?
All
auras are sheer and emanate outwards from us.
They reflect our health and emotional stability; our thinking mind, our
intuitive mind and an area in which we carry
our memory patterns from existence to
existence. There are two others auras
in the upper cranium that feed the five under them. They interplay with each other and feed our outer and inner
bodies.
For
instance, the first health aura hugs close to our body. It has four parts, all under the influence
of the color red. We aren’t as much
concerned with the first three as that is where our bodily functions are
governed and they all come under the Mind Powers
of Life (Regeneration and Elimination.)
The
fourth part that is closest to our body is very important since it contains our
current memory bank. Here is stored our
remembrance of every action and thought of all our time here on earth both
emotionally and reflectively. This is
important because we live on reactions to our memories. The colors and conditions of this part of
our first aura reflect our thinking of the moment. This aura is so close to us that it truly is our double and is
called the physical/etheric aura.
It
is a misty emanation, close around our body.
It’s color shades from a dark to misty gray on up to shades of yellow,
according to the state of our health.
The better we feel, the more delicate the yellow shade and the less
gray.
This
is our “vital body,” the Source of our life from all Higher Sources. It joins directly to the chakra known as the
“Root Chakra” which is connected like the flower of a trumpet vine at the gland
or nerve center located at the base of the spine and cares for our blood
circulation and regenerative forces but especially our memory bank.
There
are seven chakras just as there are seven auras, each attached to the body in
the nerve /gland area of the physical organ to which they relate and are
color-coded so that the health of the organ can be judged by the shade of
color.
At
the mouth of the vine-like chakra where the stem is joined to the organ through
which it expresses there appears a connection of energy like a wheel, spinning
according
to the condition of the person. The first chakra connects at the base of the
spine, is about two inches in diameter and glows dully in the ordinary
person. In the extraordinary, it is a
blazing; reddish-brown shining whirlpool and looks like a small sun. The more evolved we are, the greater the
enormous amount of energy which passes through it and gives us the possibility
of expressing ourselves acceptably to those with whom we work.
The
second aura whose chakra enters the body at the spleen under the influence of
the vigorous, energetic, powerful orange color tinged with shadings of blue and
red gives us great power that we must keep balanced. This is called our “emotional aura” and is one of the most easily
seen and interpreted by those who are called “sensitives.” Because our moods change frequently, every
color of the rainbow may be observed at various times. When we are happy, the flares of bright
colors that flash in and out tend to turn their points outward. The colors are clear, beautiful, joyous, and
available to help us. The flares turn
inward upon us when our mood is darkened.
The colors seen around an unhappy person suggest dark, fearful,
threatening times. This is under the
Spleen Chakra and disperses the vitality and energy gotten from the sun.
Our
auras are a “two way street”, influencing others with our emanations of
emotions whether near or far. They also
react to the emotional impact of those who are around us or even in the
mind. They respond to good news or bad
news. We are “truly and wonderfully
made.”
The
auras and chakras naturally form themselves into three different groups. The first two have more to do with the
physiological or the vital processes of the mechanisms
of the body. The divisions of the chakras are few - two in the first chakra
group; three in the second, two in the third.
The
third aura that surrounds us responds to the many shades of the color
yellow. This is a stronger and clearer
hue than that which is mixed with the gray of the physical / etheric first
aura. It is called the mental aura and
is the one used or misused constantly
since it contains our practical
thinking. It’s our decision-making area
in which we use our common sense rather than our emotional reaction or our
intuitive faculty.
It
is connected at the gland or nerve center called the Navel Chakra. It comes in at the adrenal glands, the first
of the three “middle group” which deals with our personal life.
Slightly
more intricate, the Navel Chakra has ten undulations or petals, rather than
four for the first, and six for the second.
Its predominant color is a curious blending of several shades of red,
with a great deal of green also in it.
The divisions are alternately mainly red and green.
The
second part of the “personal”, our fourth aura, is the “upper mental” or
“intuitive.” We use it wisely when we
follow our hunches, large or small or tune into our higher nature. This enters us at the heart where our
inspiration and instinctive guidance come in to us. It is important to act upon the guidance given us at any time,
even in the middle of the night when we may be awakened by the intensity of a
dream. Keeping paper and pen or pencil
by the bed can be useful for this since we all know how hard it is to remember
a dream or some advice when we awaken the next morning.
This aura is
green, symbolic of harmony and peace as well as prosperity and intuition. Its chakra is a glowing golden color, with
orangey-red tinges and a touch of brown with twelve whirling sections.
The
twelve Mind Powers, which dwell within us in other areas, reflect the
tremendousness of our mental force.
They are Faith, Strength, Judgment, Love, Power, Imagination, Will,
Order and Elimination. They deserve
books of their own. One, The
Twelve Powers of Man, has been written
by Charles Fillmore, co-founder of Unity School of Christianity and another, The
Healing Secret of the Ages, by Catherine Pounder, well-known New Age
speaker and author.
