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You bet your A that I have a Q!

28 Monday Apr 2014

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I love questions. As I said on my page, I’m always happy to answer them. I’ve answered some already, however please feel free to leave a comment (or email australianauraguy (at) gmail (dot) com if there’s anything you’d like to know about my journey and how I read auras.

A big thank you to everyone else who has sent me positive comments and emails regarding this blog. Thank you so much!

This energy is kicking my chakras!

23 Wednesday Apr 2014

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Wow, it’s been a few days since I’ve last updated. The energy going round has seemed to be crazy – between the lunar energy of the eclipse, the Cardinal Grand Cross (see Astrostyle’s excellent explanation here) and add the holiday craziness and it seems that it’s been too easy to let things slip. I was talking to my human guide today, and she told me I needed to balance my root chakra – I wasn’t where I needed to be, and realignment was needed.

This got me thinking – some people may have heard about chakras, but not know what they are. Luckily, the same guide gifted me an amazing book on chakras by an author called ThunderBeat (Chakra Journey – Awakening the Chakras). This is a very accessible book, informative and easy to understand. I’m certainly not any kind of expert on it, however I’d like to at least provide a basic guide to begin understanding. I’ve attempted to include some information, but I would encourage that you either buy this book or another one – there is certainly a lot more information to be gleaned, however I won’t share everything in the book out of respect to the author.

Chakra is derived from Sanskrit, meaning “wheel”, “spinning wheel” or “flower”. There are seven points where they sit along our spines, drawing in energy from the outside world and distributing it throughout our body, as well as holding the stored energy of emotions and experiences.

THE SEVEN CHAKRAS

Root Chakra
Sacral Chakra
Solar Plexus
Heart Chakra
Throat Chakra
Third Eye Chakra
Crown Chakra

To expand on these areas:
Root Chakra: Located at the base of the spine, this chakra functions to ground, provide stability and ensure survival. Its colour is Red, and it’s an earth element.

Sacral Chakra: This chakra is located in the area of the abdomen, and governs emotions, sense of self worth and confidence in your creativity. This chakra is Orange, and it’s associated with the water element.

Moving up the spine, the next chakra is the Solar Plexus. This chakra is located below the breastbone and behind the stomach, and rules personal power, metabolism and will. The Solar Plexus chakra is Yellow

Following on, the next chakra is the Heart. This chakra is Green, and is the middle chakra in the seven overall – in the chest area, it governs the lungs, heart, lymph glands and immune system. The Heart Chakra governs love and compassion, and its element is air.

The Throat chakra is next. Located in the throat, it governs the neck, jaw, mouth, thyroid and throat. At a personal level, I find that if I’m holding back from saying something that needs to be said, my throat will feel constricted or blocked. This chakra is coloured Blue. The element that relates to the Throat chakra is Sound.

The sixth chakra is the Third Eye. Coloured in Indigo, this chakra is located in the centre of your head, behind the forhead and between the eyes. This chakra regulates the nose, pituitary gland, eyes and ears. The third eye is the point where psychic abilities and higher intuition are located.

Finally, the last chakra is the Crown. This chakra is Purple. Located at the crown of the head, this chakra relates to the upper brain, pineal gland and hair. It connects us to the greater world beyond – the dimensions beyond our own.

Each chakra can be healed with specific gems and therapies such as sound, acupuncture and meditation (among other therapies). As my guide identified the need to heal my root chakra, I looked online for a meditation or sound therapy to use. I was able to find one easily enough, and this contained Tibetan Singing Bowls. This was my first exposure to them (other than seeing them in shops) and my mind was quickly blown. There was something so soothing, yet otherworldly about them and my instant reaction was to feel almost like I had climbed out of myself – like I was able to sit up and watch myself laying on the floor.

This is certainly something that I will do again, and if it has piqued your interest I can recommend ThunderBeat’s book. As mentioned, there is a great deal more information that is in the book itself. If you’ve had any experience with chakra cleansing or healing, I’d love to hear it!

Blood Moon? I can’t stand the sight of blood!

18 Friday Apr 2014

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Auras are the area I generally work in, however in the last week I’ve been drawn to lunar energy – between the full moon, the eclipse and the “Blood Moon”, my curiousity has been piqued – I’ve been doing my best to get a crash course in Lunar energy, how the moon’s energy can help us and what the “Blood Moon” that’s been all over the media is all about. In this post, we’ll examine what the big deal is, why it matters and how you can feel the effects of the lunar energy on your interactions with others in the physical and spiritual world. We are often told by metaphysical friends that the new moon is a time to set intentions, clear energy and move forward, but why?

