Children today are becoming very vocal about the special colors and shapes they see, that are not visible to everyone. They tell us the colors and shapes flash and frolic around humans, animals, plants and inanimate objects. These children are very sincere about what they have seen. The pictures they draw to depict these visions of dancing shapes and glowing rainbows can be breathtaking.

In metaphysical studies we call these colors around objects "auras." The scientific community, thanks to studies with Kirlian photography since the 1950's, is cautiously beginning to refer to the colorful displays as "electromagnetic fields." Based upon my own experience and years of study, these children have a natural talent to perceive tangible, viable levels of sight that every human is capable of developing.

I have always been able to perceive the energy fields emanated from all animate and inanimate objects. I thought, as a child, that everyone could see what I did, so I didn't usually discuss this vision capacity with anyone. My mother discovered my visual ability when I was eight years old. I was very upset when I came home from school one day, because my teacher had remained a constant green color. This was unusual to me because I normally saw people flashing different colors.

My mother was an astrologer, herbalist and had studied the Edgar Cayce channelings, which spoke often of the human auras. She was able to give me an explanation of the event that had troubled me. Mother rationalized my teacher must have been very absorbed and focused on her teaching ability that day, which allowed her to constantly vibrate the green ray of the color spectrum. She also cautioned me to be selective about who I discussed my ability with, since not everyone was able to see these colors. Thus began my life long studies in metaphysics. My mother made available to me every book, class and knowledgeable individual in the field of metaphysics she could find.

Human auras were becoming a popular topic in the 1960's. It was believed these fields of color were an expression of the mysterious life force that makes us human. I would try to explain to adults (not heeding my mother's advice) that even a table or a chair would emit a field of energy that I could perceive with my eyes. This energy field would appear to me as a misty, white, narrow field around the inanimate object. Most adults, in those days, were very skeptical of my comments. Modern science, however, has discovered molecules discharge an electrical pulse as they move about and collide with one another. Thus, even inanimate objects have the capacity to create minimal electromagnetic fields.

The auras around plant life have always enthralled me. One of the most breathtaking sights for me is to watch a grove of trees before and after a rainstorm. Their white, shimmering energy fields grow from an emanation of a few inches before the storm to several feet around the trees after the rainfall. Kirlian photography, which was developed by a Russian named Semyon Davidovich Kirlian who was an electrician and amateur photographer, has captured on film the electromagnetic fields expressed by plant life. An interesting book to read on this topic is called, "The Secret Life of Plants," by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird.

When I reached puberty my sight had grown more refined. Instead of seeing fields of rapidly flashing colors, I developed the capacity to perceive constant, specific rays of the color spectrum as they are expressed in the electromagnetic field. Different colors represent varying conditions of the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual states of an individual. I understood these rays of color as varying vibration levels of energy that correlate to the health or energetic condition being expressed by a person. The most helpful book I ever read on this topic is, "Hands of Light," by Barbara Ann Brennan. Colorful, detailed illustrations in this text accurately depict what I saw in the electromagnetic field that surrounds a human being.

Now, as an adult, I perceive another dimension or level of energy in these fields as "energy patterns." The energy is expressed in wavy, criss-crossing lines that will show distortions, rents and tears in the patterns, again correlating to the energetic condition of the individual. It is very much like watching heat waves rising from sun baked asphalt. Today, when people ask me what color their aura is, I have to consciously slow down my perception of the vibration levels of the energy in order to perceive them as colors instead of patterns.

Scientists admit our brain uses a complex process to interpret the messages our eyes send to it they do not yet fully understand. Their physiological studies speak of rods and cones in our eyes transmitting light messages to the brain, through our nervous system, using electrical impulses. Perhaps it is an evolutionary process of the development of these rods and cones that allows some people to perceive varying dimensions of expressed energy.

The metaphysical realm suggests various theories for the ability to perceive multiple energy dimensions through sight. Virginia Essene and Sheldon Nidle in their book, "You are Becoming a Galactic Human," suggest we are experiencing biological and spiritual evolution as a result of exposure to the photon belt. Genevieve Lewis Paulson in her book, "Kundalini and the Chakras," suggests this extra sensory sight is made possible through auxiliary chakras located in the area of the brow chakra or third eye. Gregg Braden in his book, "Walking Between the Worlds," suggests we are evolving by activating additional strands of DNA through the science of compassion.

My personal experience makes the perception of these varying vibration levels of energy an objective reality for me. The shapes, colors and patterns I see and interpret on a conscious level are consistent with what today's Indigo children are reporting to their peers and parents. I believe our scientists will eventually find enough evidence to substantiate the subjective explanation of auras to the objective science of electromagnetic fields.

© copyright Teri Robison 1999