Aura Reading: Unveiling the Colors of Human Energy

Posted on Jan 5, 2025 in Arts and Humanities

How to See and Read Auras

By Dr. Tom J. Chalko MSc, Ph.D.

Introduction

There is nothing “paranormal” in the Universe, except our limited understanding of Nature. What we think we “know” on Earth now is just a small drop in the Ocean of Wisdom. In the distant past, people admired things they could not explain and called them “miracles.” Long ago, people were able to see auras. Advanced spiritual people such as Buddha, Christ, and his immediate disciples were painted with golden haloes around their heads because some artists could actually see auras. In the remote West Kimberleys in Australia, you can find prehistoric cave paintings, many thousands of years old, depicting people with golden haloes.

Nature gave us ALL we need to see auras. All that is needed is the wisdom of how to use your senses together with your conscious effort. If you decide not to try, you will NEVER see the aura. When you see something for yourself, you need not believe in someone. You KNOW. And you can use your wisdom to learn more.

Many great people in the past complained, “we have eyes and do not see.” Later in this document, you will find what this means. ANYONE can see auras to some degree. Rather than create an aura of mystery around my new skill, my approach is to teach everyone what their eyes are capable of. When nearly everyone (including children) sees a similar thing, I consider it part of our Nature, and I say that it deserves our attention.

This page summarizes the contents of lectures and workshops on seeing and reading auras led by Dr. Tom J. Chalko. It was written to be BRIEF. For best results, you need to consult it from time to time. If you want to schedule a workshop and have a group of people, please contact the author.

What is an Aura?

Everything in the universe is just a vibration. Every atom, every part of an atom, every electron, every elementary “particle,” even our thoughts and consciousness are just vibrations. We can define the aura as a vibration surrounding every material object. This definition is sufficient for the purpose of reading auras, provided that we can train ourselves to see the aura.

The aura around living (conscious) objects (people, plants, etc.) changes with time, sometimes very quickly.
The aura around non-living objects (stones, crystals, water, etc.) is essentially fixed.

The above statements have been confirmed beyond any doubt by scientists in Russia, who have been using the Kirlian effect to study auras for the last 50 years.

The aura around humans is partly composed of electromagnetic (EM) radiation, ranging from microwave and infrared (IR) to UV light. The low-frequency microwave and infrared part of the spectrum (body heat) seems to be related to the low levels of functioning of our body (DNA structure, metabolism, circulation, etc.), while the high frequency (UV part) is more related to our conscious activity such as thinking, creativity, intentions, sense of humor, and emotions. The Russians, who are 3 decades ahead of everyone in aura research, discovered that our DNA can be altered by influencing its microwave aura. The high-frequency UV light portion is very important and very interesting but largely unexplored. And this part can be seen with the naked eye.

Why Do We Need to See Auras?

Colors and the intensity of the aura, especially around and above the head, have VERY special meanings. When viewing someone’s aura, you can actually see the other person’s thoughts before you hear them expressed verbally. If they disagree with what you are saying, you will see a lie every time. No one can lie in front of you undetected. We cannot fake the aura. It shows our True Nature and intentions for all to see.

Moreover, the aura is our spiritual signature. When you see someone with a bright, clean aura, you can be sure that the person is good and spiritually advanced, even if they are modest and unaware of it. When you see a person with a gray or dark aura, you can be sure that such a person has unclear intentions, regardless of how impressive, eloquent, educated, “good looking,” or “well dressed” they seem.

It is particularly important to check the aura of any religious leader, “spiritual teacher,” “master,” or “guru.” Such a person must have a clearly defined golden-yellow halo around the head. If they do not, you are MUCH better off on your own.

Joining a sect or religion that is led by incompetent people without good auras is very dangerous for your consciousness. Where is the danger? When the time comes to actually use the information stored in your consciousness from this life, there may be almost nothing useful there if you focus your life on following rituals and the flock of other people. In such a case, you will have to re-learn everything from the beginning. Most sect, religion, and political leaders have only two things in mind: money and power to control people. And you can see it in their auras for yourself. Imagine the changes on Earth if many people could see the auras of their leaders and start choosing them based on their auras.

