Frequently Asked Questions: Auras

One of the most popular posts in this blog is my article about prana and auras, Cleansing Your Aura, October 2007, and I've seen a lot of readers still visit that article and find it with search engines. I've written a lot of articles about spiritual healing lately, and I am also writing a companion ebook for the Alignment of the Divine meditation music album. You can download a sample ebook on this page and on the main pages of my Official Website; download the free book now to make sure the software is compatible with your computer. Later in 2009 you can purchase the complete edition of this ebook, and the complete meditation album.

Some of the keywords and phrases my website visitors use to find that article are questions or concepts that I didn't write about, such as:

• How can you keep your aura clear after aligning your chakras?
• Can a psychic cleanse your aura?
• Paranormal space cleansing and dowsing
• What do the colours of auras mean?
• Learn to see and interpret auras
• Electromagnetic energy field surrounding bodies of living things.
• Street Lamp Interference, SLI, and your aura

After you heal and align your chakras using one or more of the methods I mentioned in my previous blog article, or you meditate with one of the "Alignment of the Divine" meditation songs I produced that can automatically stimulate, balance and align your chakras as you listen, you can keep your aura clear and healthy by:

• regularly meditating with sound and music energy vibrations
• using power stones to keep your aura strong, clear, and bright
• using colour and aromatherapy to maintain your body-mind-spirit health

You can also keep your aura clear and bright by engaging in activities associated with your astrological element. Your dominant element might correspond with your sun sign, such as Pisces, Cancer, and Scorpio that are all water signs.

Water elemental people will benefit from swimming, relaxing bath and sauna time, keeping an aquarium and pet fish in the home, fishing outdoors, meditating near ponds, lakes, sea or ocean water, travel by sea, walking in the rain, and drinking plenty of pure, clean water. If you're a Water sign, you would do best as a psychologist, counselor, lightworker or healer, spiritual leader, writer, advisor, artist, musician, marine biologist, sailing or boating industry, fishing, teaching, or healing professions that require emotional care and support.

Air elementals benefit from fresh air, walking in clear and pleasant weather or at night time, hiking and outdoor recreation, travel by plane, crowds and public events, outdoor festivals and entertainment, barbecues and outdoor parties and they are highly sociable people. If you're an Air sign, your best career choices would be politics and public speaking, teaching, coaching, motivation and inspiration, spiritual guidance, scientific exploration and research, air travel industry or being a pilot, air quality control and environmental activism, working with birds and their habitats, weather study and prediction in meteorology, astronomy, launch and flight technology, mechanics and physics, chemistry, pharmaceutical, astrology, intelligence and investigation, and historical preservation and education.

Fire elementals have intense passionate emotions, ideas, beliefs, and reactions. They can be quick to react, have a sensitive temper, be verbal and loud, are often blunt and harsh in their speech, can sometimes be disrespectful, and they often talk down to, manipulate and intimidate others. Fire elements thrive when they speak, lecture, or teach in public and they usually love being outdoors as well. You'll find them huddled around the campfire when you go camping, grilling on the barbecue, cooking and eating hot meals, tending to all indoor temperature and heat control (and is often known for being controlling when it comes to the thermostat or other heating in the home), taking hot showers and saunas or soaking in a hot tub, drawn to natural hot springs, enjoys hot stone massages, and is usually the quickest to anger and lash out verbally. If you're a Fire sign, you might enjoy a career in politics or public service, or intellectual services like medicine, research, astrology, remote viewing, psychic investigation and interpretation, scrying, reading Tarot cards, journalism and research writing, teaching or training, public speaking, coaching and counseling that involves active treatment programs, engineering, combustion technology and heating control, sculpting glass, welding, cooking and food industry services, food and entertainment critic, and non-fiction writer or blogger.

Earth elementals, on the other hand, are peacemakers and care providers. They thrive when they cook and clean at home, do gardening and yard work, go hiking, see beautiful sights and travel by any means (walking, cars and buses, planes, trains, boats, etc). They love expressively and demonstrate affection by nurturing others. Earth elementals usually have a deep appreciation and concern for the environment and feel deep joy and relief when they recycle, reduce their ecological footprint, and spread information about environmental protection and preservation. If you're an Earth sign, you would probably enjoy donating to an environmental charity, volunteering, and working outdoors or in the travel, real estate, food and lodging shelter industries. You might struggle with your weight because you are a very sensual person who is able to enjoy the comforts and luxuries of cooking, baking, and serving food of many different varieties. Earth elementals enjoy rich and varied diets and are often concerned with physical appearance and the loyalty and reliability of their close personal relationships. If you're an Earth sign, your best careers are childcare, nursing, compassionate medicine and surgery, gardening, cooking and baking, food industry service, veterinarian and working with animals, outdoor parks and recreation management, counselling, teaching, instruction, casual writing, pottery and hand sculpting stone and wood, making candles, sewing and fashion, photography, and the travel and tourism industry.