Whether you identify as Pagan, Christian, Hindi, Muslim, Buddhist or Jewish, the moon is a revered figure of worship – it rules our emotions, brings us new blessings and helps clear negative patterns. The moon also allows us to understand ourselves on a personal level – due to its feminine energy it offers a window to our own moods, how we react to them, our habits and memories.

In terms of general lunar energy, the moon can be best explained as an example of yin/yang energy – two halves (Sun and Moon) making a balanced whole. Astrologically speaking, it rules Cancer and asserts itself by helping our friends in Cancer light up the dark with genuine gestures and emotions, as well as showing its ever-changing side by filling them with the need to transition and keep moving, as opposed to staying in one place.

The Sun is a masculine energy (yang) so the Moon represents female energy (yin). Two forces creating balance. The aspects of the moon – waxing, full and waning – are given names in Pagan rituals: Maiden, Mother and Crone, showing their influence as they progress through their cycle and the growth of energy until the moon is full, then its waning power until it passes away to be reborn in the next cycle. Symbolically, the waning moon represents letting go, a quiet time. The new moon represents new beginnings – a fresh start. When the moon enters its waxing phase, it’s indicative of growth, manifestation and attainment. Lastly, there is the full moon.

One of the most consistent beliefs is that the full moon is a time for full power – the moon is at its most energetic, clarity is increased and desires are obtained. It’s a great time to use the lunar energy to charge crystals and tarot cards – leave them out, loose, under moonlight and let the associated element (Water, as the moon rules the tides) wash the negative or constricting energy from them. If you’re in a position where you can sleep with some moonlight on you, you may also notice its cleansing effects – a feeling of refreshment on waking, and less mental clutter.

So, this week there was what’s been termed a “Blood Moon”. The term refers to an eclipse where the sun moves behind the moon, colouring it red. There’s also a lot of chatter around prophecies, energy from the moon and the end of days.

Blood Moon is a relatively new term, and certainly has risen to prominence due to books by John Hagee, a pastor in the US who is using the following to verses to highlight the situation:
Joel 2:31 “The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord,” and
Acts 2:20 “The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord.”

Adding to this theory are two intriguing factors:
1) This “Blood Moon” is the first of four – a tetrad. There will be four successive total lunar eclipses, with no partial lunar eclipses in between, each of which is separated from the other by six lunar months (six full moons) – in 2014 and 2015.

2) In addition, the four blood moons occur across the Jewish holidays of Passover and The Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) – this seems to historically indicate a bad/good scenario for our Jewish friends. In 1492, Spain expelled the Jews. On the upside, America was discovered, and many Jews settled there. In 1948, after the horrors of the Holocaust and World War II, Israel was reborn as a nation. In 1967, Israel won the Six Day war and reunited Jerusalem. Understandably, there’s both curiousity and apprehension about the current tetrad and what that means for Israel and the world currently.

Personally, I’m divided – I don’t believe that the “Blood Moon” is a harbinger of death, destruction and judgement, although I do believe that the Moon does have cleansing power when it’s full. I’ll often sit outside in quiet contemplation under the moon, meditating and making the most of the opportunity to reset my metaphysical alarm clock. I’ll always take the time to give my cards and crystals some exposure to the moon, as I want to ensure that the energy that flows through them is fresh and positive. As the moon moves from full to waning, I’ll refrain from reading under the moon or exposing my cards or crystals to it – perhaps it’s superstition, but I feel that as the moon wanes, it draws back its energy, which leads me more into quiet solitude and away from its influence – as mentioned before in our discussion of the moon phases.

I hope this helps to answer any questions you’ve had. No, wait. I hope you have heaps of questions or answers you’d like to share with me. I’d love to either find you answers or gain insight from you. Feel free to leave a comment or send me an email: australianauraguy@gmail.com

Auras

13 Sunday Apr 2014

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As you’ll see, the new Auras Explained page will explain how I see and interpret auras. Here’s a snapshot of my metaphysical journal, where I wrote the meanings down last year…

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Positive thinking is positively hard work (but worth it)

09 Wednesday Apr 2014

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Henry Ford once said “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t–you’re right.” 

I was described a few months ago as “Relentlessly positive”. My Facebook friends will immediately understand why, as I’m sure it seems that every day I’m posting sayings of encouragement or positivity, and in fact it was a friend of sorts that I’d known since high school who said it. We’d never been best friends, we simply had an association through mutual friends and ended up in the same social circles at our school because it was small and by process of not fitting in with everyone else. This person and I hadn’t spoken face-to-face for probably 5 years, and I couldn’t tell you his favourite ice cream flavour or what he wanted to be when he grew up – nor could he say the same thing about me – yet here he was, acknowledging my positivity. I’m grateful for the description, and I’m grateful for the recognition, because oh boy positive thinking is hard work. I became worthy of that description once I’d gotten to my lowest, most miserable point in life, looked around and decided that it wasn’t where I wanted to be. To be positive is a choice I make, each and every day. It doesn’t come automatically and it doesn’t always come easily, but the choice is made every morning.