By reading the aura, you can diagnose malfunctions in the body (diseases) long before physical symptoms become apparent. By consciously controlling your aura, you can actually heal yourself.

However, healing the physical body is nothing compared to what seeing and reading auras can do for your consciousness, spiritual development, and awareness of Nature.

Everyone has an aura. But most people on Earth have VERY WEAK and dull auras. This is a direct consequence of their materialistic attitude, negating life and suppressing the development of consciousness, cultivating fear, envy, jealousy, and other similar emotions. Such attitudes suppress their True Nature, and their auras become suppressed too.

When you learn to see auras, be prepared for a REALLY HARD question: “Can you tell me what my aura is like?” You may not see an aura, or you may see something you do not want to talk about. One of the best responses I have found is, “Why don’t you learn to see it for yourself?” And this is one of the main reasons I teach people to see auras.

When people become aware that their aura is on display and that many people are able to see it, they will watch what they think. And they will try to see and improve their own aura. In the process, they will become better and wiser, being able to recognize the intentions of other people. Surely, the whole world will become much better if everyone can see and read auras.

Children and Auras

Very young children (up to 5 years of age) see auras naturally. Infants frequently look above a person in front of them. When they do not like the color of the aura above the head, or if that color is much different from the aura of their parents, they cry, no matter how much smiling the person does. Children have much cleaner and stronger auras than most adults, who are usually completely enslaved by the materialistic world and suppress their Nature by following superficial examples. When I taught my 12-year-old son to see his own aura, he told me that when he was little, he could see auras most of the time. But nobody paid attention, so he thought it was not important and maybe there was something wrong with his eyesight. This is a typical scenario. In my opinion, children should learn to see and read auras while in primary school so that they never lose their natural ability.

Our Eyes

With our eyes, we can sense (perceive) a very narrow range of vibration frequencies of electromagnetic (EM) vibrations corresponding to wavelengths from 0.3 to 0.7 micrometers – from violet to red. A mixture of frequencies in the range of vibration mentioned above is perceived by our eyes as color. We can measure this mixture precisely by recording a spectrum of light, but only using special instruments.

The colors perceived by our eyes are only our partial perception of a MUCH more complex reality: the complex vibration of light (and other vibrations). To explain the above statement, we must define the spectrum and explain how we perceive color with our eyes.

How to See Auras: Developing Auric Vision

To see the aura, we need to:

Improve the sensitivity of our eyes, AND
Extend the range of perceived vibrations beyond the visible.

We can accomplish the above by:

Using and training our peripheral vision,
Increasing exposure,
Enhancing the processing of visual sensations in the brain – by expanding communication between the left and right hemispheres of the brain.

Peripheral Vision

Why should we use our peripheral vision? Our retina (the focal plane of the eye containing photosensitive cells) is less damaged there than in the central part. The central part of the retina is constantly in use, and over the years, it suffers cumulative damage from excessive and/or artificial illumination (TV, computers, artificial light, etc.). We have also trained our central vision to be used in a certain way for years.

Note that children see auras much more easily because their central vision is not yet damaged. Once they go to school, they are told to use their vision in a certain way, and gradually, they lose their natural auric sight.

Increasing Exposure

When we take a picture of a dark scene, we need to increase the exposure time of the film. We can achieve this for our eyes by concentrating on one spot for a while (30-60 seconds).

When our eyes are moving, or a scene moves in front of our eyes, images are averaged by our eyesight. (25 frames per second on TV seem like fluent motion). When we concentrate on one spot, we increase our sensitivity because we average the incoming light, accumulating its effect.

Our photosensitive cells (Red, Green, and Blue) operate as vibration sensors, much like 3 radio receivers tuned to 3 “colors” RGB. When you need to achieve a large vibration of, say, a swing, you can do it using a very weak excitation force, but you must persist with it. By concentrating with your eyes, you achieve a very similar effect: with a very small stimulation, you can gradually achieve a large vibration of your photosensitive cells, and this results in a visual sensation perceived by the brain.