Yes, a psychic, spiritualist or mystic can cleanse your aura for you, either in person or over a distance by manipulating your chakras and prana. The healer or lightworker you've chosen can balance, align and heal your chakras for you or a loved one, to promote deep spiritual healing and recovery.

If you want to cleanse a space, room, home, or outdoor location and release any negative or harmful energies there, you can accomplish spiritual cleansing much in the same way that you cleanse your own aura. You can use a crystal pendulum or dowsing rod to locate energy disturbances and anomalies in your outdoor surroundings and inside the home as well. You can also use your Bible when you bless and cleanse physical spaces, if you're comfortable with it. Use prayer, blessed holy water, scented and blessed oil, salt and powdered herbs and spices to keep negative energy vibrations out of your home. You will need to pay special attention to all doors and windows of the home if you want to protect your entire personal living space.

If you do not experience any paranormal phenomena such as poltergeists, ghosts, free roaming spirits, nature spirits and doppelganger activity, then you probably don't need to cleanse and ritualistically protect your home environment from spiritual invasions. However, if you are creating a sacred space for meditation and prayer within your home, you should use all of your blessing tools and proven protection invocations to purify the chosen space.

The colour of someones aura indicates the dominant spiritual energy affecting them at the time the aura is perceived. Your aura changes colour as you experience different things, and sometimes several colours will be seen in your aura at one time. Different energies are represented by every colour in the spectrum, and a swelling or glowing portion of the aura can indicate physical and spiritual health disturbances in that part of the body.

White energy in your aura is pure and perfectly balanced. When you align your chakras or connect with the divine through prayer and meditation, your aura can turn bright white like God's love. If you see grey or even black portions in someones aura, that means there's a lack of spiritual energy, or a void, in that part of the body. Depending on the overall appearance, brightness, and colours of the aura, perceiving dark or shadowy spots within the aura will indicate the type of experience or struggle the person is going through at that time.

You can train yourself to see auras around all living things. Begin by studying the chakras in depth until you have an instinctive ability to interpret the intensity and meaning of colour messages. You can enhance your skills through meditation, remote viewing and scrying. Auras will be perceived around a person when you look at them and relax your eyes as you stimulate alpha brainwave activity.

The aura is a fluctuating electromagnetic field surrounding any living thing. The energies of the spirit can be perceived and interpreted to develop a deep understanding and insight to the mental, emotional, spiritual and physical well being of the individual. SLIders are people who are able to cause Street Lamp Interference either accidentally or at will. The stronger a person's aura is, the brighter it shines and this also significantly elevates the individuals ability to cause electromagnetic disturbances. If you are a SLIder and want to stop from "SLIding," you can wear a solid hematite band on your finger, or carry a tumbled piece of hematite within your aura (in a pocket, for example) at all times. Hematite will attract negative energy like a magnet and absorb it, cleansing your aura of the harmful energy.

Is mind-reading real or fake?

While most people think that mind reading is fake, a hoax, and the stuff of famous illusionists like Criss Angel and Houdini, as a psychic I can tell you that telepathy is definitely real. I experience telepathic communication in all of my close personal relationships with family members, friends, and loved ones, and I have also instructed gifted readers who have natural talents with telepathy.

Mind reading is more than mere body language and the direction a person glances when they answer your questions (although tells like that are certainly one way to read a person), it is a psychic ability that stems from the universal consciousness connecting all minds as one. Anyone who is interested in developing telepathic abilities can find instruction from truly gifted mystics and spiritualists who have been using mind reading abilities for many years, and some people are born with a natural talent and ease with telepathy.

You'll know that you're one of these people with a natural ability to read minds if you:

1. you know what another person is going to say frequently before they actually say it


2. you start talking about something and very often your friend is shocked and tells you he or she was just about to talk to you about that topic
   
3. when someone is taking a long time to choose a word in their sentence, you almost always know the rest of the sentence before they can think of their word, and you frequently tell them the word they need (this is more than a good ability with vocabulary, especially when you're talking to someone who speaks a different language and they're struggling to say even the most simple concept in your mother tongue) especially if this often happens to you when you're talking on the telephone or over the internet


4. you often hear people that you know talking about random things as you're falling asleep, even though your friends are not anywhere near you at the time, and when you tell them what you overheard, they report that was part of a conversation they had or something they were thinking about talking to you about

If you think that you might have natural telepathic abilities, I encourage you to reach out to myself or another mystic who can help you learn how to use, control, develop and enhance your telepathic talent. In time you can learn to develop clairvoyance and remote viewing abilities as well.

~*~Monica Who~*~

Writing and Intuition

Writing and intuition go together like pen and paper or keyboard and mouse! It doesn't matter if you're writing an essay for college, a statistical analysis report for work, a whiny entry in your livejournal blog, or crafting a future award writing short story, script or novel: you use intuition when you write. If you're an effective writer or blogger, you also use empathy when you write.