The
fifth aura (third personal) is called the “thread self” and centers at the
thyroid gland, by way of the cooling, healing blue ray. This aura has come with us since the time of
creation. It has followed us through
every incarnation and won’t let us go until we are in complete union with our
Creator.
You
will remember we said that all of our auras are egg-shaped and wondered about
our eventual “hatching.” This aura
seems to confirm the hatching process.
While eggs today are matured in incubators without a mother’s love and
guidance, at one time there was a more natural process. The hens became “broody,” seeming to want to
have a family. At this time, they laid
a clutch of fertilized eggs, warmed and turned them in the shell for twenty-one
days. At that time the fully matured
chicks inside the shell break out, generally without any maternal help, picking
a small hole in the shell first, enlarging it and finally emerging, damp and
sticky. Their mother cleans them and
quickly teaches
them to drink water and peck the ground
for grit and food.
Could
it truly be that we will all come out of our own egg shell (the oval aura)
which is around us through our many lives only when we are completely mature
and in complete union with our Creator?
When we meet our High Holy One face to face, we may be in such harmony
that we no longer need our covering.
The throat chakra for this aura, the laryngeal, has sixteen spokes and
divisions. It contains a great deal of
blue. When seen with the “inner eye”
there is a glistening and gleaming like moonlight shining
on the rippling waves in a harbor. As its sixteen divisions whirl, there is a
fullness that reminds us of our many lives we’ve lived and experiences we’ve
had and how they still affect us.
The
next two auras are so powerful that we say “Creative Force, grant that our
thoughts and actions through the other five auras and chakras have been
sufficiently kind and helpful that we are acceptable for the magnificence which
can be granted through the sixth and seventh holy parts.”
Ah! These two Higher Auras and Chakras! They are both pure white lights, the light
in which all color is whirled into one. They are the Creative Essence which feeds us and which is
available at all times provided we haven’t put a large amount of harsh thoughts
and actions into and through the ether about us.
Both
of these auras shine white but number six is under the influence of the indigo
ray. This is the Power ray and is
situated in the pituitary gland behind the middle of the forehead. It is known as the “the third eye” or the
“Brow Chakra.”
Its
chakra from the high places suddenly splits into ninety-six spokes that show us
that we are indeed dealing with a “Higher Source.” There is so much information and wisdom about each of us that it
is here the true clairvoyant goes to discover what to share with whomever has
come in need. It is working from this
area that healings take place, questions are answered, guidance given.
A
truly gifted high soul and his wife worked together as a team. He was connected to the Highest Source
through this chakra. This is the center
of clairvoyance. The wife poured power
into him to undergird him and took notes of what transpired but
he was the channel through which the
great help came. They were unusually
successful in their work as they felt they were “small ones,” not trying for
public recognition, but truly dedicated to being of help to any who asked for
it.
In
the early 1970’s, two gifted women worked together, neither as yet very
skilled. One, deep in her medication,
suddenly looked at the other. In a
slow, bewildered voice, she said, “Oh, Sally, there’s something on your forehead!” She reached out and tried to remove the
whirling blaze of color that we now know was the Brow Chakra (the sixth one) in
all its glory.
The
seventh aura is under the violet color - the inspirational, highest intuitive,
mystical hue. It is located at the
pineal gland, which is placed in the center of the head,
both from the front to back and from top
to bottom, although it is a little higher toward the top than directly in the
middle. This gland is about the size of
the top joint of our little finger.
Ordinarily quiet and lying down, it rises and agitates rapidly when
called into activity by our thoughts or words.
This
aura is under the influence of the Crown Chakra, that thousand-petalled lotus
blossom located at the top of the head.
When it is fully active it is the most splendid of all, vibrating at an
almost unbelievable pace. Like the all
of the colors which when whirled together fast show as white, so does this
chakra, reflecting faintly mostly violet hues.
There is an additional factor to this supreme chakra - it has a small
adjunct like a central whirlpool of shining white that shows a spray of gold at
its heart.
The seventh
chakra is the only one that changes shape and size as we develop
spiritually. It eventually develops a
bulge that covers most of the top of our head.
As we realize our development, this chakra is no longer a depression in
the etheric body. The driving force seems to turn the chakra inside out and it
stands out from the head like a dome, a real crown of glory.
We’ve
seen many pictures of the earlier deities with “top-knots” on the crown of
their heads and this is that dome which can truly be seen by those who
“look.” There are also illustrations of
this crown of the Christian era.
Let
all of these auric ovals and chakras that surround us allow us to be of
service. Let our own free will
self-evidence through right thoughts, right actions, right prayers and right
connections. We use our own selections
but base them on the highest power that we can
imagine. Our emanations will serve us,
make us happy, purify our thinking, give blessings to us and make us a blessing
to others.
Be
confident for we are in tune with our highest self, connected to Original
Source, expressing our perfection to the best of our ability.