Concentration Exercise 1

Place the image in Fig. 1 about 1.5 m in front of you. Look exactly at the black dot for 30 seconds or so and observe the colored circles with your peripheral vision. Resist the temptation to look anywhere else but the black dot.

Fig 1. Image for concentration exercises

Note that the colored areas seem to be surrounded by an “aura” of a different color. When peripheral sensors are stimulated for some time, we have color sensations, much different from those achieved when we use central vision. The longer you concentrate, the brighter the “aura” around the colored areas becomes because your sensitivity increases. Yesterday you could have looked at this picture for hours and never seen anything. Concentration for a period of time is the key. More than seeing the true aura, this exercise demonstrates the principle of how to look to see human auras by becoming conscious of certain capabilities of your eyesight.

Concentration Exercise 2

This exercise aims to stimulate communication between both hemispheres of the brain, thereby increasing the “processing power” needed to see auras. Place the image in Fig. 1 about 1.5 m in front of you. Stretch your hand forward so that one of your fingers is between and below the circles.

Focus on the tip of your finger and overlook the circles. You should see 4 circles. Try to overlap the two in the middle so as to see one circle with a white cross on top of your finger, in the middle between the two. Seeing the cross is evidence that the left hemisphere of the brain (connected to the right eye) is communicating with the right hemisphere (connected to the left eye).

This exercise is extremely beneficial: 5 minutes of it doubles your bioenergy and promotes self-healing.

The cross will initially float and seem unstable. Experiment with the distance of your finger from your eyes to achieve a perfect cross. You gain a significant benefit after 3-5 minutes, preferably without blinking, but the magic duration seems to be 45 minutes of concentration, which can make a real difference to your mental and auric abilities.

In my experience, it is best to start with a minute or two and gradually increase the time each week. Short, intense concentration seems to be better than a longer one, interrupted by a lack of ability.

Gradually, with practice, you will be able to achieve and maintain the cross without the finger. While maintaining the cross, try to become conscious (aware) of the other 2 circles as well as everything around using your peripheral vision. You should be able to see auric colors around the colored circles above with your peripheral vision. When you can analyze the surroundings using your peripheral vision without losing the cross (and concentration), you are ready to see and read auras.

Advanced Levels of Concentration

One diameter in the cross usually seems “in front” of the other. This means that one hemisphere of your brain dominates the other. Men usually see the horizontal diameter above (left hemisphere dominates). Females usually see the vertical diameter above (right hemisphere dominates). Try to get the “hidden” diameter in front as much as possible by concentrating. The final level of concentration is to maintain a perfectly balanced cross with all four arms of similar intensity, thus achieving a perfect balance between both hemispheres.

Many people experience amazing effects at this point. First, the concentration gets much deeper. Second, after 2-3 minutes, it seems like you are losing sight, with the bright background becoming dark purple or pink. Your sensitivity increases greatly. All emotions cease.

Several people reported that using a Chakra Shirt significantly enhances such concentration, and my experience confirms this.

More Concentration Exercises

Colors and Auric Pairs

In concentration exercises 1 and 2, we noticed that real colors are surrounded with auras of different colors. These auric colors are not random. The following is a list of auric pairs of colors for all clean colors of the rainbow (monochromatic colors).

Red gives a turquoise aura, turquoise gives a red aura.
Orange gives a blue aura, blue gives an orange aura.
Yellow gives a violet aura, violet gives a yellow aura.
Green gives a pink aura, pink gives a green aura.

The above table also applies to intermediate colors. For example, yellow-green gives a pink-violet aura. Note that the above auric pairs are DIFFERENT from complementary color pairs, “color wheels,” and “color spaces” promoted by science and art on Earth.

A good look around will prove that Nature is very fond of auric pairs. Take any red bird, and you can be sure that this bird will also have turquoise body parts. The same applies to the combinations of blue-orange, yellow-violet, and pink-green, not only in birds but also in fish, butterflies, and flowers, etc. – anything that is vividly colored by Nature. Occasionally, you will see the “next best” color instead of a perfect auric match. Auric pairs in Nature are very stimulating, and they frequently induce an overwhelming feeling of beauty and happiness.