When I talk about empathy, I don't mean merely understanding the typical range of human emotions and predictable reactions. I'm talking about your innate psychic ability to know precisely what another person is feeling because you feel it with them. This is a higher level of spiritual connection than people usually experience with one another. Empathy in the psychic sense is the ability to experience the emotions of others.

When you have mastered this mental power and you also have the necessary understanding of human emotions and predictable reactions, you will be able to effectively teach, advise, and engage your readers with every article, essay, blog post, story or book that you write. If you're writing to promote a product or service, you really need to know how to grab your readers and keep them eager to soak up more of your words, and thus create a sense of urgency in them that they must and really should make a purchase right now.

You will accomplish this with some intuition: your idea will come to you through your intuitive psychic faculties. Then you need to allow yourself to react to the idea emotionally and observe your own emotions so you can effectively tune them out of your empathic impressions. When you're able to blend your intuition with empathy and creative talent, the writing you produce will be powerful, informative and efficient.

Writing used in Divination

The other connection between writing and intuition is one that I've been working with for fifteen years: using writing for divination. A psychic or mystic can hold a writing instrument loosely in their hand while they channel messages from spirits or see distant people and places with remote viewing. Mediums have often used automatic writing during deep trance mediumship to record the messages, oracles and prophecies of the dead, their spirit guides, or even saints, angels, or gods and goddesses.

You can develop your clairvoyant and remote viewing skills by practicing automatic writing and drawing during your deep trance meditations. What the results mean to you will be based on your own interpretation. However, if you use your intuition and writing skills together again in this exercise like in the first connection I wrote about, you will be able to learn startling details about distant places and times in the past, present and future.

Free Association Writing

The final connection between writing and intuition that I wanted to share with you is a process known as Free Association Writing. During this process, the writer starts out with a sentence, question or phrase and writes freely for a predetermined period of time such as ten minutes. This practice can be extremely effective in therapeutic situations, but it can also really help the creative writer when they want to develop their ideas further. This exercise is most effective when you set a timer for ten to fifteen minutes only, and you forget all rules about spelling, structure, grammar, etc. Write in shorthand or netspeak if you want to, but just write everything that comes to your mind without censoring yourself. If you use your empathy as well, you'll be able to take hold of your readers with the words you choose to express yourself.

Introduction to Meditation

Meditation is a practice that brings inner peace and harmony, spiritual enlightenment, healing, balance and overall wellness for your mind, body and spirit. Meditation is a vital aspect of spiritual growth and it can also be used for getting in touch with your innermost feelings and developing greater awareness of your body. Regular meditation will help you cope with stress and toxic emotions, feel stronger and healthier, and can even help you overcome problems such as insomnia, depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, post traumatic stress, eating disorders, addictions, phobias, high blood pressure, chronic pain, and much more! Meditation is also the best way to initiate contact with angels.

I cannot tell you how many times people have asked me how to meditate! First, I want to tell you that meditation is not difficult; with just a little practice, you will be on your way to achieving all the benefits of meditation.

Relaxation is a key element to any meditation. You may want to meditate lying down with your eyes closed, but you might find yourself drifting off to sleep. If you want to meditate in a sitting position, make sure to employ good posture, with your back straight so you can breathe evenly from your diaphragm. Breathe deeply and evenly, and release all tension from your body.

There are countless ways to meditate, but there are two general methods of meditation. The first method is to focus your thoughts on a concept, idea or image and the second method is clear your mind of all thoughts, enabling messages from your angels, spirit guides and higher self to flow into your mind unencumbered by your mental clutter. You will find the first method much easier at first but both methods require a great deal of concentration, which is not a natural state for the human mind! For whichever method of meditation you choose, you must first train your mind to concentrate.

In the beginning it's best that you do not try to force concentration, rather begin by allowing your mind to wander freely. This can be both entertaining and enlightening as you learn more about your innermost thoughts. Once you have allowed your mind to wander freely, you will find it easier to focus your thoughts. I recommend that you give yourself fifteen to twenty minutes of roaming thought before you settle down and attempt to focus (use a timer). As you develop your skill, gradually reduce the time for rambling thought until you no longer need to give this freedom to your mind.

Concentration and focus can be achieved through several means. Here are a few that I find useful:

1. Focus on the sensations of your body. Control your breathing, listen to your heart beat, become fully aware of the air surrounding you and the feeling of the surface you're sitting or resting on.
2. Think of and make yourself fully aware of just one part of your body, such as your hand, and exclude all other sensations in the rest of your body.
3. Repeat a mantra over and over, either out loud or within your mind. Phrases from the Bible are useful mantras when you want to connect with angels and feel closer to God. A good example is, "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want," but of course there are many others that would work. Choose any phrase that inspires inner peace for you.
4. Visualize a simple object, shape or colour and think of nothing else until your mind is fully focused and undisturbed by any other thoughts or images.
5. Focus on one single emotion (love is best when you seek to connect with angels) until you fully grasp the meaning and experience of it.
6. Focus on a physical object such as a burning candle or power stone.
7. Focus on a mandala (an image portraying religious or mystical concepts; generally an image within a circle inside a square, with intricate or kaleidoscopic patterns.)