In January, 2013, my life sucked (on paper). My relationship ended and, just a week later, my company let me go as they’d lost an account. I’d been transferred across the world (from Australia to America), I loved what I did and I’d realised that the relationship that I’d been in for just over 6 years wasn’t where I saw my future. It hit me like a tonne of bricks. It would have been very easy for me to just give up, go home and live at my Mum’s house while I licked my wounds and pretended that I was just super. I didn’t, though. I’ve been able to grow and get through the sleepless nights, the  stress and the shock of losing my job of 5 years  by coming to a seemingly simple realisation: short of death, the almost simultaneous loss of my job and my relationship ending could either single-handedly be the worst things that could happen to me or I could make something of it.

That decision alone was the start of something within me. I realised, for the first time, that if I had another 60 or so years on this planet then I didn’t want to be miserable all the time. I’d been pushed to a “make me or break me” situation, so I committed to letting it make me. I realised I was unhappy with the cycles I’d gotten myself into – I was self medicating by working more, by disengaging from the relationship, by focusing on instant gratification or drinking or whatever helped me ignore Inner Steve and his cries for help.

My first step was to admit to myself that I didn’t want this life. That’s not to say I wanted to end it, but that I was tired of feeling like this, that I was worthy of something more. I had a conversation with myself (and some amazingly supportive friends, who I love dearly) and I started to own my actions and choices. If I was the sum of my choices, then the answer was wrong. If I was unhappy with where I was, I needed to change this. My family couldn’t do it. My friends couldn’t do it. Nobody else but me. I wasn’t alone, but it was a decision that only I could make. So I looked, and I realised that I had to change the way I had been doing things, because it was making me unhappy. Easier said than done. Changing habits is amazingly difficult, because they become automatic, unthinking actions. We learn, we repeat, it becomes ingrained. My human guide wrote something for me that I keep in my wallet to this day: “Your desire to change must be greater than your desire to stay the same” When I stopped and realised that I was on these hamster wheels of suck, and that I genuinely wanted to change, it became the pebbles that started a swift landslide. My desire to change had begun to outweigh my desire to let things progress as they had been.

After having that realisation, I did a self audit: What did I like about myself? What didn’t I? What about my job? Friends? Relationships? I started by establishing boundaries. What would I accept from myself and others? What was no longer acceptable? To boil it down: What made me feel positively about myself, and what made me feel negatively about myself? I had to acknowledge the negative characteristics and actions I’d been carrying round, and commit to actual change. I started by realising that all those things I’d been saying that I wanted – a promotion and more money – were a result of what I’d been taught to think by society. I understand that people have bills to pay, but it was like an old cartoon – I was trying to climb to the top of a ladder that never ended. I was always grasping for the next rung… why? Once again, I’d been running around for years after more money and titles, and yet here I was, unhappy at a basic level. I’d spent my adult life with my hand out, waiting for the next thing to be given to me. The things I felt needed to be altered were rapidly piling up!

After the audit, I stripped it back. My life up to this point had been my relationship and my job. OK, that was gone. But wait a minute. This meant I WAS FREE! Suddenly I could do what I wanted, and I wanted to keep this landslide rolling. I must admit, I enjoyed the feeling of giving up the stress and drama that I either created or encouraged. It was like bricks being lifted from my shoulders. I realised that I liked feeling positive. It felt nice. It wasn’t easy, though. Part of the changes involved me walking away from relationships that no longer were in my best interests – being able to respectfully disassociate from people whose thinking no longer aligned with mine, who encouraged poor decisions or who were so much relentless drama that it was exhausting. I changed my influences. I was always on Facebook, so I subscribed to some of the great positive communities and started bombarding myself with the messages. I spoke more with positive people, and made sure to listen to what they had to say. I started to consciously lift my chin and head up when I walked, so I wasn’t looking at my feet – I made it a point to make eye contact with people and smile. I also started hacking my brain – I’d tell myself silly jokes to make me laugh when I was walking to the train station. I still do it, and it ensures that I get a laugh and start my day off with a smile (For the record, the joke is almost always the same one: What’s brown and sticky? A brown stick!)

If there’s a takeaway from all this, it’s that positive thinking doesn’t happen overnight. I didn’t wake up one day singing and with rainbows all around and everything was magic – in fact, it’s been almost 18 months, and I still have days that can be rough – I get stressed, feel sad and so on.  The good news is that it can be done. By making a decision and owning it, you really can create your own landslide of awesomeness. That’s the key though – you have to create it. It’s difficult, but VERY rewarding.

Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, thank you for taking the time to read this. I wish you the very best for today, and please feel free to comment or email me at australianauraguy@gmail.com

How this came about…

07 Monday Apr 2014

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Hi, my name is Steve. I’m in my 30’s, I’m a guy and I can tell you with absolute certainty and conviction that I believe in angels, auras, fairies, guides and a host of other spiritual things that seem unconventional when a grown man looks you in the eye and tells you what he believes in. I’m not typical, but I don’t want to be. I chose the name “Australian Aura Guy” as it best communicates who I am – male, from Australia and I’ve been able to see auras since a very early age. When I see someone, they have a distinct colour around them, which I interpret to gain insight into their feelings of people – the good, the bad, and everything in between. It’s only been in the last 18 months or so that I’ve felt able to start understanding and embracing my gift.

I’ve been moved to start this blog because I noticed that, as I looked around at the people I was seeing at metaphysical events, they were almost all female. I immediately wondered if, as a guy who sees auras, that meant that I was somehow abnormal. After thinking about it, I realised that there must be a gap – there are over 7 billion of people on the planet, so surely on numbers alone there should be some guys like me. With that in mind, an idea was born an epiphany came about. It was a long time coming, but it hit hard when it came to me.

Since late 2012, I’ve slowly started to change my thoughts and feelings.  I was able to go through 30 or so years in what was a happy, ignorant blindness. I was ignorant, and OK with that. I found myself chasing big money, promotions, sex, alcohol, attention… anything to fill the void in me. I was in relationships that were easy, not authentic. I was in a job that encouraged deception of people (and they paid me what I felt was a ridiculous amount of money to do it!) and sooner or later the defence of “Everyone needs to work” doesn’t cut it. I spent money like a sailor on shore leave, and I didn’t care who knew it. As I’m sure you can see, it was a classic recipe for being deeply unhappy. I’d been brought up to do the right thing, act honourably and speak the truth, yet I was trying to build a life for myself that I realised was like papering over cracks in the wall. Sooner or later, those cracks would open up and destroy the house I was building for myself.

While this was happening, I was looking for a different way. I didn’t feel comfortable or happy, and I couldn’t ignore it anymore. I was lucky to have some friends who have metaphysical callings (tarot card readers, Earth Angels, Clairvoyants) so once I started talking to them, I understood why I felt so out of place in my “normal” life – I realised that seeing auras was a gift, and I could help a lot of people by being able to understand and explain what I was seeing. With their understanding, coaching and patience, my life started to open up in ways I couldn’t even imagine. Pretty soon, I noticed that I was in the minority as a guy in the metaphysical space, but I felt uncomfortable doing anything about it. The one thing that motivated me was that there must be others like me, and that it really does suck if you feel alone – doesn’t matter in what circumstance, it’s nice to know that someone else can relate to what you’re going through.

Another aspect of my journey has been positive thinking and affirmations. It is my personal belief now that it’s much easier to be positive than to be negative (I use ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ rather than ‘happy’ and ‘sad’ because being sad isn’t always a bad thing – sadness and grief can be healthy, when expressed in an appropriate way). That’s certainly one thing you’ll see here – positive sayings and thoughts. It’s funny, because I used to be proud to call myself a ‘realist’ when I was simply a cynic. I was jaded in my late 20’s and assumed that it gave me a worldly air of sophistication. Oh boy, how wrong I was! It hasn’t been easy, but I wouldn’t trade my journey for anything. I’m hopeful that perhaps some of my thoughts (and those of other contributors) may help you in your journey also.

My creed:

I can’t be the only guy who sees auras or is metaphysical, but I can be a voice. I can help others, so I must help them. It’s lonely when you feel like you don’t have a voice. You don’t feel empowered. Because I have an almost limitless capacity to help, I should help as much as I can for the greatest good, in whatever form it takes. If it’s me sharing motivational sayings, great. If I need to be a cheerleader for the longshot, give me those pom-poms.

If not me, who? If not now, when? I must be fearless. I must commit to not living a safe life, an easy life, a quiet life. I need to roar for myself and those like me who feel their voice is gone. I must not go through another day, month or year as a suite-wearing office-dweller, content to earn money so I can pay bills so I can earn money ad nauseam. I must confidently communicate what I know, and bravely embrace my ignorance. I must ask for guidance where it is needed, and I will follow it. My guides love me, and they want to see me living the best life possible – not the one that is convenient – in whatever form that comes.

I must do this because it needs to be done. For myself and for others. I must fulfill my purpose, my contract with my soul, my reason for being here so as to genuinely help people and not simply talk about it.

I must no longer hand over the keys to my happiness to my ego. That guy only brings me down.

I must. I will. I swear.

To the guys who read tarot cards, this is for you. For the ones who have met their guides, you are not alone. For those who are searching for someone like yourself, feel free to be yourself here.

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