You need to memorize and know the above auric pairs well. Why? Because if you see a pink aura around someone in a bright green dress, there is a strong possibility that you are seeing the aura of the dress, not the person.

Aura Viewing

This exercise is designed to see the aura for the first time and/or to practice seeing auras. Choosing good conditions is important to not only see the aura better but also to gain confidence about what you see.

Place the person in front of a softly illuminated, NATURAL WHITE background. A colored background will change the aura’s colors, so additional knowledge of color mixing is needed. Certain combinations of background and aura colors may cause misinterpretation problems.
Choose one spot to look at. The middle of the forehead is VERY GOOD. This is the location of the so-called Brow Chakra or Third Eye. In some cultures (India), they put a mark on the forehead. Such a mark in ancient times signified an invitation to look and see the aura.
Look at this spot for 30 to 60 seconds or longer.
After 30 seconds, analyze the surroundings with your peripheral vision, while still looking at the same spot. Continuing the concentration is most important. Resist the temptation to look around. You should notice that the background nearby the person is brighter and has a different color than the background further away. This is your perception of the aura. The longer you concentrate, the better you will see it. Remember, concentration on one spot increases your sensitivity by accumulating the effect of the aura’s vibration reaching your eyes.
Most advanced aura exercises are done in total darkness, but they require hours of concentration and systematic practice.

Taking a Snapshot of an Aura

After concentrating for long enough to see the aura, close your eyes. For a second or two, you will see the aura ONLY. Be prepared. You have only a second or two until your photosensitive cells stop vibrating and sending visual sensations to the brain. And if you let this happen, you will have to start concentrating again. Try to experiment with how fast or slow you should close your eyes.

Observing Auras of Other People

It is best to look directly at someone’s brow chakra (third eye or wisdom eye, which is located 1.5 cm above the nose, between the eyes) and aim to achieve a mental state similar to the concentration technique described above for at least 30-60 seconds. I have also tried looking at the throat and the heart chakras with similar results. However, if you concentrate on someone’s chest, it is so unusual that the person usually becomes very uncomfortable. When you look at a person’s brow chakra, you can continue the conversation.

Again, a VERY softly illuminated background without shadows is best. With practice, any uniformly illuminated background (such as a blue sky, for example) will suffice.

How to See Your Own Aura

Stand about 1.5 m in front of a good-sized mirror. In the beginning, it is better if the background behind you is natural white and there are no shadows. Lighting should be VERY soft and uniform, not bright. Follow the instructions above for seeing auras.

PRACTICE for at least 10-15 minutes each day to increase your sensitivity and develop auric sight. Remember that practice is required to develop auric sight.

Auric Sight and After-Images

One of the most frequently asked questions during my workshops is, “Tom, are my eyes playing tricks on me?” The answer is no, you have just learned to pay attention to what your eyes are capable of. Light sensors in our eyes (Red, Green, and Blue) are vibration sensors that are highly non-linear and have a memory. The consequence is that the memory can last for several seconds after the visual stimulation has been discontinued.

This memory of visual stimulation is frequently perceived as an after-image. After-images have precisely the same shape as the original images. The after-image of an object surrounded by an aura is larger than the original image. The increase in the after-image is due to the vibration of an aura and actually represents a “snapshot” of the aura. It is, therefore, essential to focus at one spot when looking at an aura and to resist the temptation to change the focus, otherwise, an image of the aura can be confused with an after-image of the object.

Meaning of the Aura and its Colors

The aura is a reflection of our True Nature at any given moment. At this point, it is perhaps necessary to explain what I mean by “True Nature” and why some effort is needed to “discover” it. Our society emphasizes symbols, stereotypes, habits, manners, superficial behavior, pretending, following others, and submitting free will to “leaders.” Our “education” is largely based on the views and expectations of people who try to control the herd.