Training your mind to focus and concentrate may not be as easy as it sounds, but with continued practice you will achieve success. Include meditation in your daily routine to reap the full benefits for your mind, body and spirit, and in time you'll find that you can meditate in any position, anytime and anywhere!

~*~Monica Who~*~

P.S. Stay tuned--in a few days I will post about a simple yet beneficial meditation practice that even the busiest person can incorporate into their daily routine. I understand some people feel they cannot make time for extensive meditation every day.

Are You a SLIder?

SLI is an acronym for Street Lamp Interference, a psychic phenomenon involving electromagnetic interference (usually unintentional). Some people experience street lights going out as they approach them--far more often than can be explained by typical malfunctions. SLIder is the name given to people who seem to cause electromagnetic interference.

I don't know why it has been called SLI because there are many other ways this electromagnetic phenomenon is experienced. SLIders often have trouble keeping a wrist watch functional, their credit cards and bank cards often fail because the information on the magnetic strip gets corrupted or erased (this is especially problematic for male SLIders who typically keep their wallet in their back pocket), and they can cause all sorts of malfunctions in electronic equipment.

SLI seems to be quite common amongst psychics but it can be an issue for anyone who has a strong aura. It's a fascinating phenomenon that is being studied, but for SLIders, it can be very annoying and difficult to live with. It can also be embarrassing. There was a time in my life when it got a little out of hand and a gentleman asked if he could walk me home. I tried to convince him that I was capable of getting myself home, but I finally gave in to his request. We walked in silence for about 15 minutes before he blurted out, "I hope this thing with the lights is the only reason you didn't want me to walk with you." I swear to you, every single light went out as we approached it and didn't come back on until we were about 50 ft away, and it was impossible for him to not notice it! Thankfully his humour about it helped me feel a lot better.

Most SLIders experience electronic malfunctions when they are in an emotionally agitated state, such as when they are very stressed or feeling intense emotions. Over the years, I've made meditation a regular part of my routine and it seems to have nearly eliminated the experience. Relaxation, stress relief and meditation can help you minimize the electromagnetic interference you might be experiencing.

For most people, SLI is completely unintentional, but some people have learned to control and even benefit from their strange ability. My father used to run an electronics repair shop and he revealed to me that he often "fixed" broken equipment by putting his head down on it and taking a little nap! He also had plenty of experiences with equipment that wasn't broken at all but was simply being effected by the energy of the owner.

If it has never happened to you, this probably sounds like bad science fiction! If you are a SLIder, I would love to hear some of your experiences. Have you been able to control it, or minimize it, with meditation? Have your experiences been connected with intense emotional experiences? Have you found any beneficial ways to use your unusual talent?

~*~Monica Who~*~

Yes You CAN Talk to Your Angels!

When I advise someone to talk to their angels, they sometimes reply, "But I can't talk to my angels like you can." Yes, you can! You might not hear their replies in the ways I do, but there is absolutely nothing blocking your ability to talk to them or their ability to hear you. In time you will develop greater ability to receive and recognize the messages your angels are communicating to you.

The first step is to start talking to them. Some people are most comfortable writing letters or journal entries to their angels. You can use your voice to communicate with them, although you might feel silly doing that and it isn't always appropriate (such as when you're around other people). Instead, you can address the angels in your thoughts. Talk to them about anything and everything. They're with you to help you, they deeply care about you, and they are your friends--so talk to them that way!

You may expect to hear their responses as voices, but you might not be ready to develop clairaudient abilities just yet and not all angels communicate that way. Let go of any preconceptions and expectations regarding how your angels will communicate with you, and be open to receiving their messages in many different ways. Voices and whispers certainly are one way your angels can communicate with you, but here are some other ways:

• Intuition: It can be difficult to recognize intuition because it comes to you in your own thoughts rather than a different voice or something else immediately recognized as coming from an outside source. Angels often provide you with new thoughts and ideas, and instinctive knowledge.
• Dreams and visions: When you're asleep you are more open to spiritual communication. Visions are less common but are mentioned in connection with dreams because visions often involve similar imagery as our dreams and learning to interpret your dreams can help you to understand the symbolic visions you might receive.
• Music: If you have a song stuck in your head even though you haven't heard it recently, the lyrics could have a significant message the angels want you to hear. Likewise, you might turn on the radio just because and hear a song that is relevant to your current situation. (In both cases you're also receiving and responding to intuition.) If you associate the song with a time in your life or another person, that could be the subject of the message the angels are trying to communicate.
• Sounds: Angels can communicate through other sounds as well, such as bells, chimes, footfalls, and knocking. This is a clairaudient experience that can be much easier for you to pick up than actual voices, and these sounds all indicate that your angels are trying to get your attention.
• Emotions: When the message relates to emotions, your angels can communicate through your emotions. Pay particular attention to changes in your emotions that don't seem connected to the events around you.
• Scents: Our sense of scent is strongly linked to our memory, and sometimes you may pick up a smell that has no physical source in your environment. Usually it will be a familiar scent that reminds you of a specific time in your life or even someone you know. This is a clairsentient experience and your angels may be trying to communicate a message about your memories or the person the scent is associated with.
• Physical sensations: A feeling of exhilarating (not uncomfortable) chills or tingles is a fairly typical clairsentient message from the angels, usually intended to confirm something that was just thought or spoken. Sometimes you will feel a comforting sensation as if someone has placed their hand on your shoulder or even hugged you, and it's a way the angels may comfort or encourage you.

