I think I accidentally killed Ancient Humanity’s posts when I moved it last, grrr… Theoretically the database is backed up somewhere, but heaven knows where I saved it.
I’m still working on the concept for a book – probably a collection of essays, all surrounding my take on the metaphysical and New Age, good, bad and ugly. I mentioned Need vs. Greed; I wanted to touch on ghosts, karma and reincarnation, but also saw an interesting article recently that puts a very different spin on the ability to read auras.
I can see auras. Occasionally. And only in the most minimalistic way. Now and then I will notice what to me resembles heat waves emanating from a person. Generally it’s strongest around their head, and I only notice it now and again. There are no discernible colors, at least nothing clear enough to be memorable. It’s still a very real phenomenon to me, whether or not I fully understand it.
Science Daily reports that the ability to see auras may be related to synesthesia, the same syndrome that permits some people to taste sounds or see smells. Synesthesia itself is loosely identified as a neurological condition, though it doesn’t carry the same negative connotations as most. I find it very interesting that media outlet for pure science would even post the article, because science as a rule dismisses what most of us would consider to be both based on personal experience (and thus subjective) and frankly a lot of woo-woo.
As science progresses, it’s funny how much it’s edging closer to woo-woo. To paraphrase sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke, “Any magic is indistinguishable from sufficiently advanced technology.” He wrote the reverse, of course, yet here we are and there we go as technology progresses. Imagine how the average cave man would perceive television, or a microwave oven, or a plane. (The kind that flies, not a flat surface.) And even as technology plows ahead, so to speak, the scientific community is tunneling further into the intangibles of the universe. There have been numerous studies on so-called ESP, along with countless other psychic phenomenon. There are mixed reviews, with some studies declaring the whole thing bunk and others finding stuff that had the researchers looking over their shoulders for somebody pulling invisible strings.
I have another experience in my repertoire, too. I have had it my whole life so I always shrugged it off, assuming everyone else did and just didn’t mention it. When things get quiet, now and then, I will hear a very clear voice, usually saying my name. It doesn’t tell me to make tinfoil hats or take an Uzi to open fire on the zoo; just my name, and now and again a simple, “Hello.” I never responded to the voices, which are sometimes male and sometimes female. Again, I just chalked it up as a trick of the mind until a friend of mine mentioned a similar experience while we were in a group – and there were only three out of a dozen who said they heard the voices too. Same scenario: no instructions, just hello or our names.
Thing is, I had always assumed the people who “heard voices” were ill, but that their mental disorder was in effect an exaggeration of this “normal” situation. It never once occurred to me that it wasn’t the case for everyone. It has been known to wake me at night; long as nobody’s in the room I have no problem drifting off to sleep. It isn’t disconcerting. I have the episodes in broad daylight too, so it’s not a sleep mechanism. I still chalk it up to some sort of mental reflex.
The more we learn, the more we realize that life in our universe encompasses a broad array of abilities and experiences.