Our True Nature is what remains when we recognize and discard all our habits, stereotypes, manners, pretending, superficial behavior and become fully conscious, truly natural, and spontaneous. Note that some people are so attached to their manners and habits that it is hard, if not impossible, to discover who they really are. The only way to get an instant insight into their personality is to watch their aura because the aura shows their True Nature, behind any superficial behavior mask.

In general, the more colorful, cleaner, and brighter the aura, the better and more spiritually advanced the person is. Also, the more uniform the energy distribution in the aura, the healthier and more balanced the person is.

The distribution of energy in the aura can serve as a powerful medical diagnostic tool, but usually requires the use of sophisticated equipment. The focus of this article is to concentrate on what we can easily see with our own eyes.

Our aura surrounds the entire body, but the interpretation of colors below relates to the aura around the head only. The meaning of the colors around the head presented below, as suggested in the literature, has been confirmed by the author. When you learn to see auras well, you can verify it for yourself, by concentrating on certain thoughts while watching your aura, or telling people what their thoughts are when you see their auras.

Usually, people have one or two dominating colors (strong points) in their auras. These colors (or their auric pairs) will most likely be their favorite colors.

In addition to the dominating colors, the aura reflects thoughts, feelings, and desires, which appear like “flashes,” “clouds,” or “flames,” usually further away from the head. For example, a flash of orange in the aura indicates a thought or desire to exercise power and control. Orange as a dominating color is a sign of power and a general ability to control people. “Flashes” indicate rapidly changing thoughts.

Meaning of the Colors of the Aura

(rainbow colors, bright, monochromatic colors):

Purple: Indicates spiritual thoughts. Purple is never a strong point in the aura. It appears only as temporary “clouds” and “flames,” indicating truly spiritual thoughts.
Blue: Balanced existence, sustaining life, eased nervous system, transmitting forces and energy. People with a blue strong point in their aura are relaxed, balanced, and feel ready to live in a cave and survive. They are born survivors. A blue thought is a thought about relaxing the nervous system to achieve balance of mind or a thought about surviving. Electric blue can override any other color in the aura when the person is receiving and/or transmitting information in a telepathic communication. For example, Michel Desmarquet, the author of “Thiaoouba Prophecy,” frequently glows with electric blue during his lectures, especially when he answers questions from the public.
Turquoise: Indicates a dynamic quality of being, a highly energized personality, capable of projection, and influencing other people. People with a turquoise strong point in their aura can do many things simultaneously and are good organizers. They feel bored when forced to concentrate on one thing. People love bosses with turquoise auras because such bosses explain their goals and influence their team rather than execute commands. A turquoise thought is a thought about organizing and influencing others.
Green: Restful, modifying energy, natural healing ability. All-natural healers should have it. People with a green strong point in their auras are natural healers. The stronger the green aura, the better the healer. They also love gardening and usually have a “green hand” – anything grows for them. Being in the presence of a person with a strong and green aura is a very peaceful and restful experience. A green thought indicates a restful state and healing.
Yellow: Joy, freedom, non-attachment, freeing or releasing vital forces. People who glow yellow are full of inner joy, very generous, and not attached to anything. A yellow halo around the head indicates high spiritual development. A signature of a spiritual teacher. Do not accept spiritual teachings from anyone who does not have such a yellow halo. Buddha and Christ had yellow haloes extending to their arms. Today, it is rare on Earth to find a person with a halo bigger than 1 inch. The yellow halo appears as a result of a highly active brow chakra (which can be seen glowing with violet by many people in my workshops). Highly spiritual people stimulate their brow chakra continuously for many years because they always have intensive spiritual thoughts in their minds. When this chakra is observed when highly active, a yellow halo (an auric pair) appears around it, surrounding the entire head. A yellow thought indicates a moment of joy and contentment.
Orange: Uplifting and absorbing. Inspiring. A sign of power. Ability and/or desire to control people. When orange becomes a strong point, it usually contributes to a yellow halo, which then becomes gold, indicating not only a spiritual teacher but a powerful spiritual teacher, someone capable of demonstrating their unique abilities. An orange thought is a thought about exercising power or a desire to control people.
Red: Materialistic thoughts, thoughts about the physical body. A predominantly red aura indicates a materialistically oriented person.
Pink (=purple + red): Love (in a spiritual sense). To obtain a clean pink, you need to mix purple (the highest frequency we perceive) with red (the lowest frequency). A pink aura indicates that the person has achieved a perfect balance between spiritual awareness and material existence. The most advanced people have not only a yellow halo around the head (a permanent strong point in the aura) but also a large pink aura extending further away. The pink color in the aura is quite rare on Earth and appears only as a temporary thought, never as a strong point in the aura.