There are many ways your angels can communicate with you, and you may have stronger abilities to pick up messages in some of these ways than in others. If you start to recognize the messages angels are communicating with you in one of these ways, they will probably begin to communicate with you in other ways too. Be open to receiving messages from them in these ways, as well as others.

P.S. I wanted to share a personal example of how the angels use music to communicate with me. During my first week in Helsinki, I went out for a walk at 4:30 am. I consulted the map before I left, but around 5:00 am I realized I was quite lost! There was no one around to ask for help, so I asked the angels to show me the way. Just as I found the right street to get back home, a Finnish song called "Varjot" by my favourite band, Turmion Kätilöt, started playing on my mp3 player. I still don't know what the words mean, so when that song gets stuck in my head I know the message isn't related to the lyrics. The message is always either that I'm on the right path now or the angels want to show me the right way. Needless to say, I really like it when "Varjot" gets stuck in my head!

I would love to hear some of your stories about how the angels have communicated with you.

~*~Monica Who~*~

What is Clairsentience?

Clairsentience means "clear sensing" and is a psychic ability that takes on several forms. The best known form of clairsentience is also known as "psychometry" and is the ability to receive psychic insight by holding an object, or sensing the energy in a particular location. For example, a psychic may do readings by holding a personal object such as a watch or ring belonging to their client. The psychic senses the spiritual energy (also called prana or chi) contained within the object and can provide startling insight about their client and events surrounding the client (past, present and future).

Clairsentience does take on other forms as well. Sometimes a reader receives information from sense stimuli such as a feeling of "chills" or "tingles." They may feel a change in temperature (warmer or cooler). At other times a person who is clairsentient may pick up a strong scent (such as smelling another person's perfume or cologne). Interpreting these clairsentient messages can be extremely difficult and usually requires additional psychic abilities working in conjunction with clairsentience--or the reader has to interpret the clairsentient stimulus based on past experience alone. For example, many readers experience a tingling sensation as an instant confirmation of something that was just said or thought. A personal example for me is that whenever I pick up a strong scent of one of my friends' perfume or cologne, I receive a visit or important communication from that friend within a few hours.

You don't have to be aware of or in control of your psychic abilities to receive information through clairsentience. If you receive information this way, your interpretation would have to be based on your own past experiences--or better yet, with additional information provided through your other psychic abilities such as intuition, clairvoyance, clairaudience, etc. Pay close attention to your thoughts, emotions, intuitive impressions and any new ideas experienced at the time of your clairsentient experience.

~*~Monica Who~*~

Cleansing Your Aura

You are a spirit living inside a physical body, and your aura is a subtle, luminous energy field within and around your body that can range up to three to seven feet from your body. When you get a feeling of someone standing too close and invading your "space," this is actually another person's aura interacting with your own auric field and producing an uncomfortable reaction or impression. We are all born with a pure aura, but over time the aura can become "cloudy" from negative energy left over from trauma, illness, drug or alcohol abuse, toxic emotions and imbalances in your chakras. A clear aura attracts positive energy and allows the flow of abundance and blessings in your life, but a clouded or disrupted aura attracts only negative energy, conflict, struggle and loss.

An aura is typically only visible to those who are born with or develop the skill to see it, but every living person, animal, and plant has an aura. When the aura is perceived, the aura contains various colours reflecting the spiritual energy, emotions, thoughts, and even physical health of the person, plant or creature. Sometimes the part of the aura surrounding the head creates a halo effect, especially around awakened souls, saints and enlightened beings.

Signs and symptoms of a disrupted or cloudy aura in need of cleansing include fatigue, lack of vitality, energy or enthusiasm for life, negative or distorted thoughts, negative or intense emotions, feeling disconnected from your self, your emotions, your mind, other people, nature, or God (or other higher spiritual forces), sudden mood swings, panic attacks and intense anxiety, unexplained physical pain or discomfort not caused by an illness or injury to the body, and sleep disturbances*.

When your aura has come into contact with an incompatible aura, or has been bombarded with negative energy, you will want to cleanse your aura to release negativity and restore harmony. Cleanse your aura by showering or dancing in the rain, soaking in an epsom salt bath, smudging with sage (waving the sage smoke through your entire aura), meditation, or deep cleansing breaths. You may find it helpful to use meditation music or keep background sound to a bare minimum, and perform your aura cleansing in a dimly lit environment. Clear your mind and visualize negativity floating away from you with every breath you exhale. It might also help to visualize a beam of white light channeled down through your Crown chakra at the top of your head, with pure white energy moving throughout your entire body. Essential oils, holy water, and tobacco smoke (used for smudging, not inhaling) are other substances that can help cleanse the aura and release negative energies.

Another method for cleansing your aura is called "smoothing" and involves running your hands over your auric field, gently smoothing it out from above your head to the ground at your feet; power stones are beneficial for "smoothing" sessions--but take care if you're not accustomed to working with power stones because you could cause further disruption to your aura with particularly strong stones.

Keep your aura healthy with physical exercise, healthy diet and plenty of water, balanced and consistent sleep routine, breathing exercises, singing or chanting, connecting with nature, prayer and meditation, listening to music that makes you feel happy (raising the vibrations in your aura), and healing with colour therapy. Colour therapy involves visualizing a specific colour while meditating; green is a healing and calming colour and can be used effectively for clearing the aura and promoting good spiritual health.


*These symptoms are not exclusive to problems with your aura. If you experience these symptoms, please see a medical doctor in addition to clearing your aura. Clearing your aura unnecessarily will not harm you, but ignoring symptoms that might be related to a serious medical condition could be very dangerous.

~*~Monica Who~*~


Related & newer blog articles:
Understanding Your Chakras and Spiritual Energy
Healing Our Wounded Souls

Meditating with Angels and Power Stones

Power stones are a fantastic focal point or tool in meditation that can provide essential energies, and there are 11 Master Stones that angels are attracted to. All angels are attracted to at least one of the 11 Master Stones, which are citrine, jade, moonstone, amethyst, rose quartz, sodalite, howlite, lapis lazuli, malachite, onyx and bloodstone.

Citrine is technically a "burnt amethyst," iron gives it a warm golden colour. Citrine clears negative energy, promotes optimism, attracts abundance, and enhances the body's healing energy. It is good for mental focus, endurance, and self-esteem and it corresponds to the Solar Plexus chakra.

Jade helps balance male and female energies, encourages meditative travel (including astral travel and remote viewing), helps make dreaming productive and healing, and is a stone of protection and shielding from attacks and illness. Jade corresponds to the Heart chakra.

Moonstone attracts feminine and lunar energy, improves intuition and discernment, and balances and cleanses negativity from all the chakras. It can also assist with female reproduction, protection during travel, and can bring good fortune.

Amethyst is considered the most highly prized form of quartz and is a stone of peace and strength. Amethyst assists psychic and channeling abilities, promotes a feeling of contentment and connection to spirit, can improve relaxation and sleep, and provides protection. Amethyst activates the Crown chakra.

Rose Quartz is known as the love stone; it encourages compassion, forgiveness, healing, calming, and helps release anger, resentment, jealousy and fears. Rose Quartz raises the vibration of loving energy, eases sexual and emotional imbalances, and enhances confidence and creativity. Rose Quartz corresponds with the Heart, Throat, Third Eye and Crown chakras.

Sodalite improves logic, intellect and efficiency, and helps in social environments. Sodalite is especially helpful in encouraging the truthful expression of emotions, and it corresponds to the Throat chakra.

Howlite is a stone of memory, knowledge and progress. It encourages reasoning, observation, discernment, patience and tact, and helps to relieve pain, stress and anger. Howlite corresponds with the Crown chakra.

Lapis Lazuli is another stone of protection and it stimulates awareness, attunement, intuition and psychic ability. It strengthens the connection between the physical and celestial. Lapis Lazuli corresponds with the Throat and Third Eye chakras.

Malachite encourages balance and transformation and is a stone of spiritual evolution. Malachite stimulates intuition, allows insight into emotional factors that may manifest as physical illness, eases delivery in birthing and also helps one to recognize and clear past negative experiences. It represents fidelity, loyalty, practicality and responsibility, and Malachite corresponds with the Heart chakra.

Onyx assists in the grieving process and helps one to make wise decisions. It promotes alignment, centering and self control. Onyx corresponds with the Root chakra.

Bloodstone is a stone of courage and helps one overcome distress and anxiety. Bloodstone provides centering and grounding, and it corresponds to the Root, Sacral, Solar Plexus and Heart chakras.

There are many power stones that can assist you in your meditation and your day to day life, but if you want to attract and work with angels you should have all of these 11 Master Stones in your collection. Meditate with a specific stone when you want to attract angels with similar abilities as the stone you've selected, or angels that strengthen and use the chakra that corresponds to the stone. You can use moonstone in your meditation to help you connect with your guardian and guide angels, and ask them to show you which stones each of them are most drawn to.