Meaning of Dirty Colors

(colors appearing darker than the background, more like smoke than a glow):

Brown: Unsettling, distracting, materialistic, negating spirituality.
Gray: Dark thoughts, depressing thoughts, unclear intentions, presence of a dark side of personality.
Sulfur (the color of a mustard): Pain or lack of ease, anger.
White: Serious disease, artificial stimulation (drugs). Why does white in the aura indicate problems? White is like noise, rather than a set of harmonious tones (monochromatic colors). It is impossible to “tune” noise to an orchestra playing harmonious music, hence a white aura indicates a lack of harmony in the body and mind. Nature, of which we are a part, is harmonious. This harmony comes in discrete “tones” or vibrations, partially described by modern quantum physics.

Several hours before physical death, the aura becomes white and greatly increases in intensity. Note that in most cultures, “death” is depicted in WHITE (not black) because, in the past, people could actually see a white aura before death. It seems that our ancestors knew much more than we are prepared to admit.

Matching Your Aura with the Environment

When the vibrational frequencies (spectrum) of our surroundings match those emitted naturally by our body and mind, we experience a unique state of harmony. The effect can be compared to the “tuning” of a musical instrument. Without tuning, all you can do with the instrument is produce noise, rather than harmonious music. Essentially, there are 3 techniques to match your aura with your surroundings:

Matching your strong point. When we learn what our “strong points” (dominating colors) in our aura are, we can attempt to match our surroundings or clothes with our aura. Re-decorating our home to achieve a better match will result in positive stimulation of our soul and help promote our well-being in many respects. According to what Nature does to stimulate us, we should use auric color pairs when aiming at such correspondence. For example, if your aura is predominantly green, you should use green as well as light pink in your decorations or clothing.
Matching your surroundings to the frequencies of your thoughts. Frequencies of thoughts were described in the “Meaning of the Colors of the Aura” section. For example, if you plan to relax your mind (a blue thought), blue surroundings will amplify your thought. Note that when you leave the house in the morning and the sky is perfectly blue, you feel relaxed before you even have time to think about anything else. This is because any thought in the direction of relaxing the mind is aided by the blue vibration of the sky. When the sky is gray, you may have depressing thoughts before you notice it. Note that blue jeans fashion is very popular because it assists in achieving a relaxed mind. Trying to promote brown jeans (brown) may be futile.

Suppressing the Aura

Things that immediately reduce, cover, or distort your bioenergy (aura) are:

FEAR, stress, anxiety, hatred, envy, jealousy, or any other negative thoughts or feelings.
A physical crisis in your body – disease, artificial stimulation (drugs), etc. These may show a temporary increase in aura power – this effect is similar to the effect of raising your body temperature during a fever. You need to READ the aura to diagnose such a crisis. Mostly, such an increased aura will be white.
Clothes and surroundings contrary to your aura. Opaque clothes absorb your bioenergy rather than smoothly extending it. Interestingly, men on Earth die much earlier than women, regardless of their cultural and ethnic beliefs, diet, and so on. In my opinion, this is related to the fact that men dress in black or gray for most of their lives and rarely use colors. Women use more colors in their garments and change them frequently. Interestingly, many male birds in Nature are much more colorful than females. And THEY live longer. Nature always gives us a clue. All we need to do is observe and take ideas from it. An immediate effect of using gray, black, or brown clothes is that you tire more quickly. Have you noticed that young people today look much older than they should?

It is logical that we should avoid all of the above, if possible. “Cultivating” any of the above for a long time can have a permanent effect on your soul and your aura.