I highly recommend keeping your collection of power stones in a bowl or out where angels can be drawn to and interact with them, rather than storing them in a closed container. I like to keep mine in a bowl next to my bed. I often write down special prayers or goals I'm working to achieve, then fold the paper very small and place it with the stones to receive additional angelic assistance with these things. When I travel, I like to bring my Master Stones with me in a small pouch--I carry the pouch with me when I'm out and when I return to my hotel, I place the stones out on the table next to the bed. I have found these power stones are so useful that I try to never be without them!

~*~Monica Who~*~

Introduction to Scrying

Scrying comes from the Old English word "descry" meaning "to make out dimly," and refers to an ancient form of divination used to see the past, present and future. Scrying is done with the aid of a reflective surface or translucent body to strengthen psychic abilities such as clairvoyance and remote viewing. Popular scrying mediums include water, oil, polished precious stones, crystal balls, and mirrors.

Scrying involves meditation and deep trance mediumship. By focusing attention on the scrying tool, you can eliminate unwanted thoughts from your mind in the same way as using a mantra. Once the mind is focused, scrying stimulates visions and communication with spirits and guides.
If you have never tried scrying, you can place a small compact mirror under your pillow (facing up toward your head) when you sleep. Keep a note pad and a pen beside your bed and write down everything you can remember from your dreams as soon as you wake up. Several good dream dictionaries and references can help you decipher the messages you receive in your dreams, which will go a long way in helping you interpret visions and messages you receive in a trance while scrying. Some visions received while scrying are literal (showing people, places and events exactly as they appear or will transpire in real life), while others are sybolic and include imagery very similar to the imagery of your dreams.

My first scrying work was done with a shallow black bowl full of water, similar to Nostradamus. Gazing beyond the surface of the water stimulated visions and opened up my clairvoyant and clairaudient abilities when I was a child. Reading tea leaves also involves some scrying because the leaves are left in a small amount of tea, but scrying works best if the tea is in a dark or black cup (which unfortunately doesn't allow you to see the leaves well enough). I use a quartz crystal merkaba pendulum and a crystal ball for scrying now, and I prefer to do scrying sessions in low light such as candlelight or dim lamps.

When you're ready to try scrying with water, a crystal ball, a scrying mirror or another tool, you will probably be more successful if you practice in a dimly lit environment. Remember to look beyond the surface of the tool (especially with water and crystal balls, you want to gaze into the tool rather than focus on the surface); or if you use a scrying mirror or polished stone for scrying, you want to allow your eyes to relax while you're gazing at the tool so that you're not focusing intently on the surface. It's rare to see the visions with your eyes, so do not be discouraged if you don't see anything different in your scrying tool--most of the time people perceive the clairvoyant visions with their mind's eye instead.

After every scrying session, it's a very good idea to write down everything you perceived while you were scrying. Write down everything you saw in your visions as well as any scents, sounds or physical sensations you perceived that were not connected to your physical surroundings, plus any emotions you experienced and new ideas or thoughts that came to you while you were scrying. Your other psychic senses tend to become engaged while you're scrying, which is why you should pay particular attention to information that may come to you through clairsentience, intuition, empathy, and other psychic faculties. You may not immediately understand or be able to interpret all the information that comes to you during your scrying sessions, so writing it down and looking back on it will help you a lot.

~*~Monica Who~*~

Make the Most of Your First Reading (with a new psychic or your first reading ever)

When you call a psychic for the first time, whether it's your first time ever getting a psychic reading or just your first time calling that specific reader, there are several things you can do to make the most of your reading. Although many readers make a strong connection with their callers after four to five minutes, the first two to three minutes are the most important to the caller. You will decide within the first few minutes if you should continue your session with the psychic you've chosen. It's very similar to reading a new book--if the first couple of pages are great, you will read the entire book, but if you find it difficult to "get into" you will put the book down and never look at it again.

The first thing you can do to make the most of your first reading is prepare yourself for the reading. You want to have a notepad handy to write down significant information the psychic relays to you, and before you call, you should write down the questions you want to ask. It is imperative that you ask the right questions in those first two to three minutes!! DO NOT ask if there's a new romantic partner coming into your life if you currently have your heart set on someone you already know! The better plan is to ask about your true heart's desire first and then you can ask if there is someone else you should keep your heart open to after you've learned what you really wanted to know.

You need to be mindful of the way you ask your questions as well. Very few readers will require any more than the first names of yourself and anyone you're inquiring about, so you don't need to give the psychic very much information. However, you must not give misleading or false information; this will practically GAURANTEE a dissatisfying reading! A client recently called me to ask why two psychics can give two vastly different readings. I began by explaining that we don't always connect with everyone and a reader that connects extremely well with her may not connect as well with her best friend, for example. As we continued to talk, she told me what she had asked the other reader. She began by asking the reader if she would ever get married and when. Next she asked, "Will it be the man I'm currently seeing?" That's where the reading went downhill. Of course the other reader answered no, because the caller was not currently seeing anyone! She was close friends with a man who she had her heart set on, but the way she asked the question was misleading and dishonest. She ended her call with that reader after only two minutes, but she could have had a wonderful, enlightening session if she'd only been mindful of the way she asked what she truly wanted to know.

The final thing you need to do to prepare for the reading is relax and take a few deep breaths. If you are agitated or anxious when you call, you may not get the best experience possible either. It is best to be calmed and relaxed, and in a private location free of distractions. The chances are you are going to be discussing personal and private matters with the psychic you've chosen, so do not call when you don't have the privacy needed. If you know that your children or pets tend to "act up" when you're on the telephone, it would be best to call when they are sleeping or otherwise engaged in other activities and less likely to require your immediate attention.

These tips will help you to make the most of the first few minutes with your chosen psychic. If you follow them you will have a much better chance of experiencing a strong connection with the psychic quickly and receiving the insight and guidance you really needed. When you have established this connection with the psychic, your follow up calls will also be more rewarding—and you can call in with a quick question and even less than desirable surroundings (but please do not call from your cell phone when you’re driving; pull over and be safe). However, if you don't have the necessary privacy and are forced to talk quietly, you run the risk of a poor experience with even your most trusted psychic advisor because if he or she cannot hear your question, it's extremely difficult to answer you!

Remember:

• have a notepad ready to write down important information
• write down the questions you want to ask, starting with the most important ones first
• ask your questions directly and honestly, without any misleading or false information
• be calm and relaxed
• make sure you have privacy and reduce possible distractions
• speak clearly so your psychic can hear you

~*~Monica Who~*~

10 Ways to Boost Your Psychic Abilities

We are spiritual beings and we are all born with innate psychic abilities. Many people learn to overlook these abilities as they become "conditioned" to see the world in mundane ways. Anyone can unlock their spiritual gifts and begin to harness the awesome energy of the spirit! Try these ten exercises to increase your own psychic abilities and unlock your true potential.

1. Whenever the telephone rings, close your eyes and visualize the person who is calling. Then pick up the phone and discover if you're right. Your accuracy will improve dramatically as you practice this exercise, and this exercise may help you develop your clairvoyant abilities in addition to intuition and precognition.

2. When you stand in line at the bank, tell yourself which teller will serve you. This exercise is similar to the first, but you can see your "target." This exercise helps you develop your intuition and your ability to psychically connect with others who are in close proximity.

3. When you watch a sporting event, tell yourself the outcome before the event begins. As you develop skill with this exercise, expand to predicting more statistics such as scores or top 5 placements in racing or judged events. This exercise helps you develop your intuition, precognition, and clairvoyance. Do not misuse this skill for personal gain, such as gambling, or you will likely lose your skill entirely.

4. Have a friend roll a dice. Begin by calling "even" or "odd" before the dice is thrown; your accuracy will increase with practice. Expand to call the number the dice will land on. This exercise helps you develop your intuition, precognition and clairvoyance (specifically your ability to see numbers).

5. Work with a friend and a standard deck of playing cards. Begin by predicting black or red, and then have your friend turn over the top card of the deck. Your accuracy will improve with practice. When your accuracy is 80% or greater, expand to predict the suit, and later, the number or face of the card as well. This exercise boosts your intuition, precognition, and clairvoyance (specifically colours and shapes).

6. When you're riding an elevator and another passenger joins you, tell yourself which button they'll press. This exercises helps you develop your intuition, precognition, clairvoyance (number recognition), telepathy, and your ability to connect with others psychically.

7. In the morning, write down the names of people you will have important interactions or communications with that day. Don't rely on logic. Clear your mind and allow faces or names to come to you naturally. Trust it and write it down. Using this exercise regularly will significantly improve your accuracy.

8. When in line at the movies, tell yourself which movie the person or group ahead of you will request (if you overhear them say it, try again another time!). This exercise helps you improve your intuition concerning the intentions, preferences and actions of others, and it can lead to developing telepathy and empathy.

9. When you have a meeting or appointment, tell yourself the colour of clothing the other person will be wearing before you meet. (This does not work for all people or situations. For example, you can reasonably assume a doctor will be wearing white, or you may know someone always wears a particular colour.) This exercise improves your clairvoyant abilities and could help you develop remote viewing skills as well.

10. Ask three friends a question (such as "what did you eat for breakfast?" or "where do you want to go on your next vacation?") Before you ask your questions, your friends must decide amongst themselves which one will answer falsely, and you must write down which friend will answer falsely. Then you ask your question and listen to each friend reply. Show them the name you wrote down before you asked the question. This exercise helps you develop intuition, precognition and can lead to developing telepathy. This skill is especially valuable in life; the ability to recognize deception and even predict it can make your life, and the lives of many others, much smoother.

~*~Monica Who~*~